The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

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Not to mention the charge of the armored forces, which made them throw away their armor and weapons. In the original history of the Battle of the Dnieper River, the S Army successfully completed their mission and liberated Ukraine, Kiev, Donbass and other places, and seized various landing sites on the right bank of the Dnieper River.

But now, not only has the mission not been completed, but the participating troops have also suffered heavy casualties. In two days, the total loss exceeded 400,000 people.

In particular, the Third Guards Tank Army was completely wiped out, and no officer survived from the commander down.

As for other tank armies, they also suffered heavy losses. Basically, they maintained their organization, and most of the tanks were destroyed. The S Army's aviation forces suffered even greater losses. There were more than 20 air battles in two days, and more than 1,000 fighter planes were lost.

"Bastards."General Vatutin of the headquarters shouted angrily.

His Voronezh Front had a total of 800,000 troops, but after two days of fighting, only 500,000 were left. The elite troops were basically wiped out, which made him so angry that he almost went berserk. He kept scolding the commanders on the front line for being a bunch of people. Even if there were 300,000 pigs, it would take the D Army a month to catch them.

"A bunch of trash, worse than pigs."

The staff of the S Army headquarters looked at the roaring Vatutin, trembling and not daring to speak. They didn't know why they suffered such a huge loss in such a short time.

"Commander, the German army has a new type of rocket launcher, the caliber should be around 200mm, and the range is at least over 25 kilometers. Many troops on the front line were overwhelmed by the rain of rockets before they could react in time." A staff officer summoned up the courage to say.

Upon hearing this, General Vatutin said with a grim expression:"A rocket launcher with a range of more than 25 kilometers?"

"How is this possible? Our rocket launchers are only eight kilometers long. Are their rocket launchers more advanced than ours?"

They were not too surprised that the D10 Army had rocket launchers.

Not to mention the third Battle of Kharkov, the German army had rocket launchers and even imitated their Katyusha rocket launchers and used them on a large scale.

However, both sides knew the range.

Even though rocket launchers with longer ranges had appeared before, they did not pay much attention to them.

The range was only about 16 kilometers, which was at most the same level as heavy artillery.

But now the D Army has surpassed the caliber of 200mm at one time, with a range of more than 25 kilometers.

This is a bit scary.

"Commander, this is very likely. In the recent Battle of London, Army D used a rocket launcher with a range of about 20 miles."Another staff officer also stood up and said

"Damn it, you mean that we were defeated by the new weapons of the D Army again this time?"General Vatutin shouted with an ugly face.

He remembered that the leader had just said not long ago that he didn't want to hear the news of being defeated by new weapons again. Now this group of staff told him that they were defeated by the new weapons of the D Army again.

"Yes, Commander. Although they were reluctant to admit it, they were indeed defeated by the new weapons.

"Damn it, where on earth did the German army get so many new weapons?"General Vatutin muttered while staring at the map. During this period, the German army's new weapons emerged in an endless stream, and new weapons appeared every once in a while. Even the infantry were equipped with individual rocket launchers, and their performance was better than the Panzerfaust rocket launcher, which could destroy their tanks within two or three hundred meters.

This posed a great threat to their armored forces and prevented them from exerting their great power.

At this moment, the communications staff hurried over and said,"Your Excellency the Commander, Marshal Zhukov has convened an emergency meeting and ordered him to go to the headquarters immediately."

Upon hearing this, General Vatutin's face became even uglier. He didn't have the face to hold a military meeting at all, and he would definitely be laughed at to death.

"Got it."Although he didn't want to go, General Vatutin still followed the order.

When he arrived at the headquarters, the commanders of various fronts all looked unhappy. When they saw Vatutin, they just nodded, without the mockery they had imagined.

"The commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Army was killed, and the 3rd Guards Tank Army he commanded was also completely destroyed. I think you have all received this news."Because it was an emergency meeting, Marshal Zhukov did not waste any words and went straight to the point.

All the commanders and chiefs of staff of the front heard this, their faces darkened. This was simply a shame. You know, they had dispatched nearly three million troops, but they suffered heavy losses in just a few days.む."Yes. We have received it. We must avenge Lieutenant General Volvchenko. Admiral Rokossovsky was the first to speak.

"Revenge must be taken. The leader has already known about this matter and is very angry. He demands that we immediately launch a thunderous revenge against the D Army. Marshal Zhukov said lightly. This is why he called an emergency meeting.

Because the 3rd Guards Tank Army was completely wiped out, the bearded man was the first to send a telegram to question why a tank army was completely wiped out right after the war began. Do you really think tanks are cabbages and you can have as many as you want?

It takes countless manpower and material resources to transport a tank to the front line. Are you going to waste it like this?

Faced with the bearded man's questioning, Marshal Zhukov could only feel helpless.

He did not expect the German counterattack to be so fierce.

It was completely beyond his imagination.

Four armored divisions were dispatched right away, and they were all ace armored divisions.

The two armored divisions, the Skull and the Empire, caused a lot of trouble for the S Army.

The bearded man reluctantly accepted Zhukov's explanation, but still issued an instruction: If you continue to misjudge the German troop deployment and cause the troops to suffer heavy casualties again...

���The commander of the Eastern Front will be dismissed and even brought to a military court for trial.

Hearing this, Zhukov knew that the bearded man was angry. After all, the successive failures had shattered the prestige he had built with great difficulty.

He must now immediately launch a counterattack against the German army, at least completely annihilate a German army group, or kill a senior general, so that he could possibly restore his image in the leader's heart.

"Marshal, please give your orders. The Southwestern Front is ready to obey your orders at any time."Timoshenko also stood up and expressed his opinion. Timoshenko respected Zhukov very much. If he hadn't protected him last time, he would have gone to Siberia to raise wolves, or been court-martialed and hanged.

The punishment of the losers by the bearded man was always very severe.

Zhukov was the most trusted confidant of the bearded man, and with his intercession, his life could naturally be saved.

Not only was his life saved, but the Southwestern Front was reorganized and he continued to serve as the commander. Even if he sacrificed his life, he could not repay this favor.

Now seeing Zhukov being reprimanded, he naturally stood up to support him. No matter how difficult the task was, he would complete it.

"No hurry." Zhukov gestured to Timoshenko and said,"The only tank units that can fight against the German tanks at this time are the 2nd Guards Tank Army, the 5th Guards Tank Army, the 2nd and 4th Tank Armies, and the 20th and 25th Tank Armies."

"As for the other tank units, they also suffered heavy casualties and had little combat power to fight back against the German tank group's attack."

"Comrade Vatutin, your damaged tank units should be withdrawn to the rear immediately for rest and replenishment. After they have recovered their strength, they will serve as reserve forces and support the frontline at any time. Zhukov said a lot in one breath.

""Yes, Marshal, thank you." Vatutin said with emotion.

In fact, a large part of the responsibility for this battle lies with him. If the combat effectiveness of his front army had not been too weak, Zhukov would not have been scolded by the leader.

Now seeing that Zhukov took all the responsibilities on himself and asked him to withdraw several tank armies to the rear for rest, he admired such a broad mind.

At this time, the Chief of General Staff Vasilev also stood up and said:"In addition, I think we can change our combat status from active attack to defensive status, and use our deep defense to consume the German army's vitality, so as to drag them down."

"This will consume a large number of their troops and weapons and equipment. Otherwise, even if we win, we will be seriously injured in the end. It will be a fantasy to attack the D country."

Zhukov nodded. Hearing this, he was right. If the loss is too heavy, it is impossible to attack the D country. After all, there are still thousands of kilometers of D country. There are still millions of troops in the German mainland. If they really have to resist layer by layer, they will also have a headache. What's more, Zhukov has to consider the impact after the war. It's impossible to let the S army bear everything and other countries sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

"It's a good idea. I've thought about it, but the leader won't let us do that. What he needs is to take the initiative to attack and defeat the German army with thunder and lightning, so as to quickly recover the territory."After thinking for a while, Zhukov shook his head and said

"Marshal, according to the current loss ratio, we are not suitable to continue to fight the German army."

"The German army's flexible defense and the endless stream of new weapons made it impossible for us to take advantage of our offensive."

"Their defensive capabilities and the obstacles they set up are definitely not inferior to our deep defense."

General Vatutin couldn't help but stand up and say that his troops were on the front line, so they were very familiar with the frontline situation.

Here is an explanation of what elastic defense is, also known as mobile defense, which is an active strategy in mobile warfare in a defensive form. Good at using battlefield space and time factors to command troops to quickly maneuver and concentrate forces.

In the attack, the armored forces are used as assault groups, taking advantage of the enemy's hesitation and confusion, risking exposing the flanks and rear, and boldly interspersed and detoured to attack the enemy's flanks and rear.

Thereby disintegrating the enemy's entire defense, while the infantry carried out containment actions on the front, in the fight against the enemy's advantage When the tanks are about to recoil, they often use defensive actions and use anti-aircraft guns to shoot at the tanks to defeat the opponent, and then switch to counterattack.

In urban siege warfare, infantry usually breaks through first, and then tanks are deployed. When the enemy retreats, tanks are used to pursue them without stopping to develop victory. In defensive battles, armored forces are usually used as reserves to counterattack or counterattack the enemy that breaks through. When retreating, mobile defense is used to delay the opponent's pursuit.

Zhukov has an advantage, that is, he is an absolute master in battle preparation and concealing attack intentions. He is also quick and accurate in judging the opponent's actions. Especially in terms of the time and location of the deployment of the reserve forces, he was simply perfect, which led to Manstein's repeated defeats during the siege of Volgograd.

Of course, it is not to say that Manstein is not as good as Zhukov, but the core of Manstein's defense is to quickly form a mobile force to fight a counterattack after the enemy launches an attack.

If the number of armored forces is large, then the counterattack can have great results, but when the number of armored forces is not enough, his counterattack will fail.

This also involves the issue of logistics. During the siege of Volgograd, the armored forces that lost logistical supplies could not be started at all. Tanks, which resulted in the failure of his counterattack.

But now it is different. After August knew Manstein's shortcomings, he gave him a priority to add a batch of armored troops, and even assigned the two major armored divisions, the Empire and the Skull, to him, hoping that he can continue to use mobile defense tactics and expand the results of the war.

Vatutin said this because he suffered enough. He hoped to attract Zhukov's attention.

Although Zhukov's level in tactical details is a little lacking, his judgment is very strong. According to intelligence analysis, the armored force of Manstein's group is unprecedentedly strong. Continuing to use deep assault operations will not work. The only way is to change tactics.

"Comrade Vatutin, your analysis is correct. I am also troubled by this.���I never thought that the German army could dispatch so many elite troops and a large number of new equipment to counter our attack and catch us off guard."Zhukov said a little depressed.

"But I don't want this kind of disastrous defeat to happen again, so I hope you can work with me to come up with a new way to stop the fierce offensive of the German army."

"And we have to move fast, we must not give the Germans time to catch their breath."

"Therefore, our attack speed must be fast, without any hesitation."_Faloo reminds you: Three things to do when reading - ∪ Collect, recommend, and share!

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