It is not known who will be responsible for what happened, but Vladimir was taken bloodlessly, and of course it is impossible to return it to the Soviet Union.

The German top brass began to deploy more trucks to surprise G-clusters with enough supplies so that they could gain a foothold in Vladimir.

The whole project is codenamed "September", which means that the G-cluster can hold out in Vladimir until September.

The supply of the central and northern army groups, which had already deteriorated badly, was even worse for this operation.

Manstein had to cancel the plan to attack the Kiev railway station and instead fortify the existing defensive line to prevent a Soviet counterattack.

So, having put down the phone call with Field Marshal Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Rundstedt immediately connected to the command of the G cluster at the front.

It was Guderian who answered the phone, which made Rundstedt's face look a little better, because it proved that Guderian was indeed in the command and not followed the so-called "reconnaissance unit" to "reconnoitre......

"Our supply lines are too long...... This time it's really not allowed to go on the offensive! Guderian! Grabbing the phone, Rundstedt's face was not very good-looking.

Warned by Marshal Brauchitsch, and having heard that the Führer had also been made aware of it, it would be hellish for him to have a good look.

"I see! It is my responsibility to rush into sending reconnaissance units to the Vladimir region...... I'm sorry. Although Guderian was a little unimpressed, the superficial work still had to be done.

He had to admit his mistake and thank Army Group for helping his group. This is the attitude that a subordinate should have, after all, he is under the control of Marshal Rundstedt.

Although the takedown of Vladimir was a credit, Guderian himself knew how much it would take to transport a ton of fuel to his location.

By this time, his troops were almost in the most marginal area that the German transport forces could reach.

If he advances rashly, his armored forces may be defeated by the remnants of the Soviet army due to the loss of fuel and ammunition.

Unlike Germany's well-developed lines of communication, the structure of rail and road traffic in the Soviet Union was a scattering primitive structure.

Around Moscow, or in the most elite areas of the Soviet Union, the transport lines basically start from Moscow and radiate to all the surrounding places.

Such a primitive structure led to a fatal problem: if the Germans did not occupy Moscow, they would have to face the terrible problem of not having road support if they wanted to get their hands on the cities east of Moscow.

Guderian's G cluster, because of the task of encirclement, had moved to the east of Moscow, so it could only rely entirely on field troop transport trucks to complete the supply.

As mentioned above, although the German army focused on cultivating automobile supply troops, the scale was still not enough to support the needs of large-scale war.

The inability of the automobile troops to meet the demand led to a shortage and untimely supply. In a short time, the Germans can figure out a way for themselves, and after a long time, there will be no very good solution.

There is another problem, which is also feared by the German leadership, and that is the issue of battlefield air supremacy.

If you want to control the air supremacy on the battlefield, you have to rely on fighter jets to drive out the opponent's planes. Without fighters, nothing is possible.

It is known that the Luftwaffe was armed with a large number of ME-109 fighters, and although the performance of these fighters was unparalleled, their weaknesses were also obvious.

The ME-109 fighters, and even the F-190 fighters, have a more or less "short leg" problem, and the lack of range makes these fighters need the support of a large number of front-line field airfields.

Therefore, judging by the combat radius of the front-line fighters, the combat limit that the German army can actually advance quickly is probably just more than 200 kilometers.

After all, considering the time of the fighter jet in the air, circling patrol also wastes a lot of range. Counting the distance between the front-line field airfields and the most advanced positions, 200 kilometers is already a very optimistic estimate.

Moreover, the farther away from the airport, the less likely it is to receive timely air support. The time delay will become larger and larger, and the timeliness and effectiveness of air strikes will be greatly reduced.

These problems, in turn, have to be compensated for by increasing the number of aircraft and consuming more fuel, which will further increase the failure rate of the Air Force and easily cause pilot fatigue.

Guderian's cluster was already on the edge of the limit of air support - the nearest field airfield for the Germans was probably west of Moscow.

Although the Germans were already building field airfields south of Moscow, this would take time and material input.

Obviously, the Guderian cluster is advancing much faster than the field airfield. Therefore, he could only stay where he was, waiting for follow-up German reinforcements to catch up with the speed of his advance.

In fact, there were field airfields for the Soviet army near Vladimir, but unfortunately, if the Germans wanted to use these field airfields, they had to let the fuel and ammunition supplied to the aircraft bypass most of Moscow and reach these airfields.

At this moment, the transport capacity of the G-cluster to supply Guderian is already insufficient, let alone the consumption of an additional consuming aviation force.

Although the German logistics and transport forces had been trying to improve the transportation conditions between Poland and Smolensk, and between the port of Kiel and St. Petersburg, Guderian's advance made all of their efforts "in vain".

In the section from Poland to Smolensk, as well as from the port of Kiel to St. Petersburg, the conditions for the transportation of the German troops were indeed improved.

But the transportation between Moscow and Vladimir has exhausted all the meagre capacity saved by the German army.

Although Guderian didn't want to admit it, he also knew that his advance this time was too reluctant, so reluctant that the entire strategy would be affected.

This is also a lesson, it is not that a certain attack is advanced further and more successfully, but that it must be coordinated with the grand strategy and meet the actual requirements of our own troops.

"Restrain your troops, build an effective defense between Ryazan and Vladimir, and stop the Soviet counterattack......" Rundstedt did not want to criticize Guderian, so he spoke.

Because if he were in that position, he would have chosen the same approach - send troops to Vladimir, because this is the best tactic that the Germans have learned from the French battlefield.

After all, everyone knows that extensive "tactical reconnaissance" can pick up such a bargain, right?