Chapter 474: Fatal Flaw
As soon as Zun Gang entered the conference hall, he saw that Supreme Treasure was discussing with everyone the various county towns next to Huaiyue that he was going to attack next, and when he saw the Li brothers coming in, Lu Xiaoyu pulled them to his side and sat down.
Supreme Treasure is also summarizing to you the combat process of this blitzkrieg jointly fought by the Flying Tiger Army and the Mengying Army today, so that it can be used in future wars. The idea of the Supreme Treasure is to imitate the German blitzkrieg during World War II, but now this blitzkrieg is different from the previous blitzkrieg.
Blitzkrieg was a tactic often used by the German army during World War II, which made full use of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy by surprise attack. It often first uses planes to violently bomb the communications centers of the enemy's important strategic facilities, bombs the enemy's planes at airfields, gains air supremacy, and paralyzes the enemy's command system.
"The blitzkrieg we have adopted this time is a combination of surprise attacks and quick attacks, and it will hit the enemy like lightning! It can demoralize the enemy under a sudden threat, so that it will collapse immediately at the first huge blow! The Supreme Treasure is explaining to everyone.
"I've never seen such a subtle tactic, where did you learn it, General?" Liu Bang asked.
"You really have been following the general for a short time, you must not know the victory that your uncle achieved in the war with Xiang Yu before, we used to have more than 10,000 people still beat Xiang Yu's 100,000 soldiers, and today is a piece of cake for us, right, big brother!" Li Da boasted as soon as he came in.
"Are you going to die if you are modest? Liu Bang also participated in our battle for the first time and made great contributions, you said this in front of him, and you were misunderstood by others as deliberately showing off in front of him. Brother Liu Bang, don't take it to heart, my brother loves to talk nonsense. Li Yi apologized.
"It doesn't matter, when Brother Li Da said this, I know more about the general's heroic deeds and admire him more." Liu Bang said.
"Actually, this tactic is really not original to me, but I really don't know how to explain it to you when it comes to the invention of this tactic. I only know that this tactical theory was created by a foreigner named Guderian and was originally used in Poland. Oh, and as for this Poland, it is actually a country in the Western Regions. Supreme Treasure explained.
"Oh? Western Regions? Uncle, how do you know about the Western Regions? Have you been there too? Li Yi wondered.
"Oh, these are all what Xiaoyu told me after he came back, and I told me this tactic after he came back! The Western Regions are so far away, how could I have been there! ”
However, it is not that the Supreme Treasure has to learn from this failed blitzkrieg, in fact, there are still many things worth learning from the blitzkrieg. At 4:45 a.m. on 1 September 1939, the German army, with its six armored divisions, four lightly armored divisions, and four motorized divisions as its main assault forces, tore through the defense line of about 800,000 troops of the six Polish armies in western Poland. The rapid and in-depth advance force of the German armored forces and the air force quickly tore apart and encircled the old and huge Polish army, and by October 5, the Polish campaign was over. The Polish army suffered 66,000 killed, 210,000 wounded, and 694,000 captured, while the Germans suffered only 30,000 casualties. Thus a successful completely new tactic was inscribed in the military history of the world.
At the beginning of World War II, Nazi German military strategists created a blitzkrieg, the offensive was fierce and seemingly invincible, conquering Poland in 27 days, Denmark in one day, Norway in 23 days, the Netherlands in five days, Belgium in 18 days, and France in 39 days...... The blitzkrieg was indeed glorious for a while, and it can be called a classic in the history of warfare.
Blitzkrieg warfare has achieved its war objectives suddenly and quickly with minimal losses with the latest high-tech weapons, and its theoretical charm is still undiminished. Studying the possible evolution of "information-based blitzkrieg" will help us guard against new blitzkrieg warfare in future wars and seek more opportunities to win in warfare.
Peeling off the coat of blitzkrieg aggression and analyzing it, we will find that it contains a wealth of theories and flashes of enlightenment that transcends historical time and space.
"I have summarized several characteristics of the blitzkrieg, and after our Flying Tiger Army grows stronger, you are all generals who want to stand alone, and you must be familiar with the use of this tactic. The first is to 'fold' space in the shortest possible time, because 'time is the army' and 'time is victory,' and seizing time is an important part of military confrontation. If you are one step ahead of the enemy in time, you can get the advantage of the opportunity. ”
The second is to obtain the maximum impact force by maneuvering as fast as possible, and an important idea of the "Art of War" offensive warfare is that the soldiers are noble and fast. The book reads, 'And then the unstoppable, speed.' And made a beautiful analogy to the rapid impact of the water, as for the drifter, the momentum; The disease of the bird, as for the destroyer, the festival also. According to the theory of the mechanics of warfare, the combat effectiveness of an army depends on the strength of troops, mobility and impact force, and the magnitude of mobility and impact force are related to speed, and the faster the speed, the greater the impact force. Our current blitzkrieg can rely on the high speed and depth of armored fighting vehicles, as well as the rapid clearing of the battlefield with explosives, so this blitzkrieg is to its greatest effect. ”
"The third is to transform spiritual power into combat effectiveness, and in the theory of blitzkrieg warfare, spirit can be said to play a crucial role in the victory of combat. Its role is mainly reflected in the following two aspects. One is to attack its unpreparedness and surprise it. Many outstanding military strategists in ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, have paid great attention to the suddenness of operations, pointing out that suddenness and surprise can make up for the lack of troops. The second is deterrence. The so-called shock is to show a very strong appearance in front of a strong opponent, in order to confuse the opponent and make him think that you are very strong, just like us, although the power may be much worse than Xiang Yu, but as long as we are confident, we will naturally be a little stronger. ”
"General, you say this, this lightning tactic is not invincible, what are we afraid of, as long as we fight according to this blitzkrieg, don't say that Wu Yue and Nanchu are all ours." Liu Bang said excitedly.
"I can't say too much, although this blitzkrieg seems invincible at the moment, plus we have armored combat vehicles that can quickly advance on flat ground, and explosives and artillery can quickly capture the tower, but it also has two fatal flaws I hope you can recognize." Supreme Treasure said solemnly.