Chapter 149: Another Great Advantage of the Soviet Army
The reason is decided, because he has sent a lot of tanks, tank destroyers, assault artillery and planes, and other weapons and equipment, but they have all been destroyed by the Germans. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
And the war has only been started for less than two hours, how can such a defeat not make him angry and angry?
And he has not forgotten the warnings and threats of General Rokossovsky to him, and of course there is a large number of troops and weapons and equipment to support.
But if this battle is lost, then he will not have any good results except for a miserable death.
At the very least, this is what the commander of the 13th Army, Bukarov, is most worried and afraid about now.
"Damn the Germans, they are really cunning this time!"
Faced with more and more heavy losses, Commander Karlov couldn't help but curse in the end.
That's because within two hours of the battle, he didn't know where Moder's troops had come from, and the tough ones equipped with new weapons.
Even their tank groups are new, and the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, which they have often encountered before, have not seen many of them in the two-hour battle.
In particular, the Soviet 15th Infantry Division, which the Germans are now violently attacking, the tank models they use; It is even more of a Leopard medium tank, and a Tiger heavy tank.
But what worries him the most now is simply the strength and performance of the new weapons and equipment of the German army; Rather, it was because he didn't know where the enemy was coming from before the battle, and he didn't know where they wanted to attack.
It is because of this that he constantly divides his forces to defend all defensive fronts.
And this made him divide more and more troops, so that his forces became more and more dispersed, and he became less and less able to fight and defend the enemy.
As he was now facing, if he strengthened the defensive front in front, then his defensive forces in the rear and on other sides would be reduced; In the same way, no matter how much he is strengthening the forces on the front and left, he will also weaken the forces of the other sides, or at least one of the defensive fronts.
In other words, he is now caught in the front and back and left and right to take precautions, so that the troops in the front and left and right have become weak.
And this is what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, the soldiers are few and weak, because they passively disperse a large number of soldiers and fortify the ground everywhere; To guard against the enemy's attack, on the other hand, if you have a large number of troops, then because of your own marching formation, the enemy army is in a chaotic situation, and you are sending troops everywhere to guard against the attack of your own troops.
This is the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War that Chen Yanlong explained to Modell, and it is not a matter of strength to attack more and less, but a matter of reality and fiction.
"Are you now sure that the main point of attack of the Germans is our 15th Infantry Division?"
After being attacked by Moder sometimes a little multi-faceted, and sometimes like the one-point, two-sided and three-fierce attack tactics of Lin Xbiao in China, Commander Bukarov, who was dazed, casually faced a man named Nikolai next to him? Staff Officer Oranin asked.
"Yes! Yes! Commander! Because our 15th Infantry Division is now facing a sea of German forces of the latest Leopard and Tiger tanks, and they are assisted by German aviation, as well as a large number of new rocket artillery units, tank destroyers, artillery groups, and at least three divisions of infantry units......"
Asked by the hideous Commander Karlov, the startled and somewhat overwhelmed staff officer Nikolai Oranin immediately said in horror.
"What are our reconnaissance units and intelligence units going to eat! Why is it not at all clear to us about the actions of the German army! Now I haven't even been able to find out the location of the opponent's main attack! Do you want our 13th Army to be wiped out? ”
"Are you really willing to be defeated by Moder's 9th Army like this?"
Hearing the other party's answer, Commander Karlov scolded even more angrily.
"Nope! We don't want to be defeated, and we don't want to die! ”
"That's right! And now that we know where the Germans are attacking, we can now shrink all our forces and fully deploy the 15th Division to support and counterattack! ”
"And we have an even greater advantage, that is, after suffering heavy losses, we can also quickly organize a large number of reserves with strong combat effectiveness in important battles and enter the battle."
In the face of Commander Karlov's outrage, other staff officers of the Soviet army also plucked up their courage one after another and came out to express their position.
Hearing this, Commander Karlov's terrible complexion eased slightly.
Especially when he heard about another major combat advantage of the Soviet army, he was also relieved.
Because he also knew very well that the Soviet army had two sets of command structures at the middle division level and above units.
For example, the commanders of divisions include chief and deputy division commanders, chief and deputy chiefs of staff, and so on, and the abilities of the principal and deputy posts are almost the same, with the principal posts being responsible for the day-to-day command of the troops, and the deputies being responsible for other tasks.
Once there is a battle, then the main job of the main job is to command the troops on the frontal battlefield and carry out life-and-death battles.
The deputy immediately led another set of command teams to make an emergency retreat, and then waited for the high command to replenish their troops, so that they could reorganize a combat division as soon as possible and prepare for battle.
Because the Soviet army had abundant human resources, he took advantage of this practice; Able to create a steady stream of reserves for them to fight on the front lines.
"Hmmm! I was so upset that I forgot what General Rokossovsky often told me about the three major elements of war: time, reserve forces, and armament! Now we have two decisive factors, except for the fact that our weapons and equipment have been temporarily put into attack by the new weapons of the German army, and we will definitely not lose to those damn Germans! ”
"In particular, the number of our reserve team and the degree of training are also superior to theirs!"
"In that case, then you should shrink our forces to a certain extent now, and put a part of the reserves into the defensive positions of the 15th Division, so that the Germans must not be able to break through our defense line there, or severely damage our 15th Infantry Division!"
Then, Commander Karlov frowned and was silent for a while, and then sighed softly before giving a new combat order.
"Yes! Commander! We think so too! ”
All the operational staff officers responded in unison and loudly.
After that, they moved quickly, and went to the defensive fronts, and reduced their forces; It is ready to put all the surplus troops into the Soviet 15th Infantry Division to carry out support operations.