Chapter 1072: The Barbarossa Plan (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

At the end of 1936, the 'Barbarossa Plan' drawn up by the German General Staff under the leadership of Field Marshal Manstein, Chief of the General Staff, was officially submitted to the hands of Emperor Qin Tian.

The Barbarossa plan, that is, the plan of attack on the Burussians. This plan was drawn up by Qin Tian five years ago when he asked the General Staff Headquarters. It's just that it was revised several times in accordance with changes in the international environment and changes in the military power of Germany and other countries. This time, it was finalized. Once it passed Qin Tian's review, when war broke out with Burussia, the German army would implement this plan in accordance with it.

The Barbarossa Project of this plane is fundamentally different from the Barbarossa Project of the Head of State of another plane. Because, the strength of Germany in this time and space is stronger, while the strength of Burussia is much weaker. At the same time, Germany, by integrating Europe, has pinched almost the entire power of Europe into a single rope. In such a situation, once the Germans attack the Russians, they will have to invest more forces. At that time, it will be very difficult for Burussia to resist the German attack.

Qin Tian's only worry was undoubtedly the bad weather and traffic in Bu'an. Although, most of Europe has cold winters. However, Buu is even colder. In the cold winter, if there is no adequate preparation, there will inevitably be a large number of non-combat attrition due to frostbite. In that case, I am afraid that we will repeat the mistakes of Napoleon the Great and the Führer of another time and space. At the same time, the traffic situation in Burussia is still very bad. Although, with the assistance of Germany, the western part of Burussia has built a well-developed transportation network. However, traffic in the hinterland of Burussia is still bad. It's not that the Russians don't have the money to build a transport network, it's that they don't want to. Not wanting to repair the railways and roads, the Germans went directly into the hinterland of Burussia along the railways and roads. Therefore, poor transportation has also been regarded by Burussia as a powerful weapon against Germany.

The Barbarossa plan, submitted by Marshal Manstein, was divided into five main phases. In the first stage, the Germans used their powerful army and air force to inflict heavy damage on or even eliminate the main forces deployed by Burussia on the western border. In one fell swoop, the main forces of the Burussians were eliminated and the preparations were prepared for the next second phase of the operation.

In the first phase, the main forces involved would be the German army, as well as a small number of the troops of the protectorate. Because, this time, it is the main force of the Russian army that has to be dealt with. Although it has undergone a great purge, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army has fallen rapidly. However, those standing armies still have a strong fighting capacity. The armies of the German protectorate and other client states may have no chance of victory against these Russian troops. Therefore, this hard bone must be gnawed down by the Germans themselves. With the strength of the German Army, it will be very easy to complete this stage. After all, whether it is the German Army or the Air Force, the combat power is much stronger than that of the Russian army.

The second stage is the defensive phase. In the event of defeat in the early stages of the war, the Buenos and Russians will inevitably carry out a national mobilization. At that time, the huge population advantage of Buenos and Russia will be able to be brought into play. They will mobilize a very large army. If the Germans continue to attack, the bad weather and transportation will greatly restrict the German army, and even further increase the German casualties. At this stage, the Germans would be mainly on the defensive. At the same time, on the defensive line, deploy a large number of troops of protectorate and client states, so that they can fight with the Russian army.

When the main elite of the Russian army is almost lost, the combat effectiveness of the troops mobilized in the follow-up will not be much stronger. With the strength of the armies of the German protectorate and the client state, even if they could not defeat the Russian army in a frontal battle, there would be no problem in relying on fortifications for defense. In this way, the living forces of the Russian army can be further consumed.

At the third stage, the Germans continued their offensive. The focus will be on taking Moscow and other big cities. and further annihilate the living forces of the Russian army, thus completely changing the balance of strength between the two sides. At this stage of the battle, the German army and the armies of the protectorate and client states will become the main force. Because at this time, even if the number of Russian troops is still huge, the combat effectiveness of the troops has been greatly reduced. It is estimated that many of the soldiers who have just been mobilized to join the army will not even be able to fire a gun. Even, at this stage, Russia's heavy industry and military industry had been seriously damaged under the strategic bombardment of the Luftwaffe. Under such circumstances, it may be very difficult for the Russian army to even equip its troops.

In the fourth stage, with the armies of the German protectorates and client states as the main force, the offensive into the hinterland of Burussia was continued. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the armies of the German protectorates and client states was completely superior to that of the Russian army. To defeat Burussia, the problem should not be too big.

In the fifth and final stage, the German army gathered strong forces and fought all the way across the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, completely destroying Burussia. In fact, if the Eastern European Plain is lost, the Bu-Russia will already lose its development potential, and the threat to Germany will not be too great. Under such circumstances, Germany's main target could have been placed on the other enemy countries.

It took Qin Tian a full day before he finished reading the entire plan. It can be said that this plan grasped his intentions. In the German army's operation against Burussia, except for the first and third stages, which will be the main force, the remaining three stages are mainly auxiliary forces. The main forces were to be replaced by the armies of those protectorates and client states of Germany. Although, their combat effectiveness is not strong. However, after the Germans eliminated the main forces of the Russian Army, they were still fully able to deal with the Russian Army.

Besides, the Luftwaffe will always take to the skies as long as the weather permits. Not only to seize air supremacy on the battlefield, but also to provide air support to the German and Allied land forces. In such a situation, if the Russian army wants to counterattack, there is no possibility.

After Qin Tian thought about it carefully, he found that there was nothing missing in this battle plan, so he signed his name on the battle plan.

This means that the Barbarossa plan has been finalized. Next, there may be some changes to the plan, but by and large it will not change.

"Hopefully, this time we can make it in one fell swoop!" After Qin Tian put down the pen, he muttered.