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According to the analysis of the photos, the Soviet army abandoned all positions between Rostov and Georgia, and the Soviet Red Army alone in the Baku region was more than 300,000, and with the addition of the strength of the Georgian republic, the total strength of the Soviet army in Baku would not be less than 500,000, and the Soviet Union still had more than 600,000 regular troops in Stalingrad.

Of course, there is no way for these more than 600,000 Soviet troops to come out of Stalingrad to attack Paul and their ass. From the analysis of aerial photographs, the Soviet Union laid out several lines of defense in Georgia, each of which completely cut off the Baku Peninsula, and the depth of this line of defense was very deep, extending all the way to the territory of Azerbaijan, in front of the Baku region.

In the light of these latest developments, Paul, who had already left Rostov-on-Don, hurriedly sent a telegram to Limer, explaining the real state of affairs in the Baku region of the Soviet Union. It was not that Paul was timid and did not dare to attack, but that Paul was afraid that if he could not break through the huge and deep defensive positions of the Soviet Union, it would affect the strategic plan of the entire Army Group South.

When Li Mo received the telegram, he also felt that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly asked Bock to discuss countermeasures:

"My deputy commander-in-chief, I think we're in trouble, the Soviets have invented a tactic specifically to restrain our blitzkrieg, called the Great Depth Strategy, come and see."

"Ahh Knock knock knock ......"

As soon as Bock heard that the Soviets had invented the latest tactics, he hurriedly left his work at hand, ran to Li Mo's side, took the telegram from Li Mo's hand and looked at it, very confused; C+ shook his head abruptly, saying that he didn't understand the latest tactics of the Soviet Union, and Li Mo didn't understand Bock, so he had to pull Bock to the huge map. Tell Bock carefully:

The idea of a large-depth operation was first put forward by Soviet military theorists Tukhachevsky, Triandafilov, and Egorov in the 20 s. In their military writings, they made a preliminary exposition of the theoretical principles of large-depth operations.

But due to Stalin's purge policy, this tactic was forced to be interrupted, and now this tactic has been taken seriously by the Soviets again, and they have begun to be used in the battle to defend Baku, you see their defensive position, more than 500 kilometers wide from east to west, with the sea on both sides, we have no way to attack in a roundabout, 700 kilometers deep from north to south.

Such a huge defensive position. The Soviet Union had at least a million troops. Of course, there are not so many of their regular troops, but there are a lot of men in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and they are all very good cannon fodder troops, so don't underestimate these cannon fodder. If they fight to the death. I must have been in trouble......

We are talking about the latest tactical theory of the Soviet Union - the strategy of great depth. He included two tactics, the first was a large-depth offensive and a large-depth elastic defense, according to the Soviets' large-depth offensive tactics. To put it simply, it is to concentrate as many men and artillery as possible in the enemy's weak links on the front line, and then tear one or more openings with an overwhelming attack, followed by the rapid armored cluster cutting in, the infantry division completes the occupation and expands on both sides to tear a larger opening, and the rapid armored group continues to advance to the depth to completely destroy the enemy's logistics and defensive depth.

The large-depth defense tactics are actually a variant of the elastic defense of the territory, which does not pursue the first-line defense of the border against the enemy outside the country, establishes a multi-echelon and multi-line defense depth, and uses cannon fodder troops to absorb and consume the enemy's offensive force, and then concentrates as many reserves as possible, as many rapid armored clusters as possible, and carries out defensive counterattacks.

Whether offensive or defensive, the Soviets' large-depth tactics emphasized reserving enough reserves and using these troops at the most critical moments, either to plug the gap and fight a counter-assault after being broken through the battle line, or to fight a counterattack and annihilation war after the enemy's offensive was exhausted. In addition, the Soviets placed extreme emphasis on firepower, always concentrating as much firepower as possible on the offensive front, and a Soviet infantry division was generally only responsible for a one-kilometer frontal attack or defense, and in the offensive and defensive process, it would often concentrate the firepower of an artillery brigade or even an artillery division for fire support. The density of this artillery fire is extremely terrifying.

From the above examples, it seems that this tactic is a very effective and practical tactic. But I think it's not so much a creative invention of the Soviets as a compromise with reality — the Soviets have a lot of tanks, but nowhere near the point where they can squander them.

As a result, the infantry became a victim, whether it was resisting the enemy's attack in a defensive battle or tearing through the enemy's defense line during the attack, the infantry undertook the task of cannon fodder with great casualties (of course, the infantry division would generally be reinforced by a regiment or brigade of tanks), compared to the Germans and Western countries preferred to rely on powerful tanks to accomplish this task.

The rapid cluster of tanks and mechanized units that had torn apart the position and the infantry division to complete the task of occupying and expanding to the flanks was actually a compromise, because the infantry divisions and artillery units of the Soviets lacked motor vehicles to follow up the attack of the mechanized rapid group, so the two units with mismatched mobility had to be assigned different tasks. In this way, if you run into an opponent who also loves to stay in reserve, it is quite possible to break away from the armored cluster that broke through alone with the large army and be dumpled. ”

Historically, this problem is similar to the repeated deflating of the Germans' mechanized groups in the middle of World War II during their blitzkriegs, and as the belligerents matured their anti-tank tactics, the invincibility of simply concentrating as many tank forces as possible quickly kicked to the ground. It's just that in 44 years, the Soviet Union and Germany had a huge disparity in strength, and the Germans basically had no reserves, and the Soviet Union's large-depth offensives were repeatedly successful. Neither Germany's blitzkrieg nor the Soviet Union's strategy of great depth were flawless, and the fight to the back could only be the final showdown of the comprehensive strength of the two countries.

"Commander-in-Chief, I understand that the Soviets are now using a large-depth elastic defense, and once we attack, the Soviets use a large number of infantry as cannon fodder, resisting step by step, consuming our offensive, slowing us down, and when we are exhausted, that's when they counterattack, right? Commander in chief. ”

"Yes, that's pretty much what it means."

Bock begins to fall silent, and Leemer and Bock begin to look for a solution to their current predicament in front of a large map.

"Report."

"Read."

"The new Ukrainian government has called, and the railway from Germany to Rostov has been repaired."

"Okay, okay, order all trains stockpiled at the border to immediately take off to Rostov with all kinds of substances."

"Yes."

The communications officer turned around and left, Li Mo still had a frosty face just now, but now it is a little better, if all the materials have to be transported by trucks, almost 900 kilometers from Germany to Rostov-on-Don, the fuel consumed by 400,000 trucks is absolutely heavenly, although Germany has a little oil reserves for the time being, but it can't withstand such a squandering and waste.

…… (To be continued......)

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