The offensive period of the Battle of Kursk was first dragged on and on, and turned into a forced offensive positional station instead of a blitzkrieg; Later, at the most critical moment of the war, several elite SS Panzer divisions on the Southern Front were transferred to deal with the Allied landing in Italy, resulting in the loss of the last hope of winning the Battle of Bastion......

After the Battle of Kursk, the defeat of the German army was more constrained by the extreme inferiority of the army and equipment, and quite a lot of the time it was to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall. It is undeniable that many of Germany's erroneous operational decisions in World War II were the main reasons for the heavy losses suffered by the German army. If the German army's operational command system had been soundly functioning and undisturbed, the German army's achievements would have been even better.

Li Mo of other Wehrmacht forces did not dare to guarantee it, but Li Mo absolutely dared to guarantee that the Southern Army Group under his command would not be overstepped by Hitler's command, and Li Mo would not be pampered and arrogant.

4. Armament:

Although the German weapons were excellent, the quality was not comparable to the quantity, and in the end they might have to be drowned in the wolf pack tactics of the T34 tank. It is worth mentioning that at this time, Germany already had a strategic air force, a strategic bomber with a long range and a large bomb load, which could carry out strategic bombing missions and destroy the raw material production areas, production bases, and material centers in the rear of the Soviet army, so as to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle.

5. Racism:

Historically, at the beginning of the Soviet-German War, the German army was also regarded as liberators. However, Hitler's racial policy determined that he could not win over the people of the occupied territories, and the Slavs and Jews were regarded as inferior peoples who had to be exterminated. the mass murder of Jews and Soviet prisoners of war carried out by Nazi Germany; the order for the execution of all political commissars of the Soviet Army; An anti-guerrilla measure in which one German died and a hundred Soviets paid for their lives. These terrorist measures pushed the Soviets against themselves, aroused the will of the Soviet people to resist, and created countless enemies for themselves.

Li Mo's academic report was a euphemism to tell Hitler not to use the historical set of ethnic discrimination policies, which is undoubtedly a self-defeating approach, and Li Mo prayed in his heart that Hitler's stubborn character would listen to his opinion.

6. Strategic Resources:

One of Germany's Achilles' heels was its lack of strategic resources, and after its defeat in World War I, it lost all its overseas colonies. Most of the materials needed during the war had to be imported, such as oil from Romania and iron ore from Norway. Germany now has almost all of Europe's resources at its disposal, but it is still insufficient. Germany, for example, also produces its own artificial rubber and artificial gasoline. Although the cost is huge, it cannot be done. Therefore, in the Soviet-German war, the plundering of strategic resources will be an important goal of the German army, and to some extent it will also interfere with strategic decision-making. If the war drags on for a long time. Resources will be even more insufficient. The defeat of the German army on the battlefield would lead to a further loss of resources. Thus accelerating the decline of the defeat ??

Li Mo can formulate a series of strategic arrangements and policies based on the situation he has analyzed. Execute in the places they occupy, so that the superiority of Army Group South of Germany is more prominent.

……

April 20, 1940 at 5 a.m.; 30, the German-Soviet border was silent. The stars in the sky have been hidden in the sky, and the light below the horizon has shone into the sky, reflecting the ground, and there is a glimmer of light on the ground.

At this time, there was a lot of snoring in the barracks of the Soviet army, because the position of the Soviet Union was northern, so everyone got up late, and on the German side, countless cannons had already faded their gun coats, and the huge muzzles were held high, and countless German soldiers were lying on the wet ground, quietly carrying them. The rear airfields in Germany have long been busy, more than a dozen large airfields and hundreds of field airfields, all of which are brightly lit, all the planes are fully loaded and neatly parked on the runway, and the pilots of the planes have already boarded the plane, but they have not closed the cabin, they are also waiting for orders.

Germany's air attack on the Soviet Union was the first to start, because the Soviet Union did not have a radar system, and Britain and the United States did, but it was impossible for these imperialists to sell radar, an advanced weapon, to the Soviet Union. In order to deal the most fatal blow to the Soviet Air Force, Hitler ordered ninety percent of all aircraft to take off at one time, and another ten percent to guard airfields.

Army Group North and Army Group Center had a total of 5,600 planes, Army Group South was more than 2,100, and Germany used a total of more than 7,000 planes to attack Soviet airfields and railway hubs, and it was necessary to destroy the Soviet Air Force at the first time, and Germany dispatched more than 7,000 planes at one time, which was the first large-scale air raid in human history.

Kesselring's air force headquarters is located in the Polish city government, where the communication facilities are complete, and all kinds of conditions are relatively good, and now it has long been converted into a standard air force headquarters, and the telecommunications room, logistics office, dispatch office, sand table deduction group, staff office, etc. are all busy.

At this time, it was only late April, and the temperature outside was only about ten degrees, and Kesselring, who was looking at the time on the wall, was still a little nervous, the importance of this strategic plan, Kesselring did not understand, it was precisely because Kesselring understood the importance of the "Barbarossa" plan, so he was nervous, and the success of the surprise attack of the Kesselring Air Force determined the success or failure of the "Barbarossa" plan.

"Report, the first airfield is ready."

"Report, the second airfield is ready."

"Bell...... Bell ......"

The clock hands of the General Headquarters of the Air Force in Warsaw pointed to 6 and began to ring a crisp bell. Kesselring shook his hands and gritted his teeth to pick up the microphone in front of him, which he felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

"All take off, carry out the set tasks, and wish my soldiers a triumphant journey."

"Bang bang bang...... Whew......huhu"

Three red signal flares rose into the sky, and countless planes on the airport that were ready to take off immediately turned their propellers, the roar of the engines was deafening, and the smoke emitted by the planes formed layers of pitch-black oil smoke over the airport, which drifted away outside the airport under the blowing of the breeze.

Countless planes began to accelerate, faster and faster, and then took off and pierced the blue sky, this time Germany prepared and built a lot of airports, a field airport arranged at most two groups of aircraft, there are eighty, large airports are generally arranged bombers such as large aircraft, but the number will not exceed 3 brigades, this is the overall dispatch of more than 7,000 aircraft, if the coordination is not good, it is very likely to be extremely chaotic.

…… (To be continued......)

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