In the Petrovsk Campaign, there is nothing to be tricked into, we can only use the torrent of steel to completely and simply smash the Soviet army's large-depth defense, and we must not give the Soviets any illusions, and we must make the Soviets think that this kind of large-depth defense is ineffective against our German blitzkrieg, otherwise we will be in big trouble. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Guderian and Manstein were convinced of this, and the Soviet Union must not be allowed to continue this kind of defense in depth.

Suddenly, a communications officer walked in:

"Report, there is an urgent message."

"Read."

"The new Ukrainian government called, and the railway from the German border to Kherson, Ukraine, has been repaired."

Rommel hurriedly came to the map, and Manstein immediately pointed out Kherson to the Führer Rommel, Kherson to the current position of the German army, it is less than fifty kilometers, the Ukrainians are really amazing, and I don't know how much the Ukrainians hate Stalin, they actually repaired such a long railway in such a short time.

"Okay, okay, order all trains stockpiled at the border to immediately take off all kinds of materials to Kherson."

"Yes."

The restoration of railways in Ukraine is not a simple repair, but at the same time reduces the spacing between rails, and the Soviet Union has carried out the restoration and transformation together with the spacing of rails that is different from the European standard.

If the railway system in the Soviet Union was not modified, the trains from Germany would have to unload all kinds of supplies on board and then transport them to the trains in Ukraine, and then deliver them to the German front-line troops in the Soviet Union.

This will undoubtedly greatly affect the supply of the German front-line troops, and it is impossible for Rommel the Traveler to repeat history, so before Rommel attacked the Soviet Union, he was preparing the same sleepers as Europe, and the sleepers on the Soviet Union's wide-gauge railways can also be used to the maximum, so that the Ukrainians can quickly complete the reconstruction of these hundreds of kilometers of railway system.

If Germany had not repaired the railway system in the Soviet Union, all materials would have to be transported by trucks, and almost 900 kilometers from Germany to Rostov-on-Don, the entire Army Group South would have needed at least 400,000 trucks of 1.05 million people to maintain normal combat effectiveness.

It is impossible for Germany to equip Army Group South with 400,000 trucks, even if Army Group South has 400,000 trucks, but the amount of fuel consumed is absolutely heavenly.

Well, now, as soon as the train passes, Guderian's logistics will be completely stressed, and it will take a day and a night to transport materials from the border to Rostov-on-Don.

Guderian said thoughtfully:

"My Führer, I think I've found a way to deal with the Soviets' great defense in depth."

Both Rommel and Manstein were surprised, and said in unison:

"General Guderian, tell me about your plan."

Guderian smirked:

"The Soviet Union's defenses in great depth were like a giant turtle shell that looked hard to smash open, and that was not used enough bombs.

The fortified city of Odessa, why did I surrender without a fight, because I poured half a million shells on that city.

My Führer, I beg you to give me another 400,000 rounds of artillery shells, 100,000 rounds of aerial bombs, and I promise that in a few days there will be few people alive on the Soviet positions. ”

Manstein consciously closed his mouth, last time Guderian used up 500,000 shells at one time, which made the other two army groups a little dissatisfied, if Führer Rommel gave Guderian another 500,000 bombs this time, the other two army groups were afraid that the command of Army Group South could only fight by bombs.

Because Rommel integrated all the military enterprises in Europe, to be honest, Germany's current production of weapons and ammunition can fully meet all the needs of the front, which would have been unthinkable in the Hitler era.

Rommel thought for a moment and said:

"Alright! It doesn't matter if you can make our soldiers sacrifice less and use more bombs, I will meet your requirements. ”

"Thank you, Führer, I don't want to use bombs against the Soviets alone, I just don't want my armored forces to be wasted in this positional battle full of anti-tank trenches."

Rommel nodded, indicating that he understood, and then it was up to Guderian, the commander-in-chief of Army Group South, Rommel, the Führer's habit of not interfering in the command of the front, he just stayed in the command headquarters, and by the way, he used the "Eye of God" to look at the situation on the battlefield in case something unexpected happened......

Since it was necessary to have a unit to penetrate into the rear of Petrovsk, but this required crossing a river, Guderian was busy mobilizing the boat-bridge troops.

Each division of the German army has a boat and bridge battalion, and the equipment for crossing the river is relatively complete, as long as the river is not too big, there is no big problem for the German field troops.

"Herald, order SS General Steiner to come to me at the General Headquarters at once."

"Yes"

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Going to the "dead place" between Petrovsk and Kharkov - Kovsk was chosen by Steiner himself, and when Steiner received the order from Commander-in-Chief Guderian to mobilize the bridge troops, Steiner knew that it was time for him to appear.

He hurriedly combed his hair with the palm of his hand, and soon came the commander-in-chief's summoning order, Steiner was already ready, and the car that stepped into the entrance of the military department was gone.

"Report, SS Colonel-General Steiner came to receive combat duty."

"Hehe, Steiner, are you in a hurry? When you get to Kovsk, embattled, you won't think like that. ”

"No, I promise."

"Well, hopefully, Steiner, you come here, and I'll tell you more about it."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

Steiner hurriedly ran to Guderian's side, and Guderian pointed with the command pole in his hand at two hundred kilometers north of Petrovsk and began to say:

"Here, Koivsk will be your ultimate goal this time, and by capturing there, you will be able to cut off the two railways from the direction of Stalin and Kharkiv, so that Petrovsk will not be able to get any supplies.

You have to hold on to where until we achieve victory in the whole of Petrovsk for this, because your task is difficult, I give you the SS Skull Panzer Division, the Viking Grenadier Division, the Nordic Grenadier Division.

Are you confident that you can complete the task? ”

Steiner put his feet together, "snapped", and said;

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

Guderian nodded, the SS troops assigned to him were extremely tenacious in their fighting will, so Guderian was not worried about his combat effectiveness at all.

Guderian took the command stick, pointed to the map, and explained:

"This is the Aureli River, this is where your troops will cross, we will use five armored divisions to clear the way for you, escort you to the crossing of the Aureli River, follow you and have a supplementary division, and three thousand truckloads of material will also be on the road with you.

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