Chapter 66: Border Exercises

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Zhang Jun's First Panzer Corps of the SS relied on two transportation lines, road and railway, and the troops and equipment could be transported to the front line in a timely manner, reaching a unit, and deploying a unit.

In one day, Zhang Jun's 70,000 troops were in full swing around Pirna, and the border troops opposite the Czech Republic were also suddenly nervous, because so many German ** teams came so suddenly, so that the Czech government did not reflect at all, if the German ** team really wanted to fight at this time, on the few border posts in the Czech Republic, it was still not the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, Hitler and Zhang Jun at this time meant not to fight now, but to use force to deter to achieve political goals, because now Germany has just expanded its army, Still very weak, the preparations for war are far from complete, Hitler knows it, and Zhang Jun understands it.

Zhang Jun gave Hitler a name for this tactic: "Knife cut butter, knife by slice." "The first knife was used in Austria, Hitler succeeded, this time in the Sudetenland, because of the British Prime Minister's appeasement policy, this knife against the Sudetenland will soon cut another piece of "butter" for Germany.

The Czech government's response, of course, was fierce protests, and Hitler's response was that the protests were ineffective, and we conducted military exercises on German soil, what does it matter to you, even if the three million Germanic people in the Sudetenland demand independence, there is no German problem! That was the legitimate demand of the Germanic majority, and the Czech government, in the face of Hitler's brutal response, began to meet to study countermeasures.

Politics and diplomacy are not something that Zhang Jun can participate in now, and Zhang Jun believes that the great head of state will not lose to anyone in terms of political and diplomatic skills, and there is no need for Zhang Jun, a diplomatic idiot, to blindly mix.

On April 21, 1938, Zhang Jun's SS First Panzer exercise officially began, and the first day of the exercise was mainly an exercise assessment of individual soldiers' personal qualities;

A cohort of subjects

1. Queue action of a single team member

[1] Lizheng ...... Stop the intermittent ......

2. The queue action of the detachment

[1] The formation of the squad...... Discrete......

2. Physical fitness subjects

1. Strength training:

1 push-ups, sit-ups 2, speed quality training: ......

Triple grappling training

1. Capture the enemy's technical subjects

[1] Fist method (1) straight fist...... (1) Fighting Fist (16 moves)

2. Supporting applications

[1] Leg lifting and neck pressing[2] Twisting ankle and kneeling...... [10] Grab the dagger with the arm

Fourth, weapons and equipment subjects

[1] Basic posture of holding a gun [2] Basic action of gun inspection......

Zhang Jun spent three days to practice a series of basic subjects such as individual soldier quality subjects, individual soldier teamwork subjects, etc., the effect was very good, all the SS troops passed the assessment of these subjects, Rommel handed over the exercise outline and went directly to his division headquarters, Rommel's least favorite thing was to stay in the office, Zhang Jun just wanted to stay in the military department to help impossible, the next arms exercises, can only Zhang Jun with a group of staff officers who have no combat experience to organize, although there is no experience, It's also a kind of exercise for them.

Zhang Jun divided his SS army into two parts, the red and blue sides, 25,000 men on each side, including two armored divisions and half an aviation division, the commander-in-chief of the red side Rommel, and the commander-in-chief of the blue side, Hausser, of course, Zhang Jun was the chief referee, and the tactical problem was best decided by the commander of the first line, and Zhang Jun's main job was to choose the strategic direction.

The armies of the red and blue sides set up a position outside Pirna, and the strength and weapons and equipment of both sides in this exercise were basically the same, so it was a test of the commander's command and adaptability, and the outside of Pirna was a typical hilly area, which was not very favorable to the armored forces, and Rommel and Hausser were in their own command posts, meditating and thinking about countermeasures.

Rommel commanded the "Viking Division" and the "Prince Eugen" division, these two units are inferior to the "Skeleton Division" and the "Imperial Division" in terms of formation time and number of veterans, but Rommel has actual combat experience in commanding division-level troops, while Rommel's opponent Hausser has only commanded regimental-level troops, don't underestimate the gap at this level, the tactics considered by divisional commanders and regimental commanders are not on the same level, it can be said that both red and blue have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Blue Command Post;

Haussel is discussing tactics with Ike, Haussel has been thinking hard for a long time, and has not found a good way to "break the enemy", the scope of activity of the two sides of the exercise can only be within a radius of 100 miles, the armies of both sides face each other across a small river, both sides have built a series of fortifications, under such an average combat force, if you want to push flat from the front, it is definitely a failure, and the casualties of the attack will always be more than the defense when the forces and weapons are basically the same.

"Ike, do you have any good plan to break this stalemate and give our army the initiative in the battle."

"Brother Cell, don't embarrass me, in the past, the commander ordered us to fight wherever we wanted, save more trouble, I really have no choice."

"Brother Ike, in the past, we commanded a regiment, and we didn't have to think about any battle problems, but now we are commanding a division, or more troops, but we can't have that kind of dependence mentality, I think we might as well respond to all changes with the same."

"Okay, I agree with your immutability."

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RED Command Post:

Rommel also stood quietly in front of the sand table to think about the problem, the two sides faced each other across a small river ten kilometers long, and it was simply impossible to attack in a roundabout way on this front, and it would not work in a roundabout, so what would happen to the central breakthrough? Rommel took out the tank model and began to fiddle with it on the sand table. With Captain Bitrich as an assistant on the side, Rommel found a relatively open section of the front, where the terrain was relatively flat and more suitable for tank assaults than other fronts.

The location was chosen, and then the analysis was followed, and Rommel began to speak to himself:

"If I defend with only half the army in the other defensive lines, I can concentrate about 12,000 attacking troops, and if the enemy adopts a defensive position, this flat front must be the focus of their defense, and maybe they will also go head-to-head with the enemy's armored forces, and if the enemy designs a trap here, it will be even more self-defeating."

This flat front seems to be the most conducive to attack, but in fact, in the eyes of the enemy, it is not the most dangerous position, and the focus on defense is inevitable. Rommel then began to fiddle with:

"If I first deliberately gather some troops on the flat eastern front, and then set up more troop numbers, and at the same time send more than a dozen real tanks, and arrange hundreds of fake tanks, so as to paralyze the enemy, and then choose the breakthrough point on the west side of the battle line, in a relatively dangerous place, so that I can hit the enemy's soft underbelly, in order to achieve this tactical effect, the following conditions must be supplemented, otherwise this campaign plan will not be successful.

First, you should need the corresponding bridge building tools, if you don't have it, you can directly load the truck with mud and drive into the river to build a bridge immediately, which is very convenient, and you can also quickly build a bridge on this kind of river by saying that your own boat and bridge troops can also quickly build a bridge on this kind of river, which I can solve.

The second is that the section of the battle line is a busy undulating hill, can their armored troops pass through this area, and then drive to the enemy's rear for a blitzkrieg, fortunately this section of the western front, Rommel once passed by once, although there are many hills, but the tank can still pass, but the speed is slower, and at the same time the need for sappers is more, sappers Rommel is not lacking.

Third, it is aimed at the problem of the enemy's all-out reinforcements after discovering the course, Rommel really has no good way to do this, mainly because the two sides have the same strength and weapons, if they do their best to reinforce and encircle, Rommel will be very passive, and there may be a danger of being counter-encircled, how to solve the third and stump Rommel.

Rommel was talking to himself, and Bitrich said unconsciously:

"Then we'll get rid of his command."

"What, Beatrich, you're repeating what you just said."

"What's the matter, General, I said we'll get rid of his command."

Although Beatrich's military rank is the same as Rommel's, both are major generals, but Rommel also has a position - deputy commander, so Beatrich is considered a subordinate.

Rommel was suddenly inspired, thanked Beatrich twice, and then quickly picked up the phone on the table.

"Notify Otto to come and see me immediately."

Otto is a native of Vienna, once went to Rommel to train at the Vienna Military Academy where Rommel was the principal, Rommel was very impressed with his student, when he was training at the military academy, Otto fell madly in love with fencing, this "sport" at that time was not what we now imagined as "duel" or "sport", in those years this activity was purely traditional education, there were neither winners nor losers in the matchup. But it is true that there are quite a few naughty children who take it too seriously, and they use this for duels. Otto was actively involved in this "sport" from the beginning of his freshman year, beginning his first duel.

Otto was a well-known swordsman at the time, despite his young age. However, Otto's swordsmanship obviously could not achieve the realm of "killing one person in three steps, leaving no one for a thousand miles", and in a duel between the students, Otto left a mark on his face - a long scar. It is said that Otto participated in 15 duels, leaving a scar on the tenth, which became his proud capital in the future.

Breaking the appearance may be a painful thing for many people, but this kind of duel back then, with a striking scar on the face and body, is something to be proud of, and the atmosphere at that time was such that Otto even "dreamed of" it. This scar stayed with him for the rest of his life, and Americans called him "Scarface".