Chapter 240: Response (1)
Zhukov was definitely not that kind of stupid commander, Zhukov would definitely choose to use "Katyusha" at night, and Zhang Jun would not be able to break through Zhukov's defense line of several hundred kilometers in a day.
"Yes, my deputy commander-in-chief, we can also use this day and night difference to deal with the Katyusha of the Soviet Union."
"Commander-in-Chief, you've really come up with a way."
"Of course, let's ...... it like this"
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After Frieze cried bitterly, he quickly returned to normal and began to repair those tanks that could be repaired with the soldiers of the repair battalion.
Boult originally thought that it was their tank assault group that would attack immediately, but shortly after Boult set out, the former enemy headquarters issued an order, ordering Boulter to rest on the spot for two hours, and the SS tank men and infantry could rest for two hours, and the SS air force was not so lucky.
In order to prevent Zhukov's dog from jumping over the wall in a hurry, Zhang Jun pulled out the "Katyusha" in broad daylight and desperately tried his best, so Zhang Jun's armored assault group was in danger, and in order to avoid this tragedy, Hartmann's planes were divided into three shifts and continuously cruised over the SS armored assault group and the Soviet troops. As long as he finds some target, Hartman authorizes his aircraft to attack, and if necessary, he can also call in headquarters to send aircraft support.
As for the Soviet artillery and anti-aircraft artillery, they will always be the priority targets of the SS Air Force, but no matter how the SS Air Force looks, they rarely find the Soviet artillery group, and even the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery seems to have disappeared out of thin air.
These situations are reflected to Zhang Jun, which makes Zhang Jun even more sure that Zhukov definitely has a killer feature, as for when Zhukov will play the trick and when to use the killer weapon, this is really hard to judge, since Zhang Jun can't figure it out, of course he won't think about it, because Zhang Jun can be sure that a famous general like Zhukov will not do very stupid things under normal circumstances.
That is, under the condition that Germany has total air supremacy, Zhukov's killer weapon cannot be carried out in the daytime, otherwise Zhukov's killer weapon "Katyusha" can only be used once and will be completely destroyed by the SS air force, and a smart person like Zhukov will not do this.
Well, you Zhukov are smart people and plan to use a killer weapon against me at night, then I will not attack at night, and I will also retreat some distance and leave only some alert troops on the occupied positions, Zhukov, your "Katyusha" can not fight 8.5 km?
I, Zhang Jun, am afraid that you Zhukov will do it, I will quietly retreat 15 kilometers or 20 kilometers from the forward position at night, and then I will only leave some alert troops in the forward position, whether you Zhukov bombards with artillery or Katyusha, you can do whatever you want, you will hit yours and I will hit mine.
I attack 80 to 100 kilometers during the day, and what if I retreat 20 kilometers at night. The artillery groups I have placed at a distance from the forward positions are not vegetarians, as long as there are alert forces to indicate the target, you must know that each SS attack group has almost 2,000 large-caliber guns, and if Zhukov thinks that he can regain the lost positions by night, ask the SS artillery group first.
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The General Headquarters of the Soviet Army in Baku, Zhukov and Chuikov are also anxious, mainly because now Germany has comprehensive air supremacy, and the number of artillery on his side is not enough for the SS to bomb, and Zhukov has this hole card in his hand.
Zhukov has six artillery divisions in his hands, two rocket artillery divisions, one anti-tank artillery division, three anti-aircraft artillery divisions, the Soviet Union has always been artilleryism, Zhang Jun because of the influence of later generations, but a person with out-and-out artilleryism, but Zhang Jun relied on the convenience of being the head of the German armament department to create a ** artillery division with 1,000 cannons, Zhang Jun's artillery division, just the need for 8,000 gunners, an infantry division is only 16,800 people, such an artillery division is almost half of the people to do logistics, Such an artillery division could only appear in Zhang Jun's SS, and only briefly.
The Soviet artillery divisions are much more rational, and the Soviet artillery divisions are divided into three categories, one is the field artillery division, equipped with 60 76-mm field guns, 45 122-mm howitzers, and 30 152-mm howitzers. The second is the anti-aircraft artillery division, also known as the anti-tank artillery division or mechanized artillery division, equipped with 50 45-mm anti-tank guns, 28 76-mm anti-tank guns, 12 100-mm anti-tank guns (not now, only later), and 35 self-propelled anti-tank guns. The third is the anti-aircraft artillery division, which is equipped with 30 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 57-mm anti-aircraft guns, 11 85-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 7 100-mm anti-aircraft guns (temporarily missing), as well as searchlight troops and radar units. Most of the self-propelled guns of the Soviet army were assigned to armored units and mechanized units, and there were fewer of them in specialized artillery units, so most of these artillery divisions were equipped with towed artillery. In addition, some artillery divisions are armed with a lot of large-caliber mortars, such as 120 mm, 160 mm and 210 mm ones.
In this way, an artillery division of the Soviet Union has about 230 artillery pieces of various calibers, and Zhukov has 9 artillery divisions, and the total number of artillery pieces is only about 2,000. Quite good artillery firepower, and all the strength of the SS is divided into three groups, and an assault group can get about 2,000 guns, Zhukov will definitely concentrate on using his own artillery, so that Zhukov's artillery strength is basically equal to the strength of an assault group.
"Comrade Chuikov, I think we should take advantage of the evening, so that we can avoid our artillery being threatened by the well-known German SS, and now we have this card in our hands, and we must play it well."
"Commander-in-Chief Zhukov, I completely agree with you, our current anti-tank mines can only blow up the tracks of German tanks, which will also play a role in delaying, if we have large-caliber anti-tank guns, we can kill these incapacitated German tanks, but we don't have them in our hands, and we can only use artillery to deal with the German SS."
"Then let the front-line troops desperately delay the pace of the Germans, although our anti-tank mines can only blow up the tracks of the Germans' tanks, but we still have to bury a large number of front-line troops, we don't have the luxury of hoping to blow up the German tanks, so that he can be blown off the tracks and stay in place for several hours."
"Okay, I'll give the order to the front-line troops to bury a large number of anti-tank mines, anyway, the German SS is still resting, we can set up a few large minefields in an hour."
"Well, let's give the SS a big dinner in the evening."
"Comrade Zhukov, I think we still have to make a few plans, such as burying explosives next to all the oil wells in Baku, etc., if we really can't hold Baku, we can't let this oil field fall into the hands of the German SS intact."
"Comrade Chuikov, I agree with you, I have carefully studied the tactics of the SS leader Zhang Jun, this ** raising soldiers is bold, and the strategy is quite not simple, and he is a fierce enemy of ours."
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The sad Flitz repaired his damaged tanks on the third line of defense of the Soviet army, and the high-spirited Boult began to attack with a huge armored assault group, the third line of defense of the Soviet army was about 20 kilometers away from the fourth line of defense, and the first ten kilometers of Boulter went particularly smoothly, but a few kilometers later, Poulter was tragic.
Because Boult's armored assault group broke into the Soviet army's anti-tank mine array, and more than 50 of the more than 100 tanks were blown off their tracks, Boult did not dare to let his tanks charge, so he quickly stopped, let the tanks that were not broken alert, and then came to repair the tank tracks, which was an hour or two.
After repairing all the damaged tank tracks, Boult also did not dare to lead the armored assault group directly to charge, so Poulter chose to immediately retreat some distance, and then call the artillery unit and cover it with artillery fire on his own path.
For the command of the front-line commander, Zhang Jun has a lot of delegated power, although Boulter is only a commander at the rank of colonel, he can call in a large amount of artillery fire and aviation support, until Poulte's support is enough, it is enough.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
A few minutes later, the German SS used hundreds of artillery pieces to support Boult, and the dense shells fell on Boult's path, although the anti-tank mine required 180 kilograms of strength to detonate, this large-caliber shell could completely detonate the anti-tank mine planted by the Soviet Union.
At this time, Boult's path was full of violent explosions, there were shells and anti-tank mines, and the smoke of gunpowder covered Boerte's path in an instant, and the German SS artillery bombarded this area indiscriminately for five minutes and then extended forward, and when the smoke cleared, Boert found that his path was full of large and small craters.
Of course, these craters will affect the assault speed of the tank, but they can't stop the Copycat Type 99 tank from advancing, and Boult doesn't need speed to break through the Soviet position, and it's nothing to reach the Soviet army's four lines of defense slowly, Poulter and Flitz are two personalities.
As long as Fritz feels that he can rush, he will choose to rush, and Poulter himself is a gentle character, and he is not in a hurry to do anything, as for that kind of character is more suitable for fighting, this is really hard to say.
By the time SS artillery had cleared the way for Poult to clear the way forward, it was almost an hour before Poult drove the entire panzer assault group to the fourth line of Soviet defense, and it was four o'clock in the afternoon. The character of Boult, of course, will not choose to open the way with all tanks, armored vehicles casually, and do not want infantry to follow the method of rapid assault.
…… (To be continued.) )