Chapter 33: The "Blitzkrieg" Theory
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And the main task of the squadron is to set fire to the four sides and burn those bastards. The desperate Japanese army began to commit suicide in droves, and Matsui Ishone's fate was no longer important, and his only choice was to go to hell with his 200,000 invading army, which was always the end of the invaders. When Zhang Jun sent people into Danyang City, it had become a "hell's Shura field" full of charred corpses of Japanese soldiers, emitting bursts of foul smell, all kinds of guns had long lost their original shape, under such a fire, no Japanese soldiers survived, and the old devil Matsui Shigen also became charred, only a black general command knife beside him, sadly telling the identity of the deceased.
In just ten days, the squadron annihilated 200,000 elite Japanese troops, which shocked the world, and at the same time had a strong interest in the new tactics of the German army, "blitzkrieg", Zhang Jun was the first commander to apply Guderian's "blitzkrieg" theory to actual combat, but this war model was proposed by Hitler, Guderian wrote the theory of war.
Blitzkrieg – A war mode created by Guderian (English translation blitzkrieg or lightningwar. But it was proposed by Hitler, which suited Guderian's taste), also known as blitzkrieg, was a tactic first and often used by the German army, which was to make a quick and bold attack on the enemy's rear with armored forces as the decisive force and air supremacy as the premise, regardless of the danger of flank exposure. It makes full use of the quick advantage of planes and tanks to defeat the enemy by surprise attack. It often first uses planes to violently bomb the enemy's important strategic facilities, the communications center, and then blows up the enemy's planes at airfields, gaining air supremacy and paralyzing the enemy's command system. Then use a massive tank cluster to quickly charge and completely destroy the enemy's positions that are confused by air force bombardment.
Blitzkrieg is to combine surprise attacks and quick attacks to strike the enemy like lightning. It can demoralize the enemy under a sudden threat, so that it will collapse immediately at the first massive blow.
The theory of blitzkrieg was the basis of German strategy in World War II. This doctrine calls for victory in a very short period of months or weeks before the enemy has time to complete mobilization and deploy his armed forces......
The most important principle of the theory of blitzkrieg is to quickly concentrate and deploy combat forces ahead of the enemy's forces to ensure the suddenness of the strategy. Carry out the most powerful first assault in order to achieve a decisive victory in the initial engagement, to concentrate superior forces in the main direction of attack, and to annihilate the enemy's armed forces by encirclement and encirclement.
Hitler in Berlin received two telegrams at the same time, one was from Zhang Jun, and the other was from the Japanese emperor, Zhang Jun's telegram was of course a success, how could Zhang Jun, a little slippery head, give up advocating the founder of the "blitzkrieg", the great opportunity to increase the prestige of the Führer, Zhang Jun is even more unlikely to give up, the current Hitler, the power in Germany is not very solid, when Germany invaded Austria, the German Army had countless generals, plotting to arrest Hitler, after all, Hitler was elected by the people, He did not fully control the Wehrmacht, and now there was a grudge Goering, waiting like a viper for revenge.
Hitler hurriedly opened the telegram of the Japanese emperor:
"Honorable Führer, the military instructor corps sent by your country has posed a serious threat to the Imperial Japanese Empire in China, and we in Japan and your country have always been friendly and have close ties with each other, so I request the Führer to immediately recall the military instructor corps in China, and at the same time strictly prohibit the export of weapons to China."
After reading the telegram of the Japanese emperor, Hitler snorted his nose and put the telegram aside, and little Japan robbed a German port in China during World War I. Hitler has always been obsessed with it, and Hitler has always looked down on little Japan.
After reading the telegram from the Japanese emperor, Hitler solemnly read the telegram sent by Zhang Jun, this telegram was a bit long, but Hitler still watched it very attentively, and when he saw the excitement, he kept waving his fist in the air.
"My Führer, the SS colonel, on behalf of all the Chinese instructors sent to report to the great Führer, in the Chinese battlefield, in the early stage of the war between the ** squadron and the Japanese invaders, was defeated, and in the later period the Chinese side handed over the command to me, as a glorious and sacred German SS officer, with infinite loyalty and admiration for the Führer, using the blitzkrieg tactics created by the Führer, like a whirlwind, annihilating 200,000 elite Japanese troops, to achieve such brilliant results, it is completely the Führer's strategic thinking realized, my Führer, Your wisdom shines like the sun, and I am confident that in the near future we, armed with the Führer's Blitzkrieg ideas, will be invincible and sweep away all obstacles that stand in the way of Germany's advance.
I and the officers of the various regiments have summed up the various experiences of this actual battle, and we will now report them to my Führer.
Blitz theory
Strategic level
Deploy superior firepower, including armored units, mechanized infantry and artillery, and the Air Force, to deliver highly coordinated attacks at the operational level.
Disrupt the enemy's disposition, force the other side to change its frontal force, and even make the enemy army chaotic in the organization and distribution of forces. In a flank-by-side way, they are separated and cut off from their forces.
Obstruct their back path. Threaten their rear routes, depriving them of contact and supplies with their bases.
Emphasis on speed;
The basis of blitzkrieg is mechanization, and the premise is air supremacy, which lies in the coordination of air, tank, and foot, and tactics lies in one point and two sides. Find the breakthrough point, open the gap by artillery, the armored group enters the gap and develops the results, and the motorized infantry follows. Finding the flanks of the breach, the air force opened the gap 5-10 minutes later, the armored cluster then attacked, followed by random infantry. Quickly destroy the enemy's command center, communication hub, and transportation hub. Trapping the enemy in a blind and deaf situation, and cooperating with the frontal troops to quickly encircle the enemy's main infantry group.
Aircraft, tanks, and motorized infantry are all fast and have enough firepower. However, the premise was to maintain air supremacy, but Germany later encountered the US Air Force, which had air superiority, and could not use blitzkrieg. In addition, this tactic is very logistically dependent, and will be annihilated if the supply of gasoline and ammunition and food is not available. (This happened, for example, with the German "Battle of the Bulge" later in the war.) So that the Germans returned in vain, and there were no more armored forces to resist the Allied attack)
Tactical level
Putting together a comprehensive overview of the Blitzkrieg. The "Blitzkrieg" can be roughly divided into the following phases:
concentrate
That is, on the eve of the attack, the forces were completely concentrated on a narrow front. Because of the need for the tactic to "form a focal point" (schwerpunktbildung), the real front of the attack will be narrower than the assembly surface.
unfold
In order to maintain the necessary momentum after the breakthrough, the mechanized troops will be deployed in depth in echelons.
breakthrough
Use overwhelming superior force to form a focal point and penetrate the enemy's line with decisive impact. The task of breaking through is generally given to the chariot unit, which will break through in a battalion or company formation of a "broad cone" (breitkeil inverted triangle, the most common attack formation used by German chariot units) or a "vertebrae" (keil regular triangle). However, if you want to retain the strength of the armored troops for future operations, there are also cases where the breakthrough task is entrusted to the infantry, and the armored troops are put into the gap after the infantry penetrates, and then maneuver to advance behind the enemy to expand the results.
Breakout
This phase is a continuation of the breakthrough. After completing the breakthrough, the main force of the armored forces and other mechanized support units will pass through the open gap and enter the enemy line and begin to penetrate behind enemy lines. At this time, the commanders of each unit will be at the forefront of the troops, grasp the overall situation with their own observations, and report back to the enemy at any time. In addition to the combat vehicles, the assault column will also be integrated into the combat sappers, armored infantry to support the advancing tank units in any situation, they usually ride in half-track armored personnel vehicles, and combat engineers carry various equipment and even bridge equipment to overcome all natural or artificial obstacles.
Punch and drill gaps
The breakthrough period ended, and a full-speed advance to the enemy's rear began. This was a departure from the traditional method of sweeping the flanks, but it was a quicker method created by the French.
Once the breakthrough was passed, the columns were fanned out and dispersed along a number of parallel roads that stretched forward to avoid traffic congestion. The vanguard is usually an avant-garde force of reconnaissance troops, who search the front or flank, search for open roads, detect the enemy, provide early warning, and seize important tactical points such as commanding heights and bridges. The assault column would then follow their intelligence and choose an appropriate route that would not be feared by the enemy. When facing the enemy, if there is no need to fight, try to avoid it, choose to bypass, use roundabout means of infiltration as much as possible, and only carry out the battle when there is no way to do it. As for the bypassed enemy, the follow-up troops will catch up with them and clear them.
Due to the constant movement, the attack will be carried out in the event of a battle with mobile artillery or with the application of tactical air force fire support. This mechanized army, which penetrated deep behind enemy lines, did not care about the gradually lengthening exposed flanks, as rapid maneuvers would provide them with adequate protection. As a last resort, the assault force will not leave the road for cross-country sports, as this will cause unnecessary delays. Behind the leading armoured units were mechanized infantry units to fill the gaps created by the advance of the armoured units, followed by the general infantry divisions that moved on foot.
Supply convoys of mechanized units also followed the same network of communications to catch up with combat units. In order to move thousands of vehicles on a small number of available roads to maintain the high momentum of their offensive, traffic control will also be extremely important and the work will be extremely complex.
Swept
This is the last stage of the "blitzkrieg". The entire assault force will target the enemy's lines of communication, divide and encircle the isolated main enemy forces. Encirclement operations were carried out on two flanks. After the double pincers are closed, the rest of the work is to encircle and destroy the enemy in the encirclement network. This is usually done by infantry units, while armored units are replenished from the front line to consolidate their forces before moving on to the next target.
weakness
There are two biggest weaknesses of Blitzkrieg:
With enemy units remaining in the rear, as long as they are not completely wiped out, it is easy to launch a counteroffensive to the rear. Due to the rapid advance of the blitzkrieg, the supply line was rapidly stretched overnight, and once the supply could not keep up, the forward troops were easy to become the end of the crossbow, and the offensive was stagnant, and they could be counterattacked. At the same time, supply units are also vulnerable to counteroffensive forces. Blitzkriegs can be countered if guerrilla, counter-attacks and street fighting are used appropriately.
My Führer, I wish you good health!
- Your little turnip head"