We are talking about the latest tactical theory of the Soviet Union - the strategy of great depth, which includes two tactics, the first is a large-depth offensive and a large-depth elastic defense, according to the Soviet tactics of large-depth attack, simply put, it is to concentrate as many men and artillery as possible in the weak links of the enemy on the front line, and then tear one or more openings with an overwhelming attack, followed by a rapid armored cluster cut, and the infantry division completes the occupation and expands on both sides to tear a larger opening. Rapid armoured clusters have been advancing all the way to depth, completely destroying the enemy's logistical and defensive depths.

The large-depth defense tactics are actually a variant of the elastic defense of the territory, which does not pursue the first-line defense of the border against the enemy outside the country, establishes a multi-echelon and multi-line defense depth, and uses cannon fodder troops to absorb and consume the enemy's offensive force, and then concentrates as many reserves as possible, as many rapid armored clusters as possible, and carries out defensive counterattacks. The battles of Stalingrad and Kursk are masterpieces of this tactic.

Whether offensive or defensive, the Soviets' large-depth tactics emphasized reserving enough reserves and using these troops at the most critical moments, either to plug the gap and fight a counter-assault after being broken through the battle line, or to fight a counterattack and annihilation war after the enemy's offensive was exhausted. In addition, the Soviets placed extreme emphasis on firepower, always concentrating as much firepower as possible on the offensive front, at that time a Soviet infantry division was generally only responsible for a one-kilometer frontal attack or defense, and in the offensive and defensive often concentrated the firepower of an artillery brigade or even an artillery division for fire support. This density of artillery fire is extremely terrifying......

From the above examples, it seems that this tactic is a very effective and practical tactic. But I think this tactic is not so much a creative invention of the Soviets as a compromise with reality - the Soviets have many tanks, but they are far from being able to squander them at will, so the infantry becomes a victim, whether it is resisting the enemy's attack in a defensive battle or tearing through the enemy's line during the offensive, the infantry is responsible for the task of cannon fodder with great casualties (of course, in general, the infantry division will be reinforced by a regiment or a brigade of tanks), In contrast, both the Germans and the West prefer to rely on powerful tanks to accomplish this task.

The rapid cluster of tanks and mechanized units that had torn apart the position and the infantry division to complete the task of occupying and expanding to the flanks was actually a compromise, because the infantry divisions and artillery units of the Soviets lacked motor vehicles to follow up the attack of the mechanized rapid group, so the two units with mismatched mobility had to be assigned different tasks. In this way, if you run into an opponent who also loves to stay in reserve, it is quite possible to break away from the armored cluster that broke through alone with the large army and be dumpled. ”

Historically, this problem is similar to the repeated deflating of the Germans' mechanized groups in the middle of World War II during their blitzkriegs, and as the belligerents matured their anti-tank tactics, the invincibility of simply concentrating as many tank forces as possible quickly kicked to the ground. It's just that in 44 years, the Soviet Union and Germany had a huge disparity in strength, and the Germans basically had no reserves, and the Soviet Union's large-depth offensives were repeatedly successful. Neither Germany's blitzkrieg nor the Soviet Union's strategy of great depth were flawless, and the fight to the back could only be the final showdown of the comprehensive strength of the two countries.

"Commander-in-Chief, I understand that the Soviets are now using a large-depth elastic defense, and once we attack, the Soviets use a large number of infantry as cannon fodder, resisting step by step, consuming our offensive, slowing us down, and when we are exhausted, that's when they counterattack, right? Commander in chief. ”

"Yes, that's pretty much what it means."

Rommel begins to fall silent, and Zhang Jun and Rommel begin to look for a solution to their current predicament in front of a huge map.

"Report."

"Read."

"The new Ukrainian government has called, and the railway from Germany to Rostov has been repaired."

"Okay, okay, order all trains stockpiled at the border to immediately take off to Rostov with all kinds of substances."

"Yes."

The communications officer turned around and left, Zhang Jun was still full of frost just now, but now it is a little better, if all the materials have to be transported by trucks, almost 900 kilometers from Germany to Rostov-on-Don, the fuel consumed by 400,000 trucks is absolutely heavenly, although Germany has a little oil reserves for the time being, but it can't withstand such a squandering and waste. As for the North Sea oil fields, they have not started to produce oil until now, and it is estimated that it will not be until June, and even if the oil is produced, there is no guarantee that Britain and France will not destroy it.

In order to save oil, Zhang Jun only took 100,000 trucks with the troops, and 50,000 trucks actually transported ammunition supplies, while Paul took away 40,000 trucks of ammunition supplies at one time, and Zhang Jun's 650,000 troops had to stop because of supply problems and wait for the follow-up materials to arrive.

At this time, the Wehrmacht Central Army Group was still fighting the Battle of Kiev, and they were already far behind the SS, anyway, the SS had already broken through to the territory of the Soviet Union for 900 kilometers, and Zhang Jun would definitely not attack the huge Soviet army in the Soviet Union when the supplies were not sufficient.

Well, now, as long as the train is passed, Zhang Jun's logistics will be completely stressless, and it will take a day and a night to transport materials from the border to Rostov, so Zhang Jun thought of a way to crack it.

"Commander-in-Chief, have you thought of a way?"

"Of course, my Monsieur Rommel, now give me the task of gathering together all our boat-bridge troops and river-crossing troops, the more the better."

"Are we going to ......?"

"Of course, why not!!"

Rommel was busy mobilizing the Zhouqiao troops, because when Zhang Jun formulated the Barbarossa plan, he thought that there would be a force that would go deep into the dividing line between Asia and Europe in the Soviet Union, and on the way, crossing the river was necessary, so Zhang Jun's SS Zhouqiao troops were quite numerous, and the equipment for crossing the river was relatively complete, and almost every division had a Zhouqiao battalion.

"Herald, order General Vincent, commander of the Italian SS, to come to the General Headquarters at once."

"Yes"

……

When Vincent received the order of the deputy commander-in-chief to mobilize the bridge troops, Vincent knew that it was time to appear on his own, and quickly combed his hair with the palm of his hand, and soon came the commander-in-chief's summoning order.

"Report, the commander of the Italian SS, Vincent, came to receive the combat mission."

"Hehe, you kid, you love to sell foreigners, can't you wait? When you get to Orsk and are embattled, you won't think like that. ”

"No, I promise."

"Well, I hope so, Vincent, come here, and I'll tell you more about it."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

Vincent hurriedly ran to Zhang Jun's side, and Zhang Jun pointed to the command pole in his hand two hundred kilometers north of Stalingrad and began to say:

"Here, this is the place where your troops cross the river, we will use eight armored divisions to open the way for you, escort you to the Volga crossing, follow you and 3 infantry divisions and a supplementary division, and at the same time there are 10,000 trucks of material also on the road with you, when you cross the Volga, you must think that the fastest speed will go straight to Orsk, and on the way you must not attack the enemy's city, this area is all plains, there are roads and no roads for your convoy, it is passable.

When you arrive at Orsk, immediately go all out to attack it, there are basically no Soviet troops there, after occupying the city, immediately clear out the central square of the city, the central square of Orsk is very huge, more than 2,000 meters long from east to west, more than 1,000 meters wide from north to south, you clean up a little, as our air base, I will immediately send two aviation regiments and 328 planes there, the air force in addition to supporting the operation, also need to bomb all the Soviet railway and road hubs.

In this case, you are alone, I can hardly have reinforcements for you except for the airlift point to supply, Vincent, you tell me clearly, can you complete the task victoriously and successfully? ”

"Hey! Hitler, Commander-in-Chief Vincent had absolute confidence in the task, but ...... But ......"

"But what, you kid shouldn't have a bad idea again, and !! my landlord's old wealth"

"Hehe, the commander-in-chief still understands me!! Can the commander-in-chief give five thousand more truckloads of substance? ”

"If you don't believe it, you will be given 12,000 vehicles at most, and we will be in Baku in a life-and-death battle."

"Okay, Commander-in-Chief, you just need me to go out, it's a long way to go, so there are a lot of places where the tanks and trucks go wrong, and you and I have more to repair the troops and spare parts. In addition, we are surrounded by the Soviets, and the wounded soldiers must be treated, so I need more medicine and doctors. ”

"I can satisfy you with this, and give you three repair battalions and a field hospital, as well as double the accessories and medicines."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, when are we going to do it."

"Tomorrow morning 5; 30 Leave on time, you will go and prepare now. ”

"Hey! Hitler. ”

……

Why did Zhang Jun insist on letting Vincent wear to the death of the Soviet Union when he knew that Baku had a major enemy, in fact, Vincent was like a nail in the heart of the Soviet Union, as long as Vincent stood on his feet, the painful days of the Soviet Union came, of course, Vincent They are also in extreme danger, Zhang Jun's move to run thousands of miles came from later generations - thousands of miles into Dabie Mountain, directly opening the prelude to the strategic **.

Zhang Jun's move is basically the same reason, cutting off the Soviet roads and railways, so that the Soviet Union has no chance to retreat Moscow's factories to the Ural industrial region, and at the same time can cut off the connection between the Asian part of the Soviet Union and the European part. If this strategy is achieved, it is not known how long the Soviet Union will be able to hold out.

…… (To be continued.) )