81_81266In fact, the combat level of the German army and the British army was not as huge as the results showed, and the combat effectiveness of the British combat troops was actually very good, and the accumulation of a hundred years of empire left to future generations was very strong, at least in terms of military strength was very considerable.

The German army has an advantage in individual firepower and tactical innovation, while the British team wins in artillery firepower and weapon range, and the thing that really affects the combat effectiveness of both sides is actually the quality and use of armored forces, as well as the support of the air force.

The invincible attack of the Germans was in fact that after the air force had destroyed the enemy's concentration area in advance and destroyed the enemy's defensive line, the armored forces with absolute superiority in quantity and quality tore apart the opponent's position, and then handed over the remnants of the enemy's army, which had been completely discouraged, to their own infantry to clean up.

This mode of operation relies on the close cooperation of the German Army and the Air Force, as well as the experience of various units in local areas. Using the air force's strikes and the rapid assault of tanks to make up for the disadvantage of its own artillery firepower is also the correct way to hide the shortcomings of the number of large-caliber artillery under the constraints of Germany's production capacity as much as possible.

However, in the early days of the British landing, the German combat idea was to transport troops to the British mainland faster and more. This led to a more precise calculation and analysis of the composition of the transport force, with the result that the armored forces had to be rushed to England as a rapid assault force as soon as possible, and that the number of infantry in order to protect the beachhead had to be at the level of the army group - so that some minor equipment was reduced to a rather pitiful number.

For example, automobiles, except for some armored units that need to transport fuel and prepare some cars, most of the German infantry do not have a single means of transport, not even horses, and General Rundstedt's army group has only more than 20 vehicles, which is even inferior to the second-class infantry corps deployed in France.

Because of the lack of motorized infantry that allowed Germany to gallop across the French battlefield, the speed of movement of the German army became a relatively strict problem that constrained the German army's operations. In the face of the Norwich counterattack by British Montgomery, the main reason for the slow response of Army Group A under Rundstedt was that in addition to the armored forces, the movement speed of other units was indeed not as fast as that of the British ** team fighting on home.

Similarly, as a large-caliber artillery unit that has not been paid much attention to, because of the problem of weight and volume, as well as the staggering consumption of shells, it was placed in a relatively backward position. After all, with naval artillery support on the landing beachhead and aircraft inland to compensate, the importance of artillery can only be ignored.

Therefore, on February 20, only two regiments of German 150 mm guns were deployed as support units in the United Kingdom, and these two regiments lacked towing vehicles and artillery shells, so their combat capability was very limited. The number of Frederick rocket launchers is quite large, but because the ammunition is too fast to pour and the vehicle and artillery have a high mobility ability, they have become a treasure that they are reluctant to use, and can only be used at key points at critical moments.

Therefore, the reason why the British were able to start a counterattack at night, and even achieved certain results as if they had opened a plug-in, I believe everyone is clear. As a supplement to German artillery, the Luftwaffe ground attack aircraft unit could not be put into the battlefield, so the shortcomings of the artillery fire that had been covered were highlighted at night, relying on the firepower composed of 120 mm mortars and 105 mm guns, and a large number of British 140 mm howitzers, the victory or defeat can be imagined.

The British artillery, which was overwhelmed by the Luftwaffe during the day, could attack the German positions with impunity at night, while at night the German infantry could only compete with the British in the most vulnerable form of "direct confrontation" -- using their own shortcomings to attack the opponent's strengths would naturally result with half the effort.

Another reason for the high German combat losses in the British mainland was the decline in the number of German offensive troops. In 1919, the Wehrmacht was reduced to 100,000 men, and then after the continuous and covert expansion of Accardo, until the final blowout, the total number of Wehrmacht was less than one million. In February 1938, the total number of Wehrmacht (including the SS) exceeded 5 million -- although one-third of them did not yet have the ability to go to the front, it was an indisputable fact that the elite of 1 million was actually tripled.

For example, everyone knows that the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht was trained as an armored unit back then, and the old foundation was the 1st Armored Division in the hands of Guderian, and later due to the expansion of the troops, it was divided into three, one part became the 1st Armored Division under the 1st Panzer Army, one part became the 1st Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, and the last group became the 1st Parachute Division under the hands of Student. Later, the 1st Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht was divided into the 1st Infantry Division of Army Group A, which was now fighting in the United Kingdom, and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, which was still in France.

In this way, in fact, the actual ability of the German army to be hidden under the beautiful aura of invincibility is clear to everyone, right? Germany's claim to have an army of 5 million is actually full of water. The combat capability of the troops in the rear detention camps was not much higher than that of the current British Boy Scouts, and most of the rear soldiers were not even equipped with steel helmets, and gas masks were even more luxurious.

Therefore, the German Army Group A under the command of General Rundstedt, which landed in Britain, was no longer the Army A when it was fighting in France, and in the hands of the French Rundstedt, the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 7th Panzer Corps were pinched, and almost one-third of the Panzergrenadiers were real ace Panzergrenadiers equipped with armored vehicles. Now he only has two armored corps, the 2nd Panzer Corps and the 5th Light Panzer Corps, and there is only one infantry division that can be regarded as the main force.

It is not difficult to understand why the Germans did not fight as well as the British at night, and it is not difficult to understand why the Germans did not fight as strongly as they did in France. The British towns were too dense, the armored forces were hindered from attacking, the infantry was too slow to advance, the lack of heavy weapons could only attack during the day, the combat level of the soldiers was reduced, and the overall combat table was actually inferior to the French campaign, all of which became important reasons for the great tragedy of the British battle.

Not only Accardo, but in fact the German generals were also gambling, and they were unwilling to push the real main forces to the British Isles for attrition. So after replenishing a large number of recruits, they preferred to look at the high loss figures, and gritted their teeth and prepared to train their own recruits with British recruits. They firmly believed that after the fierce siege of cities, the British battlefield would provide Germany with more than 200,000 elite infantry familiar with urban warfare, which was a great benefit to the German infantry who lacked experience in attacking fortifications.

As for the delay in the combat time, in fact, it has long been no longer a problem. If Germany had delayed landing in Britain, time would have been in Britain's favor, and now that Britain itself had become a battlefield, time would no longer be an issue.

Why do you say that? Because the German High Command has speculated that the fastest time for the Americans to enter a state of war will be in mid-May, that is, three months later. And Accardo's generals all expected that the Battle of the British Isles would end in mid-April, and even if the United States rushed to enter the war ahead of schedule, the Battle of Britain was almost fought by then, and even if the United States made a fuss about the northern mountains of England, it would be meaningless.

Therefore, in terms of time, Germany is now a little ahead, so the German generals are also willing to spend 15 days in Britain to boil up their combat troops, because there are not many German troops who have fought hard battles, the troops who have participated in the war are about 1.9 million, and the troops that have fought vicious battles are less than 800,000, which is not as scary as the 5.5 million regular army on paper.

On March 3, the Germans repelled a symbolic British counterattack in the early hours of the morning, and they had now captured Haverhill, Rhoyce Shield, and Braintree. On March 1 they captured Colchester and gained the important port city of Harwich. Clacton-in-Mer and Malden also planted the German swastika.

The point is that on this day the Germans crossed the Great Uss River, captured March and Huntingdon and Wiesberg, the white flag was erected at the head of Peterborough, the remnants of the British 7th Army surrendered to the Germans, and a huge gap in the defense line appeared in the central part of England.

Of course, Germany will not let go of this opportunity, Kobe, Stanford, and Leicester have changed hands one after another, and the northernmost German team has not been able to hold its foot until it reaches the banks of the Trent River under Nottingham. In the west, the Germans stormed Coventry, and the British Reserve 12th Army hastily responded to the battle, and finally retreated to Birmingham. On 4 March, Coventry became the possession of the Germans. Then Northampton was captured by the Germans, the road link between London and Liverpool was crumbling, and the resistance of the whole of Britain took a sharp turn, catching everyone by surprise.

When Germany was ready to fight a very hard battle, the British surrendered -- what if they said that they would fight for every inch of land? What about saying that they would treat death as home? Didn't you give grenades to the civilians and prepare the jade to burn? In the end, Lao Tzu's pants were taken off, and you showed Lao Tzu this?

The surrender of the British defenders in the central region did have disastrous consequences for the British defense plan, with hoarded fuel and complete airfields and hundreds of fighter jets being handed over to the German enemy, and even 100 M3 tanks that had just been replenished to the 7th Army. Of course, the Germans were happiest with a full 90 howitzers of 140 mm caliber