stonecrandall Chapter 1151
Chapter 1151
The boldness of Manstein’s battle plan lies in that the two German armies have to march in the rear not far from the main force of the Soviet front line in the absence of intelligence.
Moreover, their marching distance exceeds 1,000 kilometers. If it is evenly distributed, each army must walk at least 500 kilometers!
Five hundred kilometers, at a normal speed, will take at least five days!
Even if the armored forces are faster, this time will take at least three days!
In three days, two armies, more than 700,000 troops, will launch a textbook-level pincer offensive on the territory of the bear people, under the eyes of the bear people!
This difficulty is unprecedented!
The bear people are not wooden. They will discover the actions of the German army at the first time and immediately report this intelligence to the army on the front line.
Once the Soviet army on the front line obtains this intelligence, they will immediately judge the intentions of the German army.
As long as the commander of the Soviet army on the front line is normal, he will realize what it means to them if the two German troops successfully bypass and cut off their retreat!
This means that they will have no way to retreat and will be annihilated by the main forces of the German and Allied forces on the front line!
Therefore, as long as they discover the actions of the German army, they will definitely withdraw the main force from the front line at the first time and launch a fierce attack on the two German troops that are carrying out the assault!
Once the two German troops responsible for the assault mission take action, they will be disconnected from the friendly forces behind them. In this case, they can only rely on their own strength to fight the enemy.
And they must continue to advance in the enemy’s attack, and they must never stop, let alone retreat!
Stopping means the bankruptcy of the plan, and even they themselves will be in danger of being surrounded. Only by continuing to move forward and realizing the smooth meeting of the two armies can they ensure their own safety!
The three million Soviet troops on the front line can never eat up a German army of more than 700,000 in a short period of time!
What’s more, there is an ace unit like the First Army in this German army!
Faced with such a bold plan, most people may hesitate.
But Guderian was not worried at all. After receiving Manstein’s order, he not only immediately sent troops to launch the action, but he even took command himself and led his First Army to attack!
“As the commander of an army group, he personally led the charge. I don’t want to hear about this again!”
Knowing that Guderian personally went out and rushed to the front in a tank, and was almost blown up by his own artillery fire, Manstein was scared and sweated!
Guderian is really a worry.
If he died in the artillery fire of his own people, not only would his plan fail, but the empire would also suffer huge losses. Even this action would become an international joke, making the Third Reich and the German army laughed at by the world!
As a commander, it is really not suitable for them to lead the charge.
Because they represent not only themselves, but the entire army group or even the entire army group!
They want If he died on the way to the charge, the whole army would be in chaos!
Besides, Guderian is already in his forties, his physical fitness is not as good as that of young people, and his familiarity with tanks is probably not as good as that of professional armored soldiers.
He can only join in the fun and can’t help at all!
So Manstein personally ordered Guderian, prohibiting him from leading the charge.
After receiving the telegram, Guderian curled his lips, a little dissatisfied with Manstein’s wide-ranging control.
However, after the previous incident, he didn’t dare to continue to mess around.
If he was unlucky one day and was really hit by his own shells, it would be too unfair to die!
“Where are General Bock’s troops?”
In order to ensure the concealment and suddenness of the action and reduce the reaction time of the Soviet Union,
Guderian’s army set out in the evening.
By the time they entered the Soviet Union, it was already early in the morning.
In this case, the Soviet Union would have to wait until at least tomorrow morning to know the intelligence that they had already attacked.
By the time this information was passed to the Soviet front-line commander, the German army should have advanced at least 100 kilometers!
One hundred kilometers is almost at the border between Ukraine and the Soviet Union.
If they get here, they will be given another day and a half to reach the city of Mins!
“”Hurry up, speed up, quickly replenish fresh water and fuel, and then run as far as you can in one breath!”
Most of the troops that Guderian brought out this time were armored troops, and even the small number of infantry were motorized infantry and mechanized infantry.
All infantrymen were riding on trucks and armored personnel carriers, so that the speed of the entire army could be increased to the fastest.
The Type 4 tanks equipped by the German army were very fast when driving on the road. For them, if they ran freely, they could reach a distance of 500 kilometers in one day.
However, what limited the German army’s marching speed were actually the heavy-duty trucks in the team!
These trucks were loaded with a large amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as food, fresh water and fuel needed by the troops, and even parts for repairing various equipment.
These logistical supplies were indispensable. After all, they had already penetrated deep into the enemy’s territory and were out of touch with their own troops, so it was impossible to get supplies from their own hands as usual.
Moreover, even if they fought to the city of Mins and successfully joined forces with Bock’s Eighth Army, it did not mean that their supply problem could be completely solved. After taking Mins
, although Goering’s air force could use transport planes to transport supplies from the air and land at the airport in Mins to supply them.
However, the total strength of the First Army and the Eighth Army, the two German armies, exceeded 700,000.
The 700,000-man army consumes more than 2,000 tons of food every day!
In addition to fresh water, fuel, weapons and ammunition, medicines and spare parts for various equipment.
To meet their combat needs, the daily supply must not be less than 10,000 tons! The daily transportation volume of 10,000 tons of materials has exceeded the maximum carrying capacity of the German army.
Not to mention them, even the world hegemon Eagle Sauce ninety years later does not have such a terrible air transportation capacity!
Therefore, it is unrealistic to rely on the transportation of the Air Force. The Air Force can only help them solve some of their needs, and most of the material needs still have to be solved by themselves.