Supplementary details.

The five main armies of the Northwest Alliance are the second, fifth, sixth, seventh and Novosibirsk Army, all of which belong to mechanized armored armies. The newly formed fourteenth, fifteenth and twentyth Army are more focused on

Conventional mechanized troops organized by artillery and motorized infantry regiments.

Wei Lihuang's combat plan was to launch an attack in Volgograd, and set up heavy troops to cut into the Southern Caucasus region, exposing the plan to cut off the German oil reservoir area, so that Germany must gather its main force in this area, and in Volgograd

The Northwest Alliance launched a battle, and in this case, he would search for a gap in the German defense line to attack with a revolving door similar to the Moltke's plan.

, completely defeat the German rear, quickly encircle the rear of the German main force, and realize the north-south attack on the Nazi German army.

After that, he would continue to avoid the Moscow area where the German army was focused on the defense, start from Ukraine and Belarus, adopt a rapid blitzkrieg of mechanized troops, tear apart the German occupied areas and the German land, and cause a large number of German troops to be trapped in Moscow, with fewer use

While attacking Moscow and restraining the German northern troops, he would continue to fight a large-scale annihilation battle in Ukraine, which was besieged and aided.

Only after the first large-scale reinforcements of the German army were eliminated, Wei Lihuang would consider drawing more troops to siege Moscow and expel the German army from the occupied areas of the former Soviet Union.

The Empire tried to place the center of the decisive battle with Germany on the Russian battlefield because the Russian battlefield was more suitable for large-scale mechanized operations, and the Empire was not at a disadvantage in terms of supply.

With the development of the war, the Empire is expected to invest more than six million troops on the Russian battlefield, as well as 3/4 of the entire imperial military force, 1/2 of the aircraft, and 3/5 of the artillery, in order to maintain this scale.

In order to fight, the empire will also invest more than 800,000 military trucks and 20,000 large transport aircraft.

The Empire has provided more than 400,000 military off-road vehicles to the Northwest Alliance. This powerful and thicker off-road vehicle has wider and thicker tires, which is perfect for use in the Russian region. In the future, there are about six models, from different

These military off-road vehicles produced by the automobile company will continue to double. They will ensure light mechanized combat with nearly 2.5 million infantry soldiers, and ensure that a large number of patrol troops can effectively expand the actual control range of the army.

In all plans, the quantity and quality of tanks are the key to the outcome. Faced with heavy tanks made in Germany, the Empire adopted a mbt40 tank with higher price but more maneuverable performance. At that time, the Empire will use maneuverability to more

Many mbt tanks are concentrated. In every battle, we will achieve a situation of winning more and winning less, and expand the gap between the two sides in numbers.

Germany's military industry is also expanding wildly. Both sides have made all preparations for this ultimate land decisive battle. Now it is time to start the war.

The German offensive plan on the Western Front was almost the same as Wei Lihuang's spinning attack. This attack plan called "Samars" came from the Field Marshal Fedor von Bock.

History is magical.

At this time, Ferdo von Bock had almost the authority of the Nazi German Army that was almost comparable to Marshal Goring in the Air Force. As well as the special trust of the Head of Hitler, he had led the Central Army Group to conquer the Soviet Union and France before that.

.Now it is deployed on the west side of the Volga River Basin, and together with the Northern Army Group, it is responsible for ensuring the occupation of the entire western Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, as well as the prevention of the Northwest Alliance of China.

Marshal Boke's Central Army Group has a total force of 1.27 million. The army group belongs to the first of the three continental army groups of the Nazi German army. It has the most elite military equipment and personnel quality. In addition to the Servant Army, Marshal Boke has it on the west bank of the Volga River. More than two million troops.

The organizational systems of the army between China and Germany are completely different. The Nazi German army is the military division of the army group. Taking the German Central Army Group as an example, the Central Army Group has the most elite second armored cluster, the third armored cluster, and the 4th Army Group. And the 9th Army, two armored clusters, the corps are equivalent to group army, with two to three armies, each army under its jurisdiction of 45 divisions, while the Imperial Army directly governs 510 divisions, saving the first level of the army in the middle. command unit.

To be precise, the imperial army organization is a larger army and has a more comprehensive combat organization.

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Marshal Boke may have been a less prominent military commander in the history of World War II. He seems incomparable to the famous Marshal Rommel, and even worse than his subordinate General Guderian, but he is indeed a very clever military commander. .

In the mid-1941, that is, from May to October, the military deployment of the Chinese and German armies on both sides of the Volga River Basin is actually unlikely to change significantly, because the confrontation between the two sides was too long, from the Soviet Union The demise began, and the confrontation between the two sides on both sides of Volga had lasted for 20 months, and the deployment of troops and the accumulation of ammunition had reached some limit.

Marshal Bok estimated that the main attack direction of the Northwest Alliance would be in the Samara region and Kazan region in the north. The Northwest Alliance would be separated by three points to set up defense along the river on the east bank of the Volga River, while the German Central Army Group would be divided into two points to set up defense. In the Ulyanov area, the enemy garrisons in Samara and Kazan areas were confronted, and on both sides of Volgograd, the two sides formed a confrontation area.

The vast Volga River in the middle is the Nazi German Central Army Group maintains two upper and lower defense lines on the west bank, and the northwest coalition forces of China maintain three upper and lower defense lines on the east bank, with little difference in military strength. The main force of the German army is not as good as the opponent, but there are a large number of servants. With the replenishment of troops, the total strength is 400,000 higher than the opponent. The number of tanks on both sides is similar, and the number of artillery and aircraft of the Northwest Alliance has a greater advantage.

Because the combat intentions of the Northwest Alliance were already very obvious, the combat plan formulated by Marshal Bock and the German General Staff was very targeted. The German plan was to use Volgograd as the main offensive point, which was also an offensive tactic similar to the revolving door.

In short, both Chinese and German armies tried to use one offensive and one defense combat deployment to strive to defend the opponent's main force, dispatch elite main force to eliminate part of the opponent's troops, and ultimately achieve front and back attacks between the two main forces.

One of the important reasons why both sides have such similar tactical strategies is that the Volga River is indeed very wide, and the resources to attack and cross the river must be effectively concentrated to ensure an effective attack. If the limited crossing troops, ships and equipment are dispersed. If you open and adopt a simultaneous multi-point crossing strategy, you may be completely defeated. Because defense along the river is much easier than forced crossing.

Marshal Fedor von Bock was born into a traditional German Protestant aristocratic family, and his origins can even be traced back to the Teutonic Knights. His father was promoted to the Army Major General of the German Empire during the French-Prussian War. He was 60 years old this year in the German army. There is a very common serious and strict spiritual trait.

In his military principles and art, military is nothing wrong.

Among the Central Army Group he commanded, outstanding and most outstanding military generals were also emerging one after another. However, the final plan of military action depends on the German General Staff, and he and General Guderian and others were only responsible for the best implementation.

an order, and the military combat plan of the General Staff.

Darkness is coming.

In the dark world, great military generals are always as dazzling as stars. Their light will release dazzling light on the hellish battlefield and be remembered by the world.

This is how the war is, it is possible to win or fail. Marshal Fedor von Bock is sure that he can accept any result calmly, because the opponent he faces does have the possibility of defeating him.

He is serious and confident. He strives to be the best he can.

As usual, he still spends a lot of time on patrolling the frontline clusters and legions, and what he should do. He has done it, and the rest can only be seen whether each unit can effectively execute it.

, and emergency response to various unexpected situations during the war stage.

This is the situation he faces. Every military commander will face such a moment. What you can do is always limited, and most of your destiny can only be left to God to make a decision.

Even Marshal Fedor von Bock, who had experienced many battles and had a high status in the Nazi German army, had more results for him.

There are too many things you can't be sure of.

All you can do is do everything within your ability, and this is the only choice.

As for the possible gaps in the Nazi German military equipment compared to the Imperial Chinese Wehrmacht, Fedor von Bock was also powerless. He expected that his opponents would not be able to use those weapons effectively, or relative to the great Germans.

The nation and the German soldiers still lack the skills, confidence and dignity necessary to defeat all enemies, or the opponent's weapons are not as powerful as advertised.

Weapons cannot determine everything.

Fedor von Bock has a deep understanding of this.

On the east side of the Volga River, the vast plain world is always so visible. Marshal Fedor von Bock speeds past the battlefield highway in a convertible off-road vehicle, Volgograd is divided into two parts.

Germany was stationed in cities on the West Coast, and confronted the Second Army of the Imperial Defense Forces stationed in cities on the East Coast. The newly formed 14th Army was responsible for defending the entire Caucasus region and the oil supply line on which Germany relied for survival.

The focus of both sides seems to be on this point, but the opponent may adopt a detour to attack and make the whole situation less clear.

Even during the war, most of the moments on the battlefield were the kind of "settlement period" full of cruel waiting and torture. Heinz Guderian's second armored cluster was stationed in the eastern coast of Volgograd.

And secretly preparing for a large-scale cross-river battle, and opposite him was Lieutenant General Xue Yue's second army, and the two armies were silently confronting each other.

Marshal Fedor von Bock was about to inspect Guderian's troops and met with Guderian. General Heinz Guderian was also one of the most famous military generals of the Nazi German army.

He led the process of Germany's previous blitzkrieg warfare, and he also laid the military foundation for Germany's blitzkrieg theory.

The two famous military commanders and generals have worked together for many years. Both sides regard each other as one of their best friends. They are almost consistent in terms of military theory and personality, as well as their attitudes towards politics and Nazism.

, and this consistency is almost exactly the same in the German Army.

For them, the most important thing was not Nazism, but the honor of the German Army.

The honor of a soldier is above everything else.

On the west bank of the Volga River, Marshal Fedor von Bock and Admiral Heinz Guderian observed the enemy troops on the other side at close range through a telescope. The Italian army's attack in North Africa is likely to lead to the Chinese Empire's official response to

Italy declared war, which is essentially equivalent to declaring war on the German army. This is a fact that they all know.

The other side is quiet and there is no obvious change.

The fortifications on the river bank were dense and strict, but strangely, the ships did not stop working because of this, and they were as busy as usual to shuttle back and forth across the vast river.

The Chinese are very strange.

real.

Admiral Heinz Guderian, who is guarding the west coast of Volgograd, has many opportunities to deal with the Chinese people on the other side and other Chinese. He even met with Lieutenant General Xue Yue, the commander of the other side, and

Lieutenant General Xue Yue was invited to have a meal at his command center.

Regarding the strangeness of the Chinese, General Guderian once asked Lieutenant General Xue Yue with some contempt and curiosity, and Xue Yue's answer was "Chinese people are willing to spare their lives when making money." This is what he said

It's still a bit difficult to understand.

Although war always seems to be about to break out, most of the merchants who travel between the two sides of the Volga River every day are Chinese merchants. And the number is increasing. As long as there is profit, they are willing to buy everything, and even the waste left by the war is still there.

Acquisition. Similarly, as long as there is sufficient profit, they are willing to sell everything. Even in this special case, Chinese merchants will go to the former Soviet Union controlled by the Germans, and even the distant St. Petersburg and Moscow to buy local

merchandise, selling the goods they shipped over.

Admiral Guderian even bought a Hanyang rifle made from the original factory in the Shenyang Arsenal in China and an early model of Benxi saber. In his opinion, these are very valuable for collection, wine, cigarettes, lighters, bread, butter, cheese,

Noodles, textiles, wool, toothpaste, soap, radio... All the daily supplies that the army wants can be purchased from Chinese merchants, with high quality and low price, and are cheaper than those shipped from Germany, Czech Republic and Poland.

As long as you are willing to pay, German officers can even buy some rare luxury goods, such as Shanghai watches with gems inlaid, such as coffee, cigars, wine from Xinjiang, and canned fruits with tropical flavors, so

Many German soldiers mistakenly believe that China is a tropical country.

Fresh fruits like bananas and pineapples can also be transported to Volgograd by air, but only to the east coast, they have to enter the west coast through merchants' sales. The prices are high. As for other dazzling products, General Guderian feels that China is

It's a strange empire indeed.

This is a very attractive country. Even for the great Nazi Germany, China is an extremely prosperous and wonderful country. It seems that there is nothing to lack, and it is hard to imagine what it feels like to live in this country.

Admiral Guderian believes that all this originated from the vastness of the Chinese Empire, abundant resources, and a huge population of nearly 500 million, which gave them the ability to make all commodities.

He likes such an empire very much, and if Germany wants to achieve this level, it seems that it will take a lot of effort, which may not be decided by a few more large-scale victory.

What Admiral Guderian is really worried about is the other party's industrial population. The industrial manufacturing capacity that the huge population can produce is a bit outrageous. The German intelligence work has always had many errors, and it has been difficult to determine the number of artillery in Xue Yue's army.

, sometimes it is confirmed that it is 17,000 artillery, but sometimes it is overestimated by 30,000 artillery, almost twice that of the entire Central Army Group.

Since the war machine started in Nazi Germany, the German people have become more and more accustomed to Germany's invincibility, even the once powerful France and the former Soviet Union are invincible. Therefore, even facing a quasi-world hegemon like the Chinese Empire.

The Germans are not overly worried.

Marshal Fedor von Bock and Admiral Heinz Guderian were in this mood. They knew that the opponent was difficult to deal with. Germany was likely to suffer a heavy blow in the Volga River Basin, but the final victory would definitely be
To be continued...