Chapter 306 The regiment is paralyzed! Support point tactics!

Meng Gong didn't dare to delay for a moment.

Looking at the sky intently.

He also ordered several of his generals to go with him.

Everyone should record this section of the sky in full and ponder it over and over again.

obviously.

When Tianmu began to talk about military topics and was about to talk about the advanced defensive tactics of later generations.

Ancient people, especially those with great defense needs.

They all expressed great interest.

Canopy.

【Let’s talk about the Battle of Rzhev. 】

[First of all, we must start with the victory of the Battle of Moscow. 】

[In the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet army invested 200 million soldiers and paid a heavy price to defend their capital.]

【Gives Germany its first disastrous defeat.】

[But it doesn’t mean that everything will be fine after winning the Battle of Moscow. ]

[The German Army's most powerful Army Group Center is only 150 kilometers away from Moscow.]

[It still has the ability to threaten the Soviet capital at any time.]

[The vanguard of the Central Army Group is very close to Moscow. ]

[In particular, the Rzhev region, which was under the charge of the German 9th Army, was a salient part of the German defense line.]

[This bulge is like a dagger, stabbing hard into the Soviet Union's chest! ]

[The salient posed a threat to the Soviet capital, and was therefore considered a thorn in the Soviet Union's side.]

【But correspondingly. 】

[This kind of salient in the defense line is also very dangerous for the 9th Army defending this area.]

[They were in danger of being cut off from their retreat, surrounded and annihilated by the Soviet army at any time.]

[Model, the commander of the 9th Army, also knew that this salient was very dangerous and difficult to defend, so he asked Hitler to abandon the salient to ensure the safety of the 9th Army.]

[But Model at the front only needed to hold his position, while Hitler in the rear had much more to think about.]

[Although for the time being, the German army has no plans to further attack Moscow. ]

[But retaining the Rzhev salient has great political influence! ]

[First of all, this place can threaten the Soviet capital at any time. It is an offensive balcony.]

[It can reflect the offensive posture of the German army. ]

[Have great influence in politics.]

[If after the failure of the Battle of Moscow, we had gone one step further and retreated without fighting, abandoning Rzhev. ]

[That would also be very detrimental to Nazi Germany’s international influence.]

【So Hitler resolutely refused to allow retreat. 】

[Order Model to lead his 9th Army to defend Rzhev. ]

……

While Tianmu was telling the story, he also gave a relatively detailed strategic map, which can be seen from the map.

After the Battle of Moscow, the situation on the front was in a state of confusion.

Focus on the Rzhev salient.

A large number of troops were deployed around.

But look at those icons representing a military unit.

It can be clearly seen.

The Soviet Union had an absolute advantage in military strength in this region.

Although the ancients knew it.

The fighting capacity of German soldiers was obviously stronger than that of Soviet soldiers.

But seeing the signs on the front line representing the number of troops, there was a huge gap.

Many ancient people were still very pessimistic about the situation of the German army.

So what if the German army is strong?

Isn’t it true that they couldn’t take Moscow, Leningrad, or even Stalingrad?

What’s more, it’s just Rzhev?

Huo Qubing, who greatly admired the fighting power of the German army during World War II, saw this.

Even Huo Qubing was a general with very radical combat ideas.

At this point I have to say:

"Looking at the time, the German army had just suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Moscow."

"It's just when the morale of the army is shaken and the troops are insufficient." "In the Rzhev area, the gap in troops is so huge, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Why didn't Hitler follow Model's advice and order a withdrawal?"

"The 9th Army is suddenly at the forefront."

"It's just too dangerous."

"It seems that the German leader Hitler in later generations really didn't understand military affairs."

"You said he doesn't understand military affairs, so why did he insist on forcing the 9th Army to take over?"

As a general, Huo Qubing naturally did not want to see the boss in the rear interfering in the front line.

And Liu Che was next to Huo Qubing.

I can understand Hitler's feelings very well.

Although Liu Che also felt that the 9th Army should withdraw.

But Liu Che also knew.

For the sake of the overall situation, the 9th Army must be like a nail.

Pin it to the front!

And as the ancients observed, thought, and puzzled, the sky curtain continued to tell the story.

[Model wanted to retreat with the 9th Army.]

But Hitler did not allow it.

[Model was a very loyal general. Since the Führer had ordered him to defend the city to the death, he had no choice but to do it.]

[First, let's look at the basic strength of Model's 9th Army. ]

[After half a year of hard fighting, the strength of the 9th Army has already been greatly reduced. ]

[The entire corps has only 5 men and less than 100 tanks.]

[Faced with the Soviet army's massive offensive, the 9th Army seemed like it could be wiped out at any time.]

[And the Soviet Union was not polite either.]

[Led by the legendary commander Zhukov, the entire Soviet front has nearly two million troops! ]

[They are eyeing the Rzhev salient covetously. 】

[The key point is that it was already 1942.]

[The strategic focus of the German army's offensive is no longer Moscow, but Stalingrad in the south and the Caucasus.]

[A large number of manpower were sent to the southern front.]

[This caused Model to be short of troops. ]

【Theoretically, the 9th Army should have 29 people. 】

[Actually only 5 people]

[5 people, but the battle line to be defended is 280 kilometers long.]

[And many of these soldiers are from the logistics department and new recruits.]

[According to the recollections of a German field doctor, he described it this way.]

[“All those who can fight were sent to the front. Many of them knew nothing about the operation of weapons and could only serve as cannon fodder. The veterans would move to another place after firing a shot, while the new recruits always knew how to shoot from the same place. A round of Soviet machine gun fire could kill them all. 12 of the 130 people reported 104 hours ago were killed.”]

[The defense line is riddled with holes and in disarray. ]

[The Soviet army was only a few kilometers away from Model's headquarters.]

[It is the worst mess among the messes.]

[In response to the huge defensive pressure, Model first used the support point tactics to carry out defensive design. ]

[In fact, the support point defense tactic is not new, and it was already adopted by many countries at that time. ]

[This is actually a kind of elastic defense. ]

[In short, it is to gather the defenders in several small strongholds along the battle line. ]

[At the same time, each small stronghold has at least three layers of circular defense lines. ]

[Although the base is small, its defense is extremely strong. 】

[It will be difficult to take it down without putting in some effort. ]

【These small, isolated strongholds are called support points.】

[If we must remove these support points one by one and break through them layer by layer. ]

[It will consume a huge amount of time and cause the cost of war to soar rapidly. ]

【But if you don't take these support points and choose to bypass them. 】

[Then the rear of our battle line will be threatened. ]

[And the distances between these support points are often not far. ]

[When concentrating forces to attack one of the support points, soldiers from other surrounding support points will be able to provide support.]

(End of this chapter)