After Voroshilov finished describing all the plans and current situation of the development of new equipment, Vasilevsky, on behalf of the General Staff, reported on the analysis of the German South African campaign and Blitzkrieg 2.0 tactics, although it was impossible for the Red Army to send observers to the South African battlefield, but since the South African campaign was a sharp weapon intended by the German side to leak out and deter all sides, it was impossible to block it in detail, on the contrary, not only not to blockade, but also to publicly disclose it at the appropriate time - on the one hand, to show strength to the allies, and on the other hand, to show the fangs to neutral countries and the American army.

For Eastern Russia, it is also feasible to collect relevant information, and the General Staff of the Red Army can also get some news from the US military, and for a commander at the level of Vasilevsky, it is easy to understand the German army's practice, although understanding does not mean that it can be learned, and learning does not mean that it is possible to draw a gourd in the same way, but for the Russians and French who have really understood the power of the German blitzkrieg, it is easy for the reality to recall their painful memories - this is enough.

"The results of the German propaganda in the South African campaign are not much different from the actual results, except that the last part of the troops surrendered after Bradley left with the last money, and did not experience fighting, and even the nearest vanguard of the German army was still more than 100 kilometers away from them when they surrendered - this was completely a choice made by the commander of the hopeless and hopeless unit in despair......" Vasilevsky slammed the weakness and wavering will of the Allies to fight as usual, and then analyzed the specific process, "In this campaign, It took nearly two months for the German military to mobilize military supplies and troops, and the whole process was almost quite open, and the volume of transportation exceeded one million tons in addition to personnel...... I am very puzzled that the South African Allies did not seize this early time to take the initiative. ”

There is indeed Bradley's miscalculation in this point, but he also has a problem: the German army deployed its forces in Mozambique and Madagascar for the first time, and the US army could only choose to fight hard from the ground without sea supremacy, and the offensive tactics obviously had to pay a great price - no one knew that there was Blitzkrieg 2.0 at that time, and even thought that the German army deliberately slowed down the layout was deliberately luring the US army to abandon the strong defensive line to attack, so as to turn the defensive war into an offensive war - this tactic was obviously not good for the inexperienced US army, It's just that no one expected it to end up like this. If Bradley were given another chance to choose, he would definitely consider taking the initiative.

"The second lesson is that the overall tactics of the German army have many points that are interconnected with the theory of large-depth operations, which shows that the military doctrine we originally considered is not backward, but due to the emergence of a large number of advanced equipment, the German army has further deepened the scope and breadth of the battlefield, and the width of the offensive in this campaign is as wide as 350 kilometers, and the depth distance is more than 600 kilometers. This fully shows that stubbornly fought positional warfare is quite passive under high-tech conditions, and that the future mode of warfare, especially the war in which the scope of the battlefield is limited to medium-sized countries, will give prominence to mobility and vitality, and the competition will be in the ability to quickly react and deliver ammunition, and it is meaningless to simply compare the number of troops......

Although Vasilevsky was a military general, he was not politically dull, and he obviously knew that the cards in his hands were completely different from those at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, and that continuing to use the previous military strategy would be tantamount to suicide.

"The third lesson is to strengthen the protection of the command system and the liaison system. This time, the German army used high-power jamming equipment to completely destroy the command system and command transmission system of the Allied forces in South Africa, so that Bradley's final tactical arrangement and situation collection were reduced to the point of relying on jeeps to carry heralds to transmit, the command headquarters set in the rear became deaf, blind, and mute, and the command headquarters set up in the front was terminated by the German special forces, and the command system completely lost its timeliness, comprehensiveness and initiative in the course of the battle, and each stronghold was forced to resist alone- This situation is very similar to the situation faced by our army in the early days of the Great Patriotic War, except that we were treacherously attacked by the Germans, and this time Germany used technical means to paralyze the US command system......"

The U.S. military is different from the Red Army, after the latter is divided and surrounded, if it can be effectively inspired by the grassroots commanders, especially the political commissars, it can usually fight to the end, especially the standing troops in the early stage of the war (of course, not in the later stage), but the U.S. military because of "humanitarianism", most of them chose to surrender in desperate situations, such a combat will and fighting style is not strong, at least in the eyes of the German army, it is not as tenacious as the kangaroo soldiers (Australian troops) and koala soldiers (New Zealand troops). However, given the performance of the American army since the Battle of Cape Verde and the presence of the SS Army Group America, it seems that such a performance is not surprising.

After a heated debate, the December Politburo meeting decided that the focus of equipment development in 1945 would be the priority of the Army sequence:

First of all, of course, two new tanks - T-44/100 and IS-3, required the construction of at least 8 independent Guards tank brigades equipped with IS-3 tanks and six Guards tank corps mainly with T-44 as the main force by the end of 1945, and at the same time with 4-6 independent tank brigades mainly equipped with IS-2 and 6-8 T-43/85 tank corps as the main force to form the elite armored force of the Red Army. As for the other T-34 and T-43 tanks, part of the chassis was recycled and converted into tank destroyers, some were converted into self-propelled guns, and some were allocated to infantry units to form tank battalions - in the future, it is necessary to engage in elite doctrine, and the infantry will no longer be as bare and without any tanks and armored vehicles as before.

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At the same time, artillery was also redefined, and now that the Red Army had suffered great losses in terms of establishment, logistics, and equipment, and could no longer support the artillery doctrine that it had always liked, it quietly removed the requirement of large numbers and placed the emphasis on mobility in a prominent position, which was strikingly similar to that of the German High Command: It believed that the future war was an era of rapid warfare, and that self-propelled artillery that could accompany the high-speed advance of infantry would be valuable, and that towed artillery would not have its former status.

According to the establishment requirements, the new Su-152 assault artillery is regarded as the core of mechanized force support, and rocket artillery is regarded as a reliable suppressive force for traditional infantry.

Finally, the improvement and upgrading of individual weapons is emphasized, and the current status of the Bobosha submachine gun and Mosin Nagant rifle is ready to be replaced by the mature AK assault rifle, while the light machine gun still retains the DP series, but emphasizes the replacement of the DP machine gun with the new DPM that came out in 1942, and the configuration of the RPG rocket launcher is reduced to the squad level and further emphasizes the improvement.

It should be said that the reform ideas of the Red Army have many similarities with the formation of rapid reaction columns in Germany, but there are also obvious differences: under the vigorous guidance of Hoffmann, the German army has begun to transform into the E-45 (or E-50) main battle tank, and the Red Army is still emphasizing the combination of heavy and medium; The German army began to develop, improve and equip the all-tracked infantry armored fighting vehicle, but the Red Army still did not pay enough attention to it, out of the emphasis on the need to spend money on the cutting edge, there was no requirement for infantry fighting vehicles, and the infantry either continued to fight on trucks or used limited armored vehicles to accompany the battle, and the idea of developing the BMP infantry fighting vehicle, which is famous all over the world, was shelved after only one turn at the conference, and in Voroshilov's words, "although things are good, it is a pity that the Soviets are not blessed at present."

The second priority sequence is the Air Force, which is further divided into two categories: offensive and defensive:

Similar to radar, anti-aircraft guns, fighters, etc., they are defensive weapons and have a higher priority than offensive weapons; Similar to bombers, attack aircraft are offensive weapons, relatively speaking, the level is slightly lower.

On the whole, the Soviet Union's electronics industry, especially the radar industry, is backward, but this backwardness is only relative to the United States, Britain, and Germany, and it is not backward compared with other countries, and the Soviet Union's attainments in the field of radar are not only not backward but a little stronger than those of Japan and Italy.

The authority in the field of radar is Viktor Tikhomilov, the founder of the Soviet radar industry, who miraculously survived the Great Purge, and is currently the head of the NII-20 Research Institute, and the main research topic is the "gneiss" radar, which is ready to be installed on the PE-3 night interceptor, which has been basically developed and can be equipped by this meeting.

The new requirement put forward by the meeting is to build an early warning radar system along the Ural Mountains to prevent further surprise attacks by Germany and West Russia, because many factories in the Ural industrial zone are only 200-300 kilometers away from the Ural Mountains, and large bombers can reach them in half an hour, so a strong early warning force is necessary.

In the field of radar, it is worth paying attention to the olive branch extended by the United States -- the United States has transferred a large number of radar objects and technical data from Britain to the East Russian side, although it is only a reflection of the technology of Britain in 1942 or even earlier (the latest information was not given by the Americans), but it is still extremely valuable information for East Russia, and the radar level of Great Britain is ranked first in the world.

This olive branch also reflects the adjustment and transformation of the American mentality. Although Dewey, Wallace, and others repeatedly declared that they would stop aiding the Soviet Union, and although the Soviet Union and the Axis had actually turned their backs on the Allied camp after signing the armistice agreement, both Dewey and the Joint Chiefs of Staff now, in addition to muttering a few words in public, have made a 180-degree turn in their attitude toward the Soviet Union in private, and have repaid great affirmation and praise -- this evaluation is even higher than at the beginning.