Schrager failed again, and his retreat was honed and improved once again in actual combat. Unlike the last time he performed in Italy, this time he obviously withdrew a little more troops than the last time. Of course, this may be due to the lack of strength of the Chinese troops. If you purely talk about the skills of escape, he should be the best among the Allied generals, because since the end of World War 1, the battles he commanded have ended in flight. When Operation Babylon ended, the American magazine Time commented on the Austrian general in a mocking tone. However, the actual situation is not something that can be explained in a few words from a magazine. There is a more objective assessment of the performance of the Austro-Hungarian Legion and the Central Powers as a whole in this battle.

The whole campaign can be divided into two major phases, the first stage is naturally the battle that broke out between the Chinese and the Germans on the southern front. The Chinese armored force was stronger than that of the Germans, and the establishment was more reasonable, and the army alone could deal with most of the Jedi's situations, whether it was tank battles, offensive battles, or artillery battles. Although they will suffer some losses on some battlefields, on the whole, relying on superior equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese armored forces is higher than that of Germany. But the high ones are also limited. The Germans could still delay the offensive of the Chinese Army and rely on more abundant infantry to prevent the expansion of the breach.

As a result, this often happened to the Chinese troops, who relied too heavily on armor and had insufficient infantry, where sharp armored spearheads could tear through the opponent's defenses, but there were not enough infantry to widen the rift and encircle the opponent in time. As a result, the Huaxia armored forces repeatedly routed the opponent, but the opponent took advantage of the short pause after the Huaxia breakthrough to withdraw the troops on the broken defensive line, and then reintegrate and fill in the next defensive line. Then the Chinese continued to break through, and the Germans again evacuated and regrouped. Huaxia could continue to defeat the opponent, but could not take advantage of the situation to eat the opponent's heavy army group, although in the battle on the southern front destroyed a large number of German technical equipment, but the German personnel losses were not too large, and the loss of less than 2 divisions was fully calculated.

"In terms of efficiency, we are not very tactically smart. The ideal tactic of the Germans was to assault the armored forces, followed by the subsequent mechanized infantry division to encircle the opponent. and finally annihilate the opponent's heavy army cluster. But alas, their armor spearheads are not sharp enough, and they often break when attacking. And we, on the contrary, our armored forces did almost everything, breaking through with tanks. Divide the tank with the tank and finally eat the opponent or the tank! After all, armored units are limited, but they have to take on almost all tasks, which is a waste of resources. Of course, one of the reasons for this is the lack of our troops. But we really lack enough infantry units. Perhaps now that the scale of the war is not large, we can still rely on a small number of elite armored divisions to win. But with the outbreak of a large-scale war in the future, the proportion of armored forces will definitely decrease. War requires not only elites, but also large numbers of ordinary troops. In the post-war summary, Peng Yi objectively evaluated the tactics of both sides. And this also caught Xu Jie's attention.

Xu Jie was not in the army before he crossed over. Knowledge of the Army is relatively limited. He used large weaving to guarantee the combat effectiveness of divisional units of the army. And the use of mechanized infantry divisions as an addition to armored forces, these two points are good, but at the same time not very much attention is paid to infantry divisions. This problem was not yet obvious in the small land battles in Italy, after all, the scale of the war was small. But in the Iran war, this began to become apparent. The consumption of armored forces was simply too great relative to the infantry divisions. The consumption of fuel and components by a large number of tanks has made Huaxia's supply capacity somewhat stretched.

Even the General Staff mentioned in the report that the consumption of one armored division could supply three motorized infantry divisions. The reason for this is that the latter did not have as many tanks and armored vehicles, and infantry mobility was also carried out by trucks and armored transport vehicles. The cost and fuel consumption of wheeled vehicles are significantly lower than that of tracked vehicles. It is clearly more economical to use motorized rifle divisions against an already divided enemy. The combat effectiveness will also be relatively high with the same supply. After all, when launching an offensive against an opponent inside the encirclement, one armored division is definitely not comparable to three mechanized infantry divisions. Because the latter had much more artillery and infantry than the former. And tanks are not much better than artillery when destroying the remnants of the encirclement. The role of the tank is to be mobile and break through strong defensive lines, and the output of the stake is not its forte.

At this time, Huaxia is one of the largest countries in the world, and that's right. But the opposite Germany is not a fish belly either. Referring to the scale of the two wars in history, the simple armies of both sides are several million. No country's industry can turn these millions of armies into armored divisions. In any case, it is necessary to divide three, six, nine and so on. How to organize an efficient army with limited resources is what matters. If the war were to be waged in Iran and India at the same time, it would be obvious that a large number of infantry would be needed to defend the front that stretched for thousands of kilometers, so China would have to step up the construction of mechanized infantry and motorized infantry.

In addition, with a further increase in the number of troops. A purely divisional unit can no longer support a battle in one direction, even if the opponent is weaker than you, even if you use a large strength of nearly 20,000 men. But it's not enough. At the end of this war, Tian Yong's poor performance was an example. Therefore, in order to complete a certain campaign mission, it is necessary to organize the following troops on the scale of an army or even a group army. A certain army must have the ability to independently complete the tasks of a certain regional campaign. On the recommendation of the army department, Huaxia decided to build a new armored corps after the end of this war. As a campaign-level establishment.

An armored corps will have 1 armored division and 3 mechanized infantry divisions. At the same time, there will be a number of units directly under the Panzer Corps. For example, military-affiliated artillery, military-affiliated independent heavy battalions and other units. There will even be some direct air force units. According to the intelligence reality, a German heavy tank that is better than the historical Haw Par is close to production, although Britain and the United States and other countries are skeptical about this, but Xu Jie, who is familiar with history, believes in the accuracy of this intelligence. This time, Huaxia failed to meet the German steel beast, but that doesn't mean it can be avoided next time. I'm afraid it's too much for a heavy tank weighing more than 50 tons to be rationed to the armored division, so Xu Jie means to look at the output now. If the production is not enough, a reinforced unit similar to the Tiger Heavy Panzer Battalion of the German World War 2 will be formed and distributed to the Panzer Corps. If the production is sufficient, some vehicles will be assigned to the division.

"The next time we meet the German Army, we must not look at our opponents in the same way as we do today. Don't put your hopes in superior gear. The Germans did not come up with the best equipment. In his reply to Peng Yi, Xu Jie affirmed the other party's opinion on the one hand, and on the other hand, he said that Huaxia should be psychologically prepared for the armor advantage that Germany may have.

In subsequent reports, Peng Yi also mentioned the Austro-Hungarian Legion. Schrager's performance was not as bad as the media made it out to be, in fact, if it were not for the fact that Huaxia had the last reserve and cooperated with a strong strategic air force to attack. So it's hard to say who will kill the deer in the end. According to post-war Chinese deductions, without the intervention of the Strategic Air Force, Schrager could have successfully withdrawn to the starting position by resisting one after another. Even with the full force of the Chinese army, one and a half of the four Austro-Hungarian elite divisions eventually escaped and ascended to heaven. Of course. Almost all of their heavy equipment was lost. If equipment is not taken into account, Schlager's elite Austro-Hungarian corps was no worse than the German divisions on the Southern Front. Theoretically, it is better than the American ** team.

Schrager's command skills are not bad. If he were to serve in the military of a first-class power like Germany or China, he would do well. Whether it's attacking or defending, it's at least safe. Even in the worst situations, it can endure to the end. If it weren't for his strong will and action, the already broken Austro-Hungarian Legion would not have been able to return to Kirkuk. It is not easy to do this when there are hundreds of heavy bombers in the air and there are pursuers on the ground.

But no matter what. Huaxia finally won the battle, although the losses were also very large, according to Peng Yi, we almost lost 1 and a half Iranian armored divisions, half of the Russian ** regiment and 1 Huaxia armored division. It is impossible and unnecessary to restore Iranian divisions in formation. It turned out that the same equipment was the least efficient in the hands of the Iranians. It is impossible for Huaxia's supply capacity to replenish the equipment of 3 divisions at once, but after a period of rest and recuperation, it is still possible to replenish the equipment of Huaxia and the Russian ** regiment.

Although the losses of the air force were not very large, they overdrew the large amount of fuel and ammunition left in Iran. Pilot fatigue and wear and tear of the aircraft cannot be ignored either. In the next stage, Qin Yue's air force can only ensure that air supremacy does not fall into the hands of the opponent, and as for ground support, it can only be managed.

But the end result is acceptable. The German corps on the southern front was unable to advance north after losing no less than 2 divisions of equipment. The elite of the Austro-Hungarian Corps was also gone, and with the exception of the two German panzer divisions in the north, which had been delayed in battle, there seemed to be no force left near Kirkuk to stop the Chinese offensive. Perhaps in addition to the siege battle that may be regarded as a tough battle, it is not easy for Huaxia to find an opponent! And with the completion of the rearmament of an armored division and an independent armored brigade originally located in the rear, the strength of Huaxia in the two river basins will reach a new peak, and when the losses on the front line are completely replenished, the Huaxia Army will be even stronger than before the start of the battle! According to Huaxia's judgment, the Allies should not be able to muster stronger forces in the foreseeable future.

Huaxia was summing up his gains and losses, and senior German front-line officers were doing the same. It is indeed a bit unreasonable for a battle that they think is 70% sure that it will be what it is today. On the one hand, this was a mistake in intelligence -- the omission of Tian Yongshi, who had just participated in the siege of the city. And the second and third reasons are the lack of strength of the Air Force and the lag of the Army's equipment. The former is something that can't be helped, after all, the Air Force has just finished the Battle of the Sky Garden and has not yet taken a breath before it has been on the bar with the Huaxia Air Force, which has been recuperating for a long time. Even the most demanding army officers had to admit that the Air Force did its best. As for the third reason, it is also a cliché. After several years of hard work, the gap between the German Army's armored forces and the Chinese armored forces has not narrowed, but has a tendency to widen.

So much so that Brauchitsch wrote in his heart to the Army Staff: "At least equip our vehicles with a cannon that can penetrate the enemy's armor!" "Now he no longer expects the German tanks to completely overwhelm their opponents, but at least to destroy each other. And he also said in the letter: "If the Empire wants to continue the war." THEN I HOPE TO SEND THE TIGER TANK, WHICH HAS NOW ENTERED THE TRIAL PRODUCTION STAGE, TO THE BATTLEFIELD, AND TO REFER TO THE HUAXIA ARMORED FORCES TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF HEAVY TANK DESTROYERS AND ASSAULT GUNS, ESPECIALLY THE LATTER IS WHAT WE NEED AT PRESENT, THE 105MM HOWITZER ON THE THIRD ASSAULT GUN IS TOO POWERFUL, AND THE DEFENSE IS TOO POOR. And the Huaxia Type 29 assault gun is very versatile. Neither the bunker nor the tank could stop it from a fatal blow. Brauchitsch had a good eye, and he had realized that the Type 29 assault gun, which was more adaptable, was better than the Type 29 tank destroyer, which focused on anti-tanks.

However, to Brauchitsch's disappointment, the German General Staff did not give a positive answer to the age-old problem of lagging behind in the development of armored weapons. One of the reasons for this is because the Tiger tank is still a certain distance from mass production, and when it is put into production, it is estimated that the war will be over. The Germans did not want their most elite equipment to be exposed to their opponents prematurely. Even a more powerful gun for Tank 4 is not something that can be done in a short time. Although the artillery will have to be returned sooner or later, it will definitely not be needed in this war. So forget it. Another reason was that the Germans were shocked and frightened by the choices made by Huaxia in this war, and the investment of the strategic air force greatly exceeded the Germans' expectations. The message contained in this was amplified many times and the Kaiser had to face it squarely.

At this time, the telegram sent by the Austrian emperor made the situation even worse, and Schlager's defeat again and the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian army made the emperor finally clearly understand the essential difference between a first-class power and a third-rate power. In addition to being able to show off its might in front of Italy and show some presence in front of the United States and Britain, the Austro-Hungarian Army can still hide as far as it can in the face of the Chinese Army! The Iranian campaign has developed far beyond the expectations of Austria-Hungary, and has completely changed from a war of limited scale to a fierce war between the great powers. Austria-Hungary had already revealed in the telegram its intention to cease the war. The cost is too great and has outweighed the benefits!

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