readx;?“ That is, the suppression of the concentration and logistical supply of German troops on both sides of the Dnieper by the Air Force had a very limited effect? Or is it true that you can only guarantee to interfere with the movement of German troops for a short period of time? At the same time, Patton received a telegram from the Air Force and said with some dissatisfaction. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He even wondered if it was the Air Force deliberately expanding the difficulties it encountered. The intelligence services did not mention the massive movement of the Luftwaffe, and the top brass assured that the strategic bombing of Germany by the United States and Britain would not be weakened by the war on the Eastern Front, so now the question arises, how could the Germans conjure up so many planes?

"If the air force cannot effectively contain the movement and reinforcement of the Germans, then half of the role of the air force will be lost, and it is unrealistic for us to break through the German positions with the Russians and limited air support alone. And if we have to wait, I am afraid that the situation in the air will change, and the German power on the eastern bank of the Dnieper will increase, which will not be beneficial to our plans. Montgomery is also dissatisfied with the Air Force, but now is obviously not the time to dwell on this, the Air Force may have misintelligence, but they must have tried their best, the Air Force said that it would not last long, that is, it really could not hold out for long, and the Army should be prepared for how to fight in the case of air support is not strong.

"It's a really bad thing, we need to fight the Germans in the biggest tank battle ever on the vast plains of Ukraine! It is hoped that there will be no problems with the intelligence of the intelligence services about the Army. Patton was really unwilling to fight the German Army on a "reciprocal" basis. The engagements in Italy, Iran and France had already taught the Americans how high the combat effectiveness of the German Army was.

And what he is more worried about is that the high-level assessment of Germany's strength is wrong, and the German army fighting on two fronts may not be afraid, but when the Germans abandon the southern front and the Middle East battlefield, the German army that concentrates its forces on the eastern front is probably not something that the United States, Britain and Russia can deal with! He now no longer trusts even the Army intelligence provided by the intelligence services. "We have to be lenient to the enemy, if they get a heavy tank similar to the Tiger, how will we fight this ground battle?"

"There is no choice, we are military and cannot change the decision above, since those old men at the top want us to solve the Ukrainian problem this year. And the battle has already begun, then we must not give up halfway! The Russians have lost about 200,000 troops forever in just a few days, and if we can't win this battle, then Russia will not stand with us! While the air force is still able to suppress the Germans with all its might. We have to break through the opponent's defence as soon as possible. "Bradley is sometimes more crisp than Patton, the meaning of the Air Force is very clear, the situation will not get better if it continues to drag on, since this is the case, let's start as soon as possible!

Crisp and straightforward! The U.S. Army has finally gotten a hand in this campaign! The British troops on the southern front began to attack in the direction of Donetsk. And the main forces of the American army and part of the British army began to attack in the direction of Kharkov! More than 70 divisional combat units, more than 6,000 tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns composed of armored spearheads under the cover of more than 2,000 aircraft formed a wide attack surface, with the support of artillery and engineers, this torrent of steel easily tore through the shallow defense line of the German army, like a flood of bursting embankments.

From the air, large swaths of land are covered in dust kicked up by rushing vehicles. "The entire Ukrainian plain is like a sandstorm, we don't even have to deliberately reconnoiter the position of the opponent, just see the dust rising from the ground to know where the US troops are, their surprise speed is beyond our imagination, I have to say. It is a miracle in the history of industry that the Americans can still have enough transport vehicles for their troops to fight tens of thousands of kilometers away from their homeland! A German pilot wrote in his diary.

The Americans began to attack very smoothly, in addition to the superiority of troops, the US Army has indeed grown in the years-long battle, the coordination of armored forces and subsequent mechanized infantry and artillery has matured, and relying on a large number of motor vehicles, the Americans can continue to move forward. They reached Kharkov without any problems, and with a small number of troops, they besieged it, and the main force continued to advance.

And the British offensive on the southern front, after an initial success, soon ran into trouble. When the British advanced to Donetsk, the Germans relied on fortified fortified areas and follow-up reinforcements to contain the offensive, while at the same time, the Germans who were engaged in the Russians retreated moderately. The Germans re-leveled the station line, and after the station line stabilized, the density of troops and equipment increased, and the British were really not as wealthy as the Americans, and the British army, which lacked hard power, began to fight the battle they least liked. And the temporary stabilization of the southern front allowed the Germans to concentrate their forces against the main forces of the American army on the northern front!

And the impact of the British ineffectiveness was definitely not only against the Germans. For the US military, the same impact is great! Now the Americans suddenly found out that if they wanted to continue according to the original plan, then the troops had to strike twice the distance! to form a huge encirclement with the British! This not only means that their own logistical supplies may not be able to support such an offensive, but more importantly, if they fight like this, their flanks will be exposed to the Germans! So far, the main forces of the German Army have not appeared! Where will they be waiting for us? Barton asked the staff again and again! The sword of Damocles held high by the Germans could fall at any moment, and sooner or later the German Army would launch a large-scale counterattack!

Don't look at Barton as more reckless, but people attach great importance to the safety of their own side! The danger of the troops continuing to move south was too great, and he had to consider changing his original plan! "What if we concentrate our forces directly on the banks of the Dnieper and then establish positions? It will be no less difficult for us to join the British than it is for us to act alone, and if the Germans can hold off our offensive head-on, it will undoubtedly be a nightmare for us to advance southward! ”

Patton's plan is a little bit of a means of destroying the other side's living forces, if the main army of the Germans is not eaten, then the Americans are quite uneasy, and according to the current aviation reconnaissance, the Americans believe that the main German force will be concentrated on the east bank of the Dnieper River, because there is the support of the Luftwaffe here, and the supply line is very short, the Americans must at least ensure that the supplies are sufficient when they fight. Even in the second battle of the Korean War, the U.S. military never had to worry about supply problems. This not only reflects the US military's strong logistical support capability. At the same time, it also made the US military form a mindset that where the supply conditions are best, then it is most likely to be the position of the opponent's main force!

Sooner or later, if you have to fight with the opponent, then it is definitely better to prove the bar than to be attacked by the opponent's side! The Americans identified each other's position. Then they decisively launched an attack in the direction of the main German forces, and they finally abandoned the plan to round with the British in Donetsk, but killed directly at Dnepropetrovsk! (The name is long--! ）

"The Americans are very brave this time, and I hope their performance can match their courage!" On the southern front, Moder held off the Russian and British attacks. And Manstein concentrated the main mobile forces and prepared to give the Americans a lethal level! 27 tanks and assault guns of various types from more than 3000 armored divisions are ready! What he didn't expect was that he didn't wait to go to the Americans. The Americans took the initiative to kill, and this caught Manstein a little off guard! The decisive battle with the American was a little earlier than expected, and his strongest armor had not yet shrunk into a fist! A considerable part of the troops scattered along the direction of the Dnieper!

And what is even more troublesome is that because this area belongs to the stable rule of Germany, not too many fortifications have been built, and the scattered fortresses and fortifications cannot even form a stable front, although there are many troops, but the two sides can hardly fight field battles, and the German armored forces can only be assembled in brigades or even heavy battalions. And they have to face the onslaught of hundreds, if not thousands, of American and British tank armored vehicles!

"All the heavily armored units were immediately concentrated and blocked the armored forces of the Americans on the front. The assault group consisting of Leopard and No. 4 tanks continued to assemble in the direction of Poltava as originally planned. Soon, Manstein adjusted his battle plan, and if the heavy troops could not move, they would not go, and would defend on the spot, while the fast Leopard and No. 4 were immediately concentrated as the main force of the counteroffensive. A very important reason why Manstein dared to do this was that he was very confident in the German Tiger tank and various large tank destroyers, after all, these guys had a good fight with the Chinese Dragon, although it was a little worse, but it was much better than the current Americans!

"The American Pershing tank, even by the most optimistic estimates, is somewhat worse than the Huaxia Type 35 medium tank, even though the American army is heavily equipped with Pershing tanks. Its quality is still a little worse than that of our armored forces, especially when our army is on the defensive, and the American attack force lacking heavy tanks will be quickly depleted! More than one German officer mentioned in his report his opinion of the American armored forces.

Isn't it Pershing? The Germans have already seen it, in India. When the Germans were at war with the United States and Britain, the Germans noticed this new tank, but soon, it felt that it was no more than that, not that Pershing was not good, but because the German armored forces had already fought against the more powerful Huaxia. There's not much interest in anything at the level of Pershing! The Germans' Tiger, Gepard, Puma, and Tiger could easily penetrate the front of the Pershing.

"It's time to start! The reconnaissance planes of the Air Force have spotted the German armored units in the distance, and there are some big ones among them, let's weigh them and see if they are stronger than they were when we were in France! "The 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army first came into contact with the Germans, and half of their 280 disposable tanks were Pershing tanks, which existed as the fist of the main force! Although the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States encountered the Tiger tank for the first time when it was in France, and they achieved the prestige of the Tiger tank, but this time history gave the Americans another opportunity to wash away the humiliation.

"The Germans had a thin defense, and they seemed to be undermanned! The pressure on our Air Force is even greater than that of your Army? "Soon, the latest reconnaissance intelligence was delivered, and the Americans were finally relieved, at least for now, the armored forces led by Major York were not facing a very strong enemy!" Punch them through! ”

"What's the situation now?" Bremani asked his colleague next to him. At this time, he has experienced too many battles and has become a mature commander, he now independently commands a battle group, a company of Tiger tanks, a company of Puma tank destroyers, and half a company of Tiger Hunter tank destroyers, plus some No. 4 tanks and battle defense guns are all his current family background, from the point of view of the establishment, the equipment of this battle group is too miscellaneous, at a glance, you can know that it is improvised patchwork!

Originally, he would command an independent heavy tank battalion as the main force of the attack, but who knew that just after passing a company, the pontoon bridge behind was heavily damaged by the American attack aircraft. So the top was in a hurry, and immediately scraped together some troops, and then asked Bremani to pull up and directly in front!

"We have at least 2 armored battalions in front of us, and there are some tanks in the back, but the Air Force can't determine their number, in short, if we can survive, the factor of luck is more important than the factor of strength." There was a hint of bitterness in the words of the colleague next to him.

"It doesn't matter, we're facing Americans, and when you're facing Americans, any miracle can happen! By the way, the tanks of the Americans do not have the above artillery, they do not have heavy tanks, and within 30 degrees of the front and sides cannot threaten our tanks at all. Bremani patted the latter's shoulder and smiled.

Bremani has been through too many lives and deaths, and although there are many opponents today, in his eyes, these guys are really not as terrible as he experienced in the Middle East! The thick cannon, the turret like a tortoiseshell, was an eternal nightmare in his heart. As for the things in front of you? He didn't put it in his eyes at all!

"The Americans are on the offensive! Everyone's ready to fight! With the binoculars, Bremany could already faintly see the round guys in the smoke screen, the slightly larger one was Pershing, and the smaller one was Sherman! An old friend of the Germans!

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