Lieutenant General Bian Chunsong not only has the richest experience in commanding armored forces to date, but also has a profound theoretical foundation, and is the initiator of the tactical theory of high mobility and large depth of armored troops.

The other faction is the "infantry vassal faction" insisted on by Britain, France, Germany and other powerful countries in Europe, and the design concept of its tank armored vehicles is also subordinated to tactical theory, not pursuing high speed and high mobility, but pursuing large firepower and heavy armor, which can accompany the infantry to attack.

These European tanks are generally bloated and bulky, slow and unreliable, with large cruiser tanks often having a crew of 8~10 people, and the largest can fit 14 tank crews, and the speed is generally only 10~1 km per hour.

How could these large and slow-moving European tanks brave the enemy's fierce artillery fire to participate in the frontal battlefield attack, which is equivalent to a live target, and how can they not suffer heavy losses?

No matter how thick the frontal armor of the tank is, at best, it is 0 mm to the sky, where can it withstand the fierce bombardment of medium-caliber artillery?

The arrogant Europeans were very stubborn, and instead of reflecting on the pros and cons of the theory of tank warfare, they retreated from the position of the massive use of armored tanks.

Many German generals would rather increase the strength of a few more divisions than use this kind of iron can, and the stubborn conservative concept made it difficult for them to accept the new thing of tank armored vehicles.

With such expensive equipment, it will be finished with one shot.

Germany was equipped with a large number of tanks of the Ocean Empire, but due to irrational application, a large number of them were damaged in battle, and this was not a problem of weaponry, but a problem of tactical thinking.

Figuring out the differences between them is helpful to analyze the true intentions of General Clark, the commander of the German First Army, and avoid miscalculation.

Take, for example, the T-Cheetah medium tank;

The "T-" tank weighs 6.5 tons, is driven by a high-power 8-cylinder 9.4-liter diesel engine with a power of 6 kilowatts and a crew of 5 people.

The main armament is a 60 mm 4 caliber short-barreled howitzer, a 7.6 mm heading machine gun, a 1.7 mm roof-heavy machine gun, and an innovative torsion bar suspension design, with a maximum travel speed of 8 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 80 kilometers.

Such a high-mobility tank has excellent performance and is suitable for carrying out large-scale and high-mobility interspersed missions, giving full play to its advantages of high speed, fierce firepower, and strong assault capability, tearing apart the defense of the enemy's heavy army group, and dealing a heavy blow.

Look the other way around

The T-tank has a frontal tilt armor angle of 76 degrees, and a thickness of up to millimeters of high-hardness bulletproof armor, which is equivalent to the defense capability of 55 mm vertical bulletproof armor plates, and can resist the frontal attack of 7 mm combat defense guns at a distance of more than 800 meters, and the side armor has the ability to defend against 0 mm shell attacks.

However, in the European battlefield with dense artillery, 60 mm and 76 mm guns were equipped with French infantry battalions, and as long as these high-powered guns hit with one shot, then the T-tanks that accompanied the slow attack of the infantry were destroyed and killed, and there was no first possibility.

Once the T-tank moves at high speed, these bulky army guns will not hit at all, but will be destroyed one by one by the maneuverable tanks.

Look at the Wolf light tank imported from Germany, this guy is completely thin-skinned, he can only block one infantry bullet at most, and he can also block one heavy machine gun bullet at a long distance.

So it's not that tanks can't do it, it's that the outdated concepts of the German commanders can't keep up with the development, and they have to let the light cavalry do the work of the heavy infantry, how can they not suffer defeat?

The operational thinking of the German senior officers was analyzed, and then the actual equipment was taken into account.

The German First Army, as the vanguard of the rush, was equipped with a total of 0 sets of tanks of various types, including about 100 T-tanks and more than 00 Wolf light tanks.

Since the outbreak of the war in August

After more than a month of hard fighting, the tank armored units of the 1st Army suffered heavy losses, with an average attrition/, that is to say, there are more than 100 tanks of various types combined, of which about 40 T-tanks are the main force, and it is impossible to have more.

This clearly shows that General Clark of Germany is an old-fashioned Junker military aristocrat with a stubborn and conservative ideology, and while he has profound military qualities, he is unable to accept new things and make good use of the power of armored forces, and only uses tanks and armored vehicles as charging heavy infantry.

Turn around and look at the French Sixth Army, with a total strength of about 57,000 people, because of the defense of the capital Paris, it is equipped with a variety of heavy, medium and light artillery, the number of which is as high as more than 11,700 guns, and the firepower is very strong, which is also the confidence that they dare to plan to flank the German First Army.

There is no shortage of artillery in the French army, there is no shortage of shells, what role can more than 40 T tanks play?

Even if it is interspersed at high speed, it is also based on the strength of the powerful armored corps, no matter how sharp the small knife is, it is impossible to cut off the big stone pillar, and the strength of the two sides is several levels apart!

Because of the so-called tactical action of the armored corps of large depth interspersed with detours and division and cut-off, according to the combat mission, it is necessary to maintain a certain strength to prevent the enemy from counterattacking, instead of running away after the battle.

Therefore, the Ocean Empire Army will be equipped with artillery battalions, mechanized infantry regiments and other arms within the establishment of armored divisions, so as to resist the enemy's counterattack when defending with armored forces, and expand the results of the attack when attacking.

Only in this way can the campaign goal of cutting off the return of the French Sixth Army be achieved, encircling and annihilating it.

The German 1st Army did not have the formation of mechanized infantry regiments, and the infantry could not accompany the high-mobility assault of tanks and armored vehicles.

Sum up

The assumptions put forward by Major General Wu Peifu do not hold water, and of the above three scenarios, only the first scenario is consistent with the current actions of the German army;

Even the commander of the German 1st Army, General Clark, did not notice that the flanks were exposed to the French, leaving the French with a good chance to turn the tables and win.

Although it is said that the quality of German officers is generally high, since the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, after a lapse of four years, none of the senior commanders of the German army have any experience in commanding large corps, not in wars with tens of thousands of people, let alone in commanding hundreds of thousands of people.

In this regard

The Ocean Empire, Japan, Russia, and the United States have the most abundant experience, and within 10 years, they all have experience in commanding large corps operations, and regardless of victory or defeat, at least they have experience in commanding and organizing large corps operations.

The Russians lost to the Fuso, the Fuso lost to the Mi people, and the Mi people lost to the Ocean Empire, which formed an interesting cascade.

So, there is no need to mythologize the German senior commanders, they also sometimes make mistakes.

Now the question is, will the French be able to catch the planes?

The Ocean Empire has its own news channels on the European front, and it can transmit more accurate battlefield information at the first time, but compared with the actual battle situation, there must be a delay of ~ days, which is also a helpless thing.

The actual situation is that the French did not seize this fighter plane and let him slip away in vain, and this is what the next step of "Campaign Command Theory" will teach.

How to find out the key points from the chaotic battlefield and grasp the key?

How to mobilize the enemy through reasonable command from the seemingly unsolvable battle situation and create a fighter?

How to rationally allocate the forces in hand to form a local advantage?

How to correctly interpret the war situation, view and guide the direction of the war at the macro level?

How to lay out in advance to achieve the ultimate campaign goal?

How to use air power, armored power, artillery and infantry to form a joint force, and innovate tactics are all new knowledge, new concepts, and new theories that generals and cadets need to learn.

The trainees of the general class will also be exposed to the latest radio technology, experience the actual experience of riding in a small transport aircraft, watch the joint drills of fighters and bombers as the T5 heavy tanks gallop on the exercise ground, and deeply feel the power of new technology to change the face of warfare.

Senior officers of the Army General Staff Headquarters, military bigwigs, and Field Marshal Duke Li Xuanzhu will take the time to give lectures to the generals and cadets, impart their own experiences and experiences in the war, and contribute to their growth.

All of this is the course arranged by Emperor Li Fushou himself, the purpose is to let the generals who master the first-line troops abandon the old concepts and introduce new strategic thinking, this group of generals and cadets between the ages of 40 ~ 50 years old is the bright star of hope of the empire.

If 1~ handsome talent can emerge, his teeth can smile together and make a lot of money.

Just a few years ago, Field Marshal Duke Li Xuanzhu ended his important duties in the Northern Federation and returned to the mainland as Minister of War.

General Mo Rufeng, the former Minister of War, was promoted to marshal and was ordered to go to North America to take control of the side and continue to deter the United States with strength to prevent any changes in it.

In terms of army deployment, 86,000 new recruits will be recruited on the spot in North America, which is part of a plan to increase the number of troops with a total of 40,000 soldiers.

So

The 60,000 troops stationed in North America, together with these 86,000 recruits, as well as some of the troops that will be sent from the mainland, will form a heavy army group of 400,000 people in total, so as to maintain a stable, united, and peaceful environment in North America.

At any time, containing the United States is a priority strategic option for Emperor Li Fushou of the Ocean Empire.

No matter how Europe fights and makes trouble, giving priority to ensuring that North America is under control is a precondition for Li Fushou to make all decisions.

Without his permission, neither the United States nor Japan is allowed to move around.

Originally, after the outbreak of war in Europe, the Davenport government in the United States showed signs of imminent action, and the army force limited to 100,000 people was successively transferred to New Mexico (established after the first American-Japanese war, which will not be repeated later) Nearly 90,000 people, and there were signs of militia division mobilization in various states of the United States, which is not a good sign. (To be continued)

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