my head

The gains and losses of the German army in this battle are just as the British military theorist Liddell Hart said: "As far as the siege of Kiev itself is concerned, it can be regarded as a great success. For the German army, it can also be regarded as an unprecedented victory." A masterpiece. From a strategic point of view, it seems that there are very good reasons. First protect the southern flank from the threat of enemy counterattacks, and then attack Moscow. In addition, due to the large number of Soviet Red Army, but relatively lack of mobility, this strategy Therefore, it is even more advantageous. The German army can concentrate its forces in different areas successively, and produce several decisive battles in turn. But the only weakness is that "time does not give me", especially the German army does not have sufficient resources for winter operations. Get ready." The Germans won the greatest battle of annihilation in the history of warfare, but lost the greatest battle in the history of warfare.

After the Battle of Kiev, the Red Army had no more reserves. In order to defend Moscow, the Soviet government mobilized 83 divisions with a total of 800 people, but only 000 of them had sufficient equipment and lacked armored forces and fighter jets. Germany, they With 25 divisions totaling 70 men, nearly a third of which were mechanized, the highest proportion in the war, Operation Typhoon against Moscow began on 2 October.

Thanks to the huge victory in Kiev, the huge obstacle in the south has been cleared. Army Group South continued to attack the Donbass. The goal in the southern theater has been fully achieved. However, the attack on Moscow was postponed for four weeks. The Battle of Moscow proved, while tactically successful, that the Battle of Kiev only enhanced Germany's strategic advantage on a small scale, since its main purpose, decisive victory in the war, was not achieved.

When the Soviet army paid huge losses.They bought time to defend Moscow.

and.The Soviets learned their lesson from this and other encirclement battles, and they avoided encirclement by German forces during the subsequent Battle of Moscow.

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Windsor has completely recovered after this period of self-cultivation. Zhang Jun originally planned to give Windsor a military position in the German SS, but unfortunately Windsor always refused to join the army, but Windsor was very happy to serve as Zhang Jun's A civilian secretary, the equivalent of a military employee.

Now the general headquarters of the SS has moved to Rostov.It is more than 400 kilometers away from Stalingrad and more than 700 kilometers away from Baku. Zhang Jun and Rommel sent 20 elite SS troops to Baku yesterday. The 30 SS troops took away most of them. Materials, and the remaining materials are not enough for Zhang Jun to launch a new campaign, so he can only wait for the repair of the railway here. Of course, the air force will still bomb the direction of Stalingrad every day. Of course, the air force is not going to bomb the city, but to bomb the Soviet Union. One side of factories and rail and road junction.

Whenever Zhang Jun and Rommel discussed the battle situation, Windsor fought behind Zhang Jun obediently.Serving tea and water for Zhang Jun and Rommel, Rommel also knew the little secret that Windsor was Zhang Jun's lover.Therefore, when discussing the battle situation with Zhang Jun, the two never shy away from Windsor, and Windsor has learned a lot of command art from the discussion between the two. Ask Zhang Jun for advice.

If my lover wanted to learn how to fight, Zhang Jun would of course teach him everything without reservation. He even showed some ancient Chinese military books to Windsor. Zhang Jun explained to Windsor what he didn't understand. The two were lingering to death.

"Hehe...don't touch Jun...hehe..."

"Why can't I touch it...it feels silky and smooth to the touch...it's so cool!"

"Giggle...tell me what this means...I'll let you touch..."

"Hehe... my baby, then you ask..."

"Those who make good use of soldiers will no longer serve, and their food will not last for three years. They will be used for the country. Because the food is from the enemy, the army will have enough food. If the country is poorer than the teacher, it will lose far away, and if it loses far away, the people will be poor; those who are close to the teacher will be more expensive. Selling, if you sell expensively, the people will exhaust their wealth, and if their wealth is exhausted, they will be anxious to serve in the hills. If the central plains are exhausted and the internal vacancies are used at home, the expenses of the common people will be seven out of ten; Oars, oxen and carts, six out of ten. Therefore, the wise general will feed on the enemy. If he eats the enemy for one minute, he will serve me for twenty minutes;... What does this passage mean?"

"The general idea of ​​this paragraph is: those who are good at using soldiers do not need to recruit soldiers again, and do not need to transport military rations many times. Weapons and equipment are supplied domestically, and they try to seize food from the enemy, so that the army can have enough food and grass. The reason why the country is fighting And poverty is due to the long-distance transportation due to the expedition of the army. Long-distance transportation will inevitably lead to poverty of the people. The price of goods in the vicinity of the garrison will inevitably skyrocket. The military power is exhausted, the domestic financial resources are exhausted, and the private property of the people is depleted by seven tenths. The public property is depleted by the damage of chariots, horses, armor, bows and arrows, spears, shields, and ox carts. Six tenths are depleted. Therefore, a wise general must obtain food and grass in the enemy's country. One bell of grain from the enemy's country is equivalent to twenty bells from one's own country, and one stone of fodder locally is equivalent to twenty stones of one's own country. Therefore, in order to make soldiers desperate to kill the enemy, they must be angered and encouraged.

To make soldiers brave enough to seize the enemy's military supplies, they must be rewarded with the captured property.Therefore, in chariot battles, those who snatch more than ten chariots will be rewarded first.The chariots won should be replaced with our flag immediately, and the captured chariots should be incorporated into our convoy.Treat the captives kindly, so that they have a heart of surrender.This is how to defeat the enemy and make yourself stronger. . Therefore, the most important and beneficial thing to do in combat is quick victory, and the worst thing to do is protracted.A general who really knows how to use troops and knows the advantages and disadvantages of using troops controls the life and death of the people and the safety of the country. "

Windsor rested her chin on her hands and pondered for a while,

"I understand. From the current point of view, we must try our best to use the material of the enemy country to strengthen ourselves while weakening the enemy. In addition, we must treat the captives and the people well, so that they have the heart to submit, just like you did in Poland and Ukraine. The policy implemented? Well, yes, this is the trick you used, and the effect is really good."

"what!!!"

Now it's Zhang Jun's turn to be stunned. Windsor, you silly girl is too powerful. If you explain to her the ancient Chinese art of war more than 2000 years ago, he will be able to analyze such a truth.Windsor's military talent really surprised Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun didn't think too deeply about it. Instead, he was complacent about it. From now on, he would have another little secret with amazing war talent.It is too early to say whether Zhang Jun will laugh or cry for Windsor in the future.

"Jun...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"Windsor was thrown onto the bed by Zhang Jun who got on his horse, and his mouth was blocked by Zhang Jun's tongue."

"Um...ah..."

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Paul is now the commander of the Imperial Army of the SS Army. This time he and the Skeleton Army split up Baku. These two armies are the old elite armored army of the SS. The two armored armies have a total of eight armored divisions. Fifteen infantry divisions were also involved in the operation. According to intelligence, the Soviet Union drew troops to Stalingrad, but there were still 30 Soviet troops in the entire Baku area, and 65 Soviet troops in Stalingrad.

It was the second time for Paul and Ike to command the troops alone. The first time was during the exercise with Rommel. Zhang Jun could provide them with very limited military information, only some aerial photos.

From the analysis of the photos, the Soviet army abandoned all positions between Rostov and Georgia. The Soviet Red Army in the Baku area alone has more than 30 troops. In addition to the troops of the republic of Georgia, the Soviet army has a total area of ​​​​Baku. There will be no less than 50 troops, and at the same time, the Soviet Union still has more than 60 regular troops in Stalingrad.

Of course, there is no way for these more than 60 Soviet troops to leave Stalingrad to attack Paul and his ass.From the analysis of the aerial photos, the Soviet Union deployed several lines of defense in Georgia, and each line of defense completely cut off the Baku Peninsula. The depth of this line of defense is very deep, extending all the way to the territory of Azerbaijan and in front of the Baku area.

According to the latest situation, Paul, who had already left Rostov, hastily sent a telegram to Zhang Jun, explaining the real situation in the Baku area of ​​the Soviet Union.It wasn't that Paul was timid and didn't dare to attack, but Paul was afraid that if he couldn't break through the Soviet Union's huge and deep defensive position, it would affect the strategic plan of the entire SS.

Zhang Jun also felt the urgency of the situation when he received the telegram, so he quickly consulted with Rommel about countermeasures:

"My Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I think we are in trouble. The Soviets have invented a tactic to counter our blitzkrieg called the Great Depth Strategy. Come and take a look."

"Ah! Boom, boom, boom..."

When Rommel heard that the Soviets had actually invented the latest tactics, he quickly dropped his work, ran to Zhang Jun, took the telegram from Zhang Jun, and looked at it. He shook his head in a daze, expressing that he did not understand. General Zhang Jun didn't understand Rommel's latest Soviet tactics, so he had to drag Rommel to the huge map and explain it carefully to Rommel:

The idea of ​​deep combat was first put forward by Soviet military theorists Tukhachevsky, Triandafilov, Yegorov and others in the 20s.In their military works, they made a preliminary discussion on the theoretical principles of large-scale warfare.

However, due to Stalin's purge policy, this tactic was forced to be discontinued. Now this tactic has been valued by the Soviets again, and it has begun to be used in the battle to defend Baku. Look at their defensive positions, which are more than 500 kilometers wide from east to west. There are seas on both sides, and we have no way to attack in a roundabout way. It is [-] kilometers deep from north to south.

For such a huge defensive position, the Soviet Union has at least 100 million troops. Of course, they don’t have so many regular troops, but there are many men in Georgia and Azerbaijan. They are very good cannon fodder troops. Don’t underestimate them. These cannon fodder, if they fight to the death, they will definitely cause me trouble... (To be continued...)