Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Berlin, Royal Palace.

At this time, Yannick held a secret report from the Soviet Union.

There are two messages inside, one is about the golden train. Relevant departments in Moscow have confirmed that the gold train crashed into the bottom of a cliff 20 kilometers away from the town of Alexei. Although the cause of the accident is not yet known, the train could only have fallen there, otherwise there would be nowhere to go. This news finally calmed down the furious Stalin. Although he learned that the gold train fell into the cliff, not only was it deep, but a mudslide broke out afterwards, and countless mudslides washed in. It would take a lot of effort just to clean up the mudslides. , but after all, the gold is still in the Soviet Union, right? Therefore, he only issued an order to dig out the train as soon as possible, and did not investigate whether there were any other conspiracy behind the scenes.

The second news is that Khrushchev, the first secretary of the Moscow Region State Committee, also fell into the cliff and was later buried by a mudslide. This news made Yannick speechless. I didn't expect that the butterfly effect after traveling through time would be so widespread. You must know that Khrushchev in the original time and space only died in 1971, and now it is actually 35 years earlier.

However, this man did not seem to have any outstanding deeds during World War II. His main job was to inspect the combat readiness and morale of the troops, personally interrogate German prisoners, recruit some prisoners of war for propaganda work, etc., so Yannick did not pay much attention to this matter. Keep things in mind.

What excited him most was that his plan was a complete success. In the near future, those 560 tons of gold will be collected into the German treasury. It’s exciting to think about it!

While whistling happily, Annie walked into the office. "Your Highness, General Rundstedt and the others are here."

"Ask them to come in and take this document and destroy it."

After a while Rundstedt, Kesselring, Richthofen and others walked into the office. What they brought was a report on the Spanish Civil War.

Yannick asked casually as he picked up the file. "Are there any casualties in the air force?" You must know that the Spanish government's original air force was all old-fashioned aircraft. The only thing that could pose a threat to the German BF109 was the I-16 fighter jet assisted by the Soviet Union.

Report by Air Force Chief of Staff Kesselring. "There are three casualties. One dead, one seriously injured and one slightly injured."

"Downed by an enemy plane?" There have only been three casualties so far, which is already pretty good.

Kesselin looked a little embarrassed and hesitated before continuing. "Uh, no, it was an accident that happened when the pilot landed."

"..." Yannick sighed slightly. Of course, the structural strength brought by the Bf109's single wing spar is not enough, and the landing gear can only be installed at the wing root. As a result, the distance between the landing gear is too small, making it difficult to take off and land, which is very unfriendly to novices. If you are not careful, you may cause an accident.

But if we want to improve this problem, it would be better to redesign a new aircraft than to affect the whole body. "There is nothing we can do about it. We can only emphasize the safety during takeoff and landing with the pilots." After speaking, he looked at the report document attentively.

The combined forces of Franco, Germany, and Italy are regaining Madrid with an overwhelming advantage. The government troops without backup are just fighting a trapped beast. It is only a matter of time before they are completely defeated.

On the other side, one of the most important battles in the Spanish Civil War, the "Battle of Barcelona", was also in full swing.

It can be said that the coalition forces are winning steadily. They have firmly controlled the northern part of Spain and are frantically attacking eastward with the goal of cutting off the border connection between the Spanish government forces and France.

In actual combat, the German armored divisions were very effective in field attacks. They captured Salamanca, one of the major cities in central Spain, in one fell swoop, and completely annihilated the two main columns of the Republican Army that were surrounded near Salamanca. Successfully divided the area controlled by government forces into two. Subsequently, the coalition expanded this result, taking the important town of Leon in northern Spain in the second month, and opening up the supply line to A Coruña.

"A total of 16 tanks have been lost so far?"

Rundstedt had a heartbroken look on his face. "Nine of them were destroyed in street fighting. Your Highness, I think tanks should not be easily thrown into street fighting."

Yannick tapped his fingers lightly on the table, thought for a while, and asked. "How were our tanks destroyed? They shouldn't have individual rocket weapons like the 'Iron Fist', right?"

Rundstedt nodded. "They don't have similar weapons. Some of the destroyed tanks were sneak attacks by enemy tanks, some were hit by anti-tank rifles and lost power after their engines were hit, some were damaged by incendiary bottles, and cluster grenades... In short, they dealt with tanks. There are many ways to do this, and street fighting is simply a nightmare for tank troops."

A nightmare for tank troops? Yannick shook his head in disbelief. You must know that whether it was the urban offensive and defensive battles of World War II or the later US-Iraq War, they all confirmed a conclusion contrary to the public: tanks have always been a weapon in urban street fighting.

The US military even came to the conclusion during the actual combat in the Iraq War that the principle of excluding tanks from urban combat was wrong. In the large-scale attack on Failujie City, the US military, with tanks and armored vehicles as the core, killed and captured more than 3,000 enemy armed personnel at the meager cost of casualties of more than 50 Marines. This proves that Tanks are the best equipment for urban combat.

Because tanks have good protection, accurate, powerful and efficient firepower, and flexible mobility, they are all indispensable conditions and advantages in urban street fighting offensive operations. When tank troops are equipped with infantry cover, they will definitely be able to fight in street fighting. To achieve the purpose of destroying the entrenched enemy and reducing our own casualties.

The main purpose of tanks in urban combat is to provide heavy firepower that infantry cannot carry, to cover infantry for high-speed assaults, and to serve as a strong support point for infantry to rely on for combat. Without armor, infantrymen are bound to suffer greater casualties in cities.

What's more, since no one in the future generation has an RPG, the tank unit's survivability is still quite strong.

"Your Excellency, General Rundstedt, you have to consider how many casualties will be needed to win victory if the infantry alone fights street battles without the support and cover of heavy armor such as tanks? I think tanks are still a powerful weapon in urban combat. The problem is a tactical issue and has nothing to do with the tanks themselves. Of course, you cannot use pure tank troops to assault city streets, as that would definitely be courting death." A typical example is the tragic street fighting in Grozny. In the absence of effective coordination with the infantry, the armored troops rashly invaded the city without infantry support. As a result, 20 of the 26 T-80 tanks were destroyed and 120 infantry fighting vehicles were evacuated from the city. There were only 18; in the following three days of attack, 250 T-80 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers were destroyed, which was so tragic.

"But when tanks carry out street fighting assaults with the cooperation of infantry, the effect will be much better than that of pure infantry units. We need to specially train a street fighting unit with infantry and tank coordination." We actually forgot such an important link. You must know that the turning point of World War II was when the German army lost the Battle of Stalingrad, and the reason for the loss was that they had not fought in street fighting.