USSR 1941

Zhukov nodded: "Besides, this front army cannot let the enemy know, so that the enemy may be less prepared, and we will have more counterattack forces!"

"Yes!" Shulka said: "That's why I suggest that we form this front army in the name of a logistics force, and not even form..."

"Wait, what do you mean by not forming?" Vatutin was a little confused: "You said just now that we are going to form this front army!"

Rokossovsky understood: "Of course we want to form, but at the same time we don't form, good idea!"

Then Rokossovsky explained to Vatutin: "If we form it, it will be difficult to hide it from the Germans. After all, it is a front army! So we can disperse them to various logistics units for training. This is very It is easy to deceive the Germans, because we need a large number of troops and personnel to build fortifications, and it is our habit to train the logistics personnel, so the Germans will not regard them as regular troops!"

Vatutin suddenly realized: "That is to say, we only form this front army on paper to make preparations. Once the war starts, these logistics personnel will immediately gather to become a powerful front army?"

"Yes, even these troops do not know that they have been incorporated into the front army and become our reserve team, and of course the Germans will not know!" Rokossovsky smiled at Shulka: "You are putting The troops are hiding under the noses of the Germans, which will surely catch them by surprise!"

"This suggestion is very good!" Zhukov concluded: "I will report to Comrade Stalin immediately after the meeting and request to form an additional front army as a reserve team to ensure the victory of the battle!"

"Don't you take a look at the defense of the Kursk region, Comrade Shulka?" Rokossovsky said, nodding his head towards the map: "Comrade Vatutin and I will each defend half. If the Voronezh Front Army, then you and your subordinates are likely to be part of it!"

What Rokossovsky meant was that even if Shulka didn't care about his Central Front, he should care about his 82nd Infantry Regiment.

Shulka just spread his hands and replied: "I think you will discuss it, don't you? I just need to obey the order!"

"Fuck you, Shulka!" Zhukov scolded. "If that's the case, did I ask you to drink?"

After speaking, he raised his head towards the Kursk area and said, "Look, we were still having a headache for the defense of this area just now!"

In fact, Shulka was also joking,

This battle is of great importance, and it can be said to be a turning point in the Soviet-German war... Although it is true that the Germans failed in history, who can guarantee that it will be the same as in history? !

"The main difficulty in defense is anti-tank!" Zhukov explained, pointing to the map: "Because it is conceivable that the enemy will invest a large number of armored troops in Kursk to break through quickly! In addition, we have also received information that they are likely to invest A new type of tank!"

"Tank '6'?" Vatutin asked.

"No, not 'Number Six'!" Zhukov shook his head: "Of course, they will also invest in 'Number Six', but the information we got is that they have successfully developed another new tank, mainly for our army's T34 tank , but that's all we know!"

Shulka knew what it was. It was the Panther tank "Pr. V", which was first used in combat at Kursk.

"Then, we should also have more advanced tanks!" Vatutin looked horrified.

"Our scientists are already working hard, but there is no progress!" Zhukov replied: "I will make them speed up!"

"We don't seem to need to step up!" Shulka said.

"What?" Zhukov didn't understand what Shulka meant.

"I'm talking about the research and development of new equipment!" Shulka said: "Although the enemy may invest in new equipment in Kursk, which means that we are likely to be at a disadvantage in terms of equipment, but... I think it is too late for these equipment, Even if it has been developed now!"

Rokossovsky nodded in agreement: "Just like the German Panzer Six!"

"Yes, just like the Panzer Six!" Shulka replied: "New tanks often have flaws of one kind or another that limit their effectiveness in combat, as was the case with the German Panzer Six , it looks very powerful but its functions are very limited. But we have a full-fledged tank... T34, what we need to do is to increase its production, and then put them on the battlefield as much as possible, In this way we will have an absolute advantage over the enemy in numbers! And the advantages in numbers and low failure rate can more than make up for the lack of performance, so in general, we will not be weaker than the Germans in armored forces, and even Stronger than them!"

These words made Zhukov and the others nod repeatedly.

This is actually not difficult to understand. As the saying goes, "Two fists are hard to beat with four hands", especially for tanks.

Because of the tank, it is impossible to do everything in its favor. Even the "Tiger" can only achieve strong frontal armor, while the side armor and rear armor are thin.

In this case, if the Soviet army has several times more tanks than the German army, that is, it can be surrounded from all directions, then what it has to face is not the powerful frontal armor of the "Tiger"... There will always be some tanks. The sides and even the rear of the "Tiger" are armored.

If you want to achieve "everything", it will become a "mouse style" that can't even be turned on.

This is also the difference in the development direction of the tank strategy between the German army and the Soviet army during World War II... The German army always hopes to develop an advanced new tank to gain an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but this is obviously unrealistic.

The Soviet army is basically the T34. If there is development, it is to improve it. Then develop in the direction of output and quantity.

Facts have proved that the development direction of the Germans is wrong. Their "Tiger" and "Leopard" are indeed advanced, and their performance is better than that of the T34 in all aspects, but what they have to face is the T34 that is rushing up like a tide .

In particular, the Soviet army did not have an advantage in air supremacy, so the number is even more important... If there are too many, even if they are placed there, they will not be able to be bombed by German bombers. "Once they are spotted by Soviet pilots and a few are destroyed, it will be a heavy loss.

"No problem!" Zhukov nodded and said, "I'll immediately organize the rear to build a few more production lines to produce T34 at full speed!"