USSR 1941

Admiral Kirponos said that, and the others dared not say anything more.

After looking at the crowd, General Kirponos raised his head to Shulka, motioning him to continue.

To be honest, this one will be a bit difficult to tell, because Shulka cannot say what the siege plan will be implemented in the near future.

The reason is very simple. There are many spies in the Soviet army, and there are many uncertain factors, such as the surrender of officers... This is not only the experience that Shulka summed up in the Brest Fortress, but also the experience of Kirponos. The general's experience, because there are not a few people from the Southwest Front Army who surrendered to the German army, and there are even many Ukrainian officers, soldiers or civilians who voluntarily provided intelligence to the German army.

This is mainly because of the "agricultural collectivization" movement, which led to a severe famine in Ukraine, and a large number of Ukrainians starved to death.

This directly made Ukraine more and more dissatisfied with Moscow. When the war broke out, there were a large number of rebellions in Ukraine, and even hoped that the German army would "liberate" Ukraine.

Under such circumstances, of course, plans such as anti-encirclement cannot be announced too early.

After thinking about it, Shulka pointed at the tank model with his baton and said: "We should fight in this mode: the front is the reconnaissance team, which is composed of faster motorcycles, cars or light tanks. Reconnaissance and report the situation to the follow-up troops, including enemy situation, road situation, bridge situation, etc., if possible, you can occupy important traffic hubs first!"

Speaking of this, Shulka turned his attention to the officers present at the meeting, especially the army commander, Major General Tolicka.

Major General Toliczka nodded. There is nothing wrong with reconnaissance. Every unit needs reconnaissance and intelligence. The Soviet army did this before, but they generally used infantry and rarely used light tanks.

Now in a war situation, there is nothing wrong with Shulka adding a few light tanks to increase the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance team.

But Major General Toliczka raised a little objection.

"But this is useful in mobile warfare, Sergeant!" Major General Tolic said: "We are mainly defensive now!"

"Panzers are supposed to maneuver, General!" Shulka said. "Otherwise they are useless, which is one of the reasons we take tanks off defense!"

Major General Toliczka smiled noncommittally. He did not agree with this point of view, but because it was an order from General Kirponos, he did not say anything.

Shulka was a little unaccustomed to this.

Because tanks need to maneuver This is no doubt in modern times, but it seems to be quite controversial in this era.

But this is not surprising. The tank tactics of this era are immature. The fact is that all kinds of tactics are immature... World War II can be said to be a watershed in tactics. The main reason is that too many people were misled by the trench warfare in World War I. I thought that the future war would be like World War I, where the enemy and the enemy would dig a trench and stand in a stalemate. This is one of the reasons why so many countries, including Germany, dug and built trenches on their borders after World War I. The most exaggerated one is France. , and built a "Maginot Line of Defense" that is "famous through the ages".

As for the tank, this thing appeared in the middle and late period of World War I, and it was very primitive and was not widely used on the battlefield. That is to say, its tactics and experience are basically blank. Military strategists from various countries can only use imagination, drills, and speculation Establish tank combat theory.

Therefore, some countries' understanding of it is defensive, some countries are offensive, some use it as equipment for coordinating infantry, and some use it as the main force.

Germany is obviously right on this point, which is one of the reasons why the German army swept the entire European continent in a short time.

"Actually, we should have some aerial reconnaissance!" Shulka turned his attention to General Kirponos: "This will give us more preparation time!"

This is of course, the so-called stand tall and see far, the reconnaissance plane flies around the sky,

The enemy's deployment within a radius of tens of kilometers can be seen at a glance, which is unmatched by land reconnaissance.

Admiral Kirponos nodded without thinking, "Leave this to me, but we can't win air supremacy!"

Of course Shulka knew this, so he didn't dare to expect it from the beginning.

"The one following the reconnaissance team..." Shurka continued, "It's the auxiliary team!"

Pushing several tanks and cars to the second echelon, Shulka said: "They are composed of mechanical units and engineering units with more combat effectiveness, with more tanks, artillery and anti-tank weapons. Their task is to reinforce Reconnaissance detachment, quickly destroy the enemy when they are blocked by the enemy, and the engineer will then repair the bridge, road or demining, etc.!"

"Finally, the main force!" Shulka pointed to the last large group of models and said, "If everything goes well, the main force should be able to rush towards the target at the fastest speed!"

"What should we do if we are blocked by the enemy?" Major General Toliczka asked.

"The enemy should be evaluated first!" Shulka replied: "If you have the ability to eliminate them in a short time, then resolutely eliminate them and move on. Otherwise, consider going around in other directions... I mean, evaluate It should be done during the reconnaissance phase. This way the sappers will have time to open up another channel so that the main force won't wait in place or wait too long!"

"So!" General Kirponos said: "The reconnaissance, auxiliary and main forces must be closely coordinated and under unified and effective command!"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded in agreement. This is what worries Shulka the most... The communication system has always been a flaw of the Soviet army. At this time, they lack radio at the regiment level and even at the division level. communication equipment.

If communications rely on signal soldiers, carrier pigeons, or even signal flags...how can the reconnaissance team pass the information to the auxiliary team in a timely manner, and how will the auxiliary team know whether to attack or detour next? How does the main force know the road conditions ahead?

Admiral Kirponos thought for a while, and then said to the staff: "Immediately apply to the superior to add 30 radio stations!"

"Yes, Comrade General!" The staff officer turned around and walked towards the mail room.

"Is there any problem with this tactic, Comrade Major General?" Admiral Kirponos turned his gaze to Major General Toliczka.

"No, of course there is no problem, Comrade General!" Major General Toliczka replied, "It's just that I don't think this tactic will work!"

"You don't need to know what it's for!" Admiral Kirponos replied, "You just need to train on this tactic and get ready for battle. You have a few days!"

"Yes, Comrade General!" Major General Toliczka replied, "Resolutely carry out your order!"