69novels Chapter 1159
Chapter 1159
“At this speed, it feels like we can take over the entire city of Mins tonight!”
After seeing Bock’s command, Guderian’s confidence in taking over the city of Mins increased greatly.
The Soviet army had too few troops and was divided into two parts. In this case, the Soviet army would inevitably face the dilemma of being defeated by the German army one by one.
However, as the defending party, they did not have any better way to deal with this situation.
There were German soldiers outside, and they could neither get out nor defend.
In this case, the Soviet army, which was completely passive, would be defeated only a matter of time.
Although there were still Soviet troops in the south that had not been resolved, in Aiguderian’s opinion, the battle of Mins City had been won or lost.
In this case, there was no need to pay too much attention to this place.
Guderian then shifted his attention to other directions.
“Where is the main force of the Soviet army now?”
Taking Mins City is not their ultimate goal. Their ultimate goal is still the main force of the Soviet army.
Therefore, after the battle of Mins City, the German army must take action immediately, cooperate with their own troops in the front, and block the retreating Soviet army to prevent them from running away!
Although Mins City controls a very critical railway, and the railway is the main mode of transportation for the Soviet army to move quickly.
However, the whole of Eastern Europe is an endless plain. If the Russians are forced into a corner, they may abandon all their baggage and flee from the plains by vehicles or even their legs instead of relying on railways.
If the Soviet army really does this, the German army will be busy. The East European
Plain is so large that even if the German army has millions of troops, it is impossible to block every exit.
What’s more, at this time, the German army behind the Soviet army has only two armies with 700,000 troops, and it is even more impossible for them to block every passage.
Therefore, if you want to annihilate the Soviet army, you must block the enemy as close to the front line as possible before the enemy disperses.
In this way, with the main force of millions of friendly troops on the front battlefield, it can ensure the maximum destruction of the Soviet army and prevent them from escaping!
At that time, even if they escape, the German army can rely on the advantage in numbers to pursue them separately.
Although the workload is a bit heavy, if you pursue them in that way, not too many bears will run away.
“The main force of the Soviet army is still in the Grono Nord area. They have just retreated from the Bialysk front. The vanguard troops should have arrived here!”
The staff marked three locations on the map, namely Bialysk, the starting point of the retreat of the main force of the Soviet army,
Grono Nord, the current location of the main force of the Soviet army, and Lida, the location of the Soviet vanguard troops!
“The speed is not slow. It only took two days to get here under the harassment of the Air Force. This speed is very good!”
Looking at the position of the Soviet vanguard, Guderian said with a smile.
Lida is located due west of Mins City, about 250 kilometers away from Mins City.
For the army, this distance can be reached in two days at the latest if there is no interference from the outside world.
However, the Soviet army’s actions are now exposed to the vision of the German Air Force, so every step they take will be bombed and attacked by the Air Force.
In this case, the speed of the Soviet army will inevitably be greatly affected, and not only the speed will be affected, but also the morale will decline rapidly.
If his own troops suddenly rushed out at this time, would the Soviet army be unable to react in time and be suddenly killed by him?
Guderian had a bold idea in his mind!
However, before taking action, he must confirm the intelligence of the Soviet army..
Including detailed data such as the specific location of the Soviet vanguard, the total number of troops, equipment and combat effectiveness of the troops.
In addition, he must grasp the movements of the main Soviet forces, so as not to be suddenly killed by the main force of the opponent when attacking the Soviet vanguard!
If his plan succeeds and the Soviet vanguard is really killed in Lida City, the Soviet army will be blocked in this narrow area less than 150 kilometers wide near the border!
Three million troops are blocked in such a small space. If the German army wants to encircle them, it will be much easier. Once the German encirclement is formed, barbed wire is set up and blockades are set up, the Soviet army will find it difficult to escape even if they have wings!
In this case, it is not impossible to eat up all the Soviet troops!
“Send a telegram to Berlin’s Supreme Command, tell the Führer my battle plan, and ask for the latest intelligence on the Soviet Army!”
Guderian was full of confidence. As long as he was given enough support, he would be confident that he could complete his battle plan!
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Berlin, the Fuhrer saw the battle plan he submitted within an hour of Guderian’s telegram.
“Guderian is very courageous. He is trying to pull out the teeth from the Soviet army’s mouth!”
Combining Guderian’s battle plan and map, Mainz, Halder, Zeitzler and others can clearly see Guderian’s entire battle plan.
“Lida is not a big city. The Soviet vanguard will not be stationed here for too long. It is estimated that they will leave tonight!”
General Zeitzler has been following the movements of the Soviet army. After analyzing the previous Soviet army’s movements, he came to this conclusion.
“Well, what about our air force? Can the air force be deployed at night?”
Everyone looked at General Goering, the air force commander.
Goering had just returned from the front line. He personally flew a fighter plane into the air to participate in the air battle three days ago.
After winning the air battle, Goering rushed back to the capital without stopping to report the latest situation to the head of state.
“Flying at night is very risky, and without ground guidance, it is not easy for us to find the target. The Soviet army should have learned blackouts in the past few days. Night is the best cover for them. As long as they hide, it is difficult for us to find them!”
Night takeoff is not only a technical job in this era, but it will also be a very technically difficult and dangerous thing decades later.
Whether an air force can maintain all-weather combat effectiveness depends mainly on whether they have the ability to take off at night and perform combat missions.
Although the Third Reich’s air force has a large number of ace pilots, their rules and regulations and combat tactics are decades ahead of other countries.
However, night combat is still very difficult even for the Third Reich.