Chapter 910

Goodrian knew that Zhukov had gone south, and that this level of troop mobilization was completed in such a short time, which could not be concealed from anyone. What can be hidden is the number of troops going south, the composition and what the Soviet Union wants to do this time.

In this way, the Soviet army took the simplest means of self-protection, that is, ambush in the daytime and rise at night. Although this method made it difficult for the German army to investigate, it also caused trouble for the Soviet army itself. The speed of their southward movement was extremely slow. There was no surprise for the German army that had known that some Soviet troops were going southward.

So instead of rushing north, the g-army stationed in the southwest of Kursk. They are waiting for the Soviet army to go south and prepare for a battle of waiting for work. They are also waiting for Stalingrad behind them to decide whether to win or lose. After all, having a stable rear is the foundation of the attack.

Belgorod has been occupied by Germany, and goodrian's vanguard troops have gone all the way north along both sides of the Don river, occupying almost all of Voronezh, only a few days away from Voronezh, the capital of Voronezh.

"It seems that the Soviet army has made its own judgment when it left Moscow and went south. It seems that the lack of fuel for our a group army has finally leaked out, or... I don't think Stalingrad and Baku are more important than Moscow. " Looking at the more and more detailed situation of the Soviet Army going south on the map, goodrian said to his chief of staff, "how are our troops getting well rested?"

The chief of staff nodded and told goodrian what he knew about the rest of the troops: "when we attacked the Don river, we didn't meet the fierce resistance of the enemy, so the troops kept a high level of rest. Some troops began to change into tiger king tanks. On the whole, our advantage is very obvious. "

"Well, the 502 heavy tank destroyer battalion, which is temporarily working with the SS 3rd Panzer Division, is now following the SS forces and is stationed in the rear near liski." Goodrian did not come up with his own killer mace, but put the new tiger king tank troops are hiding.

Through unremitting efforts, Germany has finally improved its tank production capacity with a fully automatic production line. Now the production speed of German Tiger King tanks is very fast, which is also the main reason why German front-line forces can replace tiger king tanks on a large scale. With this new type of tank, akado and his generals are confident of gaining an advantage in the battle of tanks.

The current situation of the whole battlefield is slightly different from the German plan, which is basically caused by the southward movement of the Soviet Red Army. The original plan of the German army was to use Guderian's G group army to continue to go north to capture the state of Tambov and threaten the Moscow defense line from its flank. But now the Soviet troops are going south, and if the G group army continues to go north, its flanks will also be threatened. So the German army revised its operational plan and decided to annihilate the Soviet troops going south in the Kursk area first, and then continue to attack north.

Therefore, the plan to attack Tambov in the North was postponed, and the German army had to deal with the Red Army which came back. The specific direction has been well known. The Soviet Army used the fastest speed they could get out to enter the Kursk area that the German army had not completely occupied.

Don't think that the Soviet Union's bad weather and their infrastructure, which are good at making do with each other, only caused trouble to the German people. In fact, Zhukov only discovered that he had made a hole in other people's things by using his own armored forces on such a large scale. Sooner or later, he would also make a hole in himself! All the way south, the Soviet armored forces not only had to avoid the interference and detection of German planes, but also had to fight against the bloody road.

A heavy rain made Zhukov happy for several hours, but all his follow-up troops were trapped in the mud. Hundreds of thousands of troops advanced in the dark. With the help of the local people, they finally managed to reach Kursk.

The Soviet troops are busy preparing to continue to fight south, and the Germans are not idle. The whole German intelligence department and the front-line investigation forces are extremely nervous. Everyone wants to understand a problem, that is, where the Soviets want to fight and where they want to fight.

"Hello? Hello! yes! I'm the chief of staff of the G group army. Is there any news from the reconnaissance plane units directly under the G group army? I need to know exactly how many enemy troops there are and how many heavy weapons there are. Yes, yes. OK, I know. " On the one hand, the chief of staff is holding the phone, trying to get the results from the air investigation force directly under the group army; on the other hand, a group of telegraph operators are receiving numerous reports from various units.

"The 26th infantry army just called. They exchanged fire with the Soviet army in rogachovka. The serial number of the Soviet army is unknown. It may be the leading force of the Soviet Army going south." An officer held the message in his hand and reported it aloud. A female Sergeant pasted the mark representing the unknown enemy directly on the corresponding position of the map.

Guderian murmured, went to the map and carefully looked at the location of the city: "rogachovka... Well, it should be about the same. It is estimated that they also want to fight with us in Voronezh first, so as to fatigue our army and defeat our army."

Just behind him, another air force liaison officer of the headquarters was communicating with the air force about the specific combat plan: "yes! I hope you can delay each other's southward speed by bombing railways and highways! I know you have already done so, but I hope you can increase the bombing intensity... "

You can hear the air force officer on the opposite side of the receiver also feel helpless, because he is directly under the Joint Operations Coordination Department of the eastern air force, so he doesn't have much aviation fuel in his hand. Most of the fuel is in the hands of the air force in the southern theater. Now it is the flying troops under the central cluster who are carrying out the task of strangling the Soviet troops. Although the German Air Force has expanded its scale in history, I don't know how much, it still can't achieve the coverage bombing from Leningrad to Stalingrad. In fact, even the US Air Force in its heyday can't do it. Strategic bombers, medium-sized bombers and even dive bombers are concentrated in the direction of Stalingrad and Moscow, and a small number of medium-sized bombers do not play a decisive lag role“ There are only 20 do-217 bombers that can take off here. We will try our best to carry out the blocking task, but we don't know how much effect we can play. " On the other side of the line, the air force contact finally replied. At this time, in the busy headquarters, an officer came up behind goodrian, handed the intelligence report to his boss, and then stood at attention to salute: "long live the Fuehrer! general! The intelligence department has confirmed the troops going south, including the first front army of the guards, and the commander is general konev under Zhukov; There was another main force of the Soviet army that jumped out of the encirclement last time, the third front army of the guards... The commander was general vasilevsky. "“ Ha Goodrian showed an unexpected expression: "you really look up to me, goodrian, and even put up two of the most elite army to deal with me." He looked back at the message and asked, "does the Supreme Command know this information? How did the head of state draw up his operational plan? What's the plan of the general staff? Let me keep on attacking? "“ The supreme command has not issued a direct order. The head of state has ordered the general staff to come up with an emergency plan. " The Officer immediately replied, "marshal blauchich is holding an emergency meeting on our present situation to discuss how to solve the relevant problems." Goodrian knew that the force that served as a barrier to his flank was not the main German group, but the Italian expeditionary force (a small part). It is absolutely impossible to expect these soldiers to cooperate with the German army to prevent the Soviet army from attacking. If they don't leave their positions to the Soviets, they have already done their best. Of course, there is a Romanian army behind this army, but this army is not a particularly reliable force. At least they lack tanks and other heavy equipment. If the German army can not resist the Soviet attack, then this army will do nothing like the Italian army in front of them“ Order the troops to stand by! Start building the line of defense Goodrian didn't even think about it, so he began to arrange the next combat mission: "we can't wait for others to save us, at least at this time, no one can take care of our troops." With his finger on the map, he drew the shortest defense line according to the area now controlled by the German Army: "the troops in the bulge shrink rapidly, maintain the continuity of the front... Deploy the defense line, allocate the armored forces, and strengthen our defense depth. Count the ammunition of the troops, select the concealed areas and set up the supply points... "Let the third armored division behind gather and strengthen to the Romanian troops behind. I need them to hold on for at least 48 hours when the Soviet Army detours." After arranging his own deployment, goodrian sighed and said, "the G group army, which is the best at attacking, is going to fight a pure defensive war today."“ Build up the troops! We have a new mission! Check your equipment, fuel, and ammunition! All captains go straight ahead to confirm orders! Hurry up With the cry of an officer, the German tank, which had been parked in the open space outside the village, began to start its own engine, and everyone began to get busy. On the outskirts of liski, the most powerful German armored forces received new orders to fight. They began to move westward. For all of them, it was the direction of home, a direction that made them feel more friendly.