.Volume 6: The Doomsday of the World: Confrontation (1)

How long has it been since I had been exposed to grass every day? War has changed the lives of many people, although it only took a year, but it seems that several years have passed. The idea of ​​requiring more guns and cannons than butter has not changed. The rumbling of guns and cannons has made the comfortable life disappear. Is it rewarded to pay so much?

The mighty wind blows his hair, looking at the green fields ahead for a long time? The rare tranquility, Xu Yang has forgotten how long it took to accompany his family to the suburbs for a walk. He stared at his wife who was having a happy chat with his parents next to him, and a warmth that he had long forgotten was slowly recalled.

At this moment, the long-lost peace made Xu Yang feel absurd feeling. He suddenly felt unprecedented fatigue invading him. The feeling of fatigue may be the accumulation of high tension over several years. The Western Front was solved and his spirit was relaxed. It was precisely this feeling of relaxation that made him feel a little bad...

Looking back on the past, the urgent and oppressive sense makes people motivated to rise up. The various trainings received in youth are actually something worth remembering. Xu Yang's childhood partners have basically been on the right track, and they are fighting in the National Defense Forces and the SS. However, when he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that he has not had contact with those partners for a long time. At this time, he suddenly looks at the wilderness and wants to know what they are doing.

In 1915, the new generation of people basically had the same memory. At that time, the entire country and nation were full of ambitions and wanted to do their part in the rise. It can be said that Xu Yang's family environment allowed him to experience more. Since his ambition was bred and he moved to the military, strict military training began in 1920. At that time, the most contacts were not anything else, and tactical literacy was the whole of his youth. How to command the headquarters became a necessary knowledge.

It has to be said that the German Wehrmacht is a very respectable group, and the training method in it was ahead of the world for a long time. A hundred thousand army was a humiliating history. In fact, it was humiliation that gave them the goal of fighting. At that time, an officer with the rank of second lieutenant needed two years to train before obtaining the rank.

First, training is carried out as soldiers, followed by reserve officer training, then military academy learning, and finally concentrated learning of the art of leadership and synthetic combat. Even after strict screening of officers, such military training will eliminate 50% of people who do not meet the training standards.

When an officer is appointed, the training has not stopped. In addition to training the troops, officers also have to participate in lectures, staff rotation training, technical and weapon learning, etc. As soldiers' training (single-soldier training), the officers are generally completed from November to March of the following year, and are used for collective training from April to October. This training was upgraded to regiment level in 1923 and to military level in 1926. After 1926, large-scale military exercises were introduced every year. Sickett emphasized that the will of officers was tempered in collective training and allowed officers to establish confidence in winning. The army also became a special military training school, which provided various training for officers, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and secret training, including armored soldiers, air force, and submarines. The military academy appointed officers with practical combat experience to serve as instructors, and Rommel was one of them.

All active-duty officers must take the annual examination. The examination is based on the manual "Leadership and Synthetic Weapons Fighting". In addition to basic tactical knowledge, it focuses on the application tactics of officers, and also adds oral examinations. In addition to eliminating unqualified officers, young officers are also selected to Berlin for professional staff training. The selected personnel are usually between 25 and 35 years of service experience. After passing the staff training, 3-5 people will be admitted to units above the regiment level. During World War II, many people in Hitler's command were selected in this way, and Yodel and Zeitzler are among the best.

In short, through various training and assessments, the tactical level of German officers was further improved, and the will of officers was tempered. They were able to maintain strong combat effectiveness and awareness of obeying orders under various difficult and difficult conditions, and the cohesion of the army was further strengthened, which laid a solid foundation for the successful use of various tactics in the war. In World War II, most of these specially trained soldiers, including military staff, commanders, and military academy graduates performed very well in combat levels.

I wonder if there will be a sense of emptiness after reaching the goal? Xu Yang was afraid of this sense of emptiness, and he had to face reality. The Third German Empire was facing a new dilemma after solving the Western Front. This problem is the Soviet republic and the United States. It may be a bit contradictory to say this, but it is the fact.

"Kaan?" Hal looked a little old recently. When he saw Xu Yang looking ahead in a daze, he couldn't help but call out, waiting for a while: "Are you worried?"

Liliana turned her head curiously at the father and son. As a wife and mother, she knew that there was always endless topics between father and son. War involved too many people's energy. At this time, women had a new task, which was to make men feel as comfortable as possible.

In fact, many German women understand the fact that in the war era, men should not be asked to pay more attention to themselves. Men always have endless things to do, and families have changed a lot because of the war, but they must get used to this.

Xu Yang turned around and saw his family smiling habitually. It was too disappointing to talk about politics on a good day of outings, so he had to calm down his mood and move to family and happiness.

Anyone can see the far-fetched smile on Xu Yang's face...

Although the plan to dismember the Soviet republic, it can be imagined that things will not go so smoothly. Even if the strategy is really successful, the army will still have to drive over in the end. That is the beginning of the competition.

The Soviet republics were never ready to surrender to any imperialist country... It is precisely because of this that the German army had to pay a huge price for every kilometer of advance, and every attack would be subject to desperate resistance from the opponent. Stalin's high-pressure policy would force the Soviet border defense corps, and the troops of the military regions on the neighboring borders would still resist even if they were surrounded by enemies that were several times more than their own, which would inevitably threaten the security of the German army's flanks.

Under such circumstances, the German army had to divide its precious forces to fight with it, and the German army's assault pace would inevitably be greatly slowed down. This gave the senior military and political leaders of the Soviet Union time to wake up from shock and panic to formulate relevant countermeasures. The moment when Su reacted, Germany was destined to have no sudden advantage in achieving the battle. The Soviet government began to mobilize and launch its armed forces to confront it. More importantly, the theory of the large-scale battle was officially started to be used in actual combat by the Soviet army.

The General Staff of the Soviet Union became the center for organizing and implementing the large-scale deep battle, and began to issue combat orders to the troops of various military regions in an orderly manner, using the Soviet Union's vast depth battlefield to delay, block, consume, eliminate German assault troops, and weaken the German offensive front. Although they were still retreating on the entire front, the alternate cover between the troops and the practice of fighting and retreating brought great losses to the German army, preserved their own strength, and gradually forced German troops to the peak of their combat.

It can be foreseen that in the end, the German army would be blocked from the front line of Stalingrad - Moscow, the war would inevitably go into a stalemate. Taking advantage of the time gained by the sacrifice of a large number of officers and soldiers, the Soviet government successfully transferred industrial production and mobilized troops. Both of these quickly laid a solid foundation for the launch of the large-scale battle offensive, which enabled the Soviets to fight back calmly, which is a later story.

Xu Yang is actually not very familiar with history, but he is very clear that the result must be the same. Large-scale attacks will gradually stop, and long-term wars will overdraw everyone's energy. At this time, the supply line is too long, logistics support is lagging, and morale are lowered. The problems that have been worried about in the French battles are gradually emerging. Stalemate and friction may be a way to adjust compared to continuing the attack, but the better way is to allow the troops to be rotated and rested. Unfortunately, the German army does not have this condition. Not only is this allowed to do this, but it is not allowed to do this in terms of force, but it is not allowed to do this in terms of blitzkrieg tactics. This makes the German army still launch one attack after another on the front line and continue to attack its combat peak. The troops forced to pass through the combat peak are like a boiler that exceeds the pressure. It is only a matter of time before scrapping and causing trouble.

It has been said that the war has begun too long, and blitzkrieg is no longer a method of combat for thousands of people to test all spirits. It has not achieved the ultimate goal of blitzkrieg, but has gradually fallen into the penalty area of ​​blitzkrieg - protracted war. More importantly, they do not know how to effectively break the deadlock. If the above is not enough, nature cruelly posed another problem for the German army - that is winter.

"Worrying about the East?" Hal is a good father. Although he is already in retirement, he is still helping to consolidate the empire at all times. "Your strategy is good, splitting her is the best choice."

Xu Yang released a reluctant smile: "Yes, but...father, I think Stalin will take the initiative first."

Hal was obviously stunned: "Is that right? He (Stalin) is indeed not the one who waits for death."

Xu Yang was worried about more than this. He found that things were getting more and more complicated. The Third Reich of Germany, the Soviet republic, and the United States had become a strange cycle. It seemed that the war had not ended yet and all three parties had become part of the opposition. Whoever started the war first would inevitably lead to a union between the other two parties. Among them, the Third Reich of Germany was the most embarrassing and dangerous.

"For a leader, sometimes it's not good to worry too much." Hal's eyes were deep. "That thing should speed up, and it's all good for us. They understand the degree of danger, the world is changing, and union is the way out."

What can you say? The European Union's plan is already underway, but it will not be the most useful in a short period of time. Xu Yang can only smile back with a bitter smile and show an expression that is hard to describe...
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