"Schrager failed again, and his retreat skills were once again honed and improved in actual combat. Different from his last performance in Italy, this time he withdrew obviously more troops than last time.

Of course, this may be due to the insufficient strength of the Chinese troops. If we simply talk about the ability to escape, he should be the best among the Allied generals, because since 1

After the war, all the battles he commanded ended in escape." After the Babylon operation ended, the American "Times" commented on the Austrian general in a mocking tone. However, the actual situation is not a magazine.

It can be explained clearly in a few sentences. China has a more objective evaluation of the performance of the Austro-Hungarian Army and the entire Allies in this battle.

The entire campaign can be divided into two major stages. The first stage is naturally the battle between the Chinese and the Germans on the southern front. The Chinese armored force is stronger than the Germans, and the organization is more reasonable. The army alone can deal with most situations in the Jedi.

Whether it is tank battles, offensive battles or artillery battles, they all perform with ease.

More than enough. Although they will suffer some losses on some battlefields, in general, relying on superior equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese armored forces is higher than that of Germany. But the higher is also limited. The Germans can still delay the Chinese Army's attack, and

Rely on relatively sufficient infantry strength to prevent the expansion of the breach.

Therefore, the Chinese army that relies too much on armor and insufficient infantry often encounters this situation. The sharp armored spearhead can tear apart the opponent's defense, but there is not enough infantry to expand the gap and surround the opponent in time. So this achieves the result

That is, the Chinese armored forces have repeatedly defeated the opponent, but the opponent can use the short pause after the Chinese breakthrough to destroy the broken armor.

The troops on the defense line withdrew and then reintegrated to fill the next line of defense. Then China continued to break through, and the Germans once again withdrew and regrouped. China could continuously defeat its opponents. However, it could not take advantage of the situation to eat up the opponent's heavy troop group. Although the battle on the southern front

A large amount of German technical equipment was destroyed. However, the loss of German personnel was not too great. In total, less than 2 divisions were lost.

"Our tactics are not very efficient in terms of efficiency. The ideal tactic of the Germans is to assault with armored troops, and then follow up with mechanized infantry to divide and surround the opponent, and finally annihilate the opponent's heavy group. But unfortunately, their armored spearheads are not sharp enough.

It is often broken during the attack. But we are just the opposite. Our armored forces do almost everything. They use tanks to break through and divide them. In the end, it is the tanks that eat up the opponent! After all, armored units are limited. But they have to undertake almost all tasks.

, this is for capital

A waste of resources. Of course, one of the reasons for this situation is that we do not have enough troops. But we do lack enough infantry units. Maybe now that the scale of the war is not large, we can still rely on a small number of elite armored divisions to win the victory.

, but with the outbreak of large-scale wars in the future, the proportion of armored forces will definitely decrease. The war requires not only elites, but also a large number of ordinary troops." In the post-war summary, Peng Yi evaluated both sides objectively.

tactics. And this also attracted Xu Jie's attention.

Xu Jie was not in the Army before he traveled through time. His understanding of the Army was relatively limited. He used large knitting to ensure the combat effectiveness of Army division-level units. He also used mechanized infantry divisions to supplement the armored forces. These two points are good, but at the same time they are

Not much attention is paid to infantry divisions. In Italy, small

This problem was not obvious in the land war. After all, the scale of the war was small. But in the Iran War, this situation became obvious. Compared with the infantry division, the consumption of armored forces was too great. A large number of tanks had a huge impact on fuel consumption.

The consumption of equipment and components has made China's supply capacity somewhat stretched.

The staff even mentioned in the report that the consumption of one armored division can support three motorized infantry divisions. The reason is that the latter does not have so many tanks and armored vehicles, and infantry mobility relies on trucks, armored personnel carriers, and wheeled vehicles.

The cost and fuel consumption are significantly lower than that of tracked vehicles. It is obviously more economical to use motorized infantry divisions to deal with the enemy that has been divided. The supply is the same.

The combat effectiveness will also be higher. After all, when attacking opponents inside the encirclement, one armored division is definitely not as good as three mechanized infantry divisions. Because the latter has far more artillery and infantry than the former. And tanks are destroying

It is not much easier to use than artillery when encircling the remaining enemies. The role of tanks is mobility and breaking through solid defense lines. Standing and output is not its strong point.

At this time, China is one of the largest countries in the world. This is true. But Germany on the opposite side is not a weakling. Referring to the scale of the two wars in history, the pure armies of both sides are several million. No country's industry

These millions of land troops can be turned into armored divisions. They must be separated no matter what.

Let's wait and see. How to organize an efficient army with limited resources is the most important. If the war starts in Iran and India at the same time, then the front line stretching for thousands of kilometers will obviously require a large number of infantry for defense, so

China must step up the construction of mechanized infantry and motorized infantry.

In addition, with the further increase in military strength, a pure division-level unit can no longer support a battle in one direction. Even if the opponent is weaker than you, even if you use a large establishment of nearly 20,000 people, it will not be enough after all.

Tian Yong's poor performance at the end of the period is an example. So in order to complete

To complete a certain campaign mission, the following troops must be organized on the scale of a corps or even a group army. A certain corps must have the ability to independently complete a certain regional campaign mission. According to the recommendations of the Army Department, China decided to build a

New Armored Corps. As a campaign-level organization.

An armored corps will have 1 armored division and 3 mechanized infantry divisions. At the same time, there will also be a number of directly affiliated units of the armored corps, such as military-affiliated artillery, military-affiliated independent heavy equipment battalions, etc. There will even be some directly affiliated air force units. According to

According to the intelligence reality, a German heavy tank that is even better than the historical Tiger and Leopard is close to being put into production. Although Britain and the United States and other countries have expressed doubts about this, Xu Jie, who is familiar with history, believes that

The accuracy of this intelligence. This time China failed to encounter Germany's steel beast, but it does not mean that it can be avoided next time. It is probably too much to distribute a heavy tank weighing more than 50 tons to armored divisions, so Xu Jie's

This means that we will look at the production volume. If the production volume is not enough, we will form strengthened units similar to the Tiger heavy armored battalions used in World War II in Germany and distribute them to the armored corps. If the production volume is sufficient, some vehicles will be assigned to the divisions.

"Next time, when we encounter the German Army again, we must not look at our opponent from the same perspective as today. Don't place all our hopes on superior equipment. The Germans did not come up with the best equipment."

In Peng Yi's reply, Xu Jie on the one hand affirmed the other party's opinion, and on the other hand, China must be mentally prepared for the armored advantage that Germany may have.

In the subsequent report, Peng Yi also mentioned the Austro-Hungarian Army. Schrager's performance was not as bad as the media said. In fact, if China had not left the last reserve team and cooperated with the powerful strategic air force,

If it attacks, it’s hard to say who will win in the end. According to China’s post-war deductions, without the intervention of the Strategic Air Force, Schrager could even pass

Successive resistances were successfully withdrawn to the starting position. Even with China's full force, one and a half of the four elite Austro-Hungarian divisions finally escaped and ascended to heaven. Of course, almost all their heavy equipment was lost. If the equipment is not taken into account,

In terms of factors, the combat effectiveness of Schrager's elite Austro-Hungarian regiment is no worse than the German divisions on the southern front. In theory, it is stronger than the American army.

Schrager's commanding ability is not bad. If he is allowed to serve in the army of a first-class power like Germany or China, he will do a good job. Whether it is attack or defense, he can at least be safe. In extremely bad situations

He could persevere to the end. If it weren't for his strong will and action, it would have been impossible for the Austro-Hungarian Army to return to Kirkuk. There were hundreds of heavy bombers attacking from the air and pursuers on the ground.

It's not easy to do this.

But no matter what, China finally won this battle, although the losses were also huge. According to Peng Yi, we almost lost the equipment of one and a half Iranian armored divisions, half of the Russian army, and one Chinese armored division.

It is impossible to restore the Iranian division into an organic form

Yes, it is not necessary. Facts have proved that the same equipment is the least efficient in the hands of the Iranians. China's supply capacity cannot replenish the equipment of three divisions at once. However, after a period of rest, the Chinese and Russian legions were replenished.

The equipment is still available.

Although the losses for the Air Force were not very large, they overdrawn a large amount of fuel and ammunition left in Iran. The fatigue of the pilots and the wear and tear of the aircraft cannot be ignored. In the next stage, Qin and Yue's Air Force can only ensure that air supremacy does not fall to the opponent.

In his hands, as for ground support, we can only leave it to him.

However, the final result is still acceptable. The German army on the southern front lost no less than two divisions of equipment and was unable to advance northward. The elite of the Austro-Hungarian army was also gone, except for the two troops in the north who were unable to enter the battle.

Except for the German armored divisions, there seems to be no force near Kirkuk that can stop the Chinese attack. Perhaps except for the siege, which may be considered a tough battle.

It is not easy for Xia to find an opponent! With the completion of the preparation of an armored division and an independent armored brigade originally located in the rear, China's military strength in the Mesopotamia will reach a new peak. After the losses on the front are completely replenished,

, the Chinese Legion will be stronger than before the battle began! And according to China's judgment, the Allies will not be able to gather stronger troops in the foreseeable future.

China is summing up its gains and losses, and senior German frontline officers are doing the same. It is really unjustifiable that a battle they thought was 70% certain ended up like this. This aspect is an intelligence error - the omission of the calculation just now

Tian Yongshi, who has participated in siege operations. The second and third reasons are the inadequacy of the air force and the lag of army equipment. The former cannot be solved

After all, the Air Force had just finished fighting the Battle of the Sky Garden and had not even taken a breath before confronting the Chinese Air Force, which had been recuperating for a long time. Even the most demanding Army officer had to admit that the Air Force had done its best. As for the third one

The reason is also a commonplace. After several years of hard work, the gap between the German Army Armored Forces and the Chinese Armored Forces has not narrowed, but has a tendency to widen.

So much so that Brauchitsch wrote to the Army Staff: "At least equip our tanks with an artillery that can penetrate the opponent's armor!" Now he no longer expects German tanks to completely overwhelm their opponents.

, but they must at least destroy each other. And he also said in the letter: "If the empire still wants to continue the war, then I hope to send the Tiger tanks that have now entered the trial production stage to the battlefield, and

You can refer to the Chinese Armor Department

Team, develop a series of heavy tank destroyers and assault artillery, especially the latter is what we currently need. The 105mm howitzer on the No. 3 assault gun is too weak and has poor defense, while China's Type 29 assault gun is very

All-powerful. Neither bunkers nor tanks can stop its fatal blow." Brauchitsch has a good vision. He has realized that the more adaptable Type 29 assault gun is better than the Type 29 tank destroyer that focuses on anti-tank.

The car is better.

However, Brauchitsch was disappointed that the German General Staff did not give a positive answer to the commonplace problem of lagging behind in the development of armored weapons. One of the reasons for this is that the Tiger tank is still some way away from being put into mass production.

It is put into production, and the war is estimated to be over. The Germans do not want their most elite equipment to be exposed to their opponents prematurely. Even if they replace the No. 4 tank with another

No more powerful artillery can be completed in a short period of time. Although the artillery will have to be returned sooner or later, it will definitely not be used in this war. So forget it. Another reason is that China made some mistakes in this war.

The decision shocked and frightened the Germans. The investment in the strategic air force greatly exceeded the Germans' expectations. The information contained in it was amplified many times and even the Kaiser had to face it.

At this time, the telegram sent by the Austrian Emperor made the situation worse. Schrager's failure again and the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Army made this emperor who was so happy with success finally clearly realize the difference between the first-rate powers and the third-rate powers.

The essential difference. The Austro-Hungarian Army can not only show off its power in front of Italy, but also show some sense of presence in front of the United States and Britain.

If so, then you should hide as far as you can when facing the Chinese Army! The development of the Iran campaign has far exceeded the expectations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it has completely changed from a limited-scale war to a fierce fight between major powers.

The war. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has already revealed its intention to armistice in the telegram. The cost is too great and has exceeded the benefits!

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