Chapter 26: Chen Yanlong's Anxiety
After hearing this, Chen Yanlong did not respond immediately, but stared at the other party calmly and remained silent.
If we talk about why the Battle of Kursk failed, there are many different opinions, and there are simply many different opinions.
However, there are only a few reasons for Chen Yanlong's views on later generations and historical materials.
The first reason is that the Soviet army's omnipresent spies and the German Ennima cipher machine were deciphered by Britain and the United States, thus exposing all the German army's military operations, strategies, and tactical intentions to the Soviet army.
The second reason is Hitler's random command.
The third reason is that Zhukov and others believed that they must erode the German offensive power in a defensive state, so they established countless deep defense points in the Kursk prominence; after the battle began, the German offensive suffered huge pressure and losses in the defense line that grew to 250 to 300 kilometers. Finally, they used a large number of elite reserves to launch a large counterattack against the German army, defeating the German retreat defense at once.
The fourth reason is the overwhelming advantage of the number of Soviet troops, which is several times that of the German troops (not counting reserves, more than several times that of reserves). The tanks are 2 to 3 times that of the German troops, and the number of aircraft is also more than that of the German troops.
The fifth reason is that Sicily, Italy was landed by the Allied Forces, and the German army had no choice but to draw troops to reinforce, so that the battle could be concluded in a hurry.
The sixth reason is that the German army was hiding from air supremacy by the Soviet army during the battle.
Of course, Chen Yanlong did not immediately say to Model in front of him.
Because Chen Yanlong felt that it was useless to tell him.
"Yuan, Head of State! Actually, I want to say that based on the reconnaissance pictures of our Imperial Air Force, I know that the Soviet fortifications are already 12 miles deep; and our Ninth Army is smaller than the Soviet army, and there are not enough tanks; heavy artillery, rocket launchers, and submachine guns to attack Zhukov's defense line; and the Soviet army's new 76.2mm anti-tank gun can penetrate the armor on our Type IV tanks!"
"In addition, according to the returns of our spies in the Soviet army, the number of new tanks in the Soviet army has exceeded ours; their T-34 tanks and KB heavy tanks are being continuously manufactured from their production lines, and more than 20,000 tanks have been produced so far. In addition, the Soviet army has also increased the production of automatic weapons such as artillery and submachine guns; and their production technology has also been greatly improved in the production of ammunition, especially anti-aircraft shells, super-speed shells, and hollow-loaded shells with huge armor-piercing capabilities. Now they have at least 85 million shells, more than 75 million mortar shells and more than 10 million aviation bombs!"
"In the end, our spies also discovered that the production volume of the Soviet army was also increasing. So far, they have produced more than 10,000 aircraft, and new aircraft accounted for 9,000."
Seeing Chen Yanlong who had been silent, Model suddenly continued to persuade him anxiously.
"Well! I get it! Goodrian has mentioned these things to me too!"
After listening to Model's detailed report, Chen Yanlong was very calm and nodded in response.
"Then, then, head of state, can you postpone the fortress operation first and fight?"
Hearing this, Model asked nervously and nervously.
"Well, you can say that!"
Chen Yanlong was silent for a while, touched his nose and said.
"What! I don't understand what you mean, Yuan, Yuan? Then will we fight in a few days, or will we postpone this war?"
After hearing this, Model asked in confusion.
"Of course the war must continue! The fortress operation must continue! But our style of play is to learn the Soviet army's style of play and various guerrilla warfare to consume the Soviet army's vitality!"
Chen Yanlong nodded and replied with great certainty.
"Ah! The Soviet army's fighting style? Guerrilla warfare? This, the head of state! I seem to be confused by your ideas, I don't understand very much! We are going to do that now!"
After hearing Chen Yanlong's explanation, Model was even more confused.
"I don't know how to explain it to you. In short, I can only tell you that the fortress operation I want to launch, not to take the initiative to carry out suicide attacks on the Soviet army! My idea is to spread a large number of mine arrays and dig trenches in our occupied areas like the Soviet army, and build a defensive position deeper than the Soviet army; and then find ways to lure the Soviet army to attack to consume their soldiers! If the Soviet army does not go to war, then we will use guerrilla warfare to lure them into battle, and try to find ways to destroy the Soviet army's weapons and equipment, and store military supplies! and consume their vitality!"
"And while doing such a battle, we also need to find ways to strengthen the production of our new weapons and equipment. Whether it is Tiger tanks, Leopard tanks, and our new aircraft (Fokker Wolf 190A fighter and Hankel 129 attack aircraft), we must accelerate production, the more the better! These are my current plans! My ultimate goal is only one, which is to force the Soviet army to seek peace!"
Seeing this, Chen Yanlong said his plan.
"But Chief, do you have any detailed combat plans for your thoughts? Do you feel that if we do this, can we really force the Soviet army to seek peace?"
Model asked his own doubts while digesting Chen Yanlong's combat ideas.
"I don't know, when we arrive at the battlefield, we will know! Okay, let's not waste time here, let's go back to the Eastern Front together today! I think Manstein and the others should be anxious and waiting for my arrival!"
Chen Yanlong smiled slightly and prepared to end the meeting.
"Ah! I'm so anxious to go back to the Eastern Front!"
Model said in surprise.
"What's wrong? Don't want to fly with me to the East Line?"
Chen Yanlong smiled and said.
"No, no! I'm willing to be the Head of State!"
Model hurriedly answered awkwardly.
"Then let's go now! Let's have our lunch on the East Line!"
Chen Yanlong smiled and patted Model on the shoulder gently, and said gently.
"Ah! Do you really have to go to the Eastern Front so anxious? Head of State!"
Model still complained a little disbelievingly.
Chen Yanlong did not reply, but took a step forward and prepared to instruct personnel; prepare for the plane and go to the East Line.
As for Model, who had been stunned for a moment, he hurriedly followed and returned to the east line with Chen Yanlong.
Not long after, a Junker Ju52 transport plane took off at Berlin Airport and headed towards the eastern battlefield.
Next to this Junker Ju52 transport plane, Chen Yanlong dispatched a team of "Fokker Wolf 190A" fighter jets to escort for his own life safety.
Chen Yanlong, who was sitting on the plane, stared at the white sky outside through the plane window; suddenly, an unknown feeling surged into his heart.
At the same time, he also felt that he seemed to have forgotten something very important in the past few days after the time travel; and it was a very important thing for the Battle of Kursk.
"Strange! Why did I seem to have forgotten something very important and didn't stop it from happening? But I couldn't remember what happened for a moment! This is so depressing! I hope there won't be any bad things happening! I always feel uneasy! God! Please bless me with everything going well and safe!"
Chapter completed!