"The summary of the battle situation mentioned in the telegram cannot be regarded as useless nonsense. The fifty Russian tanks should at least be real. There may be slight differences in the tank models. Those infantrymen regarded the Russian T34 as
kv1 reports are no longer once or twice."
With such a conclusion in mind, Lieutenant Colonel Walter remained silent. He threw the telegraph newspaper in his hand into the storage box next to his seat and then picked up another palm-sized notepad.
This small notebook records all the contents of Lieutenant Colonel Walter, including daily meetings and summary of tactical ideas. The map of the Istria theater of war that he had just completed earlier and drawn by himself is also included.
Inside.
The battlefield contour map and position deployment notes drawn with only a few pencil marks looked extremely scrawled. According to the words of gunner Weidelin, except for Lieutenant Colonel Walter himself, even the German Chief of Staff could not understand this damn thing.
But fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Walter at this moment has not forgotten the specific meaning of the traces of his own handwriting in front of him.
"What would I do if I were the commander of that Russian armored force? Pressing forward directly might be the best option. After all, the anti-tank guns in the hands of those infantrymen are not worth mentioning at all. There is a numerical advantage of fifty.
You don’t have to worry about the inability to succeed due to battle damage. Besides, the Russians should be crazy about taking back Istria now, right?"
Gently rotating the pencil tip in his hand, he quickly sketched a few strokes on the scribbled notes and then immediately closed it.
As for what tactics the opponent he is about to use to attack his own defensive positions, he already has a fairly clear and reliable judgment. Lieutenant Colonel Walter, who has been accustomed to taking one step at a time since graduating from the Armored Forces Academy.
In his mind, he already had a basically finalized plan for what response tactics the armored regiment he led would adopt next.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter, who gently raised his right arm and put his right index finger on the sound button on his Adam's apple, connected the communication channel of the entire armored regiment, then spoke decisively and calmly without doubt.
"Heinrich, take your battalion to outflank the right flank and keep distance from us. After the battle begins, directly attack the flanks of the Russian armored forces. For the time being, ignore the attacking infantry who only have light weapons in their hands. Your task is not to destroy how many vehicles.
Russian tanks, but to make them fight on two fronts at the same time without being able to concentrate the main force, do you understand?"
It is often difficult to launch a traditional frontal attack against the Soviet tank troops with extremely thick frontal armor defense. After many battles with the Soviet tank troops, the German armored troops gradually changed their strategies and began to increasingly use detours in which troops were divided into two groups.
Outflanking tactics.
The main reason why the two-pronged tactic was used to outflank was because the Soviet tank troops, which were fighting on both sides at the same time, could only keep one side of their strongest tank frontal armor facing the enemy.
In this way, the two German armored units that were divided into two groups and moved separately could look after each other and support the attack. The German armored units of Group A could take the opportunity to attack and turn their frontal armor toward the Germans of Group B, thus exposing the side armor of the vehicle body.
The weak Soviet tank destroyed the Soviet tank in one fell swoop from the weakest side armor part.
In the same way, the German tanks of Group B in mutual cross-fire support can also provide fire support to the German tanks of Group A. A Soviet tank with its frontal armor facing the German armored troops of Group A will inevitably expose its weak side armor to the other tanks.
The German troops of Group B acted separately in one direction, thus creating battlefield conditions favorable to the German troops and eventually destroyed them.
This set of roundabout and outflanking tactics summed up by the German armored forces based on actual frontline combat experience can be said to have been tried and tested. It perfectly avoided the embarrassing dilemma of the Soviet tank frontal armor defense being almost invincible in a very clever way.
The so-called side armor parts of the Soviet tanks, which are also very fragile, are always exposed to at least 50% of the direct fire coverage of the German tanks. This is the so-called concept of forcing the Soviet tank troops to fight on two fronts at the same time.
But successfully achieving such tactics on the battlefield is not without prerequisites.
First of all, the number of tanks of the German armored forces adopting this outflanking strategy must be no less than the number of Soviet tanks it faces. At least the number of both sides must be equal to have half a chance of winning. Otherwise, even if it is more advanced,
Tactical tactics could not save the German armored troops who were at a double disadvantage in both quantity and quality.
Any seemingly artistic and luxurious battlefield tactical arrangement is based on a battlefield comparison situation where the strength gap between the two sides is not huge.
Just like the Middle Eastern guerrillas of later generations who have mastered advanced and sophisticated guerrilla tactics will never be able to overthrow the U.S. imperial army. The huge gap in strength to a certain extent cannot be compensated by tactical skills.
The inherited truth that women cannot make a living without rice also applies to cruel battlefields.
In addition, poor communication between Soviet tanks was also one of the important reasons why the German army's outflanking tactics were often successful.
The Soviet tank crews, who used signal flags, messengers, and shouting as means of inter-vehicle communication, often immediately became disorganized once they were caught in a two-line combat situation where they were outflanked by German armored forces.
It was normal for each of them to fight each other in random battles. Some Soviet tanks were so confused that they didn't know which direction to face the enemy with their frontal armor. It seemed that the battlefield was full of German troops from all directions.
The armor-piercing bullets fired were the truest reflection of the inner thoughts of these confused Soviet tank soldiers.
Under such circumstances, it was too late even for the commander of the Soviet tank unit to realize what kind of tactics the Germans were using. On the battlefield where bullets were flying everywhere, there was a fight between the crew members.
Communication on the battlefield is very difficult when you are screaming loudly. In this case, who cares to see where you are risking your life and desperately waving the signal flag in your hand to give the order?
He was well aware of this mature tactic that had been tried and tested and defeated many Soviet tank units, but Lieutenant Colonel Walter, who was a little self-righteous, did not know that the situation also existed.
The opponent he was about to face in front of the Soviet tank force was not the Soviet tank force that had poor communication and was prone to chaos in the past. The elite Guards heavy tank regiment, which was also fully equipped with wireless communication radios for inter-vehicle communication, had already deployed.
Dakou just waited for these German armored soldiers to arrive.