Zhang Zizhong practiced Tai Chi and pushed three blocks and four blocks. Timoshenko became anxious. While ordering his 21st Group Army and 62nd Group Army to quickly enter the battlefield and be ready to join the battle at any time, he also ordered his staff to call the Far East Expeditionary Force Headquarters and decided " "Face to face" to persuade Zhang Zizhong, the Soviet Russians did not care about being reserved. After the phone call was connected, they straight away stated the reason why they wanted to launch a decisive battle in advance, and repeatedly stated that Guderian and the Second Armored Group were terrible, "Guderian The tactics of the Germans are not complicated. They just use the speed of their mechanized troops to penetrate at high speed and then break through point by point. To fight against this tactic of the Germans, as long as we have armored units of equal quantity and quality, but we do not , neither have you, so I think that in order to avoid this situation, we can only defeat Army Group A to a certain extent, and then concentrate on building defenses in the Sabi area..."
As one of the few marshals of the Soviet Red Army, Timoshenko was by no means an unworthy person. When he was commanding the defense of Stalingrad, if Hitler had not suddenly given up intervening in the frontline war, Guderian's Second Armored Corps would have been destroyed. If the group army suddenly appeared on the Stalingrad battlefield, then it could hold Stalingrad and defeat Manstein just like that time and space. In that case, the Soviet Union's battlefield situation might enter the predetermined historical track just like that time and space. Stalin After the failure of the Battle of Grad, Timoshenko summarized the reasons. The focus of hatred fell on Guderian and his Second Armored Army. At first, Timoshenko and his colleague Chuikov did not believe in evil. , they always thought that there must be some way to defeat Guderian's blitzkrieg tactics, so the two of them organized a counterattack one after another, concentrating the Soviet Red Army's armored forces to get rid of Guderian and his Second Armored Group Army, then The two counterattacks were recorded in the annals of world military history because the total number of tanks dispatched by both sides was more than 2,000. However, the results were without exception. The Soviets not only failed to give Guderian the rice they wished, and his Second Armored Group suffered a heavy blow, but the opponent seized the opportunity to launch a beautiful "blitzkrieg" and suffered heavy losses. It was precisely because these two counterattacks almost exhausted the Soviet Red Army's armored strength. During the battle, the Soviet Red Army completely lost the capital to confront the German armored forces. Then, after the Germans transferred the rocket troops that had made great contributions in the Battle of Britain to the Soviet battlefield, the Soviet Russians completely lost their position against the German army. The capital of war,
They were defeated again and again, and they were all defeated by Guderian and his Second Armored Army. This certainly made Guderian famous in the world, but it also made the Soviet Russians change their minds after hearing about Guderian, and no longer had the ability to face the Second Armored Group head-on. The courage of the Panzer Army,
Zhang Zizhong has been in Soviet Russia for a long time. Through various channels, he has learned that Soviet Russians have a fear of ancient times. As his understanding deepens, his attitude has evolved from disapproval at the beginning to cautious treatment now, "Gudry An and his Second Armored Group are indeed worthy of vigilance, but will simple positional defense be able to block his blitzkrieg? No, I don’t think so. I have reviewed the information you provided about the Battle of Stalingrad and Aris Tower, related battle reports of Gurli Counterattack, I found that the reason why your army suffered losses from the Second Armored Group in these three battles was not because the weapons and equipment were inferior to the opponent's, but precisely because it lost in tactics..."
Zhang Zizhong's words were a bit revealing, and because the Soviets had always attributed their defeat to the Second Armored Group Army to equipment gaps, his words were even more of a slap in the face. Sure enough, Zhang Zizhong's words Before he finished speaking, Timoshenko couldn't help it anymore. He suppressed his anger and said firmly: "General, there is absolutely no problem with our tactics. Okay, let's take some time to discuss this issue. You What tactics do you think we should adopt at that time?”
If it were another person, he might give up on this topic at this time to ease the atmosphere, but Zhang Zizhong is such a direct person, so he will not care about Brother Timoshenko's current feelings at all. Since Zhang Zizhong dares to confront Brother Timoshenko To criticize, he naturally conducted relevant tactical research, and in the next decisive battle, he was also prepared to use the tactics he had researched to deal with Guderian's blitzkrieg, "It's very simple, why do we have to stop the German blitzkrieg? We We can completely abandon the frontal attack and attack their weak points. The terrain of Soviet Russia is complex, and not everywhere is suitable for tank combat. This is our opportunity. Well, Marshal, since you insist on a decisive battle in advance, then I only have I risk my life to accompany you, but because we still have reinforcements that have not yet arrived, the main force can only be provided by your army. But please don’t worry, if the war continues to stalemate and cannot avoid facing the A Group Army and the Second Armored Group Army at the same time, the Second Armored Group Army Leave it to us to deal with."
Brother Timoshenko had been hurt by Zhang Zizhong's previous words, so now that Zhang Zizhong agreed to his proposal for an early decisive battle, he was in no mood to say anything more to Zhang Zizhong. He handed the phone to his chief of staff and asked him to The leader is responsible for communicating with the expeditionary force on joint operations issues, and then walks into his office and starts issuing combat orders.
The unusual movements of the Soviet Red Army had been captured by Manstein. He immediately realized that the Soviets were preparing to launch an attack. He and Timoshenko were old rivals, so he reacted like this to him. It’s not surprising. On the Aussa battlefield, the strength gap between the Axis forces and the Central and Soviet armies has not reached the point where the Axis forces can crush the Central and Soviet armies. Now there is the failure of the Sabi counterattack and the Italian Sixth Infantry. The division was defeated like a melon by the Japanese Peace Army. With these two surprises, the balance of victory and defeat would be evened. If Timoshenko could not seize this opportunity, Manstein would have to doubt whether the opponent had any What kind of conspiracy?
The Soviet Russians were about to launch an attack, but Manstein was not afraid of this: "Timoshenko seems to want to further expand his advantage before the Second Armored Group Army joins the battle, but is our Group A really so easy to bully? China As for people, have there been any changes among the Chinese? To be honest, I am only worried about the Chinese right now. Don’t you think the command style of Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, is very different?"
The Sabi counterattack failed, and the Italian 6th Infantry Division was unexpectedly defeated by the Japanese Peace Army. Many commanders of Army Group A believed that this was because they underestimated the Japanese combat power. Manstein did not think so. What we saw here was Zhang Zizhong's commanding ability, and he also paid special attention to this Chinese opponent.