Hoffman nodded, and after he successfully imitated Motorola walkie-talkie and introduced German-made small-money phones into the battlefield command system, the command efficiency of the troops has been improved a lot. He has been subtly using the military system of later generations to transform the army during World War II as much as possible. Keitel, Zeitzler, Rommel, Guderian and others have heard of his "thinking" about future military changes. Although every "strange idea" mentioned by the head of state seems difficult now, it does not prevent them from understanding and absorbing it. Because 10-15 years ago, if someone proposed that future wars should be mechanized and blitzkrieg modes, this situation must be the same.

According to his requirements and "technical intelligence", German experts quickly developed a special radio system for commands equipped with semi-tracked armored vehicles. This does not mean that Germany did not have an in-vehicle radio system before. In fact, German radio equipment is first-class all over the world. The reason why it is given the "special" prefix is ​​because this radio system is unique and uses standard laboratory product transistors on it.

After the invention of the transistor in 1929, due to the difficulty of purification, cost factors, reliability, etc., all radios use electronic tubes, which limit the power of the radio. However, Hoffman proposed that it is necessary to use transistors to develop a new radio system. Experts struggled to build this system and installed it on an SDK251 command vehicle like an ordinary vehicle-mounted radio system. Although the production process is time-consuming and laborious, the effect far exceeds the times. When it pulls out a 10-meter-high roof Yagi antenna and sends a telegram signal, point-to-point communication can be achieved at any location around the world. When transmitting voice signals, the distance can reach up to 400 kilometers (it becomes unclear if ordinary vehicle-mounted radio stations exceed 50 kilometers).

Speaking of which, Yagi antennas and magnetrons were both the first things that Japan had tinkered with, but they were not valued in Japan. Yagi antennas were relatively popular in Europe and the United States before the war. Magnets were occasionally discovered by German radar experts after Japan and Germany to transform sea beat radars. The joint fleet admired Germany's radar and communication technology very much, and did not expect that the source of some key technologies was actually in Japan.

Only two of this type of command vehicle were produced, each of which was more expensive than the Tiger tank, and all of them were given to the Southern Army Group. Manstein was not stingy. Hubei and Dietrich, who were in the main offensive mission, each got one. Now the call was Hubei who called to the command center with a taste of the situation. When he heard that the head of state was also in the command and was talking to him, he was even more excited.

Through communication with Hubei, Hoffman grasped the dynamics of the front line in time: Hubei first launched an attack with a tiger-style heavy armored battalion as bait, luring Rokosovsky to send tanks to encircle and block. When the Red Army used two tank troops to try to encircle and annihilate the heavy armored battalion, the 16th Panzer Division quickly attacked and encircled the two tank troops with a clamp attack. When the opponent was anxious to send the last two tank troops on the field, Ditrich's guard flag division and two other heavy armored battalions appeared, and an unprecedented tank battle broke out in the Morozovsk area.

According to Hubei's introduction, there may be 1,500 or more armored vehicles (tanks, assault guns, and self-propelled artillery) fighting at the scene. The German army invested more than 800 and the Red Army invested more than 600. He and Dietrich each held a tank battalion as a reserve team and were preparing to enter the battlefield at the last moment. Of course, it was said that 1,500 armored vehicles were put into battle, but in fact, there may be only 500-600 tanks fighting directly face to face, and the rest were either roundabout or providing support. Judging from Hubei's hearty laughter, it seems that the battle situation is going well.

After listening to the introduction, Hoffman suddenly remembered the tank war about Prokholovka in the Battle of Kursk in history: the protagonists of that tank battle were three SS armored divisions, namely the Guard Flag Team, the Empire and the Skeleton Division, and their opponent was the 5th Tank Army of the Red Army. This time the protagonist was replaced by the 16th Armored Division and the 4th Tank Army. Compared with that battle, the comparison of the number of tanks between the Soviet Union, the current situation is undoubtedly more beneficial than that of the German army not only in terms of tank performance but also in terms of quantity.

He did not want to interfere with the decisions of the front-line commanders, but when he thought of the situation in the Battle of Prokholovka in history, the tank soldiers on both sides still fought with each other after the tanks were destroyed, he immediately reminded him: "After the tanks are destroyed, we must do our best to protect those vehicles. We must never let them do ordinary infantry. If the tanks are gone, we can rebuild them. If the people are gone, we must not."

Hu Bei was stunned for a moment and immediately agreed.

While speaking, the phone receiver was accompanied by the sound of shelling and the roar of bomb explosions from afar. During the explosion, Hoffman could clearly hear a large number of "Ula" sounds on the front line, and then another "Ula" was followed.

He put down the phone and frowned and asked, "The Russians' counterattack is very powerful? Why are they always 'Ula'? Without the shouts of our soldiers."

Weiler smiled slightly: "First of the People, in fact, 'Ula' is not all the enemy's, at least half of it is ours, and our voice is louder."

After explanation, the others realized that the first round of "Ula" was the shout of the Russian People's Liberation Army. The slogan they followed was "For the New Russia!", and the second round of "Ula" was the Red Army. The slogan they followed was "For Stalin!"

"You have taken the Russian Liberation Army to attack the tough?" Hoffman asked in confusion. "Hasn't you been saying that you have to take on defense missions?"

Manstein turned his head to Keitel, and his eyes were obvious: You repeatedly told me that you would die less, so of course I pulled the Russian People's Liberation Army up and attacked!

Keitel shrugged and returned a helpless look, as if saying: "Don't look at me, the casualty indicator of 50,000 people is stipulated by the Head of State."

"This..." Manstein replied after thinking about it, "Aren't I worried about the speed of advancement before you came? Is it because I pulled the Russian People's Liberation Army up for a strategy to slow down the speed without arousing the doubts of the Red Army."

In the initial strategy of the Southern Army Group, the Russian PLA in German uniforms was the second echelon, preparing to follow the rushing and expand the occupied area after the front-line troops opened the gap. However, occasionally, it was found that the Russian PLA "pull hatred" was particularly effective. Ordinary Red Army troops only resisted and retreated in the face of such a fierce attack by the German army. However, if the Russian PLA was replaced by the attack, the two sides would usually fight to the end. Without the sign of one side's failure, the Russian PLA would not end the battle at all. The Russian PLA was like a flesh-and-blood magnet, firmly attracting the attention of the Red Army.

Manstein was overjoyed and immediately took this characteristic to the extreme: he instructed the Russian People's Liberation Army to send 1-2 divisions to attract the attention of the Red Army in front of him, and then sent other troops to encircle the Don River Army in front of him, and Morozovsk was an important node in this surround. Manstein's heart was not dark, and he didn't want to kill the Don River Front in one breath, but just wanted to eat 1-2 opponent's army. It would be even better if he could add a tank army.

"What do you plan to do next?"

"Continue to attack, push the Russians over the Don River and restore the front to the level in September last year." Lieutenant General Weiler pointed at the sand table with his teaching point. "On the left wing of our army, General Hot clustered the enemy Bryansk Front and the Southwest Front, and on the right wing of our army, General Kleist clustered the Stalingrad Front and the Caucasian Front. The main target of our Southern Army Group is to assault the enemy Don River Front. The total force is 700,000 to 500,000, and the main area has a 1.5-2x force advantage. In terms of technical weapons, the ratio of tanks and self-propelled artillery in the central area is 1,500: 900, and the aircraft is 1,500: 600, and there is a 2-3x advantage in the main breakthrough areas."

"Considering that the spring thawing period is coming, the window period for the overall battle is only about three weeks, and the main forces will stop attacking around April 15 and then use one week to retreat." Manstein asked, "I wonder if this arrangement is enough to support the second phase of the 'Spring Awakening' campaign?"

Hoffman nodded: "It's enough in terms of time. I want to listen to your specific plans and arrangements for the second phase."

"The enemy troops confronting our army group have a total of 5 fronts, with a total of about 00,000 to 2.5 million. The goal in the first phase is to restrain the four fronts and focus on assaulting the enemy Don River Front. According to the tactical plan and the results of the war chess exercise, the results of the other four fronts are 150,000 to 200,000, and the Don River Front is also 150,000 to 200,000. The tanks and aircraft are expected to be 1,000 and 800. The permanent losses our army intends to pay are..." Manstein said after pausing for a moment, "The permanent losses of German troops shall not exceed 40,000, the Russian People's Liberation Army shall not exceed 3,000, and the remaining Allied troops shall not exceed 20,000. The losses of tanks and aircraft shall not exceed 300."

"As for the detailed plan for the second phase of the combat has not been finalized, but the goal is clear." Manstein drew a circle on the sand table, "Before the end of May, we will wipe out the Caucasian Front of Chulenev, and eat up 500,000-600,000 enemies, reduce the total number of enemy troops on the southern wing of the eastern front to 1.5 million, and let our Don River War Zone, the Caucasian War Zone, and the inside and outside of the Caucasian War Zone, if possible, occupy the entire Caucasus area. By then, including the current 1.5 million army group in the Southern Army Group, plus 1 million Turkish troops and 150,000 Iranian troops, we will gather 2.65 million troops in the southern wing, Stalin needs to draw at least 1.5 million troops from the north and central to cope. By then, Model can let go and do a big battle." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!