And at this time, in Model's temporary command.

"If you have absolute superior force, you will only fight a siege battle if you have ten times the advantage, and you will only attack if you have five times the advantage, and concentrate your superior force to fight annihilation battle. But if you do not have absolute superior force, such as only twice the advantage of force, then you must mobilize the enemy and let the enemy divide the troops, thereby dividing the enemy's strength advantage, forming a greater advantage of our troops, and then fighting the enemy."

"But if the troops are equal, then when the two armies meet and fight with the enemy, they can resist and continue to fight; if they cannot defeat, they will evacuate immediately. If they do not retreat, they will be annihilated by the enemy or captured!"

"If you want to win when the enemy is strong and we are weak, then you can avoid the enemy's main force; lure the enemy into depth, concentrate superior forces, and defeat them in one by one!"

In the command center, Model, dressed in military uniform and wearing single-glasses, was seriously studying the art of war written by Chen Yanlong to him; while muttering to himself as if he had some clarity.

Just as he became more and more excited as he studied, suddenly his chief of staff, Colonel Everfelt Halchert, and Chief Operations Staff Officer John Hultz, walked in.

"Grand General! The battle between the southern front and the northern front of Kursk has begun! Our troops have started war with the Soviet army. Please issue new combat orders and instructions!"

As soon as he entered the door, Chief of Staff Colonel Everfert Halchert saluted Moder and reported loudly.

"Who is fighting the Soviet army now in the southern front?"

After hearing this, Model asked immediately.

"General Herman Hoot's "4th Armored Army Army" and Kempf Cluster: The "4th Armored Army" is under the jurisdiction of the 52nd Infantry Army, the 48th Armored Army has a total of 140,000 people, 925 tanks and 704 artillery; the right-wing Kempf Cluster has 10 divisions, 120,000 people, 344 tanks and 250 artillery. They dispatched one-third of their troops to carry out local offensive battles with the Soviet army on the first defense line of the Soviet army!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halchert thought for a while and continued to report.

"The 4th Panzer Army now seems to be left with only the 3rd Panzer Division of the 48th Panzer Army and the 11th Panzer Division; the Great German Armored Grenadier Division (at this time they were equipped with 78 new Black Panther tanks), the main force of the 167th Infantry Division, the 57th Infantry Division of the 52nd Infantry Army, the 2nd Infantry Division, the 2nd Infantry Division of the 52nd Infantry Division, the 2nd Infantry Division of the Wrathful SS Armored Division."

Model frowned and recalled.

"Yes! Because the 2nd Armored Army of the SS: the 1st Armored Division of the Armored SS, and the 3rd SS "Skeleton" Armored Division of the Armored SS! It has been dispatched to Sicily by the Head of State, and even SS General Paul Hauser has been dispatched together!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halhult agreed in a positive tone.

"Then is the part of the troops that are going to war with the Soviet army now?"

Model continued to ask slowly.

"The 2nd "Imperial" Armored Division of the Armed SS, which is affiliated with the 2nd Armored Army of the Armed SS, is commanded by the colonel of the Armed SS, Rudolf Lehman!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halhult replied.

"How many troops have they dispatched?"

Model continued to ask.

"The soldiers are 7,000, 16 IV tanks, 18 Leopard tanks, 10 IV/70 tank destroyers; 6 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 3 IV tank command types, 1 Leopard tank command types, and 15 assault guns!"

"But Commander Manstein did not let them fight alone, but instead equipped the "Great German" armored grenade division to them as a backup reserve! Or it could be said that it was a regular soldier or a surprise soldier!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halhult added.

"Then how many troops are they?"

Model said after a moment of silence.

"The head of state equipped them with a complete armored regiment, and this armored regiment also has three armored battalions, one more armored battalion than the ordinary armored regiment; and it is also equipped with the latest Leopard tanks and Tiger tanks! In addition, it is also equipped with two grenade regiments, each regiment has 3 grenade battalions, 1 regiment artillery company, 1 regiment air defense company, and 1 regiment engineer company. Among the three battalions, 2 are motorized infantry and 1 armored infantry (on semi-track armored vehicles)."

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halhult said in an envious tone.

Because the German Armored Infantry Division generally has only one tank battalion according to theory, it will not have one armored regiment or two tank battalions; and now the opponent still has three tank battalions, which is definitely stronger than an ordinary armored division for such a scale.

That's why Chief of Staff Colonel Everfert Halchert reported to Model in an envious tone.

After hearing this, Model was a little surprised, and then he soon became silent.

Because he had another 300 black T-54 tank group arranged by Chen Yanlong, and also allocated a total of 200 other types of tanks for him to use as backup. So now he has the most tank troops in the Eastern Front, and Manstein doesn't know about this secret yet!

Because he hid these tanks well for surprise attacks on the Soviet army; of course, he was also to beware of being known by enemy spies and other generals' questioning and jealousy.

Therefore, he would not be jealous of the number of tank groups owned by other troops, and the other party was a tank assigned by the head of state himself, so he could not be envious of jealousy and hatred.

"Well! That is to say, the "4th Armored Army Army" you just reported and one-third of the troops dispatched by the Kempf cluster were only dispatched by the Great German Armored Grenadier Division and the 2nd "Imperial" Armored Division of the SS?"

Model turned his head and stared at Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halchert.

"No, they still have the 167th Infantry Division as reserve, preparing to block the war when it is unfavorable!"

Before the Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halchert replied, the Chief Operations Staff John Hultz, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted.

"Well! Why did Manstein do such a big move this time? Didn't the Head of State say that we should only use defensive wars to delay the Soviet army and consume the opponent's vitality?"

Model said with confusion.

"I don't know! He may have been angry because of the Soviet guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare recently! Because I heard General Kempf say that they had recently engaged in dozens of guerrilla warfares with the Soviet army, and had lost more than 20,000 people! And he was also destroyed by the Soviet air strikes and night attacks, 80 tanks, dozens of tank destroyers, and a lot of assault guns and other weapons and equipment, so he wanted to fight back to a bigger battle to increase morale!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halhult snatched back the topic.

"But the Soviet army also suffered a lot of casualties!"

Model retorted.

"Yes! But the current air supremacy of the Soviet army is stronger than ours! So many of our soldiers, weapons and equipment were destroyed by large-scale air strikes by the Soviet army!"

Chief of Staff Colonel Everfelt Halchert reminded.

"It's all the fault of the 1st Air Force and the 4th Air Force! I really don't know what they are doing. Now our troops are often subject to large-scale air strikes by the Soviet army, so they are good! Either they only send a few air forces to fight, or even they can't see a shadow!"

When he talked about the Air Force, Model suddenly became angry and sweared.

"There is no way! Now many airports on the Eastern Front have been destroyed by the Soviet raids; and the 1st Air Force and the 4th Air Force seem to be doing their best to train the new aircraft assigned to them by the head of state, so they are temporarily huddling!"
Chapter completed!