The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

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German army lacks time the most. With every extra day, they can transport more weapons and ammunition to the front line.

That way their strength will be enhanced. Therefore, Zhukov must come up with a solution in the shortest possible time.

"Your Excellency Marshal, unless we can convince the leader, I don't think there is any other way."General Vatutin shrugged helplessly.

Hearing this, Zhukov smiled bitterly and said,"I believe everyone present here knows the leader's character. It is not easy to make him change his mind, especially now that we have suffered defeats one after another and I have no say."

If it were a series of victories, he would have a good chance of persuading them. With such a tragic defeat, he would only be scolded if he tried to persuade them now.

Hearing this, everyone present was silent. They also knew the character of the bearded man. It was absolutely impossible to persuade him at this time, unless they could have a bigger victory next time. In that case, it might be okay.

"The only option was to deploy a large number of anti-tank weapons on the front line to block the German attack, and then build deep defense fortifications in the Dnieper River area as quickly as possible."

"While fighting the Germans, they built fortifications in the rear."

"After the deep defense fortifications are built, we will fight a large deep defense battle with the Germans on the Dnieper River, so that we can still fight on the front line."Admiral Rokossovsky suggested with a gloomy face.

"Comrade Rokossovsky, can your plan build a large number of strong deep fortifications in the shortest time? Don't forget that building strong fortifications requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as a lot of time to complete. For example, the Battle of Kursk took several months to build."

"What we lack most now is time. If we delay for too long, the leader will get impatient and will definitely urge us to take the initiative to attack, but that will fall into the trap of the German army."Timushenge, who had been silent all this time, stood up and refuted.

Hearing this, Admiral Rokossovsky frowned and said unhappily:"Then what do you say we should do? This won't work, that won't work. Are we going to fight the German army with a large number of new weapons like this? That would be irresponsible to our troops."

"There is only one way, which is reinforcements. A large number of reinforcements are needed, preferably doubling the existing army."Timushinge said calmly.

When they heard the doubling, everyone took a breath, including Zhukov, who frowned. Doubling the army is not as simple as it sounds. The officers and various materials needed in the middle can make people collapse.

Moreover, the Soviet army already has enough troops at this time, and it will really be a problem to recruit more soldiers. You know, there are many people from other countries mixed in their troops at this time.

They were incorporated into the death squad as prisoners of war, with the purpose of consuming the German army's manpower. If they continue to recruit soldiers, they don't know where to start, because the soldiers who can be mobilized have basically arrived.

"General Timoshenko, do you know what doubling the army means? Our logistics have already reached their limit. If we double the army, the logistics will completely collapse."Marshal Zhukov said calmly.

"Marshal, I know what you said, but if we want to destroy the German army's flexible defense, we must increase our forces."Timoshenko explained.

"Continue." Zhukov nodded and signaled Timoshenko to continue, because he felt that what the other party said made some sense. There was no better way at the moment, so he could only put his hope on Timoshenko.

"Marshal, your deep assault is definitely the best tactic." Timoshenko flattered him and continued,"According to my analysis, there is a big difference between Manstein's elastic defense and Model's elastic defense. Manstein's defensive tactics focus more on killing the enemy, while Model focuses on reducing losses."

"If the German army had sufficient manpower, Manstein's defensive tactics would have achieved great results, but he forgot one thing. Our foundation is stronger than theirs. We can arm tens of millions of troops in a short period of time, but they can't. We fight on our homeland, while they are on an expedition. They are far behind us in terms of logistics and supplies."

"Although his tactics are excellent on the surface, once we concentrate more forces and launch continuous attacks in different directions, Manstein will not be able to form enough mobile forces to plug all the gaps."

"Once he fails to plug all the holes, his counterattack force will become a fire brigade, and the lack of or even no reserve will become the fatal flaw of Manstein's defense. At that time, we will be able to concentrate our forces to break through to the rear of the German army in one go and recapture Ukraine and other places in one fell swoop."Timoshenko said a lot in one breath.

During this period, he did nothing but study the battles commanded by Manstein, analyze and summarize them, and finally come up with Manstein's command style.

Hearing this, everyone present took a breath of cold air. Some people looked at Timoshenko with a more solemn expression, and more of admiration. To be able to study a person so thoroughly, it means that he has put a lot of effort during this period. Many people's faces did change.

""Huh, you're right. It looks like you've worked hard during this period." Zhukov patted Timoshenko on the shoulder and said with satisfaction.

He still had a good impression of Timoshenko. Although he was a cavalryman, he relied on his spirit of continuous learning to climb up all the way and finally climbed to the commander of the front. As for one or two failures, it was nothing to Zhukov. After all, there is no general who always wins, so he tried his best to protect Timoshenko and let him continue to serve as the commander of the Southwestern Front. Now it seems that the original choice was correct.���

Timoshenko's words made Zhukov's eyes light up.

Yes, compared with Manstein, the biggest shortcoming of the German army is the lack of troops. According to intelligence, Manstein's direct troops only have 600,000 people, and the remaining 600,000 are vassal troops. Everyone knows their combat effectiveness.

Now as long as another batch of troops is transferred, Manstein's flexible defense can be broken, but where will these troops be drawn from and how to solve the logistics.

These are all headaches. Other lines of defense must not be moved, otherwise the German Army Group Center will definitely take the opportunity to pounce on Moscow. He doesn't want to fight another defensive battle.

"How about withdrawing some troops from Moscow? There are more than two million troops there." Zhukov muttered while looking at the map. When the others heard this, they pretended not to hear it. They did not have the energy to ask the leader for troops.

Just as Zhukov and others were discussing how to deal with Manstein's flexible defense, Manstein came to a secret launch base.

Looking at the missile launcher in front of him, Manstein showed a puzzled expression and said,"Isn't this a V2 missile?" The

V2 missile had been available a long time ago and had been used on the Eastern Front, but its accuracy was too poor. Many commanders were disappointed when they found out. Some even suggested that it would be better to build more tanks with the money.

"General Manstein, this is not the original V2, this is an upgraded V2 missile, or Patriot missile."The officer in charge said with a serious face.

Hearing about the Patriot missile, Manstein was even more confused. The general order not long ago stated that tens of thousands of Soviet troops would be killed with Patriot missiles.

Now seeing the Patriot missile, he was a little disappointed. Isn't this a V2 missile?

""What is the effect of the upgrade?" Manstein asked hurriedly without dwelling on this question.

Upon hearing this, the officer smiled. Although there has been no real breakthrough in some key materials, the accuracy is not much different from that of the real Patriot missile, and the cost has also dropped a lot. It can be used on a small scale. This is why we need to get the Manstein cluster to start using it.

"Stronger than the V2 missile."The officer in charge said righteously.

"What about the Patriot missiles?"Manstein asked curiously.

"Almost." The officer in charge said

"……"

Seeing the expression of the officer in front of him, Manstein quickly changed the subject and asked,"How much does it cost?"

Upon hearing this, the responsible officer naturally knew what he meant. He had heard rumors from the generals on the front line before. Instead of having the money to build this thing, it would be better to give us a few more tanks. At least tanks are more reliable.

"The price of one tank is about the same as that of two Leopard tanks. After thinking for a while, the officer gave a rough estimate.

""Oh!" Manstein responded expressionlessly, and at the same time muttered:"What a luxury, what a spendthrift."

Hearing this, the officer pretended not to hear it. They didn't understand that this was a weapon that could change the world situation. His Majesty the Emperor had encouraged them more than once that this would be an epoch-making weapon.

""General, the missile group has been deployed and can attack at any time. Please give the order." After walking around, the officer in charge said to Manstein.

At this time, missiles all use a hybrid guidance system of inertial plus radio correction. Transistors have not yet been successfully developed, radars are still very bulky, and the performance improvement is not high, so radar guidance is not used.

Otherwise, the classic saying of a certain country,"picking up the biggest to hit", will become a reality.

Maybe one day it will happen that the missile flies in the sky for a while, and then picks up the biggest tank to hit. These are all possible.

"."How is the Air Force prepared?" Manstein nodded and asked the adjutant beside him.

""Everything is ready. After the missiles are launched, we can immediately attack and bomb the Soviet positions." The adjutant reported hurriedly.

Manstein still had a skeptical attitude towards missiles. In order to destroy the Soviet army to a greater extent, he ordered the air force to stand by.

Who knows if this thing will be too far off, maybe a few hundred meters.

The officer in charge of the missiles naturally knew what Manstein meant, but he ignored it directly, and silently swore in his heart that this time he must let them take a good look.

"Very good, send a telegram to the front-line troops, and after the air force bombing is completed, immediately let our tank group launch an attack and annihilate the Voronezh Front in one fell swoop. Even if we don’t annihilate it, we must severely damage it and make them withdraw from the battle completely. With so many advanced weapons, we must at least kill one front, otherwise it will be a big loss."Manstein said meaningfully.

The adjutant could only hold back his laughter and silently record the order. Of course, he knew what Manstein meant. One missile costs two Leopard tanks. There are two hundred missiles here, which is almost an elite armored division. The price is too high.

More importantly, the role of missiles is really ordinary. It is better to add an armored division. I don’t know what the people in the Supreme Command think. Is there really so much money that there is nowhere to spend it?

"……"

Half an hour later, all the V2 missiles were ready and were launched immediately at the command of the leading officer.

Watching two hundred missiles being successfully launched one after another and rushing towards the S Army position, everyone present had hope. Although they had used it once before, the effect was still a little worse and the error was still relatively large. This time they made improvements again, hoping to reduce the error. In that case, they could mass-produce. Any weapon is expensive at the beginning, and after mass production, the cost can be completely reduced.

For the German army, this was just a wasteful action, and for the Soviet army it was a nightmare.

""Sir, look, what are those things?"

Soldiers of the 40th Soviet Army were observing from the front line. Suddenly, one of the soldiers looked up at the sky and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"What is it?" The lieutenant asked curiously after hearing this.

"Heaven��

"Oh my god, what is this?"

"Rocket? Get out of the way!"

The lieutenant immediately thought of a rocket and shouted

"Oh no, they are about to reach us, hurry into the air-raid shelter."

After hearing this, the other soldiers on the position raised their heads and looked up at the sky, each of them was so frightened that they didn't know what to do.

"Bastards, retreat, get into the air-raid shelter"

"Damn, what is that?"

"Rockets? No, missiles."

It's a pity that these soldiers didn't have time to escape before they were blown into slag by the V2 missiles that fell from the sky and scattered with the wind.

In the sky, the German reconnaissance plane kept using high-definition cameras to spray the ground. The pilot looked at it with his naked eyes, opened his mouth wide, and said in shock!

"My god, it's so powerful, so scary"

"The guys at the rocket base are just a bunch of lunatics. They can develop such a horrible weapon."

"It's amazing. If there were hundreds of thousands of them, they would have exploded directly."

"Hundreds of thousands? Wouldn't that bankrupt the empire? It is said that this thing is very expensive."_To read the ununderlined version of the novel, please download the Faloo Novel APP!

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