"God, is this true, an armored division, a motorized infantry division, it took less than 48 hours to defeat 6 infantry divisions, which really turned my understanding of war upside down" In Riga Castle, Wilhelm II, who spent more than ten years cutting trees and hunting at the Duolun Manor, suddenly found that his knowledge of military affairs had dropped to the level of a schoolboy, and if the "Iron Fist 1935" military exercise was not a farce of deception, he no longer knew anything about war "Your Majesty, the reality is that the progress of internal combustion engine technology has brought about a revolution in military affairs."
At the summary meeting of the exercise, Hersmann told the future nominal commander of the German army: "The traditional infantry divisions are completely vulnerable in the face of mechanized armored and motorized infantry divisions, and this is not only because the firepower and defense of mechanized units have improved geometrically compared with traditional troops.
And also because they have a strong ability to maneuver and fight.
In the Route 8 encounter, the armored group went on the offensive with a powerful assault force before the traditional infantry had finished deploying.
The opposing infantry did not have time to build positions, artillery did not have time to set up, and even the concentration of troops did not have time to complete.
On a long stretch of road, on the march, it encountered a coordinated attack from armored units and ground attack aircraft" The "Route 8 Encounter" was not really a war, but an "encounter" in an exercise.
Two infantry divisions of the "Red Army", which had just begun to enter a state of rapid march, ran head-on into the armored cluster of the "Blue Army".
More than 30,000 men, more than 300 artillery pieces of all kinds, not including mortars, and thousands of wagons loaded with baggage, lined up more than 15 kilometers on the road.
It is likely that it will take several days to dig trenches and repair fortifications, and after a week it will not be slow to launch a fierce attack and defense.
However, in World War II, a European "power" like Yugoslavia, with 1.2 million troops, barely resisted for eight days under the German blitzkrieg offensive.
Poland and France fared a little better, and they didn't stand still for a month.
And in World War I, even a weak chicken like Romania resisted for months under the siege of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.
This is the consequence of the military revolution brought about by the great progress in the technology of the internal combustion engine And this "Iron Fist 1935" military exercises.
It was through the simulation of mechanized warfare that proved the correctness of the theory of mechanized warfare put forward by Fuller, de Gaulle, and others.
At the same time, it also pointed out a direction for the development of the German army's war preparations.
"The next war will definitely not be a rehearsal of 1914 or 1918," Hersmann's gaze swept lightly over the German Kaiser, Hitler, Golz, Raeder, Guderian, and Falkenhausen, and finally on Adolf Hitler, the only man in the room who was not wearing a military uniform.
Hersmann's main purpose in promoting this large-scale military exercise, in addition to proving theories that have long been proven by history, was to compete with Hitler for the de facto command of the army in the future It is necessary to smoothly obtain the future commander-in-chief.
It was not only the elderly emperor who needed to be convinced, but also Hitler himself.
Hitler must be convinced that only Hersmann could lead the German army to the conquest of Europe.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this military exercise has made it very clear that the next war will take on a completely new format.
It will be a high-tech war that subverts previous perceptions, and the leader of this war must be a very professional general staff."
The system of the General Staff leading the war was established in the First World War, and Hersman now needs to restore it.
"But," Adolf Hitler glanced at the slightly frowning Emperor, who was obviously also suspicious of future wars, "Admiral, if the new type of war you are talking about is true, then this war will consume a lot of oil.
Because whether it is tanks, cars, airplanes, or warships of all kinds, they need oil to drive them.
But do we have so much oil to consume in Germany?"
It seems that Hitler still had doubts about a new world war.
"Yes," Hersman nodded.
"The Army Strategic Reserve Agency began to reserve oil and various non-ferrous metals in the early 20s, and after the Keynes Plan began to be implemented in 1924, it gradually increased its reserves.
A considerable part of the oil and non-ferrous metals we obtained through barter with the Soviet Union were stored in war-ready warehouses in Travemünde, Königsberg and Riga.
The oil reserves alone are as high as 12 million tons, and we plan to increase the strategic oil reserves to 15 million tons by 1939. ” If Albert Speer, the German Minister of Armaments who manages German military production in another time and space, were to see the current inventory list of the Strategic Reserve Agency, he would probably drool over it. 12 million tonnes of oil is just one of those assets.
In addition, the Strategic Reserve Bureau also holds 1.03 million tons of electrolytic manganese, 1.25 million tons of refined copper, 1.08 million tons of electrolytic aluminum, 920,000 tons of lead, 920,000 tons of zinc, 280,000 tons of nickel, 120,000 tons of tin, and 9,000 tons of tungsten.
In addition, the Strategic Reserve has large quantities of unprocessed manganese, copper, lead-zinc, tungsten, chromite, bauxite and uranium ores, as well as large quantities of soybeans, silk, cotton, opium, cocoa, coffee beans, tobacco and other agricultural products.
However, the amount of these goodies in reserve is the highest military secret.
Hersmann would not have told Hitler.
Hersman went on to say, "In addition, from 1926 onwards, we were promoting the synthetic fuel program.
Farben planned to build 15 hydrogenation plants by 1939, with a production capacity of 10,000 tons of synthetic fuels per day. ” Adolf Hitler asked: "15 million tons of oil reserves."
More than 3.5 million tons of synthetic fuel per year is enough."
"And imports," Hersman said, "can be imported from Romania and the Soviet Union" "Imported from the USSR" Wilhelm II seemed somewhat surprised by this proposal.
"Yes," Hersman looked at William, "Your Majesty, we are friends with the Soviet Union, Lenin, or with your help, who led the revolution and became the leader of the Soviet Union." ” "Are we really going to fight with the USSR" Wilhelm II still had some doubts.
"They're all Bolsheviks."
"Your Majesty.
Uniting the USSR will make us invincible.
"At present, Germany is the second largest industrial country in the world, and the Soviet Union will be the third largest industrial country in the world after the completion of the second five-year plan."
As long as we form an alliance with the Soviet Union, we will be invincible in the next world war."
In fact, the Union was the biggest trump card for Hersmann in the struggle for de facto command Because the whole world knew that Hersmann was an old friend of Lenin and the Soviet people, and that he also had a very good relationship with Stalin.
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In Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad, a very wide and beautiful street is named Hersmann Prospect.
Therefore, as long as Germany determines the national policy of "uniting with the Soviet Union", Hersmann will definitely rise to the top.
As for the trump card of "uniting the Soviet Union", at present, it seems that whether the alliance can be maintained is another matter, and it can indeed make Germany undefeated.
At least on the European continent, there was no such thing as a force that could defeat both the Soviet Union and Germany at the same time.
"And what about Great Britain," asked Kaiser Wilhelm, "if the Soviet Union were united, there would be no country on the European continent that could threaten Germany."
But at sea, both we and the USSR were very weak and were no match for Britain. ” Hesman had already planned for a long time, and the English Channel did not need to be considered for the time being, and after dealing with France, he turned to the south and fought the Mediterranean and the Middle East with Mussolini.
However, the matter of uniting Italy is still not known, Mussolini is now a pro-British, and although the relationship with Germany is good, it is not close.
"We can defeat the British Navy from the air," Hersman said another answer, "Your Majesty, testing large-scale naval and air combat is also one of the purposes of this Iron Fist 1935 military exercise. ” In fact, the "Iron Fist 1935" military exercise was divided into three purposes: the first purpose was the long-distance transportation of army troops; The second purpose is to test the theory of mechanized warfare; The third purpose is to perform naval and air confrontation operations, and the German naval aviation is still the minister of economy, and the German navy naturally has air force, and it will use 100 twin-engine medium bombers, torpedo attack planes, and reconnaissance planes to carry out long-distance raid operations, taking off from bases in East Prussia and bombing four target ships anchored in the Gulf of Riga.
Hundreds of planes are concentrated at a time, hundreds of kilometers are traveled, and targets are searched for in the vast sea.
This is completely the skill of the Japanese Navy, but the Japanese Navy mainly uses carrier-based aircraft to play this game.
The German Navy now does not have aircraft carriers, so it uses a derivative of the J30 medium bomber, hangs torpedoes and blows it up to deal with the enemy fleet at sea.
Air-ship confrontation drills have been held many times since Germany resumed compulsory military service, and the results have been quite good on the whole.
So this time the plane bombing the ship was completely a show, and there was no possibility of failure at all.
"Oh, bombing with planes," Kaiser Wilhelm nodded, "Times are changing so fast, not only is the army completely different from more than ten years ago, but even the battle at sea depends on the aircraft to decide the victory."
So, when will the exercises start in the air and sea operations, can you observe it?"
Admiral Raeder, commander-in-chief of the German Navy, took up the question and replied: "The exercise will take place the day after tomorrow in the waters near the Sama Islands, and His Majesty and His Excellency the Chancellor can go and watch it." ” t1706231537: