Imperial Overlord

Guderian changed his plan, and the opponent used the main force to counterattack, apparently guessing the weakness of his lack of troops.

At this point, he also knew that he had no way to really hide it for how long. So he immediately adjusted his combat deployment, preparing to kill the Soviet troops blocking the road first.

He wanted to eat the 6th Armored Division of the Soviet Guards who were on top of it first, and after encircling and annihilating this unit, he would continue to advance south and capture Zolotushino and Svoboda in one go.

If he wants to achieve this combat purpose, he must let the 1st Cavalry Division on the left flank be responsible for guarding to detour forward as soon as possible.

On the other side, the 10th Motorized Infantry Division should also immediately expand westward to form a pocket with the 4th Armoured Division in front.

As long as the troops on the flanks were advancing fast enough, the 24th Panzer Corps could form a huge pocket and carry the frontal Soviet 6th Guards Tank Division into the pockets.

"This plan looks good." After marking the location of the troops on the map, the chief of staff nodded in agreement.

There are no other towns near the town of Bonelli, that is, there are enough field conditions for the German army to perform a partial siege of armored troops.

As long as the Soviet tank troops in the encirclement can be eaten, it is equivalent to tearing a hole in the Soviet defense line, and the German army can continue to drive straight in.

Zolotushino, the follow-up troops of the Soviet army are following up in an orderly manner. Zhukov's troops in Kursk actually far exceeded Guderian's estimates.

As a German commanding general, Guderian judged that the Soviet army had about 150,000 troops in Kursk, which was obviously not enough to pose a threat to the German army.

Because the current strength of the Soviet army is seriously shrinking, most of the troops are supplementary recruits. Coupled with the lack of weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of these troops is to be discounted.

In fact, the main force mobilized by the Soviet army is almost 150,000. Counting the second-line troops formed locally, the Soviet army has assembled more than 300,000 troops here.

The morale of these troops is high, and many of the second-line troops have been trained for months, and their combat literacy is far better than that of the civilian armed forces near Moscow.

"Report! The 10th Motorized Infantry Division called, and they found a Soviet infantry unit on their flank, which was quite sufficient." Soon, a telegram was sent to Guderian, and his encirclement plan had just been implemented. got into trouble.

If one side encirclement cannot be formed, then the pocket will be useless. So Guderian pulled the telegram, looked at it carefully, and handed it to the chief of staff.

"We found a Soviet army on our right flank, 80% of which retreated from Zheleznogorsk... What I don't understand is why they retreated here?" Before the chief of staff could read the telegram, Gu said Derian asked as if talking to himself.

The chief of staff looked at the map and felt that the direction of the Soviet army was a little too strange. If the Soviet forces in the Zheleznogorsk region were under pressure to retreat, they should not have marched in the direction the Germans were heading south.

"They were not forced to abandon Zheleznogorsk! They were ordered to attack our flank!" Guderian narrowed his eyes and speculated about the Soviet army's plan of action.

"General! The 1st Cavalry Division encountered Soviet tanks... They formed a line of defense in the field, and the Soviet attack was very violent." A few hours later, another telegram arrived.

Hearing the news that Guderian was ordering the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division to reinforce the 10th Motorized Infantry Division, he grasped the crux of the matter.

The opponent is also divided into three groups, ready to fight a field battle to compete with him! And at present, it seems that the opponent's troops are much more abundant than him!

Thinking of this, Guderian knew that his estimate was too optimistic. The Soviet army had more troops than he imagined, and its combat effectiveness was also stronger. Since the troops are sufficient and the combat effectiveness is higher, naturally they will do things that are more in line with their strength!

"Chief of Staff! Zhukov seems to have underestimated us..." Guderian sneered, and then said to the Chief of Staff.

His chief of staff also realized the Soviet army's attempt, nodded in agreement: "The other party has mobilized at least 5 divisions to surround us!"

This is a question of who surrounds whom. After all, the German army also has 5 divisions, and it is unlikely to be surrounded and annihilated by the 5 Soviet divisions.

However, these Soviet troops poured in from all directions, and it did make the Germans feel that they had been ordered to go south, and it was not a good thing to be stopped on the way.

After thinking about it, Guderian finally gave up the original plan to encircle and destroy the 6th Tank Division of the Soviet Guards~www.wuxiaspot.com~ ready to fully turn to the defense to see the follow-up attempts of the Soviet army.

So, what kind of troops are the Soviet troops pouring out of the German army in all directions, and how did they come from?

The Soviet troops that appeared on the right flank of the German troops heading south were actually a division of the Soviet troops deployed in Zheleznogorsk. At this moment, they abandoned their original positions and were moving towards the German flank.

And on Guderian's left flank, the Soviet 8th Guards Tank Division, on Zhukov's order, had begun to move northwest a few days earlier, along a tributary of the Sosna, to approach the Germans.

Near Dazhirowo, the Soviet army assembled two infantry divisions, which were also heading north at this moment, preparing to arrange a defense line along the tributaries of the Sheim River to prevent the German army from detouring westward.

The Soviet army followed by Zolotushino also deployed behind the 6th Guards Tank Division, with two divisions.

In other words, the chief of staff of Group G estimated that the Soviet army had 5 divisions, but still underestimated his opponent. Zhukov assembled 7 divisions in one breath, ready to give the German army a dismount.

As early as the Battle of Nomenhan, Zhukov had been accustomed to amassing several times the strength of his opponents, forming a local advantage and resolutely fighting offensive battles.

Although he has been using defensive tactics while commanding battles in Ukraine, that doesn't mean Zhukov has forgotten what he's good at.

Guderian believed that he was fighting an offensive battle, and he had to face passively defended Soviet positions.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhukov also wanted to fight an offensive battle, and he also hoped that he could use an effective counterattack to drive the Germans out of Kursk.

Therefore, both armies discovered the opponent in front of them without much preparation, and on July 17, they figured out the opponent's intentions.

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