Imperial Overlord

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"When we attacked the Soviet Union, we didn't have the chance to dispatch cars to the front line." Li Le said slowly, looking at several ministers in charge of transportation and generals.

Even in the classic battle of Germany's victory over France, the German army often requisitioned nearby civilian cars on a large scale as supplementary transportation capacity.

In 1939, the German army not only had insufficient logistical equipment, but its logistical organization was also an unreasonable structure.

In combat, all rail and water transport, both civilian and military, was in the charge of General Galke, who in 1939 was Minister of Transportation for the Army General Command and Director of Transportation for the Wehrmacht General Command.

However, watch out for this but! The motor transport in the logistics zone of the theater was not under his command, but General Wagner, the chief of quarters of the Army General Command, who seemed to be the same Wagner when Germany surrendered.

As a result, Army logistics was divided between two administrations: one controlled both ends of the supply line and the other controlled its midsection.

The same management of transportation is even divided into two different commanders, and the degree of confusion in scheduling and other aspects is evident.

During the Battle of France, there were problems with German supplies, and around May 20, 1940, Wagner called the Reich's Minister of Transport and demanded that "all German cars" be handed over to him immediately.

As a result, he got a large number of civilian cars, which were to be driven to Aix-la-Chapelle, where an officer waited, organized them into a convoy, and issued the "Wehrmacht" armband to the driver of the car.

It's like playing a game, giving the driver an armband, even if it is temporarily enlisted in the army, and then on this day, there are various models of cars with a total load of 12,000 tons, loaded with supplies on the road.

In this way, the German army was able to resume the offensive on June 5, relying on various models of cars from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

The Battle of France was close to the German mainland, and the conquered areas were rich areas like the Netherlands and France. Therefore, high-end goods such as cars can be recruited near the war zone.

Li Le knew that once the German army entered the hinterland of the Soviet Union, apart from the resistance of the Soviet soldiers everywhere, almost nothing useful would be encountered.

"We are already preparing the 4th and 5th heavy vehicle transport regiments to ease the transport requirements of the troops." General Wagner said.

"Not enough! To make the troops really move, and to move before the train is combined, at least 7 heavy vehicle regiments are needed!" Li Le looked at Wagner and gave his request.

This minimum requirement is based on the current situation that the German military team uses a large number of mules and horses. If it is to be sufficient, at least 10 heavy-duty vehicle regiments are enough.

"The Army is expanding its mechanized units. Front-line operations require a large number of trucks, and there are not enough everywhere..." Wagner said depressedly.

Many generals actually knew that the attack speed and attack distance of attacking France were already the limit of the advance speed of the German armored forces.

And to attack the behemoth of the Soviet Union, the attack limit will be extended three times. How to fill such a long distance has become a difficult problem.

"Add towing boxes to the trucks used to transport personnel, and strive to allow the mechanized divisions, armored grenadier divisions, and armored divisions to carry more supplies." Li Le gave his own advice.

Trucks that can transport personnel and equipment can carry more supplies such as fuel, which can solve a large part of the consumption required for propulsion.

"Anyway, my Führer... If we want to advance in the hinterland of the Soviet Union as soon as possible, we'd better consider using rail transportation." Wagner suggested.

With this suggestion, Li Le turned his attention to the person in charge of the imperial railway department in the distance: "Repairing the Soviet railway sounds like our best choice."

"It's no secret that every inch of the Soviet railway needs our engineers and technicians to improve. However, the investment in this area is done once and for all, and the consumption ratio is still very high." The person in charge of the imperial railway department replied to Li Le. road.

He pointed to several railway lines on the map extending to the hinterland of the Soviet Union, and introduced them one by one: "If the army can capture some Soviet trains and use them temporarily...the pressure will be reduced a lot."

"Of course, this is a 'surprise' that is not in the plan at all, not an inevitable one." He continued pointing to the map and said, "But the speed of the railway troops can be calculated for the construction of these railways."

As he said that, he handed the information in his hand to Wagner and the head of state: "This is the statistics of the railway materials dispatched and hoarded in Poland by the railway department."

"If the advance of the front line is carried out as planned, within the first month, we will be able to repair the railway to Ukraine and Belarus..." The other party's finger swiped on the Kyiv line, and the distance surprised Li Le. .

But then the other party's words made Li Le a little depressed: "This is something we can do by taking out all the reserve rails and using all the strength in our hands."

After a pause, he expressed his pessimistic conclusion: "Then, moving forward, every kilometer needs to be supplemented with rails from Germany... The speed of continuing to rebuild the rails is almost as fast as crawling."

Finally, he pointed to Moscow and beyond: "It will take at least the beginning of '42 for the railway tracks to be repaired to areas such as Moscow."

"You're still too optimistic, my friend." Speer suddenly poured cold water on the head of the railway department, his own old boss.

Speer interrupted his estimation and said to Li Le: "My head of state... Once the war starts, it is unknown whether we can guarantee the steel for the production of rails."

"At that time, all kinds of military equipment will be the highest priority for production! The production speed of rails is estimated to be unable to guarantee the current production speed!" He gave the view of the industrial sector.

Li Le frowned, considering the opinions of the railway and industrial departments, even if the Soviet army retreated to Moscow and waited, the German railway would have to wait until the end of 1942 to advance there.

This timetable is almost the same as the actual historical situation of the German army's implementation of the Barbarossa plan. If this timetable is followed, the failure of the German invasion of the Soviet Union seems to be imminent.

"Huh!" He let out a long sigh, and Li Le even began to hesitate, wondering whether it was right or wrong for him to insist on implementing Barbarossa: "It seems that we still have to plan well, this matter is more We think it's more complicated."

In the back of his mind, for a moment, Li Le even began to think about whether he should take the lead in implementing the "Barbarossa" plan to attack the Soviet Union.

If the German army gave up its strategic intention of taking the lead in attacking the Soviet Union and instead fought a targeted defensive operation on the Eastern Front, would it be a better choice to annihilate the living forces of the Soviet Union?

Before crossing the twenty-first century, when countless online novels described the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, which determined the fate of the world, they pinned their hopes of changing their lives against the sky on the Eastern Front to take a defensive position.

I have to admit that today, Li Le also believes that if the German army adopts a defensive posture on the Eastern Front, there are many attractive benefits.

The first advantage is that you don't have to think about those annoying logistical problems. All the supplies are kept at the door of the house, which means that a problem has been solved.

With this benefit, the countless materials that would be consumed on the offensive road can be used on defense. I have to say that Li Le felt very tempting just by calculating in his heart.

Similarly, the eastern defense has another advantage, that is, it avoids factors such as weather. The Germans did not have to challenge the harsh Moscow winter, nor did they have to worry about the discomfort caused by the cold.

The third advantage is that in international public opinion, Germany will immediately win the sympathy of the capitalist countries... Maybe, just maybe, Germany can get the support of the United States!

Just thinking about it makes one’s pores open. Germany has once again become a bridgehead to resist the invasion of the Red Soviet Union. If you don’t want to watch the world be destroyed by Stalin, just obediently support Germany in fighting the Soviet aggressors!

After all, no matter how arrogant and domineering Germany is, it is nothing more than a struggle for the boss in the capitalist world.

The Soviet Union's entry into Europe will turn the table upside down, and will not give capitalism a way to survive! It really has to be considered.

At least in the national system, Germany is more favored by the United States than the Soviet Union. And to say whether the United States will forget Germany's revenge against the United Kingdom in order to resist the Soviet Union, it is unknown.

Fourth point, if one considers the terrifying lethality that the German elite division can play in defense, it seems to be a sure thing to eat the Soviet offensive force~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I think, if 1943 The German army of 1941 can defeat the Soviet Union's offensive countless times and save it from danger, and the German army in 1941 has no reason to lose to the opponent.

Without the losses on the way to the offensive, the German army could at least save more than 1 million troops to fight defensive operations. These million elites are definitely enough for the Soviet Union, which has rashly attacked, to drink a pot.

On the other hand, as the saying goes, people on earth know that after the establishment of the Soviet Union, it has never won an offensive battle!

The invasion of Poland was a bloodbath, and the invasion of Finland was also almost unsuccessful. This time I attacked Germany and let me laugh for a while...

And from Germany's point of view, the place where the Soviet Union invaded was not a very rich traditional German area, but a Polish occupation area. The loss does not seem to be unacceptable.

Of course, if there were not so many benefits, the strategic choice of letting the Soviet Union attack first and Germany's defensive operations on the Eastern Front would not have been sought after by so many future military enthusiasts.

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