When the artillery fire at the front line sounded, the sounds of telephone and telegram also rose and fell on the side of the Southern Army Group Command.
When Manstein was woken up by his secretary, it was 6:15.
At this moment, it had been fifteen minutes since the bear's bombardment!
It had to be said that Mao Xiong's bombardment was indeed very fierce. Almost all the telephone lines at the front line were blown up, and the observation post at the back could not figure out the situation because of the thick fog. However, they felt that it was like cooking porridge in front of them. The booming explosions naturally made them feel that something was wrong!
Therefore, the observation post sent scouts to the front line to verify the situation and determine the scale of the enemy's attack. At the same time, they tried to contact the bunkers and fortresses on the front line by telegram!
Soon, they learned of Mao Xiong's actions through the telegram. They did not dare to delay and immediately sent this information to the frontline command center, to the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army Group, Manstein.
Even if Manstein had not been woken up, they had already made a record. In fact, the army had already rehearsed their response to the outbreak of this battle!
Due to the terrain of Kursk, in a situation where both sides were very powerful, whoever attacked first would suffer heavy losses!
In history, when the Battle of Kursk first broke out, although Hans launched an attack, the results were not very great, especially at Prokhovka, the protruding part of Kursk. Hans won first and then lost, losing a large number of tanks. He also let Mao Xiong successfully delay until his reinforcements arrived, causing Hans to lose the initiative to attack!
However, even though he lost in the battle of Prokhovka, De San's losses were still less than Mao Xiong's (throughout the entire Battle of Kursk, De San's losses were always less than Mao Xiong's).
However, when Mao Xiong's reinforcements arrived and Ying-chan landed on the west island of Ideli, De San obviously turned defensive. Mao Xiong took the opportunity to launch an attack. Although Mao Xiong won this attack, his losses were unprecedentedly huge!
In the Battle of Orel, Mao Xiong defeated and wiped out nearly 90,000 soldiers, destroyed 500 tanks and 2402 artillery, and pushed 150 kilometers west, leveling the Kur SK defense line.
However, they failed to complete the pre-war plan to encircle and annihilate the German Central Army Group. Mao Xiong's losses were also very huge. In the offensive battle, Mao Xiong suffered 429890 casualties, 2586 tanks, 892 artillery, and 1104 aircraft.
The casualty ratio of both sides was as high as 1:5!
This meant that in this battle, the defending side had an absolute advantage. Under such terrain, unless one side obtained an absolute advantage, it was not a wise choice to attack rashly!
As a transmigrator, Lin Yu was naturally very clear about this principle. Therefore, when he was in the capital, the battle plan he and Manstein had formulated was to lure the enemy deep into the city. Then, they would fly on both sides and cut off the enemy's retreat. Then, they would surround the enemy in Kursk and annihilate them!
Therefore, when Manstein woke up and found that the hairy bear had indeed launched an attack, he was not worried at all. Instead, he felt happy!
Come on, let's make it fiercer. I'm not afraid of your fierce attacks, but I'm afraid that you won't come!
Manstein quickly responded. He ordered the First Armored Army of the German Three Southern Army Group to move southeast of Kulsk and hide there. After the enemy broke through the front defense of Kulsk, they would launch an attack on the enemy's flank and cut off the enemy's north-south communication!
In addition, he ordered the newly formed Sixth Army to move to Kur SK. They would build a position behind Kur SK.
Although the plan was to lure the enemy in, it didn't mean that De San was completely defenseless. If he really didn't defend, he was afraid that Mao Xiong's tanks would speed up and De San might be surrounded!
This was something that De San had used many times in the war against the French Chicken and the Republic of Korea, so he was very afraid of it!
As the orders were issued, the 1.9 million De Sans quickly woke up from their dreams and immediately began to take action!
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Guderian was awakened by the gunfire in Kur SK.
His armored army was currently stationed at Kulsk, and at this time, the first line of defense of Germany 3 was less than 30 kilometers away from Kulsk!
Therefore, when the rumbling explosions came from the front line, Gordian was immediately awakened.
"What happened?"
Gordian quickly put on his military uniform and a thick military coat before walking into his command post.
Meanwhile, the command post was already in a mess.
De San's staff officers and communications personnel were busy with their work. The staff officers were re-marking and re-plotting on the map, marking the movements of both the enemy and ourselves.
Meanwhile, the communications personnel were in contact with the various frontline troops, wanting to obtain accurate information as soon as possible.
"Mao Xiong has launched an attack. The front line has been bombarded!”
Gordian's spirit was lifted. He had finally waited for it!
He rubbed his hands excitedly and asked the staff officer,"
"Has the bearman launched a ground attack?”
The staff officer shook his head." Not yet. The fog is still very thick, and the visibility on the battlefield is not very good. Therefore, Mao Xiong has to prepare for at least an hour of bombardment. He will only attack after dawn!”
Gordian's fist and palm collided, and he was extremely excited!
Mao Xiong had been fighting with De San for more than a year. He was no longer the country bumpkin Mao Xiong from before. Now, he had learned from De San how to use armored troops to quickly penetrate and penetrate the enemy's defense line. Then, he would completely tear the enemy's defense line apart and cut them into pieces. Then, he would turn around and eat them one bite at a time!
Gordian had used this tactic many times in the past. He had even created a deep encirclement, surrounding more than 800,000 enemy soldiers in one go and wiping out half of the enemy's combat strength in one go!
Therefore, Gordian was very clear that Mao Xiong would definitely send out armored troops next!
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!
"Send a signal to the frontline command center. Tell them that we are moving northwest of the battlefield!”
Whether it was Guderian or Manstein, the first thing they thought of was to empty the center and let the enemy drive straight in. Then, they would attack from both sides and cut off the enemy's connection!
The two of them were very familiar with armor tactics. The assault power of the armored troops was powerful and extremely fast. It was very difficult to defend against them from the front, so the front line of defense would definitely fall. Once the line of defense was broken, the armored troops would drive straight in and spread out to the two wings, tearing the entire line of defense apart. The enemy's line of defense would collapse, and the entire army would fall into chaos and be wiped out.
They had used this tactic many times and knew how powerful it was. However, the two of them had also thought about how to break this tactic, and the conclusion they came to was: If the enemy's armored troops were allowed to advance, they only needed to concentrate their forces on the two flanks to cut off the connection between the enemy's armored troops and the main force in the rear. Then, the armored troops that had rushed in would be nothing but spoils of war. Without the cover of infantry, fuel, ammunition, and various supplies, the armored troops would be nothing more than a group of tigers whose teeth had been pulled out. They were not worth worrying about!
In their opinion, if they wanted to achieve a glorious victory, then this was the best tactic!
However, Manstein had an army of 1.9 million soldiers, which was why he was so confident and executed his plan meticulously. On the other hand, Gordian only had an army of 60,000 soldiers. He actually dared to use an army to fight against Mao Xiong's army of more than a million soldiers!
Goodrian was quite bold!
However, weren't the most glorious victories on the battlefield often achieved by these arrogant generals?
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