Only children would make multiple choice questions, and Manstein expressed that he wanted all of them!
If the Central Army Group wanted to be saved, the Southern Army Group naturally had to be saved as well!
The head of state only considered one option because he judged based on common sense. He believed that Manstein's troops would never be able to support both the central battlefield and the southern battlefield in a short period of time.
Under normal circumstances, this judgment was correct, but Manstein could not be looked at with ordinary eyes!
He had never been willing to use the god-tier item, Rapid March, that he had obtained from the system.
However, this time, in order to save the Central Army Group and the Southern Army Group at the same time, Manstein had to consider using this item!
After the military parade in Leningrador, Manstein did not rest. He immediately led his troops to the battlefield of the Central Army Group.
The reason why the Central Army Group was caught in a bitter battle, and even somewhat unable to hold on, was entirely because Model's 9th Army Group had been suddenly transferred away, causing them to be lacking in strength and unable to hold the long front line.
In addition, Zhukov's tactics were very targeted. Taking advantage of the weakness of the German army, he attacked everywhere and spread the flames of war to the entire front line. This made the German army difficult to resist!
And to solve this problem, the solution was very simple!
He quickly pulled his troops to the battlefield to replace Model's Ninth Army and fill the gap in the German army.
In this way, the German defense line would naturally be stable!
However, this method only treated the symptoms but not the root cause!
Even with the addition of Manstein's 11th Army, the German forces in the Lezhev region were still inferior to the Soviets.
After all, the total population of Mao Xiong was close to 180 million, while the population of the Third Reich was only about 70 million. The difference in population between the two sides was more than 100 million, and this gap of more than 100 million could not be easily made up!
The Soviets could recruit young adults from the 180 million population to join the army. In theory, they could form an army of nearly 20 million people. Even if they had lost more than 5 million troops in the past year, they still had 15 million troops to use.
At this time, the size of the Soviets had already approached 10 million!
On the other hand, the Third Reich had a maximum of seven to nine million soldiers.
Taking into account the casualties and the consumption of other battlefields, the German army could not invest more than four million troops in the Eastern Front.
Using 4 million to fight 10 million, the disadvantage of insufficient manpower was naturally extremely obvious. This was something that could not be changed at all!
Therefore, if Manstein directly pulled his troops into the battlefield, they could at most defend against the Soviets 'attack.
However, the intelligence showed that the Soviets were gathering troops from the north, east, and other battlefields. They were beginning to gather in the Lezhev area. Zhukov's current troops were not the limit of his available troops!
In other words, even if the German army could block the Soviets 'attack at this time, it did not mean that they could block the Soviets' follow-up reinforcements.
What was even worse was that this kind of defensive battle would often last for several months, even half a year, or even a year.
Once the reinforcement troops were sent to the front line to fill in the gaps, unless other reinforcements came to replace them, it was basically impossible to withdraw from the battle!
If Manstein and his troops were unable to escape, then he would not be able to lead the Southern Army Group to turn the tide!
Therefore, from the very beginning, Manstein had no intention of directly entering the battlefield!
To neutralize the attack of the Soviets, one should not start from the front. That would only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. Instead, one should aim at the weakest area of the Soviets and kill them with one strike. This way, the crisis faced by the Central Army Group would naturally be resolved!
However, where was the weakness of the Soviets?
"Zhukov's attack in the Lezhev Zone seems to be very unfocused. However, if we study it carefully, we will find that the number of troops on the left wing is obviously less than that on the right wing.”
On the way to the Lejev region, Manstein gathered the staff officers in the army and discussed the details of the battle with them.
Most of these staff officers were graduates of Bolin Military College. They were generally between 25 to 32 years old. Their military ranks were not high. From second lieutenant to major, most of them were first lieutenant and captain.
These people were rich in theoretical knowledge and belonged to the typical academic school. However, they lacked actual combat experience and were very armchair.
In war, it was taboo to talk about military tactics on paper. The battlefield was constantly changing, and a small factor could affect the entire battle situation.
The objective conditions could not meet the expectations made by people on the blueprint, so battlefield experience was extremely important to them.
If they could not accumulate enough combat experience, it would be difficult for them to formulate an effective and realistic battle plan!
The General Staff of the German army had always been a place where famous generals came out in large numbers. Even Manstein himself came from the General Staff.
Therefore, he knew very well what these people needed and what to avoid.
Therefore, he didn't mind giving them some pointers to help them grow as soon as possible.
Perhaps among these people, there would be a famous general like him in the future, or even more powerful than him!
The young advisors were naturally very excited to learn from the legendary generals of the empire.
When they heard Manstein's question, they immediately racked their brains and thought hard.
Obviously, they all realized that if they could accurately answer Marshal Manstein's question, their status in Marshal Manstein's heart would definitely increase by a lot!
If they could leave a deep impression on Marshal Manstein, they would be promoted in the future, and their chances of being put in an important position would be much greater than others!
The outstanding talent training system of the empire's army had sent them a large number of famous generals.
For these young officers at the bottom, this path of promotion was extremely difficult. The reason was simple. There were too many competitors, and the competition was too fierce!
Therefore, if he wanted to stand out, he had to be outstanding!
"The Soviets have gathered more than three million troops in the southern battlefield, and our left wing is very fragile. It is almost no threat to their right wing. Under such circumstances, they are still gathering a large number of troops here.”
Seeing that everyone could not see through the Soviets 'intentions, Manstein reminded them again.
"Could it be that the reason is that?"
Suddenly, a young second lieutenant said excitedly.
It seemed that he had already found the answer!
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