Chapter 1053: 19.Panzer.Vor! (2)

"It would be nice if there were enough mines."
Roland bit the pencil shaft and sighed with regret in the command.
In front of him was the combat map provided by the Second Army. On the surface, the defense system in Sedan was seamless, and it seemed that almost every corner could be covered by firepower points of different sizes. But not to mention the greasiness in the pile of bunkers, even this drawing is far from impeccable.
Golly, at the northern apex of the Meuse, meandering at this position, is a critical springboard location for the offensive. If the armored cluster rushed all the way from the north through the Ardennes to the banks of the Meuse, there is no doubt that the first goal is this gap, and there are a number of textile factory buildings on the other side of the river, which are used to store rubber boats for crossing the river, Storage points for assault boats and various bridging equipment can't be more suitable. In such an important position, Charlemagne did not construct a bunker and dug a trench.
In fact, the terrain here is more suitable for laying minefields than to build a pile of bean curd projects. However, all resources are given priority to the production of offensive weapons. Landmines are "infamous", "cowardly", " Weapons that are no longer necessary can't get even scraps. Even if there are a number of mines on hand, because of the situation of the Second Army, they have not thanked the black market for repayment, and they cannot thank them for honestly laying minefields.
This is the dilemma facing Roland.
The defense of the Meuse River to Sedan cannot be expected at all, without resources, time, morale and will. Even if it starts to adjust now, it will not be able to keep up with the timeline of the Defense Force.
The focus can only be on Bastogne and St. Vitus.
Only by launching a blocking war on these two transportation hubs and slowing down the enemy's footsteps will it be possible to win back-off time for the troops on the Rhine front.
There are a few things to note here.
1. Time when the battle was launched.
2. Combat intensity.
3. Tactical application.
4. The timing of retreat.
The time when the battle is launched cannot be too early, it will stimulate the defense army to start the response plan in advance, and it is too late to stop the revolving door during the start. The combat intensity is the same, too weak or too strong will cause trouble. Needless to say, the application of tactics and the timing of retreat.
To put it bluntly, all questions can be attributed to one answer—logistics.
In the famous "Guerrilla Song", the lyrics "No food, no clothes, no enemy, no enemy. No guns, no artillery, no enemy to make us" lyrics. Rather than a ruthless mockery of "Kaishin Logistics" and "Captain of Transportation," it is a portrayal of the helpless embarrassment and an expression of revolutionary optimism in the army with scarce supplies and logistical difficulties. In dealing with wars where walking is the main mode of movement, securing combat power through seizures may be a solution to the difficulties. But in the overall battle of high-intensity mechanization, this is not realistic. Even if the party with scarce materials has played a lot of outstanding battle tactics, as long as the resources held by the other party are continuously converted into overwhelming combat power, it is only a matter of time before the other party is overwhelmed.
The two world wars have proved this very clearly. The start of the Axis Powers Group can not be described as not brilliant and eye-catching, and the Allied Powers Group is indeed extremely disturbed, and even the opportunity is forced to the brink of dying. However, once the resources held by the Allies began to work, the strategic reserves of the Axis Powers were used up a little, the war machine that had lost its blood supply gradually failed, and the whole country began to slide step by step into the abyss of failure until it finally burst into shock. collapse.
It is no exaggeration to say that resources and logistics are the most critical factors that directly determine the outcome of a war.
Specific to Roland and the B Corps of the Defence Forces, it is that Roland can correctly determine the main direction of the Defence Force, the marching route and even the attack launch time, but there are not enough resources-from the precarious material reserves to the weak transportation and support forces-to initiate A targeted counterattack or defense. Even blocking the advancement of enemy forces seemed extremely reluctant. In contrast, the B Corps of the Defence Forces may be temporarily blocked, but their resources and sufficient pre-war preparations are sufficient to ensure that they can quickly cross all obstacles, at most a deviation from the schedule.
Let a battalion-level light armored unit with 8 shells a day and 20 bullets per capita cannot be blocked to block the armored group of troops that are full and full of ammunition, and the ammunition is too much to lose, and the air force supports the whole process? This is not the Battle of Onsen Pass. Even if Leonida climbs out of the ground and brings his 7,000 muscle brothers to help Roland, it will only make them a pool of blood and mud under the tracks of the meowed chariots. That's it.
What do you say? Is money great? Can you do whatever you want with money?
Put it on the defense, that is, the elves casually lit a cigar, opened a bottle of Fanta, and then stared at the Charlemagne with their nostrils, saying: "I'm sorry, the supplies are sufficient, the logistics are awesome, it's really amazing, really. Do whatever you want. But I don't think you will understand this feeling."
The trench is truly inhuman.
It can be said that compared with the macro strategy, the resource and logistics constraints more intuitively limit Roland's tactical choices when formulating Arden to block the war.
"The conclusion is, can we only delay the time by intervening in the equivalent of strategic attack magic and interfering with climate and geology?
Fafna smirked with a narrow expression on her cheek.
As long as it can cause trouble to Alfheim and Li Lin, she likes it, not to mention the big trouble this time.
Although the armored forces are much stronger than traditional infantry troops in terms of mechanistic power and cross-country obstacle-crossing capabilities, they still have not been able to get rid of the limitations of weather and geography. Plain areas may be better. In areas where roads are concentrated and passing areas are narrow, weather and environmental impacts will be magnified to the extreme.
A heavy rainfall outside of the weather forecast, a sudden heavy fog, and a landslide that was not predicted-all will delay the advancement of the armored forces and cannot complete the tactical maneuver according to the predetermined schedule.
Even the mighty tiger chariot ~EbookFREE.me~ is stuck in the quagmire. The continual supply of supplies can only slowly struggle with the tank troops. The repair vehicle responsible for towing the tank is busy dragging heavy vehicles and materials out of the mud. There is no time to repair roads and bridges, let alone how to Solve traffic jams. As for the advancement schedule? No time to manage it!
When the highway was blocked by a long convoy, and then the railway was systematically damaged, the Group B army group was continuously blocked on the road for two days and the movements were not light.
In this way, the problems of insufficient military strength and insufficient resources have basically been alleviated. There is no need to dismantle the already weak two battalions 901 and 902 to use them.
As long as we find a way to deal with the spread of interfering particles throughout Charlemagne during the war, try to maintain contact with the Rhine front and coordinate the organization of the retreat of the Rhine front. This war can avoid the worst ending, and there is still room for recovery afterwards.
"Charlemagne... No, is the fate of the world tied to this battle..."
Sentences with no sense of reality, strange heavy silence came, and amethyst-like eyes gazed quietly at the map that had been seen countless times.