"The oil is still insufficient?"

Hessman learned at the General Staff Operations Conference held in the early morning of April 26 that the 4th Armored Army was facing the problem of insufficient fuel.

This problem is actually caused by muddy roads, and the trucks used for logistics transportation cannot operate normally, which makes it difficult for the offensive troops to replenish fuel and supplies.

In order to alleviate the logistical difficulties of the 4th Armored Army, the Luftwaffe has even dispatched hundreds of Fokker 42 transport aircraft every day since April 23. But even so, the reinstalled 4th Armored Army still "can't eat a lot."

"Can the Air Force send more Folk 42s?" Hessman first gave the Air Force a difficult problem.

Marshal Valt Waver, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, thought for a while, replied: "Now, up to 600 aircraft can be dispatched every day, and can airdrop about 3,000 tons of supplies, ammunition and oil. However, these airdrops cannot be all given to the 48th Panzer Army, the 15th Panzer Army, the 19th Panzer Army, the 47th Panzer Army and the 58th Panzer Army. "

"Give half the airdrop limit of the 48th Armored Army," said Hessman. "Several other Armored Army can slow down their advance to save fuel."

Guderian shook his head, "1500 tons is still not enough. After all, after strengthening 11 heavy armored battalions and 3 heavy tank destroyers, the total number of tanks/assault artillery owned by the 48th Panzer Army exceeded 2,000, and most of them were heavy equipment.

In addition, there are a large number of tracked/half tracked armored vehicles in the 48th Armored Army, which are also essential to ensure combat, so the army may have more than 4,000 armored vehicles."

Reloading is definitely equated with large consumption. After the 48th Armored Army gathered 2,000 tanks and assault artillery, the attack ability is indeed extremely powerful, but the consumption is also an astronomical figure. Even if they give them the daily airdrop quota of 3,000 tons, they cannot guarantee "eat full".

"Then leave all the medium tank battalions in Volokoramsk!" Hesman thought for a moment and made a decision that surprised Guderian. "This way, the 6 armored battalions can be reduced, and the fuel should be enough."

"Marshal of the Imperial Army, this will reduce about 400 tanks," immediately raised an objection to the senior staff of the General Staff. "The total number of tanks/assault artillery owned by the 48th Panzer Army will drop to 1,600, and the opponents of the 48th Panzer Army will dispatch at least 3,000 tanks/assault artillery."

Hessman glanced at the person who raised the objection, Major General Stauffenberg, the second combat officer.

Hessman shrugged, "At most, one German tank will hit 2 Soviet tanks, there is no problem."

Hessman, who has always been more cautious, now seems full of confidence, but his confidence is not unreasonable.

Because on the Soviet-German battlefield in another time and space, German armored troops fought more frequently. If they could fight against the Soviet army with a ratio of about 1:2 armored forces, I am afraid that all German generals would wake up laughing in their dreams.

Moreover, more than 500 of these 1,600 German tanks/assault guns are powerful e-50s and "cheetahs". In addition, these two tanks/assault guns also have a killer weapon that most Soviets don't know about.

"But the total force is still a little less," Hessman decided to reduce the number of tanks invested, and decided to increase the infantry assigned to the 48th Armored Army. "Infantry has been proven to be able to effectively fight against enemy tanks in the battle since April 5th. So add infantry assigned to the 48th Armored Army. If motorized infantry cannot be drawn, some paratroopers and infantry will be drawn."

Hessman has always attached great importance to the construction of paratroopers. He expanded several paratrooper divisions in 1942 and 1943. At present, the German Wehrmacht Air Force has 7 paratrooper divisions. However, these paratrooper divisions do not necessarily fall from the sky. In many cases, they are playing the role of light infantry and are active in areas where heavy troops are difficult to penetrate.

Because the road is muddy and not very suitable for the operation of the motorized infantry division, Manstein assigned General Holt's 4th Armored Army three elite paratrooper divisions and two ordinary infantry troops (they governed 7 infantry divisions).

The decision to draw infantry and heavy armored battalions and heavy tank destroyer battalions to supplement the 48th Armored Army was quickly made.

However, the mobilization of thousands of armored vehicles (the Heavy Armored Battalion and the Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion also has many tracked/half-tracked armored support vehicles) and tens of thousands of infantry soldiers takes at least 24 hours.

On the 27th, the 48th Armored Army of the German Wehrmacht Army will march towards Klin!

At the same time, the Soviets were also busy dispatching troops to deploy defenses and preparing for a tank battle that was related to the survival of the G-ism cause.

After giving the Northern Line tank assault set to General Katukov, who had been in war, Zhukov found the armored tank marshal Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov, who was as famous as Katukov in the Red Army.

This man was also the commander of the Tank Brigade when the world revolution broke out, Lu was similar to Katukov. However, he was much more lucky on the battlefield. He first fought a battle with a good fight on the Polish battlefield, and later participated in the First Minsk Defense Battle (Belarus Battle), the Second Leningrad Rescue Battle and the Kalinin Defense Battle (the Battle of Paulus's 6th Armored Army marched to Moscow in the autumn of 1942 and was blocked from the north of Kalinin City). He was basically one of the few victorious generals in the Soviet army. Therefore, he obtained the rank of Armored Tank Soldier Marshal in the early 1944.

However, Zhukov values ​​this general who has a big round head, likes to wear a pair of black-edged round glasses, and has two beards, and looks like a Japanese army's big red deer. It is not because of his "every-win record", but because like General Katukov, he is one of the few generals in the Soviet army who truly masters the essence of armored tank soldiers.

In the early morning of the 27th, Zhukov, who had been on a very bumpy Gas-61 military off-road vehicle (actually a sedan with off-road capability), arrived at the front command of Rotmistrov's small town in Istria for several hours.

Unlike Klin, which was quickly blown up by German planes, Istria, located on the Moscow-Riga railway line, was not bombed much, and the railway and the roads extending from the city of Moscow can also be used normally.

Therefore, the Soviet army's "South Line Tank Cluster" was much easier to mobilize and deploy than the "North Line Tank Cluster". When Zhukov arrived in Istria, on the road from the small town to the north, the brigade of vehicles and infantry were moving forward in a steady stream! The "Katyusha" rocket launcher, 15m howitzers and 1m cannons pulled by a strong horse, a large number of ammunition trucks, and a su-57 tank destroyer, were almost lined up on the road!

In order to ensure the victory of the "Tank Battle", the Soviet army did its best to draw troops. Not only did two powerful guard tank armies be transferred from Moscow, but also a large number of mechanized/motorized infantrymen were also transferred, including hundreds of newly modified Su-57 tank destroyers.

According to the plan formulated by Zhukov, Pavlov and others, if the night assault of two Soviet tank clusters cannot be successful, a large number of infantry and artillery will be put into attack with the tank cluster, and crush the German armored forces with overwhelming quantity and firepower!

Zhukov got out of the car and stepped into Rotmistrov's command center surrounded by staff and guards. Marshal Rotmistrov was meeting with Rebarko, the commander of the 3rd Tank Army of the Guards, and looked at the map. The phone ringing around him kept ringing, all of whom were reporting the mobilization. Seeing Marshal Zhukov coming in, Rotmistrov and Rebarko were both surprised and saluted Zhukov.

Zhukov also returned a military salute, then looked at Rotmistrov with bright eyes and asked, "How is the trap arranged? Are you confident of defeating the Germans?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, the mobilization of the tank cluster has been basically completed, but the three infantry troops and eight tank destroyers have not been in place yet." Rotmistrov held his glasses and replied, "But fortunately, the Germans did not move all day on the 26th, so we still have enough time."

Admiral Rebarco, who was standing beside him, looked impatient and asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, if the Germans do not attack Klin, what should we fight?"

Zhukov smiled, walked to the map platform, and pointed his finger at the direction of Kalinin City on the map: "With a whole front army as bait, how could the Germans not rush into the trap? If the Kalinin Front and the Central Front Army prepare to join forces, the total Red Army around Moscow will be almost 3 million. How many Germans are preparing to die for Moscow?"

He took the map: "So even if Hessman sees through our plots, he will still take a chance and send out the most elite armored troops. As long as we can annihilate them, it will be impossible for the Germans to surround Moscow before the arrival of winter of 1944. In this way, our war of attrition with the Germans can be successfully delayed until 1945... I believe the Japanese will not last for that long!"

"Japan can't hold on for too long?" Rotmistrov felt a little strange. His current job is the deputy commander of the armored corps and works in the command department. He knows a lot of news, but none of them says that Japan will not be able to support 1945.

"Yes!" Zhukov nodded, "It's certainly certain... because American submarines have posed a huge blow to Japan's maritime transportation lines, and starting from April, the activity of American submarines will increase significantly! So the Germans will never miss any chance that they might defeat us in 1944."

Before he could finish his words, a staff officer reported loudly: "Report that the Red Flag 1st Army of the Preparatory Front, the position in Telvivo, is now being violently bombarded and bombed!"
Chapter completed!