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Brief introduction of German Blitzkrieg in World War II! ! ! !
Brief introduction of German blitzkrieg tactics in World War II

Guderian, the director of German armored forces, and Marshal Rommel Mü nster are known as one of the three German military geniuses in World War II. He is also an armored general who proposed and gave full play to blitzkrieg. He believes that in the new war, armored clusters should become the main strike force. An independent armored corps should be established, with the support of a powerful air force and motorized infantry, to quickly cross enemy lines and improve the mobility of troops on the battlefield. And seized a large number of military supplies when encircling the enemy. The purpose of blitzkrieg is to penetrate the enemy's defense lines, then double-fold, and finally destroy or partially destroy the enemy. Its winning factors are surprise attack, moving speed, shocking action from the ground and air, and the master control of the attack power. Under this tactic, all commanders must give full play to their innovative spirit. For example, a German armored division is advancing on the enemy. The front line is the reconnaissance troops, whose main task is to discover the enemy's situation. These reconnaissance troops use armored vehicles to carry out their tasks on the main roads, and patrol with motorcycles on the branch roads and small roads. Accompanied by the observers in front of the artillery and the air traffic controllers in front of the air force, they can quickly call for ground and air fire support. After discovering the enemy's situation and returning the enemy's situation, the reconnaissance troops should try their best to avoid the enemy's main position and advance at the fastest speed to maintain the momentum of the whole army. They can contact the army commander by radio at any time. The army commander is responsible for controlling the advancing speed and deciding whether the whole army should avoid the enemy position discovered by the reconnaissance troops or attack this position. The commander's position is also at the forefront of the whole army, closely following the striker. If he decides to attack, he can give an order by radio, and attack force will leave the marching route as soon as possible.

The center of gravity of the attack is obviously the best position for the commander to launch an attack, and he must try his best to concentrate his forces to ensure that the attack force can break through this point with overwhelming force-as guderian said: "If you want to fight, you can't fight hard, just a few times!" .

The purpose of this preemptive attack is to make a hole in the enemy's defense line. Once the goal is achieved, another unit of the armored division will quickly pass through this hole, avoiding the enemy's main position and moving forward. These are the space and gap tactics of blitzkrieg. The purpose is to let armored forces go deep behind enemy lines and control enemy communication lines. At the same time, immediately behind the main force that has completed the breakthrough are some auxiliary forces, perhaps mainly mechanized infantry. Their task is to sweep away any isolated remnants of the enemy and carry out flank attacks on the enemy near the gap to ensure the safety of the gap that has been opened on the enemy line. The purpose of this attack is to make this gap open permanently. At the same time, the spearhead of the attack continued to move forward. Incorporate more Germans as soon as possible. The sooner you go deeper into the enemy lines, the greater the fear and confusion you will cause to the enemy. The key point is to strengthen victory, avoid actions that may fail, give up uncertain attacks, and deploy troops to other places on the battlefield that may achieve greater results.

There are many necessary conditions for this kind of action, such as the spirit of collective cooperation, good command and control, accurate time coordination and uninterrupted radio communication. At the same time, if possible, we must seize the opportunity of winning the surprise attack. This tactic does not advocate large-scale mobilization of troops, lengthy shelling before launching an attack, or long-term deployment of troops to prepare for an attack, because these practices will give the enemy time to prepare for defense matters. Blitzkrieg pays attention to overwhelming forces without warning in advance.