Chapter 1243 Reliable without Fear

Historically, when Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the total number of tanks was less than 4,000, and the number of the most powerful tanks 3 and 4 was seriously insufficient.

And now? The German offensive team already has more than 20,000 tanks, and the main force is the Panther 3 tank, and the Tiger tank is the elite. Compared with the previous one, the attack power is greatly improved.

In the past, Guderian was reluctant, because there were only so many troops under him, but now? The equipment of the Central Army is the most powerful. It has two tank groups, of which the second armored group has jurisdiction over the 3rd, 17th, and 18th armored divisions, and the 1st SS armored corps, with a total of about 3,800 battle tanks.

The 3rd Panzer Group has jurisdiction over the 7th, 14th, 20th, 12th, 19th Panzer Divisions, and the 2nd SS Panzer Corps, with a total of about 5,089 battle tanks.

Guderian wanted to go south because he saw the fighters keenly, and Manstein might have had the same idea, but he wouldn't mention it, because Manstein would think it was his shame.

As long as Guderian sent the second armored group in the south, nearly 4,000 tanks and hundreds of thousands of powerful troops were enough to complete the task of encircling Kyiv with Manstein's existing troops.

And the third armored group in Guderian's hands can still continue to move forward. The Soviets are now hurriedly deploying several lines of defense from Smolensk to Moscow, almost all of which are second-line troops, and their combat effectiveness is very poor. Derian, with one of his armored groups, five thousand tanks, was enough to finish.

In this way, after encircling the defenders of Kyiv and eliminating the threat on his flank, the second armored group quickly returned to support, and could catch up with the battle of the siege of Moscow.

At the same time, there is also the powerful Northern Army Corps, which is also advancing towards Moscow. What else does Guderian have to worry about?

This is also the reason for the deployment of troops.

Germany's most powerful army is the Middle Army, and the Soviet Union's most powerful is the Southwest Army, which is why Guderian is going all the way, and Manstein is constantly in trouble.

Of course, Cyric knew that Guderian's proposal was not for the so-called military exploits, but for the real consideration of the empire. Since everything is safe, what is there to worry about?

"I gave an order that after the Middle Army Group captured Smolensk, the second armored group quickly went south to assist Manstein and encircle the defenders of Kyiv together!"

With the issuance of this order, the fate of the defenders of Kyiv was also doomed. They would never have imagined that a German army would suddenly appear behind them. Their so-called Dnieper River Scratch was an absolute joke.

"In the occupied areas of Ukraine, we will quickly restore traffic, rebuild the broad-gauge railway, and let our engineering team create new miracles, lay the railway as soon as possible, and send enough supplies to our front lines." Cyric continued: "Before that, we can use our transport planes for transport and increase supplies."

The Central Route Army fought very hard, and that was also because of the wide-gauge railway, which made the transportation of materials very convenient, and the South Road was very difficult.

Cyric did not know that with the mobilization of his own army, he had successfully abolished a general of the Soviet Union.

Although they encountered difficulties, on the whole, Germany was still on the offensive, and the Soviets on the opposite side were also using all their strength for their survival.

Roy Fokker, jumped from a thousand meters in the air without a parachute. This was almost a mortal situation, but he survived. After a few days of rest in the hospital bed, Roy recovered. Started training Soviet pilots with others, and the first task was a meeting with Soviet Air Force experts.

"In the past few days, we have tested this aircraft. At medium and low altitudes, we found that the performance of the P-39 Flying Snake fighter is really good, but now, what we need most is not such a plane that can only dominate low altitudes. The planes, our biggest threat, are the German high-altitude bombers, and we need to be able to stop them if they drop those terrifying bombs on our cities."

Rabkin, the chief engineer of the Air Force Academy of Sciences, said to the Americans present: "We need high-altitude fighter jets. Can the engine of this aircraft be improved and a supercharger installed, so that our aircraft can fly to ten thousand Two thousand meters in the sky."

During the test flights in the past few days, they have strengthened this view even more. The flight performance of this aircraft has deteriorated quite severely when it exceeds 6000 meters. If it continues to fly upwards, it can only climb slowly and patiently, which has no practical value. .

Hearing the other party's complaint, the American experts present shook their heads one after another: "No, the space behind is too small, and there is no place to place the supercharger."

For the United States, because there is no mature Merlin engine to study, the United States has not thoroughly understood the high-altitude supercharger. The existing aircraft with supercharger is not enough for the United States' own aircraft. How can they give it to the United States? Soviets.

What was given to the Soviets was not wanted by the United States. It was given to the Soviets as surplus materials. Although they could not be at high altitudes, it did not mean that all the planes were at high altitudes. Those Stukas and those HS-129s were not all at ultra-low altitudes. Is it flying? You can hit those.

Seeing that it was going to be cold here, Roy joked on the side: "I thought you should complain that the door of the plane cannot be opened in the air, and there is no way to escape."

Roy wanted to use his American humor to ease the embarrassment: "After all, not everyone is as lucky as me."

However, the joke he made was useless, and Safonov, who was present, only answered briefly: "That hatch is indeed a bit unusual, but we don't care."

not give a damn about? Roy asked curiously, "Why?"

"Because we don't know how to skydive," Safonov said. "As long as we fly the plane to the sky, we never think about surviving, even if we hit it, we will knock down the enemy's plane."

The scene became more silent.

For the Americans, the war that took place on the other side of the ocean is just a topic for them after dinner. Although the war has broken out between the United States and the island countries, after all, it was at sea, and it did not spread widely.

In the Soviet Union, war is everywhere, and everyone faces the test of life and death at any time.

Their fighting will is firm, such pilots are worthy of respect, and they have won the appreciation of the United States.

"I think we can try it and ask Allison for information on this kind of engine. Maybe we can add a supercharger to them in the Soviet Union." Finally, an expert from the United States made a statement.