188 – Operation Transcendence (2) – The Barden Offensive
As soon as the operation time came, Luna Aire’s reconnaissance battalion ran straight toward Barden Forest. Basically, since all battalions were lightly armed with the 7th Mobile Brigade, they were able to deploy very efficiently.
What was the reason for the military support battalion?
After all, the most important thing in the ‘Spring Storm’ plan, which was a strategy for large consumption, is mobility.
While the front divisions were holding on to the Imperial Army’s ankles in Sobi, who had launched an all-round invasion, they broke through the frontline based on their quick mobility.
In order to encircle and annihilate the enemy who is confronting the allies by jumping out from the rear, the advance speed of the troops had to be taken into consideration.
Especially because it is a reconnaissance unit that is the first to be put into the battlefield and assists the follow-up assault battalion and armored battalion to take control of the area.
They worked closely with another battalion, the brigade engineer battalion, and quickly cleared the way.
I wonder if the enemy didn’t think that they would launch a counterattack.
There were no troops stationed in Barden Forest at all.
The vanguard of the 7th Mobile Brigade was able to bring the forest into their territory without difficulty.
“Secure zone 3 completed.”
As soon as the report from the reconnaissance battalion is heard, the brigade engineers move quickly. Cut down trees, dig, and create roads.
Uk ran in February is by no means easy.
Rasputica wasn’t just harassing the Empire for consumption.
It is also the reason that most troops except armored units are ‘light infantry’ marching on foot.
At least it was because moving on foot was less affected than by car or horse.
Also, the level of vehicleization is sloppy due to lack of time, but Enoch knew very well that if he rushed into the same terrain ahead of greed, it was likely that he would end up looking like the German army of the original history.
“Road Creation.”
“Earth Wall Reinforce!”
There were some who simply held a shovel and compacted the ground, but the most popular in the sapper work were ‘yellow mages’, human heavy equipment.
Although he was relatively neglected in direct magic battles, Enoch Levandel had no intention of making fun of the yellow mages, who boasted fraudulent performance in fortification and terrain development.
Distributed deployment according to the role of magic soldiers included in the National Defense Reform Plan was also the work of Enoch Levandel.
As expected, the yellow mages showed insane work efficiency.
Hilton Calia and George Smith’s ‘main attack’ troops entered Barden Forest without difficulty.
So February 26th.
It’s only been two days since the Empire’s attack began on Soviet, which is written as a special operation and read as an all-round offensive.
In the south of Lunetsk, adjacent to the Barden Forest.
Kurrr!!
A fleet of steel battleships with the mark of the 7th Mobile Brigade appeared.
***
Oldek Mitaev, commander of the 52nd division, was on the verge of going crazy. It’s only been the second day since the start of the war, and I still haven’t penetrated that damn trench line.
Yes, trench lines are impenetrable.
However, the problem is that the losses suffered in return are indescribable.
The 22nd Regiment, which was scheduled to cross the river and attack the trench line, reached a state of destruction with the regiment commander killed and 25% of the troops blown away by enemy artillery fire.
The 6th Regiment, which was in charge of the main attack, also attacked the trench line on the first day, but was repulsed as it was, resulting in casualties close to 1,000.
The 17th and 51st Regiments, which can be seen as complete troops, had a strong auxiliary concept to give strength to the main attack.
Oldek’s division has in fact become a behavior in which the main power is completely destroyed.
He was the one who went out to inspect the disgraceful defeat that kept coming from the frontlines, filled with anger to the tip of his head.
He couldn’t even get angry with his men after ignoring the experience of being exposed to overwhelming Uk ranian artillery fire and almost dying.
The line of trenches stretching endlessly along the Sherkiu province line was literally close to a gigantic slaughterhouse.
The moment the attack was ordered, it took only a few minutes for a single platoon of troops to melt away.
To da da da da da da da da da da da da.
Dr.
The sound of machine guns filling the battlefield. A human scream is overlaid on top of it, and even that sound soon turns into a heavy silence.
Two days ago, all of the warriors who fought the battle who shouted the national anthem loudly in the four heats had become cowards caught in the fear of death.
However, no matter how mad Oldeck was in his field of study, he was not a human scumbag to the point of driving his men to death even after seeing such a scene.
Besides, if he ordered an additional attack here, maybe his men would rather get a bullet hole in their head than die with a machine gun.
In the end, OLDEC realized belatedly that simply beating people would only add more corpses, and launched only a passive offensive (even calling it an offensive is ambiguous).
As a result, the offensive capabilities of the 52nd Mixed Division had already reached a state of extinction.
The battle between the empire and the fledgling kingdom that has just begun to rebuild is unbelievable.
He was once an old deck who would put his pistol in his mouth and try to pull the trigger.
After hearing that the situation in other campaigns was not much different, he almost gave up halfway.
“Commander! What are you doing!?”
“Ah, adjutant. Would you like to come and have a drink?”
Towards the adjutant shouting in a bewildered voice, Oldeck handed over the glass with a hollow smile. The glass was filled with clear vodka.
Amidst the ongoing war, the top commander is not in a position to show. The lieutenant’s expression hardened.
If it was usual, a command would have come from a major, asking, “Where did a nasty man make such an expression?”
Oldek sipped his glass and answered without a single expression on his face.
“Adjutant. Have you heard the report from the city of Edessa?”
“Yes, isn’t that currently stuck too? If so, shouldn’t we push even harder on our side!”
“If only it was Edessa.”
Oldeck, pouring a glass of alcohol into his mouth, pointed at his tactical map with his finger.
“How is this place? Haraneu. The 13th Infantry Division and the 193rd Cavalry Brigade, which are good at quick maneuvers, were put in at the same time because it was a plain area no less than ours.”
“Are you talking about the Haraneu Front… ….”
The adjutant could not answer hastily. It was because I had just heard a report from the Division Operations Division that an entire battalion had been deleted from the cavalry brigade deployed to Haraneu.
“What about the southeastern part of the Sherkiu axis that the Lunetsk rebels were supposed to take over?”
The adjutant’s head lowered gradually.
Oldeck’s 52nd division would have done well, but the rebel forces in Lunetsk hadn’t even achieved that much.
Unlike our regiment, which penetrated the 1st trench line and was repulsed by the Uk ranians, including powerful aircraft.
The rebel forces in the Lunetsk region, numbering up to one division, were unable to establish basic positions, let alone trench lines, and were struggling.
Ukrain was not formidable enough to see the enemy openly exposed and only shoveling.
Amid the heavy artillery bombardment, the ragtag division, a mixture of former deserters and forcibly recruited from the region, collapsed as it were.
Where did the reserve regiment of the 52nd Division go right now?
It had been dispatched to seize command of the fleeing Lunetsk rebels.
“We decided to call this a total mess. It’s not something I can solve alone.”
A corps-level, and even the elite, was wriggling on the frontlines of Uk ran.
Just hearing that story made me feel like all my strength was draining from my body, but from the point of view of the old deck commander who had to actually command the troops, he had no choice but to give up.
“Yeah, but will the military department send a follow-up regular division soon?”
“If that was the case, I should have caught up with you when the report went up yesterday. That way, even after we have searched, the follow-up unit will pave the way.”
The warden shook his head and added.
“Even if we rush in like this and recapture the trench line, is there any guarantee that it won’t be captured like the first day? The damage suffered then has not yet been repaired. If that happened again, our division would be incapable of combat.”
Oldek’s logic made the adjutant feel that he too was being encroached upon.
Because even though he was only a major, he had some jurisdiction over tactical strategy.
Even if the division’s power is sharpened to clear a path, if the allies who will maintain the path do not arrive, then it is very clear that unless you are an idiot, you are an idiot.
“The Empire is more incompetent than you think. I am incompetent too. What do you want from an incompetent organization made up of incompetent people?”
In the end, Oldeck’s judgment was ‘Jonber’. At least there is no chance that Uk ranian forces will go on the offensive.
If you charge his men here, it’s clear that only the poor manpower will die, and you won’t be able to take care of anything.
Stay there until reinforcements arrive from the Soviet Empire.
It was an attitude that stemmed from such a judgment.
“Anyway, the more time you drag, the more advantageous this side is.”
The Reinhalt Empire, the same imperial ally, deployed troops in the border area. Even if I’m looking at my liver now, if I gradually feel that it’s worth trying, I’ll go straight across the border and advance into Uk ran.
Because it wasn’t just the Soviet Empire that showed the ambition to conquer.
However, if the Freedom Association, including the Prüh Free Democratic State, could help, that was not the case either.
The Kingdom of Adaliya was now pressuring the Free Democratic Republic of Prü in all directions.
Ocean means sea, land means land. It is clear that the Free Democrats of Fru will never want this war to escalate, as long as it has a direct border with the Kingdom of Adalya.
It goes without saying that the front yard of my house is more important than the neighboring Uk ran across the street.
If you are incompetent, you can suppress that incompetence with the difference in national power that remains.
Because even if a little kid fights a little well, he won’t be able to subdue a strong adult man.
“So you can have a drink too. You are blessed.”
The fact that I wasn’t one of the officers being cut from the front line was enough to make me think so.
The moment when the lieutenant, swallowed up by Oldeck’s logic, was about to hand over the cup as if possessed.
An officer from the Operational Staff Department ran into the division commander’s tent in a huff.
“Division commander!! The 4th Guards Infantry Division has sent an urgent request for assistance!”
“Hmm?”
Isn’t the 4th Guards Infantry Division a reserve division that was scheduled to be added to the occupation of Edessa?
Oldeck couldn’t understand. Under normal circumstances, the reserve division, which has not yet been put in, would request support…….
“They said they were attacked by Uk ranian forces! An unidentified unit is currently advancing at high speed, penetrating our lines of deployment!!”
“What!?”
“There is also a story that the unit is led by Enoch Levandel!”
A counter-offensive in the midst of this?
Besides, if the 4th Guards Infantry Division was attacked, wouldn’t it mean that they had come up the Barden Forest, which is said to be a fortress blessed by nature?
It seems that the core of the Special Operations Forces deployed in this operation has been pierced.
Moreover, at this rate, his own 52nd Division, which had been deployed in Sherqiu as the forefront of his corps, would almost certainly be surrounded.
“hahahaha…… Ha ha ha ha ha!!”
Oldeck burst into laughter and threw the glass from his hand behind him. Glass shattered with a sharp sound.
“Unlike anyone else, even if you are competent, you are too competent.”
The division commander let out a bitter breath and said.
The horribly broken glass was no different from his situation.
