197 – Backfire (2) – Battle of Lunetsk
Even in the original history, there is a terrible operation in which an airborne unit that was wrongly deployed lost all offensive capabilities and was annihilated by the enemy’s mobile defense.
The famous Operation Market-Garden in World War II.
It was the greatest shovel that the Allied Forces, who were extremely tense in the war situation that had been pushing forward since the successful Normandy landing operation.
The German army led by Walther Model quickly built a defensive line, and the allied paratroopers whose command and communication system was destroyed by falling into the central heating area─.
Among them, the British Airborne Division suffered terrible damage, with only 2,000 out of 10,000 troops surviving.
If it’s natural, it’s natural.
No matter how much paratroopers are human weapons that have been tempered through much harsher training than ordinary infantry, everyone is equal in front of guns and tanks.
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Unlike the original history, though, there was a ‘magic soldier’ who could respond to the tank to some extent even with his bare body.
Considering the reduction in the number of airborne troops, the situation is even worse.
“Movement defense is impossible with the special agent’s troops.”
That was my decision.
“So what? No matter how weakened the enemy is, it’s a reinforced division-level force. Artillery firepower is far superior to those of us with 37mm Grizzlies on our wagons.”
Nikolai Hilbert, who is currently the brigade’s chief of staff, replies in a puzzled voice.
“Besides, it’s not a formal brigade, it’s actually a deformed brigade that only gathers deformed units, so how do you stop a fully formed division?”
“What…… During the coup, why did the person who dealt with the corps level, not the division level, become such a coward?”
“Is that the same as this?”
It was a joke that could not be seen as a conversation between a brigadier general and a lieutenant colonel in the middle of a battlefield, but it was all thanks to my trust in the officers under my command.
Stop the f*cking bureaucracy, just relax.
Hierarchical order is important as platoon commanders and company commanders must lead troops with clear charisma.
Even if you go up to the rank of regimental commander or battalion commander, there are many cases where issues that should be reported are not reported in a timely manner because of the ‘hierarchical order’.
This was also a problem for our brigade, which was so full of close friends that it was practically irrelevant even if we called it the SS.
There are several reasons.
The first is because I don’t want to be scolded, and the second is that I’m not sure if the judgment I made is correct.
But now that I’m a full-fledged brigade commander, I can’t inspect the front lines one by one.
In the process, the situation at the front could have been concealed or transformed by the field commander under pressure.
It’s better to listen to the cool swear words and win the battle to minimize the damage.
If the 7th Mobile Brigade and the entire front are collapsed in a chain reaction after showing unreasonable pride, there is no future.
Uk ran is not a rich enough country to afford a single mistake.
“Listen Nikolai, do you think we can win without magic if a bear, no matter how wounded, fights one-on-one?”
At my words, Nikolai shook his head.
“It must be impossible.”
“But what if there is magic?”
“It may be possible, albeit on a limited basis.”
“Then what should I do to increase my odds drastically?”
“You should focus on the injured part. Because that’s where it’s weak.”
“Bingo.”
I snapped my fingers.
“It looks like an augmented division. The size itself is a state in which the forces of the 52nd Mixed Division and the 4th Guards Infantry Division, which we crushed directly, were absorbed at the same time.”
“But since the reorganization wasn’t done properly, are you saying the damage is cumulative?”
“It is not cumulative. The actual fighting force would not reach even one division?”
Oldek Mitaev’s current strategy was to pour support from all divisions into the relatively intact 51st Regiment.
Of course, we have deployed regiments on other fronts, but according to intelligence gathered by our Lieutenant Colonel Luna’s excellent reconnaissance party, there is no sign of an advance.
So this is it.
“It’s a strategy called teamfighting of souls in my hometown.”
“A team fight?”
“It means one shot timing.”
In fact, the Sobie Special Operations Forces deployed in Lunetsk were on the verge of a mid-open.
What is the reason you went into the operation to kill Lunetsk in the first place?
This is because they adopted a strategy to receive a quick siren through psychological warfare that regularly cuts down the enemy’s morale, rather than pushing allies into urban combat to increase damage.
However, there was a team member who held on to his mentality well even in the situation where he was being polished in all directions.
At least, he picked up a kill with CS and prepared a final blow that would overturn the flow of the game, led by a large team member.
Gamble where the probability of losing is overwhelmingly high, but if you win, you can hit the jackpot.
There is absolutely nothing to lose for the Soviet generals who have already overturned the title of defeat.
‘I really should have secured a retreat route… ….’
Since the Soviet Empire intended to scare the Uk ranians beyond re-evaluating their strength, it was a necessary part to win the title of ‘Complete Victory’.
However, it would be more correct to say that the side effects came out because the medicine was not working as well as I expected.
“Here, and here.”
I moved the board on the tactical map. Major Hilton Calia’s 2nd Assault Battalion and Major George Smith’s Tank Battalion.
In fact, those two units were the only offensive units the 7th Mobile Brigade could mobilize and were the strongest force.
“First of all, the 2nd Battalion and Brigade Engineer Corps will be put into an isolated area where the 2nd Airborne Brigade and Special Task Force are isolated. There is a huge artillery bombardment in the field, but don’t you need a proper position to avoid it?”
“Then you’re going to launch an offensive in one battalion? A scouting unit?”
“Listen to what people say. The offensive side is not even the 1st battalion.”
I placed the 1st Battalion, which was snagging around the engagement area, over an area where the enemy was presumed to be deployed.
“While the 2nd Battalion and the Corps of Engineers support the special operations forces, the 1st Battalion hits the area deployed by the 22nd Regiment and the 4th Guards Division, which are presumed to have the weakest defense.”
“Wait a minute, you’re splitting the small army again?”
“Why are you already surprised? I have to break it down one more time.”
“????”
Now Nikolai was looking at me like a madman.
“Then the enemy will think. What the hell are these chicks? How many reinforcements did you get?”
“Are you trying to bluff?”
“Originally, when the stakes are running high, the bastard who brazenly flirts until the end wins.”
Intelligence.
The only thing that currently maintains a superior position over Oldek Mitaev’s 52nd Mixed Division is its ‘intelligence’.
He did not know how strong the 7th Mobile Brigade was.
In addition, there is a high probability that it is much more overestimated than the actual unit.
The 4th Guards Infantry Division, who had been robbed by us, has also been absorbed.
Originally, the more rumors go through the mouth, the more useless sagittarius.
He’s the one who turned a fairly normal Satan into a beehive pizza overnight, so of course he must be wary.
“While the main body of the enemy is contemplating whether to continue clearing the road or detour and help the 22nd Regiment.”
“It’s a strategy to put daggers in the nape of the tank battalion, which is the point of a real spear.”
What, I know.
But why are you making that face?
“What do you usually think about, do you spew out strategies like this…… ?”
“Okay. Maybe it’s because I recently quit smoking.”
Rumia is already in a war zone, so if you miss it, your health will deteriorate, but if you smoke cigarettes, you say that you really get sick.
Thanks to that, it’s been two days since I started quitting smoking in earnest.
It wasn’t a bad feeling that my head was strangely clear.
“Chief of Staff Nikolai.”
I changed my eyes and looked straight at my most trusted friend.
Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Hilbert, who consistently showed a friendly response, noticed my change and immediately corrected my posture.
“Can this operation succeed?”
“Hasn’t the blueprint already been prepared by the brigade commander? All I do is touch the details with the staff.”
“So you can make it successful?”
“Who is the planner?
Nikolai added, bursting with laughter.
“I can only think of how the enemy general’s expression will be distorted the moment the troops he gathered with all his might are destroyed.”
***
Soviet Imperial Army 52nd Mixed Division.
Field Headquarters of the 51st Regiment.
“Communication from the front! Currently, our 3rd battalion has broken through the defense line and is advancing! I think it will be possible to join the 22nd Regiment deployed on the left soon!”
“Yes!! Yes!!”
The commander of the 51st Regiment, who felt pressured at first, was now fully aroused to the point of banging his fist on his desk.
General Oldek Mitayev’s insight was accurate.
From small field guns to the latest generation of Imperial self-propelled guns.
As a result of hours of pounding with all available artillery firepower, the Uk ranian special operations forces’ defenses collapsed helplessly.
It was not enough that the valiant 2nd Battalion broke through the defense line and pushed the enemy airborne brigade to the rear.
The 1st Battalion succeeded in confining the special brigade of ‘Claude Lane’, the operational target put in for support, within the encirclement.
“You can do it! If!”
“As expected, you are the regiment commander! Even the division commander will be very happy!!”
“Uk ranian bastards are sh*t!”
After leaving the territory of the Soviet Empire, the first proper victory faced.
There was also an intelligence report that there was an enemy artillery fire that was unlikely to be in the middle, but the 51st Regiment commander ignored it.
It was because most of the shelling consisted of fairly small-caliber shells, and there was almost no damage to our troops.
It seems that the cornered special agents are operating even the small field guns that have been neglected here and there.
Or it may have been another artillery unit that hurriedly got out of the Lunetsk encirclement to provide artillery support.
“Seung-gi was completely captured. If you drive this momentum and push inward with the 22nd Regiment on the right…… !!”
A tactical layout that looks like a giant snake coiling around its prey.
If things go on like this, it might be possible to capture Claude Lane, whom Oldek Mitaev had been so emphasizing.
In fact, testimonies of seeing purple lightning among the soldiers at the front were arriving one after another.
“By the way, is there still no answer from our tank battalion?”
“Yes…… I just sent a messenger a few hours ago.”
“Tsk, then it is. The idiots who operate that half-assed steel coffin have no respect for the strategy.”
The regimental commander clicked his tongue hard and chewed on the laggard members of the tank battalion.
To break through the last line of defense, it is essential to have a tank that can safely protect infantry from enemy crossfire.
I wish I had a real tank…….
At the rear of the headquarters, a familiar engine sound began to be heard.
“…… ? Colonel, did you ask for tank support?”
“I haven’t done it yet. How can you ask for support when you don’t even know where the altar is?”
“Oh, that is strange. Then what about this orbital sound…….”
Kurrr.
The sound of the ground shaking came closer and closer.
The commander of the 51st Regiment thought that this might be a member of the tank battalion that Oldek Mitayev had dispatched without asking or questioning.
‘Certainly, he emphasized the use of tanks a lot in the offensive.’
However.
It really took seconds for the regimental commander to realize that something was terribly wrong.
“Ha? Now wait!?”
Because the Uk ranian tricolor flag was flying above the tank that appeared after breaking through the dense forest.
