216 – Sunset (6) – The Gdanskow Offensive
The 7th Mobile Brigade, led by Rumia Bluet, began to advance rapidly.
As most of the units have completed vehicleization, the mobility in Gdankouf, where the roads were relatively well maintained, must have far exceeded Reinhardt’s expectations.
The Reinhardt Empire, noticing the invasion of Polania by the Uk ranians, immediately fortified some villages and expanded the defense line.
“I can’t afford to be caught up in their time dragging.”
“But won’t we be surrounded if we go too far in?”
“Our 7th Brigade is the vanguard. If he manages to break through the defenses and strike an enemy tribute in the waist, Reinhalt will definitely have to redeploy his defenses. In the meantime, if the division’s main force arrives…….”
“You’ll be able to drive the enemy out completely. Yes, I understand.”
Breaking the tribute through Gdankow and adding strength to the Expeditionary Command, which is launching an offensive on the southern front of Polania.
To put it bluntly, it seemed like they were forcing the 7th Brigade to sacrifice, but no one showed any dissatisfaction.
The 7th Brigade has always served as the vanguard since Enoch Levandel was the brigade commander. From brigadier Rumia Blue to low-level soldiers.
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They took pride in being the first to go into battle, and it was considered an honor indeed.
“I’m sorry.”
However, doing my best in an assigned task and feeling guilty for Rumia Bluet were two different issues.
“Why are you apologizing, Brigadier General?”
“That’s right. Because it’s something you have to do. It’s something I’ve always hoped for. I haven’t had a chance before, but today I intend to complete my mission, even at the cost of my life.”
The 2nd battalion commander, who has always held staff positions at the center, replied with a determined look. He requested so much that he wanted to go to the field, but it was only now that he had come to realize that wish.
It wasn’t just the 2nd battalion commander. Because everyone was humbly accepting the mission given to them.
“Colonel, you must be careful. After this war is over, aren’t you going to throw the division commander off the hook?”
“Yes?!”
“Puhahahahaha!!”
The tense atmosphere was relieved by a joke from the 2nd battalion commander.
“That’s right. Brigadier, once the war is over, let’s do a kokuratriship show. We bet the brigade commander?”
“What do you mean by that!!”
Rumia screamed loudly, but the battalion commanders and staff under her command only burst into laughter as they looked at each other.
Yes.
It was rather a shame that the atmosphere was relaxed.
That way, you can dilute the feeling of going into the limbs.
I thought it was just like that.
“…… 2Nd battalion commander.”
The face of the middle-aged officer who was joking at him was unrecognizable.
His existence could only be inferred from the name of the two chrysanthemums hanging from the shoulder straps of his military uniform and his bloodstained combat uniform.
Karta, a village in Gdanskow.
It was around the time that the 2nd Battalion was conducting village evacuation operations for a quick advance. A Reinhalt armored unit stationed nearby arrives to assist the town.
The sorcerers equipped with AS-1 immediately responded and repulsed them without difficulty.
The problem occurred after that.
The Reinhalt unit, which was defending the vicinity of Carta, judged that armored units had rushed into the village, and contacted the upper management to request large-scale artillery support.
The rain of steel fell over the 2nd battalion.
Fortunately, most of the buildings are made of concrete and bricks, so the damage to the garrison troops hiding in the village was minor.
The command of the 2nd Battalion, which had established its headquarters in a nearby forest area to conduct operations, suffered a serious blow.
A battalion commander warrior.
A number of staff members, including the chief of staff, were injured.
“…… The temporary command of the 2nd Battalion is assumed by the 2nd Company Commander.”
“I will do my best, Brigadier General.”
Chuck.
The captain, who clearly looked tired, saluted as he rolled up his hands.
Rumia looked at his back. A young officer who calmly carries the sorrow of losing his comrades.
It overlapped with his former self.
War.
War still hasn’t changed.
***
It did not take long for Reinhalt Command to be overthrown. Are you tentacles? I had never heard of or thought of such a tactic.
I thought there was some essence in the maneuver warfare, but the Uk ranians were carrying out a bizarre operation that I could not have imagined at all as if it were funny, and they were slaughtering all the Kaiser Jaegers who had descended to the rear.
As the situation was urgent, Reinhalt’s main attack expanded the secured Bzura axis and opened the way to advance with the intention of catching even the remaining airborne troops.
At the same time, tribute was sent in the direction of Gdanskow to break through the relatively weak western defenses.
But that was also blocked.
It was so clever that they waited until the main combat unit had passed to some extent before attacking the rear.
No matter how sharp the spear is, excluding the blade, it is nothing more than a blunt wooden handle.
Uk ran quickly and powerfully penetrated and succeeded in cutting off the back of the tribute.
The commander of the 2nd Corps, who was in command of the unit in question, was confused and repeated misjudgments.
It’s still a narrow Gdankoop.
As far as putting forward armored units, the infantry caught in the middle was a problem, but moving the infantry could not be defeated by the mobility of enemy units that had completed vehicleization.
A situation of dilemma where you can neither do this nor that.
In the end, the Reinhalt Empire stopped the advance of the tribute and dispatched an emergency firefighter.
“Lieutenant Colonel Johannes von Weissenberg. You’ll have to step in. That Enoch Levandel.”
“…… Eventually, something has come.”
“I heard that you are quite close. I am truly sorry.”
“No. Originally, there are no eternal friends and no enemies. He will understand.”
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes recalled a Uk ranian war hero who had come to Reinhalt to share a beer just a few months ago.
Even then, Enoch gave a clear warning to himself. He said never cross the line.
But just because he was told that, he was not something a lieutenant colonel could do. After all, those who plan grand strategies are not themselves, but higher people.
Johannes had no choice.
Even if this was an unjust war of aggression, he had the duty as a soldier to follow the orders of his superiors.
“Can you win with just one armored battalion?”
The commander of the Reinhalt Expedition said in a worried voice. It was Reinhalt who had a much more favorable relationship with Uk ran than the Soviet Empire.
So, they knew better than any other country that Uk ran’s potential could never be ignored.
This was the reason Reinhalt simply carried out an invasion of Polania.
Uk ran was a wasp. It’s a creature that looks small and weak, but if you try to eat it, you’ll only get a few shots, and you’ll be poisoned with deadly poison and die.
It’s not that you can’t win, but there’s no need to pick a beehive that’s sitting still.
However, that worry was not worth it.
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes von Weissenberg’s eyes flashed.
“Of course. After all, the goal given to me is not to crush the Uk ranians, but to secure the stagnant allies’ advance path, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“One armored battalion is enough.”
The 32nd Armored Battalion of the Reinhardt Rapid Response Force.
Most of them are the most elite of Reinhardt’s cavalry units composed of seasoned soldiers, and they are armed with the latest equipment.
Above all, they were wild cards created only to fight against ‘Enoch Levandel’.
“There is a saying in the ancient language of the East that if you stay in the field, you will win 100 times.”
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes von Weissenberg said calmly and in a serious voice.
“It means that if you know your enemy and know yourself, you can win any battle. And I have been acquainted with Enoch Levandell over the past few years and studied him thoroughly.”
It was not a lame recklessness. Enoch Levandel’s personality, major strategies, tone, and values. Johannes put it all in his head.
It was because he decided that there would be something he would definitely use in his life someday.
Rumia Bluet is the commander of the 7th Mobile Brigade, who has come in to cut off the waist of the current tribute. She, too, was a one-sided person.
And when Johannes thought of her, most of them tended to follow the strategies and values used by Enoch Levandel.
If it was natural, it was natural.
He served as Enoch Levandel’s lieutenant throughout, and whenever he was absent or in charge of other operations on the battlefield, Lumia faithfully performed the role of deputy.
If you want to be similar, you have no choice but to be similar.
However, you can’t be Enoch Levandel himself.
A strategic tactic that is nothing more than a deterioration anyway.
“Please leave it to me.”
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes von Weissenberg slammed Rumia Blüe’s offensive and promised urgent treatment for a broken back.
“I hope that confidence is grounded…… It is true that there is no other way.”
“In return, I would like to ask for sufficient supplies.”
“Let’s use all the skills of the rapid response force.”
“Yes, seriously.”
Johannes von Weisenberg recalled a conversation he had had with Enoch several years earlier in a fancy bar in Reinhardt.
The first rule of victory he taught me.
Make sure to secure the supply of allies.
