226 – Last Army Standing (2) – Across Kikkus
The 6th Corps, led by Enoch Levandel, consisted of 3 infantry divisions, 2 armored divisions, and 5 brigades and battle groups supporting those divisions.
First, the 27th Infantry Division.
In the 6th Corps, which had an overwhelmingly high percentage of recruits, it was a unit with a slightly higher percentage of skilled soldiers than other divisions.
In fact, it was also thanks to the 27th Division’s life-and-death space defense that we were able to protect the defense line even in the previous battle.
It was to play the role of the ‘backbone’ that solidly built and expanded the path pierced by the 1st armor, the sharpest sword of Enoch Levandel.
Then the 33rd Infantry Division and the 59th Division followed.
The 33rd Division, along with the 27th Division, put pressure on the Kipkus area of Army Group South in Sobi, where a strong defense line was built.
In terms of role, he is a tribute, but in fact, he is not inferior in terms of firepower compared to the main attack.
Two battalions of the 6th Armored Field Artillery Regiment were attached as support units, and were going to lash out with all available firepower.
While the 1st Armored and 2nd Infantry Divisions were holding the enemy’s attention all over Kikkus.
Uk ranian special operations that the 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade and 5th Engineers Brigade, which are directly under the command of the corps, and the 6th Armored Brigade, which boast fast mobility through the ‘Rozef Plain’ of the Southwest Group Army, moved and descended to the rear of Soviet, who promised to cooperate in advance. Support the company
The reconnaissance of the terrain has already been completed with the Pathfinders who descended the day before.
If this offensive was successful, it would be tantamount to opening a highway to Sainte-Petour, close to the second capital of the Soviet Empire.
The objective of the operation was to liberate the city by raising an uprising all at once when friendly forces entered Chante-Petour.
It’s not just us who have a hard time going on the offensive in winter. If you fortify Sainte-Peture and spread ‘Grad’, you can only force one-sided damage to the Soviet Empire.
In the meantime, the Northern Forces of Polania could push up and recapture the occupied areas that had been pushed back for a while.
“Please…… I hope everything goes according to plan.”
6Th Corps Commander Enoch Levandel said with his hands behind his back. The more I was in a hurry, the more I told him to go back, but this time there was no time to go back.
Autumn Offensive Plan. It was an operation created by spending days and nights with the staff. The fact that he did his best was undeniable.
However, Enoch Levandel could not shake his anxiety.
As the head in charge of the unit, he couldn’t show his sway, so he didn’t show it, but Enoch Levandel was clearly trembling.
He looked up at the sky that was so blue that he hated it, and quietly closed his eyes and muttered.
“There must be a reason you sent me here, so please help me once.”
***
General Mikhail Govorov, who was in charge of Army Group South of the Soviet Empire, hurriedly found the 9th Corps under his command.
The 9th Corps is one of the most elite and strongest among the three Corps belonging to Army Group South.
While the Southeastern Army Group withdrew after repeated humiliating defeats in the battle against Polania, the 9th Corps defended the final line of defense until the entire Corps was surrounded.
In the end, he made a revolutionary contribution to driving out the enemy from all over Minsk.
It was a unit that played a prominent role in the war to recapture the territory of the Empire and the Battle of the Polania Border that followed.
“Lieutenant General Vasily Molodov.”
“Captain Mikhail.”
The commander of the 9th Corps, Vasily Molodov, greeted the commander of Army Group South, who nearly jumped out of his vehicle.
“He’s here. He finally came!”
“I already know.”
“Enemy paratroopers have deployed in the Kikkus area, but the troops of the 14th Corps, which is in charge of the front line, are being defeated individually. Your legion needs to step out again!”
At the commander’s words, Vasily Molodov bit his lip with a subtle expression.
It was also because his 9th Corps had been fighting continuously since the war lasted.
Just as people need nutrients when they exercise, the military also needs reorganization after a single battle.
Replacing broken firearms, dispensing ammunition, and providing soldiers with special meals for the next battle.
To boost morale and relieve soldiers of battlefield stress through rest.
It seems like such a trivial thing, but an army that has not received such an overhaul cannot produce half, or even 10%, of its strength.
However, the 9th Corps was not like that. Maybe it’s because I posted too firm a criminal record?
The Imperial Army, torn apart by the Great Purge, needed someone who could put an end to dissatisfaction within the military at once and control morale, just as Enoch Levandel did in Uk ran.
And Vasily Molodov was a person very much in line with that character.
Propaganda.
Lieutenant General Vasily, who rose to the title of ‘Hero of Mansk’ protected by the Emperor of the Empire in an instant, traveled around all regions by order of the Emperor, saying that every day was far away.
However, rest was not given to him and his army.
Honors and medals flooded the entire Legion, but the food and supplies the soldiers really wanted never arrived.
At least ammunition and weapons are sufficient, but if even that were not enough, Vasily Molodov would have responded with a bullet to the commander of the group.
“However, Commander, our 9th Corps has not yet completed its reorganization. A lot of troops were consumed in the last battle against Polania.”
“That’ll be the first thing I’ll replenish when I move to the battlefield. If Kikkus is breached anyway, there will be no answer from then on!”
Commander Mikhail was frustrated as well. He was a different person from the countless sh*t stars before the Great Purge.
No matter how long and long the corps commander under his command is, if the commander of the Army Group, which draws a big picture, is stupid, the situation of Army Group South, which encounters the enemy first like the Army Group Southeast, cannot be intact.
That’s Mikhail Goborov. The importance of supply on the battlefield knows better than anyone else.
However, it was also true that the emperor’s decree could never be rejected.
While the main body of the Imperial Army was completely empty due to the deceit of the Uk ranians and Polania.
The troops of Enoch Levandel, who launched a massive offensive, were heading for the second capital, Sainte-Petour.
If the Uk ranians reach the city, which is also the former hometown of the emperor’s family, but also the city where the spirit of red October is strongest.
The idea that the domestic rebels might start agitation all at once caught up in the emperor’s mind.
-No matter what! You can’t hand over Sainte-Petour!
“I know this is an unreasonable request, but…… It can’t be helped.”
“Whoa.”
Lieutenant General Vasily let out a deep sigh. In the end, he had only one option.
To defeat Enoch Levandel as quickly as possible.
The person he has seen so far, Enoch Levandell, is the kind of strategist who prepares for every possible scenario.
He tends to be very prepared as well, and was particularly good at setting up a plan so that he could cope with each situation at any time by arranging each branch in the right place and the flexible occupation of the battlefield through the operation of small units.
It wasn’t because we were able to re-establish the country that was feared to be called Uk ran for nothing.
But this time his appearance was much faster than expected.
The 6th corps was a new corps. It is also a unit that was defeated not long ago.
Both sides withdrew with only minor losses, but the fact that a corps-level force almost collapsed after being unable to withstand the offensive of only one regiment was more than enough to break the soldiers’ fighting spirit.
Besides, it was a 2nd class unit from the beginning.
As most of the elite troops were exhausted in the battle against Reinhalt, or were redeployed to the rear, the actual expected combat power of the corps was not so high.
If I had to ask, it would be about 1st Panzer and 6th Panzer.
In particular, the tank battalions of George Smith and Erwin Ruth were so notorious that the commander of the corps, Vasily, knew their names as only ‘Lieutenant Colonel’.
War wasn’t just fought with cavalry.
In the end, it is the foot soldiers who pick up the flag at the end.
Without proper combat experience, it was clear that even the advance route that had been pierced would be pushed back if the infantry division, whose morale was at rock bottom, was pushed in.
Worse than his own 9th Corps, tired from prolonged battles, he launched an offensive before the summer was over with troops that could never get better.
To Vasily Molodov, this sounded like Enoch Levandel was seriously fretful.
‘It’s clear that he wants to finish the job before winter comes.’
Enoch Levandel never went on the offensive in winter. If he had to gather his forces and fight a defensive battle, he would do it, because he never tried to take the climatically unfavorable conditions.
“Okay. Please tell the commander of the 14th Corps that we will be in charge of the rear.”
“Thank you very much, Lieutenant General Vasily.”
“I just follow orders.”
Vasily Molodov gave a chuckle salute and turned around.
At the same time, several operational goals came to mind clearly.
“First of all…… Is it the stabilization of Chante-Petour? Next would be blocking the maneuver route.”
The 9th Legion of the Empire will not collapse.
“Enoch Levandel, I want to see the power of rumors once.”
The hero of Uk ran and the hero of Soviet finally collided.
Vasily Molodov had no doubt that he would be the one standing tall here on the Kikkus Plain when the gunfire had completely stopped.
