227 – Last Army Standing (3) – Across Kikkus
Uk ranian 6th Corps quickly deployed across Kikkus.
On the first day of the operation, the Uk ranian Air Corps, which engaged in fierce air battles with the Imperial Air Corps along with air reconnaissance, identified the deployment of each unit and the location of major strategic objectives and handed them over to the Expeditionary Force Command.
The Expeditionary Force Headquarters collected information pouring in from all directions and delivered only the information necessary for the operation to the subordinate corps.
And once again the information had to be filtered through Legion Intelligence.
Tactics may be fluid, but a strategy that encompasses the entire frontline must never deviate too much from the existing framework. Even though communication equipment has developed by leaps and bounds in the past few years, many units still depended on outdated messengers and telegrams.
It was difficult in many ways to convey the changed strategy to such a unit.
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And finally.
“Commander! Enemy tank units identified! 12Km northwest of Lake Donvik, near Bolbok!”
After eliminating duplicate reports, excluding information from dubious sources, and reviewing reconnaissance records with unclear facts.
Enoch Levandel was able to identify the location of the first operational target to be crushed first.
“Poke the Volvo with the 2nd Armored Regiment. Tell the subordinate artillery unit to coolly grind the bombardment.”
“Yes, I understand!!”
After receiving the order from the corps commander, the operation staff rushed straight to the communication center and delivered the bizarre order that “The corps commander wants to fill Donvik Lake with fire instead of water.”
“As expected, he is our corps commander! Always new, thrilling!!”
The 6th Armored Field Artillery Regiment faithfully carried out that order.
On that day, the amount of shells fired by the Armored Field Artillery Corps easily exceeded 10,000 rounds. No matter how hard the machine gun bullets were chewed up, even the tank could not be safe in the pouring steel rain.
As soon as I neutralized all the enemy tanks waiting to hunt down our cavalry and infantry.
“Tank forward!!”
“I can’t lose to those damn 6th armored guys. Keep running! Keep the distance between each echelon, but let’s reach the battle line as quickly as possible!!”
The Uk ranian 1st Armored Division, the most powerful battering ram to break through the thick walls, ran across the golden plain.
However, the Soviet Empire was no longer a scrambled ragtag who fled to the defensive line at the appearance of a tank.
“Bring the field artillery! Anything that can turn that f*cking scrap metal into a burning coffin is fine! Bring me even the exploding goat!”
“Ura!!!!”
“Mi, crazy bastards! Captain! These bastards are up on the tank and throwing grenades!”
“Just push it away! If you don’t kill it, you’re the one to search for!”
The tank unit waiting to be dispatched to the rear was destroyed, but that did not mean the troops stationed in the defense line were destroyed.
Rather, since there was no tank unit power, the remaining infantry units rushed into desperate resistance rather than retreating.
Sparks rose from the Dnure chariot.
A comrade who only a few hours ago had laughed, chatted and smoked, came out of the burning tank screaming in agony.
“Lo, Rogers… ….”
“Aagh! Hot! Hot!!”
Tadadang!!
It took a while for him to freeze at the image of a comrade reaching out painfully toward him.
The driver closed his eyes and continued running. If it was like before, I would have vomited or left the steering wheel and ran right away.
He was an experienced soldier who had traveled to many fronts in his own way, so he was clearly aware that all he could do was remember the names of his comrades.
In this way, another reason to return alive was placed on the driver’s shoulders.
I had an obligation to go back to the families of my crumbled comrades and tell them how bravely and honorably they fought.
Of course.
I don’t know if I can’t handle the duty and get buried on the battlefield.
***
“The defense line has been breached.”
Boom!!
A strong sound echoed from the headquarters of Army Group South in Soviet. It was because Captain Mikhail Goborov hit the desk hard.
“It was great that the tank unit was identified in the first place. As soon as it was observed by the air unit, it was spread immediately, but because the enemy artillery fire was faster…….”
“At any rate, you guys aren’t even helpful!”
Soviet Army Air Corps was generally treated like this. All they do is misfire their allies and get shot down.
This was because, unlike Uk ran and Reinhardt, which steadily developed their air power, they were a unit that prepared training, facilities, and equipment in a hurry.
This is the reason why he was completely destroyed in the match against Lunetsk. The difference in skills of the Uk ranian Air Corps, which had been performing both reconnaissance and close air support missions in its own way through the civil war, was already enormous.
Even in the midst of that, he was drawing the emperor’s attention and absorbing all the support for the army like a sponge.
As an army, emotions couldn’t be good.
“Commander, what should we do now?”
A staff member under his command asked in a desperate voice. If you are the staff of the group army headquarters, you are usually a general-level officer.
Even he showed a low morale that made the star hanging from his shoulder look colorless.
“First of all, since another armored division of the enemy is detouring and returning, forming a new defensive line in the rear… ….”
General Mikhail seemed unconvinced even though he said it himself. In fact, he said that was the norm. An offensive is not something that can last for thousands of years.
Because the strategy used by the Imperial Army was to fall back with the troops intact as much as possible, and then deliver a powerful counter-punch at the point when the enemy’s offensive slowed down little by little.
But the person he was dealing with was none other than Enoch Levandel.
That fact made Mikhail hesitate to make a decision.
As expected, the great hero of Uk ran.
The kingdom’s sharpest sword that was said to have been honed for years to destroy the empire.
Are they really unaware of their strategy?
The fear of the character of Enoch Levandel was already deeply imprinted in the bones within the Soviet Imperial Army.
The expeditionary force was smashed in Lunetsk with pride, and by exerting influence in the international community, now they were frantic to attract foreign countries to their side.
Even the attack of the Reinhalt Empire, which was trying to kill its spirit, was finally crushed.
No matter how fiercely they were at war with Polania, there was no way that they could not hear the news of Reinhardt, a member of the Imperial Alliance.
Then the great hero finally drew his sword towards the territory of the Sobie Empire.
Isn’t the legendary commander who blocked Reinhalt’s main skill, mobile warfare, and blocked the advance of the corps with a single division, clearly sees his own strategy?
No one was sure, but that’s why it was all the more frightening.
War is a single mistake and hundreds or thousands of lives can be lost. No, the price of that level of life is natural, and it is war that the country can collapse.
The position of head of the group army commanding 200,000 troops was a position that could cause such a mistake.
Mikhail Govorov’s face began to rot more and more as time passed.
With such a leader showing signs of faltering, there was no way the subordinates would be able to express their opinions properly.
Only a heavy silence hung over the operational command post.
“…… We must not hold back our troops.”
“Lieutenant General Vasily.”
It was the 9th corps commander who opened his mouth in the quiet atmosphere. He untied the arms he had been wearing the whole time, got up from his seat, and approached the tactical map.
“Currently, there are three fronts in the Kikkus area. It is the enemy infantry fighting in the main defense line, the armored forces making a large detour to the northeast through the Volvo, and the airborne forces located in the rear.”
Taking out his baton from his bosom before he knew it, Vasily continued his explanation by pointing directly at the map.
“The side we need to aim for is right here. Enemy armored forces detouring.”
Detour maneuver.
In fact, the number of troops mobilized by the Uk ranians in the north right now is less than 200,000.
There are not too many tactics that the Uk ranians can employ in a situation where the combined forces are close to becoming one group army.
Perhaps the reason for choosing the diversionary maneuver encirclement tactic, which was also used when destroying the airborne forces that attacked Polania from Lunetsk.
Because that’s the only way to fight against the currently outnumbered Soviet Imperial Army.
And the detours in question were always accompanied by the same drawbacks.
Until you reach the target point right away, the line where the detour unit meets is inevitably lengthened.
“The operational goal of the bypassing armored forces is probably to join the airborne forces that have descended to the rear of Kikkus. If that happens, Army Group South, which is surrounded by both the north and the south at the same time, will be quickly annihilated. And… ….”
Vasily Molodov took out a cigarette and bit it.
“For some reason, there is no communication from the Southwest Army Group. I don’t know if they’ve already run away or if they’re hiding another ulterior motive, but I don’t think we can just watch it.”
“So, shouldn’t we deploy our troops now?”
“The preparations have already been completed. Please give me orders, Commander.”
The eyes of the general, now approaching middle age, twinkled.
Originally, it was a good opportunity for a person who became a new hero of the empire with a strong will and excellent strategy.
Mikhail spoke in a serious voice while admiring the spirit and momentum.
“This is an order. Crush the enemy armored forces.”
“I will run it right away.”
He took a long gulp of his cigarette, crushed the still-long butt on the ashtray, and left the conference room.
Twelve hours later.
A telegram was delivered to the headquarters of Army Group South that one tank battalion of the enemy, which was moving toward the entirety of Army Group Southwest, had been annihilated.
The 9th Corps succeeded in outwitting the Uk ranians.
