Chapter 20: The Collision of the Plains - Halftime Preparation
"Do you agree with such a thing?"
"There is nothing to disagree with, the most important thing is that we are loyal to Your Majesty. And ......"
"And what?"
"Don't you think that Your Majesty's approach this time is different from his usual surname?"
"Are you saying that this matter itself was arranged by the first emperor?"
"Maybe, this matter is just a matter of talking between you and me. After all, the idea of the first emperor is no longer something we can guess, and at the same time, the first emperor's arrangement is not a good preparation for His Majesty to grasp the power of the empire. ”
"So what can we do?"
"What can be done? Now that I help His Majesty solve such a matter, isn't it an attitude in itself? ”
“……”
"After all, the Gultoka Empire is our roots, isn't it?"
"That's right."
Two people were talking next to several armored vehicles, one of them was the blond youth, and the other was someone who had participated in the war of the Kingdom of Capani last year.
The issues they communicate here are not limited to these.
"Look, what is going to happen in this battle?"
"Who knows, but, with the Duke's miraculous ability, it may be a victory that will shock the world."
"Looks like you're bullish on him."
"Aren't you either? Otherwise, you wouldn't have personally transferred that money to him. ”
"You still know about it, don't you think I'm working in vain?"
"That's just your own feelings, to be honest, I envy you when you were sent out by the Emperor to complete some tasks. Of course, now I'm on an equal footing with you. If you had to choose, I think you'd do that. ”
"Of course, it's just a pity that the first emperor has always wanted to hold his great-grandson, but it's a pity."
"yes...... Not to mention, it looks like the fight will start soon, everything has already been arranged? ”
"Of course, for the sake of his brother-in-law, His Majesty has not mobilized the necessary forces to defend Yanjing, but he plans to send all the marines of the navy over. If it weren't for the efforts of a few generals to block His Majesty's approach, it is estimated that the 30,000 or so marines of our empire would have to be caught in this battle. ”
"You don't like those Marines?"
"Of course not, it's just that compared to the army, the role they play on land is sometimes not as good as that of a significant number of heavily armed infantry. After all, the sea and the beach are their home turf. ”
"Tell me, then, how the Duke would react if he saw the Marines?"
"Who knows, but well, I think it's quite possible to kick these guys to a cooler place in the back without saying a word."
"Hahahaha......"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
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Go back two hours to just two hours ago.
Regarding the arrival of reinforcements, Zhang Shixin still tentatively sent a few officers to contact each other.
He was not very relieved about these reinforcements, because he didn't know if the arrival of these people would hold him back.
However, the replies of several officers put him at ease.
He got two messages from the joint replies of those officers.
One: The opposing commander is now replaced by Hippal Gabriel, whom he feels good about.
Although Zhang Shixin also thought of something that he didn't know about at such a little time.
But well, Zhang Shixin didn't delve into it, because for him, the commander of the Second Guards Panzer Army had changed, which was good news.
Two: It was the new commander of the Second Guards, Hippal, who took the initiative to propose that his troops would be the main combat force, and Zhang Shixin was the camera to carry out coordinated operations.
This is a very good news for Zhang Shixin. Since the other party took the initiative to make such a request, Zhang Shixin didn't have to worry too much about his troops fighting to annihilate the whole army again.
Although Zhang Shixin found some very serious problems, under this news, Zhang Shixin was also more relieved to adjust his troops to deal with the enemy troops he was about to face.
Zhang Shixin's problems, in fact, he can't do anything about it.
That is the armored unit of the Second Armored Army of the Gultoka Empire, and in terms of quality, there is still a little gap with the armored force of the Osville Empire.
There is a certain correlation between the development time of the armored forces of this Gultoka Empire, and he has to say that he can't change this gap at all.
For example, it is the difference between the VK-3601 and the Tiger in the game.
Compared to the Tiger, the VK-3601 is almost inferior except for the armor protection, which is a little better.
Although the VK-3601's short 88mm tank gun is still a bit stressful to penetrate the Tiger tank, but under the confrontation of the two, the Tiger will also have more scars. The two are completely using their bodies to fight each other.
The result is also very clear, in the absence of accidents, the little armor protection advantage of the VK-3601 is simply useless in front of the long 88 gun of the Tiger type.
However, the Tiger tank did not benefit much.
Therefore, what Zhang Shixin wants to do now is to become those unexpected factors.
For example, help with vision.
After all, Zhang Shixin sent most of the light tank troops at hand out for silent reconnaissance. Therefore, when Zhang Shixin obtained information from the other party and exchanged information, Zhang Shixin only needed to let a few armored vehicles be equipped with the radio station from the Second Armored Army of the Praetorian Guard, so that the information could be easily transmitted to the other party's ears.
At the same time, Zhang Shixin discovered that the Second Armored Army of the Praetorian Guards was not without bright spots, and two hundred and forty 155mm caliber GFS-35 self-propelled guns were enough to make Zhang Shixin more confident.
Zhang Shizi pondered for a while, and then conveyed an idea to Hippal, that is, to let the opponent's self-propelled artillery units merge with his self-propelled artillery units to form a relatively dense formation. Increase the real combat capabilities of self-propelled artillery units.
Hippal agreed with Zhang Shixin's idea, and sent sixty GLM-35A1 medium tanks to join the escort sequence.
Although this thinned the combat power of the armored troops on the front line, although Hippal did not pay much attention to the actual combat efficiency of self-propelled artillery, he also knew that the self-defense ability of self-propelled artillery units was relatively weak, and some tanks had to be protected in order to survive better.
Therefore, he gritted his teeth and still used part of his combat power to protect these self-propelled guns.
He also did not forget to send a telegram to ask Zhang Shixin: Your Excellency Duke, I don't know why you attach so much importance to this kind of self-propelled artillery that is not very capable of combat?
Zhang Shixin received this telegram and found that he seemed to have forgotten something, that is, his self-propelled guns are all open, because the gunners have mastered bug skills like Hawkeye, and his self-propelled guns can't be successful.
Although it is said that the hit rate is not as good as the gun, compared with the general self-propelled artillery, which can only rely on the number of covered shots to carry out firepower, such a hit rate is much better.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin didn't know what to say, he couldn't blow himself up, saying that his gunners were not normal people or something like that.
In such a situation, Zhang Shixin had no choice but to hesitate and did not intend to answer the other party, because this kind of question was really difficult for him to answer.
What shocked him even more was that this Hippal actually suggested that they move the combat area further back.
Because Hipal found that this area was not conducive to them facing a large number of armored forces at all, even if they were stubborn, if the opponent forcibly charged, it would be difficult for them to completely block the opponent's breakthrough attack.
Zhang Shixin naturally agrees with this, although there is a new force, but the combat power of these new forces is ......
Not so good to be honest. (Siniah rolls her eyes: you think the world is as extravagant as you are, with all the stuff of IS??? )
Therefore, if the other party uses numbers to eat them, Zhang Shixin will not be sure to hold the current defensive line even when the troops have suffered considerable losses.
The other party's suggestion made Zhang Shixin very moved, but he didn't dare to act rashly.
It's not that he doesn't want to gamble, but he doesn't know how to win.
Their gamble is not their own strength, but time!
If, in the case of rearranging another defensive line, the army of the Osville Empire had launched an onslaught at this time, then everything would have been over.
So Zhang Shixin didn't dare to bet.
Still, Zhang Shixin asked Hippal where the new engagement area was.
The telegram was quickly replied: a small valley and hilly area six kilometres south of them.
Zhang Shixin had a little impression of that place, of course he knew very well that this kind of terrain could play the role of a commanding height and an ambush in the endless plain area.
Zhang Shi thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and sent a telegram again: If within an hour, how far can your troops go?
The meaning of Zhang Shixin's telegram is that I am holding up for an hour, but you must complete your work within an hour.
After Zhang Shixin sent the telegram, he heard Sinia's words: "Can you withstand an hour now?" ”
"I don't know, but if it's really possible, maybe that place will be the key to our comeback." Zhang Shixin shook his head and sighed slightly.
"What can you do if things don't go your way?" Sinia appeared, sat on the edge of the armor plate on the top of the Tiger Hunting Warhead, looked at Zhang Shixin, who had picked up the binoculars again to observe the situation, and asked.
"Cold salad!" Zhang Shixin smiled bitterly.
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After Hippal received Zhang Shixin's telegram, he knew what Zhang Shixin meant, and the courage he showed for Zhang Shixin, he was very moved by the death of a scholar as a confidant.
He thought about it, then calculated a few things, and then asked the messenger to send the message.
The message was in just a few words: as perfect as possible.
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After receiving this telegram, Zhang Shixin smiled, and then ordered that all self-propelled artillery units were transferred to the rear.
Zhang Shixin naturally knew very well that if he did this, he would not think of having more effective fire support for a certain period of time.
But he knew that if the other side really attacked, the role of more than 300 artillery pieces would not be very large.
What he can do now is to believe that the 2nd Praetorian Panzer Corps, which is constantly moving towards the target area, can complete its mission under the command of Hipal.
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An hour later, Zhang Shixin found that he was worried in vain, because the light tank at the front fed back the intelligence that the enemy army had no signs of action.
"Retreat!" Zhang Shixin didn't know what was wrong with the enemy army, and gave up the opportunity to defeat him easily. But such a situation is undoubtedly a great thing for Zhang Shixin.
Zhang Shixin also wished that there would be internal problems on the other side and gave up the offensive plan...... Well, in reality, it's almost impossible.
The retreat of the team was quite orderly.
The first echelon is the relatively fast Su-122-44, the second echelon is the Tiger Hunter, Elephant, Tiger King, Lion and ISU-152, and the IS-3, AMX-50-100 and the mid-Tantan troops that are almost completely wiped out after the turret is broken.
As for those light tanks, Zhang Shixin was because the self-propelled guns were protected by the Zhongtan troops of the Second Armored Guard, and almost all of them were assigned to various areas conducive to covert reconnaissance.
The retreat of the ranks was not chaotic because of some situations that Zhang Shixin thought might arise.
Although this is a good thing, Zhang Shixin can't help but guess what happened to the emperor, so that this situation will happen that is no different from delaying the fighter.
Even after Zhang Shixin's troops arrived at the designated area, he still did not receive any information that the enemy had relaunched the offensive.
"Could it be, the commander of the other party came to the nest once?" Zhang Shixin guessed maliciously.
Of course, after seeing a wicked smile on Zhang Shixin's face, Xinia rolled her eyes......
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Zhang Shixin's idea is indeed outrageously wrong, but there is one point, Zhang Shixin is not wrong.
It was Osvirdi who had been supported[***], because the discordant discussion between the two commanders of the same rank had led to the passage of an opportunity that they should have been able to seize.
One commander thought they were attacking immediately, but the other thought that the troops needed to rest, at least have a meal, and take a rest to be able to fight better.
After the two sides debated for a while, the commander of the armored unit slapped the table angrily: "You are still arguing now, I don't know that you have been arguing for so long, and the officers and soldiers can cook a meal, and then eat it all......"
Because of this, Zhang Shixin got precious time.
The reason why the commander of the Osville Imperial Panzer Forces has not spoken is because he now does not know whether to report to his superiors that they have encountered a very difficult enemy.
It's just that he also knows that when the news is reported, his military career will ...... It can stop at any time.
He knew very well that he should report the news, but he was a human being, and if he was alone, he would have his own selfish intentions......
As a result, he decided to give it a go......
However, commanding the armored forces that almost poured out of the nest, what this commander didn't know was that what was waiting for him was no longer the remnants of Zhang Shixin's armored forces that he should have been able to easily clean up.
Rather, armored clusters that have everything ready......
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