Chapter 59: The Federation's Counteroffensive

Xingyuan October 31. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Under the leadership of the new Marshal of the Federation, the Federation officially launched a major counteroffensive.

Maxwell brought in 500,000 Union reinforcements, which may be the last Federation troops to be sent to Altona. With the existing army and these reinforcements, Maxwell must take all of the Rovisa Imperial forces on Altona.

The 500,000 federal reinforcements were organized into 5 army groups, and so far, the federal army on Altona Star has as many as 27 army groups, with a total strength of more than 3 million. Under Maxwell's command, seven armies were left behind as garrisons, and the remaining 20 armies were formed into two army groups, which launched counterattacks against the imperial forces along the Seluda line from the north and south.

In the face of the surging attack of the large federal forces, the Imperial forces from the federal front to Seluda tended to retreat.

A desperate fight between 15 Imperial armies and 20 federal armies.

Maxwell was staring at the strategic map in front of him, then at the map of Seluda and its surroundings. Standing beside Maxwell was an old Federalist general, with gray hair, but the temperament and spirit exuded by his body were unmatched by many young soldiers.

"Mr. Nishizawa, how long will it take for our army to reach the Seluda region?" Maxwell's tone was rather heavy, although the Federation army could overwhelm the Empire, but this hundreds of kilometers long Imperial defense could not be easily broken through.

"It will take 10 days at the earliest." Due to the great change of blood in the Federal General Command, Nishizawa followed Maxwell to Altona at his request to serve as Chief of the Federal General Staff.

"Ten days.... That was around November 12. Maxwell quickly made various marks on the strategic map, and he marked one offensive line after another. Nishizawa looked at Maxwell, who was moving fast, and nodded secretly, in his opinion, in order to adapt to the current war, the federal army must be led by these young representatives of the federal military community.

"Ten days... We're still a step slower! Maxwell sighed, "It's been ten days since the last contact with the Second Division of Seluda, and if one day it doesn't work properly, the Second Division will be wiped out." ”

"Yes." Nishizawa stood up and pointed to the Imperial troops on the strategic map that were constantly retreating in the direction of Seluda, "Gustav will definitely not let us rescue the second division, the enemy 36th Army that is besieging Seluda will definitely launch an all-out onslaught, and the Imperial troops retreating in the direction of Seluda may also join it." ”

"Ten days... In this case, perhaps within three days, Seluda will be a sea of fire, and then it will be too late! The two people in the war room fell silent, and the atmosphere in the huge war room became extremely oppressive, this is the aura of the two heavyweight military leaders of the Kolo Federation.

Suddenly, Maxwell grabbed the pen on the table and quickly recorded something, and at the same time took the map of Seluda down, and he circled one area after another, and then he crossed it out.

Nishizawa watched Maxwell's movements, and his initial confusion turned into shock.

The second division is still saved!

Altona Star, General Headquarters of Army Group North.

Since Cheng Yi was promoted to commander-in-chief of the group army group, his military rank has also been promoted to federal general. For Maxwell, this was because of his outstanding performance in the more than a year since the outbreak of the war, which was specially approved by Congress.

Cheng Yi is still formulating operational arrangements, from the original command of one group army to the current jurisdiction of ten group armies, more than one million federal troops, his pressure is very great. At the same time, he promoted Edmund to commander of the Third Army to take his place in command.

"If this continues, we will have at least ten days before we reach Seluda." Cheng Yi was doing exactly the same calculations as Maxwell, and the ten group army commanders sitting in two columns next to him were listening carefully to Cheng Yi's operational layout.

"Now we need a force to be the vanguard of the entry into Seluda." Cheng Yi pointed to the Seluda area on the map, and then drew a circle around the area around Seluda: "This unit must provide rapid support for the second division, and two troops are also needed to clear the Imperial Armed Forces around Seluda, one on the left and one on the right. ”

"Edmund, you lead the Third Army to attack Seluda first, Aldrich and Elton, and the enemy around Seluda will be handed over to you." Cheng Yi explained the tasks of several generals.

"Report to the Commander." After explaining the task, Edmund got up and asked Cheng Yi, "Can the Second Division hold on and wait for our reinforcements, or how many more people can there be... Able to wait. ”

Looking at Edmund's complicated expression, Cheng Yi sighed secretly. Although he commanded an army of more than a million men, he had to reach a unified strategy with Army Group South and implement a steady offensive style. Otherwise, if you are not careful, the Union army may fall into an imperial ambush and suffer even greater losses.

"I don't know if the 2nd Division will be able to hold it, but I can tell you unequivocally that Seluda will definitely always belong to our occupied territory, even the day reinforcements arrive!"

"Yes, Commander!" Edmund immediately replied aloud. Although he couldn't get an answer from Cheng Yi, he also understood that he thought it was superfluous.

"If there are no objections, let's go back to our respective units immediately!" Cheng Yi looked at the sky, after tonight, tomorrow will be a big battle.

Several generals quickly gathered their papers and files, and Edmund walked out of the war room with several other generals. Cheng Yi was the only one left in the entire war room, still continuing to draw on the map.

As soon as Edmund walked out of the headquarters, he saw a girl in a federal uniform standing not far in front of him. When he got closer, Edmund recognized that the girl was Leng Xiling from the Federal Research Institute.

Leng Xiling did not wear the white coat that did not leave his body today, but changed into his military uniform. Look at the rank on the uniform, she is still a federal major, which she has just been promoted not long ago. Leng Xiling, who was wearing a military uniform, exuded a woman's spirit of not letting her eyebrows go.

"Uncle Edmund." Seeing who it was, Leng Xiling walked up quickly.

"Miss Leng, why did you come to the front line?" Edmund naturally recognized Leng Xiling, "You're here to find the commander-in-chief, he's inside!" ”

Leng Xiling shook his head and said, "I'm here today to find Uncle Edmund, and I have a request for your permission." ”

"Looking for me?" Edmund looked puzzled.