"The latest information, we have broken through the enemy's pocket formation, and the third army has broken down on both sides, but the troops of the fourth and fifth army are still surrounding us according to the previous strategy, and there are quite a few enemies behind our butts."

Bakken Warren lifted the curtain and a barrage of messages erupted like a machine gun. Judging by his expression, this information was clearly good news. And Ivan Warren, who was standing in front of the sand table, adjusted the layout on the sand table according to the information provided by Baken Warren and looked at Gastens who was standing aside.

"Boss, how do you fight now?"

"What do you think?" , Gastens was still relieved this time, regardless of the dissuasion to follow the team. The battle that decided Elena's fate, it was impossible for him not to participate. Moreover, after having a sufficiently large army to conduct sports warfare, he wanted to knead his understanding of movement warfare into this operation.

"En......", Ivan Warren also knew that the leader was cultivating and testing himself, he thought about it seriously for a while, and gave advice, "Boss, you once said that all tactical goals must be subordinated to strategic arrangements, and our plan is to fight the battle of Elena Guard, and Elena cannot be lost." Although the armoured assault tactics of the past few days had worked well, they only delayed the enemy's main attacking force, and their auxiliary forces and six corps advanced on the eastern front of the province of Enspen. The Army Reclamation Corps abandoned the first line of defense and put up a tough resistance on the second line of defense, which is said to be under great pressure. My idea, after passing through the pocket formations of the 3rd, 4th and 5th corps, we went directly to the south, cutting off the logistical line of the enemy's assisting corps, pressing them from the rear, putting pressure on them, relieving the pressure on the front. If one or two legions can be annihilated, the situation will be much easier. ”

"Well, that's a good idea," Gastens nodded, "and what should we do if we go south and the enemy's current main attacking corps group succeeds in cutting off the connection between Enspan and Siloam?" ”

"Then ......", Ivan fell into deep thought again, and after thinking for a while, he raised his head, his eyes full of confidence, "their strategic plan is to encircle the province of Enspan from the east and the north, and now that we have disrupted their offensive on the northern flank, their northeast flank has lost its consistency. When they turned south, we cut through their offensive to the east. In this case, they will never be able to form the planned half-moon encirclement, and we will have room to move around. ”

"What will I do after I go south?" , Gastens came interested and asked again.

"After going south, we need to contact the headquarters to replenish supplies, and then fight out from the east side and clear the assist corps on the east side from south to north. Intelligence shows that the morale, training, and weaponry of the Assist Legion are not as good as those of the Main Attack Corps, and it should be easier to fight them. ”

"Well, that's a good idea", Gastens turned to look at Beckon Warren, "Comrade Beckon, what do you think?" ”

"I think Comrade Ivan is right, don't you always talk about sports warfare? Our total strength is limited, so we can only constantly create a local superiority in forces, then annihilate the enemy's living forces, mobilize the enemy in the movement, and then look for opportunities for victory. However, I have a problem, when we break through to the south, the enemy on the northern front may put pressure on our defense line on the northern front, and I don't know if it is okay defensively. ”

"Although the defense line of the northern front is thin, there are three, and two have been completed, and the Second Army Corps of the Army Reclamation, which has withdrawn from the province of Siloa, is on that side, and the manpower is also sufficient. It's not a big problem to hold out for two or four days, and then we'll go back and deal with them when we're done cleaning up the assist legions. ”

This time it was Gastens who answered the question, he filled in Ivan's last hole, looked carefully at the sand table, pondered for a long time, and gave the final order.

"Let's do it, march quickly, use the armored forces as the front breakthrough, follow the path we planned before, and cut off the rear line of the enemy's main attack corps group!"

"Okay!"

Ivan nodded, and then called the herald to give the order. Baken Warren saluted, his expression a little expectant. He wondered what it would be like when the main attacking corps, which was struggling with his own troops, found that his main forces had suddenly moved south after completing the cutting mission.

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"Our pocket formations were broken, and the enemy's tanks could not stop it. Moreover, the enemy was followed by a large number of infantry in the chariot, and it was difficult for us to get close to the monster chariot, and the information collected was pitiful. ”

In the general headquarters of Flossiva, the atmosphere was even more oppressive than the previous days. The enemy's armored forces were simply unable to resist, the pocket formation advocated by Henry Claflin was broken, and the fortifications constructed by the 3rd Army and the 1st and 2nd Army Corps failed to stop the enemy attack. The rear of the main attacking corps, which was attacking at the front, was threatened, and the 7th and 8th corps had to shrink and turn back, intending to form an encirclement with the 1st to 4th armies, and to encircle the enemy's armored forces at the eastern junction of the provinces of Siloam and Enspan.

"Objectively speaking, we did underestimate this kind of weapon of the enemy, and now there are 16 units in the statistics, and the last time we saw it was yesterday morning, the logistics unit in charge of the logistics of the main attack corps was broken up by them, a lot of food was looted, and the ordnance was seriously damaged."

Seeing that Henry Claflin did not speak, Chief of Staff Samuel Oldman continued to provide information, "At present, from the information we have received, Gastens has invested more than 80,000 troops in the offensive in the past few days, and they are used to defend the second-line combat force of the Army Reclamation Corps, and it is said that they are still mobilizing the militia, and the overall mobilization force may be close to 300,000 ......"

"Not so much," Henry Claflin shook his head, looking at the sand table and muttering to himself.

"Where are they going, you say?"

"The latest information, they did not meet with the Seventh Legion and the Eighth Legion who turned around, and the First to Fifth Legions who followed them did not meet them."

"The logistics are broken, they should rely on their own supplies, in this case......"

Henry Claflin gestured with a long pole on the sand table, "They're definitely going back to Enspen to resupply." If they are going to the province of Enspan to resupply, then they will inevitably attack the six legions we assisted. The combat effectiveness of those six legions is slightly weaker, and the offensive damage has been quite large in the past few days, and if they are bypassed, it may not be easy to handle. ”

"Then do you want to let the 1st to 5th Army take advantage of the situation and drive them from Siloam Province to Enspan Province, and solve the problem of Siloa Province first."

"That's okay, if their main force is here, then our plan to divide the provinces of Siloa and Enspen should be successfully completed. My concern now is that no one can stop their monster chariots and infantry from attacking together in a combat mode. ”

After Henry Claflin finished speaking, he put down the long pole in his hand, the command of a large battle is limited by a time lag, and the back and forth of orders and intelligence takes about a day, so he can only formulate future combat policies based on past information, which is not a very safe way. Unless, he is willing to risk his life to follow the legion.

"Whether it's a magic guide or a chariot, he can't fly, the river can't cross, and the obstacles are too big. We can tell the Assist Legion to dig a large trench in the rear to stop them and cut off their access to Elena. ”

"They're moving too fast, I guess it's too late, but you can try."

Henry Clavelin stretched out his hand and pinched his nose, "Although we can't stop the enemy, our grand strategy can still be executed, and the main attack corps group began to plan to go south after arriving at the border of the Duchy of Rylin. The first, second, and third armies suffered relatively large losses in combat effectiveness, and their will to fight was limited, so let's stay and clean up the remnants of the enemy forces in Siloam Province. Let the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh and Eighth Legions drive Elena's main force to the province of Enspan. At the same time, notify the assisting legion group and find a way to create obstacles to prevent their main force from connecting with Elena, which is the main task now. As long as we can cut off their logistics, and when they run out of ammunition, that's the day we strike back. ”

"I think so, go and let me know."

Samuel Oldman nodded at the herald next to him, and then looked at the sandbox. After these four days of fighting, even the death and escape, their personnel losses were close to 70,000, and the entire army was wiped out, while the enemy's casualties, according to incomplete statistics, were less than 2,000. With such a disparity in battle loss ratio, even if they have 800,000, they can't withstand such a fight.

Let's just hope that Claflin's tactics will succeed.

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"Chief, the information sent by Zink shows that only one of the enemy's main attacking legions is left to continue the attack, and the remaining 1st to 3rd legions are no longer advancing and have begun to control the city in Siloam Province. The remaining fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth regiments were behind our buttocks, and the auxiliary regiments in the province of Engspan had begun to build fortifications, and the militia and peasants had heard that they had dug trenches in the rear of their positions, and that even the offensive had basically stopped. ”

When Bakken Warren found Gastens, he was eating, canned meat and rye bread with vegetable soup, the ingredients were average but abundant, and Gastens ate it deliciously. He saw Bakken Warren coming, and motioned for him to sit down.

"Eat first."

Gastens looked unhurried, and Bakken Warren glanced at Ivan and gestured with his eyes, but Ivan smiled and did not speak.

"Boss, this is not easy to do, although we move fast, but the road that can go south is limited, if the enemy sets up a large number of roadblocks on the road to the south, the giant beast may not necessarily pass, it will not be easy to do."

Gastens handed Baken a piece of bread and snorted himself in two sips of soup before speaking.

"Has the location of the enemy's headquarters been confirmed?"

"This has been reconfirmed, it is indeed in Flossiva, chief, do you think?"

Beckon had been with Gastens for a while, and when he heard this question from the chief, he probably guessed what he wanted to do, "Boss, do you want to go straight to the Yellow Dragon?" ”

"It's not necessary to scare him, it's always okay to scare him", Gastens wiped his mouth, "We have successfully attracted the enemy's main attacking corps behind the buttocks, and now the enemy has only one corps of troops attacking from the northern front, and the northern front can definitely be defended." Next, we have to take advantage of our speed and take the enemy around in circles to make them exhausted. ”

"But, chief," Ivan frowned, "it's been a week since we came out, and we only have a week of supplies left, and if we attack the enemy's headquarters, we will be short on supplies if we turn around and come back." I don't want to make the mistake of last time and break a good hand because I ran out of ammo. ”

"I know this", Gastens gave Ivan a reassuring look, "this attack on the enemy's headquarters is a feint, and when the enemy is chasing after us in a hurry, we will turn around and go back to make a charge, gouge through them again, and then insert it directly back into Elena, how about it?" ”

"But the enemy must know about our situation, they must have thought that we are going back when we go out, and what if we set up a line of defense behind our ass so that we can't go back?"

Ivan was still a little uneasy, he felt that Gastens was too taken for granted, and it was a very risky decision to invest the entire main force outside the province of Enspan.

"yes, boss, it's too risky. Our current infantry and tank coordination tactics have high requirements for ammunition, and if you rush out and run out of ammunition, it will be difficult to fight later. ”

Gastens fell silent, and seeing that both of his men were opposed, he also began to reflect on his tactics. After all, the former battle for Elena had taught him a lesson, and war is never a matter of human will.

"Then let's take advantage of our speed, turn around and head west, back to Elena, the enemy's offensive on the northern front is not yet in place, there is a gap there, we can go back. Tell the Mechanized Combat Brigade hiding in Siloa to get ready and when we finish our supplies and attack again, we can directly surprise Frosiva as fast as possible. ”

"Chief, when we go back, can we kill their lone legion?" , Ivan was inspired by Gastens's idea and made a new proposal, "They now have only one Sixth Army left on the march to the west, we turn around and go west, outflank from the south, and cooperate with the Second Army Corps, is there any hope of killing their Sixth Army?" ”

"Yes, Chief, according to our intelligence, their Sixth Army will be on the border with Rylin in the next two days, and then it will attack south, if we unite with the Army Reclamation Corps when they attack south, it should be good to stab them from the flank."

"I just don't know how the Negru Republic will react, what if the Sixth Legion escapes to the Duchy of Ryrin?" , Ivan asked a new question, "Boss, in fact, I haven't thought about it, is it a bit risky to operate like this." ”

"Well, this is okay", Gastens 's eyes lit up, "The Negro Republic will not let Ankenrein's army in, they fought to the death before, and now it is too late to be on guard, definitely not." I also told Bimpo Bobruff to tell them that it would be good to sit on the sidelines. Ivan, you have a good idea, just like that, we turn around and head west, so that the enemy cannot find our direction! Also, send the information to Zinke, let the fighters on the Eastern Front hold on a little longer, and we will catch them off guard! ”