Chapter 13: Into the Soul
As Lilia guessed, the 1st Infantry Wing and the Artillery Wing, the vanguard of the 6th Division, are now in an unprecedented crisis.
North of Lando Bassa, 8 kilometers, Emperor ** Temporary Advance Base, next to the main road leading to Monsa City, the headquarters of the 1st Wing.
"Your Excellency Wing Commander Belevaya, please order the soldiers under your command to abandon the senseless looting and search, and return to the establishment as soon as possible!" In the headquarters of the First Wing, Lieutenant Colonel Altaria, the commander of the artillery wing, said with a serious face to the commander of the 1st Infantry Wing, who was sitting in front of him, who was very uneducated, and Belevaya looked as if he had just discovered Altaria
"Oh, look, isn't this His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Altaria? What wind is blowing you? It must be a terrible tornado! Who is that, why didn't you report when you saw His Excellency the Wing Commander coming?! What did you do?! Don't even move a chair to anyone?! Idiot! What a complete idiot!"
Belevaya, who crossed Erlang's legs, pointed angrily at the adjutant standing behind Altaria, and said that his fingers were always dangling in front of Altaria's eyes, not knowing who he was talking about and scolding.
Bearing back on Belevaya's unreasonable behavior, Altaria suppressed the fire in his stomach and said patiently: "Your Excellency, your indulgence of your subordinates has seriously affected the offensive preparations of our artillery units, please restrain your subordinates. β
"Oh, I wonder how the soldiers of my 1st Wing, while on their normal duty, have affected the preparations for the offensive of His Excellency the Baron?" asked Belevaya, knowingly
"Of course it has affected! And it has been seriously affected!" Seeing that Belevaya still looked like a scoundrel who didn't care about himself, Altaria couldn't bear it anymore.
"The soldiers of the First Wing left their own defense area in order to collect money, resulting in the flank of the artillery unit not being adequately covered, and seriously threatening the safety of the artillery unit! An infantry unit of the same level must cover an artillery unit of the same level and ensure the safety of the artillery unit. Now the defense of the flanks of our artillery wing is all undertaken by the soldiers of our artillery team themselves!"
"Please continue. β
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that Altaria's words made sense, so Belevaya put away his legs that were crossed on the table and put on a deferential look
"The 1st Wing has completely requisitioned the main road leading to Monsa in order to transport the plundered property! Now the entire road leading to Monsa is full of all kinds of wagons and carts requisitioned by your 1st Wing, and now our 105 heavy artillery shells have been exhausted, and the shells urgently needed by our heavy artillery artillery are still blocked on the road 10 kilometers away! Now my troops do not have enough ammunition to deal with the enemy's possible counterattack at any time! In less than 10 minutes of war, all the cannons will turn into a pile of useless scrap metal!"
This is what Altaria is most angry about, there is no cover, Altaaria admits it, the relationship between him and this is the head of the regiment is not very good, and he usually can't get used to their various dirty deeds, so it is normal to be occasionally put on a show or something, but this time when it comes to the security of the army, he can't bear it.
Just kidding! The artillery wing of the first division of the Imperial Army has less than half of the artillery shells in stock, and if the federal army knows about it, it will have to laugh off its big teeth! What is more important is that such a number of shells cannot cope with the sudden attack of the enemy army......
In particular, it is not possible to cope with the attack of enemy troops with a large number of tank units.
Because the Imperial infantry did not have individual anti-tank weapons, they relied heavily on tank and artillery support when fighting against tanks.
It is true that the Sixth Division is a unit that has fought and lost battles, and the year before last, it was defeated by the Federal Army on the Southern Front and fled in embarrassment, and was ordered by the Imperial War Department to downgrade the treatment of the division, from a special division to a first-class division, the staffing was reduced from 25,000 to 18,000, and the tank brigade in the establishment was also reduced from 3 to 1.
Not only did this guy take advantage of his expeditions to other countries to raid the inhabitants of the occupied areas, but he also committed all kinds of horrific massacres. Originally, in order to suppress the rebellion of the people in the occupied areas, the empire did need some out-of-the-box birds to do some unsightly things, and Zhistov, as a standard civilian-born officer, would not damage the image of the 'noble nobles' no matter how many bad things he did, but everything had a degree, because the Sixth Division had done too many hurtful things under Zhistov's command, the reputation of the Sixth Division was also smelly within the empire, and the soldiers of the division who returned to their hometowns did not dare to tell their relatives that they were soldiers in the Sixth Division. Fear of being spurned.
It is conceivable what kind of morale and fighting spirit such a unit has, and the most direct reaction is the complete degeneration of middle-level officers and the loss of the sense of responsibility and honor of soldiers.
'There is no doubt that armies and robbers without a sense of honor. β
This is what Altaria remembered when he listened to the speech of the former Marshal of the Reich at the Empire's National Day Celebration, and Altaria has always regarded this phrase as a classic, and always reminded himself not to forget the sense of honor of soldiers. This feeling is especially strong now, when I see Belevaya, who has completely lost his military honor.
'If the empire didn't have people like you, it would have unified the continent long ago!' Altaaria scolded indignantly
"I already know your request, and I will ask my soldiers to make way for your convoy. Let your unit replenish ammunition as soon as possible. β
After listening to Altaria's warning words, Belevaya did not dare to slack off any longer, although their relationship was not very good, but he still knew the priority, if the attack plan was delayed because of his own reasons, and the robbery was delayed, the division commander would kill him!
"I will ask the soldiers of all units to return as soon as possible and reorganize the flank defense of the artillery units as soon as possible, please rest assured that Your Excellency the Wing Commander.
There is no telephone between our two wings, so if there is anything to do, just send a telegram or ask a herald to be sent, and Your Excellency the Wing Commander should not bow down to everything. β
Knowing that the two of them needed to work together to complete the task, Belevaya felt that he had enough just now, so he took the initiative to show his kindness
"Whereever, I ask your forgiveness for the gaffe in front of Your Excellency just now. β
Knowing that the other party intended to show goodwill, Altaaria also got off the donkey and admitted his mistake just now
"Then, let's work together to conquer Lando Barcelona as soon as possible!" Belevaya got up and prepared to send Altaria away.
"No need, please stay, if you can, please urge all units to return as soon as possible, our defense is the most important." β
Altaria stopped the captain of Bel Waya United, who was ready to send him
"No problem, I'll give the order!"
Belevaya patted his chest and reassured
"Knock ββ!"
However, the Galia Army, which was gearing up, did not intend to give the Imperial ** advance force, which was in its weakest period, any opportunity to adjust its deployment.
In professional terms, it is called 'the speed of soldiers'.
In the words that everyone likes to say, 'Take advantage of your illness and kill you!'
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
A soldier hurriedly ran into the tent of the headquarters, stood in front of the two wing commanders in disheveled clothes, and gave an unsightly military salute.
Seeing that the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Wing were so unbearable in front of his own wing leader, Altaaria frowned slightly.
"What the hell is going on?!!"
Seeing his soldiers in such a gaffe, even the shameless Belevaya felt a trace of shame.
"Report to the Wing Commander! The Galia Chariot Unit has suddenly launched an attack on our first-line defense line, and the First Squadron of the Second Brigade is blocking it! The Squadron Leader is requesting artillery fire support!"
The soldier adjusted his state and said
"Got it, I'll order the artillery squadron to open fire, Lieutenant Colonel Altaria, please send a telegram to your troops on our radio!"
While giving the order, Belevaya asked the commander of the artillery wing beside the requester.
"Okay, I'll send a telegram and tell me the enemy's coordinates, and I'll order the 75th Artillery Brigade to open fire. (Heavy Artillery runs out of ammunition)"
As he spoke, he walked over to the radio.
"Yes, the coordinates are ......"
"Report!"
Before the herald could report the coordinates of the front-line position, another soldier rushed in in a panic.
"What's the matter?!so flustered?!"
Belevaya is in a bad mood now, and he has to lose face so many times in front of other wing captains in one day.
"Report to Your Excellency Wing Commander! The Gallia tank is attacking the defense line of the 3rd Squadron of our 2nd Brigade, and the 3rd Squadron and the Machine Gun Squadron are blocking the enemy!
The soldier panted and reported.
"What?!What squadron do you say?!"
Belevaya didn't believe his ears a little
"Second Brigade, Third Squadron and Machine Gun Squadron!"
The soldier repeated his words.
"Impossible! How could the enemy break through our first line of defense in such a short time?!"
"Knock ββ!"
Another strange cannon shot.
"Due south, less than 3 kilometers away from us, listen to the sound caliber of at least 80!"
Altaria's face was solemn as he listened to the sound of the cannon.
"Damn! Order the artillery to open fire immediately!"
Belevaya was about to die of rage.
"Knock!"
"Wing Commander, the artillery squadron has fired!"
Another soldier ran into the tent.
"Bastard! My order hasn't arrived yet!Why did he fire first?!"
"Report! The unbusy tank of the Galia model is coming here! The guard squadron asks if you ......"
"Enough! Lord Altaria, please let your artillery fire at once!"
Belevaya didn't care about anything else now, he just wanted to quickly destroy the chariot troops that had broken through his two lines of defense.
"It's a pity that my artillery wing can't help. β
Unexpectedly, Altaaria actually gave a negative answer
"Why?!"
Belevaya didn't understand
"Because of the time difference!"
Altaaria said with a frown
"Judging from the time of our conversation just now, the difference between the time reported by the front-line soldiers and the distance between the enemy's artillery bombardment, the speed of the local chariots is more than 50 kilometers per hour! The enemy's chariots are advancing at this speed, and when our heralds run to us, we will send a telegram to the artillery wing, and the artillery wing will adjust the time to shoot Zhu Yuan, and then fire the artillery, and the enemy's chariot will no longer be in the original coordinates!"
Altaaria explained
"What should I do then?!Is there a way?!"
Belevaya nervous
"It's a pity that if all the troops on the front line had telephones and had a direct connection to the artillery units, it might have been too late, but now ......"
They simply don't have that condition
"Well, the artillery wing cannot take advantage of visual ......"
Before Belevaya could finish speaking, he remembered with dismay the dense bushes of the pit people on the right flank of the infantry wing.
"This area is all flat ground, there is no good observation commanding height, and the observation view of the left flank of the artillery is completely blocked by the trees!
"Moreover, the only surrounding high ground with a good view is occupied by you, the infantry wing, as the command post of the wing!"
For the first time, Altaaria felt so powerless as the commander of the artillery wing.
The enemy's chariots are attacking because of the fact that our front-line troops have no way to take him, there is no chariot unit support on the front line, and the artillery team cannot play a role because of the difference in vision and time. The other party pinched a little accurately, so what is the purpose?'
"What configuration and scale of the other party?"
Altaria, who felt as if he had grasped something, asked the herald
"One! The other side only has a chariot of unknown type, and there is no infantry to accompany it!"
The soldier replied
"What?!, you look down on us too much!"
Belevaya shouted angrily
'One?!!' a premonition of danger hit Altaria.
Looking at the tall radio antenna around him pointing high into the sky, Altaaria instantly felt his heart cold.
"Oh no! get out of this tent!"
"Whoosh-boom!"
Before the people in the command post could react, an 85-millimeter tank grenade pierced the sky and landed in the tent of the headquarters, which was plugged into the radio antenna, which was higher than everything around it.
With a wave of air, fire, and soil rising on the ground, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Wing of the 6th Imperial Division completely disappeared from the mountain.
At the foot of a small hill, 1,800 meters from the headquarters, the muzzle of the Kalinin's 85mm/ΠΠΈΡ-Π‘-53/rifled gun was slightly raised, and smoke was rising. Quietly pointing in the direction of the top of the mountain.
Inside the car, in the gunner's seat, Nonna calmly observed the original enemy command post on the hill completely covered in gunsmoke and dust through the gunscope. Said lightly: [[[CP|W:594|H:336|A:L|U:http://file2.qidian.com/chapters/201311/12/3024026635198854372052500797311.jpg]]]"Π΄ΠΎΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ!(Goodbye!)"
ββββββββββββI'm a dividerββββββββββββ
"Confirmation of the destruction of the enemy command post. β
Nonna, who confirmed the results of the shelling through the gun scope, said
"ΠΠ΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎ!
Katyusha, holding the shell, shouted loudly
"Good job, Nong~"
This is Katerina
"It's a red meteor!"
This is Godsaka
"Beautiful. β
This is Yulia
Hearing that the emperor's headquarters was destroyed, everyone in the Kalinin was very excited
"The first step of the battle is complete, now the second step begins! Ahma!" Katerina called the Cossack girl's nickname
"Got it, sit tight, we're flying again!"
βββββββββ Artillery Wing Wing Wing ββββββββββββ
"Captain-a-Captain, why hasn't the Captain come back yet?!"
Several artillery shots were heard on the left flank of the position, and several artillery commanders ran to the headquarters. Right now
In the artillery headquarters, several group leaders nervously surrounded the deputy wing commander.
"Everyone, calm down, now go back to your own brigade first, the wing commander is going to the team headquarters of the 1st Infantry Wing to discuss things, and he will be back soon!"
The deputy captain pretended to be calm and comforted the captains of the artillery group.
"But ......"
At this moment, a second lieutenant rushed in.
"Oh no! A chariot has come out of the bushes! It's coming towards us!"
"Knock ββ!"