Chapter 12 Pre-War Meetings
"Now, we're starting to deploy the city. β
Opening the map that had taken Carl almost two days to prepare, Lilia motioned for everyone to come and take a look.
A map of the defense of the city of Lando BarΓ§a, based on the latest situation, was shown in front of all those present. [[[CP|W:633|H:412|A:L|U:http://file1.qidian.com/chapters/201311/11/3024026635198013752615093940280.jpg]]]] "It's so detailed! Even the Citizens' Self-Defense Force camp that was set up yesterday can be recognized!"
"Not only that, look here! The shallows of the Reims River! here, and here, are also marked!" Looking at the map made by Lilia and Carl, the captain of the Civic Self-Defense Force and the representative of the local garrison said that this map is a more intuitive reflection of the current state of Lando Barsa's defense than all the existing maps. couldn't help but look at the two of them with a little more respect in their eyes.
"The emperor is here, the artillery position is 8 kilometers away from us, although the artillery bombardment just now only used the 105 field artillery brigade, but in consideration of the strict artillery management rules and regulations of the emperor, the field heavy artillery brigade will never be able to fight alone, and the other three 75 mountain artillery brigades must also be there! In this way, except for the infantry artillery attached to each wing, all the heavy firepower of the sixth division has been concentrated here. β
Pointing to the big triangle on the map representing the Emperor's ** Artillery Wing, Lilia explained her judgment.
"And what are these three little horns?" asked Zhang Starler of the Brulu Self-Defense Regiment
"Three infantry battalions of the 1st Wing. β
"Lieutenant Colonel Udina, just tell me your battle plan, and we'll just listen to you. β
The president of the Civic Government Association, who does not know much about military affairs, said that he does not understand military affairs at all
"No, I'm going to say it, because that's the only way you can make the right move at the right moment. Lilia rejects the president's idea
"Lilia, you said you plan to counterattack, but we only have less than 2,000 formally trained soldiers, as well as 6,000 temporarily recruited self-defense personnel, and the opponent has 2,500 front-line fighters in one wing, isn't our strength a little ......" Carl also reminded on the side, after all, this is a blocking war, the purpose is to cover the evacuation of residents and refugees, that is, to buy time, there is no need to destroy too many enemies, although it is a good thing to destroy more enemies, but if it is not successful
On the contrary, if the army is lost, it will not be able to draw.
"You don't need to worry about that. I've thought about it. β
Lilia paused and continued
"The Sixth Division of the Imperial Army's Galia Side, with a total of 18,000 men, has three infantry wings and one mechanized infantry wing, and the division commander is Major General Zhistov, this guy I know, he used to be a pig killer, and he made a fortune as an officer by marrying a border nobleman by his sister, and from the first day he became an officer, he did not know how to collect money and deduct the soldiers' salaries, and after being accused, he was ordered by the previous marshal (Lilia's father) to remove all military posts and suspend themγ His Majesty has a set, but his military literacy is very poor, and his third wing, the most capable of fighting, Sovisky, has not been reused for a long time because of his discord with him. He is a selfish and incompetent general whose personal grievances override the collective good. Ignoring the stunned gazes of those around her, Lilia continued
"This time the enemy troops in three directions did not find the tank, so it can be seen that eighty percent of Sovisky's mechanized wing was again kept in reserve, and with this old bald character, he must have swept forward with his favorite dog-legged Belevaya wing as the vanguard. β
"Who?" said Lilia, so fast that everyone didn't hear her
"Belevaya, this guy I know, the 210th graduate of the infantry section of the Imperial Army Officer University, is a complete megalomaniac. This guy has never looked down on any army other than the Federation Army, and will definitely move forward in a small squad as a unit. Lilia spoke more and more
looked at Lilia, who knew the emperor like a child knew about the toys at home
Carl was genuinely glad that he had brought Lilia with him this time, and the information she had just mentioned was not something that ordinary people could understand...... No, even in the Empire, I'm afraid there are few people who can catch up with her!
With that, Lilia asked the other officers to express their thoughts
"Yes, we also think that a counterattack is necessary, then Your Excellency thinks. How to deal with this megalomaniac who has no one in his eyes?" The officers around him were gradually led by him, and began to pay attention to the map, consciously looking for the enemy's loopholes.
"The problem with the Emperor's Sixth Division is that it's too scattered!" Lilia pointed to the large map
"The position of the 1st Wing and the Artillery Wing is too forward! It is 20 kilometers from the 2nd Wing on the left flank, 25 kilometers from the 4th Wing on the right flank, and 30 kilometers from the 3rd Wing in the rear, and the front is extremely wide
"The most important thing is that the emperor would never have imagined that the Galian army, which had lost almost half of the country and only knew how to retreat, would boldly launch a large-scale counterattack at this time when there was a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us!" replied a lieutenant of the regular army, with anger in his eyes
"That's right!" Lilia said approvingly, knocking on the table
"Therefore, this time, we must fight back! Fight back fiercely, concentrate all the elite forces and all the combat vehicles of the regular army, the volunteer army, the northern army, and the civic self-defense force, and deal a devastating blow to the first wing and artillery wing of the sixth division of the empire!
"Revenge!"
This will be the loudest and most powerful counterattack from all the military and civilians of Lando Barcelona!
"But do we really have to concentrate all our chariots, and will not the infantry attack without the cover of the chariots?" said a representative of the Volunteers.
"There's no need to worry about that. Before Lilia could speak, Karl spoke.
"It's not that the chariots don't cover the soldiers, but that all the chariots are pulled out of each squad to form an independent chariot unit, and then all the infantry are gathered together to form an assault group, with the chariots as the lead, the infantry in the brigade follows the cover, and finally the self-defense regiment presses up, tearing through the enemy's defense line and expanding the results, am I right? Lilia?" said Karl as he looked at Lilia.
Lilia was a little surprised that Carl understood what she was thinking
"I didn't expect anyone to understand this kind of tactics? This is a bold idea that has been arguing for several years in the emperor's **!" Obviously, Lilia didn't know that in another world, it was a cheap fellow of Karl's who invented this kind of tactics in that world.
"That's right. Lilia said to everyone
"Therefore, we want to concentrate all 17 standard combat vehicles, as well as a total of 20 combat vehicles, including the Lufthansa, the Edelweiss and the Kalinin, to form an assault cluster and disrupt the enemy's deployment!
'Annihilate the enemy!'
How long has it been since I've heard this word from my own people's mouths? It's been so long, so long that people forget all the time.
"As the key to the success of this plan, it is necessary to see whether the tank troops can break through the enemy line and destroy the enemy artillery before the Imperial artillery reacts!" Then a self-defense commander explained the difficulty of the plan.
Understanding that the key to this operation was the timing and suddenness of the attack of the chariot troops, Karl volunteered to act as a striker
"Let Hansa take the lead! with our armor protection, we will be able to block the first round of enemy shelling!" Karl said confidently
"Nope. Lilia shook her head
"Originally, I was going to let Hansa go on it, but just now I changed my mind. β
"Huh, don't need us?!"
Lilia's answer surprised Carl a little
"Karl, what is the maximum speed of the Kalinin?" Lilia did not answer Karl directly, but asked a question that was not related to them,
"It's okay to run a 55 on the road...... You're going to let them go?!"
Let the newcomer who just arrived take the lead, Lilia's courage is really not small.
"It's not for nothing that I did this, judging from the fact that they ran all the way from the city and the action of emergency stopping, the key to this operation is not armor, but speed, in addition to this, the driver must be crazy enough to be wild enough to dare to play with his life, from the point of view just now, Kalinin's driver is obviously more in line with this requirement" Lilia patiently explained to Carl
"Crazy enough, wild enough, playful, that would be a good fit for that Cossack girl. β
Remembering the thrilling memories of being invited by that girl to ride in the Beta 7 sports car, Carl still has lingering palpitations.
'That girl will die.' β
"But, Lilia, why do you want people to drive crazy and wild? This is driving a chariot, not a bumper car?" Karl still didn't understand Lilia's thoughts
"I said, this is for the artillery that can annihilate the people at the first time, otherwise I would be sick if I fought back against the fire of one of the enemy's artillery wings. What kind of car is a bumper car?"
"So you want to ......"
"It's too much trouble for the cannon to hit the cannon or something, if the armor allows, let the Kalinin directly hit it!