With the radio station of the combat power multiplier, the confidence of the coalition generals, especially Marshal Eisen, hoped that this counteroffensive would make his name go down in the history books and be forever worshiped by future generations.

At 4:30 a.m. on 1 June, the commanders of the Central Coalition units opened the code suitcase in front of the gendarmes, and after reading the orders inside, they immediately burned it.

In order to distinguish them from ordinary coalition soldiers, the 50,000 federal soldiers who participated in the battle wore allied uniforms, and embroidered a swaggering red crab on the armband of their left arm, and most of the 50,000 federal soldiers did not participate in the front-line battles, except for tank soldiers and pilots, and mainly stayed in the rear as communications soldiers, artillerymen, and staff officers.

At 5:50 a.m. on 1 June, the 1.2 million allied forces were all ready, and 2,200 fighters and bombers of the first attack wave took off from various airfields and flew toward the airfields, troop assembly points, material warehouses, headquarters and other important places of the Imperial Army.

Although the Imperial Army has received news of the large-scale purchase of weapons by the Central Coalition Army, due to the fact that the Central Coalition Army has done a good job of secrecy, the Imperial Army can only judge that the Coalition Army will launch a major counteroffensive in the near future. Nothing was known, so the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, Marshal Möngke, ordered to stop the offensive and turn to the defensive, and the 800,000 Imperial troops seized the time to build two strong positions on the hundreds of kilometers of defensive line, ready to deal with the counterattack of the coalition forces at any time. Marshal Möngke also developed a plan for defensive counterattacks. It is intended to use the counteroffensive of the coalition forces to massively eliminate the living forces of the coalition forces.

6:16 a.m. on June 1. The allied counteroffensive officially began, and the air force dispatched in advance carried out indiscriminate bombardment of several major airfields of the Imperial Army, destroying thousands of Imperial warplanes while they were still on the ground, and killing valuable pilots in their dormitories.

At the same time as the massive bombardment began, the allied armored forces purchased 1,500 T-26 and T-35, as well as a modified version of the MKI tank of their own production, the MKII tank, from the north, the middle and south of the defense line of hundreds of kilometers. Accompanied by 300,000 infantry, an attack was launched towards the Imperial line.

The place where the coalition armored forces launched the attack was very ingenious, all of them were weak joints between the various units of the imperial army, and the infantry units of the imperial army with only a small number of anti-tank weapons could not stop the assault of the powerful armored forces of the coalition forces at all, and only an hour after the start of the battle, the seemingly solid defense line of the imperial army was torn apart by three gaps, and the follow-up infantry units of the coalition army were inserted into the back of the imperial army along these three gaps, and the troops of the frontal attack were pinched by the imperial army。

A snowflake telegram for help was placed in front of Marshal Möngke, and the battle-hardened veteran was a little flustered at this time. Judging from the telegrams sent, the front of the Imperial Army was in a hurry. Facing the danger of collapse at any moment, he must make a judgment and issue a new order as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences of an avalanche of rout will be unimaginable.

After completing the suppression of the northern part of the Eastern Continent and being transferred to the Central Theater, Ouyang Yu's former old opponent, Grand Duke Philip, who is now the Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Central Theater of the Imperial Army, suggested on the side: "Simon, order the troops on the front line to cover each other and retreat." ”

Simon was the name of Marshal Mönggo, and when he heard the advice of the Grand Duke of Philip, he was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Archduke Philip asked rhetorically: "Don't you think the current tactics of the coalition forces are very familiar? First a large-scale aerial bombardment, then the armored forces suddenly open the gap, and then the infantry follow to widen the gap and then outflank it, such tactics you should know." ”

"You mean that His Highness in the north made a move?" a resounding name sounded in Marshal Mengke's brain, but then asked again in confusion: "But hasn't the relationship between His Highness and our country improved, and I heard that he will marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can he help the hillbillies in the east?"

"The relationship between my country and His Royal Highness has never been good, that His Highness started by relying on the war with the Empire, and marrying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just a rumor released in the country, and besides, there has never been feelings between countries, only interests, presumably His Highness thinks that if the Empire rules the world, it will seriously damage her interests before she will take action, otherwise she would not have exported weapons and equipment that can arm hundreds of thousands of people to the coalition army. ”

Marshal Meng Ge nodded in agreement, "You are right, there is no emotion between countries, only interests, you are the old opponent of that Highness, you must know the means of that Highness better than me, just do what you say, first temporarily retreat to avoid the edge of the coalition forces, and then counterattack when they are tired." ”

Marshal Möngke's order was sent over the radio to the entire defensive line, and the generals of the Imperial Army on the defensive line finally breathed a sigh of relief, and their troops would not be able to hold out if they did not give any more orders.

After receiving the order to retreat, the various units of the Imperial Army began to retreat in an orderly manner, and retreating in battle is a more advanced knowledge than a great victory, once the retreat is not handled well, it will become a rout, and there is even a danger of annihilation.

Fortunately, Marshal Meng Ge sent a reserve force in time to respond, and the troops who were left behind desperately resisted, buying enough time for the retreating large army, and the 800,000 imperial troops successfully retreated from the first line of defense to the second line of defense dozens of kilometers later, successfully preserving most of the living forces, but the situation was still very dangerous.

The coalition counteroffensive on 1 June lasted until sunset, and the fastest advancing force was already close to the second line of defense of the Imperial Army, and launched a tentative offensive.

In this offensive, the coalition forces annihilated more than 40,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army, captured more than 10,000 prisoners, destroyed more than 1,200 warplanes, destroyed and captured more than 600 tanks, destroyed and captured more than 1,100 magic crystal cannons, and countless weapons, ammunition, and supplies, and advanced their positions more than 30 kilometers.

Although the Imperial Army retained most of its living forces, its heavy weapons were basically lost, and it was unable to resist the coalition forces that continued to attack, so it had to retreat again and again, and retreated more than 200 kilometers in the following period, losing a large area of occupied territory, and retreated until it retreated to Marlowe, an important city in the central region. (To be continued.) )