Recalling a qiē that happened during the day, Mikhail wrote:

"Our division arrived at the departure position at about 2 a.m.—"

In response to the first large-scale sortie of the Defence forces, General Rudolf Gorke, the director of transport, and his wartime rail transport office almost died of exhaustion.

In formulating Operation Stardust, the General Staff repeatedly stressed that the success or failure of the operation depended on the extent to which the Defence Forces could operate according to the schedule of tasks, and that there was little problem with the Navy and the Air Force, which had both technical and natural superiority, and that the difficulty lay in the Army, or more precisely, on the railways.

Although Charlemagne's railways not only have many lines, but the number of locomotives can also meet the needs of large-scale troop mobilization, the personnel software can also be said to be far ahead of the times. When making plans, the relevant details were also fully considered, and wartime train schedules were prepared. But after all, this is a long-range strategic maneuver of field army-level troops on Charlemagne's territory, and the covert transportation of the previous battalion-level scale cannot be compared with it at all.

How quickly and easily to get an armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions and a large number of heavy artillery to the starting position on time before launching an attack. At the same time, these 500 trains (90~100 trains for each armored or mechanized infantry division, 100 trains for artillery, and various types of baggage) must also get to where they need to go without alarming Charlemagne...... This is obviously not an easy job.

Fortunately, the railway system was developed enough, and the accountants and secretaries of the railway transport office in wartime were powerful enough, and all of them were disguised as civilian trains. The military train loaded with soldiers and equipment and supplies finally quietly completed all the transportation work at 2 o'clock in the morning, and finally completed the task with a little thrill.

“...... There were explosions on the railroad and in the city, everyone tensed, and the sound of artillery was heard from the direction of the other troops on both flanks. ”

The Castilian border was built on the Pyrenees, and observation posts and fortresses were built on the triangular heights near the railway connecting the two countries, and these nails, which threatened the railway line, were the first to be taken care of by the artillery.

The sound of artillery is also not alien to recruits like Mikhail, who are pulled to the exercise ground on the first day to be baptized by the rumbling of artillery. Mikhail was also welcomed in this way, and at first he was afraid. Even shivering. Later, I slowly got used to it. After becoming a chariot commander, the deafening roar is an indispensable part of frequent shooting drills and exercises.

For him, shooting and listening to the sound of cannons is commonplace.

Can be the morning cannon sound. It's a completely different level. Those shellings of the past are simply incomparable.

In the past, most of the shooting ranges and exercise ranges were rhythmic shooting, which could count the number of artillery strikes. The sound of the artillery bombardment of the triangular heights was so continuous that Mikhail and his men could hardly hear anything except the loud sound that pierced the ears and the howl of heat that brushed their skin.

The logic of the artillerymen's actions is extremely simple: "If there is a cannon, it will not be fired." Expired and void". Most of the shells that were delivered to them were close to their expiration date, and instead of spending money to destroy them, they should all be given to the Castilian people now. Under the favorable conditions of open supply, in less than half an hour, 350 heavy artillery pieces of various types tilted 7~80,000 rounds of shells onto a hill of less than 3 square kilometers, and at the height of the shelling, 6 rounds were dropped per second! Mikhail, who had never seen such a natural wonder as a "volcanic eruption", had only one thought in his head, and those two mountains exploded......

“...... Those gunners were very good at the same time, and at the same time crazy. From 75mm field guns to 280mm train guns, they fired as if they were equipped with an automatic loader. The craziest were several groups of 305mm self-propelled howitzers, and under our cover, those gunners pushed the 'tractor cannons' to a distance of less than a kilometer from the target and fired at a direct bombardment. I had to retract into the turret basket to dodge the violent shock wave and use my periscope to see what was going on outside. I saw a Castilian officer rush out of the smoke, unhelmeted, ragged, and with his left arm missing. The man screamed hysterically as he rushed towards us. He had only run two paces, and at least two dozen cannonballs had smashed on him, and a pile of sand mixed with red sand rose into the air, and the wave of air almost tossed my chariot over...... By the time the two-hour shelling was over, I found that the two hills were 'short' by two metres......"

The artillerymen's expression is worthy of the inscription they carved on the gun carriage - the supremacy of firepower and madness. During the two-hour artillery preparation, all kinds of light and heavy artillery covered every inch of the target area, blowing up the originally verdant hill into a barren land. Finally, after the 107mm and 122mm rocket launchers covered the bombardment with thermite incendiary bombs, the shelling began to extend, blowing up the plank roads built between the ridges and cliffs one by one, blocking the possibility of reinforcements from the Castilian army from other directions. As for the air power of Castile - at the same time as the artillery fired the first shells, the floating battleships and MDS of the Air Force destroyed them all on the ground.

After the artillery began to extend, 5 Leopard tanks and 4 anti-aircraft Panthers quickly formed battle formations. The outside of the chariot was full of battle soldiers, followed by a whole company of infantry and more than a dozen infantry Panther armored transport vehicles, cautiously advancing towards the high ground.

Although the medium tank is based on the VK3002 (DB), Li Lin did not let this design that copied all the advantages and disadvantages of the T-34 directly from the drawing board. Rather, it is a "new sake" that injects the E-series technology into the "old bottle" of the original design. In addition to minor improvements such as the pig-nosed gun shield that resembles the King Tiger and the addition of turret pods. The most important thing is that based on this Leopard fighting vehicle, a huge family of armored vehicles covering everything from self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled guns, tank destroyers to infantry fighting vehicles has been derived.

In addition to the basic Leopard combat vehicle, there are also two anti-aircraft Leopards equipped with double-barreled 37mm and quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft guns. At the moment, they did not need to provide anti-aircraft fire for the infantry of the armored column, but patiently searched for any fish that had slipped through the net in the shelling area. If one of the lucky ones suddenly bursts out of the tail and flanks with a Molotov cocktail or a self-detonation technique, the anti-aircraft leopard will beat that guy into a sieve with a violent metal storm. Let's say that guy is lucky enough to get hot, and he hasn't been killed, and he's still rushing. Infantry fighting vehicles-like infantry fighting leopards will greet the guy with a 30mm machine gun, and the automatic firearms in the infantryman's hands are not good-looking, hundreds of automatic rifles and submachine guns will make any attacker lie down with holes all over his body.

When the chariot breaks through the defensive line, the infantry will launch a final assault, sweeping away the remnants of the enemy and finally taking the position completely.

This rigorously crafted process looks perfect and leaves no flaws in it. Now it was time to test the actual combat effect of this kind of coordinated operation, and the elven soldiers who smelled the smell of actual combat secretly swallowed their saliva. (To be continued......)

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Li Lin: Yesterday's winner was a book friend who was stolen from the Heavenly Gate, congratulations!

Nidhogg: Today's question 1.Where is the prototype of the highland that drops 6 rounds per second? (In the famous Chinese movie in the 50s, the interlude "My Motherland", and the primary school textbook has "An Apple" to describe the situation at that time.) Question 2: What is the prototype of the tractor heavy artillery? (Hint: Uncle Steel must know, if you are interested, you can go to see the 6th issue of "Military Subplane") Everyone, hurry up and take action!