Chapter 532 Silence

Emperor Prosen did not think for long.

Reinhardt: "The troops we can send to the front immediately are two armies, right?"

"Yes, the current total reserve force on the Eastern Front is only two armies." Marshal Celtic confirmed immediately.

"How long will it take to mobilize troops from further away?"

"In a week, within a week we can dispatch the newly formed troops in the country and the troops who came back for training to the Eastern Front. The number is two armies..."

Reinhard interrupted Kelt: "Then first send one corps to Army Group Center for emergency relief, and the other corps to Army Group B on the southern front, hand it over to Frederick, and then tell him to return it within a week. There are two armies.”

Field Marshal Celt glanced at Field Marshal Walter von Bryan, the commander-in-chief of the army who had been silent.

Brian finally said: "If the Central Army Group is penetrated, the situation will become very dangerous. Ant's Western Front may rush to the border like a whirlwind, and all the progress we have made since June 22, 914 will be lost." Nothing left.

"We cannot take the risk, Your Majesty."

"That's why I sent an army over." Reinhard said angrily, "You Junker officers like to exaggerate the difficulties you face in order to get more reinforcements. You don't consider what other fronts in the empire are like. , all I want is that I can’t take the blame! I know you all too well.”

Reinhard stopped, looked at the map, collected his thoughts and continued: "Frederick is probably in the same situation on the southern front. He needs troops, but not much. If he gives one army, he should be able to achieve huge gains. Breakthrough.

"Three armies or something, it should be the number he exaggerated to highlight the urgency. And - and I am really prepared to give him three armies!"

At this time, Director of Armored Forces Feng Moltke raised his hand: "My Majesty, in fact, on the Western Front, we have several fully equipped armored divisions in preparation for combat. These divisions combined have more than a thousand tanks, and they have just been upgraded. Although the performance of the new tank is not as good as that of the Panther tank under development, it is still better than the old Type III and IV that are now commonly equipped on the Eastern Front.

"It will take less than a week to transport these armored divisions to the eastern front through our country's developed railway system. In just a few days, these armored divisions will arrive at the easternmost railway hub under our control and begin to advance towards Abawahan!"

"No!" Reinhard interrupted Moltke, "These armored divisions are to deal with the Allied landings! They are the most important counterattack force of the entire Western Front Command, responsible for driving the Allied forces into the sea. Responsibility!”

Moltke: "But the Allied forces should not carry out landing operations this year. Their main energy is in Africa. The headquarters predicts that the Allied forces may land in the Kingdom of Sardinia..."

Reinhardt: "The Kingdom of Sardinia is made up of mountains and is blocked by the Alps. Even if they land, they still have to cross the Alps to threaten the core area of ​​the empire.

"The current army is not like the conqueror's army a hundred years ago. Cross-mountain attacks are very difficult. Our mountain infantry can completely block all enemies."

Reinhard came to the huge sand table in the Eagle's Nest war room, picked up a map stick that looked like a knight's spear, and poked his head on the sand table: "The Carolingians are all plains, although there are rivers blocking them. However, these rivers flow slowly and are easy to build bridges, so they cannot serve as effective barriers. What's more, these rivers are all covered with bridges. The western part of Europa is so developed that there are towns everywhere, and there are bridges across the rivers wherever there are towns!

"Do you understand? My dear Director of Armored Forces! As long as the Allied forces land in the Carolingians, they will reconquer the Carolingians within a year, threatening the most important industrial region of the empire.

"No, you can't do this. No matter where you move the troops, you can't move the armored divisions of the Western Command. They have to stay there!"

Moltke: "However, the enemy has already launched a landing operation in Africa. Does it really have the spare capacity to land in the Carolingians?"

At this time, the emperor's intelligence chief, Duke Redwedge, the leader of the intelligence agency La Boeville, said: "We have two extremely reliable intelligence sources that prove that the United Kingdom and the United States are actively preparing for landing operations. One is at Castile Leah’s ace spy, the other is the Krat Bureau directly led by His Majesty the Emperor.”

When he heard about the Kratt Bureau, General Moltke could only sigh: "The intelligence from the Kratt Bureau also said that they were going to land, which really needs to be taken seriously. The intelligence they provided before perfectly fits my judgment on the front line and is worthy of trust."

After all, the intelligence of the Krat Bureau was all made up by the "legendary spy" specifically to cater to Prosen's senior executives.

Reinhard looked very happy: "So the armored forces on the Western Front cannot be moved. My Director of Armored Forces, can you see where else there are armored forces that can be mobilized?"

Moltke: "How about demobilizing the armored units that were originally going to join the Afrika Korps? Now that the Afrika Korps is in an increasingly difficult situation, we should withdraw them as soon as possible so that we can have the 15th and 21st Armored Divisions and the 90th Light Armored Division in our hands. Division. These are experienced troops who have fought fiercely with the United Kingdom's armored forces."

Reinhardt: "However, it is not good to give up Africa like this. After all, Erwin has promised me that as long as I give him a little more troops, I can cut off the canal and completely cut off the route between the United Kingdom and Baras.

"The United Kingdom now uses Baras soldiers in large numbers, which is an important source of manpower for them. It is said that the United Kingdom will not surrender until the blood of the last Baras is shed... maybe..."

Celtic Chief of Staff: "But the Allied forces have already moved along the coastline to attack Erwin's African Corps, and his supply line is about to be cut off.

"And we are about to lose control of the Aegean Sea. The Franz bombs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences were not as effective as expected. Although some ships were sunk, the ships of the United Kingdom have begun to equip radio jamming devices. They also use smoke to block the view.”

Reinhard pursed his lips: "The Imperial Academy of Sciences still has a weapon to test. If this weapon performs well, we can regain control of the sea! So it is not too late to wait for the actual results of the new weapon!

"No, the reinforcements for the African Army cannot be moved."

General Moltke, Director of the Armored Forces, Marshal Brian, Commander of the Army, and Marshal Kelt, Chief of Staff of the Headquarters, looked at each other. For the first time, these three people reached a common opinion.

But they unanimously did not refute the emperor.

"Where else can we send troops?" Reinhard asked, knocking on the table.

Celtic Marshal: "There are still many Moravian troops that can be sent. Their training is very poor and their fighting will is not high, but the training of the Ant people on the opposite side is also very poor. As long as we guarantee to give them the best equipment, they should It can be used."

Reinhard hesitated: "How many Moravian troops can be sent?"

"Two armies," Marshal Celtic replied, "and the training is very poor, but they are Moravia's standing army. They have been trained for a long time, and their number is 200,000."

After hearing the two hundred thousand, Reinhard waved his hand: "Send them all to General Frederick, and let the logistics department ensure that these 200,000 people get the best equipment!"

"Yes!" Marshal Celtic immediately picked up the receiver and began to issue orders.

General Moltke exchanged glances with Marshal Brian.

Finally, the marshal said: "Not to mention how useful so many Moravian troops can be, they have to eat, which puts a lot of pressure on our logistics."

"As long as they can hold on until our domestically trained troops arrive at the front line, it will only take about a week, and then we can put them in secondary areas!" Reinhardt said, "These Moravian troops , no matter how rubbish it is, it’s great to throw it into the city to consume the Ant people!”

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At the same time, at the headquarters of the 1st Red Banner Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ante Guards, Yegorov looked at the leader of the reconnaissance team who had just returned: "What did you say? The front-line Prosen armored forces are retreating?"

"Yes, we killed a few skirmishers and found that they belonged to the 41st Armored Corps of the Sixth Army." replied the captain who led the reconnaissance team.

Yegorov touched his chin: "The 41-pack troops retreated, and the 14-pack troops in front of us did not move... It feels like they were deployed to attack the beachhead."

The chief of staff asked: "Are we taking some action to prevent the enemy from moving?"

Yegorov shook his head: "What action can we take? The enemy's 88-meter cannons have been deployed in the front, and we don't have that much armor to counterattack. We can only rely on the advantage of the vortex to shoot at the enemy.

"We can only report this news to the front army headquarters."

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At the Abavahan Front Army Headquarters, Pavlov put down the receiver and said to Wang Zhong: "The enemy's 41st Armored Corps has retreated from the front line, and the infantry division is replacing it. It seems that they are going to use the 41st Armored Corps to attack the beachhead. , and a certain amount of infantry troops may be invested.”

Wang Zhong: "This is one of our landing goals. As long as the beachhead remains on the other side, the enemy will never be able to devote the attack force of two armored corps to deal with us. In this way, the battle on the outskirts of Abawahan will be easier." "

Although Abavahan is the largest city on the inland sea coast, it is much smaller than St. Catherine's Castle. There are still a lot of open spaces on the outskirts of the city, and the satellite towns are also smaller.

The Sixteenth Group Army is already guarding a relatively large satellite city.

In these open areas, the threat of the Prossen armored forces is very great. Generally, when a temporary infantry division encounters an armored force, it will be cut open easily, like a hot knife touching butter.

The troops in Wang Zhong's hands also included a large number of temporary infantry divisions. These cobbled-together troops were responsible for the defense tasks of the city's second and third lines of defense.

Although it is inevitable that the city will mince meat in the end, Wang Zhong hopes to delay it for as long as possible.

Therefore, one can only hope that the naval infantry can guard the beachhead for a while longer.