Chapter 570: The Art of War

In the next few days, Wang Zhong's headquarters kept moving.

The main forces advanced too fast.

The rear guard troops left by General Shiplin surrendered without much resistance after being surrounded by cavalry and infantry, and did not delay the offensive of the Abavakhan Front at all.

The heavy troops of the front set out with great confidence, but they did not fight for two days.

The supply of the front was much smoother than originally expected, because Pavlov adopted a new supply method: the railway line was opposite the frozen Valdaichu River, so as long as it was planned in advance, the military trains bound for Abavakhan could unload the goods in advance, and then organize the villages and volunteers along the way to deliver the goods across the glacier.

In this way, the logistics department set up a large number of supply stations and fuel depots along the march to provide sufficient supplies for the heavy troops of the front.

The only drawback of this supply plan is that there is no vehicle maintenance and recycling center. The broken tank can only be marked on the map and the local church will be informed and it will not be taken care of.

After all, it is not realistic to expect the entire front to have the same support capabilities as the First Mobile Army.

On December 12, Wang Zhong had been bumping in the car since early in the morning. After four hours of tossing, he finally couldn't stand it and ordered to stop and rest.

So the headquarters convoy stopped on a small hill beside the Valdai River. Wang Zhong got out of the car and strolled on the hill with his coat and hands behind his back.

He saw with his naked eyes that the Valdai River was full of sleds transporting supplies, so he asked Pavlov: "Where can you find so many sleds?"

Pavlov pointed at Popov: "You should ask the bishop about this matter."

Popov: "They are all organized by the local church. Everyone was very enthusiastic before because they were afraid that the Prosen people would win and cross the river to harm their hometown.

"Now that we have won, everyone is even more enthusiastic. Even those guys who are identified as hidden members of the Saint Worship Sect have joined the ranks of transportation."

Wang Zhong once again looked at the endless stream of people on the ice and sighed: "The victory of the winter battle of 915 was pulled out by the masses with sleds."

Vassily: "Hey, this sentence just now seems to be recorded in the quotations. Should I remember it?"

Wang Zhong: "No, you don't have to remember it."

"Then I'll remember it. "Vassily took out his notebook and wrote down what Wang Zhong had just said.

Pavlov: "If we keep going at full speed like this, we will be able to reach the Sukhayaveli River in a few days. I don't know how the Prosen people's defense line is. If we can successfully take down Yarvik, the train from Yebao can go directly to Yarvik to provide us with supplies, and the supply line will be shortened by hundreds of kilometers at once. "

Vassily asked doubtfully: "Everyone, why don't you say that after the enemy occupied Yarvik, they attacked Yebao again along the railway line?"

Wang Zhong: "Their supplies come from Shepetovka. Even if they control Yarvik, they can't solve the vast grassland between Shepetovka and Yarvik. You were there at the time, and you know what the grassland is like. "

Vassily: "Then the question is, our entire front army of more than one million people, will it be too crowded to rush into the grassland? Can the supplies keep up?"

Everyone looked at Vasily together.

Wang Zhong: "What you said... makes sense. Previously, we were so focused on restoring the front to the state of June this year that we didn't consider this.

"The supplies on the grassland cannot support large-scale troop operations, and if we don't have a troop advantage, we may not be able to defeat the high-quality Prosen troops."

Popov: "During the summer campaign, our First Mobile Army was able to recapture Yeisk by taking advantage of the time before the enemy's main force arrived, and some clever tactics. After that, it was all thanks to the equipment advantage brought by the vortex, as well as the morale and experience of the First Mobile Army, that we were able to stop the Prosen's attack."

Wang Zhong thought about it, and it seemed to be true.

Pavlov: "In fact, recapture Yarvik is already good. This is the end of the winter campaign, and it is also good to wait for the end of the muddy period before fighting again."

Wang Zhong: "We have to think about the problem from the perspective of the Prosen people. What do you think the Prosen people will use to solve the transportation problem from Shepetovka to Yarvik?"

Pavlov fell into deep thought.

Vasily raised his hand: "Professor, I have an idea."

"Go ahead." Wang Zhong responded. He is the dean of the Suvorov Military Academy and naturally one of the professors.

Vasily: "Based on my observation of the Prosons in the past year, I think they will build roads."

Yes, it is the same on Earth. Because the Russians' infrastructure was too poor, San Dezi suffered a big loss in 1941, so San Dezi made up his mind to build a lot of high-standard roads, which were almost completed by the beginning of 1943.

Then the Russians fought back. After fighting Kursk, the Russians rushed into their homeland and found: Hey, are the roads in my hometown so good? Oh, it's too fast. Trucks can even race with Stukas on this road.

This has also become a topic of great interest for enthusiasts who study the history of the Eastern Front in the future.

Wang Zhong patted Vasily on the shoulder: "Yes, they will build roads. We can capture Yarvik and face the enemy across the river. We can wait for the enemy to build the road before counterattacking."

Pavlov: "Although you and I have heard of many outrageous tactics, I never thought of waiting for the enemy to build a road."

Wang Zhong smiled and continued: "But the winter campaign cannot stop at Arvik. At our current advancement speed, as long as we don't get stuck under the city of Arvik, we can even capture the city before Christmas—— I mean Christmas on the Gregorian calendar.

"There is still so much time until the mud period next year, and the million-strong army does not have much consumption. Stopping will delay the war. Since we are not attacking Shepetovka, we can consider occupying Yarvik and establishing a defensive line. , turn left to attack Bolsk, and then recapture the coastal fortress. "

Vasily took out the small map he brought with him, looked at it, and shouted: "Then don't we surround Army Group A? If they want to escape, they can only conduct a sea retreat like Dunkirk."

Wang Zhong: "That's it. We want to pretend to attack Shepetovka, but in fact the troops turn left."

Pavlov: "God, could you think better of it first and stop slapping your head on the battlefield? Now I have to make a new plan overnight."

Wang Zhong: "I believe in your ability! And you have so many staff members now, you can definitely do it."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered that at the most critical moment, he ordered his staff and headquarters logistics to go to the front line and charge with him to kill the enemy.

It seems that a third of the staff was sacrificed, including Yakov.

So he looked at Pavlov with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, I forgot about it for a moment."

Pavlov: "I know, you asked Yakov to make coffee for you last time. I will make a plan, don't worry. But, I don't quite understand why you want to attack Shepetovka. The enemy has been deceived by you again and again, and they won’t believe it.”

Wang Zhong: "No, think about the surrendered Marshal Frederick's evaluation of Emperor Prossen. This time the emperor will be self-righteous and clever to see through me. He has been played by me before, and he must have deliberately wanted to Defeat me once and regain your position.

“Moreover, logically speaking, it is very difficult for a large corps to cross the vast steppe to attack Shepetovka, so we can only use smaller local clusters, but we have no advantage in small clusters.

"His Majesty the Emperor's advisers will tell him with all their heart that it cannot be Shepetovka, just as they objected to crossing the Ardennes Forest before."

Wang Zhong showed a sly smile: "He will think that Shepetovka is the main direction of attack."

Vasily: "I studied the ancient military book of Seris that the general highly praised. This is called the deceitful way of a soldier, right?"

Wang Zhong: "That's right. The most advanced art of war is the art of knowing the opponent's general. So we have to make a big show of attacking Shepetovka. We can use the same tactics we used once and find a weapon. The corpse was disguised as a correspondent heading to Shepetovka to deliver orders to the guerrillas, parachuted and dropped into enemy-occupied territory."

Vasily smiled: "Are you doing this again? I'm familiar with it! I was the one who forged the corpse last time. However, could it be that I made it too real and it would have the opposite effect?"

"Relax, why are you here?" Wang Zhong waved his hand, "Even if Emperor Prosen is not fooled, we can also forcibly eliminate his blocking troops. We have an army of one million. Although it is not enough to conquer the world, we can still defeat him. There is no problem in covering this distance.

"It's a pity that the prototype vehicle broke because of my tossing. Otherwise, it would have been more stable. It could have sent the Prossenian bunker and the people inside it to the sky."

Pavlov: "By the way, it seems that four prototype vehicles are on the way again, saying they are some new heavy-duty breakthrough tanks."

Wang Zhong: "Really? I want to save some money this time and use them in the attack on Arvik."

After that, Wang Zhong looked at the ice again and found that many people seemed to be deliberately approaching the high ground where he was. The flow of people on the ice was originally straight, but now it curves and passes in front of the high ground.

Wang Zhong turned around and found that the red flag had been put up.

Such a touch of red in the ice and snow is too conspicuous.

He could already hear people passing by saying: "It's Rokosov! General Rokosov!"

"The general is here to see us!"

"Run quickly, dog, don't let the general underestimate our dog!"

Wang Zhong could only raise his hand and wave, but the people below started shouting "Ula".

This scene may only have been enjoyed by famous generals like Suvorov in Ante's history.

After waving his hand, Wang Zhong turned and left everyone's sight. As he walked, he said to Pavlov: "In short, the plan is set. Come up with an attack plan as soon as possible. In order to achieve the second phase of the campaign goal, we need to The cooperation of the Mountain Front, the Mountain Front, and the cooperation of the White Sea Fleet.”

Pavlov: "The issue of sea control is a bit difficult to deal with. Although Proson's ace battleship was killed by the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom, they still have many cruisers and destroyers in the White Sea. We only have destroyers."

Wang Zhong: "We can let the United States think of a way, such as asking them to borrow naval dive bomber units. Those people are all masters of attacking warships."

Vasily: "Will they borrow it? Although the Fuso Empire has retreated from Gwadar, but..."

Wang Zhong: "Now the United States Navy has only one aircraft carrier left. Each aircraft carrier can only carry one carrier-based air wing. There are many wings that have nothing to do. Let them come over and practice their skills. I will help the United States. His Excellency the President of the country sent a telegram."