Chapter 579: The First Phase of the Winter Campaign Is Completed (Update 3381)

Chapter 579 The first phase of the winter campaign is completed (update 33/81)

On December 20, the Abavahan Front Army established a new headquarters.

Pavlov threw the report in front of Wang Zhong: "Sign it, Commander Davarishi, the Plosen Army on the east bank of the Suhayaveli River has been cleared, and the first phase of the counterattack can be ended now."

Wang Zhong picked up the report and turned to the casualties page. Looking at the still huge number above, he sighed longly.

Pavlov: "Thinking about the previous battles, these casualties are pretty good. Especially in the battle against Arvik, the losses were much lower than expected. The equipment you developed worked, so be happy."

Just as Wang Zhong was about to reply, he heard the sound of gunfire outside and turned to look at the window.

Pavlov: "It sounds like the firepower density is much smaller, which means our shelling worked last time."

A few days ago, Wang Zhong took a reconnaissance plane to visit the other side of the Suhayaveli River, marked out all the enemy's artillery positions, and then organized artillery fire from all the front forces to conduct a sudden attack.

Then the enemy bombardment ceased for several days.

Now it is estimated that the artillery troops have been gathered together to start bombarding the most important stations and train dispatching yards.

Wang Zhong was speechless: "It's time to look for this artillery position again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy's shelling stopped.

Pavlov: "I guess the enemy was also afraid and moved his position immediately after the attack. This kind of shelling should not have much impact on us."

Wang Zhong: "How long will it take to complete the material preparations for the second phase of the offensive?"

"As long as we don't encounter too much interference, 15 days will be enough. The troops will be able to rest and replenish themselves. During the pursuit, the organization of many troops was disrupted. Each troop incorporated a large number of people from the brother troops, all of whom were left behind during the attack. "Yes." Pavlov said confidently.

Wang Zhong: "Very good, fifteen days is in line with my expectations. How about putting the attack time on January 7th? It will give you a little redundancy and increase fault tolerance."

"That's great, even though I have reserved redundancy for 15 days, which is a very conservative statement."

Wang Zhong looked at the old man: "I knew you were reliable."

Vasily opened the door and came in: "General!"

Wang Zhong: "Has the mission of bullying the enemy been completed?"

"It's done. I just took a plane and dropped our forged body in the countryside of Shepetovka. When the time is almost up, the locals will 'report' to the Plosen occupation authorities and ask them to come and find the body. In addition, , the spies within the Shepetovka resistance organization also got hints in advance.”

Vasily raised his eyebrows as he spoke, emphasizing a smart expression.

Wang Zhong: "It's a pity that you didn't study music performance. I think you are quite talented in acting."

Pavlov agreed: "Yes, you just made the image of a jester come alive."

"Yes, thank you." Vasily made a grand gesture like an opera singer leaving the stage.

Just as Wang Zhong was about to continue criticizing his adjutant, the door opened again, and Amelia led a group of soldiers in uniforms of the United States Navy in.

"Your Excellency, General," Emilia introduced, "These are the pilots of the Sixth Carrier Air Wing and the Eighth Carrier Air Wing who came from the United States to support us."

After the words fell, the pilots stood at attention and saluted uniformly. They were not at all as sloppy as the HNA pilots in the movie "Top Gun".

Wang Zhong also stood up and responded solemnly: "Salute to the heroes of Midway."

After Emilia finished translating, the leading major grinned: "General, the heroes of Midway have been transferred to the Naval Aviation School to train rookies, and they are not on the team."

After the simultaneous interpretation, Wang Zhongtang exclaimed: "This is great. It preserves the experience of veteran pilots to the maximum extent. We also want to follow suit. Unfortunately, the war situation is too urgent and we do not have the margin to allow veteran pilots to leave the front line."

The leading major: "We heard that you are fighting a great and arduous war. It would be better if we could contribute."

Wang Zhongqie looked down at the name of this person and said: "Thank you very much for your support, Major Worcester, but we don't need elite naval dive bomber pilots to attack enemy tanks and bunkers just yet. Ours The pilot can do it.

"We asked you to come here to attack the enemy's retreating fleet at sea."

After listening to the translation, the major was shocked: "Is this okay? Won't it leak secrets? Doesn't this mean telling us the direction of your next attack?"

Vasily didn't wait for the translation to finish and said in Onsa: "You don't have to worry about this. I mean, we fully believe in your ability to keep secrets!"

In fact, the leak of secrets by the United States pilots was part of the plan to deceive the enemy.

This time I will teach Emperor Prosen what it means to never tire of deceit.

While they were talking here, suddenly there was a whistling sound outside.

The pilots had never heard of this noise and were all startled. However, they were all elite HNA pilots after all. Although they were frightened, they did not panic.

Vasily: "Don't worry, it's a rocket launcher. It will give the Plosans on the other side of the river a little surprise. They will be fired at this time every day."

Major Worcester: "Won't the Prossans fight back?"

Wang Zhong: "The Prosen people are not well supplied. There is a desolate prairie behind them. Even if the ground is frozen hard now, it is not easy to transport. So we are the only one relying on sufficient supplies and constantly plowing the ground with artillery shells. They are not at all No temper."

Major Worcester: "It's unbelievable. In October, the newspapers secretly supported by the Proscenians were still saying that Prossen was making rapid progress and Ant would be defeated. However, in such a short time, the situation was reversed. .

"Those newspapers now can only say that it is General Dong's credit. You are a person who is good for nothing but bragging."

Wang Zhong: "Let them talk. When I invade Prosonia and wipe the mud from my boots with their emperor's clothes, they will have nothing to say."

Vasily: "It's better to step on the shit before wiping it, so it's more insulting."

Everyone in the room looked at Vasily.

He spoke in Ant language, so people who understood Ant language had very helpless expressions, and the pilots may have sensed something with their keen intuition.

Vasily: "Well, I thought that was a good suggestion!"

Wang Zhong could only shake his head: "You, you, you."

Pavlov: "How about punishing him as usual..."

Wang Zhong: "No, no, he is a meritorious major today, forget it."

Vasily: "Hey, that's it? That's great."

Wang Zhong ignored him and looked at the pilots: "You have come all the way, and I will treat you to a meal today. Vasily, go and inform the kitchen. Today's meal will be cooked to suit the taste of the people of the United States, including General Tso's chicken and so on." "

"Yes." Vasily turned and ran away.

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Across the Suhayaveli River, the headquarters of the Tenth Army.

Admiral Poker looked at the burning city outside the window and cursed: "Damn Rokossov, he attacks with rocket launchers every day, what a bully! If this continues, sooner or later we will be exhausted by his rockets. Headquarters Where are the reinforcements for us?"

Chief of Staff: "It's said to be on the way."

A young staff officer in the room asked doubtfully: "I don't understand, why Rokosov doesn't attack? What is he waiting for?"

Admiral Poker looked at the staff officer and found that he was an unfamiliar face: "Have you just been added to the front line?"

"Yes, I just graduated from the Military Academy, General. I was supposed to graduate next year, but due to the emergency of the war, the school shortened our time in school."

Admiral Poker sighed: "There is a shortage of staff officers. This is not good news. Explain to the young man why Rokossov does not attack."

The chief of staff nodded, turned to the young staff officer and said: "Rokossov's troops have just traveled hundreds of kilometers. His troops are very tired, and the organization must have been disrupted during the pursuit.

"Generally, after this kind of large-scale march, you need to stop and rest for a week - one week is the standard for our Prosin army. The training of Ant's army is poor, and the density of the backbone of the army is much lower than ours. We are almost seven to eight All of this allows our troops to recover faster."

The young staff officer nodded: "I understand, Rokosov is resting."

"Not only is he resting, he also has to hoard supplies. Once an army of one million men like his starts an attack, the consumption of supplies will be staggering. If he doesn't hoard supplies, he won't be able to last even a week after the attack starts."

Admiral Bok took over the words of the Chief of Staff: "In short, on the battlefield, calm generally means storms in the future. When Rokossov starts the attack, it is estimated that our army group will suffer heavy losses.

"No, this is not accurate. We already suffered heavy losses before we withdrew across the river. If we don't replenish our troops or mobilize new troops, we may be punched through by Rokosov. He will soon We will recapture Yeisk and advance to Shepetovka.”

Young staff officer: "Is the enemy's next attack target Shepetovka? I thought he would turn left and surround Army Group A."

Admiral Poker came to the map, stared at it and said: "There is such a possibility, but we can't judge which side is his main attack direction. He has a million troops in his hands, and we can't afford to attack either side."

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"Rokossov must be planning to attack Shepetovka!" Emperor Prosin said categorically, "He is a person who does not follow common sense. Since even you idiots think he can do a right hook, then He definitely won’t!”

The young emperor slapped the table.

At this time, Marshal Brian said: "No, this time we agree with you, Your Majesty. Rokossov has sent too many clear signals at the moment."

The leader of Rabelais also agreed: "Based on the intelligence sent back by our 'moles' (referring to senior spies) in the United States, he even invited naval bomber pilots and aircraft with great fanfare, posing as if he needed naval bombers to deal with it. What our naval fleet looks like in the White Sea."

Marshal Celtic: "Is it possible that this time he defies logic again and blatantly pretends to attack Bolsk, but actually intends to attack Bolsk?"

"No, no, no," Emperor Reinhard waved his hands repeatedly. "With such a large army, he cannot fully deploy his army to attack Shepetovka. Therefore, based on military common sense, he will not attack Shepetovka. Don't be fooled." The appearance is confusing, but what he really focuses on is going against common sense! Just like what I did in the Ardennes Forest!”

General Moltke glanced at the Celtic marshal. In fact, the plan for a surprise attack in the Ardennes was not proposed by the emperor himself.

But no one would point that out at a time like this.

Reinhardt supported the table with both hands: "He has so many troops now, he may launch a feint attack in the direction of Borsk to cover up his real goal. We can't be fooled!"