Chapter 728 Preparation for Attack

On July 12, 917, the 1st Khazalia Front and the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 1st Division of the Melania People's Army were stationed.

Lieutenant Henry Scalitz, a native of Melania, is reading a newspaper.

"What's the news?"

Sergeant Raschid lay lazily on the simple sofa in the room and looked at Henry.

"The Ants unexpectedly launched an attack across the swamps and were about to surround Prossen's Northern Army Group between the seaside and the swamp. The Prossens were mobilizing a large number of troops from the south of the front to reinforce the north," Henry said.

"Indeed, the infiltration reconnaissance team led by old Charlie caught a tongue yesterday," Raskid said. "The prisoners said that troops are being transferred to the north in large numbers."

Henry put down the newspaper, stood up and came to the window.

The window of the wooden house they live in faces the west. On a clear day, they can directly see the other end of the blockade covered with dense barbed wire.

Henry: "Less than thirty kilometers to the west is Melania's border. We live so close to the motherland, but we stayed for eight full months! I thought we should have returned to the motherland during last winter's offensive! "

"Who wouldn't be?" Raskid echoed, "But at that time, the tanks were all broken down, there were not enough artillery shells, and the troops were severely reduced, so we really had to stop."

No one knows the situation of Rokossov’s troops better than junior officers and non-commissioned officers like Henry and Raskid after last year’s hundreds of kilometers of march.

Last year, the troops really couldn't push forward.

Raskid: "This time last year, I was so skinny that I didn't even dare to weigh myself. I bet I was probably only 60 kilograms at that time."

At 1.88 meters tall and weighing 60 kilograms, Raskid is simply too thin to look good.

Henry: "At that time, I was very thin and kept moving forward. I couldn't eat well or sleep well. I also had malaria at that time. In order to prevent the military priests from finding out that I was sick and sending me back to the rear to recuperate, I strangled me with a belt every day. belly!"

Raskid: "I heard that there was a brother in the second company who also had malaria and didn't want to get out of the firing line. He tried to stop PY with a plug. It's a shame he figured it out."

Henry smiled bitterly and continued to look at the western sky outside the window glass.

"But we are going back to our hometown soon! When Marshal Rokossov returned to his hometown, he returned the soil in the lunch box he carried with him to his hometown. But when I left my hometown, I didn't even think of taking any of it with me. soil!

"I have already thought about it. When walking on Melania's land, I will kneel down next to the team, hold the soil in my hands, and kiss it."

Raskid: "Wouldn't that cause diarrhea again?"

"Then I also want to heal and rest in my hometown!"

"Yes, as long as we can return to our hometown, anything else is fine. So when will we cross the last thirty kilometers? You went to the division headquarters for a meeting before, did you receive any news?"

Second Lieutenant Henry Scaritz shook his head: "No. I asked the staff officer who I have a good relationship with, and he just said vaguely that we will attack when the enemy's troops are empty.

"I don't know to what extent the enemy's strength has been reduced before it is considered empty."

Raskid: "Marshal Rokossov likes exchanges to look better than fighting, so we have been waiting. If it had been Marshal Gorky who commanded us, the attack would have started long ago."

The two marshals have very different command styles, and both officers and soldiers like to talk about related topics.

At this time, a messenger suddenly opened the door and came in shouting: "The battalion commander asked all company and platoon chief officers to come to the battalion headquarters for a meeting!"

"Got it!" Henry became excited.

The messenger rushed to the next wooden house, leaving the door open.

Lieutenant Henry put away the newspapers and other things and hurried towards the door. Raskid shouted to his back: "If there is good news, please inform me as soon as possible!"

Lieutenant Henry had run away.

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Battalion Commander: "As you thought, the attack is about to begin. In order to avoid leaks, the specific date is not yet known, but according to past practice, it should be this week."

The officers in the room immediately cheered.

Battalion Commander: "Don't be too busy cheering, the Proson army in front of us is still quite strong, and they still have a fort that took six months to build.

“The good news is that during the winter battle last year, we obtained a starting position that was more suitable for the attack. The enemy’s fortress had almost no natural barriers that could be exploited.

“The 1st Guards Heavy Penetration Tank Regiment and the 15th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade will reinforce our division, and our battalion is expected to be supported by three Rokosov I heavy tanks and three Urban assault guns.

"These troops will arrive later today. Which of you is willing to sit behind a tank and be an 'armored cavalry'?"

Guards heavy breakthrough tank regiments now generally do not have their own accompanying infantry, and they are all temporary guest infantry from attached units.

Henry raised his right hand: "Of course it's our company. We are the sharp knife company of the whole battalion. We want to rush into the enemy's position with the tanks as soon as possible."

"Does anyone else want this job?"

Someone immediately replied: "We want to measure the land of our hometown with our own feet, battalion commander!"

Everyone laughed.

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The heart of the Prosen Empire, the Eagle's Nest.

Emperor Prosen clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the huge map in the war room.

"Damn Rokossov! I have a hunch that he should assume an offensive posture in front of Army Group South. The purpose is to prevent us from continuing to draw troops from Army Group South to the north."

At this time, there were no other senior generals around him, only two loyal major generals.

One of the two said: "Is it really a gesture? We have withdrawn so many troops to the north, will Rokossov miss this good opportunity?"

"But he also needs troops to attack!" The emperor put his hands behind his back, "We conservatively estimate that he has invested a total of 4 million troops in the north, the center and Moravia further south. He has at most 5 million troops on the front line, and the rest of the troops should be in the rear and the Far East. A good cook cannot cook without rice."

After a brief pause, the emperor continued: "Let's relax the estimation standard a little bit. Assuming that Rokossov has 6 million troops on the front line, he still has 2 million troops in his hands. Although our Southern Army Group has withdrawn a lot of troops to the north, it still has 700,000 troops left, as well as a solid fortified area.

"It is difficult for Rokossov to break through the defense of the Southern Army Group even if he invests 2 million troops. What's more, he does not have 2 million troops, absolutely not! "

The emperor waved his hand vigorously, looking confident.

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Yebao, Ante Command.

"The most important offensive in the first phase of our summer offensive will be launched by Marshal Rokosov's First Khazaria Front." Marshal Gorky explained in front of the huge map with a map stick.

Olga looked at Wang Zhong with a smile: "You will definitely be able to defeat the enemy, right?"

Wang Zhong stood up and took the map stick from Marshal Gorky: "We have concentrated 2.4 million troops on the front of the Southern Army Group, of course, these troops do not only belong to my front.

"We estimate the number of enemies in front of us to be 600,000 to 700,000, so we will have a three-fold or even four-fold advantage in force.

"On the entire front, our forces have increased to 7 million, and the force density has exceeded the highest record since the invasion of Prosen. If these troops are to defend, such a crowded situation will add a lot of casualties. ”

The higher the density of troops, the greater the losses when they are subjected to enemy bombardment and bombing. Moreover, the more troops are assembled in the same area, the less facilities such as anti-artillery bunkers will be.

So when carrying out defensive operations, it is not suitable to pile up so many troops at once, but the troops should be arranged in layers.

But it is different when attacking. As the party holding the initiative, the troops fifteen kilometers behind the front line are less likely to be bombarded by the enemy.

After all, the front line is advancing, and the position that the enemy artillery can cover will only be farther and farther away from the troop assembly.

Wang Zhong pointed to the route from Khasalia to the Baltic Sea with a map stick: "After breaking through the frontal defense of Plossen, our troops will gallop on the East Eurobia Plain, and the Melania Resistance Army will help us. According to the schedule, their representatives will cross the front line today and connect with us. "

"Oh, so that's it." Olga suddenly asked worriedly, "Will they cooperate with us with all their strength? When we liberated the country before, the local resistance organization helped us with all their strength because the core of the resistance organization was the underground church, and they shared the same language and culture with us. Melania has no church, and her language and habits are different from ours, right? "

Wang Zhong was actually a little worried that the Melania people would not cooperate well.

This is the situation on Earth. The resistance army of Dabobo on Earth is called Dabobo National Army. After Marshal Rokossovsky's troops broke into Dabobo, they not only did not support them with all their strength, but also killed the liaison sent by the Russians, and insisted on launching an uprising when the Russians clearly stated that they could not push through for the time being.

The result was that Marshal Rokossovsky's troops tried their best to rescue but failed, and the uprising of the National Army was finally brutally suppressed by Sandezi.

Wang Zhong was a little worried that this time and space would also evolve into this.

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That evening, the headquarters of the First Front of Khazaria, which had moved to the vicinity of the front line.

Pavlov met the liaison group of the Melania resistance army in the conference room.

"Why are you so gray? "Pavlov asked in confusion, "What happened on the road?"

"Nothing, we suddenly encountered a random inspection by the Proson gendarmerie, and we could only lie in the grass and wait for the inspection to end." The leader of the liaison team looked down at his clothes that were already covered in mud.

"Arrange a change of clothes immediately." Pavlov waved his hand and ordered, then changed the subject, "Where is the liaison book? And how is your support plan arranged?"

Leader: "We have arranged two thousand guides who are familiar with the terrain. When you enter Melania, the guides will join your troops.

"These two thousand people can speak Ant language.

"In addition, we will completely destroy the Proson people's telephone lines and telegraph lines, and disrupt the Proson people's railway transportation schedule. Stronger resistance organizations will also launch attacks on the Proson military stations in the activity area and ambush the Proson people's troop transport convoys. "

General Pavlov nodded: "Very good, all of which are what we need. "

The team leader took out an envelope from his pocket and said, "This is the information we have about the Southern Army Group of Prosen. The Southern Army Group is mainly deployed in Ant. We don't know their detailed situation, but we have estimated the current strength of the Southern Army Group by observing and recording the transportation situation in Melania."

Pavlov opened the envelope, took out a thick pile of documents, and quickly flipped through them.

Popov came over and asked, "How is it?"

Pavlov: "According to this report, since the northern front was in danger, the Prosen people have withdrawn at least one army group. Now the southern army group has only two complete army groups and two army groups with many troops withdrawn, about 600,000 people.

"It is similar to the intelligence we obtained from catching the tongue."

Popov: "It seems that the marshal's plan was successful. We artificially pulled the Prosen people's deployment and created a huge weakness."

At this time, Team Leader Melania asked: "How many troops have you prepared to attack the Prosen people? Since the end of last year, the resistance organization has discovered that the Prosen people have been continuously transporting cement and steel bars to the front line. We believe that the Prosen people have built a large-scale permanent fortification."

"They did so." Pavlov turned around and took the document bag from the staff officer, and poured out the aerial reconnaissance photos from it, "Look, this is the bunker found by our plane, and there must be more bunkers hidden on the position. All reinforced concrete buildings. "

Melania asked worriedly: "Then how do you deal with it? "

"We sent the front air force yesterday to attack these fortifications with giant bombs carried by Pe-8 bombers, but because the high-altitude bombers cannot be accurately aimed, there is not much effect at present.

"But we promise that when the attack begins, the Urban assault guns will destroy these reinforced concrete buildings."

The Melanian people nodded: "That's great!"

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July 13, the first battalion of the first division of the Melanian People's Army.

After Lieutenant Henry Skarlitz woke up and washed up, he picked up today's newspaper again-to be precise, "the newspaper that was delivered today", these newspapers were no longer timely on the way from Yebao.

Henry's roommate Raskid asked: "How is the situation?"

"The counterattack went smoothly, and the Ante Command of Yebao also publicly stated that the next step would be for the First Front of Khazaria to launch an attack."

"Why did you take the initiative to tell the enemy that we were going to attack?" Raskid asked unexpectedly.

"I think the marshal is going to go against logic," Henry replied, quickly skimming the newspaper, "Nothing worth noting, I think--"

The messenger entered the room again: "The tank troops to reinforce us have arrived!"

Henry threw down the newspaper and stood up: "Let's go and take a look!"