Chapter 431: Sweeping Tactics
At the same time when they were almost replenished in Trood, the follow-up offensive of the Soviet army was also approaching, and the whole immediately returned to the tense state of wartime, and the guns and shells were loaded, waiting for the Soviet army to fight. Unlike before, this time the Soviets did not have such a big offensive, everything was going slowly, as if there was no hurry to break through the Trode line. This can't help but make Trod have a bad feeling, is it that the other side has been lost, and the enemy has already put the main force over there to create a bigger gap? But if that's the case, they shouldn't be able to stay here and fight this kind of defensive battle......
In fact, Trood guessed correctly, the Soviets did send a lot of troops in this gap, and Vincent and they were under increasing pressure, but there was an order from above - not to take a step back. Because the original position has been broken through, there is not much cover in the position of the follow-up troops, such as Vincent and their tank soldiers, even in intensive artillery fire, they can only use the steel body to go to the top, fortunately, the gap between the equipment of the two sides is not a star and a half, otherwise it is the extent that ten shells can penetrate one round, and Vincent They can't stand it at all.
Although the Soviet tank is much more fragile than the German tank, its ricochet shape is very good, the streamlined body is easier than the German tank like a block, so that the incoming shells fly directly against the body, plus the speed of tanks such as the BT-7, it is difficult for the Germans to accurately shoot at the target at a distance, which also makes its own critical range advantage quite weak. After the first two groups of Soviet troops pressed on, the two armies were already in a state of complete confrontation, but the excellent tank crews of the 47th Division withstood the impact of the Soviet army with tenacity and perseverance and the most reliable partners without taking a step back......
"What a joke! I gave you so many soldiers, and you beat me like this! ”
A few dozen kilometers away, in Trood, where they were far from being able to take care of, a Soviet marshal was shouting at the Soviet major general in front of him.
"But, marshal......" The Major General's face was covered with cold sweat. His eyes drooped slightly, and he said nervously: "We miscalculated the strength of these two German divisions, and they used them in exchange for the outcasts of this victory, but the two main divisions......
"The main force?" The marshal's face immediately changed color, and he shouted to the side: "Give me Pskov's side!" Damn, I gave him a reinforced division, and he lost it to me in a few days, and he even told me that I had routed the Germans and recaptured the city, and I felt that something was wrong. How can it be so easy, until the other day I didn't know that these two divisions had already slapped us in the back of our ass! ”
"Marshal, what do you want......" The soldier on the side respectfully held up the telephone microphone, although he was not criticizing him, but the marshal's voice still frightened him slightly.
"Hey!" The marshal grabbed the phone and ignored the soldier as he fell backwards at his exaggerated movements.
"Yes...... Be! Marshal, what's the matter with you? On the other side of the phone, his voice trembled, as for the reason. Don't say that he lied about the military situation before, even if he doesn't have any ghosts in his heart, he can't help but tremble after suddenly hearing such a ruthless voice from his superiors.
"Your division commander don't do it. After this battle, go and get the punishment yourself! The marshal yelled almost at the top of his voice, and then threw the microphone back to the soldier just now.
The people present were all stunned, and they were afraid that they would be punished if they came out rashly. However, when the marshal saw this scene, he became even more angry, and shouted at them: "What a bunch of pigs who have not achieved enough and have more than enough to lose! What are you looking at? Don't get down to business for me! The battle was lost. You're all going to end up with him! ”
After hearing what the marshal said, these generals came to their senses and immediately gathered around the map and the sand table. He was prepared to explain the current battle situation to the marshal. Although he knew that they were all strong scenes, he was also a little distracted after all, and the marshal's anger was slightly reduced, and he walked to the map with frowns.
Seeing that the marshal's anger was almost gone, the major general who was scolded by him at the beginning immediately pointed to the map in front of the marshal and said: "Marshal, we have broken through here before, and we have broken through the defensive line they set up at the beginning, but they have mobilized a lot of troops to block us, and the German army has completely suppressed us in tanks and other equipment, and our vanguard troops are under the condition of being attacked on three sides, so the losses are relatively heavy." ”
"With such a wide area of defense, there are still troops to fill the gap, is it a mobilization of reserves and other troop sources?" The marshal rubbed his chin in thought.
And the major general saw that the marshal seemed to understand his hardships, and was ready to add another fire and immediately reverse his disadvantageous position: "Marshal, I think so too." So I also prepared some troops in this position, and I was ready to open another breakthrough in this place, and the distance between the two breakthroughs was so far that they must not have time to rush to help. And even if the German army is more advanced than ours, there will be no surplus troops to fill this gap. ”
The marshal nodded and said, "Go on." ”
Seeing that he had really succeeded in reversing the situation, the major general was even more overjoyed and said: "Judging from the information transmitted from the front, although these two German divisions are well-equipped, they seem to lack long-range weapons. At first, I thought they wanted to keep one hand on us, but now that the war has been going on for so long, there hasn't been much news about long-range weapons, and I think they don't have long-range weapons at all, so we only need to make two or three gaps, and we can use our long-range firepower advantage to wipe out these two German divisions. ”
"Isn't there a faster way?" Although the major general's plan sounded good, it did not seem to really appeal to the marshal, and after he had finished speaking, the marshal pointed out one of the most lacking parts of his tactics.
The major general's face froze, but it was also a matter of an instant, and he immediately pointed to the map and said: "As long as we break through from this place and strengthen some troops, we can completely use this place as the starting point and sweep to both sides." With the strength of the German army, their defense depth should not be large, and we only need to sweep their front line to completely annihilate most of the German army. ”
The marshal pondered for a few seconds, nodded in agreement with the plan, and instructed his men to immediately begin preparations...... (To be continued.) )