6. Attack on the Chariot (4)
PS: Anything can happen in a war, and if you don't make a perfect plan, it will definitely come true......
“...... We didn't think it was possible for anyone to survive the enemy position, but Major Piper, commander of the 3rd Panzergrenadier Battalion, let us attack according to the standard infantry coordination process. Before the assault was launched, the major said that a single charge would take the two hills, and in half an hour the first column would start to depart......"
Mikhail decided that no one could survive the horrific shelling, without armored fortresses, complex tunnel fortifications, anti-slope tunnel systems...... There is not even a cat's ear piercing, and there can be no survivors on the hill that was smashed by the sea of shells for 2 hours.
Major Piper's speculation proved to be valid, and the elves were taken aback when a dozen or so humans stumbled out of the rubble and charged the chariot with spears in hand.
But that's all they can do. Small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns sent these brave men to their comrades in just one round.
When the battlefield is cleared, the secret of these people's survival is revealed. Beneath the ruins there is a cellar for storing vegetables, where these people survived by hiding and then using their flesh and blood to do their military duty.
It has to be said that the designers of the defense line were actually prepared for artillery fire cover. In the solid cellar, a celestial crystal the size of a human head is placed, and according to the technician's analysis, a trigger-type defense technique is set up inside. As soon as there is an abnormal gathering of manas in the vicinity, such as hundreds of triangular or quadripartite level magicians unfolding multiple spells or large formations, a barrier comparable to the iron wall will be activated. It can be blocked by both magic and physical attacks. If necessary, it can also be activated manually by the guò magician.
It is precisely because of such a complete system that the importance of civil engineering works is overlooked. After the Wehrmacht raised the interference particles to combat concentration, the stone-built checkpoint and the people inside were blasted to slag in an instant.
It took half an hour to clean up the site and secure the vantage point. Most of the armored instructors who had been waiting on the train immediately departed, and the troops involved in the attack also handed over their positions to friendly infantry. All personnel and equipment boarded the last train of the large force from the field railway facilities and attacked Castile.
According to the operational schedule, the armoured instructors were to bypass the towns of Figueres and Baskara, disembark and assemble near Girona at about 3 p.m., and begin a roundabout maneuver at 4 p.m. Capture the bridge in the city. Ensure the offensive passage of the follow-up troops. At 5:30 a.m., two mechanized infantry divisions crossed the Guò railway bridge, and by about 8 p.m., the assault group reached the city of Azugrana. Complete the overland encirclement of the city.
But the train only lasted 90 minutes. It stopped in the middle of nowhere, near Figueres. After a while. The division headquarters issued an order for the troops and equipment to immediately get out of the car and go to the alternate assembly point -- the α point -- to set up camp.
"It was so surprising to us that we first wondered if the Castilians were ready. Destroyed the railway ahead and launched a blockade. But I didn't hear the gunshots or the artillery. ”
Mikhail bit the barrel of his pen, and to this day he still did not understand what was happening and why the troops suddenly did not follow the plan and continued to advance in depth.
He's just a small master chief, and he can't possibly know everything. Random inquiries will attract gendarmes, and the chain dogs will make a pot of tea and talk to him about life......
Mikhail suppressed his curiosity and let the doubts rot in his stomach. But his instincts told him that he was probably in trouble.
The Defence Forces did run into trouble, but it was a bit of a laugh - the railway system was congested.
It sounds a bit unbelievable and could be taken for a joke. But it is an out-and-out fact. The Yalfheim Defense Force, which has the world's most advanced railway system, has encountered extremely strict traffic jams in the railway system, and troops and supplies are immobilized in the border town of Leperty.
The reason for the traffic jam is more frustrating than the blockage itself: the General Staff, which lacks experience in large-scale mechanized warfare, underestimates the superiority of its own railways, and the plans formulated are out of touch with reality.
Before the war, the Wehrmacht designated Leperty as a distribution center for supplies and personnel, and built a large number of well-equipped warehouses near the city's railway station. But as soon as the battle began, there were too many supplies gathered together. The arrival of the wagons greatly exceeded the expectations of the staff officers, and as a result, the munitions were piled up, and the wagons loaded with various supplies stuffed the station tightly, and the two mechanized infantry divisions that had left late could not move at all, and the battle was suddenly chaotic.
Admiral Erich Falkingham, chief of the operations section of the General Staff, who was finally good at calculations, maintained the necessary calm. He quickly made contact with the commander of the campaign, Lieutenant General August Mackensen, and his deputy, Colonel Hans Secter, and after some careful and swift deliberation, the general, wearing the old hussar hat with the skull emblem, agreed to Falkingham's remedy, and telegraphed the Panzer Instructor to immediately dismount and camp at the alternate assembly area for the follow-up troops. The empty carriages were returned to Lepelti and put into the rush to ease the transportation bottleneck.
In this way, the instructors, who faithfully carried out the order, stopped at a distance equivalent to the distance of a day's march of the infantry, and while maintaining their chariots, they waited for the brother troops.
Although it is helpless to make such an arrangement, it objectively solves many problems. First of all, due to the topography of the Pyrenees and the unfriendly atmosphere between the two countries, the capacity of this two-way railway line alone is really limited. The instructors have already reached the Guò mountains, followed by large plains, and they can rely on their own forces to carry out tactical maneuvers, and there is no need to continue to occupy the precious railway.
Secondly, it is not difficult to take Girona alone with the strength of the instructor. But what was originally planned as a war of annihilation could turn into a crushing battle. That would prematurely allow the Castilians to discover the campaign attempt and mobilize their army for a counterattack. Moreover, it was not easy to keep the vital bridges intact during a storm, and if they were not careful, the Castilians would destroy all the bridges and railroad facilities on a large scale in order to slow down the Defenders' offensive - something that the General Staff was trying to avoid.
Finally, there is a technical issue that is hard to ignore. After the change of track gauge, there was a negative impact on the load capacity and balance of the carriages. Several wagons carrying Tiger tanks and heavy artillery have already reported violent shaking and tremors, and abnormal friction sounds coming from the bearings of the road wheels.
Based on the above points, the above simply asked the instructor to stop and rest, and after the mechanized infantry division followed, they launched a charge towards Azugarana.
As a result, the planned railway maneuvering, which can advance hundreds of kilometers in a day, can only complete a fraction of the task. The warplane, which was so aggressive that it had the potential to bulldoze Castile, had to stop and catch its breath because of its lack of rigor in scheduling. This is a bitter irony for the young staff officers who are passionate and ambitious, counting on the power of the blitzkrieg. (To be continued......)