The Rise of the Empire

When a large number of infantry began to attack Mike's Lancer battle group, the first thing to greet them was the attack of long-range artillery! The self-propelled howitzers belonging to the battle group and the long-range artillery shells fired from the rear began to fall one after another. Each shell would bloom from the dense crowd into flowers mixed with blood and flames. The Russian soldiers moved forward numbly, merging with each other. They marched through the blood and corpses of their comrades amidst the light fire.

This round of blocking artillery bombardment only slowed down the opponent's attack speed rather than completely obliterating it. After weighing the number of artillery shells, the battle group of the forward troops and the strength of the Russian troops, the front-line officers believed that moderate artillery bombardment was enough. , let’s leave it to the frontline personnel to use machine guns and tanks to deal with most of the enemies.

This was a trap, designed with an assault group as bait, and Russian infantry surrounded it from all directions. Trying to eat their opponents with flesh and blood, however, around them and above their heads, more German infantry and aircraft have arrived at the edge of the battlefield. When the Russians launch an attack, it is time to close the net!

The Russian soldiers finally saw what looked like an iron box with a long stick in the tank. There didn't seem to be many opponents. The Russians saw the hope of victory. Under the cover of the 3-inch artillery behind them, they launched an attack frantically. What awaited them at the last 800 to 200 meters was an even hotter counterattack. , the rain of bullets sprayed from machine guns and submachine guns formed a hot halo of light that continued to spread from the center to the surroundings.

Companies of soldiers were torn to pieces during the attack. Firepower like lava flow plowed through trenches mixed with blood red and black in the Russian formation. In less than 10 minutes, Nearly a thousand people fell in a pool of blood. Such tragic short-term casualties completely broke the already fragile nerves of the Russian officers and soldiers. And when the German infantry behind them came up, everything was doomed.

The shouts of soldiers, the roar of machines and the roar of guns completely overwhelmed the Russian attack. In a relatively narrow place, the Russians concentrated nearly 10,000 infantry, cavalry and artillery. Under the influence of Bavaria's distant and near artillery and the integrated air and ground attack The attack only lasted for more than an hour before it came to an end. The Donetsk division was finished, and the other two divisions were also beaten bloody.

"Replenish ammunition, let's continue moving forward tomorrow!" When Armored Mike decided to stop today's attack, his troops had already penetrated 35 kilometers into the opponent's defense line. Their performance was even better than in the exercise. In theory, he had penetrated the opponent's defense line. With the heavily-armed defense line, all that's left is to penetrate and detour.

In the area where the Bavarian Legion passed, the ground was covered with wreckage, blood and corpses. Piles of corpses of soldiers lay scattered on the ground. And the jumble of footprints and discarded weapons around them spoke of Russian defeat. Like a huge steel spearhead, four divisions of the Sixth Group and one division of the Fifth Army were beaten to pieces in one day. Schmidt's forward troops had penetrated their lines. The infantry division behind will also clean up the remnants of the enemy.

"All we have to do is move forward, but use the weapons in our hands to shoot all the enemies we can see, that's all." That night, Mike wrote in his field diary.

The Russians' response was still a bit slow, and it was already the third day when their damage reports and intelligence were sent to Nikolaev. At this time, Schmidt's assault corps had already killed the heavy troop group in front of them and inserted into the vulnerable rear of the Russian Fifth Army. At the same time, Prince Leopold's Bohemian and Moravian Army also began to engage the flanking forces of the Fifth Army.

A siege network had been launched, but the Russians did not know it.

When the third day after the launch of the general offensive came, Armor Mike and fire captain Hart suddenly found that they had nothing to do. In front of him is the vast Pod Plain. The Russian troops and most of the logistics transportation lines are concentrated 40 to 60 kilometers behind the army. On the third day, they had reached 75 kilometers behind the opponent, leaving most of the military-level supply depots behind.

"There is a call from above, asking you to beat the Russian Fifth Army's ass. I will continue to stay here to clean up the Russian military depot. If possible, I really want to change with you." Mike said to his old enemy.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Bohemian Moravia Army was relatively limited, they relied on the fist of two fast divisions and their superior strength to still beat the flanks of the Fifth Army to the brink of collapse, and most of the Fifth Army's backup had been cut off. Schmidt's fast battle group and Prince Leopold's legion clamped the opponent from the left and right like pliers. Caliput's fast division and regular division were in the middle of the pliers, and an encirclement network had been formed.

Although the Russian Fifth Army still has eight infantry divisions, and although five of them still maintain strong combat effectiveness, they are already dead. Maybe it will take some time for the Bavarian Legion to completely eat them, but that is already a trivial matter.

"The Russian Fifth Army is finished. Even if we don't fight, they will collapse on their own in 7 days. The food and fodder the Russians carry with the army can only last for 5 days at most. Their logistics convoys and military depots have been destroyed by us. A lot of them were killed. The backup was also completely cut off." A staff officer said to the prince.

"A group army is surrounded, so what will the Russians do?" Ruprecht turned to look at the Sixth Army to the north. If the Russians want to break the siege, they can only rely on the Sixth Army. If Nikolayevich is a disciplined person, he will concentrate his forces and fight, and we can still eat some. The prince thought in his mind.

Facing a Russian army that was exhausted and with no support, it was not appropriate to leave a large number of precious mobile forces. As Prince Leopold's troops began to gradually move north to replace Schmidt's rapid assault group, they completed the attack on the fifth Army group encirclement. More and more mobile forces will be mobilized, and this process will take about 3 to 4 days. Then the troops are resupplied before going out.

The Russian Sixth Army to the north has also begun to concentrate, but it seems that Nikolayevich does not have a clear understanding of his situation now. He didn't know much about the situation in the Fifth Army. Even in the constant movement and fighting, the commander of the Fifth Army may not be able to grasp the exact situation of the entire army. When the prince was ready to strike again, the Russian hesitated.

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