Chapter 192(1/2)
The artillery fire preparation surprised the old monkey, according to the coordinates he reported.
In almost half a minute, more than two hundred rockets hit the ground less than a kilometer in front and only a few hundred meters deep.
This density is almost like hail.
The attacking Hebrew army was almost instantly engulfed by the surging smoke.
"Fuck his grandma, what is this!" The old monkey wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
This thing is so fierce. During the previous war, the division was equipped with only twelve rocket launchers.
The possibility of using rocket launchers to support frontline positions is very low.
Unless your position is a very important core position!
Well now, something like this has actually appeared.
According to his experience, the weapons that the Ming army has will be available to the coalition forces after a period of time.
When that time comes, how the hell are we going to fight?
"Keep your heart at ease, there will be no more Hebrew attacks tonight." Ding San spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth, and climbed into the shell-proof hole with his sniper rifle in hand.
Sure enough, as Ding San said, the Hebrews never launched an attack again until the defense was changed the next morning.
Maybe they were also frightened by the Ming army's new weapons!
At eight o'clock in the morning, the company retreated on time.
The old monkey doesn't want to stay even a second longer!
The engineering squad scattered all the mines on the position, and even the roads that were not mined before were covered with mines.
We are about to retreat anyway, and carrying these things is cumbersome, so it would be better to spread them directly on the position.
More than twenty tractors came from behind, and Old Monkey took one last look at the dangerous position.
I put my brain on my head and fell asleep in the warm sunshine.
I stayed up all night last night and was really tired!
While the old monkey was sleeping, Li Xiao had already arrived at the forward command post on the northern line.
The old Kutuzov and Stewie are both in the command post!
"How is the situation?" Although he asked this, it could be seen from the expressions of Kutuzov and Stewie that the battle was not going well.
"It's terrible!
In the early morning of the day before yesterday, the German army suddenly launched an attack on the Russian front line.
Their artillery preparations were very short, almost clearing the minefield, and then came up like a tide.
In the panic of the Russian army, the front-line troops retreated.
I had no choice but to push forward with the only two divisions I had.
After a day of fighting, the casualties were very heavy.
Some positions were even lost!
Without reinforcements, we have no choice but to retreat."
In just a few words, Li Xiao understood the seriousness of the matter.
The Russian army collapsed!
Otherwise, Shi Dewei would not have left his only two divisions,
Go all out and stand in front.
"How did the Russian army collapse so quickly?"
Li Xiao looked at Kutuzov like a tiger.
There are 800,000 Russian troops on the northern front. Although they are not as numerous as their opponents, they are in a defensive position. How could they collapse after fighting for just one day?
"The battle happened so suddenly that in some places the German army did not even prepare for artillery fire.
They just rushed up!
In one night, our position was completely lost.
All the troops rushed to run back, unable to stop him.
The law enforcement team shot some deserters, which caused the deserters to mutiny and killed the law enforcement team.
We are gathering the defeated troops in the rear and reintegrating them into the battle."
Kutuzov was a little frightened by Li Xiao's stare, and he did not expect that the combat effectiveness of his Russian army was actually so bad.
"Forget it! The Russian troops withdrew and set up defenses fifty kilometers west of Moscow.
Find someone to build a position as soon as possible, we don't have much time." Li Xiao gave the helpless order.
This newly defeated army cannot be put into the battlefield immediately, even if it is forcibly integrated and put into the battlefield.
If it encounters an enemy attack, it will collapse in the shortest possible time.
There is nothing we can do about it, morale has dropped to an extremely low level.
In the short term, not even gods can save it.
Perhaps only being under the city of Moscow, with their capital behind them, can arouse their morale.
"Commander, the Russian troops have withdrawn, and I no longer have any reserves under my command.
Our troops will be eaten by the German army."
When Li Xiao said this, Shi Dewei immediately became anxious.
"It doesn't matter, Cao Wenzhao has already arrived in Moscow with his third division.
When I received the telegram the day before yesterday, I had already sent it to him.
He has now moved into a place only 20 kilometers away from you. I asked them to build a position.
As long as your people hold on until night, they will be able to withdraw smoothly.
They retreated step by step and prepared the battlefield under the city of Moscow.
It’s hard to say that there will be another Battle of Tsaritsyn.”
Li Xiao sighed helplessly, as long as there was even the slightest possibility, he was unwilling to plunge his troops into a battle like a meat grinder.
"The Third Division is here too?" Shi Dewei's eyes widened. He knew that the Third Division was the last organized field division of the Ming Dynasty.
Stay in the country to ensure domestic stability.
I heard a few days ago that Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, had been killed. It was a time when the country needed force to suppress the situation. Why did the Third Division also be mobilized?
"Um!
The Third Division was mobilized to fight the Battle of Moscow."
"How many personnel are there in the Third Division now?" The Third Division has always been the general reserve force in the rear. Stilwell has been in Russia for a long time, and he doesn't know to what extent the Third Division has been expanded.
"The division has 87,000 men, equipped with two tank regiments to assist the infantry in combat."
"Tank regiment, assist infantry in combat?"
Stewie was a little confused. He didn't understand how tanks could cooperate with infantry in combat.
The Ming Dynasty's tank troops were not large in number, so they were all used intensively.
An ordinary infantry division has a lot of artillery, but no tanks.
However, Shi Dewei's heart also relaxed with the arrival of the third division.
It is a fully-manned division, and it is also a unit that has been recuperating in the rear for a long time.
There will definitely be no problem with combat effectiveness!
"We can retreat now without night," Shi Dewei said to Li Xiao.
"Retreating in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid that the troops will be pursued?" Li Xiao's eyes widened. He did not expect that Shi Dewei would make such a stupid mistake.
"Commander, the German troops are hiding during the day and will only come out to attack at night."
Stewie seems a little helpless?
"The Germans attack at night?" Li Xiao was a little confused. What kind of routine is this? They don't fight in broad daylight, but they just fight at night?
"We have an air force during the day, and the German army only has to bomb.
Moreover, the napalm bombs recently shipped from the rear are very easy to use. Once burned, a large area will be formed, which is very lethal to enemy infantry.
Even if you hide in a bunker, you won't be able to escape.
Therefore, the German troops hid in various bunkers during the day, and some also hid in the woods.
Anyway, they won't attack during the day. When our air force cannot be dispatched at night, their infantry will come out to attack.
In the aerial reconnaissance photos just sent back, there is no trace of the German army at all."
To be continued...