"Uh...!" The staff officer did not dare to speak.

"It's best if we can't capture it. Even if they dig anti-tank trenches, they can't escape."

Surrounded, surrounded to death!

Order the air force to send out night fighters to isolate all air connections."

A voice rang at the door of the underground bunker. Following the voice, everyone turned around and immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Commander!"

Li Xiao waved his hand, walked straight to Cao Bianjiao, and took the aerial photos from his hand.

The photo is not very clear, but it can still be seen clearly that three circular anti-tank trenches were built around the Vyazma area.

This method is indeed good and can block the attack of Ming army tanks, but they just forgot one thing.

With these three anti-tank trenches, the Prussian army itself could not get out.

Four Prussian divisions, numbering approximately 50,000 men, were besieged in an area 11 kilometers long and seven to eight kilometers wide.

How stupid a commander must be to concentrate so many troops in such a narrow area.

"Commander, they are attacking us like this...!" Cao Bianjiao was a little embarrassed. Attacking such a position would cause a lot of casualties.

Tanks, in particular, are almost useless anymore.

"It's okay, you can just surround us. Anyway, our purpose is to surround the place and provide reinforcements.

Surround Vyazma and see how many Prussian troops come to the rescue.

Not only are tanks invulnerable and powerful, tanks also have a mobility advantage over their infantry.

In mobile warfare, we take advantage!"

Li Xiao smiled and returned the photo to Cao Bianjiao.

"But...! How did they know how to build anti-tank trenches? This suddenly appeared last night, which shows that they have just learned about this method of warfare."

"Before the war, few Prussians had seen tanks.

It's not surprising at all that they couldn't come up with such a solution.

Either there is a genius in the Prussian army, or there is a traitor among us.

No matter what it is, it has little impact on us, and the initiative in the war is still in our hands.

Where we fight, how we fight, and how big we fight are all ours."

In front of the headquarters staff of the Second Tank Division, Li Xiao strongly encouraged these young generals and officers.

Sometimes wars are fought with momentum, and even the headquarters staff are suspicious. How can the people below still fight?

"promise!

Don’t worry, Commander, not even a mouse can live without Vyazma.”

Cao Bian made a loud sound to express his determination.

"Don't use force, pay attention to casualties." Li Xiao nodded.

After walking out of the headquarters, I used a telescope to look at the Prussian positions in the distance.

The Ming army started shelling again, the smoke was a bit thick, and the enemy's position was raised, so Li Xiao couldn't see anything.

"Don't attack today. Use aerial photos to correct the bombardment and try to destroy their firepower points."

Since nothing could be seen here, Li Xiao had nothing to do.

Since it is difficult to attack, then we will not attack. Anyway, the original strategy was to encircle the point and mobilize reinforcements.

Encircle the Vyazma area, and then encircle and annihilate the supporting Prussian army in mobile warfare.

Finally, eat everything in the pot together.

"No!" Although Cao Bianjiao agreed, he was not convinced in his heart.

In his eyes, he just felt that the Prussians were more powerful than other armies, but they were still in the category of weaklings.

Li Xiao got into the jeep and continued to move forward.

The original destination was Ao Ye's First Army Headquarters, and Cao Bianjiao was just passing by.

Ao Ye is not far from the command post, almost twenty kilometers away.

The Ming army concentrated Ao Ye's First Expeditionary Force and Man Ye's First Cavalry Division on the southern and northern wings of Vyazma respectively.

They were like two pincers, ready to attack at any time and surround the Prussian army's reinforcements.

In positional warfare, the infantry could still rely on fortifications to resist the Ming army's attack.

But in mobile warfare, the Prussian army was a lamb to the slaughter.

But it is a pity that the coalition forces have suffered heavy losses but have not realized this, at least, they have not realized that the gap between the two sides will be so big.

Li Xiao wanted to take advantage of this to annihilate as many coalition troops as possible to make up for the Ming army's shortage of troops.

The goal of this battle is to protect at least 100,000 people.

The road was not very good, so it took the jeep almost an hour to reach Ao Ye's command post.

"When are we going to attack? We can't wait any longer. If we continue to fight, Vyazma will be breached."

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, Mr. Ao who came out was complaining.

"Unable to capture it, the Prussians dug anti-tank trenches.

Our tanks can't get through, and if we attack forcefully, the casualties will be huge."

Li Xiao got out of the jeep and said helplessly to Master Ao.

"Damn it, how could the Prussians dig anti-tank trenches?" Mr. Ao exploded when he heard this.

A tank is too powerful to be used when it encounters an anti-tank ditch.

He will be trapped alive in the trench!

"Aren't they stupid?

Could it be said that with a sapper shovel in hand, you can only dig trenches?

If the trench is dug wider, wouldn't it be an anti-tank trench?

It’s no big deal, let Cao Bianjiao eat it slowly while we wait for the reinforcements.”

Li Xiao said as he walked inside.

As the top military commander of a country, it is rare that he is so close to the front line.

But Li Xiao likes it, he just likes to stay on the front line.

In most cases, Li Xiao would not intervene in specific command, but would move around among the various units and make adjustments to the campaign.

Ensure that the campaign proceeds according to the big goals set in advance!

Just like today, if the Prussians dug their own anti-tank trenches to trap themselves, there would be no need to attack again.

"Haha! I feel something is wrong. This was captured in the battle last night. Take a look!"

Master Ao waved his hand and asked someone to bring a rocket launcher.

When Li Xiao saw this rocket launcher, his eyes immediately narrowed.

This rocket launcher is almost identical to next year's standard rocket launcher, and the front end is also super caliber.

"Seized?"

"Yeah! In the battle last night, more than a dozen tanks were destroyed by this thing.

They actually knew how to shoot at the side armor of the tank.

Our infantry captured it at the cost of heavy casualties.

Damn it, the Prussians suddenly dug anti-tank trenches and suddenly had rocket launchers.
Chapter completed!