It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 102 | I am always calm

Just as Shang had expected, the Ivan Ross airborne troops were indeed determined to launch a night attack.

In the basement of Vitesse Airport, Lieutenant Colonel Antonov gathered several officers to analyze the battle situation.

The atmosphere was tense, and a strong sense of crisis lingered in everyone's heart.

"A serious intelligence error led to this situation! That royal guard is not an honor guard at all! Damn it!" a major cursed.

As we all know, timely and accurate intelligence is an important factor in winning.

Ivan Rus's intelligence department had actually tried its best. In fact, they did a very good job and accurately provided the numbers, size and status of the Hungarian troops around Budapest before the operation was launched.

However, they just ignored the existence of the Royal Guard, and everyone took it for granted that the Royal Guard was just a ceremonial guard.

If the Royal Guards had not intervened, the Ivan Rus airborne troops would have entered the eastern part of Budapest in the afternoon, occupied several blocks and established defensive positions.

"We don't have many options. We can either hold the airport or attack at night. I think we should attack at night," Lieutenant Colonel Antonov stated frankly.

Except for one major who objected, the rest of the officers agreed.

The temporary command team quickly formulated a hasty and crude battle plan, aiming to fight a last-ditch effort to reverse the current passive situation.

Simply put, everyone believed that there was little chance of success in attacking directly to the northwest, and the Hungarian army was definitely prepared, so it was better to launch a feint attack while launching the main attack.

First, two airborne infantry companies launched a feint attack in the northwest direction to attract the attention of the Hungarian army; then three companies were deployed to launch the main attack in the west direction, and one company was selected as a tactical reserve.

After making preparations, each company gave priority to replenishing ammunition and entered the attack starting positions one after another in the first half of the night.

The actions of the Imperial Russian paratroopers were completely unconcealed, and the Hungarian troops used mortars to continuously fire flares at Vitesse Airport.

The continuous flares illuminated the area within a few miles until it was almost daytime, and the traces of people below were clearly visible.

At midnight, the battle started again.

In the direction of the Russian paratroopers' feint attack, the Hungarian army deployed a full infantry reinforced battalion, and a seemingly fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides.

Shang Ke, who had only slept for a few hours, was woken up. He went to the top floor of a building and picked up a telescope to observe the situation in that direction.

"It's weak and limp. It looks like a probing move. I guess it's a feint."

Noticing that the Imperial Russian paratroopers' attack was all talk and no action, Shang Ke became thoughtful.

Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west is a very common tactic.

Eugene pointed at the map and said, "Sir, if this is a decoy, then where will they attack, west or north?"

"I think it's the west. There are more buildings in this area. From the enemy's point of view, it's more advantageous to capture this place." Shang Ke yawned, waved his hand, and said vaguely: "It doesn't matter. We are acting as an emergency fire brigade. I'm going to go back to sleep."

"By the way, sir, the front-line command hopes to borrow our air defense squadron."

"Only give us half, otherwise we will be in trouble if we encounter any emergency."

"understand!"

The Royal Guards Anti-aircraft Artillery Squadron has not only four truck-mounted Bofors anti-aircraft guns, but also three twin-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns, also based on trucks, to serve as supplementary close-range firepower.

Hungary ordered a lot of anti-aircraft machine guns from the Jinling Federal Arsenal. As for the few machine guns of the Royal Guard, their origin was not so glorious. They were obtained by a certain Shang from an military supply warehouse through fraud.

This Type 30 anti-aircraft machine gun was developed by designer Dr. Huang Bi. It has a caliber of 12 mm and its overall performance is acceptable, but there is nothing outstanding about it.

｜Automatic mode: Long stroke piston type
| Locking method: Swing bolt | Ammunition specifications: 12×98mm
Theoretical rate of fire: 700 rounds per minute
Weight: 36.6 kg (excluding tripod)

In Shang's opinion, this thing is not a masterpiece, but there is really nothing wrong with it. Perhaps adhering to the doctrine of the mean is also a kind of skill.

Later in the night.

The expected fierce battle took place naturally.

While the Hungarian troops' attention was drawn to the feint attack, the main force of Ivan Rus's airborne troops launched a powerful offensive in the west.

The Russian paratroopers failed to achieve the surprise of the night attack. The Hungarian army deployed the first type of extraordinary warriors at the forward guard positions and discovered the traces of the invading enemy in time.

There is a spear-and-shield relationship between telepathy and telepathy. The shielding and cover-up abilities of a few people obviously cannot remain hidden under the telepathic detection of more people.

This is somewhat similar to the relationship between radar and electronic jamming - what is the burn-through distance?

As for the laws and mathematical relationships of the confrontation between the two, due to significant individual differences, at least the research team of the Federal Armed Forces cannot give a precise answer for the time being.

The intensity of the battle reached its peak in the second half of the night.
Both sides fought to the death, and the shouts of killing in two languages ​​shook the earth.

"We have no way out! Go!"

Hundreds of Imperial Russian paratroopers shouted and charged towards the Hungarian positions, their figures flickering in the light of flares and explosions.

As the distance shortened, a large number of Imperial Russian paratroopers equipped with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles burst out with exceptionally strong combat power in close combat.

On the front of their attack, a Hungarian infantry battalion with insufficient personnel tried its best but still failed to stop such a fierce attack, and the position was once lost.

After defeating this unit, Lieutenant Colonel Antonov made a prompt decision to deploy the reserve troops, determined to rush into the city in one go.

But at this moment, a mixed team consisting of cooks, baggage soldiers, military police, police, military cadets, and veterans arrived in three passenger buses.

Faced with the unstoppable Russian paratrooper force, these hastily organized soldiers launched a counterattack without hesitation.

There is no difference in the consequences of a bullet hitting a 20-year-old man or a 60-year-old man. The cruelty of fighting is beyond imagination.

They melted quickly like snowballs thrown at hot steel.

However, they bought precious time, as more Hungarian troops came from the west and north, tightly clamping down on the Imperial Russian paratroopers who were trying to rush into the city.

Subsequently, with the fierce flat-fire support of the truck-mounted self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns, the Hungarian army repelled four consecutive attacks by the Imperial Russian paratroopers.

The fierce battle lasted until dawn.

On the three or four kilometer-long battlefield, corpses of various causes of death were everywhere - killed by bullets, killed by shrapnel, stabbed to death by bayonets, young, old, wearing military uniforms, wearing police uniforms, men, women...

From beginning to end, the main force of the Royal Guard, as the only elite reserve force in this area, did not participate in the war.

Fortunately, the enemy's last-ditch night attack was repelled, Captain Eugene thought.

He had been nervously observing the situation all night, ready to lead the team into battle if the situation got bad, and now he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Captain Eugene turned and asked, "What is Major Shang doing?"

The other person hesitated and answered, "He... he's still sleeping."

(End of this chapter)