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

Chapter 85｜Steel Collision (Part )
The sFH32 150mm howitzers manufactured by Rheinmetall - the heavy artillery that the Varlanders are proud of - should have dealt a heavy blow to the enemy like Thor's hammer, but because they were discovered, they were subjected to long-range artillery fire from 107mm cannons.

The Imperial Russian Air Force has deployed a two-seat reconnaissance Lavochkin fighter. With a supernatural fighter aboard, the reconnaissance aircraft can conduct large-scale telepathic detection in a serpentine route at low altitude.

Apparently, the Imperial German artillery only wore anti-aircraft camouflage nets and ignored the importance of telepathy and shielding.

Cannons and howitzers usually have different tasks. The main responsibility of the military cannon regiment is counter-artillery, that is, suppressing the enemy's artillery positions.

One after another, 107mm high-explosive bombs flew and exploded from 15 kilometers away, forcing the Imperial German artillerymen to seek cover. The continuous bombardment completely suppressed the 42nd Infantry Division's artillery.

When more than a thousand imperial Russian infantry launched an attack, only sporadic mortar shells fell into the crowd, causing little hindrance.

The scene was like a few pebbles thrown into the waves, which caused a few splashes of water but had no other effect.

Faced with a large number of tanks, general-purpose machine guns could not play their due role, and often they would be attacked by tanks before they could even finish firing a belt of ammunition.

Faced with the surging infantry groups, the Imperial German soldiers in the frontline and main positions put up a brave resistance.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet!
On the ruined main battlefield, hand-to-hand combat pushed the intensity of the battle to its climax, with people from both sides mixed together and wrestled with each other.

Everything that could kill people was used: bayonets, engineer shovels, crowbars, rifle butts, helmets...even fists and teeth!
A German private used a small shovel to knock down the Russian corporal who was fighting with him. His face was covered in blood, but before he could wipe the blood off his face, a Mosin-Nagant triangular bayonet pierced his body.

Curses, roars, and howls in two languages ​​echoed on the battlefield where blood and flesh were flying everywhere.

For a moment, the fighting style seemed to have returned to the barbarity and brutality of the cold weapon era thousands of years ago.

The fierce battle lasted for half an hour. The Imperial Russian tank group and the second echelon of infantry began to attack together, determined to completely tear apart this line of defense.

"Lieutenant Colonel! Retreat! We have no time!" a captain shouted at the top of his lungs.

The first aid station on the second-line position was covered in blood. The lieutenant colonel's left arm was pierced by a bullet and bleeding profusely.

He pushed aside the medic who was trying to bandage him and drew his Luger.

Looking at the few remaining officers and soldiers, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "Soldiers, more than 20 years ago, your fathers repelled the Marianna people's frenzied charge on the Western Front. Now, we face an even more severe situation. The Westphalian Infantry Regiment may be the first to be destroyed, but it will never be the first to retreat."

The lieutenant colonel ordered a sergeant to lead several men to escort the regimental flag away, while the rest of the men launched a counterattack towards the main position.

The main position has been captured by the enemy, and countless tanks and infantry are advancing.

More than a hundred people shouted "Long Live Valland" and rushed towards the enemy who were several times their number. Like dust falling into a torrent, they quickly disappeared without a trace...

The outnumbered 126th Westphalian Infantry Regiment put up a staunch resistance against an overwhelmingly superior enemy, but its defenses were quickly breached. Soon, a gap of two to three kilometers opened up between the 42nd Infantry Division and its neighboring forces.

At 9:1 p.m. on September 15, the Imperial Japanese Army's 25th Infantry Corps had been basically suppressed.

In comparison, the 10th Infantry Corps further north was even more unlucky. Its 30th Infantry Division claimed that hundreds of tanks had broken through the front-line positions.

As the pontoon bridge was built, tank after tank crossed the Vistula River.

After a hasty assembly at the west bank landing site, the tank troops immediately moved rapidly towards Walland. In fact, the tank division and motorized infantry division had not yet fully assembled, but over a hundred tanks and over a thousand infantrymen could not wait to launch an attack.

Compared with the slow and sluggish infantry units, which took several hours to defeat an infantry regiment, the armored units were much more powerful and decisive. It took only two hours to completely shake the position of Walland's entire division.

Several BT-7s even rushed to the headquarters of the 30th Infantry Division and fired crazily. Although they were quickly destroyed by anti-tank guns, they cut off the center of the division.

瓦尔兰德陆军装备的7.92毫米反坦克枪和37毫米反坦克炮在对付T-26和BT-7的时候还能发挥作用，但对于T-34简直毫无意义。

"Our defense line is almost torn apart! The armored forces must provide support immediately! Otherwise, we are doomed!"

Colonel-General Reichenau was extremely anxious at the army headquarters - wasn't the power of the tank cluster's frontal attack too unexpected?

To describe the current state of the Varland Army's front-line troops as flustered and overwhelmed is the most accurate way to describe it. It can be said that the sharp coordination between Ivan Ross's infantry, artillery and tanks completely stunned them.

In fact, Ivan Ross's actions were naturally not flawless.

In the Woka area, a tank battalion was too radical in separating from the infantry unit and ended up running into a minefield where they were trapped and unable to advance or retreat. The entire battalion was used as a target by the Imperial German soldiers using anti-tank guns and was completely wiped out. Only three people managed to abandon their vehicles and break through.

In a small town called Marko, Army Staff Colonel Antonovich was accidentally killed by his own artillery. Before he died, he was cursing the stupid artillery commander.

The bizarre mistakes did not affect the war situation, and the balance of victory was tilting towards the Ivan Rus Empire.

The fighting continued all night long on the long front, with few opportunities to breathe.

Before we knew it, dawn had broken and the battle had arrived the next day.

Throughout the morning, Ivan Ross's side spared no effort to try to expand the breakthrough, while Valland's side relied on the broken first strategic defense line to hold on.

The reinforcements that General Reichenau had been waiting for arrived in time, and the Imperial German Army still maintained its superb organizational capabilities for decades.

Ivan Rus's forces were heading straight for Lodz, the largest city west of Warsaw. The 5th Tank Army, the vanguard, had penetrated 90 kilometers into Varland. Soldiers atop their tanks could see the city's skyscrapers through their binoculars.

第5坦克军下辖第4坦克师和第7摩托化步兵师，以及最为精锐的两支部队——近卫第1‘索洛维约娃’坦克旅和近卫第2‘奥尔洛娃’坦克旅。

Solovieva's original intention was nightingale, so the 1st Guards Tank Brigade is also called the Nightingale Unit; Orlova's original intention was falcon, so the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade is also called the Falcon Unit.

The tank battalions under their command are different from ordinary troops with mixed T-26 and BT-7. They are all equipped with T-34 cruiser tanks and installed with radios.

The crew organization is also extremely special. Three-quarters of the crews are three plus one configuration - three female soldiers and one male soldier driver; the commander has telepathic perception ability, the communicator has telepathic communication ability, and the gunner has super-speed reaction ability.

In fact, this is also a reflection of Ivan Ross’s idea of ​​“concentrating on the use of good things.”

"Attention! Enemy tank spotted at ten o'clock!"

A tank commander leaned out and saw through the telescope that many tanks painted in field gray appeared in the distance.

(End of this chapter)