Four hundred and fortieth eight chapters: joy and worry
Chapter 448: Both joy and sorrow
The Imperial Vanguard Force, after easily capturing the three major bridgeheads, did not attack Huanglong in one go. Instead, the entire front line came to a standstill for overall rest and recuperation. Novel Network First Update Zhang San’s actions violated conventional combat techniques and tactics. But
What he did was not just a random act without any purpose, but it had a certain underlying meaning!
The strategy set by the Imperial General Staff was to seize an enemy position and form a hand-to-hand confrontation with the polar bear on the north coast, forcing the polar bear empire headquarters to send additional troops to the Wallen Theater to reduce the pressure on the German Empire's eastern front.
After all, Uncle Sam's country has sent hundreds of thousands more troops to the western front of the German Empire.
In addition, Zhang San did not want to rush into enemy-occupied areas at the expense of the lives of soldiers. In that case, there might be a danger that the advancing troops would be flanked by two wings. His biggest reliance for doing so was the empire's powerful firepower network, which combined with
The absolute superiority of the Imperial Air Force.
Since the strategic intentions of the Imperial General Staff can be accomplished without sacrificing the lives of soldiers, why bother showing off the courage of an ordinary man and engaging in personal heroism?!
The sudden stop of the Empire's forward troops gave the Polar Bears a chance to breathe. They quickly organized defensive forces and tried to launch a large-scale charge towards the three temporary bridgeheads of the Empire. Behind the Polar Bears' charging troops, there were light
The artillery group. And the two elites, the North Caucasus Army and the Cossack Cavalry Regiment, once again took on the charge.
But facing the empire's light and heavy firepower network that stretches for several kilometers, it is difficult for these so-called elites to break through to the forefront of the temporary position. In this area, the corpses of Polar Bear soldiers pile up like mountains. The Polar Bear Command even uses "cheap"
Even the lives of the bear soldiers cannot open the door to advance to the bridgehead!
The battle lasted all day, and that night, the Polar Bear Command ordered the troops to take advantage of the darkness to attack the Imperial bridgehead position. However, countless flares suddenly shot out from the front of the Imperial position, and the front of the position was as bright as day, and the polar bears had nowhere to hide.
The soldiers once again became the target of imperial artillery.
After several failed attacks and tens of thousands of bodies were left behind, the polar bear attack force retreated like a tide. The polar bear's night attack ended in a disastrous defeat!
After that, through the three-way bridgehead, the empire's rear reinforcements began to move forward, relying on aircraft, artillery, and locust troops to continuously advance forward. In the end, the center path advanced 5 kilometers toward the enemy position, and the right path advanced 4 kilometers forward.
However, the fastest advance on the left path was 10 kilometers deep.
In this way, a particularly obvious protrusion on the left was formed on the entire defense line, and due to the stagnation of the other two routes, the left flank was exposed to enemy fire. The Polar Bear Command seemed to be going crazy.
, desperately organizing troops to counterattack on the left in an attempt to regain control of the left wing.
This completed Zhang San's tactical intention, using the superior firepower of the left protrusion to continuously annihilate the polar bear's active forces, forcing the polar bear to continue to reinforce in order to achieve a tactical balance. In this state, the two sides formed a positional confrontation.
Due to the lack of long-range firepower, if the polar bears want to put pressure on the Imperial positions, they must dispatch army troops and launch a group charge against the Imperial salient positions. This has caused a rapid increase in the number of polar bear casualties. For this reason, the Polar Bear Frontline Command moved to the Far East
Commander-in-Chief Han Xianxiang urgently requested help.
After receiving the report, Han Xianxiang was shocked and hurriedly reported the battle situation to the polar bear rear. He was asking Nicholas II for help. Nicholas II was panicked and extremely angry when he received the report. His originally good mood was also
It became very bad. But he still made the decision to send more troops to the Far East.
His good mood was mainly due to the fact that he received the news of the Polar Bear Navy's first victory in the naval battle before receiving the information from the Far East.
This was a naval battle between the 1st Cruiser Detachment of the Polar Bear Navy and the Imperial German Navy near the Baltic Sea island of Gotlan.
A few days ago, Rear Admiral Bashiliev led the flagship cruiser General Makaluov, Bayang, Yongt, Olieg, Rulik and destroyer Noel. In the thick fog,
Rulik and Norwick fell behind and then sailed alone.
On that day, the German Imperial Ship - the armored cruiser Roweng, Augsburg (flagship) and light cruiser Lübeck, the minelayer Albatross and seven destroyers, under the leadership of Commodore Karv
Go out to sea and lay mine barriers near Beauxell Lighthouse.
After the mine laying was completed, Karv telegraphed the status of the mission and then led the fleet back. The telegram was intercepted and deciphered by the Polar Bear Empire's communications service department. The communications service department immediately reported the position of the ship to Bashiliev.
Bashiliev changed his plan to bombard Memel and led a cruiser detachment to intercept the German ship. The Polar Bear Emperor entered the fleet headquarters, closely monitored the enemy ship's radio communications, and navigated the Polar Bear cruiser.
At 7:30 a.m. on the second day, the Polar Bear ship discovered the Augsburg, Albatross and three destroyers (the cruisers Roweng and Lübeik, and four destroyers) near the island of Gotland.
The destroyer had already sailed to Libava) and immediately opened fire.
After Karrev understood the situation, he ordered the two ships Roweng and Lüberbei to return to the fleet. Albatross hid in Swedish territorial waters. He himself led the flagship Augsburg to retreat south. The Polar Bear Empire cruiser Valiant and
The Olieg caught up with the Albatross and concentrated fire on it.
At 9 o'clock, the "Albatross" was hit by a bomb and caught fire, and it beached near Cape Ostegorn in the Swedish territorial sea. The Polar Bear Empire cruiser was on its way back to the Fenland Bay base. At around 10 o'clock, it and the Luo Weng and Lu Bei
The USS K encountered four destroyers. The ships on both sides engaged in a short artillery battle, but the winner was indeterminate.
The Polar Bear cruiser began to retreat due to insufficient ammunition. However, the German Imperial ship mistook it as a battleship maneuvering, causing it to be attacked by a larger force, and therefore also withdrew from the battle. At 10:30, the Rulik was ordered to enter
war zone, and encountered the German warship.
The Rulik opened fire and hit the Luo Weng, but while avoiding the submarine attack, the Luo Weng escaped in the fog, but the Rulik did not conduct a search and returned to Fenlan Bay.
This naval battle was the first naval victory of the Polar Bear Empire Fleet after several defeats against the Chinese Imperial Fleet. Its symbolic significance was greater than its actual combat significance. Moreover, it was also the first time in history that the Polar Bear Empire Fleet used radio reconnaissance.
The information obtained guides our own warships to fight enemy ships.
In this battle, the Polar Bear warships excessively and needlessly consumed a large number of artillery shells in the early stage, which prevented further expansion of the results. However, this result made Nicholas II very satisfied. After all, the Polar Bear Navy has never achieved decent results.
, being able to narrowly defeat the powerful German Imperial Navy is worthy of joy.
Just when Nicholas II wanted to celebrate, the news of the defeat of Valencia in the Far East came again. In an extremely excited state, Nicholas II could not be angry after receiving such disappointing news.
.The nearly one million army soldiers that had just been recruited not long ago were sent to the Far East by the furious Nicholas before they had time to be trained.
After receiving the news of the defeat of the Polar Bear Empire in the Far East, the John Bull Empire immediately provided sponsorship to the Polar Bear. The sponsored materials were mainly artillery, guns and ammunition. John Bull also expected the Polar Bear to contain the German Empire on the Eastern Front! What if the Polar Bear was trapped in the Far East?
In a war zone, the consequences will be disastrous!
The actions of the Polar Bear Empire and the John Bull Empire were intercepted by the Imperial Intelligence Department. After the Imperial Intelligence Department has the decoding of Gui Lao's telegram provided by the Shenlong, it will be an easy task to decipher Gui Lao's telegram.
Intelligence from the two countries was sent back to the Empire by the Imperial Intelligence Department.
After Zhou Yu, who had returned to the imperial capital, learned of this, he immediately convened the empire's senior officials for consultation in the National Defense Conference Hall. Finally, the strategic deployment of the empire's northern theater was changed again. The other defense lines of the northern front remained unchanged for the time being, except for the military deployment of the Wallen District.
Major changes. Zhang San also received the order to capture Wallen with all his strength!….
Zhou Yu’s arrangement was also determined by the geographical conditions of Wallen. Since the Polar Bears increased their troops by one million this time, as well as the heavy firepower and anti-aircraft weapons sponsored by the John Bull Empire, once they were concentrated in the Wallen area, the situation would be serious.
Threaten the safety of the Imperial Air Force and ground forces.
Therefore, only by capturing the entire Wallen City before the enemy's reinforcements arrive can we gain absolute dominance in tactics and strategy.
After Zhang San received the order from the military headquarters, he immediately dispatched armor and tank troops, followed closely by the black locust army troops. The Imperial Air Force in the sky also dropped bombs again. Under the influence of the sequelae of the previous incendiary bombs, the Empire
What the Air Force uses are conventional bombs.
But the shadow of the first bombing still lingered. As soon as the polar bear soldiers saw the plane coming and heard the roar of the bombs, they immediately instinctively wanted to hide, so the battle was not intense. With the air force fire support and the addition of armored troops,
, Zhang San transformed technological advantages into victory on the battlefield.
Nicholas II's reinforcements were still on their way to Valen, when he received news of the fall of Valen. The loss of Valen meant that Daheihetun (Blagoveshchensk), and Temple Street (
Nikolayevsk) will always be under the threat of Chinese imperialism.
There is another place, Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island), which will also lose contact. Sakhalin Island is located to the east of the Heilongjiang estuary, facing the Sea of Okhotsk to the east and north, across the Tatar Strait to the west, and to the south
It faces the Japanese island of Hokkaido across the sea.