When Manstein heard that Xu Rui was commanding operations in Tver, he immediately said: "Order Bologoye's troops to strengthen their defenses to prevent sneak attacks and harassment by Xu Rui's Wolf Fang troops."
An officer next to him said: "General, how could Xu Rui's troops reach Bologoye?"
Manstein said: "I have analyzed Xu Rui's combat methods. He never sticks to one pattern when marching and fighting. He is good at sneak attacks on the enemy's logistics supplies, which causes supply difficulties on the front line. In the end, he wins the war. I predict that Xu Rui will win the war."
He will definitely send his wolves to Bologoye to cause trouble, and we have to guard against it."
"If it's really Wolf Fang, then we probably don't have the troops to deal with them." The officer said.
Manstein said: "In the entire German army, only the Brandenburg Special Forces can compete with the Wolf Fang. Immediately ask for instructions from above and transfer the Brandenburg Special Forces to Bologoye!"
"yes!"
After Manstein learned that Xu Rui was in Tver, he immediately revised his plan. His original plan to take Tver directly was canceled by him. Manstein decided to divide his troops into two groups, one consisting of infantry and one facing the front.
Tver attacked and advanced, consisting of armored units along the way, giving full play to the mobility of the armored division, detouring deep behind Tver, cutting off Xu Rui's supply line, and then launching a surprise attack from behind Tver.
At the same time, Manstein asked a part of Brandenburg's special forces to immediately parachute behind Tver to cooperate with the actions of his large forces.
These moves of Manstein's were very vicious, and they hit Tver's vital points. This was also Manstein's consistent style. Manstein believed that if it were an ordinary Soviet general, he would be able to do this in his own way.
With a combination of punches, Tver will definitely not be able to defend him, but now the opponent in front of him is Xu Rui. Manstein has a hunch that this time, it may not be as easy as before.
At the same time, Xu Rui of Tver received a report of aircraft reconnaissance. The leading German troops did not advance towards Tver, but suddenly disappeared. However, about two other divisions were advancing towards Tver from the main road.
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Xu Rui was shocked. The German vanguard was an entire armored division. How could it disappear out of thin air?
Xu Rui immediately took the map and looked at the map near Tver with Cheryshev and other officers. After a while, Xu Rui said: "It is impossible for Manstein to abandon Tver, but his troops suddenly disappeared, so
There is only one possibility: Manstein abandoned the main road and took a detour to Tver via a small road."
Cheryshev said: "What does Manstein want to do? Why should he abandon the main road? Doesn't he want to capture Tver as soon as possible?"
"Could it be to avoid our plane bombing?" an officer said.
Xu Rui shook his head and said: "Although our army has control of the air, the weather is bad now, the sky visibility is very low, and the role of bombers is limited. It is impossible for Manstein to change his marching route because of this reason."
Cheryshev asked: "Where did Manstein go and what did he want to do?"
Xu Rui's eyes suddenly flashed and he said, "I know!"
"Comrade Xu Rui, what do you know?" Cheryshev asked.
Xu Rui said: "What a Manstein. He must have asked the infantry to attack Tver from the front, while he led the armored division to adopt a roundabout tactic, go around behind Tver, cut off our supply line, and then suddenly
Attack, in this way, Tver can be captured in one fell swoop, Manstein made a good calculation!"
"That's it!" Everyone, including Cheryshev, suddenly realized after hearing Xu Rui's words.
Cheryshev said: "Comrade Xu Rui, fortunately you are here, otherwise we would not be able to see through Manstein's plan. It is really dangerous!"
An officer said: "So what if we see through Manstein's plan? We only have one division of troops and there is absolutely no way to crack Manstein's large detour and deep outflanking tactics."
Xu Rui said: "That's not necessarily the case. Lang Ya hasn't left yet. Pick me up at the airport and let Leng Tiefeng talk to me!"
Xu Rui really guessed it right. At this time, Leng Tiefeng had just arrived at the airport and had not boarded the plane. When Xu Rui asked him to answer the phone, Leng Tiefeng did not dare to neglect. He took the phone and asked: "Old Xu,
If there's anything important, I'm about to get on the plane."
Just listen to Xu Rui say on the phone: "Veteran, there is an emergency situation now. Manstein and his armored division may have gone around behind our army and adopted a large detour tactic, hoping to eat Tver in one fell swoop. Wolf Fang
The mission has changed. One part will continue to perform the mission to Bologoye, and the other part will go to Tver to find Manstein's troops and do their best to stop the German army's advance."
"clear!"
Leng Tiefeng put down the phone and immediately divided the Langya into two groups. He took half of the Langya to Bologoye and carried out sabotage and harassment activities as originally planned. The other group was led by Han Feng and Zuanshan Leopard.
Immediately go to the south of Tver City, search for the whereabouts of Manstein's troops, and try to hold off Manstein's troops.
Manstein and Xu Rui battled wits and courage. Xu Rui also realized that Manstein was by no means a wasted reputation. He was indeed an extremely good general. When fighting with him, he could not be careless in the slightest, otherwise he would surely fall into irreversible danger.
situation.
Since coming to this world, Xu Rui has fought with many Japanese and German generals. Even the famous Japanese general Yamashita Fengfumi did not put such great pressure on Xu Rui. However, Manstein only showed a few tricks.
Xu Rui already felt a lot of pressure. Xu Rui thought to himself that Manstein was definitely the most difficult enemy he had ever encountered!
At this time, Manstein and Xu Rui also had the same feeling. In the past two years of war, Manstein had never failed. Both the Polish army and the Soviet army were so unbearable in front of Manstein.
A blow, but this time it was different. Xu Rui gave Manstein an unprecedented sense of oppression, but Manstein became even more excited. He felt that he could fight with an opponent who was on the same level as him.
, is also a kind of fun...
Buzz…
Two transport planes broke the silence. Then, white umbrella flowers fell to the ground. They skillfully closed their umbrellas. Forty or fifty paratroopers dressed in white camouflage uniforms came to the pre-arranged assembly area and lined up neatly.
Two rows.
Leo looked at his soldiers with a sinking face.
Since the last train station outside Moscow was plotted by Xu Rui, Leo and his Brandenburg special forces have not been dispatched for a long time.
Like a wounded wolf, the Brandenburg Special Forces suffered heavy losses after repeated defeats and continued to lick their wounds.
Due to repeated defeats by the Wolf Fang, the Brandenburg Special Forces has aroused widespread doubts within the German army. Many people believe that the existence of the Brandenburg Special Forces has no meaning at all, and this force has consumed a large amount of German resources.
, the cost of training one special soldier can even train dozens of ordinary soldiers.
The Brandenburg Special Forces has now expanded to a division-level establishment, consuming a lot of property and manpower. At the same time, the soldiers of the Brandenburg Special Forces are mostly composed of elites from various units, which has also caused many problems.
People were dissatisfied. In order for the army to continue to exist, Leo had to make a compromise and transferred some elites from his own army to other troops. This calmed the complaints in the army.
However, as a result, the Brandenburg Special Forces lost a large number of outstanding members, and the entire team suffered successive defeats and was reduced to a regiment-level organization. This made Leo very angry, but he could not do anything about it.
No.
This time, Manstein gave the Brandenburg special forces a chance to prove themselves, so the Leo soldiers divided into two groups and went all the way to Bologoye to stop the Wolf Fang. However, he personally led them all the way to the special forces.
To the south of Tver, prepare to cooperate internally and externally to cooperate with Manstein's troops to occupy Tver.
"The Baff Bridge is ahead. We must occupy the Baff Bridge as soon as possible to open up a path for the follow-up troops." Leo said.
"Klose, can you take a few people to reconnoiter and see how the situation is?" Leo said.
A blond man nodded, led two team members into Soviet military uniforms, and walked forward.
The Bav Bridge, located south of Tver, is an important traffic artery connecting Tver with Moscow. If you want to enter Tver from the south, you must pass through the Bav Bridge.
Second Lieutenant Puganov led a platoon of soldiers to guard the Bav Bridge. Puganov had just received an order from his superiors, saying that the Germans were likely to seize the bridge. If Puganov saw German soldiers, he would immediately blow up the bridge.
Destroy the bridge and prevent the German troops from passing through it.
However, Puganov did not take it seriously. The German army should be in the north, so how could it appear in the south? The commander simply did not understand the situation and gave random orders.
Although he didn't take it seriously, Puganov was ordered to install a large number of explosives on the bridge. Then he stood next to the bridge, picked up the wine flask in his hand, and drank.
"Second Lieutenant, do you have a fire?" A man in a captain's uniform came over. Pugachev saluted the captain and then handed over the match.
"Second Lieutenant, it's such a cold day and the Germans are far away, why are they still here?" the captain asked.
When Pugachev heard this, he said angrily: "Yes, the new chief of staff Xu Rui said that the Germans might seize the bridge and let us be on full alert. You can see that the Germans are far to the north. How can there be anything here?"
What about the Germans? Director Xu Rui, everyone says he is great, but I think he is nothing more than that."
The captain said, "Isn't that right? Isn't it embarrassing for you to be on duty here in such a cold weather?"
After listening to the captain's words, Puganov nodded repeatedly...
