Steel Soviet Union

Okada Taketake's judgment of the battle situation was that the artillery suppression did not have the desired effect, and the Russian main force was hardly affected.

After just two rounds of artillery fire, they were silenced and stopped by the Russian artillery retaliation, which even disturbed the Russians on the opposite side and alerted the enemy.

Then it is impossible for the Russians on the opposite side not to react in any way to this. The counterattacks that can be expected, such as attack against attack, artillery fire coverage, will be incomplete, and may even be all-you-can-eat.

If you can't defeat attack with attack, if you are covered by artillery fire and can't retreat, you will still die if the Russians rush up and entangle you with the help of artillery fire suppression.

In any case, Okada Taketake concluded that the first wave of attacking troops that had already launched must be reinforced at the moment.

This is a mentality similar to that of a gambler who keeps increasing his bets. If he doesn't want to admit his failure, he has no choice but to continue to increase his bets.

At this moment, Taketake Okada's mind was not thinking about "What should I do if I increase my bets and I still haven't won?", but he was thinking that he had to save the troops he had invested in advance no matter what.

At the same time as he was dispatching troops to prepare for reinforcements, the Japanese troops scattered on the front line could not wait for the reinforcements to arrive and were already tightly entangled by the vanguard troops sent by the furious Varosha.

After relying on our own artillery superiority to suppress the incoming Japanese artillery fire, we were able to relieve the crisis of constant bombings.

Varosha, who had never forgotten that his mission was to annihilate the Japanese Second Division, immediately took action, prioritizing the organization of the leading troops under his command that were least affected by the bombardment, and quickly assembled them, and launched the first wave of troops on a regimental scale. The offensive formation was sent out.

"Comrade Division Commander, the other units affected by the enemy's shelling are working hard to rescue the wounded and damaged equipment."

"The specific casualty loss assessment is being summarized. However, according to the situation reported by each unit below, the loss is not too large and is within an acceptable range. It is estimated that the overall casualty loss will have an impact on the combat strength of the entire division of about 100. About seven-quarters."

After hearing the chief of staff's report, Varosha couldn't help but frown. He put down the telegram he had just received, then raised his head and replied seriously.

"That means the number of casualties and total equipment loss is about two to three percent?"

"Yes, I think it won't be too different from this number, Comrade Commander."

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Varosha, who has a white face, now looks as dark as someone from Africa.

The number of casualties and total loss of equipment is about two to three percent, which may not sound large.

But you must know that whether it is Varosha's division or Kulbalov's division, these are large-scale heavy composite divisions that were newly formed after expansion according to the final standards of the original leader's division during the Battle of Berlin.

In other words, these two to three percent means the sacrifice of three to four hundred people and the total and irrecoverable loss of nearly twenty armored combat vehicles.

He ate this without even touching the enemy's face. While preparing for an attack and gathering troops, he was bombarded by a group of heavy artillery.

Compared with Kulbalov's flat push attack, Varosha himself felt that this shit was really embarrassing, and the burning feeling on his face was getting worse.

He almost forgot the last time he suffered such a loss. Varosha, who felt that he had encountered such a humiliation, could not just swallow his anger and let the matter go.

After thinking for a moment, he blurted out an additional command.

"Inform the forward troops that they must entangle the Japanese troops coming towards us! I judge that the enemy will not give up their attacking troops so easily. After being disarmed by artillery, their only option is to send troops Rescue.”

"Comrade division commander, are you saying that we are going to focus on annihilating the Japanese reinforcements?"

When he came to the war zone map spread out on the table in the camp, he poked his right index finger at the position where his leading troops were currently fighting the incoming Japanese army, and drew a larger circle around this position, accompanied by the explanation of the tiles. Luo Sha nodded immediately and said.

"Yes, I will not only swallow the vanguard of these Japanese devils, but I will also let their reinforcements go to hell to accompany the vanguard."

"Of course, a place like hell does not belong to us proletarian fighters. It is the place where these bold and stupid militaristic fanatics should go. The only thing we have to do is to give them a final lift and send them all away. Toward the end of this life.”

The chief of staff, who had been working with Varosha and fighting side by side since the battle of Kursk, and who had a thorough understanding of the temperament of his division commander and comrade, immediately responded.

"Understood. I will organize the follow-up attack troops, bypass the current combat area from both wings, and use my mobility and firepower advantages to flank the second wave of incoming enemy troops. How about this?"

"I think it's okay, but there are some details you need to pay attention to."

Varosha, who was holding a drawing pencil and drawing on the map, had a more proactive strategy, but it was far from being satisfied with just flanking the Japanese reinforcements from left to right.

"When dealing with the Japanese reinforcements coming up, the first task should be to cut them in half and into two parts in the shortest possible time. This requires the flanking forces on the left and right to attack in opposite directions."

"After leaving the position, these Japanese soldiers are like turtles without their shells. They are not qualified to fight with us in mobile field operations."

"The part of the Japanese army that was cut and surrounded to reinforce the Japanese army, as well as the Japanese army's vanguard unit that has been cut off by then, must be wiped out in the shortest possible time. In addition, the artillery units at the division level and below should be prepared. I infer The Japanese devils' madness may not end there, and they will continue to be gamblers if they are not saved."

"At that time, let the artillerymen freed from the artillery battle deal with them. I will let these militarist fanatics bathe in the artillery fire and watch their accomplices be smashed into pulp by the iron fist of the Red Army."

"clear!"

The deployment of troops and combat deployments in Varosha are still continuing, and the vanguard troops on the front battlefield who are under heavy artillery fire with the Japanese army are already going on a killing spree.

"God, am I dazzled? Is that a German Tiger tank? Why do you see it here, in a place like this?!"

"Hey! The company said in a meeting before that it was copied by the Japanese. Did you fall asleep again and didn't hear it? Don't worry about it for now and get ready to fight!"

"Don't worry, it can't escape! Let me take care of them!"

In the fighting room of the IS7 turret, which is much larger than the previous generation Stalin heavy tank, a dialogue between the gunner and the commander is going on.

The Japanese copycat tigers on the opposite side, which were pressing forward at full speed across the country, didn't even know what kind of opponent they were about to face.

Completely immersed in the deep belief in the super powerful new tank, it is natural to believe that the Russian tractor on the opposite side can be killed with one blow, just as the Germans at a certain moment also thought so more than once.