Chapter 522 Raging Waves

In the early morning of October 25, on the west bank of the Valdaichu River, the position of the 240th Artillery Regiment of Prosen.

This is a new position. The old position of the 240th Artillery Regiment was discovered by the Ants two days ago for some reason, so they launched a round of artillery bombardment from across the river. Six of the artillery regiment's 12 150mm heavy guns were blown up. Then a lot of artillery shells were reimbursed.

The good news is that most of the personnel were in anti-gun bunkers at the time, so there were no major casualties.

The artillery regiment's trailer also went to transport artillery shells. On the day it was shelled, it happened to be restricted by the mud on the road, and it escaped partially.

After the bombardment, the artillerymen used manpower to push the remaining cannons to new positions and camouflaged them overnight.

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker, the leader of the 240th Artillery Regiment, couldn't figure out how his position was suddenly found after it was well disguised and Ant's reconnaissance plane flew several times without finding it.

What's even more bizarre is that all the artillery positions and observation posts deployed on the west bank of the Valdaichu River that day were bombarded by artillery fire from the opposite bank, causing the Prosen artillery's control of the Valdaichu River to be suspended for two days.

The Ant people took advantage of this gap to build a landing site on the west bank, and it is said that they also built a pontoon bridge.

In the middle of the night yesterday, a rear combat battalion came to the position of the 240th Regiment. It was said that they were infantry troops transferred from the Sixth Army overnight to prevent the Ants from launching a ground attack on the artillery position.

The rear division, or National Guard Division, is very poorly equipped. One battalion may only be able to muster ten submachine guns, and not every squad has machine guns.

Lieutenant Colonel Hook took one look and knew that these "infantry" were no match for Ant's regular army - maybe they could do just fine fighting the guerrillas.

If they encounter those cloaked Ant Guards, such troops will most likely collapse at the first touch.

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker felt that what could save his troops now was the order to retreat.

Ant's landing site was less than fifteen kilometers away from his position, and even the infantry on foot should have arrived.

What is the Army Headquarters doing?

Because of anxiety, Lieutenant Colonel Hooker had insomnia yesterday. He barely managed to sleep for a while at dawn today. As soon as the light leaked through the clouds, he left the bunker and patrolled the position.

The remaining six heavy artillery were arrayed on the position, covered with hastily erected camouflage nets. The artillerymen next to them were still digging anti-cannon pits. The dug-out soil had not had time to process, and it was piled up like a hill, soaked by the rain. Then it looked like a big pile of excrement.

Lieutenant Colonel Hook stopped and asked the men digging the hole: "What time did the shift change this morning?"

"Report to the regiment leader, there is no shift change." The leading sergeant stopped, and the engineer shovel was planted on the ground with both hands. "Everyone is working. After all, the anti-bomb hole is used to protect our own lives. Who knows the Ant people?" When did the bombardment start again? The commander of the other side is that Rokossov, who likes sudden bombardment. "

Lieutenant Colonel Hook was about to answer, but suddenly stopped and looked into the distance in confusion.

"Captain?" the sergeant asked doubtfully.

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker: "Shh, do you hear it? It's like the sound of a tank engine."

The sergeant stopped, listened for a few seconds, turned to his men digging the hole and shouted: "Stop digging, be quiet!"

The sound of shovels digging and chatter immediately disappeared, and the sound of the tank's engine revealed its true appearance.

And it's getting bigger.

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker immediately shouted: "The enemy tanks are approaching! Battle alert! The enemy tanks are approaching!"

The sergeants and artillerymen nearby also shouted together, and soon the entire position was shouting "Alau".

Because the Ants were right in front of them, Lieutenant Colonel Hooker and Officer Prossen took it for granted that there would be no more bombardment, so they asked all the troops to enter the position.

Lieutenant Colonel Hook himself also ran to the forward observation post, wanting to see clearly where the enemy was coming from.

He pushed away the observer in front of the gun scope and put his eyes on the eyepiece.

He saw the enemy's tank formation, with four or five infantrymen sitting on each tank, making the outline of the tank appear larger out of thin air.

As an artillery officer, Hook immediately judged the distance of the tank through the readings of the artillery mirror: there were still three kilometers!

Hook stared at the approaching tank troops.

At two kilometers, the Ant infantry jumped out of their vehicles and followed the tanks.

Obviously the enemy has long known that the new position of the 240th Artillery Regiment is here. This made Hook very confused - how did they know? Obviously we have been disguising overnight?

No, even if it was discovered yesterday, it would be too late to arrange an attack by troops.

So strange.

Just as he was wondering, there was a roar in the sky.

Hell, there’s also shelling!

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker yelled, "Conceal!"

Before he could finish his words, the shells fell and the ground began to shake.

This artillery attack was very short. Based on the quality of the artillery officer, Hooker judged that only about 20 heavy artillery shells and several 76mm high-explosive shells were dropped.

He got up, patted the dirt on his body, and shouted: "Hold still! Report casualties!"

Then he heard someone shouting: "Commander! The people from the security division have run away!"

"What?"

Hook rushed out of the observation post and saw a large number of Garrison Division soldiers rushing out of the trenches and running backwards without looking back.

He even saw some artillerymen running among the guards.

The lieutenant colonel rushed out of the trench, grabbed a guard, and threw him back into the trench: "Crazy! You are more likely to be hit by bullets when you run like this! You have a higher chance of survival if you hide in the trench!"

At this time, Ant's tank opened fire. Tracer bullets passed over the trench, and lower bullets hit the soil that had not been dealt with, making a sizzling sound.

Lieutenant Colonel Hook suddenly stopped. Blood flowed from his hat, covering half of his eyes and nose, then his mouth, and finally dripped from his chin and hit the deserter's face.

The deserter screamed, pushed away Lieutenant Colonel Hooker, rushed out of the trench, and ran backwards. He was overtaken by tracer bullets, and seven or eight blood flowers burst out on his back. He fell forward and fell to the ground, sliding forward. for a short while.

Lieutenant Colonel Hooker leaned against the back wall of the trench, slipping little by little and finally lying on his side in the trench.

The sound of the tank's engine became louder and louder. Finally, the T34's wide tracks crossed the trench, and mud continued to fall, covering Lieutenant Colonel Hooker's face.

The tanks that crossed the trenches rushed towards the heavy artillery on the position, smashed through the hastily built parapets, and hit the cannon body. Slowly but surely, the gun mount deformed, and the long barrel pointed towards the sky.

After confirming that the cannon was damaged, the tank reversed two meters and then passed around.

At this time, the Ant soldiers slipped into the trench and said in Ant language: "Damn it, why is this trench so shallow? Will the Plosans treat their errands like this?"

The officer who slipped in late shouted loudly: "The Plosans are human beings too. Judging from the traces we saw, they just moved from the old position yesterday and didn't have time to dig deeper. See if there are any documents or what looks like He is a high-ranking official, and he may be able to find the enemy’s deployment map! We need the enemy’s deployment map!”

It turned out that the Ants followed the traces left by Proson's troops when they moved their positions.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Hooker fell next to him, he could no longer hear the answer.

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Headquarters of the Sixth Army of the Prossen Army.

The commander, Admiral Wilhelm von Frederick, frowned and looked at the new red arrow that appeared on the map.

The chief of staff said next to him: "This is Rokossov's response. He is determined to cut off our logistics."

Admiral Frederick shook his head: "Not necessarily, maybe he just wants to eliminate the threat on the west bank and resume navigation. The Valdaichu River still has one month of navigation, less than one month.

"He wanted to send as many reinforcements as possible to Abavahan by ship."

Admiral Frederick's eyes turned to the large gray urban area on the far right side of the map.

"We are less than 50 kilometers away from the coastline. We will soon be able to drink from the seaside of Manai like we drank from the Atlantic Ocean the year before last. Although the sea water is not drinkable."

The surrounding staff members laughed in cooperation.

"I'm not kidding!" Admiral Frederick scolded, "This is our last trial and the empire's last trial! Once we cross it, no one in Europa can stop the empire. We will Complete the great deeds that none of the conquerors of the past could complete.”

Frederick turned to look at everyone: "The final trial! Do you understand? Trial!"

At this time, a communications soldier ran into the headquarters with a serious expression and handed a writing board to the chief of staff of the group army.

Just as the chief of staff lowered his head to look, Frederick strode over, took the writing board, and read out the content on it: "Army Group Center was violently bombarded by the enemy, and the enemy launched attacks across the entire front."

Frederick frowned: "Attack now? It is difficult not to suspect that it is a feint attack by the enemy's Western Front to reduce the pressure in the direction of Abavahan."

Chief of Staff: "Will this...will reduce the number of troops sent to us in the future?"

"Impossible! His Majesty the Emperor knows his priorities clearly. So we just need to trust His Majesty. What we need to deal with now is Rokosov's counterattack!"

Frederick picked up the map stick and patted the new red arrow.

"Since the Ants used armored forces to counterattack, we will use armored forces to respond! There should be one armored division in the 41st Armored Corps that has not moved?"

"Yes, the 5th Asgard Knights Armored Division under the 41st Armored Corps is currently serving as a group army reserve and has no combat operations." The chief of staff reported immediately.

Frederick: "Get them to fight back! Now, right away."

The chief of staff looked embarrassed: "General, the mud is beneficial to Ant's wide tracks. Our No. 3 and No. 4 have difficulty moving in this mud. I suggest investing in anti-aircraft artillery units and setting up a blocking line here."

Frederick: "The tank troops cannot move, so can the trucks of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment move? How is that possible! The trucks certainly cannot move. Let the tank troops counterattack! Destroy the armored spearheads of the Ants!"