Rasputin of the East

31

I can feel my lips burning as I sit on the HQ.

The enemy’s main target was probably neither the central nor the south, which was managed by the 3rd Austro-Hungarian Army, nor the north, which was managed by the 4th Austro-Hungarian Army.

Except for the two divisions, what is the main attack if it is not the main attack that is filled with German forces and even the Guards Division is put in?

Commanding the cavalry, Wrangel’s hands are itching, but he’s still in the rear. The same goes for the Armored Brigade. Currently, only infantry units and artillery units are fighting.

“Enlisted in the 2nd Division, face to face! Check out the massive German army!”

“If you face it in moderation and find it difficult, retreat to the second line of defense.”

There’s no need for a retreat ban. Because Russia is big.

The friendly artillery is currently pouring all of its resources into artillery fire with the exception of mortar fire. The same is true of the air force, and all of their capabilities were put into taking the coordinates of the enemy artillery and throwing bombs when it was parked, and intercepting the enemy artillery observatory.

“I saw it from the observation plane and neutralized one enemy train gun with friendly artillery fire!”

“Keep it up!”

A few officers cheered for a while, but it didn’t last long. The front was wide, and there were too many enemies for the command to become a festive atmosphere by neutralizing one train cannon.

“It is reported from each unit that the enemy’s firepower is significantly decreasing. Spetsnaz and artillery seem to be doing their job.”

Spetsnaz, who wandered around the rear, blew away the enemy’s weak points, material storage points, and the locations of artillery units to Jeonseo-gu, and if it was worthwhile, he did not hesitate to attack with a submachine gun and sweep them away.

The problem is that they just call us Jeonseo-gu and give us coordinates, but we don’t have the means to contact them.

If you want to use up all the troops you have taken or if it is difficult to carry out the operation, your mission is to return it yourself under the judgment of the most senior member of the military.

“Isn’t it the infantry division’s main focus?”

“10 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division, an estimated total force of 126,000, not different from what was reported.”

“Proceed as planned.”

The decisive reason for the harpoon of the Russian army in the original history was that, due to the anomalous tactics of drawing artillery to the front line and directly firing artillery fire, not having a large-scale artillery fire, it was later heard that there were more shell pits than trenches.

But right now, the fact that the allies are destroying all the starting points of the direct fire is a bit heartbreaking.

Of course, if the enemy stopped the offensive at all, that would be a disappointment. I hope it is.

***

Silesia, Szcina. OHT (German Army Headquarters)

“This is a report from the Knousel Corps. It is said that about 20 heavy mortars have been lost so far due to the enemy’s concentrated artillery fire. The resistance of the enemies is stronger than expected.”

“The enemy has more heavy artillery than expected.”

In a time when the 75mm was the main caliber, the 155mm plain gun was a gun that could fit into the heavy gun axis. Considering that there were only four heavy guns out of the five Russian divisions that defended this area in the original history, the firepower the Germans encountered was incomparable to that in the original history.

“The enemy’s resistance is fiercer than expected.

“Many of the light guns that were sent to the front for direct fire were lost in the enemy’s attack.”

General August von Mackensen, commander of the German 9th Army and head of the offensive, frowned.

“Didn’t I just say that I was a military officer? What kind of artillery did the Home Office have so many?”

Originally, their goal was not simply to break through the enemy’s defenses.

Their goal was to encircle and annihilate the Russian forces approaching by breaking through the enemy’s defenses, but it was not expected that the enemy would deploy so many artillery pieces on the side of the bulge.

‘I know that the number of guns in the Russian army is not very large, did any information leak?’

But Mackenzen immediately shook his head. If the offensive had been predicted, it would not have formed a defense line with only a portion of the internal forces, so it was normal to have at least hundreds of thousands of troops in the front.

The bad news spread as if adding confidence to the judgment.

“See you from the Guards Corps! Allies, break through the enemy’s frontal defenses!”

“Oh oh!”

The staff cheered as they smashed the desk and put on uppercuts. He suffered from an unexpected ambush from the very beginning, but behold, if he is beaten a little, he will not collapse without strength.

Although the damage was greater than expected, the break through the defense line was also faster than expected. It was an equivalent exchange.

“Put in the reserve, the 10th Corps! Deploy the 19th and 20th divisions to support the Guard Corps! Secure a bridgehead and widen the breakthrough! Concentrate your artillery firepower!”

General Mackenzen and his staff felt it faintly.

I don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely dangerous, and their instincts as an indescribable soldier, which started with the report that the enemy had more heavy artillery and even aircraft than expected, stimulated them, and their anxiety in the report that a large number of artillery was lost in their shelling reached a climax

However, this was an offensive that started with political logic in the first place. While preparing to usurp the Austria-Hungarian army’s command, he drew out an unprecedentedly large-scale heavy artillery force to neutralize the fortifications.

If the offensive is stopped without carrying out a proper offensive, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire may really negotiate with Russia alone.

Even if they are allies that hold on to their ankles, it would be a nightmare if they could negotiate alone with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia. If they fight back and forth between the Russian and French forces that have been mobilized, then East Prussia may be trampled underfoot.

In addition, if the Guards Division somehow broke through the defensive line, and if the army was defeated, the Austria-Hungary would unconditionally doubt their true intentions, regardless of the damage in the process of retreating.

Rather, the news of the breakout of the front bound their ankles and limited their options, but it didn’t matter. Breaking the front line and winning is enough.

A win could silence Austria-Hungary as well, and cause the Russians to besiege and annihilate or at least retreat.

So now is the time to shed the tile.

But even thinking about it that way, the ominous feeling did not go away.

***

“The enemies are coming in without a countermeasure. The enemy’s leading Guards Division did quite a bit of damage, but the enemy’s follow-up units are arriving.”

“Division battalion… No, you don’t really need it, one of the 19th and 20th divisions, maybe both.”

I immediately signed the lightly prepared order.

“Tell Wrangel to smash the bastards of the Dual Empire.”

***

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Mustard gas, leucite, hydrogen cyanide, tear gas, antiemetic.

A storm of toxins cocktailed by the same human in malicious intent to kill humans rages on the battlefield.

And the cavalry runs the front. Wearing a gas mask, putting on a gas mask on the horse, and wrapping raincoats, etc., black cavalry that look like skeletons on skeleton horses are running.

Forces of the 5th Regiment of the Russian Guards Corps sprinted through the front line, lined with shell pits and half-broken barbed wire, at full speed.

From the beginning, a mixture of poison gas, high explosives, and shrapnel was poured in to clear the cavalry charge path.

“Viva Imperator! Long live the Emperor!”

The officer in the lead shouted and pointed his carbine. Enemies wearing gas masks were clearly visible. The number was greatly reduced.

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Mustard gas and hydrogen cyanide gas are not filtered by gas masks alone. All exposed skin should be covered.

The cavalry was thoroughly prepared to do this without exposing a single point of skin, but the Austro-Hungarian soldiers, at best not well trained, were different.

A gunshot rang out, and one of the enemy soldiers fell down.

Reloading is a luxury. The cavalry, having emptied the clips loaded with ammunition, pulled out their submachine guns and kicked the horse’s stomach.

The 35-round magazine was unconsciously empty, and the Austrians in the trenches screamed and fell.

The machine gun seat was vacant because of the bombardment that had just been poured out while taking the risk of misadventure of the allies. Someone threw a grenade into the empty machine gun seat, and the soldiers with cavalry swords slaughtered the Austrian-Hungarian army from side to side.

Such a situation was happening all over the Southern Front.

The German army on the central front is chasing the slowly retreating internal affairs forces, and at least one German corps was deployed on the northern front, but only four Austria-Hungarian divisions on the southern front.

The Cossacks, the Interior Ministry, and the Guard Corps, which were beaten down there, easily crushed the Austro-Hungarian army, which was not much better than the average Russian army.

***

I was standing in front of many soldiers.

“Gentlemen!”

In my combat uniform, not my uniform, I shouted loudly.

“Now this damn battle is over! This is the hammer of the Empire, where you will end this damn fight and get revenge on Tannenberg!”

The world’s first tank unit.

1st Armored Division. 2 tank battalions and 4 motorized infantry battalions. The world’s strongest armored force equipped with 240 BK (Восто?к Kim) tanks.

They were standing in front of me.

“No fear! Our blades are sharp and they don’t even know we exist! Their guns can’t pierce your armor, and their cannons aren’t accurate enough to hit us! If this isn’t the table that I prepared for you, what is it? There is no such thing as defeat before us!”

“You don’t just fight for victory! You fight for your comrades on the same tank, and for your loved ones and family who will wait for you! Just remember that! Let’s win and live together, there’s nothing to be afraid of! The main building will take the lead!”

“Commander?”

For a moment, the division commander and Irina were terrified.

“Irina, take charge of the commander’s deputy.”

“No, Commander! What do you mean! I’m going to take the lead!”

“As long as you’re in a tank, you won’t die if you don’t do anything! I’m the most expert on tanks, and since this is my first battle, I’ll have to go and tune it myself, look! The morale of the soldiers has soared now! A unit that will become the core of breaking through the front line should do this!”

“Even though……”

“There is no one I can trust except you, anyway, talk to the chief of staff and proceed. In the meantime, you’re my agent, you’re wearing my uniform, or whatever.”

“Commander! Commander! Ah, please listen to me! no really! hey!”

I left Irina in trouble, got on the command tank I had prepared in advance, and locked the hatch to prevent the driver from being dragged out of the train by Irina, who lost her temper, with a chuckle.

“Do not depart.”