212 – Sunset (2) – The Gdanskow Offensive
“Mr. President! Big deal! The Reinhalt Empire has declared war on the Republic!”
President Joseph Faust bit his lip. It’s not unexpected. Aren’t they the kind of people who have always been looking for the back of Polania’s head?
A third of the 300,000 troops were mobilized to attack the Soviet Empire.
There is no way a mean lion cub would miss such a golden opportunity.
“What about the Southern Command?”
“Sitting in at each key point! We immediately went into combat readiness.”
“Order them to risk their lives and crush them.”
“Yes!!”
However, the Polania Army was still strong. A thoroughly landlocked country that does not touch the sea.
Thanks to this, Polania’s army boasted an overwhelming size compared to its territory and population, and the modernization of its armed forces through Uk ran and the Federal Republic of America has been steadily progressing.
Not accepting the opinions of the other generals about pushing the empire to the end by mobilizing even the Southern Command.
It was only because he was conscious of Reinhalt’s attack.
Because King Orlando I of Uk ran repeatedly warned of the dangers of a two-sided front.
“Damn it…… “
Now, all that was left was a short-term decisive battle. Complete the early goal of securing Minsk, and block the offensive of the Reinhardt Empire.
If you just block…… If everything goes according to plan…… The world will know that the Republic of Polania is a great power that has stood firm even after fighting on both sides with two great empires.
Since this has already happened, it was all or nothing. The two-sided front between the Soviet Empire and the Reinhalt Empire was a scenario that had been assumed for a long time.
If the ‘Marchen Plan’, which was named after the Polania State Department, works properly, it will be able to do it.
But war doesn’t always go the way you want it to.
Pollania’s Southern Command followed the Marchen Plan, capturing key strongholds and reinforcing existing fortifications. Polania was the first to accept the advanced military doctrine of Uk ran.
They knew that the moment they built a strong fortified line, they couldn’t easily break through with conventional firepower.
Concrete wall boasts invincible protection against 88mm field guns, which Reinhardt boasts.
The bullet holes scattered everywhere were supposed to be a passageway to grind Reinhalt’s stupid soldiers who would rush in without knowing anything.
However, it was not only Polania who accepted Uk ranian doctrine.
It’s all over the place!!
A sharp gunshot echoed from within Evael Fortress. Evael Fortress was a military stronghold outside the Fort Line of Polania and Reinhalt.
“What, what…… !?”
“It’s Reinhalt! They rushed into the fortress!!!”
“How!? Are you saying the Marchen line was pierced? Recruit troops right now…… Big, big!!”
It was Reinhalt’s paratroopers.
What Polania’s leadership overlooked was that it had always been the Reinhardt Empire, not the Uk ran, that was actually leading the technology.
As far as Reinhardt was technically inferior to Uk ran.
Rinhardt demanded compensation based on actual combat data, rather than purchasing weapons and accepting doctrines as Polania did.
It is natural.
Forging weapons and accepting its doctrines are important, of course.
Not all countries are on the same level.
The Reinhardt Empire succeeded in building its own strategy and tactics based on the actual combat data provided by Uk ran, and its troops were more skilled in such strategies than anyone else.
If the Uk ranian paratroopers descended with a small elite and stabbed the enemy in the back, it would be light infantry.
Reinhardt’s airborne troops were a large-scale strategic force, and had the role of violating the empty rear to their heart’s content.
Unlike the Uk ranians, where infantry weapons and sometimes squad weapons were given.
Reinhardt’s paratroopers—- to the extent that the KaiserJager included armored equipment as well.
VK Leopard Puma.
It was actually an armored vehicle with a smaller size than the D’Nur tank and only armed with a 20mm cannon.
The images given by the track, diagonally cut armor, and the rotating turret were enough to make the Polania army mistake the Puma for a tank.
The defenders of the fortress, who had seen and experienced the power of tanks with their own eyes, failed to resist properly and were overrun.
“Fortress Evael has been captured! Reports of sightings of Reinhardt’s tank are pouring in from the rear support units!!”
“Reinhardt’s tank fell off somewhere!”
The news that the fortifications they had worked so hard for fell and that Reinhardt’s tanks were prowling the country was enough to cloud the judgment of the Polania Southern Command.
“Contact has been lost from Bzura Fortress on the eastern side.”
The staff tried their best to track down the source of the Reinhalt Army that suddenly sprang up from the ground, but the chaos in the command center continued to increase.
In the end, the southern command decided that the fortress ship, which had been out of contact for several hours, had been captured simply because of poor communications.
The second defense plan was quickly activated.
With the activation of the second defense plan, the troops in the west, who had been relatively in contact with the headquarters, immediately pulled back the defense line.
At the point when it was judged that the eastern fortress line had been breached, the eastern troops were virtually abandoned.
The eastern divisions, suddenly left on the front line, were exposed to the main attack of Reinhardt along the empty fortress line.
The border divisions, agonizing between retreating and holding the front line, faced the Reinhalt Army with powerful firepower without receiving a command from the upper level.
In just three days, three border divisions evaporated.
By the time the headquarters realized that the loss of communication at Bzura Fort was simply a result of poor communication, it was too late.
As if waiting for this moment, Reinhalt’s main attack crossed the western defense line of Polania and swallowed most of the first line of defense except for extremely ‘minor’ resistance.
That said, if the Airborne Operation Forces that had descended to the rear of Polania were silent, that wasn’t the case either.
They relentlessly raided the supply units entering the second line of defense and destroyed all the military lines essential for maintaining the front line.
How on earth would a supply unit, which consisted of wagons, trucks, and infantry to escort him, catch those armed with light tanks?
When Kaiser Yeager ran out of ammunition for the weapons they had brought, he took the weapons they had captured from Polania and plundered his supply corps to meet the demand.
To them, Polania’s supply base is like a fountain that never runs dry.
Kaiser Yeager tightening from the rear.
Reinhalt’s great army of 4 legions rising from below, totaling 200,000.
The Polania army, which fell off from the very beginning, began to be helplessly swayed by Reinhardt’s hands.
War is a flow.
The way the winner and loser of a war are divided according to who first surrenders to the change in the flow.
In that respect, Reinhalt was sailing at high speed, unable to ride the wind, and Polania was being hit head-on by strong waves.
“Mr. President… ….”
Jusef Faust smoked cigarettes in silence. The speedy decision has already crossed the water. He threw a die, and it was like a 1 was thrown away.
“The situation on the northern front is getting worse and worse. Maybe now…… ?”
Polania’s industrial capabilities could never catch up with Soviet and Reinhardt.
No, it wasn’t just industrial capabilities.
Among the size of the troops, the quality of equipment, and the conditions for numerous victories, there was not a single factor that Polania overpowered them.
In the midst of a desperate crisis with blades reaching the front of their necks, all the people of Polania, including civilians and military, rose up.
The reality that there was virtually nothing they could do was enough to make Juzef Faust despair.
“Aide.”
“Yes, sir…… Please tell me.”
“I made a foolish decision. That the Uk ranians were just out of spec…… I didn’t mean that our Polania was stronger than Soviet and Reinhalt.”
The southern front is virtually out of control.
The northern front was slowly retreating.
The distance between the two wires gradually narrowed, and it began to slowly tighten the breath of the capital, Prava.
“No! Never…… !”
“My mistake will now go down in the history of the world.”
Jusef Faust’s expression did not ease despite the aide’s desperate defense. Then the aide kept his mouth shut.
My eyebrows trembled with resentment, and tears welled up around my eyes.
The aide already knew.
If you continue like this, your country will walk the path of destruction.
Profit.
The president crumpled the cigarette butt into an ashtray, and before he knew it, he took out a new cigarette and put it in his mouth.
“Request assistance from Uk ran. We will tell them to save us, as we did.”
That was the only way.
The very country that opened the gates of the World War and proudly stepped on the nose of the empire in consumption.
Polania desperately needed a game changer.
Even if you owe them a huge debt you can’t pay, and you’re shamefully pushed into the backroom.