Urn and Turtle

Just when the armored army and the main forces of the 1st and 4th armies surrounded the Russian army and implemented compression tactics, the Walbeck division stationed in Kimon was quietly staying in the positions around the town, avoiding the hot summer. The heat of the day.

Kimon is a small city in northern Poland. The terrain is flat. A railway line from Grajevo to Poland runs through the city. Thirty miles north from here, Grayevo is located in the southern part of the Masurian Lake District. The German East Prussian Regiment entered Russia from here through the Masurian Lake District. The logistical supplies of the Regiment are currently all transported from the Masurian Lake District by horse-drawn carriages and a few cars, and then transported to Bialystok via this railway. The Kimon garrison bears the important responsibility of defending the transportation channel. In the previous day, Matthew's 4th Army built a circular defensive offensive around Kimon. After the other two main divisions went to encircle the Russian army, Kimon was left with only 12 thousand Walbeck divisions. Thousands of soldiers and 40 cannons. At noon, because an unknown number of Russian troops were found moving in the direction of Kimon in the east, Colonel Walbeck had transferred more than half of all the division's forces to the east of Kimon for defense, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to patrol the east.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the second batch of bombers from East Prussia had been bombed. When they returned and flew over Kimon, Walbeck's soldiers waved their hands in excitement, and countless hats were thrown into the sky. But not long afterward, several planes without any logo appeared in the sky. The black fuselage was like crows in mourning. Before these crows left, a large number of Russian cavalry appeared to the east of Kimon.

"What? I can't believe it!" Colonel Walbeck hurried to the position east of Kimon after receiving the scout report. The large group of cavalry on the opposite side came out quietly from the woods, and many Russian cavalries were fighting. The flag that was raised unfolded, and within a short while, the cavalry group that had been suppressed in darkness became banners.

"Damn it! They put away all the flags when they were walking through the woods, no wonder the reconnaissance plane didn't find them!" It was then that Walbeck realized that these cavalries were all riding black horses and their clothes were gray and black. Flags, air reconnaissance planes are indeed difficult to find in the woods.

Just as Volbek was eager to report to the regiment command, the Russian cavalry from the east moved quickly outside the range of German artillery, and soon surrounded the Gimon regiment.

Just when Chentian received Volbeck's report, the Russian army east of Bialystok suddenly began to attack, and more than 200 artillery began to violently bombard the position of the 3rd Army. The Russian infantry also began to move at this time.

In Bialystok's regiment headquarters, Chentian and Hoffman both stared at the map closely. At present, the two infantry divisions in Bialystok are facing an offensive from more than 30,000 Russian troops in the west. If they want to return to Kimon, they can only be transferred from the troops surrounding the Russian army, but the three armies have already done so. Ready to attack.

"Damn this Russians, they really will pick a time!" Chen Tian scolded angrily. Now when his strength is at its worst, the Russian army besieged to the west may launch a counterattack at any time, if Biaves is sent. Tok's infantry went to reinforce Kimon, and a small number of infantry in the movement was likely to be massacred by a large number of Russian cavalry outside Kimon. The most depressing thing for Ling Chentian is that so far he only knows that the Russian army in the east came from Moscow, and he doesn't know anything about the opposing party's number, number, and combat effectiveness. "His Royal Highness, Colonel Walbeck's report said that there is the only cavalry outside of Kimon. I think they should have no problem holding their positions. The cavalry charge in front of the machine gun is more like a suicide attack!" Hoffman's analysis is not unreasonable. , But they are not sure now that there are no infantry and artillery behind the cavalry. "Order Walbeck Division to defend Keimon. We will return to help immediately after annihilating the Russian army in the west!" Chen Tian gritted his teeth and made this choice. He then ordered the 3 armies in the west to be resolved by the Russian army as soon as possible. In addition, Hoffman also has a new proposal: "His Royal Highness, we might as well send a group of troops from Bialystok to Chimon by train, which will also help Chimon's morale!"

"It's a pity that we don't have armored trains, but this method can be tried. Let the two infantry regiments take three trains and equip them with more machine guns!" Chen Tian was very nervous and excited at this time. Being surrounded by the Russian army, or annihilating the Russian army in batches, it feels like playing a fierce game. At 90 minutes, the score is still zero to zero. His team is attacking vigorously or finally scored one. The ball makes the opponent fall into the bottomless abyss, or the opponent can counterattack successfully.

A quarter of an hour later, the German lieutenant Stephen and his company were boarding the train from the Javistok railway station. The 305th and 306th regiments he was in were ordered to go to Kemun, which was said to have been surrounded by the Russian army. Their mission is to break through the encirclement and reinforce the Walbeck division there.

Just when his soldiers were about to board the vehicle, the quartermaster suddenly called him.

"Mr. Lieutenant, take your soldiers to the warehouse over there with 1 heavy machine gun, 2 light machine guns, and 10 boxes of machine-gun bullets!"

"What? Our company doesn't lack equipment!" Stephen spread his hands, but the quarters The officer told him that he was not mistaken.

"This is the order form above. Each company should bring more machine guns and ammunition. The periphery of Kimon is full of Russian cavalry. You have to stay there for a while. If you don't have enough firepower, you and your people will wait for Russia. Human saber..." The quartermaster made a slashing gesture.

"Okay, okay! What a hell! Manuel, take your soldier and this gentleman to get the weapon!" Stephen didn't care. He died in their guns at the Gorge of Imsterborg, in Companion. There is countless Russian cavalry under. In the East Prussian Army, an ordinary company's machine-gun firepower was 2-3 times that of other German military squads, and the soldiers were not worried about how many enemies would rush on the opposite side. It's how many bullets will be supplied in the rear.

After a while, the soldiers carried the additional weapons up, and the train departed amidst the sound of a whistle. More than 2500 German soldiers did not know what they would encounter, maybe it was a massacre, maybe it was a massacre.

In Kimon, all the telephone lines to the outside world were cut off by the Russians. Now Volbeck can only communicate with the legionary command by radio. To make matters worse, it was less than an hour after the appearance of the Russian cavalry. A large number of infantry and artillery came out of the woods.

"It's incredible! The Russian artillery can actually pass through the woods!" Volbeck didn't know. There were two tree-lined paths in the seemingly dense woods, and the Russian infantry was ready when they assembled. Small wooden blocks, they used these wooden blocks to pave the road as they moved forward to ensure that the heavy cannon would not sink into the soft soil. From Moscow to assembly and then to the battlefield. The Russian commander Aglieni and his staff had calculated everything clearly, but Chentian and the East Prussian Army did not realize the existence of this terrifying enemy.

The German soldiers in Kimon had no time to admire the creativity of these Russians. Clouds of smoke began to rise on the opponent's artillery position, 50 heavy artillery and more than 300 field artillery roared like thunder, and the sporadic counterattacks of the German artillery were instantly suppressed. The soil in Kimon was soft, and the Russian artillery continued for half an hour, and the position of the Volbeck division was completely unrecognizable. When the artillery was gradually sparse and the smoke had not dissipated, a neat array of Russian infantry appeared in the sight of the German army. Compared with the Russians that the Germans had encountered before, these Russian infantrymen looked high in morale, firm in pace, and neatly formed. The golden buttons on their dark green uniforms gleamed in the sun, and the bayonet exuded a cold light like snow. The infantry phalanx moved forward slowly. Many soldiers pushing heavy machine guns and small-caliber infantry artillery followed them, with horse-drawn ammunition carts at the back. Such a rigorous and orderly offensive queue is something that many German soldiers have never seen before. Colonel Walbeck complains about the artillery in his hands. The already pitiful rapid-fire artillery lost more than half of the Russian artillery's dense artillery bunkers. In front of the opponent's heavy shells, he also seemed helpless.

"The numbers of those troops...Russian Guards!" When Walbeck saw the bright flags clearly, he couldn't help but exclaim. As far as he knows, the Guards are the most elite troops in Russia. Their responsibility is to defend the capital and the royal family. He did not expect to appear in large numbers here, and those phalanxes have at least 50,000 infantry.

"Communications, quickly report to the legion command. We are surrounded by the Russian Guards. Their infantry has already begun to charge. We may not be able to resist it!" Volbeck's voice was quickly shouted by the Russians. Covered by the sound, it has not yet entered the range of the machine gun. The Russian infantry artillery had stopped and fired at the German position. Then the infantry began to trot, and after entering the range of the machine gun, they began to charge. Although they are running at the fastest speed, their queue has been kept in order. So that their machine guns can shoot at the German positions from between the queues.

Facing an enemy nearly ten times as large as their own, the more than 6,000 German soldiers in the trenches were not timid. They calmly used machine guns, rifles, and grenades to make small gaps in each other's square queue. However, those gaps were soon behind. Russian soldiers made up for it, and Russian infantry artillery and machine guns also caused heavy casualties to German soldiers shooting in the trenches.

"Get up with the bayonet!" The password that the German officer shouted out with all his strength in the trench seemed so helpless to the shouts of countless Russian soldiers. The German soldiers inserted their bayonets one after another and rushed out of the trench with a roar. The gray waves and the dark green waves quickly converged, and the two waves of people that were originally orderly squeezed together, twisted, and rolled.

There is no suspense about the victory or defeat. The Russians have always been afraid of death. These Guards soldiers ignored their lives. Following Volbeck's order, the few German soldiers began to retreat to the city of Kimon. The ground the Russian soldiers rushed across was gray and dark green. Many rifles were inserted straight or obliquely on the ground and on the corpse. The fallen soldiers had different poses, and some even pinched each other before they died... More than 6,000 Fewer than a thousand German soldiers retreated to the city. Almost all the artillery and machine guns were lost, but the Russian infantry did not stop there. They followed the retreating German soldiers into the city from the east. Walbeck didn't even have time to order the German soldiers on the other three sides of Kimon to retreat back to the city, and the fierce street fighting had already begun.

One by one reports came in, one order after another was issued, and then the old order was canceled, and the new order was issued again. Staff officers in the legion command were very busy. Jimeng's situation is getting worse every minute, and Chentian has to modify the deployment again and again.

In the end, news of Keimon's loss came, and there was a sudden silence in the headquarters.

Chen Tian sat down on the chair in despair, it turned out that he was not Zhuge Liang, even Mr. Zhuge had time to finish his calculations. The huge victory in the Battle of East Prussia made every general of the legion feel a little ecstatic, thinking that the world is invincible, even a million Russian troops will fall under their own machine guns. All-day long thinking of encircling, encircling, encircling the enemy, encircling, encircling, encircling, and encircling opponents, again and again, now, I am trapped in the encirclement of others.

On the map, in an area of ​​25 miles from east to west and 40 miles from north to south, two encirclement circles suddenly appeared. The East Prussian regiment surrounded Ruzisky's 120,000 Russian troops between the Leif River and Bialystok. However, Leif The river bridge, Kimon and Bialystok to the east were blocked by the Russian army, and to the south was the cliff on the upper Leif River, which neither side could cross. In this way, there were turtles in the urn and urns in the turtle. Chentian suddenly remembered the watermelon chess that he had played a long time ago. When your chess pieces surrounded others, you also faced the danger of being surrounded by others. One move can often determine the result of the whole game. Chentian

forced himself to calm down, and then began to make new deployments:

"All previous orders were canceled, and Olger was ordered to send a mechanized infantry division and half an armored division back to Bialystok, and the remaining troops were still encircled and annihilated as planned. west Russian! " "

command go Jimeng 305 and 306 radical move, collusion Walter Baker remnants retreat! " "

command of the third Army 4th infantry division sent a mission to the north of Bialystok reinforcing defensive positions In a

while, the report that the Russian army stopped shelling and the infantry returned to the position east of Bialystok was sent to Chentian.

"Pretend to attack!" Chen Tian threw the piece of paper on the ground after reading it. The Russian army in the east was not attacking at all but was attracting his own attention. After them, a batch of trains After bringing in 20,000 reinforcements, these Russians turned to a full-scale defense, with an obvious purpose-to block the way out to the east of the East Prussian Army. Although the Belarusian region is to the east, the East Prussian Army will not breakthrough there, but it can cut off the back of the Kimmon Russian army from there. It seems that the commander of the Russian army in the east is different from the general Russian generals. He is a guy who is good at using strategy.

"Russian Guards?" During the offensive action of the Russian army east of Bialystok, Chen Tian finally learned the origin of the opponent, and Walbeck's report also confirmed this. The words "Russian Guards" seemed to have an unusual meaning in Chen Tian's mind. He began to work hard to recall where he had heard it. After squeezing his head, he finally remembered it-the Vienna House 13 years ago. Ye, the voice that once broke his heart: "Let me introduce to you, this is the Russian prince Aglieni, who is also the general of the Russian Guards."

"Is it him?" Chen Tian suddenly had a hunch, that The commander is probably the sordid Russian prince Aglieni who pinched his hand so much, blocked the bullet with Linda, and was shameless. Chen Tian had vowed to play him between the palms of his hands on the battlefield, but he didn't expect that now he became the object of the other party's jokes.

"I don't agree! I want to appeal!" Chen Tian shouted in his heart.