The sharp roar tore the tranquility of the night, and a loud explosion, splashing the light, driving away the glory of the stars and bringing terrible destruction.

Woooooooooooo... The dull sirens were mixed with the sound of explosions, like a special tune in a symphony. As the constantly attacking artillery shells and rockets were plowing like plows, the officers and soldiers of the Second Army of the Republic, who were awakened by the sudden surprise, were also stunned for a moment, and their eyes looked at each other and seemed to be asking, is this fucking war?

The pace of war came so fast that it was impossible for people to understand and accept it with normal thinking. During the day, they were still observing and inspecting and interacting with each other. Why can’t I sleep peacefully at night? I don’t know what to do at this time and how I should react. I turned over and got up and quickly dressed four neatly dressed squads quickly completed the assembly. Liu Yi, one of the squad leaders, was the first to run to ask the company commander for instructions.

The accommodation arranged by the 15th Infantry Division of the Fourth Infantry Army of the Soviet Southwest Front was not bad. At least under the arrival of the fierce artillery attacks of the German army, although several shells fell on the surface and exploded, the strong vibration caused by the explosion did not feel too obvious after layers of attenuation, but the soldiers' reaction was very rapid. Before Liu Yi could run a few steps, Major Liang Cheng, as the temporary commander of the military expedition regiment, led many officers to come.

Liang Cheng was ready to go to bed just now. During the day, helicopters were flying long distances, meetings, and inspections. Although he was not tired, he was very exhausted. After a routine summary before going to bed, the shelling came. He quickly re-dressed and led the officers to the preparatory assembly point. This was a small underground conference room that the Soviets had originally planned for them to use.

There were still shells falling on the surface less than ten meters above the head, and everyone standing could feel the shaking caused by the explosion, just like an earthquake, but it was not continuous. The "magnitude" caused by the near-fall point was relatively high, and the chandeliers on the ceiling were shaking constantly, as if they were about to fall off.

With a glance, the four combat squads arranged to act as "guard force" were all ready to go in standard combat attire. All the soldiers had the words of excitement on their faces. Although the Second Army can be regarded as the five trump cards in the Republic Army, it is coincidentally true that this trump card is like the First Army. They have not fought a major battle seriously. No matter how well the exercise fits the actual combat, it is not as exciting as the real war. Therefore, Liang Chengru, who had not spoken yet, clearly noticed that several soldiers were squirming Adam's apples, as if they were swallowing saliva.

At this moment, a Soviet communications soldier hurriedly ran in, ran to Liang Cheng and stood attentively saluted. It was just a Soviet military salute. Liang Cheng immediately replied to a military salute. The communications soldier said anxiously: "The division commander was in a hurry to fire the artillery bombardment was done by the Nazi German army. It was initially expected that it would be night harassment, and the German army would not launch city attacks at night. When tomorrow dawn, Balashov may usher in a war!"

Before the arrival of the Communications Soldier, the words they conveyed seemed to have been repeated consideration and consideration by the commander of the 15th Infantry Division, Tymoskov, so it was easy for the translator beside Liang Cheng to translate them in unison, and the last sentence was the most critical. Tymoskov asked the Communications Soldier to tell Liang Cheng personally that the underground fortification where they were was very safe. After resisting the German attack tomorrow, they would arrange troops to cover the military expedition group's departure.

After conveying the commander's order, the young communication soldier immediately saluted again. After the ceremony, he turned around and left in a hurry. The translator also translated the last sentence. The more than 60 officers and soldiers of the inspection team present could hear it clearly. However, Liang Cheng, who was closest, naturally heard it clearly. Tymoskov's meaning was obviously that the inspection had to be terminated. Due to the arrival of the war, the 15th Infantry Division had to distribute some of its strength to cover the inspection team's departure... What's the fuck?

At this moment, the air seemed to solidify, Liang Cheng's mind was rotating rapidly, and the officers on the side were also thinking. When they came to the front line to investigate, it was indeed different. A few days ago, he was wandering around Saratov and could not touch the Nazi German army. Now he finally met. Could it be that he would not even look at it, just like he was afraid of a dead ghost? What's that? This second army was originally here to deal with the Nazi Japanese!

Liang Cheng looked up at Ma Ning, the battalion commander of the Fifth Armored Division, Geng Dabiao, the battalion commander of the Seventh Infantry Division, Wen Chenyong, the commander of the Communication and Reconnaissance Company of the Second Air Assault Brigade, and the staff from the military headquarters and various divisions and brigades. Everyone's eyes met with each other, without any words, and there was a result. Then Liang Cheng turned around and issued an order to the four neatly lined up combat squads.

"Liu Yi, Sun Wei, Guo Qiang, Li Heyang!!"

"Come!" The four combat squad leaders shouted in unison.

"Each squad disbanded and went back to rest. We gathered here at 5 a.m.!!" As soon as Liang Cheng's unquestionable order was issued, the four squad leaders tried to salute, and then returned to the ranks of each squad, and almost at the same time issued an order to turn around and walk in unison. Soon, the four combat squads returned to their "dormitories" of each squad, and the officers who stayed soon stood in a circle with Liang as the center.

The military expedition team originally meant to communicate. Without high-level generals and ties, they were all middle- and low-level officers, so Liang Cheng, the temporary regiment commander, had no intention of taking airs. After seeing that all those who were supposed to gather were gathered, he coughed twice and said, "The current situation is, we!" Liang Cheng said, pointing to the shaking chandelier on the top of his head, and even pointing to the shells that were falling on the surface, and then said, "We are very lucky to catch up with the battle of the Nazi German army to recapture the small town of Balasov!"

The lowest level left are company-level officers. In the Republic Army, which always seeks to pursue parallelization of the command system, although the company-level officers seem to have a low rank, they are actually often the most basic leaders of the combat unit. Their command ability, communication ability, coordination ability and comprehension ability are all related to the combat effectiveness of each combat unit. Therefore, they all came from military academy without exception and had good understanding ability. It is not difficult to know what the words Tymoskov, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division of the Southwest Front of the Soviet Army, meant to send the correspondents.

Before entering the Soviet Union, they repeatedly learned about war through various information means. They were familiar with war, and they obviously knew some of the characteristics of the Nazi German army. Not being good at night war may be a fallacy, but facts prove that the German army is accustomed to day attacks and night preparations. The night is the best cover for Nazi German army to march maneuvers and launch combat deployments, while during the day is a favorable condition for their air-ground coordination and armored rushing. The countless war examples of the German army show that they took Balashov this time and came according to routines to deal with such a small city. They seemed to only need to harass the artillery at night and prepare for large-scale artillery fire before dawn. After dawn, they can use a huge force to bury the small city with the cover and support of some air force.

It is true that the Soviet defense deployment and combat preparations investigated during the day are worthy of praise, but the practice of war often proves that in the face of absolute advantage, stubborn resistance is basically equivalent to seeking death. Failure is a matter of time rather than other. For Balashov, a small town that seems to be very strongly managed by a reorganized infantry division of the Soviet Union, it is reasonable for the German army to take it down. The reason is that even if the Soviets fight against three or even one against ten, they cannot compare with the scale of the attacking forces of tens of thousands of Nazi Germans. Although the military advantage in modern warfare does not seem to be important. But it is worth noting that the German army does not only have the advantage of military strength. They also have many aspects that are far better than the Soviet infantry division, and of course, the Soviet infantry division on the other side of the Hopior River.

"This attack. Is it a tactical action by the Nazi German army or a precursor to the large-scale campaign attack? If it is the former, then it is still very hopeful for the 15th Infantry Division to defend Balashov. After all, the German army with poor supply will not waste too much power to entangle this small city. If it is the latter, then Balashov will not be able to defend at all. It is only a matter of time to fall again!" A staff officer spoke first.

"Anyway, I think we should stay, at least we should see that the Soviets were the entire Germans, if the above agrees!"

"I also agree to report first and then make a decision. We do not have the right to decide by ourselves!"

More and more people spoke, and everyone's opinions quickly became entangled. Fortunately, there was no dispute. Everyone came from different troops, but they were all brothers of the group army, so these words were considered to be everyone's opinions. Among all, the most pertinent of all was the opinion of "reporting to the superiors and waiting for instructions". After all, even if everyone quarreled, the above order would still be implemented unconditionally. Instead of arguing and having many opinions, it would be better to report back and let the superiors make a decision.

A few minutes later, the request report from the Second Army Military Expedition Corps was sent to the Second Army headquarters. After Yao Bin, the Chief of Operations of the Second Army, who was discussing and improving the combat plan, received news that the German army suddenly launched an artillery attack in Saransk and Balashov at the same time, Yao Bin immediately convened a meeting of various departments to closely communicate the Soviet side to obtain real-time information from the front line. Through coordination with the Air Force, he obtained first-hand air information and radio monitoring reports. Of course, the Second Army itself also had strong electronic reconnaissance and intelligence acquisition capabilities. So shortly after the German artillery shells exploded, the Second Army, a group of staff led by the Chief of Staff were unprecedentedly busy in the combat conference room of the Second Army.

The emergency telegram from the military expedition was sent to the comprehensive information control terminal as soon as possible. The intelligence and information consultant immediately decrypted the digital telegram and forwarded it to the computer of Yao Bin, the chief of staff who was directly responsible for the military expedition. Yao Bin, who received the news, happened to be studying the situation of Balashov. The German army's actions in Salansk did not seem to be a small fuss.

The news that the Soviets received strong aid was obviously not a secret to the Nazi German army. After being attacked by the Republic Air Force, the Nazi German army had responded quickly after being strongly attacked by the Republic's Air Force. While their logistics supply system was rebuilt, their central army group made a temporary defensive posture, but their offensive intentions were still unsuccessful. But Yao Bin did not expect that the Nazis would dare to launch an attack when it would take several days for the major railway transportation artery from Kiev to Lipetsk to be opened. Is this the sudden increase in the German highway supply and air transportation supply capacity, or is it that their combat troops had already reserved a lot of supplies. Are they confident that they could suppress the Sino-Soviet armies before the logistics supply was about to be supported by the railway transportation system?

The UAV that was urgently arranged to go to Balashov for reconnaissance has not sent back the latest information, especially the high-altitude infrared image of the war zone. It took more than ten minutes to send back data by the military remote sensing satellite near the war zone. It just so happened that Yao Bin could see the latest news he received, clicked on it, and realized that he seemed to be dazed just now, and actually forgot that the military expedition regiment was still in Balashov, thinking about why the Nazi German army was going to go.

The military expedition team flew to Barasov in the morning. According to the scheduled plan, it was necessary to inspect there for three days before returning to Saratov. According to the arrangement, the Second Army would arrange some troops to hold some small-scale exercises with the Soviet Union during these three days. Although it was suspected of sharpening guns in the last battle, it was much better to cooperate more than to be completely unfamiliar with each other. But no one expected that the Nazi German army, which was severely ravaged by the Republic Air Force, would recover quickly and launch an incredible attack at an awkward time, which caught the Second Army, which was not yet familiar with the territory, was slightly off guard.

"Damn what is this? Shocking or gift giving?"

Yao Bin was looking at the telegram from the military expedition. Luo Fuqiang's voice came from the door. Hearing this tone, Luo Fuqiang seemed very angry, and was furious by the Nazi German army. All the good mood disappeared. When he pushed the door open and saw Yao Bin's face. Luo Fuqiang snorted coldly, walked up to him in three or two steps and asked, "What's the latest progress?"

"At present, all aspects of intelligence and information are being sorted out. The sudden actions of the Nazi German army made us seem a little unexpected. Moreover, our delegation is still stranded in Balasov. They asked whether they need to leave tomorrow morning. The report mentioned that the 15th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army will arrange heavy troops to cover their departure. At that time, we only need to send helicopters to pick up people!"

Although Luo Fuqiang is just an acting commander, the one who can partner with Ling Xiaotian is not a good person. Luo Fuqiang lit the cigarette when he sat down. He didn't frown when he heard Yao Bin's report and turned his head and asked, "What's your opinion? I know those kids anyway, I'm afraid they all want to stay there to see. Anyway, we will all compete with the Nazi Germans in the end!"

"I will support them staying in Barashov for the time being!" Yao Bin took the lighter and lit a cigarette for himself. Then he sat back in front of his computer, typing the keyboard a few times, and turned the monitor to the middle of the two, saying, "So I am waiting for further news now. I need to confirm whether the Nazi Germans are playing tricks or fighting this time. If it were the latter, I will immediately order them to come back. The Soviets, a small river-sided town in Barashov, cannot defend it, but we must keep the city from falling."

"So you want to transfer troops to the war?"

Luo Fuqiang put out the cigarette butts in the ashtray, stood up and walked to the simulated sand table in the center of the combat conference room. Looking at Balashov on the west bank of the Hopiol River, this seemingly inconspicuous small town should not be taken back so easily by the Nazi Germans. Since they dared to abandon it not long ago and now they want to get it back, how could it be so easy?

Time passed by minute by minute, Yao Bin and Luo Fuqiang were waiting, and many senior staff members of the Second Army Operations Staff Office were also waiting. Of course, Liang Cheng and others, who were far away in Balashov, were also waiting, and such a wait was not long.

At 22:07:13 on May 16, the first set of infrared remote sensing satellite images were quickly transmitted through continuous rapid and automatic transmission satellites, Taiyuan Satellite Ground Receive Station, Central Asian War Zone Intelligence Office, etc., and were quickly downloaded by the intelligence staff of the Second Army. The encrypted digital compression picture package was quickly decrypted and decompressed. Then, the most intuitive enlargement was selected and presented on the central large screen. Yao Bin and Luo Fuqiang immediately stepped forward to look at the regional distribution with the most obvious infrared radiation characteristics.

At the same time, the analysis technicians who had been waiting for a long time quickly analyzed and studied the satellite images. They needed to take the fastest time to come out a report. The content of the report was very simple, whether the Nazi Germans showed signs of attack and assembly. If so, then their shelling of Saransk and Balashov would be more than just night harassment.

Soon afterwards, the latest photos sent by the synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite were also transmitted to the Second Army. The Central Asian Theater Command also shared some intelligence information from the European Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau with the Second Army. In addition, the Air Force's night-time rotating air early warning aircraft also obtained real-time contact with the Second Army through the joint tactical communication data link, and the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that urgently flew to Balashov quickly sent back the first set of data...

After waiting for half an hour, a short order was sent back to the military expedition. After seeing this order, everyone, including Liang Cheng, sighed. Then, a large number of photo packets were sent to the military expedition through the tactical communication system and carried them to the communication terminal of Balashov. The decrypted pictures quickly made them see a magnificent scene. What was even more surprising was that as the unmanned reconnaissance plane flew over Balashov and went deeper into the sky west of Balashov, almost "looking down on the reconnaissance" above the German army, the large amount of real-time intelligence obtained began to be continuously transmitted to the rear.

Looking at the screen of the field military tactical laptop, Liang Cheng and others couldn't help but rub their eyes. Could it be that they were wrong? The Nazi German army raised by the bitch really planned to wipe out Balashov in one breath, and then look at the side of Saransk, the situation was similar. The German tank was indeed very arrogant. This time, it was going to launch a hysterical and violent offensive to break through the Soviet defense line in one fell swoop. What about the Second Army of the Republic? Grandma, it seems that the Germans directly ignored the existence of the Second Army.
Chapter completed!