Nirmaner's Uncanny Genius! The Supreme Master of Machinery!
Due to a miscalculation of the Russian Bear army's marching speed, the meeting of Mansh's and Guderian's armies was delayed by about half an hour.
The location where they met was also shifted several dozen kilometers to the south.
But this is actually a harmless matter.
Any prediction of a battle can be flawed, and a time error of less than half an hour is hardly a mistake.
This small deviation, on the contrary, completely exposed the rear of the Russian Bear army to Guderian, allowing him to better encircle and annihilate Russian Bear!
General Guderian!
"General Mansh!"
"Wait no longer! Immediately launch an attack on the Russian Bear army! We must annihilate Moska's force before the Russian Bear arrives!!"
In the channel, Xi'er couldn't help but remind the two of something.
As the ultimate strategist, he saw significantly more on the Light Screen than the two generals.
"Understood, Xi'er Head of State!"
Guderian waved his mechanical arm, lit a cigarette, and issued orders to his legion.
"All troops, listen to my command! Attack the Russian Bear army with all your might!"
"The Moska support forces must be annihilated within ten minutes!"
Compared to Mansh's comprehensive military skills, Guderian was a relatively specialized talent, or one might say a prodigy or genius.
His military career made two major contributions.
First, they invented the Blitzkrieg warfare model.
He once used this method to clear several Hard-level Instance in Settlements, catching many high-level Dungeon Designers off guard.
Although Mansh later further developed and popularized this combat model, the true originator was Guderian!
Another contribution was bringing armored forces into the Nirmaner Settlements.
In earlier times, Military Ordnance like tanks were actually used in conjunction with infantry.
Guderian was the first to propose the concept of a complete transformation of mechanized forces! It was only after him that fully armed armored corps emerged!
The main tank used by the Nirmaner Settlements was the Tiger Tank, and Guderian developed the King Tiger Tank based on this design.
This was his personal technological achievement, and it was only used within his own troops.
The King Tiger Tank was equipped with two types of turrets: the Porsche-type Turret and the Henschel-type Turret.
The cannon mounted on it was a modified version of an anti-aircraft gun.
The King Tiger Tank was much heavier than the regular Tiger Tank, but at the same time, its firepower was also much more formidable.
Leaving aside Maus Tank, if it weren't for Lin Ye's Armata, the King Tiger Tank would undoubtedly be the number one practical tank on Azure Star.
Hundreds of thousands of King Tiger Tanks simultaneously stepped out and began to bombard the Russian Bear Armata tank formation!
Five minutes later, Mansh and Guderian launched a coordinated attack.
This Moscow support force was completely wiped out.
[Firmament Notification: You have eliminated Russian Bear combined land and air forces in Moscow!]
[Your destruction of the Bear Country has thoroughly enraged Bear Country. The Bear Country will now face an even fiercer Counterattack from the Tank Country!]
[The 1st Air Force Unit of the Russian Bear Aerospace Forces will arrive on the battlefield in one hour!]
[The 2nd Air Force Unit of the Russian Bear Aerospace Forces will arrive on the battlefield in one hour and fifty minutes!]
[The Russian Bear Aerospace Forces will arrive on the battlefield in one hour and thirty minutes!]
[The main combat force of the Russian Bear Aerospace Forces will arrive on the battlefield in fifteen minutes!]
The Northern Fleet the Russian Bear will provide long-range support to your forces in the Arctic Ocean region!
The Russian Bear Caspian Sea Fleet will provide long-range support to your forces in the Caspian Sea region!
[The Russian Army's Western Military District will arrive on the battlefield in thirty minutes!]
[The Russian Army's Central Military District will arrive on the battlefield in 45 minutes!]
[The Russian Bear troops in Saint Petersburg will arrive on the battlefield in twenty minutes!]
[Challengers, please complete the capture of any one of the main cities: Volgograd, Moscow, or Saint Petersburg as soon as possible!]
They're here! They're all here!
The Russian Bear is completely enraged this time, and has mobilized the entire country's army to crush the Challengers forces!
At this moment, Xi'er was in the command base, quickly scanning the prompts on the Firmament, a faint smile appearing on her lips.
"Very good!"
"Very good!"
"The entire army was mobilized; this is the best possible outcome!"
Everything was pretty much as he had predicted!
Mansh and Guderian's actions indeed angered the Russian Bear.
The vengeful Bear Country dispatched all its troops, including the city defense forces of Saint Petersburg.
It's likely that this will be the situation. Now that all of Moscow's troops have been wiped out, the nearest major city to Moscow is Saint Petersburg, which will naturally come to its aid.
The only discrepancy was due to a slight delay earlier; the nearest Aerospace Forces will arrive in fifteen minutes.
This means that Mansh's and Guderian's legions only had fifteen minutes to withdraw, half an hour less than he had originally expected.
But it's nothing serious!
"General Mansh, General Guderian, retreat to the southwest immediately!"
"Retreat directly into the Mist Blue Country; we must lure the Russian Bear pursuit forces into the Mist Blue Country!"
If it were a typical Instance commander, they would be buying this last bit of time to allow Mansh and Guderian to safely attack Moscow.
This approach is utterly foolish! Once inside the vast city of Moscow, they'll be like birds in a cage!
They were ambushed on all sides and directly attacked by the Russian Bear.
But Xi'er was no ordinary man; he would not allow his army to attack rashly.
Instead, we should choose to retreat!
The place he chose for Mansh and Guderian was the Mist Blue Country.
The Mist Blue Country is located between the White Bear Country and the Estonia, and it is the highest-lying of these countries.
Engaging in a flanking maneuver with the Russian Bear army in this location would be more advantageous for the Challengers on their side.
"Understood, Prime Minister!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Mansh and Guderian met briefly and immediately began to move southwest.
Xi'er took a deep breath, her whole body trembling slightly with excitement.
The most crucial step is about to begin.
The fact that Mansh and Guderian fought for so long was just a setup, a performance!
What they were trying to do was not to attack the city or eliminate the Russian Bear forces, but to draw fire and tie down the Russian Bear forces!
The real deciding factor is still with Rommel!
At this time, Rommel had led 800,000 generals to a location less than ten kilometers outside Saint Petersburg.
Meanwhile, Daiwa's fleet and Goryeo's warplanes were already around Saint Petersburg.
"General Rommel..."
The time has come!
"Attack Saint Petersburg with all our might!"