This situation immediately made Colonel Michel Gabermeier dumbfounded. Michel Gabbermeier had thought about all the reactions of this Soviet troop, but he didn't expect it to be so bold without knowing anything. , they dare to attack directly? I really don’t know if the Soviet Red Army opposite is very confident in its own strength, or if the commander opposite is just an idiot.
The sudden attack by the Northern Combat Group did cause the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division to suffer certain losses. However, when they reacted, their first reaction was not to retreat, but to think about the same thing as the Northern Combat Group: how to eliminate this group. Finnish troops.
It has to be said that the success in the Lehde area did give the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division a certain amount of pride, thinking that the Finnish army was nothing more than this. People always think like this. If others can't do it, it's because of others. It doesn't mean that I can't do it either. The 123rd Motorized Infantry Division now has such a mood. Such a hasty assault and the fact that it did not contact friendly forces after encountering the Northern Combat Group fully reflects this.
What the Soviet 123rd Motorized Infantry Division did this also aroused the anger of Colonel Michel Gebermeier. Even when the 18th Motorized Infantry Division of the Soviet Red Army was annihilated in the Lake Ladoga area, Michel ?Colonel Gebermeier was not angry, because after all, they have a glorious history and capital, but who knows where your 1st, 23rd and 3rd Divisions came from.
"I was going to ambush you and make you suffer for a while, but now I have changed my mind and I must annihilate you!" Colonel Michel Gabermeier shouted, slamming the table fiercely.
"Michelle Gabermeier, please be realistic, are you crazy to kill an editor in half a day?" Randall Belive said helplessly.
"That's right, I'm crazy!" Michelle Gabbermeier replied, "How do you know it's impossible when something hasn't happened yet?" Then the old god Michel Gabbermeier was there. He said, "As long as they break up their organization, isn't it the same as fighting a war of annihilation?"
There is really nothing Randall Belive can do about Michelle Gebermelder's occasional neurological symptoms. There is no way that Colonel Michel Gebermeier is the commander. As long as he issues a combat order, he cannot change it. We can only try our best to make the plan more perfect. But now that the battle has begun, there is no place to change things. Now Randall Belive suddenly realizes that he, the chief of staff, is really a coward.
Following the order of Colonel Michel Gebermeier, the Northern Combat Group immediately changed its original intention. Randall Bellive led the 4th Grenadier Regiment to start a roundabout operation, but this time they were not to encircle the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiment. The retreat of the 3 Motorized Infantry Division was to monitor the 43rd Infantry Division and the 90th Infantry Division. Randall Bellev's purpose was to reinforce the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division once the above two divisions were discovered. An attempt was made to snipe immediately, giving Colonel Michel Gebermeier enough time.
The Northern Combat Group and the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division were facing each other head-to-head. The advantage of the Soviet Red Army lies in its tank troops. Fortunately, the Northern Combat Group has sufficient anti-tank weapons. Of course, if both sides exerted their full strength, the losses of the Northern Combat Group would definitely exceed that of the Soviet Red Army. However, fortunately, the Soviet 123rd Motorized Infantry Division did not concentrate on using tank troops to tear apart the defense line of the Northern Combat Group. , but let the armored troops support the infantry, and started an offensive battle with the Northern Combat Group in a orderly manner.
At the beginning, the Soviet tanks that had not been assembled were killed one by one by anti-tank rockets. By the time the Soviets discovered it, it was already too late. The number of remaining tanks was no longer enough for them to organize an assault.
When the tank force no longer posed a threat to the Northern Combat Group, the Northern Combat Group, which had the upper hand in all aspects, began to slowly control the situation on the battlefield. When the battle just started, the artillery regiment was covered by artillery fire, causing the Soviet 323 Artillery Regiment to lose one-third of its artillery before it began to exert its power.
The fierce fighting between the Northern Combat Group and the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division was in sharp contrast. The other Finnish troops immediately took advantage of this opportunity and accelerated their retreat step by step to the second line of defense. In the fierce battle, the personnel of both sides gradually He realized that he really couldn't defeat the enemy in front of him with his own strength.
Therefore, after the fierce fighting in the first two hours, the battle gradually subsided. The Soviet 123rd Motorized Infantry Division first began to contact the 90th Infantry Division and the 43rd Infantry Division.
While commanding the retreat, General Mannerheim and Lieutenant General Ostermann also continuously received news that a unit was exchanging fire with the Soviet army, and asked for instructions whether to go to support.
"Old man! What do you think?" General Mannerheim thought to himself, knowing that he could only do such an extraordinary thing at present. Only his group of militant volunteers had to fight with his subordinates and friends E. Lieutenant General Sterman will talk about this issue.
"I didn't expect the Germans to be so warlike!" Lieutenant General Ostermann shook his head helplessly, "It seems that these Germans will not miss any opportunity to fight the Soviet Red Army. As long as there is a war, they will be excited. I really don’t know why the Germans like war so much.”
"As far as I know, Germany is now organizing an army to avenge the last war!" General Mannerheim lit his big pipe and puffed out smoke. "If you went to Germany for the last Berlin Olympics, If you turn around, you will find that all the German armies are already ready for war."
"Really!" Lieutenant General Erstmann said in surprise, "The Germans will not revenge against the British and French again! To be honest, I still don't think the Germans have the strength to go to war with the British and French, although in recent years Germany has changed a lot, but they don’t have the accumulation of time. If they work together, they are no match for the French and the British behind the French.”
"Old man, I don't completely agree with you!" General Mannerheim said, "During the last war, the French territory was the main battlefield. In fact, after the war, the Allies did not invade the German mainland. , in another sense, the French's losses may be more severe than those of the Germans, and the birth rate of the two countries at that time was almost twice as high as that of France. But now, the children of that year have grown up, They can already be trained into soldiers. In other words, Germany's mobilization capacity is about twice that of France! Moreover, the political situation in France is unstable now. We have to admit that during the war, dictatorships do have more advantages than democracies." .
"Not bad!" At this point, Lieutenant General Ostermann had to admit that General Mannerheim was right, "It seems that the youngest minister in Germany now was still receiving training in the military academy at that time!"
"You mean Lampard & Krupp?" General Mannerheim said with a smile, "He is in Helsinki now!"
"What!~" Lieutenant General Osterman almost screamed, but he immediately calmed down and said, "What is he doing here?"
"It seems to be to add some practical experience to his troops. This is not the first time he has done this kind of thing!" General Mannerheim could only give the answer based on his own guess, "Maybe he is preparing to fight with the British Before you go into battle, gain some practical experience!"
Lieutenant General Ostermann understood that what General Mannerheim was talking about was not the first time, referring to the Spanish Civil War and the Polish Campaign.
After talking for a long time, the two people's attention finally turned to the Northern Combat Group, which was still fighting. In the end, the two people decided not to interfere with the Northern Combat Group's operations, and to cover the evacuation of the Northern Combat Group when necessary or when the battle situation was unfavorable to them. , this task was handed over to the commander of the Finnish 9th Infantry Division, Colonel Silas Vuau, who had cooperated with the Northern Combat Group in the Lapland area.
Half a day was coming soon, and Colonel Michel Gabermeier was in a very impatient mood. After the setback in the initial attack, Colonel Michel Gabermeier knew that today he would annihilate the Soviet Union's first enemy The 23rd Motorized Infantry Division is already facing even greater difficulties. The initial artillery bombardment and surprise attack caused a large number of casualties to the 123rd Motorized Infantry Division, but the Soviet army immediately counterattacked vigorously. The main reason was that time was too tight, allowing Michel to ?Colonel Gabbermeier had some plans that could not be realized due to time constraints.
Randall Bellev had already sent a telegram to tell Colonel Michel Gebermeier that the 90th Infantry Division and the 43rd Infantry Division of the Soviet Red Army had sped up, and the speed was faster than he expected. . The impatient Colonel Michel Gebermeier couldn't think of a good way, so he could only let Randall Bellive lead the 4th Grenadier Regiment to withdraw first. Let Randall Bellev lead a grenadier regiment to stop two Soviet integrated divisions? No matter how confident Colonel Michel Gabermeier was about his troops, he would not dare to do this.
After Randall Bellev led the 4th Grenadier Regiment and began to retreat, Colonel Michel Gebermeier began to issue orders to break away from contact with the Soviet Red Army and begin to retreat. However, the behavior of the Northern Combat Group to retreat immediately made the Soviet 123rd Motorized Infantry Division believe that the Northern Combat Group was at the end of its strength, and pursued it desperately, preventing the Northern Combat Group from leaving the battlefield, and saw the other two Soviet divisions Soon to arrive, Colonel Michel Gabermeier began to regret his actions for the first time.