Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 137 Kid, you've chosen a narrow path.
The disposal of the corpses of the Imperial cavalry and their horses took quite a while, so in the end they could only be burned with gasoline.

By the time everything was almost done, it was nearly dawn.

During this period, Renn also ordered everyone to rest temporarily instead of rushing to the front line.

The reason there was no rush was mainly because Insterburg also fired a beam of honor into the sky after Rein's beam of honor stopped.

The message was simple: inform Raine of the number and deployment of enemy troops around Insterburg, and warn the troops in the rear to be wary of the Imperial cavalry.

This immediately forced the Imperial State to reduce its troop deployment to prevent the Königsberg troops from successfully supporting Insterburg via the railway.

When Renn led his troops to the supply depot, which was only ten kilometers from Insterburg, three days had passed since the battle at the previous supply depot.

Interestingly, the Empire did not attack the two supply depots closest to Insterburg, which is why they ran into Rennes.

But we'll leave that aside for now.

Because Raine and his men will take a 24-hour break at this supply depot before setting off again after replenishing their ammunition and fuel.

However, the supplies that could be provided to them could hardly be called supplies, but the troops had no objection to this.

After all, this was their first time participating in a long-distance, long-duration operation, which was completely different from the past.

Meanwhile, at the Insterburg front, behind the main force of the Imperial Army.

In a small town called Compiègne, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial First Army Group, Leningkamp, ​​looked worried.

He had never had the experience of setting up headquarters so close to the front lines, but what was most critical of him was the current situation at the front.

Because the former Imperial Commander Pritwitz ordered the destruction of all telephone lines and power lines along the route when he was directing the retreat in episode nine.

But they couldn't outrun the Empire's speed, so the telephone line was damaged only this far.

Ironically, the Empire itself didn't have enough engineers to lay telephone lines, so they had to set up their headquarters in such a dangerous location.

Yet, even in such an environment, his subordinates had a completely different mindset from his own.

Leningcamp looked around.

Four consecutive weeks of victories filled the entire headquarters with high morale. The Imperial Army's staff officers and the generals who had been summoned to the headquarters looked up at the maps hanging in front of them, their faces showing excitement, yet also anxiety.

Because their troops were stuck at the gates of Insterburg, and they believed that it was only a matter of time before they captured Insterburg.

Leningkamp looked at the map in front of him with displeasure, the voices of his adjutant and various staff officers ringing in his ears, but in his opinion, those voices were nothing but nonsense.

He hated these damned idiots who couldn't even defeat a small island nation, and he hated even more that they were fantasizing about what it would be like if they had completely defeated the two army groups of the Empire.

Under immense pressure, Leningkamp's eyes would frequently drift to the headquarters gate—a gesture he had been making for several hours.

Just then, an army lieutenant wearing a leather jacket and aviator goggles on his head called out a report from the doorway.

Leninkamp immediately stood up, and his adjutant quickly greeted him: "Lieutenant Bachnov, please come in. The commander has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Yes!"

Lieutenant Bachnov gave a brief salute, then took a thick stack of photos from his satchel and handed them directly to Leningkamp: "These photos were just developed this morning, Commander."

His words were like a thunderclap, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Because the intelligence transmission between the various units on the front line is currently very slow, messages that could originally be transmitted in half a day now take at least one to two days to be transmitted. Rather than waiting idly, it is better to send reconnaissance planes to take pictures of the entire battlefield and wait for them to be processed.

At least this way it only takes a day and there's no chance of anything going wrong.

Although Leningkamp did not speak, he waved his hand to signal that the object be hung up immediately.

This was the photo he had been waiting for. Several soldiers got to work, and a few minutes later, a huge composite photo, four meters long and wide, appeared in the command center.

The scene covers most of the region from Compiègne to Insterburg, with countless troops scattered in square fields in black and white patches. Although their specific shapes are not clear, their identities can be identified from their general way of gathering and their location.

Leningkamp anxiously searched for his troops on the screen and soon found them.

On the map, the First Army Group was arranged like the Empire's western front, running in a straight line from north to south, appearing as a slightly curved straight line.

This straight line is eighty kilometers long, and it contains the First, Fourth, Twelfth, Seventeenth, and Twenty-Seventh Armies, totaling five armies.

They were exceptionally conspicuous; even in blurry black-and-white photographs, their location could be identified at a glance.

"Who made them stop moving forward?"

Leningkamp almost immediately shouted, "Why have the First and Fourth Armies stopped advancing!"

"My order is to advance along the entire front, not just the main force in the center. They'll expose our main force to the full firepower of the Empire!"

Before he could finish speaking, his adjutant immediately handed him a document.

"Commander, the First and Fourth Armies are running out of supplies to advance. This letter just arrived."

Upon hearing this, Leningkamp immediately frowned and took the letter.

But when he actually saw what was inside, his heart sank immediately.

In the letter, the commanders of the First Army and the Fourth Army both mentioned the same thing.

That is, because they can only use a small number of captured Imperial trains to transport supplies, it takes at least three days for the troops on the far left and right flanks to receive supplies after submitting an application.

Moreover, even after waiting for three days, they still didn't receive all the items they needed.

Left with no other choice, the First and Fourth Armies had to temporarily halt their advance and await supplies.

However, just as Leningkamp was pondering whether he should order the troops to halt and rest, a voice with a thick Farland accent rang out in the headquarters.

"Get them moving forward; they absolutely cannot stop here."

"Their stop there will only endanger other units. Immediately resume the advance of the First and Fourth Armies!"

"If supplies are insufficient, draw from other units. I need you to do everything in your power to get them back on track!"

"The troops need to use the main force in the center to hold back the Imperial Eighth Army in Insterburg, and then let the troops on both flanks continue to penetrate deeper into the Empire along the railway and highway respectively."

"The First Army must attack Königsberg, which is protected by Pritwitz's group of old, weak, and disabled men, as quickly as possible."

"Only by cutting off the Empire's eighth supply line can we successfully complete the next phase of the offensive!"

"The Fourth Army must make contact with the Second Army within a week! Complete the encirclement!"

After saying that, the young Farlander immediately stood in front of Leningkamp and said in an almost commanding tone, "Commander Leningkamp, ​​please have the First and Fourth Armies carry out the order immediately."

Upon hearing this, almost everyone immediately turned to look at him.

But no one dared to refute it.

This was solely because the man was an observer sent by Farland, or rather, a price the Empire had to pay to secure Farland's military support...

Other soldiers had another name for this type of person.

Supervisor.

(End of this chapter)