61 Battle of Kursk part 2

Baron and Meng Tian continued to move their troops deeper into Russian territory all the while clueless that the enemy had hidden all their forces underground and with each passing moment they were being played harder and harder. War shows the best and worst of anyone and everyone, in war, all cards are left open to the enemy to read.

By showing their resolve to quickly win the campaign, Baron and Meng Tian had fallen into a very avoidable trap had they been a bit more cautious. Such is the essence of war, if you rush your enemy too much then only devastation follows. In this case, the Russians were poised to launch an attack onto the attacking Germans on two fronts. Being flanked and having to fight on two sides was a very undesirable position.

Regardless, they moved further into enemy territory and redid their plans on how to win the war. These two were still unsure of how their enemies had gave them the slip despite all the scouts and preparations that had been made.

(BM) "It is unthinkable that those 3 have the ability to move such vast amounts of men and machines without at least one of our scouts seeing them."

(MT) "Indeed, there must be something I missed when we went to check it out for ourselves. The enemy camps seemed to have just been in use when we got there. It would make sense since they supposedly left in the middle of the night."

(BM) "I believe that perhaps they actually moved parts of the army before the day ended, only leaving the fastest behind so they could make their escape faster."

(MT) "Oh well, perhaps we will get the answers we are looking for later. For now, let's just focus on making a new strategy."

(BM) "Something else doesn't add up. Why are they not using the deepstrike that we got? It is one deadly weapon, they should have been able to produce a few by now."

(MT) "You're right. However, we have to look at the bigger picture and not the little details that our enemies have left for us."

(BM) "On the contrary, I believe that we should not make one. There are too many unknown variables right now so following a plan while we don't have much info is a pretty bad idea. Though, we should have one for general purposes."

(MT) "Yes, so I believe that the enemies have moved to one of two places. Here, and here." Meng Tian said as he pointed out two points on a map. In one glance, Baron could already guess why Meng Tian chose these 2 places.

(BM) "These two points would make the most sense to defend. They are after all very advantageous for the defending side. Have you already sent scouts to scope out these 2 places yet?"

(MT) "Yes, there is indeed quite a large army in these 2 places, and going by my estimates their numbers do seem to be fairly close with the number that we seen from before. Although it is a little bit less."

(BM) "So you want to strike at these two places then?"

(MT) "No, I would like to target this one specifically, Kursk. I believe if we just stall the other army and concentrate on this area here, we should be able to win this war in a matter of a few weeks."

(BM) "That makes sense, but you should also consider the drawbacks of such an attack. If we were to get flanked in any way shape or form, then I'm afraid that victory would be nigh impossible."

(MT) "That is a chance that I'm willing to take. Where would you like to fight? On the Kursk battlefield or the other one?"

(BM) "I'll take some of the more experienced men along with some of the more advanced tech with me to the other battlefield. I'll leave you with more men than you originally planned."

(MT) "Sounds good to me. Good luck."

(BM) "You as well, brother."

After another day, Baron took a small detachment to the battlefield that was considered a distraction and began simulating all the possible scenarios that was likely to happen. The two of them kept in constant touch through radios, and they arrived at their respective battlefields at nearly the same time.

These two places had armies that were roughly equal to each other. However, since Baron only needed to stall his enemy, he did not take much of their overall army and set out. Half of the deepstrikes, a quarter of the Luftwaffe (Aircraft), and about a tenth of the total all the soldiers, and some of their fastest tanks, most of which were well seasoned and experienced in warfare.

This other battlefield was named Oboyan and the forces here would be difficult to beat since it was likely that another strategist would be here, maybe even 2. Baron did not fancy his odds of successfully stalling Meng Yi, Guan Yu, nor Yue Fei. He might be able to hold one of them back, but if there were 2 or more, unlikely. Baron knew that out of all five of them, he was not the best.

The Meng duo were currently specialized in air warfare. However, that didn't mean they were completely incompetent in air and sea battles. Just a little less acute. Yue Fei and Guan Yu had been here for centuries, their experience is still great although they may not be as adept in aerial warfare as Meng Tian and Meng Yi. Meanwhile, Baron was the newest out of the bunch. His way of warfare may be new to these guys, but his inexperience plays a large part in it as well.

The battle of Oboyan began the very next day that Baron had arrived. He played this very conservatively and did very little to seriously attack the enemy. First he had all of his planes start the attack at very obscure times to catch his enemy off guard. Then launching as many deepstrike missiles as they could, all while the tanks would be engaging in multiple hit and run battles carefully coordinated by Baron. The rest of the soldiers were to provide cover for the others in case they needed any sort of help.

This sort of warfare lasted for another three days before Baron started to question everything again. Why were the enemy so disinterested in winning this battle? Did neither of those three come here to defend along with this massive army? Was this perhaps a ploy by the enemy to stall as well? Everything was quite suspicious.

Baron realized something too late. He shouldn't have been wondering where the enemy commanders were. Instead he should have been wondering where they were aiming for. If this battlefield that he was at did not seem to care at all if they won or not, then it was indeed a trap laid by Meng Yi and the others. There were 2 possible targets that would warrant them to not send anyone here to deal with Baron.

One was they were trying to take out Meng Tian first so they concentrated all of their efforts in the battle of Kursk. The other was to retake the oil mines that Baron had taken from them just days prior. With the dissappearance of the enemies at the front line, Baron and Meng Tian had been lulled into a false sense of security.