"Hills? I never heard of anything about this news. It has been something since the Karak has been here, we were not even born at that time." Serena answers Chernov's doubt.
Seeing that she knew nothing, Chernov turned his attention to Aria. After all, she was a Karak intelligence officer, so she should know something.
"I don't know too, the war has been over too long, and many experienced soldiers who participated in it have also lost their lives in other wars. As far as I know, our army entered the orc's territory from the south, so we did not have the problem of crossing the river, we were fighting along the river, and there is not much record about the landscape and ecosystem of the river. Perhaps the battle was going well."
After listening, Chernov fell into deep thought. This time, Sokolov beside him speaks.
"Maybe we have overthink, the river line is just a lie from the orcs trying to trick us. We are crossing the river tonight anyway, we can figure out if they have any traps. But what can their trap do to us, we have millions of armies, we will flood over them like waves with our superior firepower."
Maybe... and perhaps Sokolov is right, the orcs do not seem to have any strong weapon or magic that can cause heavy casualties to the Red Army.
That night, Chernov and the vanguard crossed the river and started doing reconnaissance.
"Well, nothing special, inform the commander they are free to cross." The scout concluded. Then, it was further reported to the division and army command.
"Great, order our troops, by 0900 tomorrow at the latest, every division or brigade should have their vanguard crossed the river." Orgarkov ordered.
Inside the command post, everyone is optimistic about how the battle is going, the orc's bunker and fortification are versatile in front of them.
"According to the situation now, we can crush the orcs in just two weeks." One of the staff said.
0500, after a short time of break, most of the division and brigade starts to cross the river, every time, it goes on a battalion scale.
Gregor at the hill, looking at all the Soviet troops crossing the river.
"General, should we engage now?" One of his men asked.
Gregor opened the manual that was given by the kingdom and checked again.
"No, hold your fire, this is just an enemy battalion unit, they like to use battalion as the vanguard. We will engage when their main forces cross."
"This... is just their battalion unit? Then how are their main forces supposed to be." Men beside said.
"That is why, we should know how strong our enemy is, and that is the reason why we will need to cooperate with the other two countries, the orcs and the undead to defeat them." Gregor looks at the Soviets that are crossing the river, soldiers sitting on their vehicles, talking, singing, they are optimistic about the war.
A few hours later, the main forces of the Soviets appeared. Looking at the mountains and plains full of Soviet mechanized troops, and the dust they brought with them. Gregor sigh.
"General... can we defeat them? I feel like they have advantages in both quality and quantity." Adjutant asked.
"I... not sure. But we have to try, at least, not long in the future, we might fight against them in our land." Gregor does not have the confidence to defeat them as well.
"Ask our troop to prepare, we engage them when they are halfway across the river."
Soon, the Soviets start crossing the river.
"General..."
"The time has come, engage!"
As the order was issued, a thunderous sound immediately rang from behind him. A squad of T-55 and soldiers were waiting to cross the river evaporated in the explosion. Explosions continue to occur.
Slyusarev was shocked to see all this happening from the rear.
"Bylat, where the hell is this bombardment coming from, is our artillery firing? No, the power of the explosion is not from any of our artillery, it is from the enemy. "
"It is just like... the Navy 381mm guns. Didn't the high command say the Tsar bomb can interference the enemy's magic? "
"Let the troops crossing the river speed up, and those who haven't crossed yet should retreat first."
Slyusarev was not wrong, the explosion did come from the navy gun of Valeria Navy. And their battleship... was hidden under those hills. Valeria engineers dragged around 200 ships overland on greased wooden logs, then the orcs covered them with soil, hiding them under the ground to prevent direct strike from the Soviet superior firepower.
At this time, the orcs acted as loaders. Their stronger bodies made this position not difficult for them. One after another, huge iron balls were loaded into their cannons and fired without any smoke.
General Gregor looked at the Red Army that was suddenly bombarded and was surprised to find that, apart from the brief chaos caused by the initial bombardment, they regained their organization in a very short time.
"Damn, these Soviets are scary, we need to use another weapon. Send my order, ask the God Arrow Force to launch an attack, destroying all Soviet bridges."
In somewhere rear jungle, an area of grass suddenly stands up. Orcs got up from where they were hiding and set up a launch pad. Then, a huge golden arrow was put up. A squad of about ten prayers from Valeria began to change the spell. The golden arrow was fired, and a person from Valeria's eyes had turned into white, his vision appeared on the golden arrow that was fired. He is the guide.
The arrow flies at a speed almost equal to that of a missile. When it reaches above the river, the guide starts to control it so that it can strike more precisely. In the end, the arrow hits the bridge precisely, successfully destroying it. A similar scenario happened not only in the VDV division.
Compared to the Navy guns, of course, their power is slightly less than it, but their accuracy makes up for this.
Gregor looks at all the destroyed bridges and sighs. They successfully split the Soviet Division into two parts. Now, as long as they find a way to eliminate all the troops crossing the river, they can buy more time.
"Luckily the Soviet's nuke is not able to interrupt the power from God, seems like they do not realize the difference between the Power from god and pure magic."