160: Advance on three fronts and launch a surprise attack on Volgograd!

An hour later, Manstein had already led his Army to the border of Mao Xiong Country.

Crossing the border and advancing for another half an hour would bring them to the city of Volgograd.

"Head of State, please declare war on Mao Xiong!" Manstein directly requested. "We do not engage in the despicable act of undeclared war!"

Meanwhile, at the Head of State’s headquarters in Majiwal, Hill wasted no time and directly issued a declaration of war against Mao Xiong Country.

"I, Hill, on behalf of the entire War Chariot Country, declare war on Mao Xiong Country!"

"This is the awakening of a nation, a struggle for freedom!"

...

The moment the declaration of war was issued on Earth Online, Manstein led his Army directly into Mao Xiong territory!

This was a strategy that Hill and the Three Generals had discussed and agreed upon in advance.

Declaring war was a must; according to past experience, an undeclared war would incur huge penalties.

This current approach, launching an attack immediately after declaring war, was designed to exploit a loophole in the dungeon's settings!

I declare war one second, and the next second, I attack. What can you do to me?!

"General Manstein, proceed directly to Volgograd and launch an attack!"

"Additionally, General General Guderian, begin your march towards Moscow!"

"General Rommel, please also prepare your forces and cross the Manselkai Hills!"

"Everything will proceed according to my command!"

Hill began a three-pronged operation in front of the light screen; this was a deployment he had prepared in advance, with all timings meticulously calculated.

This was Hill's specialty: the most precise calculations, even considering variables like the speed of tanks moving on snow.

It would take Manstein half an hour to reach Volgograd, then he would feign an attack to draw out Moscow's support forces, after which he would immediately turn towards Moscow, which would take about two hours.

General Guderian would also need about one and a half hours to reach Moscow.

This way, both of them could rendezvous in southern Moscow after two hours, and if the timing was accurate, they could perfectly encircle the Moscow forces coming to reinforce!

...

Manstein received real-time orders and directly crossed the Mao Xiong border, and instantly, a biting cold current swept through his Army.

"Hmph! It's just a low temperature of minus 75 degrees; do they really think we have no counter-measures?" Manstein sneered twice.

"Everyone, take a sip of Jägermeister! Then, full steam ahead!"

At his command, the Army continued to advance across the vast snowy expanse.

Although their speed slowed somewhat, they could still move steadily on the snow.

The spectators were all incredibly surprised.

They started sending out barrages of comments.

"Damn, why can German tanks move freely on the snow?"

"I remember Kim's Kim 7V froze instantly as soon as it entered Mao Xiong Country. Kim 7V was just a modified German tank model, so why aren't German tanks freezing now?"

Seeing these puzzled comments, Manstein merely scoffed.

Since they chose to challenge Mao Xiong Country, and with the Army leading the charge, they had naturally prepared a strategy to combat the severe cold.

Even before entering the dungeon, the Three Generals had already made cold-resistant modifications to various German military equipment.

The exterior was fitted with a cold-proof coating, and the interior cockpit was designed with a thermal circulation system.

At the same time, anti-skid chains were added to the tracks!

These minor designs were no challenge for them, being LV4!

Additionally, all German Challengers were made to wear thick cotton coats and were provided with warming spirits.

The German had been battling in dungeons for years and naturally knew that sometimes even a tiny mistake could doom an entire dungeon challenge.

Therefore, they naturally had to eliminate all known weather condition impacts.

Half an hour later, Manstein's Army had reached the city of Volgograd.

As the smallest of the three main cities, Volgograd was actually far inferior to Moscow; rather than a main city, it was more like a hydraulic hub.

It looked like a good environment, but there was indeed not much defense.

"Attack the city directly!"

"Let Azure Star witness the limits of ground warfare!"

Manstein showed no hesitation and launched a direct assault.

Seven hundred thousand armored vehicles, lined up in columns, simultaneously opened fire on the city of Volgograd.

Tiger Tanks, Leopard Tanks. Besides these top-tier models known to the Azure Star people, Manstein also brought several hidden German models this time.

One was the ultra-heavy Maus Tank!!

One was the gustav heavy cannon!!

And another was called the V3 Rocket!!

These were all hidden German research, never before used in any dungeon, serving as trump cards.

Bringing them out now to deal with the Infernal Grade Winter is Coming was not at all chilling!

The goal was to surprise and kill Mao Xiong!

The ultra-heavy Maus Tank, weighing approximately 200 tons, was 15 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 4 meters high! A veritable steel beast!

It was equipped with a 128mm main gun and a 75mm coaxial secondary gun! It could accommodate 10 people inside one tank! Challengers could perform their respective duties in this huge cockpit.

With such a size and these caliber cannons, a single shot could destroy any armored vehicle.

Even without starting the engine, relying solely on its immense impact force, a wave of barbaric ramming was enough to destroy various ground facilities and equipment!

Although this design sacrificed some convenience, it pursued the ultimate in power and impact! As if declaring to the world: "No need to fire, just ram, and everything can be shattered!"

Force overcomes all methods, demonstrating an unstoppable might!

The gustav heavy cannon was also known as the Gustav Railway Gun, and it had another imposing name: Monster Tank!

If the Maus Tank was the largest tank on Azure Star, then the gustav heavy cannon was the largest cannon on Azure Star.

It was 43 meters long! 7 meters wide, and 10 meters high! It was clearly a mobile fortress!

The barrel was 33 meters long! The bore diameter was 800 millimeters!

Not only the giant cannon itself, but its shells were also astonishing.

Each armor-piercing shell it carried weighed 7 tons, each high-explosive shell weighed 4.75 tons, and the propellant fuel was between 1.8 and 2 tons.

The gustav heavy cannon had an extremely slow firing efficiency; each shell required a very long time to prepare, and it could only fire a total of 10 shells a day.

However, one shot from it was absolutely powerful and devastating, capable of destroying the world.

It could be said that although German did not have nuclear weapons, one shot from the gustav heavy cannon could definitely achieve 30% of the power of a small Nuclear Bomb.

This level, placed on Azure Star before Lin Ye appeared, was absolutely far, far ahead of its time.

These two bizarre weapons were personally designed by Hill, and through them, one could also see some of Hill's personal preferences, which was a preference for grandeur.