To be precise, it was about blocking the gaps in the defense line, striving to hold the enemy's advance at the second defense line.
From a tactical perspective, the 4th Infantry Division played the role of a firefighter.
Of course, if the 7th Armored Division and the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division failed to hold, it would be the turn of the 1st Infantry Division, deployed between the second and third defense lines.
Indeed, the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division was one of the division-level units in the Empire's Army that first underwent reorganization according to Quick Reaction Force standards.
However, the "quick reaction" transformation of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division was not very thorough.
In fact, the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division was also the last to begin equipment replacement among the chosen five quick response units of the Empire's Army military reform.
To this day, the reorganization work of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division is not completed.
