Chapter 1068: Floating Light Phantom 2
Chapter 1068 Floating Light Phantom 2
"I..." Don't tell me, Borusinov really has nothing to say. He can feel the seriousness of the problem and detect the danger, but you ask him to come up with a complete solution? It's a pity that he really has no choice now! Most people who can identify problems cannot solve them. In other words, under the current situation, it is really not easy to solve the problem!
What can you do even if Borusinov is replaced by Alexeyev? There is no way for him to escape unscathed. The troops on the Western Front have been deeply trapped in the opponent's formation. Is this something you can just figure out? ! Logistics supply can already be described as a blockage. You let those soldiers come out hungry? ! What are you thinking about?
Before arriving, Borusinov had thought of the most conservative approach, which was to have all the troops of the Seventh Army retreat to areas suitable for defense. , and then the troops who could not leave were left behind to break up the rear. The Eighth Army then abandoned the siege of the Lviv Fortress and retreated to redeploy. and support the Seventh Army.
There are two reasons that prompted him to make such a plan. The first is that the battle has lasted for a long time, but except for the Seventh Army to the west, which has achieved certain results, the Eighth and Ninth Army With little success. Judging from the situation, the Austro-Hungarian Army's offensive has actually failed. None of the strategic goals it wanted to achieve have been completed. The Lviv Fortress has not been captured. It is impossible to control the entire northeastern Carpathian Mountains. , since it cannot succeed, it is better to stop as soon as possible.
Second, it’s time! Now that a long time has passed, so long that it makes Borusinov feel uneasy. What are the prerequisites for the Russians to launch this campaign? Don't you just want to take eastern Galicia immediately before the Bavarian Army can react? From the beginning to the present, the Russians have no intention of fighting the Bavarian Army to death, because they know that it is difficult to win, or in other words, if they win, the gains will outweigh the losses. However, when the Bavarian Legion's plane flew over his side and blew up a transfer station into a sea of flames, Borusinov was really scared! Because these Germanic eagles are always the messengers before death strikes! When the Bavarian Air Force appears, it means that the ground offensive is about to begin!
What's even more frightening is that after losing the aerial reconnaissance, Brusinov was unable to determine how many Bavarian legions were coming, nor when the opponent would launch an attack. He could only figure out a large group of them from the information from the ground reconnaissance. Unidentified creatures were gathering on the flanks of the Russian Seventh Army, like dark clouds before a storm, which made him feel very uneasy.
"Actually, we can shrink the front line." Brusinov said in a more euphemistic way. "Only what we can get in the end is ours, isn't it? General Alexeyev." As he said that, he picked up a putter and drew it on the huge sand table, directly dividing the occupied area. Throw away about half.
"This is unacceptable! This is tantamount to negating the results of this battle!" Alexeyev said. "We paid a huge price, but there was not much optimization on the front line.
Not too many enemies were annihilated, which was tantamount to admitting defeat. "
"The elite of the Seventh Army have been severely damaged. We must unite and shrink the supply line to ensure the lowest supply for the front-line troops. We have lost nearly a million troops on the battlefield. Even with the size of the empire, it is still difficult to bear. It’s amazing. And you know, compared to Western European powers, we can’t be called an industrial power. Even if it’s not for personnel, we still have to consider preserving the equipment we have,” Brusinov said. In his eyes, the equipment of the Russian army was always more important than the personnel of the Russian army….
"Okay, then, I will be responsible for arranging the defense of the Seventh Army, and you will be responsible for the deployment of the Eighth Army. A considerable part of our artillery is concentrated on the Eighth Army." Alexeyev said.
"Then let's do this for now." Brusinov nodded in agreement. It is indeed not easy for the current troops to take back all the troops. In this case, let's take back the easier ones first, and then wait for the opponent's next move.
"I hope it's not too late." Brusinov said in his heart before leaving. And do the Russians still have time to regroup their troops and adjust their deployment? Obviously no more! Because just when the two were quarreling, the Bavarian Army and Mackensen's troops, who were arriving one after another, had completed their final combat preparations! The counterattack is about to begin!
Before the counterattack, Mackensen sent his plan in the form of a telegram to Prince Ruprecht. After a cursory look, the prince had to admit that Mackensen was really quite capable as a famous general in World War I. To be honest, the war preparations made by the Allies this time are not sufficient, and the terrain chosen is not good. It is very difficult to launch a large-scale armored siege with a wide front on the Pod Plain, because the front is very difficult. The width of the attack is not large to begin with, but because it traverses the opponent's front, the depth of the Russians will become very large. Depth is a very big trouble for encircling the opponent. Mackensen solved this problem better!
"Because the Russians' offensive losses in the early stages of the battle were relatively high, their combat effectiveness was not as high as on paper. In the plain areas that lacked cover, the Russians had very few artillery and machine guns, and they lacked ammunition, so we attacked The difficulty is very small. We don’t need tanks at this time, and we don’t even need adequate firepower preparations. We can delegate a large number of medium-caliber rapid-fire artillery to the assault troops to form battalion-level battles that are small in size but have high combat effectiveness. Unit. After each assault unit breaks one of the opponent's positions, it can choose to stop and receive supplies, and then the regiment behind it will continue to advance, causing successive offensives."
"In this process, we will complete the division and annihilation. When the Seventh Army is almost wiped out, the elite troops of the Ninth Group under my command will enter the battlefield to deal with the Russian Eighth Army, which is still in good condition and has more heavy weapons. Launch an attack. If our plan is correct, we hope to severely damage the two Russian armies." Mackensen wrote in the telegram.
"Haha, facing the weak Russian Seventh Army, use light troops, and leave your strongest strike force to the well-equipped Russian Eighth Army. This is a good idea. It seems that Chief of Staff Hall's bicycle unit may It will play an unexpected role." The prince said in his heart after reading it.
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