Chapter 1515 Dying Struggle One
Chapter 1515 Dying Struggle 1
However, when something happened within the German Empire, the pace of the war would not stop because of this. When the time came to June 1913, a new storm was brewing on the land of Ukraine! After experiencing a disastrous defeat in the first half of the year, the entire Russian army has been forced to shrink into two major strategic directions. One direction is naturally the St. Petersburg area. Here, the last elite Russian army is concentrated, and they are desperately blocking With the attack of Mackensen's East Prussian Army. In Ukraine, the southern Russian army commanded by Brusinov is confronting the Bavarian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army along the Dnieper River.
In fact, this statement is not accurate. Somewhere in the north of Ukraine, the Bavarian Army is ready to cross the river at any time, while the Russian army is defending on the east bank of the river. But in southern Ukraine, the Russian army still firmly controls most of the west bank of the Dnieper River! Compared with the Bavarian Army, whether it is the Austrians or the Hungarians, their combat effectiveness is too low, and their logistical supply capabilities are even lower, especially for the Hungarians, whether it is ammunition or supplies, it is difficult to even launch a limited offensive. not enough! The situation of the Austrians is not bad. Although they don't get in enough, they still do a good job of defense, and because their position is very close to the Bavarian Army! Therefore, the Russians will not play the Austrian idea for the time being.
"We must launch an offensive now, otherwise, in the constant retreat and war of attrition, our last bit of strength will be slowly wiped out, and the food in the entire Ukraine region and the coal mines in the Donetsk region will fall into the into the hands of the Allies. Without these, Russia will definitely not be able to survive this winter." Brusinov looked at the attack line that was approaching the Dnieper River, and he was already caught in a dilemma.
If you choose to defend, then Russia will collapse at the beginning of next year, and if you choose to attack, it may delay the opponent's attack and keep some grains in Ukraine during the autumn harvest. In this case, Russia may support it until the second half of next year, but if the offensive fails, then Russia may not even survive this winter!
"So far, it is impossible for Russia to rely on its own strength to survive. Unless the war is stopped, or before the end of this year, Britain and France can open up the channel to Russia and send a large number of troops to help Russia fight, otherwise we will not be spared possibility!" In his diary, Brusinov wrote so pessimistically.
No country or regime will sit still on the eve of collapse, and the same is true of the Normanov dynasty! Therefore, the Russians are doing their best to make a last-ditch plan! To this end, Borusinov also went to Moscow to have an interview with the tsar's plenipotentiary, a member of the royal family, Grand Duke Nikolaev. The scene of the interview at that time is still vivid in my mind.
"Your Excellency, what is the situation on the St. Petersburg front now?" Borusinov asked politely.
"We blocked the German attack." Borusinov was secretly relieved by the Grand Duke's answer.
But then, the next sentence made him fall into an ice cave! "But at the same time, like a dying person, our limbs fell to the ground stiffly, leaving only one head and making some hoarse voices."
The Grand Duke’s metaphor is very appropriate, and now Russia is barely holding on to their capital St. Petersburg. It’s just like what he described. St. Petersburg is the head of this dying man, while other places are stiff limbs. Except for the capital, The rest of Russia's elite regions have been unable to stop the German front. Now, even in Ukraine, the Russians are able to defend not because they are capable of fighting, but because the Germans have not yet launched an offensive. It is foreseeable that even with the Dnieper River as a barrier, if the Germans want to cross the river It must be successful!
"It seems that if you rely solely on Russia, you can only delay the death of this great empire, but cannot completely reverse it." Borusinov looked at the Grand Duke opposite, and his calm words were full of coolness. The potential meaning of the Grand Duke is very clear. It is impossible to give Borusinov reinforcements in the direction of St. Petersburg!
"If possible, after you go back, you can properly reduce the supplies sent to the theater along the Baltic Sea. It is no longer possible for us to launch a large-scale counterattack, and it seems that you still have a chance?" the Grand Duke said.
"Our confrontational enemy is scattered on a front line more than 1,500 kilometers long. The too long front line makes the Allied forces very scattered, so we have the opportunity to launch a counterattack. However, the effect of this counterattack is not enough to fundamentally change the situation of the battle. It is possible to defeat the Bavarian Legion, which is the backbone of the entire Eastern Front, and even now we have no advantage in facing the Austrians, because we have lost too many experienced officers, soldiers and equipment. The people who come up now are all recruits, and weapons? Some troops It's gotten to the point where three people use one gun."
Borusinov said slightly ashamed. Because from what the Grand Duke said just now, he could hear the Russian government's expectations of him, including the Tsar, had put all their hopes on him! However, Borusinov could only tell one news to the Tsar's despair.
Before coming here, Borusinov, the best commander in the history of Russia in the First World War, calculated his family fortune. In terms of the number of troops, it is really quite a lot. So far, his frontline There are still about 800,000 troops! There are nearly 100,000 cavalry troops among them! But so what?
In terms of combat effectiveness, Borusinov believes that it is not as good as the two armies in Russian Poland at the beginning of the war! You know, when the war started, the two armies had only a little over 400,000 troops, but each division of the Russian army could be equipped with more than 100 machine guns, and the two armies had more than 1,700 artillery pieces of various types! But now? The Ukrainian army group held by Borusinov has a total of 3 armies, twice the number of the original! But each division now only has 50 to 60 machine guns, and all 3 armies together have no more than 1,600 guns! And there are almost no heavy artillery above 8 inches.......
This firepower combination is not enough to deal with the Bavarian Army, it is not even enough to deal with the Austrians. As long as the opponent builds a decent line of defense, it is absolutely impossible for the Russians to go deep. Just scare the opponent.
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