Chapter 1,642 The Strong Man Cuts Off His Wrist 2
Chapter 1642 A strong man breaks his wrist 2
What will happen if Xiafei successfully evacuates? The shape of the entire front will become like this. The original French position was divided into two. The Bavarian Army broke through the position, but it was temporarily unable to deal with the evacuated French mobile troops. To the west, French reinforcements rushed to the battlefield in a steady stream. The divided defense line and the mobile corps commanded by Joffre formed a stable triangle, and the Bavarian Corps was located in this triangle!
How will the Bavarian Army choose? If continuing the attack fails, the best way is to expand to both sides and eat the remaining French troops in the position. This may not be an easy task. You must know that the French in World War 1 were enemies of the country and the family. Fighting against the Germans, his mental attributes are simply MAX! Just look at the Battle of Verdun and you will know that 69 divisions of the French army were defeated or severely damaged, but the French were able to grit their teeth and finish this decisive battle. I have to say that this nerve is truly terrifying!
(Of course, it is undeniable that the French army once had large-scale mutinies on the front line because of too many casualties, but that was also the result of heavy pressure to a certain extent. Generally speaking, France’s fighting will during most of World War I Still very strong.)
Therefore, on this battlefield, the defense force composed of elite French troops on the Western Front will never give up resistance easily because their position is breached. They will rely on bunkers and fortifications to resist one by one and continue to fight until victory or death! And Xiafei's evacuated mobile troops and subsequent reinforcements are undoubtedly the spiritual pillars of their perseverance! The number of remaining French troops on the entire defense line exceeds 100,000. It is no problem for the Bavarian Army to eat up a force of this size, but it will take time and a price!
However, at this time, Joffre's withdrawn troops and the French reinforcements behind them will seriously threaten the German flanks. A battle can only have one main target at a stage, so now the problem is that the Bavarian Army has to deal with two The French army on the side position should continue to attack, which is far away from itself, but what about the troops directly under Xiafei who have strong maneuverability?
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the Bavarian Army temporarily gives up the attack, switches to a defensive state, and then forms a huge protrusion. In this way, the French will definitely defeat the Bavarian Army that has shifted to a defensive state. But so what? If the Bavarian Army does this, it will play into the hands of the French!
If there is a confrontation on the front line, then no matter what, the Bavarian Army must leave enough troops to target the French. Well, who is more beneficial to the two sides with more than 400,000 troops staring at each other? Of course it is more beneficial to the French! According to the estimates of the Allied Powers, they believe that even with the participation of the Bavarian Army, at the current stage, it is still impossible for the Germans to defeat the French on the northern front of the Asia Minor battlefield and attack the British on the southern front at the same time!
In other words, if the two sides re-form a stalemate, then the British troops on the southern front will be safe and can launch an attack on Ankara step by step.
In this way, we will continue to complete the second goal of the Allied Powers - to cut off the 3B railway and cut off the transportation of food and oil from the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia to the German mainland!
Of course, the Bavarian Army can attack in both directions at the same time by continuing to increase its troops. However, the continuous influx of troops into Asia Minor will undoubtedly be a huge pressure on logistics supply. If it is so large that Turkey cannot meet the most basic daily necessities If it is consumed, then once materials such as grain and livestock feed have to be transported from the mainland, the cost of war in the Kingdom of Bavaria will be too high! War of attrition has always been the Allied Powers' favorite part.
What next? Naturally, time has been delayed until winter. This is a season when everyone needs to rest. Whether it is the Western Front, the Balkan Front or Asia Minor, neither side has the intention to launch a large-scale attack. Then the French can completely delay a large number of elite Bavarian legions until the beginning of next spring! The purpose of containing the Bavarian Army has been achieved, and after a winter's rest, the situation of the Allied Powers will be better next year, right? As for the next time? Well, that's not up for discussion now.
So after clarifying the logical chain in his mind, Xiafei was even more satisfied with the order he had just issued. Material reserve warehouses were established on all defense lines, with enough weapons and other materials to support the garrison for a month. Therefore, there will be no problem of insufficient material supplies in a short period of time. After the German army extended its supply line by 100 kilometers, it would definitely be more difficult to supply. Some people may have said that the supply distance from Constantinople to the front line is more than 400 kilometers, even if it is extended by 100 kilometers, it will not count. What's the big deal?
Please, of the nearly 400 kilometers of supply lines, 350 kilometers were by rail, and only the last 30 to 50 kilometers were by road. The supply efficiency of this railway is much better than that of roads! What Xiafei can be sure of is that the Bavarian Army was able to launch this offensive with the support of a large amount of stored supplies. After these supplies were consumed, the Bavarian Army was naturally unable to move forward!
The so-called military orders must be implemented if you understand them, and you must implement them if you don't understand them. After Xiafei once again confirmed the order, the entire French military command became busy. Officers and staff needed to determine which troops could be evacuated and which troops needed to be withdrawn based on the battlefield situation, the deployment of various vehicles and transportation tools, and the coordination with the British Air Force. Contact needs to be carried out quickly, because at this time, with the change of combat objectives, the mission of the British Air Force also needs to change. They are no longer blocking the German bombers over the battlefield, but have become a cover for the retreat of the troops.
Thousands of vehicles and tens of thousands of horses and a large number of troops, well, these troops moving in the open fields will be the best targets for the air force! If you are not careful, these moving troops may turn from retreat to rout under the attack of the air force.
Countless orders radiated around along the telephone lines and radios. As the orders were issued, the French began to adjust their deployment. Some troops who were originally preparing to go to the front stopped and began to evacuate to the rear, while the French troops on both sides of the position stopped. Then a diversionary attack was launched in an attempt to delay the Bavarian Army's advance.
"The French attack seems to have stopped?" A tank commander opened the hatch and climbed out of the tank after making sure that the surrounding area was safe. He was fed up with the environment inside the tank, the high temperature, dirty air and small space. Space.
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