Chapter 1729: Feast
Chapter 1729 Feast
"This force is a bit thin." Looking at the scattered troops on the Ukrainian front and several divisions in the Transcaucasus, Prince Leopold frowned and said. In the view of the battle-tested prince, although the main force of the Russians has been wiped out by the Allied Powers several times, and although Russia is now in civil strife, this time, the prince's battle plan still makes him feel a little underestimated.
If before, the attack of the Bavarian Legion was as deadly as a siege cone or a giant axe, after the gap was cut, a large number of follow-up troops would serve as the support of the sharp knife troops, trying to penetrate the opponent and develop in depth, then this time, The twelve divisions concentrated on the Ukrainian front are scattered on the front for hundreds of kilometers. The front line is very scattered, and there is not much follow-up support. If other officers made this plan, then the prince might directly ask his superiors Get this guy out of the army! This TM is shameful!
But this time, Ruprecht, who has always been cautious, made the plan himself, and at the same time, it was deployed in the Transcaucasus region. Transcaucasus is completely occupied!
It has to be said that the prince's ambitions are very big. From Belarus to the Ukrainian front, the Russian army still has at least 40 divisions on paper. This time, the prince seems to regard the Russians as nothing. He not only wants to defeat them, but even The front line must be advanced hundreds of kilometers, and the end point of the attack is also very famous in history. This place was called Stalingrad in World War 2!
"Although there has been chaos in Russia, it is hard to say whether this chaos will continue. Moreover, it is St. Petersburg in the north that is in chaos, and the military system in the south is still relatively complete. If half of the combat power of the Husband's offensive broke out, our losses would be huge. After all, the overall number of our troops on the two fronts is somewhat small." Prince Leopold said after careful consideration.
Although the Bavarian Legion made a gesture of advancing eastward as a whole, in fact there were indeed many troops advancing eastward, but not many actually participated in the battle. It may have affected the domestic situation. Many of these troops stayed in the occupied areas on the Eastern Front for a period of time, and then returned to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany at an appropriate time... .
Prince Leopold naturally knew about this, and he also agreed to take advantage of Russia's internal and external difficulties to make a fortune, but he didn't expect the prince to plan to fight so far!
"Don't worry, the Normanov dynasty is dead this time. For at least 2 months in the future, they will fall into infighting and chaos, and there will be no effective central government to command and coordinate the war. Perhaps, the Mackensen Army's assault on St. Petersburg will be under certain pressure. After all, it is the capital of the Russians. No matter who comes to power, they will try their best to keep the capital intact. But on the southern front, the opponents on the front are panicked and lack of combat supplies. , and it is even more impossible to get support from the north.
Believe me, Uncle, logistics and weather have caused us more trouble than the Russians' blocking. The current Russian army is as fragile as paper! "The prince said confidently.
As a traveler, and comparing the information collected now, does the prince know what the current situation in Russia is like! Historically, what was the situation like when the February Revolution broke out in Russia? Take grain production as an example. In 1916, Russia’s grain production was only 72% of that in 1914! In other words, nearly 30% of the food was lost, and if the exploitation of the landlords, the hoarding of the merchants, the consumption of the army and the lag in transportation were taken into account, the problem of these food shortages would be several times more serious in some cities. Condition! For example, the grain in December 1916 in St. Petersburg could only get 14% of the planned amount! By February 1917, the flour in the whole city was only enough for 10 days, and on March 1, the Russian authorities began to provide food by ticket, and on March 8, large-scale riots began to break out. …
So, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the grain is the largest, and in this plane, the food supply of the Russians is not as good as in history. After all, in history, at the end of 1916, the Russians still had more than half of Ukraine’s grain available, and the production was reduced. It is more because the rural labor force and livestock have been expropriated in large quantities (half of the rural labor force in individual provinces has been expropriated). There is still a lot of cultivated land, but this plane, even Ukraine, has been lost. Even if the Russians follow the most optimistic It is estimated that the grain production capacity can reach 6 achievements, which is not bad! So, you get the idea.
Therefore, one week after the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the prince decisively issued an order for the last battle against Russia. The 12 Bavarian divisions on the front line in Ukraine began to launch a general offensive, and the battle went on just as the prince expected. The Russian front-line troops can be described as having no fighting spirit, and even before the two sides came into contact, entire battalions and regiments of Russian troops began to flee.
At this time, the starting fronts of the Bavarian Army were Shostka, Sumy, Kharkov, Izyum, and Donetsk from north to south. And no more than 10 days after the start of the offensive, the striker of the Bavarian Army on the Northern Front had arrived in Kursk! The resistance encountered was very slight, and more than 70% of the time was spent on the road....
At the same time, the Kaiser in Brussels also issued an attack order, desperately preparing to join the feast, and this time, the main goal of the Mackensen Army is the Russian capital St. Petersburg!
"Before the end of March, I need to see the German flag planted on St. Petersburg!" In the telegram to Mackensen, the German Supreme said unabashedly. In order to achieve this goal, regardless of the objections of the logistics department and some front-line officers, the Kaiser once again allocated a large amount of materials and troops to the Eastern Front.
At this point, almost everyone is very clear that Russia and the Normanov dynasty are coming to an end. For the Allied Powers, this is an out-and-out feast, while for the Allied Powers, it is just before the end. The death knell!
"If the destruction of the Normanov dynasty cannot be reversed, then we must at least ensure that the new government can remain in the camp of the Allied Powers! When the old government collapses and a new government is established, we must give Russia a new government. Time for the government to breathe!" At the high-level meeting of the Allied Powers held in Paris, General Nivelle, the commander of the Paris Front Army, unexpectedly proposed a resolution to launch an offensive operation! At the same time, the heads of state of Britain and France also began to plan for the last year of war!
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