Chapter 1068: Floating Light Phantom II
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 the danger, but you let him come up with a perfect solution? Unfortunately, he really can't help it now! Most people who can find the problem cannot solve the problem. 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 Alekseyev? He also has no way to retreat. The troops on the western front are already deeply trapped in the opponent's formation. Is this something you can think of? ! Logistic supplies can already be described as obstruction. You let those soldiers come out hungry? ! What do you think?
Before Borusinov came, he thought of the most conservative way to make all the troops that the Seventh Army can withdraw to a zone suitable for defense. , And then the troops that could not go stayed behind. Then the Eighth Army gave up its siege of the Lviv Fortress and retreated and redeployed. 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 in addition to the 7th Army to the west, the Eighth and Ninth Army has achieved certain results. With little success. From the perspective of the situation, the offensive of the Austro-Hungarian Army has actually failed, and none of the strategic goals it wants to achieve has been completed. The Lviv Fortress has not been taken down, and it is impossible to control the entire northern Carpathian area. , Since it can't be successful, it's better to stop as soon as possible.
Second, it's time! Time has passed so long now that it has grown to a level that makes Borusinov feel uneasy. What are the prerequisites for the Russians to start this battle? Don’t you just want to take down eastern Galicia immediately before the Bavarian Legion reacts? From the beginning to the present, the Russians have not planned to die with the Bavarian Legion, because they know that this is difficult to win, or that if you win, it is not worth the loss. However, when the Bavarian Legion’s plane flew over and blasted 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 appeared, it meant that the ground offensive was about to start!
Even more frightening is that after the loss of aerial reconnaissance, Brusinov was unable to determine how much the Bavarian Army had arrived, nor was he able to determine when the other party launched an attack. He could only know a large group of information from the ground reconnaissance. Unidentified creatures were gathering on the flank of the Russian Seventh Army, like a dark cloud before the storm, making him very uneasy.
"In fact, we can shrink the front." Brusinov changed a more euphemistic way. "Only what we can get in the end is ours, isn't it? General Alekseyev." As he said, he picked up a putter and stroked the huge sand table directly to the occupied area. Throw away about half.
"This is unacceptable! This is tantamount to denying the outcome of this battle!" Alekseyev said. "We have paid a huge price, but the front has not been optimized, nor have too many enemies wiped out. This is tantamount to admitting defeat."
"The elite of the Seventh Army has been severely damaged. We must unite and shrink the supply line to ensure the minimum supply of the first-line troops. We have successively lost nearly a million troops on the battlefield, even with the size of the empire. That’s great. And you know, compared to the powers of Western Europe, we are not an industrial power. Even if it’s not for personnel, we have to consider keeping the equipment in our hands.” Brusinov said. In his eyes, the equipment of the Russian army is always more important than the personnel of the Russian army...
"That's fine, I am responsible for arranging the defense of the Seventh Army, and you are responsible for the adjustment of the Eighth Army. A considerable part of our artillery is concentrated in the Eighth Army." Alekseyev said.
"Let's do this first." Brusinov nodded in agreement. It is indeed not easy for the current troops to take back all of them. In that case, take back the ones that are easier to take back first, and then wait for the opponent's next move.
"I hope there is not enough time." Brusinov said in his heart before leaving. And will the Russians still have time to gather troops to adjust their deployment? Obviously no more! Because just as the two quarreled, the Bavarian Army and the troops of Mackensen who had arrived one after another had completed their final preparations! The counterattack is about to begin!
Before the counterattack, Mackensen sent his plan to Prince Ruprecht in the form of a telegram. After reading it roughly, the prince also had to admit that Mackenson was really quite competent as a star in World War I. To be honest, the war preparations made by the Allies this time are also not sufficient, and the terrain chosen is not good. It is quite difficult to launch a large-scale wide-fronted armored siege on the Pod Plain, because the frontal The width of the offense was originally not large, and because it was crossing the opponent's front, the depth of the Russians would become very large, and the depth is a very big trouble for surrounding opponents. And Mackensen solved this problem better!
"Because the losses of the Russian offensive in the early stage of the battle were relatively large~www.wuxiaspot.com~, their combat effectiveness was not as high as on paper. In the plain areas lacking shelter, the number of Russian artillery and machine guns was very small, and Lack of ammunition, so we have little difficulty in tackling tough issues. At this time, we don’t need tanks, and we don’t even need sufficient firepower preparation. We can devolve a large number of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns to the assault troops to form a small scale, but quite effective. High battalion-level combat units. After each assault unit breaks an opponent's position, it can choose to stop and accept supplies, and then the following regiments continue to advance, causing successive offensives."
"In this process, we will complete the division and annihilation, and when the Seventh Army is almost cleaned up, the elite ninth group under my command will be put on the battlefield, against the Russian Eighth Army, which is in good condition and has more heavy weapons. Launch an offensive. If our plan is right, we have the hope of severely injuring two Russian armies." Mackensen wrote in the telegram.
"Hehe, in the face of the weak Russian Seventh Army, use light forces, and leave its strongest strike force to the well-equipped Russian Eighth Army. This idea is very good. It seems that the bicycle unit of the Chief of Staff may It will play an unexpected role." The prince said in his heart after seeing it.
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