Chapter 1091: Ending one

Chapter 1091 Ending 1

Counting from the offensive of the three army groups in southeastern Russia, the entire Eastern Galicia campaign lasted as long as 45 days. In these 45 days, the three Russian army groups, including the enhanced direct army, amounted to 700,000. The two and a half armies of the Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army, as well as the 15 divisions of Bavaria and Prussia that rushed to the battlefield, a total of 620,000 people, launched a battle with the highest level of technology in the history of the Eastern Front, the most expensive, and the most tragic battle. .

In this battle, the Russian Seventh Army and the Eighth Army were hit hard. The two armies lost nearly 70% of the personnel and more than 80% of the heavy equipment of the Ministry, and 350,000 people were injured and captured. The worst failure in history, and the two armies had more than 1,500 artillery, self-propelled artillery, and train artillery at the beginning of the battle. Only about 300 remained after the end of the battle. As the general reserve, the Russian Tenth Army also lost four divisions under the city of Kovili. Nearly 60,000 troops were beaten by Mackensen in three days.

The situation of the Russian Ninth Army, which has been fighting positional battles with Prince Leopold, is better, but after all, there are 3 Bavarian divisions assisting in the defense. After the battle between the two sides, the Russians threw away nearly 50,000 casualties. , A successful retreat. Although the damage is a bit big, it is far from hurting the bones.

By the way, I would like to talk about the loss of the Russian Air Force. Before the outbreak of this battle, the Russian Air Force had concentrated nearly 400 various aircraft, including nearly 60 Ilya 4th heavy bombers. What surprised the prince was After the start of the battle, the Russians continued to replenish 150 or so aircraft, although they were of no use. But the prince still wanted to know, this plane of Russia, why did they supplement so many planes in such a short time? ! The evening outside of Moscow may be really good, but you have to say the aircraft factory outside Moscow... Go to sleep. Not to mention Russia, in history, the Austro-Hungarian Empire built a total of 5,400 aircraft from 1914 to 1918! Russia is even more talked about, not to mention that they built the first four-engine bomber in history, but, hehe, it took more than three years to build 3,500 planes!

Let's put it this way, the Russians suppressed the output of the pre-war and several months before the war, and could squeeze out 400 planes. The prince believed that after all, there was previous accumulation. But this is definitely the total number after the Russian Air Force smashed iron. Want to temporarily produce and then supplement? Even if the Russians have been fighting for 40 months in history, it is actually impossible to produce 100 aircraft per month on average, and the mid-to-late production capacity is definitely higher than the previous one. Therefore, at this time, the prince really does not believe that Russia can replenish 150 aircraft within a month with its own strength!

Well, even if the prince butterfly affected history, the Russians invested more power and money to expand the air force. But there is always a bottleneck in it, that is, the engine problem. This can not be solved by simply investing money. It is like the history of the 2nd World War. The Nazis could not get the Nien engine, and the BMW 801 desperately could not get 2200 horsepower. The Russians can't make an engine comparable to the JUMO213. This is a technological gap, which has something to do with money and the size of the country, but it is not directly proportional...

Well, no matter what, Russia has invested about 550 aircraft in this battle, but there is no use... Although they also smashed about 100 Bavarian Air Force aircraft. But it really took in all the Russian air force up to now. According to the intercepted Russian telegrams and their own statistics, the number of 550 aircraft that can finally fly back is estimated to not exceed three digits... .. Most of the rest were destroyed, a small part was abandoned or captured. If we follow the performance of the Russians in history, then the Russian Air Force will see little improvement in almost the next year.

But the prince still felt a little uneasy in his heart. He could think that the Russians must have used foreign engines, and he also knew that some routes could not be blocked, such as the Arctic route bypassing Norway. In fact, this route existed in World War I, but it was not the case of Tsarist Russia. It's really not enough. After being transported to Murmansk, it is not easy to transport it south to the battlefield.

By the way, one more thing needs to be explained, the loss of horses and vehicles. In this battle, the Russians lost about 90 self-propelled artillery pieces. Don't look at the small number. This is also the result of several months of Russian industrial efforts. The loss of motor vehicles is about 800 (including locomotives). As for the horses? The number of horses that were killed, exhausted, diseased, and captured, the Russians lost between 150,000 and 180,000 horses! Ah, very good. This loss is estimated to reduce the Russians' future mobility by another notch. After all, the Russians have much fewer horses than people, and it is not very good to add. With so many horses, the prince began to consider whether to set up a horse meat canning factory to consume these surplus materials? Lieutenant General Schmidt said that this is no problem, and the horse meat tastes pretty good.

All right. But no matter what, this is a victorious battle, killing 400,000 Russian troops, destroying and capturing more than 1,500 Russian artillery pieces! It also completely disabled the Russian Air Force. It is conceivable that for a long time in the future, it is not realistic for the Russians to add these losses to ~www.wuxiaspot.com~. Even if you leave you for 4 months, the prince believes, In terms of military strength, Russia can make up, but it is quite difficult for the Russians to make up for artillery, machine guns, and especially the air force.

As for the horses? The prince believes that to some extent this is more important than destroying the heavy weapons of the Russian army. Although the number of military horses registered by the Russians in the later period reached more than 3 million, it was the result of thoroughly squeezing the power of a country, and these horses and At the beginning of the war, those who tried their best were certainly not of the same grade. Of course, the more important thing is the destruction of productivity. In this era, agriculture is dominated by livestock, and the United States cannot avoid vulgarity, not to mention Russia? What really caused Russia to collapse was the collapse of Russia's internal economic system, and the lack of agriculture and transportation capacity were the most important reasons.

Of course, the prince believed that, in the same way as the Russians, when launching the Polish Pocket Campaign, Russia was able to replenish the nine groups on the Eastern Front. However, hehe, at the beginning and end of the First World War, the German Army The scale of at least has more than doubled! And if the war has been on for a year, and the Russian army on the eastern front is still maintained in 9 group armies, it is really bad. After all, the Russians are standing still, and the strength of the opponent is growing rapidly! Why are you undefeated?

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