Chapter 732: hesitate

"The logistics department reported that the whereabouts of the transport team leading to the Fifth Army was unknown, and most of the military stations along the way were destroyed. The Germans seemed to have inserted a mobile corps behind the Fifth Army. The Army was at war with the enemy, which was very expensive. The logistics are not available, this situation is very dangerous."

"We have failed in the frontal battle with the Germans. The opponent's strength seems to be beyond our imagination. The Fifth Army just reported that they ran into opponents on the front and on both sides. General Manov said that he had entered. In a pocket. The enemy is likely to tighten the hole from behind. He hopes the Sixth Army can help."

  The staff sent a telegram to Nikolaevich. Just 2 days ago, Donetsk and another division had been wiped out, and they were buried with nearly half of the artillery of the Sixth Army. The other two divisions were also seriously injured. Today, the situation of the Fifth Army seems very bad. Although judging from the current situation, the opponent has formed an encirclement situation, but it is still doubtful whether the encirclement circle is completely closed. There is no doubt that he has already lost this battle. The problem now is how to lose less.

   "Send the intelligence to the base camp, I need to ask for instructions." Nikolaevich said.

  At this time, the Russian army of the 4 armies and the opposite Austro-Hungarian army also started a melee in Galicia. Although the Austro-Hungarian army had some water, after being strengthened, it had contact with the Russian army in a short time. When Brusinov, who was the chief of the Russian army’s front-line general staff, was compiling information on the Russian-Austrian campaign, an officer sent the center-line information.

   "The Bavarian Legion has formed an encirclement of the Fifth Army?!" When he saw this sentence, Brucenov's pupils immediately shrank into a needle-like shape that heralded danger. He immediately threw the telegram aside and hurried to the sand table. The staff next to him immediately marked the situation of the enemy and the enemy according to the situation on the telegram.

   Soon, tin soldiers marked with unknown enemy troops appeared on the map. "Are the Bavarians all fly over? Even at a speed of 25 kilometers a day, they can't complete the encirclement so quickly, right?"

As an old fritters, Brusinov knew that there was water in this telegram. Compared with another telegram, the transportation of the Fifth Army was all cut off. You must know that the transportation of the army is based on the supply of the army, and every army has it. For its own transportation route, the Fifth Army has a total of 5 armies and 10 divisions. If they are all broken, then at least 5 passages are gone. The other party can take all your transportation passages in such a wide area. Pinch off, that shows a problem. The big corps of others has appeared behind you! This is not the situation of encirclement at all, but the encirclement is completed!

  "Mark me the numbers of all the German and Austrian troops that can be found!" Brusinov said. Soon, he began to find some clues from these telegrams. First of all, regarding the issue of military strength, the Russians made a misjudgment. The Russian Fifth and Sixth Army faced not only the Bavarian Army, but also an Austro-Hungarian Army. Under Ruprecht's command, the two sides played 2 on 2. If the number of people is concerned, the opponent may have more. In this way, the issue of troop strength is explained.

  But what Brusinoff didn’t understand was how the Bavarian Army’s attack power and assault speed were so strong? Within two days, four Russian divisions concentrated on the front were defeated. Then, five days later, the Austro-Hungarian Army round formed a siege situation, and now, the gap has been completely closed. This combat power is too much, right?

  But soon, Brucenov gave up on this issue, because it was obviously not the time to discuss this issue. The Fifth Army was already surrounded, so what should we do now? Just when he was thinking about it, Secretary of War Ivanov and Kuropatkin had also arrived in the war room, and they apparently had this information.

   "Now we must find a way to rescue the Fifth Army. We cannot bear the result of losing an Army in less than 10 days." Ivanov said firmly.

"Unless we transfer the reserve or other garrison troops directly under the base camp, it will be difficult to clear the siege by the Sixth Army, and I think our army in the direction of Galicia can't help the Fifth Army, right?" Lopatkin hesitated as the senior Russian army officer with the longest dealings with the Kingdom of Bavaria. Kulopatkin was opposed to fighting with the Bavarian Legion with comparable strength. According to his words, under the strong firepower of the opponent, there is no future for a frontal death.

"The reserve team must be left to the southern front. Our first task is to defeat the Austrians in the first time. The enemy in the center line is not as strong as we thought. Their strength is already stretched. The Germans in the encirclement have been replaced by the Czechs. The Fifth Army is said to have achieved some breakthroughs in the east. As long as the Sixth Army persists, we can succeed~www.wuxiaspot.com~Ivanov said.

   "But they defeated our 4 divisions in less than 3 days! Is this also true?" Kuropatkin said with some excitement.

"If they still have this kind of combat power, then the Fifth Army in the encirclement circle would be over long ago! What's more, the command system and basic framework of those divisions are still there, and they can't be considered eliminated." Ivano As the commander-in-chief, he must consider this matter from both strategic and political aspects.

  To be honest, the Russians are reluctant to smash the Germans. This is the consensus before the war. After all, the French's record easily is too frightening. You must know that during the Napoleonic era, the Russians dragged the French to death when they moved to Moscow, and then in the Napoleon III era... The German stabbed directly to Paris. Then there was an arrogant military parade.

  So unless it is an absolute advantage, for example, if there are two army groups on the northern front and a German army, then, no matter from the difficulty or the benefit, it is better to fight the Austria-Hungary Empire than the Russians. Russia went south, with a wide front, and it won directly over the rich Galicia region. Going further south can directly penetrate Budapest and take Hungary. In this case, Russia's interests are the greatest. The supply to Germany is different. Even if you enter, I am afraid that when the main force of the German army returns, I am afraid that you will have to withdraw. It is really not worthwhile to exchange countless lives and military expenses for one advance and one retreat.

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