Chapter 815: This is stable
"It turns out that the Ninth Army was newly formed! Well, it's stable now." After seeing the information of the Ninth Army, the prince was finally relieved. At the beginning of the war, the Russians had a total of 8 armies on the Eastern Front, and 2 armies stared at East Prussia. The two armies were beaten up by the prince in a mess. There are also four army groups staring at the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The new Ninth Army was obviously pulled up after the hastily formation of the Warsaw area. And the prince can conclude that the proportion of Poles in this group army must be very large, because from the perspective of preparation time, Russia is unlikely to pull hundreds of thousands of nearly 200,000 cannon fodder from deep to the front in a short time...
In the past, Bavaria helped the Russians discuss the issue of how to transport artillery. By the way, they got a thorough understanding of the railway transportation in Russia. According to the information provided by relevant personnel, if a Russian soldier wants to rush from Ukraine or Moscow to Poland, then before getting on the train, they need to walk about 200 to 250 kilometers, walk this far with their feet and then get on. Train, go to the front, and re-form the army when there are people... How long has the war started? But more than 3 months. Most of the Russians are not fake, but the prince is too convinced that the Russian railway line is used to supplement the war damage of the other army groups and at the same time draw a group army personnel from the depths.
So the only explanation is that there are a large number of Poles in the Ninth Army Group! And because of the presence of Poles, the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army might be compromised.
Can the Poles fight? how to say? It should be said that it is still relatively capable of playing. With the same scale and equipment, it should be able to tie the Russians. Anyway, it must be much better than Austria-Hungary. But the premise is to see who the Poles fight for! If it's for yourself, then I didn't say it. Didn't the Warsaw Battle after the end of World War 1 cause the Soviet Red Army to fall to the ground? Even the Poles occupied parts of Belarus and Ukraine.
As for the fact that the second battle was directly killed by Germany, it was not that the Poles were too weak, but that Germany was too strong. Let's see how long France, known as the first European army, persisted with the help of British cattle? Look at the collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the war. Can understand. The combat effectiveness of the Poles is not weak.
But now, this plane is different. The prince has always been very concerned about the Russian Polish region, because this is the place where the German and Austrian empires must take it into the bag. The current situation has greatly deviated from history. The Russians deployed far more than the Russian Polish region. The historical army, counting the population, at its peak, there were 6 to 7 group armies, plus the fortress garrison, there are nearly 1.6 million troops! (Part of the Russian troops participating in the Battle of Galicia were also in the Ukrainian region.) The Polish region was only 128,000 ordinary kilometers!
And if such an area is packed with 1.6 million troops, the local food in Poland will not be enough to eat, and if it is to be transported, it is possible for Russia's originally overwhelmed transportation line to be directly blocked. what? Some people say impossible? Then anyone who says that is a club!
Russian Poland had a population of 10 million in 1900, which is a bit too much for the area of this area. And joining the 1.6 million troops is more than just adding 1.6 million stomachs! Don’t forget that when the army’s food is consumed, people eat small heads, while horses are big heads!
How many horses does the 1.6 million army need? The Germans told you in history that an average of three to four soldiers can be allocated to one horse! In other words, a 1.6 million army must have at least 400,000 to 500,000 horses to support, and the consumption of these four-legged soldiers is 10 times that of ordinary soldiers! Well, the food pressure brought by these troops and horses to Poland has increased by about 70%!
Therefore, the Russians, who were more rude, and at the same time thinking in a straight line, began to migrate a large number of Poles to the interior. Think about it, how many people were there in 1912 when there were 10 million Poles in 1900? There are only 6 million now! Yes, you read that right, the population of Poland has not increased in twelve years, but has dropped by 40%! This is what the Russians have done in the last 6 years! This efficiency makes the prince feel terrible! Of course, there will inevitably be some uprisings, riots, **** conflicts and so on during the period. That is sure to kill a group, and then another group of abnormal deaths!
Therefore, the Poles’ hatred of the Russians has reached a level that can’t be added, and how much combat effectiveness the Poles conscripted under violent compulsion can have is really a question. In the case of a tailwind, the Russians bayoneted. Under the intimidation of, there may be some fighting power, but if you encounter setbacks, then it really is.
What's more, in addition to the Poles' rebellious mood, a newly formed corps will also have relatively low combat effectiveness. The level of reserve personnel and newcomers will vary, and the time is too short to receive enough training to be put on the battlefield. Coupled with the equipment problem and a series of battles that have been carried out before, it is really difficult to say how powerful the Russian Ninth Army can be. Therefore, the plan proposed by Prince Leopold is also feasible. The risk is not that big.
But even so ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the strength of the division is not enough, after all, next to the Russian Ninth Army, there is the Russian Third Army.... This group army also has 9 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions plus 600 cannons. This is the meaning of the so-called lenient for the enemy.
Seven divisions, the Bavarian division without armor and air force is very tempting for the Russians. If you can eat 3 or 4 of them, it would be better than killing an Austro-Hungarian. The group army still has a sense of accomplishment! Especially now, when the Austro-Hungarian Army is fully retreating, the Russians do not have much pressure! To say something bad, give me a reason not to beat you!
"It seems that our plan is going to be changed. How many troops do we have now?" the prince asked.
"The East Prussian side will be able to return 2 divisions next week. We can compress the frontal troops again. The Russians should not take the initiative to attack. In this case, we can concentrate 3 more divisions. The Bohemian Army cannot be transferred. After coming out, the prince has already emptied all the troops that can be mobilized. In this case, we only count the front line, we have a total of 5 divisions."
"If we mobilize the mobilized troops to serve as logistics transportation and reserve teams, how much can we draw out?" the prince asked.
"Three or four divisions are okay." General Kuhl replied very simply.
"Very well, give me another 4 armored battalions and 7 bomber squadrons. We must prepare for a large-scale attack!"
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