Chapter 819: Campaign objective two

If you continue to advance eastward, the significance is very limited. If you advance eastward, logistical supplies will definitely become more problematic. At the same time, it will lengthen the length of the Bavarian Army’s defense line. This makes the prince who likes to concentrate mobile forces to fight annihilation feel very uncomfortable and even more The point is that the first battle after the Eastern Front of the Princes Society is ready to resolve the threat of East Prussia, rather than smashing the Russians in Galicia. If you continue to advance eastward, you will put your plan into an embarrassing situation. What a painful thing.

"Generals, let's change the subject. After we rescued General Offenberg, what do we do with the rest? Should we continue eastward and rescue Lviv, or stop? Or take other actions?" The prince asked his own question while General Kuhl spoke.

"If you go east, King Fritz will definitely be very satisfied. We are equivalent to helping him get back most of the lost territory. But in this case, our front will be too long and we must allocate a considerable amount of troops to defend, unless Austria-Hungary The Legion took over. But this seems unlikely in a short time." Calypte thought for a while and said. He knew the prince's plan, so he opposed Xiangdong.

"To stay in place is actually of limited significance. This time we mobilized more than a dozen divisions. Counting Prince Leopold’s troops, there are already nearly 200,000. In addition to helping hundreds of thousands of the Austro-Hungarian Army It seems that there is no record that can be achieved, and the ratio of input to output is not high." Schmidt directly rejected the plan to stay in place.

"Then go north!" the prince said. You cannot go east, stay where you are, let alone go back. (This is a political issue.) Then the only option is to go north and see, how easy is it to make this decision? How convenient? No need to use your brain at all!

Do you really need to use your brain? Obviously nonsense! Naturally, it is impossible for the prince to come up with this plan simply by tapping his head! The purpose of not continuing east is to shorten the Bavarian Army’s line of defense as much as possible. However, if the troops attacked northward, then a protrusion would be formed on the entire front! A nail wedged into the Russian defense line in the direction of Galicia! The point of this nail pointed to Warsaw, the base of Russian Poland! Well, you tell me, if you were Nikolaev, how would you choose?

Need to ask? I must try to get rid of this protrusion! If the Bavarian Army makes a breakthrough in the area north of Lviv, then this position is probably southwest of Warsaw. If the Russian army in the Polish theater is compared to a giant, then this protrusion is equivalent to the back of the Russian head. A dagger on top.

Therefore, once the protrusion is formed, the Russians can only smooth out the protrusion after trimming, or deploy heavy troops to block it, otherwise, when the German army is from the front, the Austro-Hungarian army will attack from the side at the same time. If so, then the entire Russian Polish region is probably in danger!

"It is not a problem to strike a protrusion when the Russians are exhausted, but it is a problem for defense. If it is our defense, then we need to rearrange logistics and transportation. And the force in the protrusion cannot be too small, which will It will affect our next stage of defense, and if it is the Austro-Hungarian Army, then this protrusion may not be able to defend." Schmidt said euphemistically.

"It doesn't matter, it's the best to hold it, it doesn't matter if you can't hold it, as long as this protrusion can help us attract the attention of the Russians." The prince said indifferently. In the eyes of the prince, the most important thing now is not how much territory the Russians occupy. The Russian territory is too big. The Russians are one of the few countries in the world that can afford to use space for time. It doesn’t matter if you lose tens of thousands of square kilometers today.

The record that the prince wants to achieve, and what the Russians are most afraid of is the loss of the formation of the legion. Experienced combatants are one aspect, and a large amount of equipment loss is the most important. If it is detailed to the next stage of combat objectives, it is just to kill the two Russian army groups confronting Mackensen and the Russian army in front of Bavaria. For the prince, this protrusion meant to contain the Russians. When the Bavarian Army began to take action, other Russian troops could not go west for support. As long as it can be delayed for a period of time, then this goal will be achieved. The salient can keep the best, but it doesn't matter. After the Russian troops have dropped a lot, just hit another one?

Therefore, this salient part is simply a strategic feint. It is also the best preparation that the Bavarian Army can do for the following battle after the Bavarian Army is dispatched. Of course, if the Austro-Hungarian Army can do more this time, while the German Army is launching an offensive from the northern and central routes, while the Austro-Hungarian Army can launch an offensive from the southern route, then it will be even better, a standard centripetal assault! The axis of attack points straight to Warsaw!

"We only use the protrusions for limited defensive operations, so we don’t need too many materials to build an indestructible defensive position. We can save a lot of capacity, and we are in defensive operations. The loss of the opponent will definitely be far greater than From an exchange point of view, we only make money and not lose money. Not to mention, we can strategically support our upcoming offensive ~www.wuxiaspot.com~Of course, it would be better if Austria were willing to take over."

"From a tactical point of view, there is no problem in realizing this battle. Even if the Russians concentrate three armies, they will absolutely not be able to stop us in a positional battle. However, the loss of materials may cause us to postpone the scheduled offensive. You are better. Want to understand." Lieutenant General Kur was still qualified as a chief of staff. He objectively informed the commander of the situation, without adding his own attitude.

"I think it might be necessary to delay the battle later." The prince thought for a while and said. The battle really needs to be delayed, because now he is not only commanding the Bavarian Army, but also commanding the Imperial Navy to conduct a limited offensive. In order to loosen the cordon in the North Sea. Although all kinds of materials in Germany are still enough, and some materials even have a lot of surplus because of the earlier reserves, during the war, who would think that they have too many things? And if nothing happens, the fleet will probably be ready, right? This traversed material is probably more meaningful than the elimination of tens of thousands of Russian troops.

A large amount of lead, copper, tin, zinc, aluminum, rubber, various primary chemical products and a large number of canned products will be shipped to Germany through a fleet of more than 30 ships. These materials are the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ordered by myself. And if the slow ships of these fleets want to pass the blockade smoothly, then the prince must use the high seas fleet to temporarily destroy the blockade in the northern North Sea! This is also one of the important reasons why the prince insists on naval command!

Today the author wants to clean up--! Hmm, so let's double change today--! Please bear with me--! !