The sudden Armageddon not only disrupted the layout of the Viennese government, but also broke the plans of the British.

This world is always "easy to put on the cake, but difficult to send charcoal in the snow". The decisive battle between Prussia and Russia has begun, and it is too late for the London government to help them pull allies.

It is the instinct of human nature to tend to the advantages and disadvantages, and international politics and diplomacy are no exception, after all, it is also people who decide politics and diplomacy.

Whether it is the Central Asian countries, the Ottoman Empire, or the German Confederation, they will choose to wait and see the situation at this time.

If the Pop-Po Confederation loses the battle, the war ends prematurely, the Berlin government is unable to organize a second battle, and the Russians will not give them time.

At that point, even these potential allies together are not enough for the Russians to beat, and the result is the same whether they help or not.

If the Russians are defeated, then there is no need to say that the war will continue, but the strength and weakness will be reversed, and the initiative in the war will be reversed.

Everyone doesn't mind selling the icing on the cake to the British and Prussians, as in the First Russo-Prussian War, to pounce on and tear off a piece of meat from the Russians.

No, the German Confederation is an exception.

George I did not dare to accept the victorious Pop-Po Confederation, and although there were few usurpations in Europe, the "Comedy Empire" was an exception.

Of course, if Purpo had won the battle, the British would not have pushed for a merger with Purpo. What the London government needed was a pawn to counterbalance Austria, not to cultivate a competitor.

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As the battlefield moved westward, winter was no longer icy and snowy, which was another major challenge to Russia's logistical system. This can be seen from the deployment of troops of the Russian army.

The troops of the Southern Front moved closely to Austria to facilitate the nearby supply; There are seaborne supplies on the northern route, which can be transferred from St. Petersburg and can also be purchased from the Nordic Confederation; The Warsaw battlefield was also equipped with the Vistula River and the Narev River, which could be transported by water.

However, the Naref River is mainly snowy, and the annual navigation time is limited, and it will freeze in two months, and the upstream will be cut off, and the downstream will naturally not be able to be counted on.

Ivanov had always opposed the launching of the Battle of Warsaw, and he also took this into account. If it weren't for the fact that the Vistula River was under control, even if the Fourth Army was stuffed, he would not have launched an army.

In this respect, the Russian army is much more rational than in the first Russo-Prussian War, and it sent troops without taking it for granted, making the front-line soldiers hungry.

It takes time to move troops, especially millions of troops.

"Soldiers' speed" is obviously not applicable here, it is not that the soldiers do not work hard, the key is to march with heavy supplies, and they can't get up fast if they want to.

In this regard, the Prussian army fighting on the ground had an absolute advantage, and the railway built by the Berlin government could play a role, and Moltke took the lead in completing the deployment of troops.

The General Headquarters of the Prussian Army, looking at the route marked on the map, Moltke sighed.

Ivanov is still the Ivanov he is familiar with, and he has taken the word stability to the extreme, except for the Fourth Army, which is greedy for merit, the troops behind are all on foot, and the distance between the two forces is usually no more than thirty miles.

The rapid march was only a morning's work, and in such a short time, it was difficult for him to do anything even if he wanted to.

"Send out all our cavalry, turn into small forces to harass the enemy, slow down the march of the rest of the enemy's troops, but do not engage the enemy."

After a pause, Moltke added: "Leave the enemy Fourth Army that has already been sent to the door, let them in first."

ordered the 7th and 8th Divisions to be misunderstood and outflanked from the right flank; Order the Fifth and Seventh Armies to assemble at once, and I will first attack the vanguard of the Russians. ”

If you can't swallow the main force of the Russian army, it's also a good choice to eat the vanguard first. This is the limit of what Moltke can do with his mobile forces.

War is more than who makes mistakes, and since the Russians have made mistakes, Moltke naturally cannot let them go.

Facts have once again proved that running too fast on the battlefield is not necessarily a good thing. In case your teammates don't keep up, you'll have to be tested by blood and fire.

The Russian Fourth Army, which moved ahead of schedule, is now about to be tested. It seems that they only set off two days early, and the speed of the march is not very fast, but in fact, they and their teammates are at least five days apart.

It takes time for the General Headquarters to make decisions, it takes time for orders to be transmitted, and there is even more time between the assembly of troops and the middle of the operation.

Five days is enough time to change a lot of movement. Even if the march of the Fourth Army was not fast, the nearest Russian army was pulled away by more than 130 kilometers.

At this distance, once a war breaks out, even if the surrounding Russian troops do their best to come to the rescue, it will be two days later.

Actually, this exists only in theory. Troops marching more than 130 kilometers in two days existed, but only if they discarded their baggage and heavy weapons and equipment.

Without these belongings and dragging their tired bodies, most of the combat effectiveness of the troops was directly wasted. Not to mention the rescue, I don't know if I'm here to send people's heads.

No, the Russian cavalry will definitely be able to do it, it doesn't take two days, just one day.

Perhaps it was because of this that Lieutenant General Obodo dared to venture into Warsaw.

Anyway, the decisive battle in advance is the demand of many people in China, and as the instigator of the battle, Obodo has gained a lot of favors from the congenital.

If he has made another war exploit, it is logical to replace Ivanov as the spokesman of the Russian military in the future.

"Risk"?

Why is there no risk in these days? The Fourth Army was strong, and no matter how weak their strength was, they were able to hold on to the spot and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Successive victories on the battlefield, the high-spirited General Opodo has already floated, and he does not take the enemy in his eyes at all.

There are many people who have the same opinion in the Russian army, and many people believe that the enemy won the last war by a complete fluke, and it happened to catch up with the weakest time of the Russian army.

Now that the tsarist government has cleaned up the moths in the army and replaced them with their wave of generals who "use their soldiers like gods", how can they not win?

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In the early morning, as soon as a glimmer of light was released from the sky, and Lieutenant General Obodo, who had just gotten up and was a little confused, there was a faint sound of artillery fire in his ears.

In the end, it was the general in the army, which immediately aroused Obodo's vigilance, and before he could figure out what was going on, the guards hurried over.

"General, the vanguard of our army has encountered the enemy, and we ask for fire support."

"Why is the enemy so fast?"

As soon as the words landed, Obodo realized that he had lost his temper, and this question was not at all for the guards to answer.

"Order the artillery to provide them with fire support, notify the officers to come over for a meeting, I want to deploy combat missions."

All the way over, the enemy did not intercept, and now they are almost at the gate of Warsaw, and the sudden appearance of enemy troops will naturally not be just a simple interception.

Since he dares to take risks, Opodo is naturally not a man who is afraid of war. If it was really a waste, he would not have been able to hide it from the General Headquarters and move with the Fourth Army.

The Russian army also has checks and balances, and only strong officers can fully control the troops. The army is a place that believes in the strong, and if you want to be strong, you must have "military exploits".

Without convincing ability and exploits, and deep control over the troops, it is estimated that as soon as Opodo acted, the telegram of complaint flew to the headquarters.

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A brutal battle begins, and Opodo guesses the beginning, but not the end.

The speed of the Prussian army was much faster than he expected, and before he could react, he was caught in an encirclement.

From the outbreak of the battle to the appearance of the encirclement, it took less than two days for the enemy to appear. Obviously, the enemy was prepared, otherwise it would not have been possible to be so fast.

Whether to break through has become the biggest problem in front of Obodo.

A bearded officer said excitedly: "General, you can't withdraw now." The enemy is obviously well prepared, and once he chooses to break through, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

We took this operation on our own initiative, and in case the troops suffered heavy losses, we would have to go back to a court-martial.

Rather than squatting in prison, I would rather die on the battlefield, the battlefield is the destination of soldiers!

Besides, the situation is not so bad, we have more than 100,000 troops, and the enemy will not be able to eat it at all in a short time.

It's better to defend on the spot, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and give the enemy a center to bloom! ”

The "military tribunal" is the crux of the matter. It is not a sin to make one's own decisions on the battlefield, and everything has to wait for the orders of the headquarters, so how can we grasp the fighter plane?

If you make your own decisions and lose the battle, you are guilty of a great crime. All the responsibilities must be carried by them, and they can't even find a target to shake the pot.

Obodo knew that there must be a hole in the enemy's encirclement, and now ordered a breakthrough to run out of at least half of the troops, but as the supreme commander, he himself was finished.

It's not just him who will be unlucky, but all the top leaders of the Fourth Army will be unlucky. Whether or not you can go to the military court depends on luck, and if you don't do it, you will be used as a model by Ivanov, and you will be given a surprise directly.

After analyzing the current situation, Obodo reluctantly found that he would be dead if he ordered a breakthrough now. Not only will they be finished, but the family will also be disgraced.

Staying and holding on is also dangerous, the enemy is obviously prepared, and the probability that they can wait for reinforcements is very low, and if they are not careful, they will be completely annihilated.

Reinforcements arrived in a week, which was ideal. The closest unit to the Fourth Army was indeed only more than 100 kilometers, and the cavalry could also arrive at dawn and evening, but it was still hundreds of kilometers away.

If you want to relieve them from the siege, you can't do it with a small number of troops, you must mobilize a large army, or you will be beaten with meat buns.

It takes time to assemble troops and clash with the enemy's halfway interception, and the fourth army lacks time the most.

"Order the troops to stand by and wait for reinforcements, and from now on send a telegram to the headquarters asking for help every day, remember to pay attention to the wording, and highlight the seriousness of the problem."

After much hesitation, Obodo decided to give it a go. In order to survive, he had to use the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Fourth Army as bargaining chips.

It is better to die on the battlefield than to be executed, and the tsarist government is still very tolerant of the dead.

As long as the battle is dead, the things ahead can be overturned.

If you win the bet, you will make a big profit. The winner is not to blame, and the self-assertion in front of him has also become an improvisation on the battlefield and a grasp of the fighter plane.

The "halo of a famous general" will automatically fall on his head and become another miracle in Russian military history, which will be admired by future generations.

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