"Your Excellency, the German Empire and Austria-Hungary have declared war on Russia and Serbia. The Emperor personally sent a telegram from www.biquge.info Emperor of Austria, demanding that the Bavarian Army launch an offensive as planned. A staff officer said, holding the telegram he had just received.

"Got it, you go down first." Ruprecht said calmly. Then he made final adjustments to the upcoming offensive with Prince Leopold and others.

"The Russians bet almost all their capital from the beginning, and on the ring front from Galicia to Silesia to East Prussia, the Russians deployed a total of 8 army groups! There are 1.3 million offensive troops that can be mobilized alone! Among them, a total of 4 armies from the 1st to the 4th were pressed in the area around Galicia, and it is estimated that they will use Lviv as the axis of attack. ”

"We have two armies in front of us, the Fifth and Sixth Armies, which are commanded by Grand Duke Nikolayevich, who has a total of 20 infantry divisions, as well as more than 5 cavalry divisions, nearly 400,000 troops, and 920 artillery pieces, which is considered a relatively strong group army in the German army, but compared with the regular German troops, they are still far behind. There is currently no information about the Air Force and train artillery units. ”

"The situation in Mackensen to the north was not good, they were facing the Russian Seventh and Eighth armies, although nominally Mackensen had 15 infantry divisions, but four of them were fortress garrisons with limited field capabilities. And they faced the attack of a total of 20 infantry divisions of the two Russian armies, and by the way, 6 cavalry divisions. ”

"How long will it take for us to get ready?" Ruprecht asked.

"Today is April 5, 1912, and by April 8 we can go on the offensive, and the Air Force can go on the offensive today." Calyput said.

"Wait, stock up on ammunition and all kinds of supplies, we will run over the Russians!" Ruprecht said, if nothing happens, get ready to go back to your posts!

According to the pre-war arrangement, Ruprecht was in charge of the Bavarian Corps, Baron Schmidt was in charge of the first wave of three assault divisions, and Calyput was in charge of the subsequent Rapid Corps and ordinary divisions. Prince Leopold was in command of the Bohemia-Moravian Army, with the former being the main force for the breakthrough and the latter for a limited attack.

The entire Bavarian Army spread along the Silesian region and launched a centripetal assault on Lodz, with three assault divisions of the 1st Assault Army commanded by Baron Schmidt being deployed at the front, followed by 2 divisions of the 1st Rapid Army and the 2nd Rapid Army under the command of Calyput, a total of 5 divisions deployed in echelons behind. The remaining two Bavarian ordinary armies were deployed on the third front, two of which were intended to maintain the link between the Bavarian Corps and the army group of Prince Leopold. Finally, the strength of the remaining 2 assault divisions and 2 rapid divisions belonged to the headquarters and was used to deal with special situations.

And Prince Leopold's Bohemian regiment spread around the Krakow line. The strength of two of the rapid divisions was capable of launching a limited breakthrough operation. However, in general, it is still mainly defensive and short assault. And if necessary, to hold back Russian reinforcements from the east!

At the same time, the huge Bavarian army had spread out on the vast Bode Plain, and more than 300,000 troops formed a huge arrow, which was like a siege cone pointing straight at the Russian Fifth and Sixth armies, and thousands of various chariots formed the sharpest spearhead of this siege cone, and behind them were hundreds of thousands of infantry and artillery. A network of thousands of artillery pieces of various calibers and thousands of machine guns can crush all the enemies it encounters to pieces!

The Munich reconnaissance airship flew over the assembled Bavarian regiment at an altitude of 2,000 meters, and the captain, Major Ross, used this phrase to describe what he saw. "In this moment, I saw the ultimate combination of industrial civilization and the art of human warfare! A new generation of Teutonic knights slowly marched into battle on mounts made of steel and technology, like the heavy cavalry of the old days, like kings of the world! A large number of armored vehicles, trucks, and self-propelled guns were supported by hedgehogs around the armoured troops, like loyal and strong knights. A flood of steel is about to begin, and they will crush everything they come across like a flood of destruction! ”

Three assault divisions spread out three wedged attack formations on a frontal width of 80 km. The roar of thousands of engines resounded throughout the rally, and the earth could be felt even far away as thousands of vehicles of all kinds rushed on the road and in the wilderness. A variety of new legions of weapons that have never been seen on the battlefield before. It heralded a new phase in the war civilization of mankind, an era in which infantry and horses were replaced with steel and engines!

At the same time, Nikolayevich, who was on the other side of the border, also came to the battlefield with nearly 400,000 troops. The advance force of three divisions of cavalry spread out in the main attacking force, advancing rapidly like an incoherent curve, and the Russian Cossack cavalry, like their predecessors, still relied on speed to carry out raids and reconnaissance missions, and these guys who had not been seen in previous wars were eager to restore the glory of their ancestors and show off their might on German soil.

The Russians' 20 infantry divisions formed two relatively parallel fronts, with the first wave of 10 divisions of infantry spreading out on a frontal stretch of up to 180 kilometers. Ten divisions marched in unison, advancing like a wall at a rate of 15 to 20 kilometers per day, abandoning the usual tactic of concentrating their forces on a single breakthrough. Instead, it adopts a multi-point attack.

"According to our intelligence, the Germans did not build much fortifications in the Silesian region. And their strength is less than ours, no more than 300,000 troops at most. If we concentrate our forces to attack, then the Germans will use their firepower advantage to concentrate on killing us, so we use a scattered approach to disperse the enemy's firepower, and at the same time, I have prepared enough reserves to block the German assault. Nikolaevich described his thoughts in his own report.

"The Russians are coming!" The reconnaissance airship Munich overlooked the entire battlefield at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and the gray torrent of countless Russian soldiers began to think about advancing westward, and the soldiers dressed in gray officers, the cavalry and heralds running back and forth, and the Russian legion composed of artillery and baggage troops at the end of the line were in a mess like moving ants.

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