"Leave a gap in the north-west, and we won't be so embarrassed to see Moltke and them in the future. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "In the end, this encirclement still has some flaws. Under the prince's deliberate order, Mackensen withdrew from the gap in the encirclement with fewer men. As night fell, the two sides who had been fighting for a day finally died down, and although it was only the second day, the victory or defeat was already obvious.

"The four infantry battalions that attacked the enemy's alert position were all lost, and General Mackenson's rapid assault group was almost completely wiped out, and together there were seven infantry battalions and all of our mobile forces, and counting the artillery that arranged the defensive positions, we lost 8 percent of the rapid-fire guns and small-caliber artillery, and the howitzer units of more than 105mm also lost more than 4 percent, and the artillery that could be used together was no more than 40 guns." That evening, Hindenburg sent a summary of today's battle.

"That is, in the course of a day, we have already been broken spine? We lost so simply. It's so thorough. Little Moltke smiled bitterly. The losses of the infantry units are still bearable, after all, it is a third of the slightly stronger, and it can barely fight again. But the artillery losses were more than 7 percent, so Moltke had no other ideas about the future war. This amounted to a rapid reduction in the firepower of a reinforced German division to a firepower that was inferior to that of a Russian division. How can this be fought? No matter how well the fortifications are repaired, there is no equivalent artillery and it will end up being blown up by the other side.

"The losses on the side of the Bavarian Corps were also heavy, with all the infantry units adding up to almost three battalions. The armored cluster they were proud of was also disabled, and it is said that no more than 15 vehicles could be used by the end of the first day, which means that more than 70% of the vehicles will be temporarily withdrawn from the battlefield. Hindenburg reassured.

"Hehe, don't comfort me, the situation is not as bad as imagined, their victors, control the battlefield, all the damaged vehicles can be towed back for rerepair, many vehicles can not continue to fight because of malfunction and ammunition exhaustion, it will not take long to restore combat effectiveness, and when they regain combat effectiveness, we will have nothing to stop. It's humiliating that we lost, and we lost cleanly, but it's not a reason for us to make excuses. Moltke said.

"This exercise was planned by me, all the problems and blame are borne by me alone, it has nothing to do with you, if in the future, we can replace me among the people here, I hope you can absorb the lessons of this failure, we are not as good as them, then we need to learn, fortunately, we are fighting under one banner, we are friends and not enemies." Little Moltke said with a little sadness.

"After the fight, rest for two days first, don't be too anxious. You can take care of the military affairs, I have to deal with other things first. Also, I'll write a summary of today's campaign. At the same time, Ruprecht also put aside the matter of the exercise, and he expected to win the war. Ninety percent of the military tasks have been accomplished, and the rest is politics. This time, neither Princess Mary nor Count Schelling were around, and this kind of matter could only be handled by the prince himself.

"If you really poke it out according to the actual situation, even if Moltke doesn't step down, he will be thrown into the cold palace, right?" When an officer showed out today's battle record statistics, Ruprecht was also taken aback by his own results, up to now, the Prussian regiment has lost 70% of its artillery, even if the previous exercises were fought in the end, it would not have lost so much. Generally, five or six achievements are enough for one side to admit defeat. This military problem is no longer solved 9 percent, it is basically 9 out of nine, even if the Bavarian army lies down in the next 5 days, it can be regarded as winning.

The battle losses in the exercise are better than the battle losses in the war, and it is impossible for the weapons of the losing side to be really destroyed, just leave them on the battlefield and let the referee group count. Then, after the commanders of both sides have confirmed that they are correct, they will be handed over to the Kaiser.

"If this exercise loses so badly, so quickly, someone must have to carry the black cauldron, and eighty percent of it is Little Moltke, if Little Moltke comes down, and is replaced by Kruger, or Black Lingen, then it is not as good as Little Moltke, and the latter's level is not enough." The prince began to ponder.

In fact, no matter who is replaced by Prussia in this exercise, the result of the fight can only be worse, not better, Moltke Jr., Mackensen, they at least have some understanding of the Bavarian Army, if they are replaced by others, I am afraid that they will not know how to lose, so they jumped a few times before facing death, and played a wave of powerful counterattacks. The performance is actually quite good.

Whether it was Moltke's ability or from a personal point of view, Ruprecht did not want Moltke Jr. to take the blame, after all, the Prussian regiment was better in his hands than in the hands of others, so he decided to let his opponent go in this exercise, put pen to paper to change a few data on the summary of battle damage, and then added some words of praise and sent the document to the messenger.

"Is this a slap in the face, a benefit?" When Moltke saw the Bavarian document sent by the messenger, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Their own loss table is 20% higher than the opponent's, which has never happened in previous exercises, and everyone is eager to write more about other people's losses and less for themselves. However, for the other party's overtures, Moltke can't refuse, even if he refuses, his subordinates who have been busy for most of the day will stop doing it, everyone is in the circle, and they all want to go up, so they can't be angry.

Of course, this is only a delaying tactic, and the reduced losses will be made up in the following days of exercises. And the Kaiser will definitely have his own channels to know the truth of the matter, the King's secrets are always the most, Moltke Jr. is sure that now the Kaiser, and even the Austrian Emperor, have a more reliable statistic on his desk, the former is naturally provided by the Kaiser's eyes and ears, and the latter? The prince wants to have a greater say, and at this time, he will tell the truth to the emperor.

However, since the Bavarian side is willing to speak for itself, then one thing is certain that this matter will not make too much trouble, and the Kaiser is concerned about two points, the first point is how to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, which is to be done after the exercise, and the other point is face. If the Bavarian military cooperated, the Kaiser would not have dragged out a scapegoat, at least not Moltke Jr. as a target.

By now, both Ruprecht and Moltke have already put their minds out of the battlefield, because this exercise has actually ended, and the back is nothing more than ragging skin and mushrooms, but the political and landscape changes caused by this incident have just begun! And not just Germany, but also Austria-Hungary!

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