Chapter 1292: Unfavorable Battle Situation
On the one hand, Italy, which was not very strong in training and fighting, and the second battlefield opened up by the Entente countries, in a few months, removed the puppet strong faces in Italy, and pasta had a new meaning, and it was not an ordinary face. On the other side, there is the German New Army, which is waiting for work, although it is said that the Lanfang natives are used, and the language is not very fluent, but the language on the battlefield is universal.
The Italian army crashed headlong into the position of the Lanfang army, and in the defense of the trenches, with the help of powerful artillery and automatic weapons, the Lanfang army gave Italy a profound lesson.
Long-range artillery, cut off Italy's retreat, the combination of machine guns and mortars without dead ends, so that just on the Entente, enjoy enough of a three-dimensional strike, but I didn't expect that in the Albis Pass, I enjoyed it again, this time, the degree is not worse than the previous one, or even more violent.
Italy didn't even hold out for a day, they retreated, there was no way, if Italy hadn't been faced, it wouldn't have lost so many troops under the blow of the Entente, surrendered so quickly, they didn't want to retreat, but in just one day, they lost 2 percent of their personnel, this kind of loss is unacceptable to them.
Italy's experience soon spread to the Entente, on this side of the Albis Mountain, there is a German defense, this is something that has long been known, but the defense is so tight, but the Entente did not expect, under the premise that Germany chose to attack Russia, it can still mobilize so many troops, which is what the Entente can't figure out.
The Entente quickly thought of countermeasures, real or fake. Let the Russian side give it a try, and Britain, France and the United States will jointly put pressure on Russia. With the question of the number of arms orders, Russia was asked to send troops.
Although Russia was scared by Germany. However, the increase in arms orders for 200,000 people still became the straw that broke the camel's back, and besides, it was not a large-scale offensive, so it would be nice to give it a try.
Two divisions of the Russian army, marching towards Kyiv, if, as estimated by the Entente, there were not many defenders in Kyiv, these two divisions should be able to try out. It's a pity that the army in the pass of Albis Mountain is newly formed, mainly composed of Lanfang natives, and 1.2 million troops who entered Russia, except for a small part that went back to rest, most of them were in Russia, and the two divisions just hit the muzzle, and after losing most of them, they retreated.
Now. It is almost certain that the German army is an additional unit, and according to statistics, the German new force has reached the limit. It should be unlikely that there will be such an increase, or perhaps not a lot of troops near the Albis Mountains. Tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands.
Unlike the recklessness of the Italian army. The Allied armies would not casually bump into each other, they would make reconnaissance according to the situation on the battlefield. Hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of troops cannot be completely hidden.
I don't know if I don't investigate, and under the reconnaissance, there are more questions in my mind, why did Germany get so many new troops, and the one who knows the opponent best is always the enemy, maybe in some small aspects, or intelligence and the like, the two sides can hide, but on the big picture, how much mobilization capacity can be had, how many troops can be armed, and the approximate strength of the troops can be speculated according to various data.
No matter what doubts there are in mind, Germany has placed a million troops in the Albis Pass, unless the Entente abandons this second battlefield, otherwise, this problem must be considered, this battle will be fought if it is not fought, and the two sides will be on the side of Albis Mountain, and the formation will be opened.
As soon as the battle began, the Entente noticed the difference, it was different from facing the German army, it seemed to be weaker, and the fighting habits were different, but they were very familiar with trench warfare, especially before, they fought with Italy, they felt very relaxed, and the other side was very faced, but now, it was like the feeling of being on an iron plate, forcibly attacking the defensive position, and under the premise of the labor expedition, the Allied army was suddenly hit on the head and bled out, and the first day of the battle ended, and 20,000 people fell forever.
20,000 people, for a front like Bordeaux, is really nothing, but that was the early days, when the Allies tried to attack before, the daily losses were controlled at 15,000, this is not Bordeaux, the Entente just regarded this as a partial division, and the most important role was to attack and harass, that is, Italy was too bad, which made them regard the partial division as the main force, used to attack Austria-Hungary, and interrupt the connection between Austria-Hungary and Germany.
But now, the two sides have actually reopened the battlefield here, it can be said that from the beginning of the battle, things are out of control, and the Entente has also put down the intention of directly attacking, and began to build positions, with their backs to Italy, they are a little easier than the other side, and the two sides began to build a new trench system on the side of the Albis Mountain, and both sides are frantically piling up defenses, similar to Bordeaux.
On the side of the Apennines, the Allies and the Entente have built a new balance, at this moment, the most uncomfortable, is still Russia, not to mention the 2 divisions just lost, Russia is strategically basically alienated by the rest of the Entente, they are fighting with the Chinese in the Far East, they have lost more than 7 million troops, even Russia, which has a population of hundreds of millions, is somewhat unbearable, and now, Germany has once again shot and occupied their most important Kiev, as well as Warsaw, the original Poland, The best place in the whole south was taken away, but they were helpless, Germany was so strong that they didn't even think about attacking, and now Germany has stopped, but what if Germany doesn't stop?
The loss of 700,000 square kilometers of land, which is not too important for the huge Russia, but the loss of 25 million people, but it will be old, you know, Russia is more than 100 million people, almost one-seventh of the loss, if you count the loss of Siberia, then more, this is going to be old, according to the ratio of one out of ten, these more than 20 million, at least can have a mobilization capacity of 2.5 million, for Russia that has lost a large number of troops, this is the biggest damage.
Fortunately, Germany seems to be satisfied with the status quo, after occupying Kiev and Warsaw, there is no choice to go further, which makes Russia breathe a sigh of relief, 2 divisions were almost wiped out, but Germany did not fight back, just held their defensive line, which more or less made the situation not worse, the Entente side also fulfilled its promises, sent the weapons that Russia needs, one by one the new army units are being prepared and trained, the center of Russia is always the European part, but unfortunately the Far East has completely fallen in, There is no way to redeem it, otherwise, Russia will definitely transfer all the troops back as soon as possible.
The summer of 1915 passed like this, the war situation in Europe was completely scorched, although in the Black Sea, Germany was building various shipyards, which was hidden from Russia, but Germany's hands went deep into the Black Sea, with the help of the Black Sea, the land around Russia would become the focus of the attack, they did not think that Georgia on the Caspian coast, the existing forces, simply could not withstand such a huge pressure from Germany, they not only continued to tap the potential, to the Entente for help.
The Entente did not expect that all the offensives prepared, the preparation of a large number of troops, but unfortunately these armies did not produce any effect, but stretched the front, which no one could have imagined, and now, a million army in the Albis Mountains formed a confrontation, conservative estimates, by the end of 1915, may have to replace and replenish 500,000-700,000 people.
Bordeaux, with the help of the counteroffensive, broke through the three German defense lines, but the sacrifice was too great, and the German side also significantly strengthened the defense, in order to maintain the situation on the battlefield, it was also necessary to increase a certain number of troops, not to mention the Far East, those troops, almost negligible, could not escape the encirclement at all.
Under the premise that the United States increased conscription and France and Britain also dug into the colonies, they themselves would have a military advantage of 2 million to 3 million in 1915, but these were all wiped out, and even in 1915, the Allies were still at a disadvantage.
But it's not all bad news, in the early years, there was news from the United States that the listeners could be replaced by machines, and the British didn't pay much attention at that time, they were tired of crying from the submarine, and almost wanted to kill the submarine completely, but there was not much way, they could only grit their teeth and continue to increase the number of listeners.
However, the effect is not so obvious, people always have fatigue and wrong time, for surface ships, a failure, but the depth charges are put in, continuous loss of depth charges, the ship's blow to the submarine will be reduced to almost zero, the Entente's disadvantage to the submarine strike, but also make the submarine more raging, every 10 ships, will sink one, like a dream demon, heavy pressure on the hearts of everyone in the British army, itself, but also with the help of the strength of the home fleet, can be suppressed by Germany, With the strength of the Scheer fleet, this advantage became weaker and weaker.
Since the return of the Scheer fleet last year, it has been almost six months, and the mines laid by the British in the Baltic Sea have also been almost cleaned up, and they have not been completely cleaned, and the patrolling ships, every one or two days, can still see that there are mines fluttering around, but it can no longer be said that it affects the overall situation, and the Scheer fleet and the high seas fleet have also resumed cruising, and even on several occasions, the cruising fleets of both sides have almost misfired. (To be continued.) )
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