Originally, at the request of Blucher, the German army had built an excellent trench defense system on the Bialystok defensive line, and the front-line commander Jaeger said that at least this defense line could hold off the 200,000 Russian-Prussian army for more than three months. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's just that Yue Zhenfu didn't plan to let Yeager lead the German Fifth Army to fight trenches with the Russian army. Yue Zhenfu's instructions were to retreat immediately after engaging in a small-scale low-intensity entanglement with the Russian army. Jaeger was very dissatisfied with this, believing that it was a disgrace to the German army. Yue Zhenfu did not reply, but Blucher sent a telegram, saying that the German army that did not obey military orders was the most humiliating.

Yeager had no choice but to act in a play according to Yue Zhenfu's wishes.

After Suvorov came to Bialystok, he was not so optimistic. Although he is confident, he is not a blind and arrogant military commander. In the early years, he pioneered the mode of operation of attacking linear formations in columns, but in fact it has completely lost its effect. Since the nineties, all the large-scale land battles in Europe have been fought in trench warfare. The defending side has a significant advantage. Relying on trenches and machine guns, they were able to inflict huge losses on the attacking side.

However, Sulovov was still very witty, and the three tactical principles he proposed for observation, rapidity and onslaught, which were also very clear in the battle of Bialystok at this time. Suvorov spent far more time than other European commanders scouting Bialystok's defensive front. The German army's defensive combat methods were inherited from the Tang Dynasty, and they also have a very good set. However, even if the defense was relatively balanced, Suvorov was able to find some weak points in it. This is the so-called enemy point in his military theory.

Suvorov ordered the Russian artillery to support his infantry, but many of his artillery still used old-fashioned artillery, and the range was very close, so Suvorov simply put the artillery in front of the formation and bombarded it. The light infantry immediately penetrated the weak line at this time, breaking through in depth. This was followed by a large number of infantry attacking the points of fire that had been bypassed by the light assault infantry.

This kind of attack tactic has already taken the rudiments of Hutil's infiltration tactics during World War I, but due to the limitations of equipment and training, the Russian army obviously cannot complete the combat capability of the first-line German army.

Of course, in the face of the Russian army, Jaeger himself was not trying to fight to the death with the Russian army, when the Russian army broke through the defense line in many places, Jaeger immediately ordered the troops to retreat in an orderly manner, leaving one part to break off, and the large army withdrew from the defense line they had spent a lot of thought and effort building.

The battle was very short-lived, and the Russian army achieved a brilliant victory. Although the casualties of the German army were not large, the Russian army made a breakthrough of dozens of kilometers on the battlefield densely covered with trenches, which completely ruined the German defense operation.

If the Germans really had any defensive battle plan.

Even Suvorov, who had become very conceited after this easy victory, stood in front of the trenches dug by the Germans and said to the officers around him: "A few years ago, the Germans defeated the Prussian and Austrian armies, and the Europeans said that the Germans were the best army in Europe, and now we have fully proved to the world that we are the best army!" ”

The Prussian general Bilov was slightly resentful of this, but he still reminded: "The Germans have always been known for their stubbornness, especially now that Blucher's army is empty in the south and north of Poland, they should be more resolute in their defense." The fact that they retreated in a hurry, almost with minimal resistance, and with little equipment left behind, suggests that their retreat was organized, which is somewhat sobering. ”

Suvorov listened to Bilov's words, thought about it, but did not agree, he said: "Maybe there is some truth in what you said, General, but we still won the victory, and if the Germans deliberately failed, it would undoubtedly be the most stupid thing." They will lose the morale of their troops, and the troops that have lost their courage are not justified when they are already at a disadvantage in their own strength. We will crush them step by step and achieve the final victory. ”

Bilov snorted and said: "Don't forget that there are still Tang troops behind the German army. ”

Suvorov smiled: "I have long wanted to understand the methods of the Tang Army, according to our intelligence, the size of the Tang Army is not large, only one or two hundred thousand people, such a Tang Army is not to be feared." ”

He opened his hand, pointed at his Tsarist military officers and said: "Our Russian army has always been conducting drills based on actual combat, and only when training is difficult, will war become simple." We have sufficient troops, strong fighting spirit, and now we are still playing with momentum, even if the Tang Army is well equipped, what can we do? You must know that equipment cannot solve all problems, and it is still the human factor that determines the outcome of a war. The Tang people have always fought and have relied too much on equipment, and the yellow people are short in stature and lack courage, so they can only fight in this way. When they encounter us who are fierce and not afraid of sacrifice on the battlefield, they can only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat. ”

Bilov knew that he would not be able to convince Sulovov, and in fact he spoke out mainly out of jealousy of the complacent ambition of the Russian army. In fact, he was not entirely sure whether the Germans were using a trick to lure the enemy. In the eyes of the generals of the Russian-Prussian coalition army, they have 200,000 troops, and the enemy army is less than half of their own. It's something that can't be done at all.

Suvorov also immediately made a new decision: "Order our troops, immediately after a brief rest, to pursue the Germans, break through all the defensive lines laid by the Germans in one go, and we will go to Warsaw!" ”

The Russian officer under him said with a smile: "That's right, you can only make money when you go to Warsaw, Minsk is still poor, and the officers and soldiers can't get any benefits, and when they attack Warsaw, everyone can be satisfied." ”

Although Suvorov's army discipline was strict, it did not prohibit looting, and in fact his Russian army could not sustain itself if it did not encroach on the supplies of the locals.

A major general of the Cossack cavalry took the initiative to ask: "Most of the German army is infantry, retreating on two legs, let our Cossack cavalry go after it, we will let these Germans, like sheep being chased by us, eventually turn into a plate of fragrant meat on our table." ”

Suvorov didn't like the Cossacks very much, these bandits like Hanako were immoral guys, but he couldn't deny that the Cossacks on the battlefield were very useful, so he nodded and allowed the Cossacks to pursue. (To be continued.) )