Chapter 1290: The Entente Reaction

Germany's attack on Russia, almost like a blitzkrieg, beyond anyone's expectations, even Britain and France did not expect, from the Russian side issued a dangerous alarm, to the end, Germany ended the fighting, it took less than a month, including Warsaw and Kiev, two large cities, such cities did not stop the footsteps of the German army, Germany's combat effectiveness can be seen, murderous.

By now, Germany's attack on Russia had come to an end, and what Russia and the Entente feared, and what Germany continued to worry about going north, did not materialize, and they thought that Germany had achieved its strategic goal. At this time, the move on the Black Sea, the Entente has not yet discovered, after all, Russia has been defeated, when the main Russian army on the front line of Poland and Kiev was annihilated, Russia did not dare to counterattack at all, this time is the most dangerous moment for Russia, the army on the border was annihilated, a large number of troops were trapped in the Far East, the Russian military regretted for the first time, why did it have to open the Far East Raider, if not, Russia could not be so passive.

In fact, there is no if, what Russia is worried about now is that the German army is coming, from Warsaw to Kiev, all the way to the Black Sea, such a huge area, it took less than a month, if you really want to fight, hit Moscow, or even die in Petrograd, how much time can be spent.

Even if this possibility is extremely low, they don't dare to take such a risk, not to mention that this possibility is not ordinarily high, Russia began to concentrate its forces in the cities behind, and before the American weapons and recruits came up, they could only take the weapons of the past, reluctantly cobbled together a part of the army, and concentrated it in some cities with strong defenses to prevent being attacked by Germany. Among them, some small cities were abandoned, and the personnel and troops were concentrated in some large cities, and considerable intensity was maintained.

As for Britain and France, the other theaters of war had already involved too much of their energy, and they did not expect that Germany's purpose was not Russian territory. To be exact, it is not on the territory of Central Europe, but on the Black Sea across the sea, in Baku, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, which is at least more than 2,000 kilometers away from the former Russian-German border.

If the Germans had been asked to serve as advisers, they would certainly not have chosen such a path. Whether it was World War I or World War II, the German side did not have the idea of fighting Baku, or rather, there was no way to achieve it, with the help of China, the economic benefits have eaten a lot, and Germany has also begun to settle economic accounts and take Moscow and Petrograd. A country like Russia will not necessarily surrender, after all. This is an old power, just like France, Paris has fallen, and it occupies almost two-thirds of the territory, but France is still resisting, and the reason why the power is strong. It is this kind of cohesive force that, unless there is no hope at all, will also establish a government in exile.

Since there is no way to force the other side to withdraw from the war, it is important to reap sufficient benefits, and what about Petrograd and Moscow in Russia. There is not even a decent industry, and it is cold to death, such a place is really not as fertile as Poland, an industrial city like Kyiv, and a resource city like Baku.

To put it mildly, with the support of China's ideas, the German side's firepower and armament have been greatly improved, but the dependence on weapons began to increase greatly, and the economic pressure was also quite obvious. Originally, Germany's own funds would urge him to change, but when China gave him the opportunity, it became like this, and everything in Germany looked at money, whether it was minerals or population, and they were all running for money.

In any case, Germany's move in Russia was tantamount to a sharp blow to the Entente, since the United States entered the war, Russia's role has been quite slight, and even Britain and France are agitating Russia to go to the Far East

To contain China, and now when it is containing China, Germany has taken action, which is somewhat unacceptable to Britain and France.

The offensive that it was preparing to start in June and July was started ahead of schedule, and the Entente directly increased the number of troops to Bordeaux, which was 1 million. The million army went to Bordeaux, very suddenly, the English Channel was too narrow, and when the German side received the news that it sent the High Seas Fleet, ready to attack the Allied troops who crossed the strait, most of the Entente troops had already passed, and did not even return to the sea, directly entered the port of Bordeaux, and the two fleets met in the North Sea, close to the British, this was the largest formation of battleships, 28 ships on the German side, 41 ships on the British side, 41 ships on the British side, a total of 69 ships, The tonnage is in the millions of tons.

A war beyond imagination is about to start in the English Channel, but unfortunately neither Betty nor Scheer has a plan for a full-scale battle, this is close to Britain, Britain can mobilize small boats and lightning strike boats to support at any time, even if Germany wins, it is difficult to retreat.

After almost 1.5 hours of confrontation, no one did not take the initiative to attack, and finally, on the premise that the Scheer fleet retreated, the two sides withdrew from contact, and the largest naval collision in 1915 ended without a problem.

Bordeaux received the resources of a million-strong army, and in addition to knowing that Germany, it was focusing on the Russian region, and in any case, more than 700,000 square kilometers of land, completely taken in a month, this requires not only luck, but also strong force, if you rely on new soldiers, it is absolutely impossible. In this case, on the Bordeaux front, Germany's defense forces will definitely weaken, and as for weakening to that extent, we will fight first.

From the end of May 1915, in just 14 days, the Allied army in Bordeaux launched 4 large-scale offensives, and there were two shocks of 500,000 troops. An average of 15,000 per day, but the results were amazing, the Bordeaux front, which had always maintained a balance, began to tilt in the direction of the Entente, in 14 days, Germany lost 3 fronts, due to the defense, they lost almost 100,000 people, but on the last line of defense, Germany began to resist frantically, and the number of casualties increased significantly.

In the face of a fixed line of defense, a strong attack, and the practice of exchanging casualties for positions, it is destined not to last long, even the Entente cannot be so endless, after holding out for 25 days and adding 300,000 casualties, the Entente stopped such a somewhat masochistic attack, and the front advanced almost 15 kilometers towards the periphery of Bordeaux, so that the front and strategic depth were greater, and Germany had to retreat 30 kilometers, with the help of the two lines of defense built urgently, and continued to resist the Entente.

After several waves of offensives, the two sides reached a balance again outside Bordeaux, and under the huge casualties, the two sides were in the **** wound, this was not the beginning of the war, both sides were full of strength to defeat each other, and even the Entente was not prepared for Germany's combat effectiveness, and the losses at the beginning were much greater.

Now, both sides have figured out each other's strength, this is a protracted war of willpower and national strength, not a day or two, one or two battles can be won, even if there are casualties, they are also controlled within a certain range, similar to the early stage of the war, millions of casualties, unless in the strategic decisive battle, otherwise there will be no leisure, Britain, France and the United States are not unlimited, the overall mobilization capacity is more than 10 million, millions of losses, and how many times can it be supported.

On the European side, the occupation is becoming more and more intense, not only the Allies began to fight a big battle in Bordeaux, but in June 1915, another major event also happened, this happened in Italy, because Italy announced its surrender, and the last army also joined the battle sequence of the Entente.

However, what the Entente did not expect was that Italy's accession, which was supposed to be an accelerated occupation, was delayed somewhat, and this point of spaghetti was clearly and undoubtedly manifested in Italy, and even the well-trained army of the Entente was delayed. On the one hand, it was the Italian army that was relatively delayed, and on the other hand, the Entente had not yet made a decision on which direction to attack.

Before the Germans started the Russian strategy, Lan Fanglai's army had already arrived near the Albis Mountain, and after a period of adaptation training, finally, the million-strong army built a perfect position in front of the Albis Pass.

Lan Fanglai's aboriginal army, for various reasons, has fewer technical troops, this part needs to be supplemented by Germany, but defensive operations, is related to their next fate, must be fully guaranteed, civil fortifications and trench construction, teaching is quite in place, even the Germans, under the premise of language barriers, are also the most satisfied with this, this is also Germany's greatest confidence, they believe that as long as they are given time, the premise of perfecting this front, They can withstand an attack equal to 1.5 times their number and win in defence.

At this time, the German side also got a little bit of information from the Italian side, for Italy, the wall grass, Germany has always been vigilant, now, even if they go in the past anyway, choose the camp of the Entente, for the entire Central Powers, the impact will not be very large, Albis is not Bordeaux, there are not many passages that can be passed, as long as the defense is strong enough, the Entente will retreat. (To be continued.) )