Chapter 874: The Great Avalanche on the Eastern Front
"The Navy guys finally held back the British, and the Italians had a much better navy than their army, opening the Suez Canal and driving out Jericho. Our sea passage has finally been opened, which means that the resource problem that has plagued the army for many years has been largely solved, and as long as the Huaxia Republic is willing, then we can get enough weapons and supplies to support the war effort. Moltke looked at the route from China to the Mediterranean on the map and said with relief.
"Does that mean we can finally occupy all of Poland? Annihilation of the Russian Chapter 844 Regiment and Chapter 844 Regiment at the same time? By the way, there is also that chapter 844 arrived.
Shortly after this conversation, July 3, 1915. On the Eastern Front, the German Army and the Austrian Army launched an attack on Russia at the same time, and the scale of the attack and the firepower were so powerful that the Russians could hardly imagine that the British and French were constantly pinning down the German army on the Western Front...... The two countries can still fight such a powerful attack on the Eastern Front!
The entire Russian ** team was divided into two parts, one was the two armies of Alexander Samsonov and Paul, who were used to defend against the German army, about 800,000 people, and the other was the Russian Chapter 844 Regiment Army and Chapter 844 Regiment Army that had already invaded Austria, which were more than 600,000 on paper, but they wanted to compare with the former. The strength of the 3rd and Chapter 844 regimental armies was not at all full, although because of Dönitz's successful defense, the fate of the two armies was avoided, but their troops at this time were only less than 500,000 even after replenishment. However, fortunately, they encountered the Austro-Hungarian ** team, which was relatively weak in combat, and they only faced an armored division of about 100 ......... various combat vehicles.
At this time, Denikin's 1st Army, which was supposed to have withdrawn to the rear to correct and receive new equipment, did not leave the battlefield as Deo expected. Instead, they were holding in the Warsaw area, which they had intended to withdraw, but as a result, after the British and French offensive on the Western Front, the Russian top brass saw this as an opportunity to change the stalemate on the Eastern Front. As a result, the Russian army originally decided to launch an offensive later in about August, so the strength of Denikin's First Army plus a division was left in the Warsaw area and waiting for the battlefield to be redressed.
The Russians have seen tanks, and the vast majority of Russian officers who participated in the Sino-Russian War have lingering fears about these iron boxes armed to the teeth. But in the long battle. The Russians have also come up with some ways to counter tanks, such as mines. Flat-firing guns and all sorts of anti-tank grenades that work or don't work. Coupled with the strong fortifications, the Russians thought that it was not a big problem. But this time, they were confronted with a weapon of war that Germany, one of the world's most powerful industrial nations, had built over the years. And the Germans also had an absolute superiority in firepower! Troops of the same specification. The firepower of the Germans is at least 3-4 times higher than that of the Russian army! Such a huge difference is something that the Russians have never encountered! …。
In the process of preparing for more than two hours of firepower, the roar of powerful heavy howitzers and cannons turned at least 60% of the permanent firepower points and fortifications of the Russian army into ashes, and the endless flames and artillery falling from the sky finally fell like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Russians, and in a very short period of time, the Russian army lost at least 40% of the troops deployed on the front line. And with the extension of firepower, the German armored forces finally wielded their might!
On the battlefield, the Bobcat tanks with willow knot turrets on their heads finally appeared in the Russians' field of vision. They nimbly slid through the rubble and neutralized the Russians' remaining firing points with 50mm guns and machine guns in their turrets, followed by large numbers of elite infantry, armed with new portable machine guns and mortars to divide the Russian offensive. …。
The Russian Army, which had lost a large number of anti-tank guns and was divided into isolated positions, was quickly wiped out. Although the Russians had a contingency plan after the first line of defense was breached, the Germans attacked too quickly, and the four armored divisions pressed from the north cut through the Russians' subsequent defense line like four sharp knives, and the only thing that could limit them was travel and supplies. The Russians' defensive line was indeed well built, but the depth was too narrow. And there was not enough firepower to suppress the opposing artillery ..........
The Russian troops, whose rear roads were cut off and even communication was cut off, were completely disorganized...... Quite a few troops put down their weapons after a little resistance, and soon, with the disappearance of the troop numbers one by one, Samsonov knew that the fall of Russian Poland was only a matter of time!
After a frantic advance of 80 kilometers, the Germans also finally reached the limit of their armored forces, and they needed to wait for the arrival of supplies and follow-up troops. And this also won a respite for the Russian army, which eventually formed a temporary defensive line outside Warsaw. And the Denikin Army, which originally planned to go to the battlefield after changing its outfit, now does not need to move the nest anymore, the people have already hit the doorstep, and they can meet it as soon as they go out!
"I can meet all your supply requests, but you must buy the entire legion 3 days. We need to withdraw from this encirclement. We will retreat to the southwest and join up with the 3rd and Chapter 844 regimental armies, and finally withdraw from Poland. Alexander Samsonov said to Denikin.
"Well, leave me as many trucks and fuel as I can." Denikin did not hesitate to make his request. He must also prepare a retreat for his troops.
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