Chapter 1244: Attack on Moscow
"Gentlemen, how long will it be before our army will be able to enter the Eastern European Plain, where our allies are grabbing territory, and they have even formed a specially formed unit consisting mainly of armored forces, which is marching on Moscow! What can we do to stop them? "At Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Kaiser Wilhelm II convened the German top brass to discuss what is now Russia.
For Germany, the war on the Western Front has basically come to an end, which is undoubtedly a relief for Germany. Now all they have to do is reap the fruits of victory! Russia had surrendered to the Allies, and as long as the German troops went to the Russian Eastern European Plain, they would be able to occupy those fertile lands. However, China does not seem to intend to abandon the East European Plain, and is desperately trying to seize more land before the German army enters the East European Plain. This made the Germans very dissatisfied, believing that their interests had been harmed. For this reason, the German government deliberately asked the German ambassador to China to protest to the Chinese side, but now it seems that the German side's protest has no effect at all!
"Your Majesty, the 8th Army Corps has begun to advance towards Russia! However, the 8th Army had only 300,000 men, making it difficult to occupy the vast Eastern European Plain. The 5th and 4th Army Corps were transshipment to eastern Germany by the Guò Railway. However, as soon as we left the borders of Germany, the terrible roads in Russia slowed us down. We will not be able to send the main forces to the Eastern European Plain in a short time! "said Field Marshal Falkenhayn, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army. After the surrender of France, he was finally promoted to the rank of marshal, which made him very satisfied. It's just that after being promoted to marshal, he was immediately faced with the problem of occupying Eastern Europe.
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I don't want to listen to the reason, I just need one answer, that is, can we take Moscow before the Chinese?" Kaiser Wilhelm II asked. This is related to the face of Germany, Russia surrendered to Germany and the Allies, if the Chinese occupy Moscow first, it will be tantamount to a heavy blow to Germany's prestige!
"Your Majesty, the 8th Army is still two hundred and fifty kilometers from Minsk and a thousand kilometers from Moscow. In addition, the speed of our advance is far from being comparable to that of China, and it is unrealistic to capture Moscow before the Chinese! Field Marshal Falkenhayn replied honestly. At this time, he didn't dare to boast about Haikou anymore. If you say a big thing and you can't realize it in the end, then you will be in trouble!
Hearing this answer, Kaiser Wilhelm II frowned. Obviously, this answer did not satisfy him!
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, can we send armored and cavalry units in separate formations to march on Moscow with all our might, as the Chinese do? In this case, is it possible to take Moscow before the Chinese! I think that as soon as our troops arrived in Moscow, Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian government would immediately surrender to us! In this case, we will be able to take over Moscow in the name of it! "The Minister of the Navy, Marshal Tirpitz, said yì!
"Your Excellency Tirpitz, the Chinese are now advancing at a speed of up to eighty kilometers per day, which is already the limit! Neither can we. Even if we organize a force composed entirely of cavalry, we will not be able to exceed this speed. After all, both the human body and the war horse's body cannot be maintained for a long time! Also, supplies are a big problem! Field Marshal Falkenhayn said.
"Hell! Isn't there any other way for us? Do you really want to watch those yellow-skinned monkeys capture Moscow and insult us fiercely? Those yellow-skinned monkeys are so greedy, they have already taken over most of the world, and now they want to compete with us for Europe! They had signed an agreement with us in the first place not to meddle in Europe! Those despicable and shameless guys really don't talk much! Crown Prince William scolded. After the end of the war in France, Crown Prince Wilhelm handed over the affairs of the 5th Army to other generals and returned to Germany himself. Anyway, this time the German army defeated France, and he must have contributed to it!
"Your Royal Highness, it seems that the Chinese do not intend to abide by the original agreement! It's also understandable, though. After all, the Chinese only compromised with us at that time in order to stabilize us. Now that the war is coming to an end, and the Chinese no longer have to worry about any more defeats, coupled with China's great strength, they naturally no longer have to fear that we will make peace with the Entente! Of course, the Chinese's behavior of not abiding by the agreement and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is despicable, and we must adhere to this point in future negotiations! German Chancellor Holwig said. In fact, the German top brass has already taken the agreement signed between China and Germany as a joke. The Chinese will not abide by this agreement at all, Germany and China did not expect to abide by it, anyway, Germany has also gained a lot of benefits from China! If you want to get benefits, it is not the so-called agreement, but the strength of the country!
"Needless to say! Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I hope that no matter what method is used, Moscow will be occupied before the Chinese! Kaiser Wilhelm II said, with an unquestionable flavor in his words.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll try my best to find a way!" Field Marshal Falkenhayn had no choice but to bite the bullet.
After that, the German Army drew 10,000 cavalry from the 8th Army Corps and accelerated its march towards Moscow. In addition, a number of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks were assembled to form a force of more than 10,000 people and marched in the direction of Moscow. It's just that the speed of the German army's advance has never been comparable with that of the squadron. Their cavalry may still be able to reach a speed of 80 kilometers per day, but the armored forces are hindered by the high failure rate, and the speed of the march has not been able to be raised, and by the time they reach Moscow, the Chinese will probably already occupy it!
Austria-Hungary made a wise choice this time, seeing that China and Germany were about to stage a dragon battle in the East European Plain, and the Austro-Hungarian army stopped its march into the Eastern European Plain and turned south to march into Ukraine. In the Ukrainian plain, it is the goal of Austria-Hungary, if this granary can be taken, it will be enough to solve the grain problem of Austria-Hungary, and it will be very helpful to improve the strength of Austria-Hungary. In addition, this is because Austria-Hungary knew that its national strength could not be compared with Germany and China, so it did not want to get involved in the struggle between these two great powers.
On the afternoon of 19 June, the 10th Armored Brigade, the 11th Armored Brigade, the 10th Cavalry Brigade, the 11th Cavalry Brigade, the 1st Infantry Division, and five cavalry brigades of the five Central Asian ethnic groups, totaling more than 80,000 troops, arrived in Lyubezil, about 20 kilometers from Moscow. The commander of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army, General Zhou Shun, personally commanded this attack on Moscow.
"Commander, according to the information we have received, there are only about 200,000 troops in the city of Moscow, there is a lack of artillery and other heavy weapons, and almost half of them are newly formed troops. We are sure to take Moscow! Major General Gao Desheng, commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the Chinese Army, said!
"What about the Germans? How far are they from Moscow? Admiral Zhou Shun asked. He knew that there would be no pressure on the squadron to take Moscow. The real difficulty lies in how to deal with the arrival of the Germans, not only to ensure the occupation of Moscow by the squadron, but also to avoid a fierce conflict with the Germans, so as not to cause a war!
"Commander, the cavalry units of the Germans are still two hundred kilometers from Moscow, and they seem to be exhausted, and it is expected that they will arrive in Moscow in three days! As for the armored forces of the Germans, it was even more than four hundred kilometers from Moscow! We have enough time to take Moscow! Major General Gao Desheng said.
"Then, order the troops to get ready, and in 1 hour launch an attack on Moscow!" Admiral Zhou Shun looked at the sky and said. It was already 3 p.m., and the troops had an hour's rest before they could attack. It gets dark late in the summer, and a few hours should be enough for the ** squadron to attack Moscow!
At 4 p.m. on June 19, the Chinese Army assembled hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and opened fire on Moscow!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Heavy artillery shells exploded on the positions of the Russian army, splashing up balls of fireballs, and the shrapnel after the shells exploded, wantonly destroying a qiē.
On the positions of the Russian army, many Russian soldiers holding rifles huddled in the trenches and shivered. They don't know why Russia has already surrendered, but the war continues. Many Russian soldiers are tired of this war, they just want to return to the countryside to farm, although life is a little harder, but it will not be life-threatening!
After half an hour of shelling, the 10th and 11th armored brigades of the Chinese army launched an attack on the positions of the Russian army. The offensive of the armored forces made it impossible for the Russian army, which lacked anti-tank weapons, to resist. A large number of Russian troops either surrendered to the squadron, or fled back to Moscow, and the entire battlefield was completely one-sided!
At 5:45 p.m., the 10th Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army took the lead, breaking through the positions of the Russian army on the outskirts of Moscow and attacking the city of Moscow. Moscow is a big city, and if the Russian army is determined to fight the squadron to the end, it will also cause a lot of trouble to the total army. However, the Russian army does not seem to have the intention of fighting at all, and there are very few fortifications in the city, almost a blank, which allows the squadron to drive straight in!