Holy Roman Empire

On May 1, 1865, the Russian Navy attacked the East Prussia region, the Baltic region fell, and the turning point of the Russian-Russian war appeared.

Berlin, howling inside the Prussian government, William I hurriedly called a military meeting.

Army Secretary of the Navy Ron analyzed: "The Baltic region has fallen, and we have defended our enemies from the strategic bankruptcy outside the country. To avoid getting caught in the back, we had to withdraw our troops to West Prussia.

Before the outbreak of the war, for the sake of the stability of the colony, we did not bring back the fleet in the Far East.The current local fleet does not have the strength to fight the Russian navy, and the defense in coastal areas must be strengthened."

This is just a pretext, even if the Prussian navy is all collected, it is actually useless.

The Danish navy can compete with them, not to mention the stronger Russian navy?

The strength of the Russian navy must not be neglected because of a joke.

Ron had not expected the Navy from the beginning, and it turned out that his positioning of the Prussian navy was very accurate.

After the war broke out, the local fleet was handed over several times by the Danish navy, and then was blocked in the port. The biggest contribution to the war was to contain the main force of the Danish navy.

Even if the Far East Fleet is transferred back, it will suppress the Danish navy at most. If it is a decisive battle, whether it can be won is an unknown.

The Kingdom of Prussia was too short to develop the navy. Both shipbuilding technology, naval training, and officer command capabilities lag behind naval powers.

It is now possible to use the inefficiency as an excuse to let the local fleet nest in the port. If the Far Eastern Fleet returns, it will be forced to fight against the Danish navy.

Even if they won the Danish Navy, they would definitely not be able to do anything with the Russians. The Tsar ’s Baltic Fleet had a total tonnage of 2.7 times.

The Navy is not an army. With such an obvious gap in strength, it still wants to counterattack, unless it is a latte armor to fight a sail warship, otherwise it will be no play.

The Baltic region lost ground, this is a mistake made by the General Staff.They underestimated the Russians' ability to attack, and they overestimated the combat effectiveness of the defenders.

The Navy and the Army are different. From the standpoint of artillery alone, the two sides are not the same grade.

After the war broke out, the Prussians attached great importance to the defense of the Baltic region and deployed three regiments of troops here.

According to the estimate of the staff, even if it is attacked by the Russian army, it can be defended for at least a week by relying on the fortifications built in advance.

However, the empiricism of the army staff brought fatal damage to the defenders.These fortresses can block the artillery attack of the army, which does not mean that they can resist the attack of the navy artillery.

If it is a regular Prussian army, even if the fortress is destroyed, the strength of the three regiments can also block the Russian army for two or three days.

It is a pity that these are recruited eggs of recruits temporarily. After being hit by artillery fire, many people's hearts have been confused.

After fighting with the landing Russian army, they soon discovered that the enemy was much stronger than the propaganda Russian army. As the casualties continued to increase, the defensive recruits quickly collapsed.

William I said angrily: "Anyway, you must reverse the current unfavourable situation as soon as possible.

You have already realized the consequences of abandoning the East Prussia region. If you continue this way, there will be a revolution in the country."

Hold accountable?Now William I needs the military to fight!Being able to gain the upper hand in the battle with the Russian army and driving the Russians out of Warsaw is enough to prove their ability.

If a mistake is made and a substitution is made, who can guarantee that those behind will have a stronger ability?

Anyway, the war was won in the end. All things being said, all problems can be cancelled out; if the war is lost, then the top military is the scapegoat.

If you kill people in advance, this pot will not fall on William I himself.

Chief of Staff Mao Qi hesitated and said: "The matter is here, and our original strategic plan cannot be implemented.

If it continues to procrastinate, the Russians will take advantage of the navy and continue to attack our coastal areas.

The most important part of the Tsarist government is the soldiers. These gray animals are worthless. They only need a rifle. After a few months of simple training, they can go to the battlefield.

Once a large number of Russian troops make landfall in Prussia, our homeland will be severely damaged. Then, in this war, it will be us who will not be able to sustain it first.

Even strengthening the defense at sea is useless, and now we simply can't get so many troops to defend.Everyone knows how effective these new troops are, and they ca n’t count on them at all.

At this point, the room for choice no longer exists, and we can only risk a decisive battle with the Russians."

"Decisive battle", which the Berlin government tried to avoid at the beginning.The decisive battle concerning their life and death was only a partial war for the Russians.

The Tsarist government can lose once, twice, three times ... as long as one of them wins, it can knock Prussia down.

In this case, why do we have to fight?Could it be hoped that by virtue of the vigor of killing the Russians, it would not succeed in winning the war?

War is not a child's play. There are more than half a million Russian troops on the front. To defeat them, maybe it can be done, but if you want to wipe them out, it is a fool.

The most ideal result is nothing more than that the winner damages 40,000 to 50,000 troops, defeats the main force of the enemy, and then annihilates the enemy by 180,000.

After all, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Polish teamed up, and the total strength of the two sides was basically the same. No matter how confident they were, no one thought that the Polish rebels and the Prussian army had the same fighting power.

In the case of teammates not giving strength, the strength of the warring parties.Has been pulled to the same level.This decisive battle with the Russians not only tests strength, but also depends on the command capabilities and luck of the officers of both sides.

"How many wins?" William I asked concerned.

After thinking for a while, Mao Qi replied: "Seven floors!"

This is just this decisive battle, and it does not mean that the Russian-Russian war is over.The tsarist government is still capable of continuing the war. The only question is how much money the tsarist government has.

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The sudden turning war directly attracted all European eyes.Many people are pessimistic: the defeat of the Prussians is only a matter of time.

In St. Petersburg, the Tsarist government has already celebrated the feast, as if they won the war.

However, the situation on the battlefield is indeed tilting to the advantage of the Tsarist government.

The Russian Navy's performance this time was good. The first one captured the Baltic region and proved to the outside world that they were not waste.