Holy Roman Empire

After entering October, the Russian-Russian war has entered a new stage.Both sides fought hard again, and it was dark and bloody.

In the East Prussia region, the generals have the upper hand; in the Polish region, the Russians are pressing the coalition forces.

Austria also sent military observers to look at the intelligence gathered from the battlefield, and Franz secretly rejoiced.

Sure enough, there are no servants under the prestigious reputation, the name of the Russian Empire's Continental Hegemony is made, and the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is definitely at the forefront of the world in this era.

The original Russian Empire flew all the way down the street, and was still scorned by all countries, but it wasn't just what it said in the paragraph-winter and vast territory.

The strategic advantage brought by geography is only useful when defending.The war mainly relies on people, and geographical conditions are only auxiliary.

The Prussian Army has reached the forefront of the world, but on the battlefield, their advantage is not obvious.

In the case of weapons and equipment at a disadvantage, the Russian army can use the flesh and blood to block the general army. After the dress-up, the battle loss ratio of the two sides is gradually narrowed.

The general army is only relying on its training superiority to gain a slight advantage. When it encounters some elite Russian troops, they will even be at a disadvantage.

The Near East War was not fought in vain, and nearly one million troops were lost. The tsarist government still harvested a powerful army.

Schönbrunn Palace, high-level military meeting.

"You have read all the information. From the information gathered so far, who do you think will win the battle?"

Franz only asked about this battle, not about the victory of the whole war.The strength gap between the two countries is too large. As long as the tsarist government is willing to explode, the ultimate winner is obvious.

Not to mention Prussia, in the face of the desperate Russian Empire, no country in the world dares to guarantee victory.

Even if Austria and Russia play against each other, Franz must use outside moves to be able to win.

Otherwise, if the two sides have worked hard together with their strength and paid millions of casualties, where can there be any victory?

People of this age did not dare to imagine a war that lost millions of people at one time, but Franz knew it.

The Russian empire is so big that a wave of currents cannot be pushed at all, and in the end it can only be desperate.Once this happens, where is the winner?

Field Chief Marshal Edmund replied: "Your Majesty, from the current situation, I am more optimistic about the Kingdom of Prussia.

They seem to be preparing a big plan. From the perspective of the deployment of troops, the Prussian army is preparing for a decisive battle with the Russian army in East Prussia.

Once they complete the plan, at least half of the more than 300,000 Russian troops in East Prussia will be left behind.

The commander of the Russian army was so arrogant that he wanted to make a breakthrough, and he did not consider the danger at all.In a disadvantaged situation, they still did not shrink the front."

This is understandable. The strength of the two Russian military forces at war is not large. Even if they are at a disadvantage, it is nothing more than a larger casualty of the soldiers. The Russian commander does not counsel.

The gray cattle are not valuable, and take the initiative to fight with the generals in the attrition battle. As long as they can win the war, the tsarist government will not care about casualties.

The previous 2: 1, 3: 1 exchanges dare to fight than the Russians. Now the casualty ratio has dropped to 1.3: 1. Occasionally it may take advantage of it. Why not dare to fight?

Army Secretary Albrecht analyzed: "Prussia's recent actions are somewhat abnormal. A large number of strategic materials have reached the front line in advance, and these materials have exceeded the needs of the front line.

It may be justified to reserve more food and ammunition, but the extra tents and daily necessities are absolutely problematic.

According to preliminary estimates, even if a sudden increase of 200,000 troops, their material reserves are sufficient.I guess the Prussians are about to increase their troops to the East Prussian front. These are just preliminary preparations.

At present, the messy army of the Prussian kingdom adds up to 1.2 million.

Among them, there are about 400,000 main troops, about 150,000 second-line reserve troops, and the rest are temporary recruits.

The main forces are fighting hard with the Russians on the front line, and the second line troops are also in the Polish area, joining forces with the Polish rebels to resist the Russian attack.

The remaining temporarily recruited troops did not have much combat power. Now they are conducting military training while guarding the coastal areas.

After fighting for so long, some of these recruits have completed preliminary training and are capable of World War I.

When the strength of both sides is equal, investing in the battlefield is enough to change the outcome of a war.

This is not comparable to the Russians, limited by logistics supplies, they can only maintain their current strength."

Historically, the Kingdom of Prussia completed its counterattack, not because their army was much stronger than the enemy. The most important part was to concentrate their superior forces to engage the enemy.

The Pu'ao War and the Franco-Prussian War were won with absolute superior strength.If the strength is equal, then it is a hard battle, how can there be a rolling victory?

After the Russian-Russian war has been going on for so long, they have not taken out this tactic. There are two main reasons: First, there are too many tsarist troops; .

Now that the Russian army has entered East Prussia, the situation has changed.In homeland combat, the railway advantage of the Kingdom of Prussia can be brought into play.

This means that the Prussians have the ability to add troops to a certain area in a short period of time, establish regional strength advantages, and increase the odds of winning in war.

Franz is no longer a military white, and the ability to talk on paper is already available, which is worse than the actual combat ability.

There is no way for this. The small war wheel can't be commanded by the emperor himself, and Franz dare not dare to command it, so this last short board-no solution.

After looking at the simulated battlefield sand table, Franz quickly felt relieved.This game did not play out. Although they strengthened the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, they did not strengthen the command capability of the senior Russian military officers.

The Kingdom of Prussia has not reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted. Fortunately, it is also a country with a population of 15 million, and there is still potential to be tapped.

As a semi-industrial country, the mobilization capacity of the Kingdom of Prussia has greatly increased.Now with the support of the gold master, completing the ultimate mobilization is not a dream.

The recruits temporarily mobilized, although not much fighting power.However, during the decisive battle, these troops suddenly appeared on the battlefield, which can also become the last straw to change the outcome of the war.

As for the Russian attack, the big deal is to throw away a few coastal cities, the warships can't be driven on land, and the navy can't go alone?

Father, like son.As a bystander, knowing and knowing, Franz didn't remind him of the Tsarist government.

The great cause of the Russian emperor's country is great, and at this point they have lost their responsibility.The Kingdom of Prussia has limited strength, and it defeated this Russian army at most, and it was impossible to swallow hundreds of thousands of Russian troops at once.

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At the time of Franz ’s military deduction, the Kingdom of Pru, which had already been prepared, also began operations.

Railroads across the country are running quickly, and trains transported the scattered soldiers to the front.In just two days, they sent 150,000 troops to the front line of East Prussia.

The decisive battle officially broke out, and the sudden emergence of a fresh army suddenly smacked the Russian commander.

Under normal circumstances, it takes ten days and a half months to mobilize troops of this size. They have enough time to adjust their deployment.

However, in just two days, Prussian reinforcements arrived.There is no way for the Russian army to complete the front line adjustment of several hundred kilometers in two days.

In some regions, the Prussian army even formed a four to five-fold strength advantage and launched an offensive against the Russian army.

As a result, there was naturally no suspense. Although the Russian army resisted very bravely, it still could not change the fate of defeat.

The East Prussia region is the homeland of the Kingdom of Prussia. The Prussian army is very familiar with the local situation. After breaking through the Russian defense line, they immediately interspersed.

At the same time, the Prussians also formed a squad of soldiers in the East Prussia region, and sent this small unit to destroy the Russian telegraph line.

Organizing hundreds of thousands of military operations, telegraph is the biggest black technology.Without telegrams to deliver orders, relying on heralds to deliver letters, the efficiency is too low.

Due to insufficient precautions, the Russian army quickly suffered a big loss.Without the telegraph to communicate information in time, the frontline Russian troops soon fell into an awkward position of fighting on their own.

Especially the defeated troops directly turned into headless flies, rushing on the battlefield.The efficiency of heralds is too low to keep up with the changes in the battlefield.

Many troops have appeared that the regiment headquarters cannot reach the division headquarters, and the division headquarters cannot reach the military headquarters. The Russian army in the entire East Prussia area has become a mess.

In this case, naturally there is no expectation of escaping Mao Qi.Now that he has turned from a hard battle to a downwind battle, he decisively put the rear recruits into battle.

By virtue of its superiority in military strength, the general army quickly gained dominance on the battlefield.The chaotic Russian army was defeated all the way and retreated to the West Dvina River to barely establish a foothold.(Now Daugava River in Latvia)

At this time, the Russian army had dropped from 386,000 before the war to 112,000, and a large amount of strategic materials and nearly all artillery were also lost.

The generals did not dare to go deeper. The winter in the Baltic Sea region has come. They must wipe out the Russian troops in their territory as soon as possible and consolidate the achievements they have achieved.

The situation on the battlefield moved the whole body in one stroke.With the fall of the Lithuanian region, the Belarusian region suddenly appeared.

After the flanks were threatened, the Russian army, which was still attacking the Pupo coalition, had to shrink its defense.However, at this time, it was too late to make a decision.

After the battle in the East Prussia region was over, the generals came in as quickly as possible and bite a piece of meat at the point of retreat of the Russian army.