Holy Roman Empire

The sound of artillery fired, and Koveli's offensive and defensive war began. The generals responsible for this battle were General Luke, the 22nd division commander, who rose from the rising star of the last Russian-Russian war.

Luke, an ordinary Junker landlord, can become a general, relying on extraordinary will and a little luck.

Originally, he thought his will was firm enough, no matter how cruel the battle was, he could not shake his heart.

At this moment, Major General Luke found himself wrong and his heart was upset.Luke sighed deep in his heart: "It turns out that I am also an ordinary person."

The Russians did not hide in the fortress bunker. While the generals launched the charge, the Russians also launched a counterattack, and the fierce white-blade battle broke out.

Shouts and screams continued to reverberate on the battlefield.Luke saw that a general soldier was pierced with a bayonet by the enemy. While screaming, he also held the enemy's gun tightly in order to create a chance for his comrades.

Once upon a time, he was also one of them.Only because of better luck, fortunately made the battle, only then has a smooth path behind.

Recalling the comrades who joined the army that year, the familiar faces finally fell on the battlefield.

To a certain extent, Luke's ability to go all the way is also based on the background of the heavy losses of the general army in the last war.

During the war years, the army spoke on the basis of record, and the influence of origin was minimized.

A large number of middle- and lower-level officers were killed, and they caught up with the expansion of the army. Naturally, Luke, a fortune-telling luckier, naturally stood out.

Looking at the increasing number of casualties, Luke gradually calmed down, he found that something was wrong, the Russian army seemed to deliberately lure them to attack.

As night fell, the war stopped temporarily, leaving only the wreckage.

Within the headquarters, Luke thought more and more wrong, the Russians seemed to be deliberately fighting with them.

Suppressing doubts in his heart, Luke asked: "Is the number of casualties counted?"

Chief of Staff Pasqualino sighed: "Statistics come out. During the day, 526 soldiers were injured and 248 soldiers were killed. The two battalions were no longer able to fight."

Commander Luke stood up and took two steps, saying: "There are two more battalions. From the beginning of the war to the present, the casualties of our 22 divisions are close to three thousand. If the entire battlefield is like this, then this war I am afraid it is unprecedentedly tragic. "

Chief of Staff Pascualino: "This is no way. The war is always cruel. The supplementary team sent to us by the headquarters has already set off and will arrive in a maximum of two days."

The general army has also established a complete wartime replenishment mechanism. Usually, no one unit will be wiped out and no troops have been replenished.

Under normal circumstances, the troops will be replaced to a certain extent, and they will be repaired and supplemented to the rear.

Of course, this rear is also relatively speaking, still in the front.When you need it, you still have to go to the battlefield at any time.

After hesitating for a while, Luke said, "Forget it, it's not our turn to worry about these problems. Report our current situation faithfully!"

Tell the headquarters that we need heavy artillery.If there is not enough heavy firepower, we have no way to ensure that the enemy's stronghold is captured within the prescribed time."

No way, the general army is unlucky.The train that transported the artillery and ammunition was attacked by Russian airships halfway along with heavy losses.

The heavy artillery unit is a scarce resource in any country. There are only a few heavy artillery regiments in the Commonwealth of Commonwealth. Before the battlefield is lost, one regiment is lost. Naturally, there is no way to complete the replenishment within a few days.

Chief of Staff Pasqualino shook his head: "This is probably not easy. Don't expect too much. There are so many heavy artillery units in the country, and now they are all on the front line. The new heavy artillery regiment is still being formed.

According to internal sources, Krupp has sent technicians to repair it, and it will take at least a month to repair the damaged artillery.

In the most ideal state, after about four weeks, we can get heavy fire support."

Luke frowned: "Can you let the headquarters coordinate and use the heavy artillery units around the attack first?"

Koveli is a military powerhouse. After winning this place, he won the Warren region. Why not waste his energy on such small places as Kamen and Novoroensk!"

Chief of Staff Pasqualino: "This is a strategy formulated by the General Staff. If you make breakthroughs at any point, it will be a great victory if you make a breakthrough anywhere."

Luke waved his hand: "Don't explain, old man. I know what's going on, it's just that the headquarters is not sure if we can capture Kovelly.

If from the overall strategy, Koveli is not so important, Brest is the focus."

"You understand the best!" Chief of Staff Pascualino replied calmly.

Luke: "Okay, these questions are shelved first. Have you noticed that the Russians are not right? They seem to have not tried their best and deliberately lured us to attack.

If their firepower is fully on, our troops will not reach their positions at all. Why should they make such a worthless sacrifice?"

Chief of Staff Pascualino nodded thoughtfully and paused for a moment: "I want to look at the casualty figures, maybe I can explain the problem."

Luke's face changed, and he woke up instantly.If the Russian army is fully fired, the general army that lacks heavy firepower will not reach their positions.

Seeing no hope of victory, the PLA army naturally made meaningless sacrifices.If the general army does not take the initiative to launch an offensive, what about the Russian military's record?

The Russian troops stationed in Koveli are mostly second-line troops. This is not the main battlefield chosen by the Russians. The tsarist government gave them orders to stick to it.

"Damn Russians, they are playing with fire, aren't they afraid that we will break through their positions. Knowing this kind of battle has no value to them at all."

Chief of Staff Pasqualino didn't answer, it didn't matter what the Russians thought. Anyway, as long as there was a chance of breaking Koveli, they couldn't stop.

...

The Russian headquarters, Major General Arden Ivanov, who also looked at the casualty report, is in a much better mood.As a defensive party, always take advantage.

"Fick, your proposal is awesome. Damn Prussian barbarians, they were really fooled. They were whimsically trying to conquer Koveli, they were just dreaming!"

As a military observer sent by Austria, under normal circumstances, it cannot participate in the command of the Russian army, but there are exceptions in all.

After so many years of the Russian-Austrian League, the Vienna government has also trained a large number of pro-Austrians within Russia, and Major General Arden Ivanov is one of them.

Fick and Arden are classmates and graduated from the Austrian Army Academy together. Because the relationship between the two is very good, Fick was sent here as an observer.

Also a student of the Austrian Army Academy, there is also a difference between learning scum and learning hegemony.

Arden, a foreigner who comes to the gilding, the school requirements are naturally not so strict, as long as they can pass.

The foreign monk was good at chanting, and after returning to Russia, the gilded Arden returned to Russia, and naturally heeded the storm, just in time to catch up with the expansion of the army.

In contrast, Fick, a talented student, is still a major.No way, the competition in the Austrian army is much more intense.

After the reform of the military system, the Austrian army did not have the fire front promotion. Unless it made a military achievement, otherwise it could only take one step at a time.

This is how the royal family started to lead by example. Crown Prince Frederick served for several years and was still a major, not to mention the people below.

Looking at the classmate's spirit, Major Fick was still very envious, and the soldiers did not like being a general.

Even if his background is not bad, Fick cannot guarantee that he will become a general in his lifetime.Thousands of officers are born in Austria every year, but there is not necessarily one general.

This is how it is in the era of peace. Even if you are excellent, it is difficult to have the opportunity to perform.Can't show your ability, how can you prove that you are better than others?

Fick rolled his eyes: "What's so exciting, you know you are the defensive side, the exchange ratio you are playing is almost 1: 1, it's already very shameful, okay!"

Arden did n’t take it seriously: “No, it ’s already pretty good. In the last Russian-Russian war, the exchange between us and Prussia was faster than the overall one to two.

It can now be slightly cheaper, even with the advantage of defense, it is also a great victory.

The population of the Russian Empire is more than twice that of the Pupo Federation. As long as this situation continues, the final victory will definitely belong to us.

Moreover, this division in my hands is a patchwork of second-line troops. If I change to the main force, I have already ordered a counterattack."

Fick did not object, and the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was good.Although the training is not as good as the general army, there is a lack of organization, and other aspects are really excellent.

Especially in terms of resilience, the Russian army is among the best in the world.As long as there are stutterers, troops that can fight are really rare.

After hesitating, Major Fick reminded: "Arden, are you sure you want to continue? If you follow the current style of play, even if you kill the enemy, you will have to run out of the division."

Despite his suggestion, Fick did not like this meaningless consumption.If it were not for the country to let them find a way to let the Russians bleed as much as possible, he would not give up this bad idea.

Arden smiled slightly: "War always needs to be sacrificed, as long as it can win, why should the casualties be bigger?"

The location of the station is different and the way of thinking about the problem is different.Arden is not a fool, naturally seeing that Fick ’s suggestion may not be good intentions, but he does not care.

It seems to him that as long as he wins and sacrifices some gray cattle, it is not worth mentioning at all.