Holy Roman Empire

After the Spring Festival, the smoke from the Eastern European battlefield was once again filled.After a winter of preparation, the situation is quite different.

The Berlin government organized people to build a large number of castle fortresses in the border area, and the movement of the Cossack cavalry was restricted.If you want to loot the goods, you must attack the castle fortress.

The fighting power of the Cossack cavalry is based on interests.The people are prepared, and the difficulty of robbery is increasing. In many cases, the casualties and gains paid are not proportional to the enthusiasm of the Cossack cavalry.

Active and passive, the fighting power that erupts is quite different.

Although the Cossack cavalry is still dispatched, the results achieved are getting smaller and smaller.Many times it just destroys farmland and infrastructure, and soldiers are reluctant to bite hard bones.

It is no longer the Middle Ages, as long as you have money in your pocket, there are many places where you can buy food.Only the farmland in the border area is damaged, and the Berlin government can afford it.

To some extent, William I would also like to thank the tsarist government. It is the Russians who are so fierce that the Poles have to rely on them.

The destructive power of the Cossack cavalry did not mean that the tsarist government's scorched earth strategy had failed.

In the face of war, human beings are vulnerable.In order to avoid the fighting, many people in the border areas dragged their homes and ran inland, and many areas became uninhabited areas.

It's not that the Berlin government hasn't stopped it, the problem is that it can't be done at all.The fleeing crowds of people fleeing towards the rear still brought a heavy financial burden to the Berlin government.

Coastal areas have suffered the most losses. Most of the port cities of the Federation of Popo have been reduced to ruins under gunfire, and a few surviving cities are shaking.

These are only minor problems. Since the Danish blockade of the strait, the maritime traffic line of the Federation of Popo has almost been broken, and the strategic value of the port city has been greatly reduced.

The worst thing is that the Russians made up for the loss of troops on the southern front. Mao Qi ’s plan to overcome Kiev ’s plan went bankrupt. Now the tsarist government adopts the most conservative strategy and the Pupo Federation fights against consumption.

Steady and steady, with simple confrontation, the general army could not exert its tactical advantage.Even a famous general like Mao Qi can't reverse the development of the battlefield in a direction that is not conducive to Pupo Federation.

The bad situation on the battlefield has affected the domestic atmosphere of the Pupo Federation. From time to time, anti-war voices have emerged, and even the most optimistic people are worried about this war.

Berlin Royal Palace

William I roared: "We have lost 300,000 troops until the war, but we have achieved very few results.

The three months you promised me in advance won the war, and now three and three months have passed, and the third and third months are over, and there is no sign of victory.

Who can tell me how much it will cost to win this war?"

It ’s not that William I did n’t have enough self-cultivation, it was really too much pressure recently.The performance of the general army on the battlefield is far from reaching expectations.

The so-called "three months to win the war" is actually just Mao Qi's southern route plan.In theory, as long as the trade line between Pu and Russia is cut off, they will win most of this war.

Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is much stronger than they expected.Perhaps it is not as good as the generals in field battles, but it is no problem to defend.

Mao Qi's painstakingly designed strategic plan has no problems in itself, but uses the wrong objects.If you change a country and kill more than 100,000 troops at once, you will definitely hurt your muscles.

Unfortunately, when encountering a bear, the speed of annihilating the enemy is a little faster than that of the tsarist government.With a winter buffer, the tsarist government not only replenishes the lost troops, but the total strength also rises.

Mao Qi replied bitterly: "Your Majesty, the Russians have completely wounded themselves, and the Russian army has suffered more casualties than us. In this way, even if the Russians can win the war, they will only win.

Now that the Russians have the upper hand on the battlefield, there is absolutely no need for the tsarist government to choose a strategy of losing both sides.

As long as we show flaws at the right time, the Russian army will certainly not give up the opportunity.Once the Russians adjusted their tactics, our opportunity came.

In order to win this war, I suggest that when necessary, some regions can be abandoned and the Russians should be lured from the fortifications first."

Involving millions of people and hundreds of kilometers of front lines, it is also very difficult to make tactical adjustments. The cooperation between all the troops will be "moving".

Organizational ability has always been a flaw in the tsarist government. Even after the reform of Alexander II, the Russians' organizational ability was still slightly inferior.

On the battlefield, there are more mistakes than those who made them, and those who made mistakes are fatal.

Now the Russian army is defending in all regions except the offensive in the midline.If you hide in the fortress, you may not be able to grasp the fighter plane, and you will not be fatally wrong.

Mao Qi did not want to die in the middle line with the main force of the Russian army, that could not exert the mobility of the general army, but simply the comprehensive strength of death struggle.

William I was unsure: "Do you want to give up Smolinsk?"

Smolinsk has always been known as the gateway to Moscow. Controlling this, the general army has the initiative to attack Moscow.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Prussian War, the Russian army has been dying here, just to ensure the safety of Moscow and avoid being divided by the generals.

Mao Qi nodded: "Your Majesty, we have tried a lot of proposals, and the Russians just won't get out of the defense.

The loss of a strong attack is too great to be worth the loss.In addition to abandoning Smolinsk and letting Russian troops in, it is difficult for us to break the current deadlock on the battlefield in the short term."

There is no way. The military gap between the two sides is too great. The central offensive launched by the Russian army has also restrained a large number of the general army. Mao Qi has limited mobile troops.

Mao Qi, who was originally good at concentrating superior troops and decisive battles of the enemy, could not find it helplessly.Especially after the Russian army adopted the scorched earth plan, he was even more afraid to take risks.

The deployment of troops in any direction may result in the displacement of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

If you can win the war, it is acceptable to pay a certain sacrifice.The problem is that such a war is simply not determinable in one or two battles.

It is difficult to make clear whether the annihilation of tens of thousands of Russian troops and the generation of hundreds of thousands of refugees are a loss or a profit.

Anyway, there must be sacrifices, it is better to do a big vote.If one can lure the enemy deeper and use the advantages of local operations to wipe out the main force of the Russian army in one fell swoop, no matter how big the loss is, it can be accepted.

"How confident?"

William I hesitated, and this one bet on the National Games.If you win, you can reverse the situation; if you lose, the Commonwealth of Popo will come to an end. Can you keep the shrunken version of the Kingdom of Prussia?

Mao Qi replied calmly: "Abandon most of Belarus and parts of Poland, place the battlefield in Warsaw, and call on the Polish people to resist the Russian invasion. Our chances of winning are at least 60%.

The war was originally a gamble, and the Pupo Federation is already in a weak position. It can already have a 60% chance of winning, which is already a very high percentage.

With a snap, William I slammed the table.

"Bet!"

"Marshal, follow your plan, the government will cooperate with your plan."

It was not William I who was decisive, but there was still no way.At this stage of the war, no one can hinder, and both Russia and Russia must win and lose on the battlefield.

Even if William I did not want to gamble, the noble Junker would help him make a decision.Just like the original World War I, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, William II wanted to end the war halfway, and the Junker nobles directly overhead the emperor to continue the war.

The situation is similar now. With the outbreak of war, the military ’s rights are getting greater and greater, the government is reduced to the army ’s logistics department, and the balance of rights has long been broken.

As a king, William I often had to compromise with the military.

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