Sometimes victory and defeat are only one step away. The troops led by Prince Georg became the last straw that crushed the Russian Fourth and Ninth Armies.www.biquge.info Although the Austro-Hungarian army was cowardly, at the beginning of the war, under the leadership of noble officers, the will to fight was quite acceptable. Even in the battle of Galicia, in which the Russians had the upper hand in history, even if the Russians themselves reported on the war, they only captured 100,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war. (Well, that's quite a few too.) ）

And now, with the Bavarian Army already in action and the Russians themselves weak, the two armies surrounded the Austro-Hungarian army of more than 100,000 troops, regardless of what the bigwigs in the rear thought, but the commanders of the two Russian armies had already begun to retreat in their hearts.

Prince Georg personally led the army into the encirclement, and this nearly 10,000 fresh troops really gave the Austro-Hungarian army in the encirclement a shot in the arm. This is not only because it compensates for the problem of combat effectiveness, but at the same time the identity of the prince also speaks of the determination of the Bavarian Legion! After all, Prince Leopold is the third member of the entire Wittelsbach family, and his son is not going to take risks easily! In the eyes of Russia, which is also a monarchy, if the Bavarian Army did not have full certainty and determination, it would never allow members of the royal family to enter the encirclement of the enemy army in this way.

Although the Russians felt that only Prince Leopold's troops could arrive in a short time, but considering the speed of the Bavarian Legion's previous actions, who could guarantee that the Bavarian Legion would suddenly give itself a knife in a place they did not expect? Especially the position of the Russian Fourth Army, which is really good! Right on the very edge! Who do you hit if you don't hit?

"The planes of the Germans are here again!" Looking at the K-4 bomber flying overhead, a Russian soldier said to his companion with trepidation. For the Russian soldiers on the front line, they saw a more real threat, and the prince's promise was fulfilled, and when the sun rose in the sky, the air forces of the Bavarian and Bohemian regiments were hovering over the heads of the Russians to a greater or lesser extent, and the bomber groups began to clear the Russian artillery positions, troop concentration positions, and transport units one by one.

As seen from the air, the road leading to the war zone was littered with destroyed vehicles and fallen horses. Repeated bombing and strafing by a single K-4 bomber can throw a transport company with hundreds of wagons out of control! THE 12.7MM INCENDIARY BOMB CAN EASILY IGNITE THE WOODEN HULL WITH A SINGLE SHOT, AND IT IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR A SINGLE BULLET TO PENETRATE TWO PARALLEL HORSES.

A large number of carriages could not hide and evacuate on the uncovered road, and even violent explosions, pungent smoke and fire could drive these horses crazy, and the riders could not control these animals against the attacks of hunters from the air, and the collisions and trampedes between the horses were even more than direct damage! The Russians did not even have enough manpower to clear the blocked roads, so they could only temporarily push the destroyed vehicles and horses to the sides of the road, and in this way, the Russians still paid a heavy price in order to clear a road, and the corpses of soldiers scattered on both sides of the road were the masterpiece of the Bavarian Air Force's constant suppression.

The attack of the air force made it difficult to logistically supply part of the Russian troops. And the frontal line of defense also became difficult to break through after the Germans joined. A small number of armoured units and machine-gun teams formed detachments, roaming between support points, and even launching a short assault with the cooperation of infantry, when the Russian soldiers shouted "Ula" rushed up, the armored vehicles and elite infantry that burst out from the front or side could often output a large amount of fire in a very short time, and then retreat back into the fog of war before the Russian weak artillery could react.

On the whole, the Russian army, which had an average level of artillery, was already short of front-line materials after the logistics and transportation were hit, and in this case, there was an advantage in the number of artillery, but the actual output was not very sufficient. The soldiers below can only use their lives to assault the opponent's machine-gun-ridden defense. Don't forget, Prince Georg was joined by thousands of machine guns! (Including vehicle-mounted machine guns and machine guns to replenish the Austro-Hungarian army.) Nearly a thousand MG08 machine guns may not be too powerful on the Western Front, but on the Eastern Front, especially when the Russians are exhausted, these nearly a thousand machine guns are deadly!

Because the prince guaranteed that his father would arrive within three days, there was no upper limit to the ammunition used by these newly added machine gun crews, and the tongue of fire formed by the interweaving of thousands of machine guns (plus the original Austro-Hungarian regiment) told the Russians that in the end, flesh and blood could not stop the rain of steel bullet......s.

Although the arrival of Georg's troops did not open a gap in the Russian defensive line, it made it impossible for the Russians to advance or retreat, and at this time the troops of both sides were already staggered, and a large number of soldiers were entangled on the battle line, and it was not so easy to retreat.

Just when the Austro-Hungarian corps on the front line was gradually stabilizing the situation, the elite troops of Prince Leopold's 5 divisions were less than 1 day away from the encirclement, and even the long-range artillery in the German army could already set up to shell the Russian positions outside the encirclement. 36 K09 ultra-long-range heavy guns began to roar, and shells weighing more than 50 kilograms roared and flew over a distance of nearly 20 kilometers before blooming flowers of death behind the Russian positions!

At this time, it happened that the commander of the Russian Fourth Army, General Zalitz, happened to be patrolling the battle line nearby, and the sound of heavy artillery in the distance made him feel extremely frightened! Ultra-long-range heavy artillery was a corps-level establishment even in the German army, and so many ultra-long-range artillery began to bombard Russian positions, which further made his prediction of the entire battlefield situation more problematic. He didn't think that a few divisions could have several powerful long-range firepower!

"Maybe the German army led by Prince Leopold is only about 4 divisions, but their artillery is definitely not something that a unit of this level can have, the most likely is that the Austro-Hungarian Corps also launched a counterattack, and it is impossible for the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army to continue to encircle the Offenberg Corps in this situation!" Zalitz wrote this in a telegram to the base camp.

"Not more than 20 kilometers? It's a one-day trip! General Zalitz said, touching his meticulously trimmed beard. If you don't leave, I'm afraid it's too late! "The speed of Prince Leopold's assault was somewhat beyond the Russians' expectations. And the reason why the blocking line of the Russian corps has not yet been broken is not that the German army is not strong, but that the prince needs to make the final preparations before the attack!

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