Chapter 897: Mao Zi with a clear mind

The Russian army spilled a large number of glass beads and soybeans in the city of Yekarinaburg, these small things looked inconspicuous, but they caused huge trouble to the Manchurian army. The infantry slipped everywhere they went, and then encountered the fire points of the Russian army lurking in the shadows, and the battle damage rose to a very terrifying height for a while. Gohinga repeatedly ordered no fierce battle, and Acton could only give the order to retreat when he had already attacked the city of Yekarinaburg.

With Acton's order, the Manchurian army began to retreat in great strides, withdrawing more than 300 kilometers in one go. Even in Central Asia, where the door was open, the Manchurian Army did not take a second look and withdrew to the Baikal region without looking back. Acton was very worried that the Russian army would launch a large-scale counteroffensive, and once the Russian army returned, all the results after the battle of the 15th Heights of the Manchurian Army would be lost, and many battles would have to be fought again. Although the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is average, after all, Russia has five million reserve troops, which is a very large number. As long as these hairs are willing to die, the trouble of the Manchurian Army after the beginning of spring is not small.

However, after Acton's retreat, the unexpected happened, and instead of taking advantage of the situation to counterattack, the Russian army began to build fortifications in Yekarinaburg and the surrounding area. Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder suddenly changed from the commander-in-chief of the Russian army to the largest contractor in Russia, and frantically engaged in civil engineering. This shape will indeed make the next offensive of the Manchurian Army much more difficult, but it also shows that the Russian army has no intention of counterattacking, and they have given up all the territory of the Asian part. Acton pondered and couldn't figure out why the old Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich came to this play. The Manchurian Army has all been withdrawn, and it is very easy for the Russian army to advance the defense line to the east for a few hundred kilometers, at least the gateway to Central Asia can be established again.

Guo Xing'a was also a little confused, Mao Zi's move this time greatly surprised him. Guo Xing'a is very greedy for territory, but according to common sense, Maozi's genes are full of greed for territory, they should be ten times more greedy than Guo Xing'a, how can they suddenly let go and don't want it all! Guo Xing'a has been angry about this for several days, and he has several boils on his head, but he can't come up with a reason. Lao Maozi must have a trick, but what their trick is, it's really hard to guess. Of course, there is also good news, so that Guo Xing'a no longer has a headache, and the Western front, which has been sitting quietly, suddenly started fighting.

"The Russian army, having amassed more than 1.7 million troops, suddenly launched an offensive on the Western Front. The Austrians were caught off guard and were annihilated by a corps by the Russians, and the Russian advance had already entered the territory of Austria-Hungary. The Germans also suffered certain losses, but their will to fight was relatively tenacious, and the quality of their individual soldiers was also very high, and they stabilized the battle line when they were attacked by surprise, and now they have begun a full-scale counteroffensive! Tan Shaoguang introduced the latest news to Guo Xing'a, and the border between Germany, Austria, and Russia has become a pot of porridge. It's a pity that the General Staff Headquarters is not well prepared for the war in Europe, so it can only let Goxinga look at the map, and there is no consistent fine sand table.

"Mao Zi's five million reserves are really not nonsense, with such heavy losses on the Eastern Front, it is really not easy for them to quickly organize so many troops on the Western Front! But the Russian army put the precarious Eastern Front and did not fight, and inexplicably concentrated the main forces on the Western Front to find the Germans desperately, which is a bit strange! Is this some conspiracy? "Goxinga is more concerned about whether there will be any conspiracy of the Russian army, but he is also very curious, the ability of Alexander III's riot army, this Russian army is like a potato, a lot of it, it is really spectacular!

"Lao Maozi may have figured it out! The limit of our army's advance on the Eastern Front is the Ural Mountains, although it will cause Russia to lose a large part of its territory, but it will not endanger Russia's fundamentals, and we will not make much action in winter. Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Western Front, although they seem to be just sitting, as long as they make a move, they will directly shake the fundamental importance of Russia, and even make Russia annihilated. St. Petersburg must have been based on this consideration, which is why it will abandon its Asian territory, delay our army in a grappling mode, and concentrate its main efforts on the Western Front against the Germans. Tan Shaoguang's analysis of Russia is to see through Guoxing's reluctance to put down his mind, so he will despise the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

"It's not just that! If you just think that Germany and Austria-Hungary are more threatening, they should be fortified on both sides, but the defense of the Western Front is more focused on it, and they should not take the initiative to attack! If I had gone all out to the west, regardless of the circumstances, and invited the Germans to the east, they would not have been completely dead. Although Goxinga did not dare to go westward with all his might, he did not believe that Russia would dare to gamble so much.

"The war on the Western Front broke out in full force, and the benefits to Russia are greater, and they took the initiative to attack, I'm afraid they want to mix up more benefits!" Tan Shaoguang roughly grasped St. Petersburg's thinking, but it was only his speculation, and he didn't want Goxinga to be misled.

"Lao Maozi's combat effectiveness is not at all, even if the equipment gap on the Western Front is not as big as ours, the Russian army will definitely not take advantage, and the Germans are still very reliable in fighting." Guoxing Ah shook his head again and again, still not believing. Russia's combat effectiveness is basically disgraced in the east and visible in the west, and it is impossible for them to take advantage of the western front.

"The economic situation in Russia is very bad, the level of equipment research and development is also very poor, whether it is on the Eastern Front or the Western Front, they are not relying on themselves, but on Britain and France, which have money and equipment." Tan Shaoguang said in one sentence.

"Britain and France are fighting with us in South Asia, but they have not yet declared war on Germany and Austria, why should Lao Maozi go far?" Guo Xinga thinks that everything starts from himself, and the distance is also determined according to himself.

"Russia does not have the ability to unilaterally fight against us or Germany and Austria, their meaning is to contain us, to contain us in the East, to contain Germany and Austria in Europe. It is precisely for this reason that the amount of British and French aid that Russia can receive depends entirely on the wishes of Britain and France. Tan Shaoguang saw very clearly that no matter which side Russia fights, it is actually for Britain and France.

"Lao Maozi is fighting with us in the east, Britain and France don't need any input, they just need the Russian army to hold back the main force of our army. Russia has a huge territory in Asia, and it is enough to exchange land for time, and it does not matter how well the Russian army is equipped and how effective it is. But in this way, although Britain and France benefited, Lao Maozi lost money. They lost vast swathes of territory, killed countless soldiers, and gained little. Britain and France have retreated to India, and Russia simply cannot count on their help, and must face us independently. Tan Shaoguang made a comparison on the map, and Guoxinga immediately saw clearly that Russia was too far away from the British and French allies on the map of East Asia.

"The European battlefield is different, Britain and France can't let Russia lose too much territory, otherwise Germany and Austria will no longer have a back behind them, and they can directly attack France mainland if they turn around. Therefore, on the European battlefield, the Russian army must have a certain combat effectiveness, at least to be able to drag half of the body of Germany and Austria. Therefore, once the war breaks out in Europe, British and French aid will continue to be sent to the Russian army, so it is most beneficial for Russia to start a war in Europe. Tan Shaoguang listed a table of differences in equipment between the British, French, and Russian armies, so that Guoxinga clearly saw the Russian army's thirst for British equipment.

"The strategic focus of Britain and France has always been in Asia, and they want to settle accounts with the Germans after they have settled with us. Even though Germany and Austria had declared war on Russia, and even though the flames had already ignited in Russia's backyard, Britain and France still insisted on their strategy of first east and then west. However, the scale of this battle was too great, Britain and France, which had lost their colonies, could bear it, and Russia, which had lost its homeland, could not bear it. Russia urgently needs economic and equipment assistance from Britain and France, otherwise they will not be able to hold the Ural Mountains at all, and they are even more worried that after the collapse of the Ural Mountains, Germany and Austria will take advantage of the fire to rob. Britain and France were unwilling to return to Europe too early, so Lao Maozi took the initiative to attack, forcing Britain and France to have an attitude towards the war in Europe. Russia hopes that Britain and France will first concentrate on leveling Germany and Austria and solve the hidden dangers behind themselves. Guo Xing'a finally figured out what Lao Maozi wanted to do.

"The General Staff Headquarters estimates that the first phase of the war will be anxious for a while, and then the Russian army will inevitably not be the opponent of the German army, and the German army will invade Russian territory in two months at most. If this were the case, Britain and France would certainly declare war on Germany, and Europe would be their foundation. If Germany does not have the hidden danger of Russia behind it, it is difficult to say whether Britain can hold on, and France will definitely be finished! Tan Shaoguang felt that if the European war was a big fight, Britain and France would inevitably return to their divisions.

"Hmm...... Yes, Maozi's move to save himself is very strange, but it will definitely work, and Britain and France have a headache! Brother Tan, do you think Britain and France will make a request for peace with us? How do we cope? "Goxinga doesn't believe that Britain and France will start a war on both ends of the earth at the same time, and they don't have that confidence.

"As the scale of the European war expands, Britain and France will inevitably seek peace, and how to deal with it will be up to the general's Sacred Heart to decide! Negotiate peace, we can stop and digest the results of the war, and then continue to fight, we can take the opportunity to force Britain and France into a dilemma, no matter what we do, it will be beneficial! Tan Shaoguang has been dormant for many years, and he has learned how to face a generation of emperor Guo Xing'a, even if Guo Xing'a used the affectionate Tan Shaoguang to call him, he was not offside.

"Let Li Zhi hurry up and attack India, Kan Great Wall to attack Canada, Tal go to Dingfuzhou to make pre-war preparations, and we will put pressure on him on the whole front. As for the rest, let's take it one step at a time! No hurry! After Guo Xing'a figured it out, he felt very good, the strategic initiative was back in his hands, and he could play as much as he wanted.

After Goxinga's strategy was decided, good news came that the preparations of the navy were finally completed, and the big fish of Goxinga had finally completed the trial commissioning, and they could go to compete with the former masters of the ocean.