readx;?“ Logistics reported that the whereabouts of the convoy leading to the Fifth Army were unknown, that most of the military stations along the way had been destroyed, and that the Germans appeared to have inserted a motorized corps into the rear of the Fifth Army. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info army is engaged with the enemy army, the consumption is very large, and the logistics supply is not enough, this situation is very dangerous. ”

"We have lost the engagement with the Germans on the front, the opponent seems to be more powerful than we imagined, the Fifth Army has just reported that they have met their opponents on both fronts and flanks, and General Manov says that he has gotten into a pocket. It is quite possible that the enemy will tighten his mouth from behind. He hoped that the Sixth Army Corps could help. ”

The staff officers sent telegrams one by one to Nikolayevich. Just two days ago, Donetsk and another division had been wiped out, along with nearly half of the artillery of the Sixth Army. Two other divisions were also badly wounded. And today the situation of the Fifth Army seems to be bad. Although judging from the current situation, the opponent has formed a situation of encirclement, it is still questionable whether the encirclement will be completely closed. There is no doubt that he has lost this battle so far, and now the question is how to lose less.

"Send the information to the base camp, I need to ask for instructions." Nikolaevich said.

At this time, the Russian troops of the 4 armies and the Austro-Hungarian regiment on the opposite side also started a melee in Galicia. Although the Austro-Hungarian army had some water, after being strengthened, it still had contacts with the Russian army in a short period of time. Brusinov, who served as the chief of the General Staff of the Russian front, was sorting out the information on the Russian-Austrian campaign when an officer sent the information on the central front. (East Prussia was the northern front, and the Bavarian Army was the central front.) Fought with the Austro-Hungarian Legion on the Southern Front. ）

"The Bavarian Army has formed a situation of encirclement of the Fifth Army?!" When he saw this, Brusinov's pupils immediately contracted into pins and needles that portrayed danger. He immediately threw the telegram aside, quickly came to the sand table, and the staff officer next to him immediately marked the situation of friend and foe according to the situation on the telegram.

Soon, tin soldiers marked with unknown enemy troops appeared on the map. "Did the Bavarians all fly over? Even at a speed of 25 kilometers per day, they couldn't have completed the encirclement so quickly, right? ”

As an old fritter, Brusinov knew that there was moisture on this telegram, compared to another telegram, the transportation of the Fifth Army was all cut off, you know, the army transportation is supplied according to the army, each army has its own transportation route, the Fifth Army has a total of 5 armies, 10 divisions of troops, if they are all broken, then at least 5 channels are gone, and the other side can cut off all your transportation channels in such a wide area, which means a problem. The army of people has appeared behind you! This is not a situation of encirclement at all, but a completion of encirclement!

"Mark me all the numbers of the German-Austrian troops I can find!" Brusinov said. Soon, he began to find some clues in these telegrams, first of all, on the question of troops, the Russians had miscalculated, the Russian Fifth and Sixth Armies were not only facing the Bavarian Corps, but also a Austro-Hungarian corps under the command of Ruprecht, the two sides were 2 to 2, and if it was about numbers, the other side might be more. This explains the problem of troop strength.

But what Brusinov didn't understand was how the attack power and assault speed of the Bavarian corps were so strong? In two days, 4 Russian divisions concentrated on the front were crushed. Then, 5 days later, the Austro-Hungarian army formed a round of encirclement, and by now, the gap has been completely closed. This combat power is too talkative, right?

But soon, Brusinov abandoned the issue, because this is obviously not the time to discuss this issue, the Fifth Army has already been surrounded, so is it time to break the siege or what to do? Just as he was thinking about this, the War Ministers Ivanov and Kuropatkin had also arrived in the war room, and they had apparently received this information as well.

"Now we have to find a way to free the Fifth Army, we cannot afford to lose an army group in less than 10 days." Ivanov said firmly.

"Unless we bring in reserves or other garrisons directly under the base camp, it will be difficult to rely on the Sixth Army to break the siege, and I don't think our troops in the Galician direction will be able to spare their hands to aid the Fifth Army right now, right?" Kulopatkin hesitated, as the highest-ranking officer of the Russian Army who had dealt with the Kingdom of Bavaria the longest. Kulopatkin opposed fighting with the Bavarian Legion in equal numbers. According to his words, under the strong firepower of the other side, there is no future for a head-on death.

"The reserves are to be left to the Southern Front, and our first task is to crush the Austrians at the first opportunity. The enemy on the central front was not as strong as we thought, they were already stretched thin, the Germans in the encirclement had been replaced by the Czechs, and the Fifth Army was said to have made a partial breakthrough in the east. As long as the Sixth Army holds out, we can succeed. Ivanov said.

"But it took them less than 3 days to crush 4 of our divisions! This is also true, right? Kulopatkin said with some excitement.

"If they still have this kind of combat power now, then the Fifth Army in the encirclement is already finished! Moreover, it is clear that the command system and basic framework of those divisions are still there, and they cannot be regarded as eliminated. "Ivanov, as commander-in-chief, has to think about this from both strategic and political perspectives.

To be honest, the Russians were reluctant to fight the Germans, this was the consensus before the war, after all, the easy way to kill the French was too terrifying. You must know that during the Napoleonic period, the Russians moved to Moscow and dragged the French to death, and then ...... Napoleon III. The Germans stabbed straight to Paris. And then there was an arrogant military parade.

So unless it is an absolute advantage, for example, 2 armies on the Northern Front against the Germans and 1 army group, otherwise, in terms of difficulty and interests, it is better to fight Austria-Hungary than to fight the Russians. Russia moved south, had a wide front, and won the battle to directly capture the rich Galician region. Further south, you can directly penetrate Budapest and take Hungary. In this case, Russia's interests are the greatest. And the supply to Germany is different, even if you get in, I'm afraid that when the main German army comes back, I'm afraid you will have to withdraw. This kind of action of exchanging countless lives and military expenses for one advance and one retreat is really not worth it.

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