The Russian cavalry, which had been knocked to pieces, slipped away and left the battlefield after throwing down hundreds of corpses. www.biquge.info At the same time, several Russian cavalry were doing the same thing, the scale of the battle was different, and the course of the battle was also different, but the results were all surprisingly similar, some were knocked out of their teeth, some were beaten to the bumble, and some were directly eaten by the troops who heard the news.

However, the first blood left by the Cossack cavalry did not arouse the vigilance of the Russians, and the outdated intelligence transmission and the chaotic battlefield situation made the Russians miscalculate the situation, and more and more Russian troops began to throw themselves into this battlefield. A large-scale battle is inevitable!

Campaigns must have a core objective, some may be to capture a strategic location, some may be to destroy the opponent's living forces, some may be defensive, under this core objective, other secondary objectives can be abandoned or defeated. So what is Ruprecht's goal? Destroy the opponent's living force? This is one of the important goals, but the most important thing is to attract the Russians to the technical forces!

There are a lot of Russians, so whether you knock out tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops, it is not a difficult thing for Russia to replenish. Therefore, simply killing the infantry will not solve the problem, as long as the valuable machine guns and artillery can be preserved, returning to Eastern Europe and capturing a group of people at will is a bunch of army ....... On the other hand, judging from the backward transport capacity of the Russians, once the heavy artillery units and the accompanying baggage troops entered the position and completed the deployment, it would not be easy for them to go again. A divisional artillery regiment has thousands of horses and hundreds of carts, this thing can be walked?

After the initial blow to the Donetsk division, the next few days were unusually calm, and the other side did not launch a fierce offensive again, although with the concentration of more and more troops on both sides, the width of the battle line is getting longer and longer, but on the whole, the two sides are still in a relatively mild positional warfare mode, attacking and defending each other, but there is still no such thing as breaking through the opponent's defense line or tearing a huge hole.

After several days of preparation, the three divisions on both flanks of the Donetsk division had come closer, and one division reinforced in the rear had also been in place, and had entered the battle line to share the pressure, and in a not wide area, the Russians had concentrated at least five infantry divisions. The Russians tested the opposing line and found that these defenses with armored units were intimidating, and relying solely on 3-inch rapid-fire guns and infantry charges could not solve the problem.

"Transfer the 14th and 15th artillery regiments and the 2 heavy artillery regiments of our army group, we are inferior to the Germans in terms of firepower, not to mention that they have new armored vehicles." Nikolayevich finally decided to mobilize his precious heavy artillery unit! Half of the heavy artillery units under the Sixth Army were transferred to the front. As for why the Fifth Army was not mobilized, because in the Grand Duke's plan, the Sixth Army was responsible for frontal containment, and the Fifth Army was responsible for detouring behind the Germans, and they needed sufficient firepower.

The peace of the war was finally broken on the fifth day, and with the arrival of the heavy artillery units under the Russian Sixth Army, the Russians finally had the courage to break through the German defense line head-on, with a full 32 long-range cannons converted from naval guns, more than 50 152mm howitzers, more than 100 122mm howitzers and 107mm cannons. Plus more than 200 76mm rapid-fire guns. The Russians concentrated more than 350 artillery pieces on a not wide position!

In an area between 10 and 15 kilometers from the front line, more than 180 guns of medium caliber and above are arranged in sequence, with 152mm heavy howitzers at the front, then 122mm guns and 107mm guns with a longer range, and finally 152mm naval cannons. Dozens of artillery positions formed discontinuous curves. Thousands of wagons shuttled back and forth between the front line and the rear, and although the artillery positions were already arranged, they needed days to stock up on shells, a 152mm howitzer weighing 45 kg, and an extra firing pack, which could transport 30 shells in one wagon, if you count the packaging. And this ammunition is not enough for a cannon to fight for 20 minutes!

The Russians are building momentum, they know their weaknesses, they know that they are no match for the enemy with the same number of troops, so they need to concentrate their forces first. Unlike artillery, which needed to accumulate a large number of shells and supplies to be powerful, Bavarian bombers could rain deadly bullets on the opponent's head at any time, while mobile artillery groups were slower, but they were still much faster than the Russians.

At this time, the number of airships and reconnaissance planes in the sky was already increasing, and they faithfully transmitted everything they saw to the decision-making body. They are based on the number of vehicles. The movement of units to estimate the size of the Russian army and its readiness for war.

"That's a lot, the Russians we're facing have at least 6 divisions, right?" The Condor reconnaissance airship moved towards the depths of the Russian army, and the Russian troops on the ground like moving ants made Aiden feel uneasy.

"And the artillerymen, do you see that group of vehicles to the northwest? There seem to be a lot of cars in it, this should be their towed heavy artillery unit, this time the Russians have paid a lot of money! According to our pre-war intelligence, none of the military aircraft and artillery had heavy artillery units of this size. Another occupant said.

"The feast has been put in front of our eyes, General Schmidt's troops have now reached 4 divisions, 2 assault and 2 rapid divisions, ready to attack at any time, and the assault divisions on the left and right flanks have also been interspersed in place, although there are some small-scale battles, but judging from the current situation, the Russians are not aware of the threat."

"The Fifth Army has completed its contraction, and instead of retreating, they are moving in the direction of our right flank, which is tantamount to exposing their back to Prince Leopold. Having routed the enemy in front of them, Schmidt's men should quickly attack south and join up with Prince Leopold's forces to complete the defense of the Fifth Army, and if we have the strength to spare, Calyput can follow the fast troops on the left flank and eat part of the Sixth Army. ”

Ruprecht finally gave the order to attack, after all, it was hundreds of heavy artillery and more than 5 divisions of infantry, if he really waited until people were ready to wield, then even if he was covered in iron, he would lose a piece of meat, so launching an attack when the other party was in place but had not yet completed the preparations was a very important timing!

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