Before the outbreak of World War I, due to the influence of the Russo-Japanese War, the armies of various countries generally adopted the tactics of flanking and detouring, including the two Balkan wars, and most of the Bulgarian troops adopted the tactics of flanking and detouring.

However, after the outbreak of the world war, everyone suddenly found that the defense lines of both sides were moving for hundreds of kilometers, and even the defense lines on the eastern front were now thousands of kilometers, which made it extremely difficult for the troops to make a detour, so they began to use the tactics of forcing a breakthrough head-on.

However, with the advent of aircraft, it is difficult to hide the enemy's eyes from the march of large forces, and everyone can judge the enemy's main attack direction through the movement of the army, and it is not so easy to force a breakthrough head-on!

This conundrum also plagues commanders around the world, and it is only natural that the Russians will face this problem when they organized one of the largest offensives since the outbreak of the world war.

With more than 4.8 million troops on the three fronts, launching an attack at the same time, this line of defense is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and it is certainly impossible to make a detour on the flanks. As for looking for a weak point to break out head-on? The Allied reconnaissance planes are still flying in the sky!

In order to solve this problem, the commander of the Russian Southwestern Front, Brusilov, convened a meeting of the commanders of the various army groups under his jurisdiction on February 18, and finally decided that each army group would choose its own breakthrough section.

In the end, more than 30 breakthrough points were selected on the 440-kilometer-long frontal offensive front of the entire Southwestern Front.

Brusirov admitted that this would distract the troops, but it would also make it impossible for the enemy to judge the direction of the main attack, and naturally it would not be possible to effectively use mobile forces, which would easily cause a tight situation on the entire front and be conducive to achieving the suddenness of the attack.

Looking at Brusilov's deployment, he could only sigh that this was a tactic tailored for the Russians, and everyone couldn't learn it at all!

At least in Europe, this tactic is only suitable for the Russians, and only they can bring out the best in the crowd tactic.

According to Brusilov's deployment, it only takes one point to break through, the enemy's defense line is torn apart, and the Russians, who have the advantage of forces, can quickly break through.

As the greatest contributor to this campaign, the Southwestern Front of the Russian Empire had a total of eight armies, with 80 infantry divisions and 20 cavalry divisions, with a total of 1.06 million infantry, 100,000 cavalry, and 2,038 artillery pieces; The Austrian army on the opposite side had 59 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry divisions, with a total of 750,000 infantry, 40,000 cavalry, and 1,986 artillery pieces.

Although the Russian army had the advantage in strength, this advantage as the attacking side was not great, and according to the mainstream view at the time, the Russian army was simply unable to break through the large depth defense line of the Austro-Hungarian army.

On March 26, the Russian army launched a full-scale offensive on a front of more than 1,000 kilometers, and the other two fronts were still fighting in a decent manner, but the southwestern front army changed its previous tactics.

They canceled the long preparation of artillery fire and launched a charge after only one round of artillery fire. To the surprise of the Austrians, the Southwestern Front launched an offensive on almost all of their defensive lines.

When the commander of the Austrian army, Archduke Ferdinand, hurriedly threw in all the reserves to plug the gap, the Russian 8th Army, which was responsible for the main attack, defeated the Austrian 7th Army, and then outflanked the rear of the Austrian 4th Army from north to south.

In just two days, the Russian army broke through the first line of Austrian fortifications, and the three Austro-Hungarian armies were completely defeated, and the Austrian soldiers abandoned their weapons and fled westward in droves.

On April 6, the Russian army seized Lutsk, the logistics and material center of the Austrian army, and the funny thing is that until this time, the commander of the Austrian army, Archduke Ferdinand, still did not understand where the main direction of the Russian army was, so he had to flee west in a hurry in the middle of the rout.

Under the unconventional offensive of the Russian army, the Austrian army collapsed on all fronts, about 350,000 people became prisoners of war, and no less than 600,000 were killed and wounded.

Now the forward forces of the Russians could already see the Carpathian Pass, and in the event of a breakthrough there, the Austro-Hungarian capital of Vienna would be within reach.

Looking at the battle report, Ferdinand was a little speechless, it's not that the Russians are too powerful, it's completely that the Austro-Hungarian army is too waste!

First of all, this reaction speed is too slow, and the coordination between the troops is also very problematic, and when the Russians attack, they can support each other.

And the Austro-Hungarian army held their positions strictly, regardless of how the brother troops next door fought, which was one of the reasons why the defense line was broken through so quickly.

The performance is even worse in the back, even if there is a gap in the defensive line, there is always a reserve team, as long as the gap is plugged in time, there is still a chance to hold the defensive line.

It's a pity that this Austrian commander with the same name as him is also a complete fool, no matter which direction the Russians attack from, you can't put all the reserves in one go to plug the gap?

Even if Galicia is lost, a new line of defense can be formed again, and it can run away directly, what is going on? Had it not been for the timely arrival of German reinforcements, the Bulgarian army would now have to go to Vienna to join the Russians.

The Germans next door fared much better, although they also suffered heavy losses, and the Russian troops suddenly killed them in the back from the Austro-Hungarian lines, but they reacted in time and immediately built fortifications and defenses, and now they are still fighting the Russians, and they have not collapsed on all fronts.

According to the analysis of the information from the military observer mission, the Russians said that they had killed two million enemies, and theoretically it was reasonable to say that they had indeed disabled more than two million Austrian troops.

In this battle, the Germans alone suffered more than 400,000 casualties, and the casualties of the Austro-Hungarian army were probably around 1.45 million. And the Russians' own casualties are about 15.6 million.

Judging from the results alone, if it is left in Bulgaria, this is a lose-lose battle, even if it is placed in the British country at most, it will be declared a crushing victory, but on the woolly bear, it will be a complete victory!

Well, in fact, the results of the Russians' Southwestern Front were quite good, and this casualty ratio was only dragged back by the other two fronts and forcibly pulled up.

In particular, the Northern Front, which was responsible for attacking East Prussia, was defeated by the German defenders at the beginning, and if it had not been for the timely breakthrough of the Austro-Hungarian defense line by the Southwestern Front and interspersed with the rear of the Germans, the Tsarist government would not have received good news now.

Secretly despised the low taste of Nicholas II, Ferdinand was still envious, if Bulgaria had such a population as a hairy bear, he would have killed Austria-Hungary a long time ago, why pretend to be a grandson?

But that was the end of the good days for the Russians, and after the Austro-Hungarian lines were broken through, the head of the German General Staff Falkenhausen reached an agreement with the chief of the Austrian General Staff Hetzendorf.

Through emergency mobilization at home, the Austrian army cobbled together 24 divisions, and another 10 divisions were transferred from the Belgrade front line and 3 divisions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the German army drew 15 divisions from the Verdun battlefield on the Western Front, and another 22 divisions were mobilized at home and sent to the Eastern Front by rail.

After Germany and Austria added a million troops to the eastern front, the Russians' superiority in strength no longer existed, and Ferdinand knew that the Allied front had stabilized.

Of course, the tsarist government in St. Petersburg did not think so, and they planned to bulldoze Austria-Hungary in one fell swoop, and then fight a decisive battle with the Germans.

In any case, Ferdinand immediately sent a congratulatory telegram to St. Petersburg, praising the Russian army to the sky, with the clear hope that the Russians would continue to work hard to overthrow the Central Powers.

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At the same time as the outbreak of Russia, Bulgaria was not idle, and the battle for Sicily came to an end. Having lost the right to control the sea, Italy was unable to provide strong support to Sicily, and the mafia was naturally unable to defeat the regular army.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Kremon Ivanov, the 102nd, 105th, and 20th 3rd Divisions of the Bulgarian Army launched a landing operation on 8 February.

After the successful landing, the French also sent two colonial infantry divisions from Tunisia and followed with a dead face, and this was not the end, John Bull also drew an Indian division from Egypt.

It seems that the allure of Sicily is great, and the two big hooligans are eyeing this place, and they don't care about face.

Seeing the reaction of Britain and France, Ferdinand didn't say anything, anyway, he didn't think about annexing Sicily alone, which was very unrealistic.

The arrival of Britain and France also reduced the casualties of the Bulgarian army, and anyway, they sent colonial troops, so they naturally wanted to be used as cannon fodder.

This is also a tacit agreement reached between the three countries, and Britain and France naturally need to pay the price if they want to pick up the bargain.

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