There is another difference between skirmishes and positional battles, that is, the fighting forces of the two sides are relatively concentrated, if it is a positional war, if a division's defense line is expanded, a certain point is broken, and it is difficult for reinforcements on other defense lines to be quickly mobilized, because your battle line is a wide curve, like a snake, hitting you in the middle, it is difficult to take care of the beginning and the end. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the encounter is different, the infantry of the follow-up 10 battalions of the Donetsk division can be continuously replenished, a Russian division has 20,000 people, and Mike's lancer assault group is also a regiment-sized combat unit, even if there are 20,000 people on the opposite side for you to kill, you have to kill for a while!

At the beginning of the war, the level of Russian officers was still okay, and there were some high-level people, and Gross was one of them, and he quickly realized that the simple infantry and artillery tactics of the Russians had no effect in the face of such a never-before-seen force. So he chose the tactic that most Russian legions would use, that is, to pile you to death with numbers, how do you say it? Quantity itself is also a quality!

Gross ordered the infantry units that followed to prepare to press in turn. At the same time, the division's artillery was also ready to deploy, and he shortened the strength of the entire division to an area of only about 6 kilometers on the front and 4 to 5 kilometers in depth. At the same time, a telegram was immediately sent to friendly forces at headquarters and flanks asking for reinforcements.

At this time, the four battalions of Russian infantry that had just been lined up on the battlefield had been exhausted. The troops supporting Mike also arrived on the battlefield, and the reconnaissance airship flew through the sky again, telegraphing the entire situation to Lieutenant General Schmidt.

"The entire Donetsk division has shrunk into a single mass, and the Russian divisions in the second wave of the attack have begun to move closer quickly, first 2 cavalry divisions, then 1 infantry division, and the 17th division of the adjacent Fifth Army has also begun to move closer to it. However, as long as our main forces attack, I am afraid that no one except for 2 cavalry divisions will be able to join up with the Donetsk division before it is annihilated. The chief of staff said to Lieutenant General Schmidt.

Schmidt's first reaction was that the Russians reacted quite quickly, and they knew what to do when they got into trouble, and the second reaction was that if they sent it to the door, then it would save you from going to them again! The bombers in their hands are useless, and fighting on this battlefield close to themselves is obviously more beneficial to themselves. There is another assault division behind him, one on each flank, in terms of the efficiency of concentration of forces, the Bavarian corps is higher, if more Russian troops can be attracted to this meat grinder, wouldn't it be better?

Of course, the decision of this campaign level still has to be consulted by Ruprecht, this is not a matter of one or two divisions, it will be over after fighting, judging from the current situation, at least 2 infantry divisions and 2 cavalry divisions, as for how much the Russians can throw into it in the follow-up, it depends on the situation!

"The 2nd and 3rd Assault Divisions can suspend the offensive and wait for the arrival of follow-up troops, and the 1st Assault Division, which is directly under my command, can block the attack of 4 or 5 Russian infantry divisions. When the Russian corps is concentrated, we can carry out a large-scale offensive! Schmidt wrote in another telegram to Ruprecht.

"The 1st Assault Division was executed according to plan, and the two assault divisions on the flanks continued to intersperse and attack the rear supply lines of the Russians." The prince's call back was pretty straightforward, but he decided to play a bigger one. At this time, if you start from Lodz and draw a line to connect with Schmidt's department, then this line is exactly the dividing line between the Russian Fifth and Sixth armies, and the connection is beaten, and the Russians naturally do not dare to take it lightly, either retreat and shrink the defensive line, and if they can't retreat, then they will be killed and defended.

The Russian Sixth Army aside, the Fifth Army is simply sandwiched between Lodz and Kravko, and if the Russian Fifth Army dares to transfer an army to the salient, then there will inevitably be a huge hole in the Kravko direction. If this were the case, the Leopold Army Group (Army Group Bohemia-Moravia), which had limited assault capabilities, would be able to make a quick surprise attack and then complete the encirclement of the Fifth Army without any interference!

This is a group army, nearly 5 corps, 10 infantry divisions, and attached cavalry divisions and artillery units, adding up to nearly 200,000! If this is over, it will definitely be more classic than the Battle of Tannenberg in history! Such a great temptation was before the prince, and he could not refuse it no matter what!

Then the only problem now is that the Russians will not take the bait! So the Donetsk division must not be eaten immediately, and it must also give the Russians a feeling that they can win if they work harder! Otherwise, who will continue to invest troops in the inevitable losing war?

The 1st Assault Division, which had already been deployed, did not immediately eat the bait, and the troops on both flanks were just waiting for the arrival of the opponent, while the subsequent artillery and infantry units began to withdraw the lancer units that had been fighting for almost a day. Naturally, armored units will still be on the field, but infantry units can be rotated to a certain extent.

While the 1st Assault Division was preparing to attract the opponent's attack, the assault divisions on both flanks continued to look for space to intersperse, which was another change in the prince's battle plan. If you want to completely incapacitate an army, then you have two options, the first is to encircle! Make the opponent unable to walk, and the other way is to kill the opponent's logistics so that the enemy can't walk! And the logistics line of the Russians is definitely the best choice, their logistics completely rely on horses and carts, so the transportation distance is very close, and it is necessary to transport materials to the front line one by one, and if these military stations can be pulled out, then the Russian army on the front line is waiting to be trapped to death!

"The core of mobile warfare is that the troops continue to play an advantage in movement, even if some fronts can stop for special needs, but other troops still have to keep moving! Turn maneuverability into tactical advantage! Ruprecht wrote in his diary.

The 10 divisions of the Russian Legion were already somewhat loosely distributed on the front, and in addition to the lack of aerial reconnaissance, the perception would be further reduced, and now, when the Russians decided to concentrate a large number of troops at one point, then the air raids between the troops would inevitably be expanded, giving the assault division room to intersperse. In history, when the German First and Second Armies found that their gaps were too large, their first reaction was to quickly retreat and shrink their fronts, and this time, the Russians did not realize this, they believed that they had a great advantage in strength, even if the other side was interspersed, it didn't matter, and because of this problem, they planted the seeds of defeat!

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