In fact, Birant's estimate is already very conservative. The casualties of the German 30th Division were not 50 percent at all, but 70 percent!

According to the common sense of the current military circles in Europe, it is normal for a force to lose its offensive capability when the casualties reach about 10%.

And the casualty rate of 30% has already reached the normal casualty limit of a normal army. Beyond this limit, the general army will lose its organization, break up, flee, abandon its position, surrender, etc. At this time, the troops were already in a situation of extreme lack of fighting spirit in military theory, and it was difficult for them to accomplish any combat mission.

Factors such as attrition, destruction of formations, loss of weapons, and suppression of the enemy's superior firepower have caused the troops to lose their effective combat effectiveness. In this case, a large loss of non-commissioned officers and lieutenants is equivalent to damage to a person's peripheral nerves, and even if the muscle strength is still there, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and the ability to accomplish tactical intentions will inevitably collapse. From a military point of view, this cannot be compensated for by no amount of will to fight!

Even the most elite troops suffered casualties of up to 40 percent. In the last world war, the Battle of Verdun, which was hailed as a turning point, as the defending side, the most elite division of France, after reaching a casualty rate of 38 percent, was withdrawn by Marshal Petain and reinforced.

But Belante knew very well that it was impossible for the German division in front of him to receive any effective replenishment, let alone have time to withdraw and downsize. They had been fighting the Polish army from the very beginning, and there could be no chance of retreating for the next two days, because there were no troops to replace their posts.

The battle was fought to this extent, even if the news of the collapse of the German army was received in the next second, he would not be the slightest surprised. What really surprised him was that the German army had not shown the slightest sign of collapse in this kind of cross-level engagement!

The bones of the Germans, are they really so hard!?

Bérante suddenly understood why his respected mentor, Petain, a famous general of the French Third Republic, had been defeated in the small Ruhr battle. Perhaps, the real reason is not that the ammunition of the French army is not in place, the coordination of the Franco-Belgian coalition forces is not uniform, and so on. Will, the most easily overlooked factor, is the biggest reason.

Through this Polish battle, Belante really discovered how terrible the will of the Germans was!

However, things are not yet out of control. No matter how tenacious and tenacious these German soldiers were, they would soon have no capital to fight. Blame their stupid commander for wasting the time that the troops had so hard to gain and not sending reinforcements, causing the time earned by the Rhodes defenders to fight for terror at the last minute.

At this moment, even the enemy of Belante had some sympathy and retreated to the city of Lodz, preparing the remnants of the 30th Division for the last time. They did not yet know that within ten miles of them were full of Polish troops. They have struggled to support the hopeful reinforcements, but so far there is not even a shadow.

Lighting a cigarette, Béronte slowly got up and walked to the side of the battle diagram in the conference room, and said: "The German army in front of me is already at the end of its power, and it will be destroyed sooner or later. After that, the Polish army will be able to rush to the Vistula River and play a beautiful counterattack. ”

Belante's words quickly resonated with the other Polish generals in the room.

"After playing for so long, it finally paid off. Now, it's our turn to clean up the Germans! ”

"That's it, if you want me to say that I simply counterattack and don't stop at the Vistula, and advance all the way to the border!"

"I'll just say that victory will be ours sooner or later, and the good fortune of the Germans should come to an end!"

“.......”

For several days, he was pressed and beaten by the German army, and he lost troops and generals all the way, and finally organized a counteroffensive, but was blocked by a mere division. By this time, the Polish generals had been suppressed to the extreme. Therefore, with the auspicious words of Belante, there was a vague kind of fanatical joy that celebrated this victory that had not yet come.

Since Bérante is French, this campaign was ultimately nothing more than an away experience for him. He had only come to see a long way and to watch a war between great powers in the name of guidance.

It's a pity that the level of the Polish generals is too poor, and Smigre, the Polish marshal, is searched all over the place, but only Béronte, the conceited French major general, is still a little capable. Under the backdrop of the group of rice bucket generals of the Polish army, Birant was actually treated as a "famous general" by Smigre. As a result, the strategic plan of the Polish army began to consult the French general.

The conceited Berente did not shirk it, and took advantage of the situation to give the Polish High Command an idea, and this counterattack of the Polish army with all their might was the strategic guidance given by him and the French officer corps to Marshal Smigre.

Thinking of this, Beranger was a little glad, fortunately the impeccable German commander who had formulated the plan did not react immediately under his "trickery", and by the time he reacted later, the Polish army had already rushed to the Vistula River according to his plan. By that time, this counterattack had been preliminarily completed, and what could the Germans do to stop it!

After a long night's sleep, Belante bypassed the fluttering group of Polish generals and walked up to Smigre, the still calm commander of the Polish army, and reminded: "Mr. Marshal! Although Rhodes will be taken by the Polish army sooner or later, I think the sooner the Polish army takes it, the better. ”

"Yes, if it is late, it will change, and it will be more stable to take it down earlier." Smigre nodded.

"Since Mr. Marshal thinks so too, then I propose to send troops overnight now, and launch an attack on the city of Lodz tonight." After listening to a French lieutenant colonel he had brought with him translate Smigre's words, Belante immediately put forward an offensive point of impatience.

However, Smigre did not immediately reply to Birant's suggestion. After all, the Polish army under his command did not have the habit of attacking at night. Not only the Polish army, but also your French army does not like to fight at night. I fought all day during the day, why didn't I rest at night?

However, Smigre's tone of refusal was still very tactful: "The Polish army has been fighting continuously for two days, and it is exhausted, and it needs a good night's rest. Besides, we are not good at night warfare, and we have absolutely no experience in night street fighting in the city. So I think it's better to attack tomorrow during the day, and the German reinforcements haven't come anyway. ”

In fact, Belante said that the night attack was not really expecting the Polish army to take the city of Lodz in one night. He also wants to express his attitude in this way, so that if something happens in the end, he can also have a reason to shirk responsibility: I told you to attack quickly, but you yourself are lazy and unwilling. It's not like there's a problem with my plan.

But Biranger did not know that his advice had led the Polish army into Manstein's trap from the very beginning. Now, no matter how fast the Polish army attacks, it is impossible to change any outcome in this trap carefully laid by Manstein!