"Well, then, Ruprecht, as the first double marshal of the Empire, do you have any ideas for the future of the war? I remember that you were a land war against your old profession, so you should be able to fight better. "In times www.biquge.info of war, moments of glory are always short-lived, and when he takes over the scepter of the field marshal, the highest military rank of the German Empire, in the midst of flashing lights and envious eyes, the prince must face the complicated war situation again.

"From now on, you will be in charge of the Eastern Front. The relevant documents and appointments will be officially issued this evening, and you will be in command of the war from the perspective of the Fritz Emperor. Mackensen will fully cooperate with you. Moreover, the General Staff had agreed that Mackensen's Eighth Army would gradually be equipped with equipment from the Bavarian Corps, and of course, the relevant resources and financial help would certainly be indispensable. We'll pay prorately, so let's talk about what's next. The Kaiser urged.

"So little Moltke's Chief of Staff, can you first tell us what the Imperial General Staff thinks?" The prince did not directly state his plan, but asked rhetorically.

"We hope that your army and the Mackensen Corps in East Prussia will launch a major offensive with a centripetal assault towards the discovery of Warsaw, for which the whole of Russian Poland is a huge salient wedged into the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, for which we are bound to win, and I hope that before Christmas this year we can celebrate our victory in Warsaw." Moltke looked at the Kaiser and said.

"In order to be able to eat this salient in one bite, I think that the German corps should attack from East Prussia in the direction of Brest, and the Austro-Hungarian corps on the southern front should attack from the direction of Lviv, forming a huge pincer that will gradually eat them in one bite in stages."

"Of course, in order to achieve this strategic goal, we need to take Warsaw down at the first stage, and then eat all of Russian Poland by the first half of next year, and then decide whether to advance in the direction of the Baltic Sea or in the direction of Ukraine." After Moltke finished speaking, he looked at the prince who was sitting opposite him in deep thought.

"The Polish pocket is indeed an area where Russians can be killed and wounded in large numbers. It's very close to us, it's easy to maneuver with large corps, and it's shallow in depth, so if the Russians want to hold it, then they can only fight with us, and that's the scene I want to see the most. As for the strategic planning, I agree with His Excellency Moltke Jr. ”

"However, I don't agree with the specific methods, or the steps that are detailed to the campaign level, the advance of the two major armies seems to be very good, but on the whole, we are still pushing on the front line, it is difficult for us to defeat the opponent, but it is not realistic to annihilate the Russian army in large numbers." The prince shook his head.

"Can't Your Excellency's Swift Legion be interspersed with attacks?" Moltke asked rhetorically.

"Of course you can, but the effect may be worse, in the previous engagements, my legion and the Russians were basically fighting along the border, there were no important fortresses and fortifications on both sides, it was basically a field situation, but if we continue to go deeper, then we will be full of Russian garrisons, and even if we can break through these fortresses, I am afraid it will be difficult to surround the Russians before they retreat." The prince said.

This has also happened in history, for example, in the Battle of Augustov, the Germans concentrated the Eighth Army under the command of Hindenburg and another Tenth Army to launch a surprise attack on the Russian Tenth Army, they originally planned to attack from the easternmost part of East Prussia, and then penetrate as deep as possible, and then complete the encirclement of the Tenth Army. In this battle, Germany concentrated a total of 8 and a half armies, about 250,000 men.

The battle was initially relatively smooth, in the face of the sudden attack of the two German armies, the Russian Tenth Army was forced to retreat, and as the front was extended step by step, the German supply problem gradually became prominent, plus the Twentieth Army of the Russian Tenth Army resisted the German attack in the Augustov Forest area for ten days, and the other two corps of the Russian Tenth Army and the subsequent reinforcement of the Russian 15th Army reformed the defensive line with the full strength of the MT.

Although the prince's armored forces solved the problem of breakthrough, although a large number of vehicles joined the logistics unit to solve the supply problem to a certain extent, but the jungle warfare is still not fun, if you want to start from East Prussia to the south, then the Augustov forest area, and the Osovetz fortress behind it is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, this fortress can concentrate 24 field guns and 69 fortress guns. It's not easy to conquer.

In fact, the Russians had built the entire Polish salient into a very large garrison. Although this garrison area is not good, as long as there is time, the Germans can smash the fortresses along the way one by one, but the significance of doing so is very limited, what does the prince want? In Russian Poland, try to get rid of as many Russian troops and equipment as possible, instead of smashing those hard walnuts in a step-by-step manner, and then let the Russians calmly retreat until finally continue to trouble the prince in the Russian depths......

"To tell the truth, it no longer makes sense for me to simply encircle an army, or an army group, the Russians can recruit 1.4 million troops this year, the speed of our elimination is too slow, we need an opportunity to fundamentally kill the strength of several Russian army groups in one fell swoop! Even if you can't eat it for a while, but as long as you can surround it, it's a victory! The prince said.

"Judging by your description, I'm afraid this battle will last quite a long time! It can turn into a collection of several small battles. The Prince's plan gave Moltke a sense of incomprehension. Surround several army groups? What do you think? If you fight to the death, everyone fights hard, and you meet each other with a grudge, and the 5 Russian armies are put together, and the German and Austro-Hungarian regiments are not afraid, but people are not stupid, people will run, and if they want to surround so many legions, what a big encirclement!

"And from the point of view of time, I think that if the Bavarian Army does its best in time, it will not be possible to close the encirclement of Russian Poland quickly, and it will be too late in time and speed." Moltke Jr. said.

"That's right, a campaign will definitely not work, and if the Russians are aware of the threat, they will definitely not succeed, so my idea is how to gradually close the gap that we need to close when the Russians are not aware of the threat." The prince said.

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