Chapter 785: Eastern Front Battlefield
Russia, the Tsar's Palace, and the French envoy are giving impassioned speeches, urging Russia to send troops, according to the agreement, Russia must complete the entire assembly process two weeks after the outbreak of the war, send troops to the junction between Russia and Germany, and open up a second battlefield, but 20 days have passed, and Russia is not ready. The French envoy to Russia knows very well that it is not that Russia is not doing its best, Russia has indeed done its best, and that it is really not easy to concentrate personnel in the huge territory of Russia, with a large number of personnel, and the situation is very complicated.
Russia also knows that if Britain and France fall, with their strength, they will not be able to resist the fierce Germany at all, and the powerful attack power shown by Germany in this European war is simply impressive, if Britain and France cannot resist, they will be finished. In this case, Russia also knows that if Britain and France completely fail, it will not benefit Russia at all, for no other reason, and when Germany kills Britain and France and frees up his hands, how can he Russia resist. Russia, which was dragging its feet, also accelerated its speed when the crisis came, and a large number of soldiers were lined up on the front line, and almost 200,000 gray cattle came to the German-Russian border.
These troops arrived in the early stage, it stands to reason that there are not many, but unfortunately in time, some are too late, from a month ago, Germany has been preparing, originally the European war was deliberately started by Germany, although the three countries of the Entente are also preparing, not as fully prepared as Germany, the German-Russian border, built large-scale fortifications, layers of three-dimensional reinforced concrete structures. Plus barbed wire, three-dimensional trenches. A variety of artillery and automatic firearms constitute a defensive position of more than 200 kilometers. This has made Russia suffer a lot.
Russia is a European power, but in essence, he has never been a European army power, since the Napoleonic era, Russia has always won by numbers, before the formation of a generation difference in weapons and equipment, the number of people in the battle, absolutely occupied a considerable advantage, the same smoothbore gun. One side has 200,000 people, the other side only has 20,000 people, 10 times the number of cars, even if one side's weapon strength has a slight advantage, the result is that the side with more people wins. Russia is more in Europe, which is more famous for its large number of personnel, and it is only Russia that can easily mobilize tens of millions of soldiers, once it encounters a war. Thousands of people poured in, and it was relatively easy to solve for any war.
However, in this World War I it was very different. A large number of automatic firearms were armed, barbed wire, light machine guns. A lot of artillery fire, between Germany and Russia. An absolute generational gap has been formed, this generational gap. It's definitely not something that can be compensated for by numbers. For Germany, before the help of the northwest, Germany may be afraid, because of the lack of automatic firearms, in the face of the tactics of the sea of people, at most one to two, or one to three, but now, under the situation that artillery fire, machine guns, and preparation are all superior, the number of people cannot become an advantage at all.
Russia suffered losses in the Far East 2 years ago, and most of the troops that made the tsar lose face at that time were ordered to be discharged, and the experience of that time, except for the discussion of accidents in a small area, there was nothing else, the dark situation in Russia, the lack of attention to military aspects, even during the Russo-Japanese War in 1906, the experience learned was not absorbed and improved, not to mention the First World War in the Far East against the Northwest, and there was no substantial defeat.
The Russian army mobilized from all sides, like the tactics of adding oil, rushed to the Russian-German border, without organization, anyway, war has been declared, brainless attack, countless Russians rushed to Germany, but Germany felt very strange, flesh and blood, impact three-dimensional defense, the result is only one, in front of automatic firearms, the head was touched and the blood flowed, I have to say that the Russian soldiers are more heroic, but in the face of the iron wall, their only choice is death.
The results of the battle on the Eastern Front reached the Western Front, and there was another wail, they did not expect at all that Germany's combat power would be so strong that even if it was fought on two fronts, it defeated the Entente on the front that was not used.
Britain lost an important first expeditionary force, as well as a steady stream of personnel, replenished to Britain, and it may be possible to recover all of them in an instant of a month or so. But it was really too late, and in the next few attacks, the airships also appeared, constantly clearing the firing points in front, allowing the Crook Corps and other legions to rush to the rest of France without hindrance, and the other two legions, after clearing the enemy in front, began a large-scale detour, not only clearing the defenders around Paris, but also backhanding, encircling the defensive lines at the junction of the border between Paris and Germany.
Any line of defense is the front is the most powerful, no one will protect the back of the line of defense, and France is the same, when Germany succeeds in a roundabout, it means the fate of three and a half armies in the defense line, almost more than 400,000 people, but at this time, they are facing the German army in front of them, not giving them the possibility of escaping at all, and watching them surrounded.
Schlieffen's plan went very smoothly, in less than 20 days after the start of the war, 1.2 million Anglo-French troops were eliminated in a structured manner, and nearly 800,000 Anglo-French troops were divided and surrounded, partly between Paris and Germany, and partly at the British landing ground.
In just 20 days, Britain and France lost a total of 2 million troops, plus the losses on the Russian side, almost 2.3 million, but Germany's losses were only much, several large armies combined, the losses did not exceed 150,000, most of them were wounded, only one-tenth of Britain and France, under such a ratio, Germany, which was originally surrounded by Britain, France and Russia, had preparations.
After a short period of adjustment, the 22 armies, 12 armies, and more than one million people who entered France started the Battle of Paris. Paris, as the capital of France, is also a symbol of France, but it has been oppressed by superior forces, among the 2 million troops lost by the Anglo-French coalition, at least more than 1.2 million are French troops, these losses can not be made up for in a short time, the French military led by Xia Fei, worked hard, and only then mobilized almost 300,000 troops from the rear, these troops, maybe enough for others, for the German army that is armed to the teeth, and strong to the inconceivable agenda, God knows how much it can resist.
France has been mobilized, the French people and reserves have also joined the army in large numbers, and even the French car drivers have also invested in logistics, but the loss of heavy equipment and weapons is too great, even if it is purchased and transferred to stock, it cannot be compensated, and France is almost in danger of losing Paris.
Fleet Street, the core of the British government, the Prime Minister summoned most of the officers and began an emergency meeting, the situation in France has deteriorated to an unimaginable point, which is completely different from what they had imagined before, Germany with superior forces, approaching Paris, with the ability of the Germans to attack, it is already a matter of time before Paris is breached, for France, for the Entente, it is a huge nightmare, they must now think about what will happen if France Paris falls, Will France be able to get through this hurdle, and if France falls completely, will Britain be able to withstand the wolf-like German army?
At the British Prime Minister's Office, the debate over this time had been going on for more than a day, and the young parliamentarian put forward his own opinion, saying: "General Chauffeur of France has told us with great certainty that even if Paris falls, France will not give in, and they can still rely on the south of France to fully resist the German attack, and they are currently assembled in Bordeaux!" β
The British Prime Minister sighed, even Xia Fei, who is known for his toughness, did not dare to guarantee that France would be able to hold Paris, once Paris fell, it may not necessarily represent the surrender of France, but France occupies an absolute disadvantage is certain, at least half of the land has been lost, including the most elite part of the Paris area, France's domestic production capacity and population mobilization capacity have been reduced to the bottom of the Cheng dΓΉ, which is not for France, it is a nightmare of survival, a strong France, may only be able to play half, Even lower strength.
The war on the German border made Russia wake up to the fact that it did not continue to attack Germany, and without organizing enough troops, it was simply suicide to rashly attack the German defense line, and it was necessary to organize and organize superior forces before it could launch an attack on Russia.
Russia's population has always been the largest among the entire powers, he is almost equivalent to Britain, France and Germany combined, plus the serfs who occupy the vast majority of the population, unlike other powers, the Russian language is still a serfdom country after the 20th century, and the serf system runs through almost all parts of Russia except for the cities, and the mobilization capacity of the army is definitely beyond everyone's expectations, after some orders issued by the government, Countless serfs who wanted to change their fate threw themselves into this war.
In just a week or so, the number of mobilized Russian troops, but to everyone's surprise, mobilized 1.5 million people at once, in the initial time, 1.15 million have been prepared, the tsar ordered his uncle, Grand Duke Nicholas as the commander-in-chief, directly led this army, to East Prussia, open the second battlefield, Russia for this battle, has done their best, countless soldiers, mighty rush to Germany, put great pressure on Germany. (To be continued......)
PS: There are some things delayed today, the first chapter is delivered, and there is another chapter, which may be delivered before 10:30, I'm sorry for the late writing, I'm sorry, brothers, please forgive me!!!