War is, without a doubt, the catalyst for the fastest progress in the idea of war, and at a time when the war in Europe is rapidly evolving into an unprecedented and continuous war, the situation of war, which was supposed to be imaginary or unimaginable just over a year ago, has begun to shock the whole world! Just like the Beijing Military Administration, which was also very optimistic about the German offensive before Christmas......

It was originally thought that the German army would eventually crush the French government's last Bordeaux defense line with superior forces and high morale, just like the Battle of the Marne, but the progress of the German army and the resilience shown by the Anglo-French-American forces finally allowed the young Chinese generals to see the great changes in the war, with iron picks and barbed wire...... Industrial civilization brings the most practical production capacity, which is quickly becoming the defeat of guns and cannons.

On the entire Western Front, although the German military attack had cut off France from the center, and occupied a large area of territory in the north, northwest, and southwest of France, and the front had entered the Mediterranean coast and the east coast of the English Channel, France, with the support of the British Empire's dominant maritime superiority, still maintained a number of resistance positions, including the Bordeaux front.

"On the Western Front, the mobility of the German Army has been completely lost, including the 4th Panzer Division, which Germany has just armed!" In his report on the situation to the senior officers of the major group armies on the same day, Wu Peifu, a major general of the War Department, very seriously pointed out the changes in the European war, and at the same time, he also announced another major news about the European war.

The stalemate on the Western Front, while Germany still maintained its superiority, was rapidly being consumed by the industrialized Allied recruits, and the large-scale battle, which had lasted for more than a year, failed to accomplish one of its most important purposes—a victory that forced Britain and France to seek an end to the war.

At this time, the pig teammates of the Germans apparently caused a big problem again, and the three armies of Austria-Hungary, which had been assembled on the Western Front for more than half a year, had nearly 1 million people. In another large-scale but unintelligent offensive, the Austro-Hungarian Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Conrad, decided to break through the Russian lines between Kersri and Tarburg...... Austria-Hungary made a decision!

However, the militant ethnic Russians apparently did not buy the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Corps, and in fact, Marshal Ivanov, who had regained command of the Russian Eastern Front, had already made the Austrian army the focus of the next offensive of the Russians. To his delight, when Russia had gathered enough strength to consider how to attack, the Austrians took the lead in initiating the war, which undoubtedly created a huge opportunity for Russia.

The Germans were clearly supportive of Field Marshal Conrad's battle plan, and the German army was in a stalemate on the Western Front, and Marshal Moltke Jr., although he had now reaped the results of the war against France, had aborted the decisive victory plan predicted before the war due to the enormous war energy of the Entente powers...... The British refused to give up. That defeat of Russia was once again a new option for the German staff, but Moltke also apparently overestimated the energy of his pig teammates!

The Battle of Gersley, which began 15 days after the German-French Bordeaux War, lasted less than two weeks before the Austro-Hungarian Brudmann Third Army was devastated! As the Austrian First and Fourth Armies were advancing and encountered a counterattack by the Russian Rusky Third Army and the Salzadi Fourth Army, which were twice as numerous as them, this led to the Brudman's Third Army, which was originally the arrow of attack, and soon found itself in a crisis where its flanks were cut off by Russia.

This general battle, which had been prepared for nearly half a year, quickly evolved into a tactical retreat of the multi-ethnic mixed army. Before Marshal Condra could make a decision, Lieutenant General Bluman had to let the Russians make the decision. Russia invested far more than the Austrian reconnaissance forces in the entire Russian-Austrian theater of operations on the Eastern Front, including the forward attack force and more than 800,000 reserves.

As a result, on January 19, the entire Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern Front had fallen into an embarrassing situation of having to retreat on all fronts, having advanced less than 20 kilometers just two weeks ago, and had been recaptured by the Russians on the same day. General Brudman in the center had to attack the Russian lines, which were stronger and better prepared than himself.

On the 22nd, the Chinese side had received definite information that the German Minister to China, Brück, and the Austro-Hungarian Minister to China, Frings, brought important reminders at the same time as meeting Chen Ji. The Austrian army has decided to abandon the defense line of the Durajak River to ensure that it can shrink enough forces to prevent the next offensive of the Russian army, which is undoubtedly a major signal for the whole of Europe.

Von Who, who had already risen to the post of commander-in-chief of the German Eastern Front? Admiral Hindenburg once again encountered a more difficult choice than before on the Western Front, the German Army forces stationed in East Prussia and could provide flank cover for Austria-Hungary were far weaker than on the Western Front, and a large number of troops were invested in the German-French battlefield that won a decisive victory, but the rules of war had changed, and no great victory could become a decisive weight, which directly led to the German war plan beginning to fall into the quagmire of national power consumption.

Now Admiral Hindenburg can get the offensive force, only less than 4 standing armies, about 150,000 troops, and the Russian army he faces, although the quality is low, but the number has reached 4 times his own, when he saw the great crisis facing the Austrian army, Hindenburg immediately realized that the Russian Ivanov Corps was using this opportunity to achieve the goal of defeating Austria-Hungary, so, before Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German General Staff issued further combat orders, He had already ordered the transfer of all his mobile forces to the left flank of the Austrian Eastern Front in an attempt to create a strategic deterrent to the Russians.

Hindenburg's telegram to Berlin immediately sparked a heated debate among the German staff, and in the end the opinions of General Moltke and Kaiser Wilhelm won the majority of support, and although the war between Germany and France did not result in a decisive victory, Germany's superiority on the Western Front seemed obvious, at least for these two German top leaders.

Admiral Falkingham immediately received tremendous pressure from Berlin to maintain the suppression of France on the Western Front, and within 30 days it was necessary to send at least one army group to reinforce the Eastern Front. The Hindenburg Corps, to provide military support for the German counteroffensive against Russia from East Prussia, Admiral Moltke's plan seemed to be sufficient to realize, at least on paper and in terms of strength comparison.

In order to save the pig teammates Austria-Hungary, it is necessary to expel the Russians from the Gerbachan Mountains, although Admiral Hindenburg on the front line is unable to launch an attack, but also has a positive attitude towards this goal, once the Russians lose the defensive advantage of the mountains, with the degree of Russian military tactical rigidity, from the current point of view, the Russians have not learned any useful experience from the European war at all, although they have many strategic positions, but the Russians' defensive means are still stuck in the last century, and there are only a few simple trenches on the positions, Such an obstacle as barbed wire is almost non-existent.

"On the Eastern Front, I expect Germany to achieve far more results than expected, after all, the German army has been fighting in the dead for more than a year, has accumulated a lot of experience in attacking fortifications, and has armored forces that Russia has never seen before!" Qin Kai expressed his opinion with a very emotional attitude at the fireside barbecue in the garden of the official residence at the end of January, but in the end, he still made a decisive decision, "However, from Napoleon to Hindenburg, Europe is destined to fail to defeat the Russian army, so this time will not be an exception!" ”

He Xing, the chief minister of commerce, has recently followed the doctor's advice, although he often attends the Qin Mansion's food fair, but he has already stayed away from food such as big meat barbecue, and at this moment he is eating a bunch of grapes from the south with great interest, hearing Qin Kai's assertion, he immediately became interested, "Chairman, since Russia cannot be destroyed, is it possible for us to expand trade from Siberia to Europe, although there has been no war in the north in the past two years, but the trade between the two countries is not ideal, and the officials of the Mongolian province are complaining, It is impossible to extract enough trade benefits from the Russians! ”

Under the contemptuous gaze of the officers, He Xing did not have any discomfort about how to obtain trade benefits, and did not think about the military all day long calculating how to launch a fatal attack on Russia from Siberia, in the eyes of these young generals of the military, it is best to cut off all supplies to Russia, what kind of trade to talk about!

However, this did not affect the discussion initiated by He Xing in the slightest, Xu Jianyin, who had been feeling cold recently, was sitting next to the warm fireplace in his room at the moment, drinking a cup of steaming strong tea, and immediately picked up the topic, "Chairman, a group of investigators sent to Russia by our Ministry of Industry have returned, and they are writing a report on the situation in Russia, the industrial capacity of the Russians is somewhat extensive, and the profits and losses of corruption are very large, so even if our country is a low-end product in the south, it can still make huge profits, however, the Russian emperor's hostility to China, is the biggest obstacle in trade! ”

"Then get rid of this obstacle!" In the shadows on the side, a lukewarm voice suddenly appeared, but with an inexplicable sense of depression, if ordinary people are so surprised, they will inevitably change their expressions, fortunately, they are all acquaintances in this room, and they don't need to look at it to know that it is Ouyang Qing of the Intelligence Department, this product has been done in the Intelligence Department for so many years, and people have become mysterious......

Qin Kai picked up a string of meat skewers that had just been hotly baked in front of him, and smelled it very enjoyingly, the Russians have always been a pivotal force in Europe, Russia's advantages are actually similar to the British, entrenched in the huge territory of northern Europe, the French army in the era of Napoleon, a war genius, has almost the most perfect logistics support system comparable to the 20th century, even in the Waterloo War, this powerful logistics system can be called the incomparably perfect operation of the times, But it still can't compete with Russia's poor climate and huge territory.

Today's Germany, although it also has a cross-era armored force, but Qin Kai can fully expect that once Poland is conquered and enters the Russian mainland, the logistical pressure far beyond the Napoleonic era will eventually collapse Germany, unless it ...... Disintegrate Russia from within! (To be continued.) )