In Leipzig, the German commander Blucher, whose uniform was slightly dirty, stood on top of the fortress that had just been extinguished, with a serious face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Beside him stood a man in his thirties and nearly forty with a Chinese face, also dressed in the dark green uniform of the German army, but there was no epaulette to indicate his rank. This person is Guo Xin, the king of snipers before the crossing, and after the crossing, he became a professional military adviser who guides revolutions all over the world.

Guo Xin began this career more than ten years ago when he participated in the North American Revolutionary War, as a senior officer in the Tang Army, he neither led troops in the Tang Army, nor did he enjoy preferential treatment and control power in the Ministry of Defense.

He was a major general in the Tang Army, but he did not wear the uniform of the Tang Army when he was stationed abroad, but the uniform of the foreign army, and at the same time did not set up any rank identification, and his main role was to serve as an adviser and staff officer. Years of revolutionary guidance have made Guo Xin very handy in this kind of work, especially good at promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and defeating the strong with the strength of the revolutionary army. Relatively speaking, he has been guiding the revolutionary war for many years, and the situation of the German army is also the best unit in history, the size of the army is not small, the good revolutionary foundation and mass support, the support from the Tang Dynasty and the transfer of the German Corps, all make the German army Although it has just been established for a short time, it is already a first-class army in Europe.

However, for many years, Guo Xin has not participated in any battle, which is the scale of the current Battle of Leipzig. It's just that now on the battlefield, the German army has 13,000 troops. The size of the coalition of princes, led by the Prussian army, exceeded 40,000 men. If it is further expanded. The Austro-Prussian army will be able to send at least 100,000 additional troops here. In addition to the reinforcements of the 5,000 men of the Fourth Division, the German army could also gather the strength of the People's Guard, which was less effective in combat, and if it was really organized, it would have at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops.

Of course, no matter how you calculate it, the Germans are on the side that is inferior in terms of numbers and size. Guo Xin had previously helped command the Peruvian Revolutionary Army in large-scale battles against the Spanish colonial army, but it still could not be compared to the current Battle of Leipzig. Moreover, the Spanish colonial army was obviously far inferior to the elite Prussian and Austrian legions.

It was the German commander-in-chief Blucher who really made the decision in the war. This senior officer of the former Tang German Corps has become accustomed to the Tang Army's mode of combat, and he is also contaminated with the unique courage and self-confidence of the Tang Army, or wild. Guo Xin felt that Blucher's division of troops with the strength of the Third Division to establish the Elbe River defense line and block the westward arrival of the Prussian army was a very arbitrary and strong decision in itself. After all, the German army was in a relatively weak situation, and Prussia was a European power, and the standard of the army was second to none in Europe or the world. Even though the Germans had captured the Elbe Line and had a lot of fire support such as machine guns and artillery. But it was not a clever way to go head-to-head with the Prussian legions.

But the Germans have a kind of stubbornness and stupidity that Germans should have. Blucher had great confidence in the Germans, and believed that if the Prussian army suffered a crushing defeat on the Elbe Line, the Germans would be able to fight and intimidate the princes' coalition forces. At the same time, the campaign was able to provide respite and more preparation for the German Republic in the rear. If the German Revolution could arm more troops, then Blucher would be able to get more reinforcements, so that the situation could be slowly turned around on the battlefield, and finally the defense turned to the offensive and won the victory. Blucher's stubbornness was also reflected in the fact that he did not expect the Fourth Division to quickly turn back from Belgium and participate in the Battle of Leipzig. He was more concerned about the Austrian, Munich, and Württemberg corps advancing from the southern front, so he needed the 4th Division to build a defensive line along the Rhine River south of Frankfurt to block the allied forces of the princes attacking from the south.

This strategy is definitely not without problems, first of all, it is based on the fact that the German army can hold the Elbe line and Leipzig, and if the Prussian army breaks through the Elbe line, in fact, Leipzig will not be able to hold it. Second, the Austrians were so angry about the independence of the German Republic and Belgium that Leopold II, who did not want to send troops in a big way, had already mobilized Austria's troops, including the Hungarian Corps and the Bohemian Corps, with a total strength of about 50,000 men, to go to Leipzig from the southeast. It is estimated that it will take two to three weeks for these troops to move from the build-up to the march and finally arrive at Leipzig, and the Austrian side is indeed slower than the Prussians. But if, two or three weeks later, there are no fundamental changes on the battlefield of Leipzig, and the German and Prussian armies are still in a stalemate, then the arrival of large-scale Austrian reinforcements will tilt the balance of the battlefield seriously.

Guo Xin also knew a problem, that is, the reserves of the German army for the entire war were not much. After all, the weapons, ammunition and other logistical supplies of the German army were transported from the Americas thousands of miles away, although a relatively large number of reserves had been made before, but if the intensity of the war was beyond imagination, then the ammunition consumption of the German army would also be very huge. Both the Prussian army and the Austrian army can get sufficient supplies from their own military industry, needless to say that they themselves also have a huge number of military reserves, the German army is running out of guns and shells, and it is difficult to replenish it in the short term, even if the Tang side is constantly sending transport ships to Europe, but after all, it takes time.

So this presented Blucher with a big problem, he needed to delay the time so that the rear could be armed with more reinforcements, but again, it could not be delayed indefinitely, because his troops could not afford to consume it. Therefore, even if Blucher did not say it explicitly, Guo Xin understood what Blucher's plan was - the German commander hoped to achieve a decisive victory in this battle, so as to completely disintegrate the large-scale Austro-Prussian offensive and create a good environment for the German Republic.

This is probably also the best strategy that the President of the Republic and the leader of the National Revolution, Marnes, has in mind. With the strength of the National Revolution, it will be very difficult to confront the two sides in a short period of time, even if the weapons and equipment are good enough and the people's support is enthusiastic enough. Therefore, Marnes hoped that Blucher's decisive victory would force Prussia and Austria to the negotiating table. Marnes did not need any German state to recognize the German Republic, he just needed to stop the war and have time to consolidate the country's foundations and gain greater strength. (To be continued.) )