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Zheng Zhipeng circled around the map a few times and said to the translator: "The original sentence is a good translation, I think the Gozów Fortress is not a fortress in a simple sense, I think this will become a concentrated attack point for the Russian army, because once the Gozów Fortress is broken, the defense of Berlin in the face of the nearly two million troops of Tsarist Russia will be extremely pale, I have observed several directions, the Russian army will initially use the method of multi-way armies marching together, but the Russians will definitely not risk going deep into Germany to attack Berlin, Because the nail of the Gozów fortress is not pulled out, the so-called rear of the Russians is not really the rear. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After waiting for the translator to translate carefully, Moltke also came to the front of the map, and after reading it several times, he said very seriously: "General Zheng thinks that the Russians will not attack Germany in many ways?" Rather, they will attack the Gozów Fortress in a desperate way, and only after the threat of the Gozów Fortress has been lifted will they attack in a big way? So what is your basis? ”

Zheng Zhipeng smiled slightly and said calmly to the translator: "The Russians have suffered a second loss on the issue of dividing their troops, how many troops will the Russian army be able to mobilize to attack Germany this time?" Half a million? Million? One and a half million? Maybe even two million? Million? You must know that the Russians are almost desperate this time, the Russians have carried out a second general mobilization, once the war begins, who can guarantee that the Russian army will not carry out a third general mobilization? If the Russians did not take the fortress of Gozów and completely destroy the Chinese Empire, they dared to directly enter the German hinterland to besiege Berlin? Therefore, Gorzów must be prepared to hold out for a long time, because once the battle on the Western Front is deadlocked, then the Eastern Front will face millions of Russian troops, and finally Gorzów will become the final battlefield with the Russians. ”

Moltke frowned slightly while listening to the translator's fast and accurate translation, and Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck on the side also had serious expressions and did not say a word, they were all worried about one thing, that is, the German army would use Germany's developed railway network to quickly mobilize troops at the beginning of the war, but could the German army create another glorious miracle in the Franco-Prussian War? I'm afraid no one dares to guarantee this.

If the Chinese expeditionary force is unable to hold the fortress of Gozów for two months, then waiting for the German Empire will be an unprecedented catastrophe.

As the chief of the general staff of the German Empire, Moltke knew very well that in order to ensure the superiority of the German army on the Western Front, then all the elite troops of the German army must be concentrated on the Western Front, and only a small number of second-rate troops could be left on the Eastern Front. It can also ensure the security of the entire German border from the threat of the Russian army's multi-way advance.

In fact, Moltke did not think that the Russians would risk using the tactics of attacking Berlin with multiple armies in parallel and going deep into the heart of Germany, because the Russians' logistics are notoriously bad, I am afraid that the Russians do not have enough confidence in their own logistics, the Russians can mobilize a large number of troops, but they cannot provide high-quality arms and weapons, and can deploy on the strategic side, but they do not have the final implementation ability, especially the logistics support is the weakness of the Russians, and the Russian army has always fought like locusts transiting.

Neither Wilhelm I nor Bismarck nor Moltke wanted the Russian army to invade Germany proper, not even the German occupation zone, but it seemed more appropriate to place the battlefield on the territory that Germany had gained from the partition of Poland.

Bismarck was very cautious and said to Zheng Zhipeng: "If the battlefield is presupposed to be in the fortress of Gozów? Will the expeditionary force of the Chinese Empire be able to hold the fortress for two months or more? ”

Zheng Zhipeng nodded, there was no hesitation in the process, obviously Zheng Zhipeng happily promised to give Wilhelm I and Bismarck and others some necessary confidence, Zheng Zhipeng immediately put forward his conditions, that is, to give me all the supplies I need, and I will be able to hold the fortress of Gozów!

You must know that several famous fortress offensive and defensive battles on the European battlefield have been fought for several years, and the army of the Chinese Empire is famous for its defense, but this time the opponent is the Russian Empire, which has reached the extreme end of madness, and the Russians have also besieged a fortress with all their strength, which is also unprecedented in the previous wars of various countries.

It can be said that on the issue of how to use the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Germans also wanted to put the Chinese Expeditionary Force in a relatively safe position on the Chinese Empire, so they could not let this force suffer too much loss, but now the situation in the Chinese Empire is unclear, and the Russians have gathered more than a million troops in Poland, and the Russians' intentions are already very obvious. So is the original plan of having the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force hold the fortress of Gozów still feasible?

This is not only related to the fate of the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force, but also related to the survival of the German Empire, so neither Wilhelm I nor Bismarck can make a hasty and easy decision, but Moltke, who was standing on the side, saw very clearly that this Gorzów Fortress can only be defended by the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force, because the German army simply cannot draw out a fortress garrison force composed of such a number and all elite troops in a short period of time, and the number of troops stationed in the Gorzów Fortress must not be less than 200,000, Because once it is less than 200,000, it will not be able to carry out an effective sortie, and if it is only trapped, it will not be able to form a mortal threat to the Russian army, and the Russian army can completely surround and cross the fortress of Gozów to directly attack the German mainland, and continue to threaten the direction of Berlin.

Seeing that Wilhelm I and Bismarck were hesitating, Moltke asked through an interpreter: "Is General Zheng really sure that he will hold on to the fortress of Gozów for two months?" You know, the Russian army that you are holding back is likely to reach as many as one or two million? ”

Zheng Zhipeng smiled proudly and said: "There are complete permanent fortifications and reorganized ammunition materials, I can hold on for two years without a problem, the Chinese Imperial Army is the strongest army in the world, the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force led by me can be described as the elite of the Imperial Army, all of them are veterans and officers who have cooperated with the war for many years, when I left the imperial capital, the imperial head of state gave us the honorary title of the strongest on land, for the Chinese, there has never been a defeat, the enemy can only cross over our corpses, Even if the battle is fought to the last soldier and a bullet, it will never be defeated, this is the highest glory of our emperor. ”

After the translation, Wilhelm I said solemnly: "General Zheng, I will give you everything you need, and the safety of Germany will be pinned on you!" ”

At the request of Zheng Zhipeng, the German army mobilized 40 150mm howitzers and 100,000 shells of various calibers to urgently transport to the Gorzów Fortress, and now the Gorzów Fortress is only garrisoned by two German infantry regiments, which can be described as a thin force, in fact, the main task of the German army of these two regiments is to guard the grain and grass of the ammunition hoarded in the Gorzów Fortress. The permanent garrisons built by the Germans here on and below could have accommodated 300,000 troops.

Four days later, Zheng Zhipeng arrived at the Gozów Fortress with the first echelon of troops, Zheng Zhipeng immediately devoted himself to the inspection of the Gozów Fortress, the main fortress fortifications of the Gozów Fortress are composed of two major parts above ground and underground, and there are eight small sanitation-type fortresses that can be stationed in a division outside the main fortress group of the fortress, that is to say, no matter if the Russian army attacks, they cannot effectively achieve a comprehensive encirclement of any of the peripheral sanitation fortresses, and the attacking Russian army will be attacked by multi-angle firepower projection.

And these sanitation fortresses have to be under the terrain passage to the main fortress, the main fortress is carefully divided into field fortifications, permanent fortifications, artillery bunkers, living areas, factory areas, etc., the main artillery fortress is a fixed firing direction and firing angle, but also equipped with field spare firing positions and semi-excavated artillery bunkers, from 230 220 mm coastal defense guns to 150 mm howitzers, 105 mm howitzers constitute the heavy firepower cluster of the Gozów fortress, The 120 75-mm guns were the backbone of the firepower supplement of the Gozów fortress, and the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force was equipped with more than 600 mortars of various calibers, which was very satisfactory to Zheng Zhipeng in terms of the quality of the artillery.

On the periphery of the main defense system of the Gozów Fortress, a circular defense system composed of five underground bunker groups was deployed within 2,500 meters, all of which were excavated and arranged in a trapezoidal structure, and the firing range and firing angle of the rear were not blocked by the previous defensive line.

The Poles built the fortress of Gozów for five years, the Russians built it for another three years, and after the third partition of Poland by Russia, Germany and Austria, Gozów was held by the Germans as a strategic point, so the Germans built Gozów into a real fortress and expelled all the Poles who lived here.

The entry of 220,000 Imperial Chinese Expeditionary Force would make the Gozów Fortress suddenly impregnable, and Zheng Zhipeng was very satisfied after checking the ammunition reserves of the Gozów Fortress, because the Germans were very thoughtful, not only stored 20,000 rifles and 300 general-purpose machine guns, but also the small arsenal in the Gozów Fortress did not stop working? More than 4,000 German workers remained in the fortress and insisted on production.

(To be continued)