Chapter 220

In just twenty hours, the Third Army of the Russian Southwestern Front was divided and surrounded, and this time a new history was created at this speed. Bob's intensive use of tanks as a breakthrough knife tactic is much limited by real-world conditions. Judging by the results, this is a less mature attempt. A group assault of a hundred tanks, followed by a cavalry division. When the outcome was unexpected, General Mackensen was caught off guard. However, it reacted quickly, concentrating all the cars in the German and Austrian armies and urgently dispatching an infantry division to chase after Bob's commandos.

The tank assault group commanded by Bob was forced to stop after a day of onslaught. The first is that the fuel is running out, and the second is that the failure rate has reached half, and many tanks are lost on the road. Helpless, Bob could only stop, and the battle situation was extremely favorable for the German army at this time. From Bob to open the breakthrough, the main German army easily crossed the Russian defense line and formed a division and encirclement of the Russian Third Army. The biggest key to the smooth progress of this battle was the passage opened by the German tank troops, and it was along this passage that the Russian Third Army was divided into two.

With the launch of the general offensive by the main forces of the German-Austrian forces, the other two armies of the Russian Southwestern Front were also in crisis. Another army group, which was ordered to rescue, was still on its way. At a critical moment in the battle, Bob proposed a more daring plan, concentrating the entire German army's 180 tanks, automobiles, and cavalry in the southwest theater to form an assault knife, using speed to make a large detour. Having tasted the sweetness, Mackenson immediately agreed to Bob's request and sent him all the tanks in his hand. And handed over to Bob the fifty new tanks that had been recently sent in for reinforcements. After a three-day break, Bob was ordered to be the commander of the assault group, in the capacity of a colonel "". Commanding two hundred and thirty tanks, two cavalry divisions, and two infantry divisions mounted in cars, he made a bold detour.

This detour reversed the mistakes made by the German army in the Battle of Gorlice. In this battle, the German army in history completed the campaign goal and eliminated the Russian Third Army. But the two adjacent Russian armies were spared. At this time, due to the birth of Bob, a new assault tactic was boldly adopted. In one go, the two armies of the Russian army were also encircled. After three days of fierce fighting. The Russian Third Army collapsed at a breakneck pace. At this rate of collapse, the two armies that led to the neighbors did not have time to retreat, and were surrounded by the fast-moving German army. At the moment of crisis, a group army drawn from the Russian base camp was urgently reinforced. On the way, he was met with a head-on attack by a tank assault group commanded by Bob. A division of the vanguard of the Russian army was routed. The main forces of the subsequent army, under the fierce blows of the German army, struggled to support. The main Russian forces that arrived then began a fierce counterattack, and Bob commanded his assault group to bury the tanks without fuel directly on the ground and use them as fixed firepower. The few fuels that were there, at the height of the fighting, were poured into the trenches and burned. Become a barrier to fire.

The more proactive Germans sent a corps of reinforcements to Bob, and as reinforcements arrived. The Russian army's plan for an orderly breakout was completely shattered. The forced retreat in history has become its own breakthrough in this time and space. On 15 March, the all-out general offensive of the German-Austrian forces began. The entire Russian Southwestern Front was quickly divided into more than a dozen areas of different sizes by the German army.

The battle lasted until the 25th, when the Russian army ran out of ammunition and food, and the base camp ordered each to break out. A siege and annihilation battle reached the **.

From the plan to destroy the Russian Third Army when it was first launched, to the sudden change in the situation of the battle later, it exceeded the expectations of both sides. This result was caused by the breakthrough tactics of the new Panzer Group adopted by the Germans as a sharp knife.

When the battle finally subsided, the entire Southwestern Front of the Russian army was almost completely annihilated, and the number of troops who fled back to Russia was less than 100,000. The German-Austrian forces achieved the most brilliant results since the beginning of the war, 800,000 Russian troops were surrounded and annihilated, and 600,000 were captured prisoners alone. The Russian army also lost 2,000 artillery pieces of various calibers, which was a heavy blow to the Russian army.

Taking advantage of the victory, the Germans pursued deep into Russian territory in an attempt to force the Russian army to surrender. In order for the Russian army to continue fighting, Britain and France urgently increased military aid to Russia. And promised to intensify preparations to launch an offensive against the German army and relieve the pressure on the Russian army.

The changes in the situation of the war in Europe indirectly affected the Far East. As Bob's name resounded throughout Germany, the new German major general, who was once a classmate of Fang Dashuai and had come to China for military exchanges, was dug up by various countries.

How to deal with a German tank assault? Although this is a new tactic that is immature and even full of problems, in the face of this sharp tactic, the Russian army is unprepared, there is no direct artillery, and the effect of ordinary artillery against tanks is too bad. The bitter lesson of the Russians, the British and French armies naturally did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

But the tank is not something that can be built, even if you have mastered the skills

Mass production also takes time. As a result, Britain and France provided Russia with a large number of 70-mm infantry guns, which were easily mass-produced in terms of the technology and military capabilities of the two countries. The 70mm infantry gun is a good thing, although it is not very powerful, but it is lightweight, and it can be operated by one person. Although the firing range is limited, at this stage it is a sharp weapon against the German army such a primary tank.

The war in Europe is brewing with more brutal and tragic battles, and peace in Asia has finally arrived. Since Japan did not make a substantial contribution to the Entente, it was the Chinese who helped a lot. The attitude of Britain, France, and Russia in expressing their attitude is somewhat biased in favor of China, let alone the United States.

Under the interference and pressure of the four major powers, the Japanese government was forced to make some more concessions. The two sides eventually signed the Tianjin Peace Treaty. The main contents of the treaty were as follows: Japan renounced the Gengzi indemnity in its interests in China; relinquishment of garrison power except for Tianjin and Lushun; waiver of war claims against China; renounce the rights and interests of the Northeast China Railway; As compensation, Britain, the United States, and France borrowed a total of 60 million pounds from Japan and forgave all debts owed by Japan to the three countries during the Russo-Japanese War.

As the victorious country, China can say that everyone is satisfied with this treaty except for Fang Dashuai. On the day of the signing, the Chinese government formally reached an agreement with Britain and France to recruit 500,000 Chinese workers in China to go to Europe. And a verbal agreement was reached that, if necessary, the Chinese side would join the Entente camp and send troops to Europe. The reason why it is a verbal agreement is because the United States strongly opposes a formal agreement. From the perspective of the US Government, there is no doubt that the current government of the Republic of China is pro-American, and China cannot be allowed to turn to Europe.

In view of this, the U.S. government once again urged Raines to revise the Sino-US friendship agreement to start ahead of schedule. It also promised to lend $300 million to China for the construction of several major railway arteries in China.

The formal signing of the "Tianjin Peace Treaty" between China and Japan was on 10 March. On March 3, the "Revised Version of the Sino-US Friendship and Cooperation Agreement" was officially promulgated, and the negotiation process was very smooth, and China and the United States were in a honeymoon period, so many problems were not problems.

The core content of the new treaty is that China and the United States will give each other the most favored nation status, China and the United States will establish a strategic cooperative partnership, and all Chinese markets will be open to American capital except in the financial sector. The above is the general direction, and it is a big challenge in terms of the three points for the hegemony of British interests in China.

It is a pity that Britain is busy saving Russia, and it can only be said that it is powerless about the changes in Sino-US relations. If it was the previous Yuan Shikai government, the British government would have done it with a scare, and the current Republic of China government, let alone scare, would not be afraid of war. The Japanese raised in the Far East were a vicious dog, and a tooth was knocked out. The German army was too fierce in the European theater.

The "Sino-US Friendship and Cooperation Agreement" has more content in terms of details. The most important content is that the United States will help China's industrialization process in the form of money and technology. The most striking is the loan of 300 million US dollars for the Chinese government's three fields: steel, railways, and shipbuilding. The U.S. goal is clear: to support China and curb the ambitions of Japan and Russia in the Far East and the Pacific. Don't look at the war in Europe now, the United States has never relaxed its precautions against the Russian bear.

Military field: China and the United States have strengthened military cooperation, established a military mutual trust mechanism, and held joint naval and army exercises from time to time.

For China, the new contract can be described as a complete betrayal of the country and a huge gain. The U.S. side promised to form a huge U.S.-funded delegation to China to inspect various fields on the spot, and to help China in steel, petrochemical, railway and transportation construction. "Entertainment show" From the perspective of these points, capital is certainly evil. In the next 30 years, the result of the full-scale invasion of US capital is that US capital will fully control China's heavy industry. Unless the Chinese government turns its back and denies people, war breaks out between China and the United States. Otherwise, this outcome will affect China for at least 50 to 80 years to come.

There is no lack of opposition to this new revised treaty in China, but under the dazzling light of the Sino-Japanese New Tianjin Treaty, these opposing voices are like throwing a small stone into the sea. In the spring of 1915, Fang Dashuai, who advocated the Sino-Japanese war, reached a new height in his personal prestige.

Time magazine in the United States conducted an interview with Marshal Fang Jianxiong. The reporter asked Fang Dashuai: The actual control power of the Republic of China government over this country has been greatly affected by Fang Dashuai's personal prestige.

This is actually a very subtle question, or a pit around the bend. It means that I want to ask Fang Dashuai: You, a poisonous cái, will you tear off the veil of hypocrisy and jump out to directly poison cái? (To be continued.) )