Chapter 896: Reducing the Intensity of the Attack
The Russian Army invested an infantry division of more than 20,000 people, and launched a round charge on the position of Zhao Daneng's company, but unfortunately in the case of air superiority and artillery superiority, each charge of the Russian Army infantry division was in vain, and it attacked for 2 days in a row, and did not overcome the small Chinese Imperial Army fortifications, this Russian Army infantry division lost nearly 7,000 people, so that the commander of the Russian Army Infantry Division had to ask his superiors, Suspend the assault on this Imperial Chinese Army fortification. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The commander of the infantry division of the Russian Army also saw that without the cover of the air force and artillery, and the inability to put in tanks and armored vehicles, it was impossible to overcome this extremely difficult terrain of the Imperial Chinese Army position with only flesh and blood.
After resisting the attack of the Russian Army Infantry Division for 2 days, the strength in the hands of Zhao Daneng did not decrease but rose, and the superiors saw that the enemy had invested a lot of offensive forces in the position guarded by Zhao Daneng and their company, so they added 2 full infantry platoons to Zhao Daneng's company, and as a result, when the Russian Army Infantry Division suspended the attack, Zhao Daneng's company was on the position, and there were nearly 260 people to maintain combat effectiveness, and in the 2-day defense, only more than 30 people of the Imperial Chinese Army in this position were killed, and more than a dozen people were seriously injured.
Although the positions of the entire Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire could not achieve such an astonishing battle loss ratio as the positions where Zhao Daneng's company was located, in general, the casualties of the army units of the various countries of the League of Nations were far greater than those of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, and the results achieved by the army units of the various countries of the League of Nations were very small, and in ten days they only conquered some positions of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire that were not very important.
In the middle of the night on August 1, 1914, when the lights were still bright in the headquarters of the League of Nations Joint Command in the Russian city of Ufa, Schlieffen, the provisional commander-in-chief of the Navy, the Army, and Air Force of the League of Nations, and who was also the commander of the Eurasian theater, gathered together the military representatives of the armies of the other countries in the Eurasian theater.
Among them, the German army was represented by Schlieffen, and the military representatives of the remaining armies of various countries were: British War Secretary Henry Wiley, French War Minister Jeannontro, Russian War Minister Gorrosky, and Belgian War Minister Steven? Defour, Austro-Hungarian War Minister Zoltan? Sile, Italian War Minister Moussa? Dembele, Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Enver Pasha, Minister of War of Spain Anthony? Bray.
Schlieffen said in a deep voice to the military representatives of other countries: "I believe that the situation of the Ural campaign is very clear to everyone, what do you think of the current stalemate? ”
Austro-Crarian War Minister Zoltan? Xilai then frowned and said: "From July 20th to today, in just ten days, the 1.3 million army troops sent by our Austro-Hungarian Empire to the front line of the Ural Mountains have lost nearly 300,000, and the 240 new fighters that our Austro-Khalini sent before and the 120 new fighters that were sent later have lost even more, and now there are only 52 fighters and bombers combined. The losses are staggering, and the most important thing is that there is no effect yet. ”
At this time, the Russian Minister of War Gorrosky sighed and said: "Our Russian Army has suffered the greatest losses, and the number of dead is close to 850,000 at present, and the casualties of our Russian Army have exceeded one million if we add the wounded who have lost their combat effectiveness. ”
Austro-Crarian War Minister Zoltan? Silai opened his mouth and didn't say anything, after all, he didn't think of any other way to attack besides a strong attack.
Ten days of strong attack, not only the Russian and Austro-Hungarian offensive forces suffered great losses, but also the losses of other countries' land forces, the British Army sent 500,000 regular troops now barely left 400,000 people, the British Air Force losses are even worse, the first 820 new fighters and later reinforced to the Ural Mountains line of 240 new fighters, now the total is less than 150, and most of the rest are bombers, in the air battle with the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, The losses of the fighters of the air forces of the countries of the League of Nations are not enough to describe it as heavy.
The French Army entered the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains with 1.8 million troops, with losses of more than 450,000 at this time, and the French Air Force's first batch of 860 new fighters and the subsequent 280 new fighters, less than 200 are currently left.
Of the 200,000 army units and 300 new fighters that Belgium sent to the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains, about 50,000 army troops and nearly 250 new fighters have now been lost.
Nearly 400,000 of the 1.7 million army units sent by Germany have been lost, and more than 650 of the first 700 new fighters of the Luftwaffe and the 150 new fighters that have been added have been dispatched.
The Ottoman Turkish Empire sent 2 million army troops and 240 new fighters, and now there are about 1.5 million army units and 36 new fighters, Italy has sent 500,000 army troops and 500 new fighters, and now there are about 400,000 army troops and 62 new fighters, and Spain has sent 300,000 army troops and 400 new fighters, and now there are about 250,000 army units and 44 new fighters.
In this way, at present, on the front line of the Ural Mountains, the total losses of the various countries in the Eurasian theater of the international alliance have been close to 3 million, and the air forces of various countries have suffered even more tragic losses under the blows of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and now the air forces of various countries are no longer able to conduct large-scale air battles with the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and the air supremacy of the entire Ural Mountains has completely fallen into the hands of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and the remaining new fighters of the air forces of various countries have been withdrawn to temporary field airfields far away from the battlefield. Otherwise, the air forces of various countries may not even have the above-mentioned new fighters left, and the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire bombed the airfields in Russia west of the Ural Mountains very strongly.
The commander-in-chief of this Ural campaign, Schlieffen, looked at the military representatives of other countries and said helplessly: "This Ural campaign is very important, we have no way to retreat, once the Ural campaign fails, then it will bring a series of evil consequences to our League of Nations, so no matter how difficult it is, the attack on the defense line of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains cannot be stopped, although we have suffered great losses, but we must see that the losses we have brought to the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire are not small, After all, we have the armies of the 9 countries of the Entente and the Allied Powers here, and the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire can only rely on themselves, and I firmly believe that if we continue to attack, there will be a light of day! ”
Schlieffen said a bit far-fetched, but at this time, it is impossible for the Eurasian theater of the League of Nations to withdraw from the Ural Mountains, after all, so many troops have been mobilized, and the losses are so large, if you don't fight hard, conquer the defense line of the Chinese Empire, and burn the war to the hinterland of the Ural Province of the Chinese Empire, then the impact on the entire League of Nations will be great, after all, as the main force of the League of Nations, all European countries have bet on the Ural Campaign, if the Ural Campaign fails, Some countries that do not take a firm stance may choose to withdraw from the war directly, and Schlieffen saw this, so he could only bite the bullet and let the Ural campaign continue.
Before the start of the war, although the Entente and the Central Powers knew that the Chinese Empire had established a Ural defense line east of the Ural Mountains, they did not have a thorough understanding of the Ural Defense Line, and of course it was also related to some misguidance of the Chinese Empire, so that the armies of the Entente and the Central Powers with high morale were hit on the head and bled after the war.
British War Secretary Henry Willy hesitated for a moment and said to the military representatives of other countries: "We were a little careless about the defense line built by the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains, and we underestimated the strength of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, so that we lost millions of army units and thousands of warplanes, but we did not achieve much success, can we consider slowing down the pace of the offensive, and then carefully study the entire defense line of the Chinese Empire, I don't believe that the defense line of thousands of kilometers has no loopholes, Moreover, our countries should also send more fighters, especially fighter planes, to let the army units launch a charge without air supremacy, and the casualty figures of the previous ten days have already explained everything. ”
British War Secretary Henry Willy's suggestion was immediately approved by most people, that is, the commander-in-chief of the Ural Campaign, Schlieffen, also nodded and said: "The attack on the defense line of the Chinese Empire cannot be stopped, but it is still possible to reduce the intensity of the attack for the time being, just like General Henry Willy said, we need to find the loopholes in the defense line of the Chinese Empire, in order to formulate a corresponding offensive plan, in addition, the air forces of various countries must also send as many new fighters as possible, in the absence of air supremacy, want to overcome the defense line of the Chinese Empire." , after more than ten days of fighting, proved to be an almost impossible task. ”
Beginning on August 2, the intensity of the offensive of the European armies of the League of Nations against the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains suddenly decreased a lot, and the Joint Command Headquarters of the League of Nations began to ask the Entente and the Allied countries to do their best to send more new fighters and more pilots to the front line of the Ural Mountains.
At the Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith sighed to British Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert? Peel said: "I didn't expect the Urals campaign to be so difficult, according to the battle report of the League of Nations Eurasian Theater, the combined losses of the land forces of the Entente and the Allied countries are close to 3 million, if the losses of the League of Nations Eurasian Theater of Nations are acceptable, then the loss of the air forces of the Ural front-line countries, the Eurasian Theater of the League of Nations can no longer bear it, and now the commander of the Eurasian Theater, Schlieffen, requires the Entente and the Allied countries to do their best to send more fighters to the Ural front, especially fighters. ”
After a pause, Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith said with a wry smile: "Originally, the Pacific Theater and the African Theater of the League of Nations planned to take big moves after the outbreak of the Ural Campaign to contain the forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, but because of the strong strength shown by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, especially the ability to carry out night bombing missions, the Pacific Theater and the African Theater of the League of Nations suddenly made no action until now. The European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations and the Combined Pacific Fleet of the International Alliance were postponed because the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire had the ability to bomb at night, and the warships of the navies of various countries began to install high-power searchlights and more anti-aircraft weapons. ”
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert? Peel thought for a while and said: "Prime Minister, after all, the Chinese Empire is the world's first power, especially the world's military strength, but it is only the early stage of the war, with the heritage of our 11 countries in the League of Nations, even if you fight to drain the blood of the Chinese Empire, as for sending more fighters to the Urals line, our British Empire has absolutely no problem, at present, several aircraft factories in our country have been working overtime to produce new fighters, and more than a dozen or even more new fighters are being manufactured every day, Several other aircraft factories under construction are about to be commissioned, and once fully operational, we will double our capacity to manufacture new British fighters. ”
Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith nodded and said: "Not only our British Empire, according to intelligence, the Entente and the Allied countries that have the ability to manufacture new fighters have begun to increase the production of new fighters on a large scale, and the Ural Campaign has once again shown that gaining air supremacy is the guarantee of victory in modern warfare, in order to achieve the final victory in this war, our British Empire's production of new fighters must be put in the first place, and in addition, the British Empire will also try its best to support the matter of sending more fighters to the Urals. After all, the Ural campaign is so important. ”
After the Joint Command Headquarters of the League of Nations asked the Entente and the Allied countries to do their best to send more new fighters to the Ural Mountains, all the countries of the Entente and the Allied Powers expressed their support for this, and the new fighters of the air forces of various countries began to gather in a steady stream to the Ural Mountains, but in order to prevent the bombing of the airfield by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, the new fighters sent by the Allied and Allied countries entered the Russian military airfield farther away from the Ural Mountains. (To be continued.) )