Chapter 915: The Ural Defense Line "Lost"
Just when the United European Fleet of the League of Nations and the Combined Pacific Fleet of the League of Nations were suffering heavy losses, and more than a dozen member countries of the League of Nations were mourning, there was finally a news that excited the countries of the League of Nations, and the Ural Defense Line of the Chinese Empire, which was heavily fortified, was broken by the European Combined Forces of the League of Nations on August 25, 1914. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At around 2 p.m. on August 25, at the headquarters of the Joint Command of the League of Nations in the city of Ufa, Russia, there was laughter and laughter, and the representatives of the armies of the nine European countries of the League of Nations gathered together to celebrate the breakthrough of the coalition forces to the defense line of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains.
Schlieffen, chief of the General Staff of the German Army, who was the interim commander-in-chief of the navy, land and air forces of the international alliance and concurrently the commander of the Eurasian theater, raised his glass and said to the military representatives of the armies of other countries: "After our European Combined Fleet and the Pacific Combined Fleet were severely damaged by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the dark cloud of defeat hung over the belligerents of the League of Nations. Relying on the sacrifices of millions of warriors from 9 European countries, the trend of this war has finally been reversed, and the Ural defense line, which was pinned on by the Chinese Empire, has all fallen into the hands of our European coalition forces, and the door of the Chinese Empire has been opened to our European coalition forces! Generals, for the sake of victory, cheers! ”
Immediately afterwards, the British War Secretary Henry Wiley, the French War Minister Jeannontro, the Russian War Secretary Gorrosky, and the Belgian War Secretary Steven? Defour, Austro-Hungarian War Minister Zoltan? Sile, Italian War Minister Moussa? Dembele, the Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Enver Pasha, and the Spanish Minister of War Anthony? Bray, one after another, raised their glasses and, at Schlieffen's suggestion, toasted a glass of brandy together.
British War Secretary Henry Wiley put down his wine glass and said to Schlieffen with a smile: "This bottle of brandy made in Germany tastes very good, it seems that General Schlieffen took out a bottle of treasure in order to celebrate this victory!" ”
Schlieffen said with a smile: "This bottle is only a German brandy that has been treasured for 15 years, and I still have 2 bottles of German brandy that have been treasured for 25 years. ”
At this time, the French Minister of War Jeannon Tro sighed and said: "Just by overcoming the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire, the casualties of our European coalition forces have exceeded 5 million. ”
Hearing Janenontron speak of more than 5 million casualties, the expressions of joy on the faces of the military representatives of the armies of other countries also disappeared.
From July 20, 1914, when the coalition forces of nine European countries of the League of Nations launched an attack on the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire, Russia, as the host, in addition to concentrating nearly 800 new fighters of the 18 army groups and the Russian Air Force on the front line of the Ural Mountains, and then invested 300 new fighters of the two army groups of the army and the Russian Air Force into the front line of the Ural Mountains. More than 6 million army units and thousands of new warplanes were invested.
Although the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire has been conquered, the losses of the Russian army are very large, the number of dead has reached 1.25 million, and there are more than 450,000 wounded, and because some serious wounded die every day, the number of Russian army casualties is still increasing, according to the Russian military's estimates, the number of Russian troops killed in the Ural defense line will eventually exceed 1.3 million.
In addition, the Russian Air Force has invested more than 1,000 new fighters, and now there are only 36 left, and there are also a few reconnaissance planes, which means that the entire Russian Air Force has suffered a very heavy blow, and at present, all the fighters of the entire Russian Air Force are combined, and there are more than 400 left, most of which are fighters and bombers newly produced by Russian aircraft factories.
Russia, as the host, can be said to have suffered the greatest losses among the allied European countries, but the other eight European countries suffered equally heavy losses in order to overcome the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire.
The 500,000 regular army troops sent by the British Army to the front line of the Ural Mountains lost about 150,000 people, and the British Air Force has put a total of more than 2,000 new fighters into the front line of the Ural Mountains, and now there are only 524 British Air Force fighters left that can continue to fight, and the battle damage is close to three-quarters.
In addition to the initial investment of 1.8 million troops in the Russian Ural Mountains, the French Army has successively sent 500,000 troops to the Ural Mountains, and now the 2.3 million French Army troops, only 1.5 million remain, the French Army in order to conquer the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire, 600,000 people were killed, and 200,000 French wounded soldiers.
The French Air Force has also invested more than 2,000 new fighters in the Ural Mountains, and only 590 are still left.
In addition to the 200,000 troops initially sent to the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains, Belgium later expanded its army and sent an additional 150,000 army troops to Russia, and the 350,000 Belgian troops lost almost 80,000 killed and nearly 20,000 wounded. The Belgian Air Force has put 450 new fighters to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and now there are only more than 100 left.
In addition to the 1.7 million army troops initially dispatched, Germany later successively sent almost 400,000 additional army troops to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and finally the German army lost almost 450,000 dead and 150,000 wounded on the front line of the Ural Mountains, which is equivalent to a loss of 600,000 troops.
In total, the Luftwaffe put more than 1,800 new fighters on the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains, and has lost more than 1,000 of them, leaving only 610 aircraft.
In addition to the first 1.3 million army troops, Austria-Hungary later sent an additional 700,000 army units to join the Ural campaign, and after overcoming the Ural defense line of the Chinese Empire, the Austro-Hungarian army lost 500,000 dead and 150,000 wounded.
The Austro-Hungarian Air Force put a total of 600 new fighters into the Russian Ural Mountains, and now only 115 remain.
The Ottoman Empire sent 2.6 million army troops and 240 new warplanes to the Urals campaign, and today it has lost nearly 800,000 army troops and almost all of its warplanes.
Italy has sent 800,000 army troops and more than 1,000 new fighters to join the Ural campaign, and now there are about 600,000 army units and 230 new fighters, losing 200,000 troops.
Spain sent 500,000 army troops and 600 new fighters to join the Urals campaign, and now the Spanish army has nearly 100,000 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, leaving only 136 new fighters left in the Spanish Air Force to continue fighting.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the headquarters was instantly a little depressed, Schlieffen coughed and said: "Generals, there is a reward for paying, although the losses of our European countries on the front line of the Ural Mountains are very large, but the most important line of defense of the Chinese Empire blocking our European coalition forces has been broken through by us, and then we will march all the way to Lake Baikal, and then attack Mongolia from Lake Baikal, and then from Mongolia directly into the heart of the Chinese Empire, Beijing City, at that time, the winner of this war, It will belong to our entire League of Nations! ”
Schlieffen's words made the atmosphere in the headquarters lively, and the Russian War Minister Korrosky continued: "At present, the three armies of our Russian Army, as the vanguard, have recaptured the city of Chelyabinsk, an important town in the Ural region, and are preparing to continue the pursuit of the Chinese Imperial Army along the railway. ”
Austro-Crarian War Minister Zoltan? Silai smiled and said: "General Gorrosky, don't be too fast with your Russian army, if you directly drive the army of the Chinese Empire into Beijing City, then our other countries' army units will have nothing to do!" ”
Enverpasha, Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, said with a laugh: "Hahaha, the main force of the Chinese Imperial Army, this time in the Ural Campaign, at least a few million, maybe the three Russian group armies, as the forward troops, can really enter the city of Beijing!" ”
Next, the military representatives of the armies of various European countries began to happily study how to attack the hinterland of the Chinese Empire, as well as the tasks of the armies of various countries, and also discussed the matter of allowing European countries to continue to send more fighters, after all, in the Ural Campaign, the European coalition forces suffered very large losses of fighters.
Just when the member countries of the entire League of Nations were celebrating the victory of the Ural Campaign, in a building in Tyumen, an important town in the Ural Province of the Chinese Empire, Ni Fan, the former commander-in-chief of the Ural Defense Line and the current commander-in-chief of the Ural Theater, said with a smile to the commanders of the five field armies, Zhang Limin, Deng Zichao, Hu Desheng, Wang Peng and Duan Qirui: "Now the 10 Guards and 15 field armies newly formed by our Royal Army have been quickly formed under the concern of His Majesty. According to the plan of the Ministry of National Defense, the Guards Army will form one more group army, and the field army will form two more group armies, so that the size of the main force of our Royal Army will reach 4 Guards Army and 10 Field Army, while each field army will have the establishment of 4 armies and the Guards Army will have 5 armies. ”
After a pause, Ni Fan continued: "At present, your second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, 5 field armies, and 1 field army, newly replenished by the 5 field armies, are rushing to the front line, and the newly formed 9th Field Army and 10th Field Army are advancing towards Anxi Province, preparing to cut off the retreat of the European coalition forces, once the 9th Field Army and the 10th Field Army successfully cut off the retreat of the European coalition forces, the time for our counteroffensive has come!" ”
Ansi Province is the entire Kazakhstan region east of the Ural River, which was forcibly taken by Lin Daxin from the Russians before the establishment of the Chinese Empire.
Zhang Limin, commander of the Second Field Army, said with a smile: "Now that we are retreating, the morale of the more than a dozen countries of the League of Nations will be greatly boosted, but they never dreamed that in order to inflict heavy damage or even eliminate the so-called European coalition forces, our Chinese Empire will take the initiative to abandon the Ural defense line, which cost a lot of money, and set a big trap to lure the enemy into it!" ”
Deng Zichao, commander of the Third Field Army, followed and said: "Our intelligence department deliberately leaked to the outside world that our Royal Army of the Chinese Empire has lost nearly 2.5 million troops in the Ural defense line, and the commanders of the European coalition forces should not be aware that this is a trap. ”
The city of Leaffall is the city of Chelyabinsk, which was changed to the name of the city with Chinese characteristics after the formation of the Ural Province.
Hu Desheng, commander of the Fourth Field Army, said with a smile: "The Europeans would never have imagined that we have only suffered less than 250,000 casualties in the Ural defense line these days, and our intelligence department has directly expanded this number by 10 times, and the Ministry of Defense has sent additional troops to several of our group armies, and the number is far more than 250,000, and our group armies are basically intact, but the European coalition forces are miserable, I heard that the losses are more than 5 million, We relied on the Ural defense line to play a 1-20 battle loss rate, what a joy! ”
Then Wang Peng, commander of the Fifth Field Army, nodded and said: "The Ninth Field Army and the Tenth Field Army, plus the Ministry of Defense has supplemented our five field armies with one field army unit, so that our Ural Theater will have one Guards Army and seven Field Army armies, and the total strength will be close to 5 million, and counting the absolute superiority of our Royal Air Force, it is not impossible to completely annihilate the entire European coalition army!" ”
Duan Qirui, commander of the Sixth Field Army, asked Ni Fan at this time: "Old Ni, does the intelligence department have any information on the current strength of the European coalition forces?" ”
Ni Fan shook his head and said: "There is no information on the specific figures, but it is certain that the total strength of the European coalition forces will at least exceed 10 million, and maybe one or two million more, after all, in the attack of the European coalition forces on the Ural defense line, the follow-up troops of European countries are still gathering on the front line of the Ural Mountains." ”
Duan Qirui nodded and said: "I hope that the European coalition forces will have more troops into Ural Province, in that case, it will be much easier for our Royal Army to attack the European continent in the future!" ”
Ni Fan said with a smile: "At present, the troops of the various group armies have retreated to the front line of the Tobol River, and the troops of several of our group armies have established blocking positions west of the Tobol River, attracting more and more European coalition troops to enter the Ural Province. (To be continued.) )