"What the hell have you done? So many of our troops were wiped out by the Chinese. That's not what you said to me before the war. You have promised that our army will be able to defeat the Chinese and win the war. This keeps me looking forward to it. But what about now? What I was waiting for was the bad news that the elite troops had been wiped out! Alexander II roared angrily. He felt like he had been deceived by these military elders, and he felt like a clown, which he couldn't accept.

"Your Majesty, the generals on the front line have done their best, it's not that we are too weak, but that the enemy is too strong. Although over the years, our army has advanced again. However, the enemy is also advancing. And they are far better than we are. This led directly to our crushing defeat in this war. Duke Gorchakov said with his head bowed.

Compared with the last war, the current Russian army has indeed made great progress. However, in front of the Chinese* army, they are still like children. The Chinese* army, on the other hand, is an adult, and an adult with a sharp weapon. Unarmed children certainly can't fight adults with sharp weapons. This also directly led to the fiasco of the Russian army.

"Is the gap between us and the Chinese really that big? No, I don't believe it. Alexander II shook his head and did not accept this reason. After all, the Russian army has also been trained by German instructors for a long time. Compared with the beginning, the combat effectiveness has been completely changed. Alexander II, although not of military origin. But it's not like he's ignorant of it.

"Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of our army has indeed improved a lot. But again, the Chinese are progressing faster. At a time when we are still stuck in the tactics of the last great war. The Chinese have set off a new military revolution. The Chinese used a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, in conjunction with the tactics of the car. So that our defenses can't resist them at all. The defense line built by hundreds of thousands of people was easily broken through by those Chinese. We have no tactics related to the armored forces of the Chinese. There is not even the relevant armament. Field Marshal Wittgenstein looked very disappointed. After all, this is a complete disgrace for Russia.

"So what are we going to do? Could it be that the armored forces of the Chinese are already invincible? Will we no longer be able to stop their attacks? If this is the case, then what is the need for this war to continue? Wouldn't it be nice to surrender directly to the Chinese? Alexander II was furious. Russia has been preparing for many years in order to be ashamed. However, in the end, it was such a result, and of course he could not accept it.

"Your Majesty, we have to deal with the armored forces of the Chinese, and we can only let the Germans take action. The German army was also armed with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles. If it's up to them. Perhaps it can withstand the armored forces of the Chinese. After all, for now, the only one that can deal with tanks is tanks. Duke Gorchakov said.

"Well, that's a contact with the Germans, we need their help. If Russia is defeated, they will not end well. Alexander II said through gritted teeth. Although, Russia and Germany were originally using each other only. However, for the sake of their respective interests. There are also differences between them. For example, the Russians wanted to defeat the Chinese with the help of the Germans. But the Germans also always wanted to use the Russians as cannon fodder to consume the strength of the Chinese Empire. So after the start of the war. The large army that entered the territory of Russia dragged on. In the face of heavy casualties in the Russian army, it was still not able to enter the front line to fight. However, they were unanimous in dealing with the Chinese Empire. This is also the fundamental reason why the two countries were able to form an alliance.

"陛xià. Our follow-up mobilization must also be accelerated. The losses of the Southern Corps were exhausted, and it was foreseeable that the losses of the Eastern Corps would also be large. We need to provide enough troops to the front line to be able to withstand the Chinese attack. Otherwise. Before the Germans had even entered the front, perhaps we would have been completely defeated. Marshal Wittgenstein said. 、

"Okay. Immediately after the end of the second mobilization, the third mobilization began. For the sake of Russia's future, we can only fight to the end with the Chinese. Alexander II said through gritted teeth. Now the total population of Russia is only 40 million. After the second mobilization is over, there will be 4 million people. After the completion of the third mobilization, it will be 6 million people. This is already a maximum mobilization for Russia, which has a total population of just over 40 million. This will not only allow all the best in Russia to join the army, but even the elderly and underage children will need to join the army. It can be said that in order to defeat the Chinese, the Russians have already gambled on the future of the country and the nation.

It's just that the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. After the Battle of Volgograd, the 1st, 4th, and 5th armies of the Imperial Army, as well as the 1st Panzer Army, led by armored forces, once again launched an attack on the Russian depths. To the north of the Volga River, the 2nd Army, the 6th Army and the 2nd Panzer Army of the Imperial Army were also launching a fierce assault on the Russian Eastern Corps. It's just that the Volga was in a flood period, and the Russians blew up the bridge in its entirety. If you want to break through the Volga at this time, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Although, the losses of tanks and armored vehicles of the armored forces were relatively large. However, with the southern corps of the Russian army having been destroyed, their remaining forces were still able to easily break through the Russian defense line and attack the depth of the Russian army.

The 1st Panzer Army and several armored brigades once again became the vanguard of the whole army, attacking north along the Volga. The resistance of the Russian army is quite fragile. Even after the fall of the Southern Army, the Russian army urgently sent two army groups south to prepare to intercept the attack of the imperial army. However, their resistance was still too weak, and the Imperial army was able to break through their defenses with ease.

The armored forces tore through the Russian defenses with a light pity, and then continued to advance forward, unless the tanks broke down or ran out of fuel. Otherwise, it will definitely not stop lightly. This allowed the Imperial Army to advance at a rate of up to forty or fifty kilometers per day. The infantry could no longer keep up with the pace of the armored forces on their legs alone. As a result, the generals at the front could only do everything they could to increase the speed of the infantry. Trucks, automobiles, and oxen and wagons collected in the war zone were all put into the great cause of transporting soldiers. This allowed the infantry of the Imperial Army to barely keep up with the progress of the armored forces.

The Imperial Army staged a large-scale furious advance along the Volga River. As if entering a no-man's land, the army tore through the Russian army's defense line with a light please. Then launch an offensive against the Eastern Army Corps of the Russian army, and cooperate with the 2nd Army and the 6th Army to attack the Russian army.

From Volgograd to Kamisin, to Saratov. Three hundred kilometers, the armored forces took only a week. This directly caused most of the defense line of the Russian army's Eastern Corps to be broken through. The 2nd and 6th armies of the Imperial Army, after the engineers had built pontoon bridges, were able to enter the west of the Volga River to attack the Russians. In particular, the tanks of the 2nd Panzer Army were undoubtedly a great addition to the troops. This has made the Imperial Army's armored forces even stronger.

Of course, on the entire front, the Russian army is in a rout. Their defensive line was easily breached by the armored forces of the Imperial Army, and then the follow-up infantry, with the assistance of the armored forces, surrounded and annihilated the Russian troops who fell into the encirclement. Such tactics make it impossible for the Russian army to resist at all.

After all, the Russian army does not have weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles, nor does it have weapons such as anti-tank guns. In the face of the fierce attack of the Imperial Army, they were only able to defend passively. After the defensive line was broken by the Imperial Army, these Russian troops were often only able to escape. And how can the legs of a person be compared with the tracks of an armored vehicle? The final result was that the fleeing Russian army was intercepted and surrounded until it was finally destroyed.

Of course, the losses paid by the Imperial Army were not small. This is mainly the loss of equipment. During the furious advance, the Imperial Army's tanks and armored vehicles suffered heavy losses due to mechanical failures. Although the rear has been trying to find ways to replenish the armored forces. However, the pace of replenishment was never comparable to the rate of loss, so much so that the number of tanks and armored vehicles on the front line became less and less.

After the 2nd Army, the 6th Army and the 2nd Panzer Army had already crossed the Volga, the Eastern Corps of the Russian army also retreated. In order to avoid the destruction of the main force by the Chinese* army, the Russian troops deployed in the north of the Volga River took the initiative to retreat. Until the tactics of the armored forces that can effectively counter the Chinese * army are found, it is clear that the Russian army will no longer engage in large-scale operations with the Chinese * army. They seem to have known that superiority in strength can no longer change the situation on the battlefield.

Similarly, the Imperial Army had to stop for a rest. The long hours of fighting made the officers and men very tired. All kinds of technical equipment also need to be supplemented and maintained. This is what makes the Imperial Army's soldiers still sharp.

In Saratov, several army groups and two armored corps of the Imperial Army stopped. Start taking a break here. Subsequent tanks and armoured vehicles arrived, and two armoured armies and several armoured brigades of the Imperial Army were restored. At the same time, the arrival of reservists restored the combat effectiveness of the various armies. (To be continued......)

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