Inside Li Xiao's command post, the sound of the telegraph machine rang non-stop.

In accordance with the reports sent back from the front, the staff officers constantly rearranged the positions of the small red and blue flags on the sand table.

"The 1st tank division Zu Kuan, has been interspersed with Kurchatov.

The Cao Bianjiao Division of the 2nd Tank Division has already captured the first auxiliary Kursk.

The 1st Cavalry Division, from the south to the north, from the Suzhansky region, marched into Ligov, which is currently engaged in fierce fighting.

The 3rd Tank Division, Li Dingguo, has captured Higre.

Now our army has completed the encirclement of the central coalition army led by Austria-Hungary, and the headquarters of the coalition army has been cut into four sections by our army, and is gradually encircled and annihilated.

It is expected that it will take seven to ten days at the earliest, and the battle will be completed. ”

After the staff officer finished his report, he closed the folder in his hand.

Li Xiao glanced at the enemy's situation on the battlefield, and the Central Army led by Austria-Hungary was finished.

The British have already surrendered with great interest, and the rest is estimated to not last long.

The coalition forces in the encirclement have lost the possibility of logistical supplies, and because of the heavy snow that has just fallen, the snow is knee-high, and it is not so easy for them to escape.

In such weather, it is impossible for a man's legs and a horse's legs to outrun a tank.

After all, both men and horses will get tired, but tanks will not.

As long as there is diesel, it is not a problem for tanks to chase a hundred kilometers.

But these soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, running a hundred kilometers in the snow, it is estimated that they don't need to fight, and they are tired to death.

Referring to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's communication system, which was basically based on horses, it is estimated that their command is also finished.

There was no logistical supply, and there was also no command from above.

Even a strong-willed army would collapse in such a situation, let alone an army like Austria-Hungary.

Intelligence showed that this Austro-Hungarian army was more Hungarian.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is a strange country that has two languages in one country.

The Austrians and the Hungarians, not only will they not cooperate sincerely, but they will also tear each other down.

Even, each of the two places has its own army.

Austrian officers would never go to serve on the side of the Hungarians, on the contrary, if a Hungarian dared to serve on the side of Hungary.

Then be prepared to be targeted to death!

As in this encirclement, there were hardly any friendly forces in the Austrian army supporting each other.

Not to mention support, it would be good if the Austrians and Hungarians did not fight.

"Send men to divide the Hungarian and Austrian armies and make them surrender separately.

The rest of the battle should be based on persuasion, and every time a position is attacked, prisoners must be sent in advance to persuade surrender.

For those who are stubborn, we must resolutely exterminate and leave no prisoners.

For those who pretend to surrender, not only destroy them, but also reject the surrender of their neighbors. ”

"No!"

The staff officer answered and hurried to draft the message.

Li Xiao walked out of the underground command post, which was sixty kilometers away from the Kursk battlefield.

With the help of telescopes, you can see smoke in the distance, but you can't hear the explosion.

It seems that the Ming army has stopped wasting precious heavy artillery shells.

The battle, basically, was completed by a mortar regiment of 120-mm howitzers.

A few kilometers away, outside the train station, a large circle is fenced with barbed wire.

Machine guns were mounted on the turrets at the four corners, aimed at the people inside, ready to fire at any time.

From time to time, there are soldiers with rifles on their backs, wading through the snow and patrolling around the barbed wire.

Inside the barbed wire, the black press is full of prisoners of war from various countries.

Of course, the main force of the coalition forces, Austria-Hungary, was the most numerous.

The barbed wire fence was not strong, and the soldiers on patrol looked lazy.

But none of the prisoners escaped!

It seemed that they didn't even have the idea of escaping.

Outside the barbed wire fence is snow, and everyone who walks out of it is as obvious as lice on a bald man's head.

There were already several traces of people walking on the snow, and at the end of each trace, there were one or several frozen corpses.

It has to be said that this heavy snow brought great convenience to the Ming army.

In particular, it played a very good role in preventing the Austro-Hungarian Empire from retreating and cutting off the connection between the besieging coalition forces.

Li Xiao didn't expect that a sudden heavy snow would have such a great power.

Knowing this, he should have launched an attack directly on the southern front. Even if Napoleon could not be defeated, it was estimated that it would be fine to force Napoleon to abandon the attack on Tsaritsyn.

But now there is no way, a big battle not only consumes the physical strength of the troops.

It also consumes a lot of ammunition and fuel, which takes time to replenish.

At the same time, there are still 400,000 people left in the encirclement, and it will take time to eat them all.

It was impossible for the Ming army to conduct a large-scale offensive in the Tsaritsyn direction at the same time.

God seems to like to mix good news with bad news at the same time!

The good news was that the Central Coalition Army, dominated by Austria-Hungary, was completely wiped out, and the bad news was that the Prussian army, which had come to support, had only advanced 100 kilometers and was not moving.

And, the construction of fortifications began at key points in the terrain.

It seems that they did not launch an all-out attack to rescue the besieged coalition forces as stated in the statement.

The French, even a few thousand, have not been put together.

Symbolically, from the million-strong army, several companies were sent to reconnoiter the Ming army's front.

Only the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph still fantasized about the Allies coming to the rescue of his army.

Every day, he constantly issued statements in the newspapers, asking the soldiers on the front line to hold on to the end and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

If Napoleon and Frederick's words could be believed, it is estimated that they could be at fault for many years.

Li Xiao doesn't speak, others don't speak, everyone doesn't speak.

The staff officers and guards followed behind the marshal, not daring to easily disturb the marshal's train of thought.

The train stopped, and the doors of the prisoner camp opened. The captives were dragged onto the stuffy train like sheep in a sheepfold.

There was no heating in the stuffy train, and every captive was given two nests that were as cold as bricks when they got on the train.

This is the ration they received from Daming!

One more addition on the way!

There is no way, now there is a shortage of military supplies, especially food.

The Russian soldiers, so poor that they ate bread mixed with sawn foam. In fact, they did not coax these nest heads, which was already the result of the deterrence of the Ming machine gun.

The train came loaded with all kinds of military supplies, and when it left, it was full of prisoners, which was not a waste of capacity.

These people will be directly dragged to the Western Regions to exploit mining deposits, and the harsh natural conditions will make them suffer.

How many people will eventually return to their hometowns is only God knows.

Li Xiao only knew that there were very few people who could come back.

The idea of encircling the point and sending reinforcements failed, and Li Xiao could only redevote his energy to the offensive and defensive battle of Tsarizin.

Last night, the coalition forces entered the city of Tsaritsyn after paying heavy casualties.

Now, the Ming army has retreated to the city of Tsaritsyn to conduct a defensive battle of the city.

Hopefully, the newly built fortifications will serve a purpose.

"Send a report to Man Ye and Ao Ye, and after killing the coalition troops in the Kursk encirclement, they will rest on the spot.

Give them ...... Half a month.

After resting, prepare for a assault in the direction of Kyiv.

Before that, limited fire reconnaissance in the direction of Kyiv was possible. ”

"No!"

Li Xiao's eyes are on Kyiv, where there are mountains of supplies piled up on the southern front of the coalition forces.

Even if you can't get it, you have to destroy it.

Without these transferred materials, the French army on the front line will have no food and ammunition, no logistical supplies, and see how they will fight.

For the Ming army, the war had begun to fully transform into a mechanized war.

The need for supplies is far from being an early riser. There are also oilseeds, medicines, and even large I-beams and sleepers needed at the front.

These things are necessary to build roads and build bunkers.

Kyiv, the main target now is Kyiv.

As long as Kiev is taken, it will be able to force Napoleon's million-strong army to retreat.

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