Vol 4 Chapter 126: , Unintentionally inserting willows

Marshal August von Mackensen, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Powers of the Southern Front, has been in a bad mood recently. As the Allied Powers opened up a new front in Italy and threatened Austria, his pressure was even greater. Knowing that the reinforcements promised by the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not arrive!
Now he has less than six hundred thousand combatable soldiers in his hand, and this number continues to decrease as time goes on.
Although the enemy suffered greater losses, it still failed to make Marshal August von Mackensen feel the slightest joy. Germany has already won too many tactical victories, which is not worthy of joy. In his opinion As long as there is no strategic breakthrough, this war will be in vain!
August von Mackensen is hesitating to tell the country whether to abandon the battle on the southern front and switch to the attack. After all, there is really no hope of victory on the southern front. A familiar voice came from outside the room, interrupting his contemplation.
"Marshal, good news! Our frontline troops have already attacked Salva, and the enemy's defense in Transylvania has been torn apart by us!"
The visitor was Berger Irma, Colonel of the General Staff, and he could see that he was very excited now! (Remarks: The position of Colonel General Security Service in the German army is very special. It is higher than that of ordinary officers, which is equivalent to a role in the supervising army.)
August von Mackensen was very surprised and asked: "What? The enemy's defense has been torn apart?"
After speaking, August von Mackensen came to the side of the map and looked at it carefully.
No wonder he was surprised. After the two sides fought for so long, he knew the strength of the enemy. The enemy’s weakest army is the colonial army, and the war is almost consumed now. The combat effectiveness of the remaining troops is still good, at least more combat effectiveness than the ally Austria-Hungary.
Moreover, the opponent has a large number of people and relies on favorable geography for defense. It is almost impossible to tear the enemy's defense line, but now the enemy's defense line has been torn apart!
Colonel Berg-Ilma explained: "We were able to break through the enemy's defenses, and it was an accident. The enemy troops stationed in the Salwar area are colonial forces. Their combat effectiveness is limited and we have torn apart. When the enemy reacted, the hole was already very big. The enemy's reinforcements launched a fierce counterattack against us, but they were all repelled!"
After hearing this explanation, Marshal August von Mackensen's mood did not improve, but heavier. After the two sides have fought for so long, he doesn't think the opposing commander is an idiot!
August von Markenson’s subconscious thought this was an enemy’s conspiracy. Although he couldn’t think of the enemy’s conspiracy for a while, he relied on the intuition of the soldier, August von Marken Sen still insisted on his judgment.
August von Mackensen said coldly: "Order the frontline troops to fight steadily, and not to greedy merits!"
Colonel Berg Irma asked excitedly: "Your Excellency Marshal, now we have torn open the enemy's defenses. It is when the whole army is pressing and expanding the results. Why should we slow down the attack?
Once the enemy is allowed to rebuild the line of defense, our efforts will be wasted. This is..."
August von Mackensen gave him a stern look and said in a serious tone: "Shut up, Mr. Colonel, don't think of the enemy as stupid as you are?
Building a new line of defense? Having handed over to Bulgarians for so long, when do you think they have only one line of defense?
Are you sure that our entire army's advance is expanding the results, rather than getting into the pockets of the enemy?
What if it is stuck? Let me tell you that now there is no more force in the country to come and rescue us! And as long as we fail in the southern battle, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be over. Can you afford the consequences? "
Obviously Berg-Irma hit the gun, and August von Mackensen, who was in a bad mood, directly shot his anger on him.
It's a pity that he is a marshal of the 6th Army. He is just a colonel. Even if a colonel in the General Staff Service has a very special status, he can even command a group army in the army, but he is still just a colonel!
Even though he was very dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that August von Mackensen was old, he did not dare to take any risks, and now he can only listen obediently.
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The cautiousness of the Germans made Dante Christoph's plan half of the failure. It was impossible to hit the German-Austrian forces in Transylvania, but this did not affect the blitz in Belgrade.
In fact, the plan to lure the enemy deeper this time is very simple. It is to lure the German army to a specific battlefield, then concentrate the main force of the air force to carry out a strategic bombardment that severely damages the enemy's army, and finally the two sides engage in a decisive battle.
To achieve this goal, the enemy must first be concentrated enough, and the location is best to be on the plains, and the weather must be clear, and August von Mackensen’s caution is undoubtedly to allow the German and Austrian forces to escape. A disaster!
The enemy was not fooled, but Dante Christophe was still a little bit disappointed. After all, he did a lot of coordination work for this plan, and also seconded the air force that was supposed to go to Italy to establish a base.
Suddenly a combat staff ran up to him and asked: "Your Excellency Commander, the Air Force Command has called and asked if we continue to implement the original plan?"
Dante Christoph didn't hesitate, and said fiercely: "The original plan remains unchanged. Since the main force of the German-Austrian coalition forces have not arrived, let's focus on the troops they have arrived at the scheduled location!"
Since the preparations for so long and the consumption of so much manpower and material resources, Dante Christophe is not willing to waste it like this.
Even if there are not many German-Austrian troops on the front line, but in line with the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is worth the price to kill these tens of thousands of people!
"Yes!" the staff officer replied
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Thousands of bombers are on the battlefield, even the Second World War is rare, and now it has never been born.
Not to mention other things, the construction of the airport alone is a troublesome task. If it weren't for the plains of Romania, this work alone would be a breakdown.
Secondly, the coordination of taking off from different airports is also a difficult problem, even for the Bulgarian Air Force.
After all, in addition to bombers, fighters are also indispensable, and this command is even more difficult.
With an order from Dante Christoph, at dawn on January 26, 1917, the Bulgarian Air Force made a big move, sending 262 bombers and 18o fighter jets to Salva, Dezh, and Romu. The German-Austrian coalition forces in the Li area launched a strategic bombing.
The German-Austrian coalition forces, who just woke up from their sleep, were beaten up before they had time to react. The incendiary bombs that fell from the sky lit tents and warehouses...
The raging fire began to burn. It was called a modern version of the burning company. Soon, thick smoke rose, and the second group of bombers suddenly lost their bombing targets.
They had to travel farther to find the bombing target, and the German forces in the Baia Mare and Borsha regions also suffered unwarranted disasters.
The sudden bombing caused heavy losses to the German-Austrian coalition forces. Of course, this loss mainly refers to weapons, equipment, ammunition and supplies. The casualties are not too great.
After all, the world war has been broken for so long, everyone still knows how to escape, and it is safe to leave the camp.
In fact, this was caught off guard by the German-Austrian coalition forces. In normal times, the layout of the camp also considered the threat from the sky, and a certain distance was maintained between adjacent tents.
But when marching and fighting, there is no way to be so standardized. They are all tents set up in a hurry, and no one considers so much about the distance.
Besides, now they are chasing the enemy and fighting on the southern front line for so long. They have not encountered a big bombing by the Bulgarian Air Force. The officers naturally neglected this problem!
But this time the negligence gave the German-Austrian coalition a blow. After the bombing, the Bulgarian infantry immediately attacked, avoiding the bombed Allied soldiers, and now face the attacking enemy with bare hands. The outcome is self-evident.
In one day, the German-Austrian coalition lost more than 50,000 yuan, and also lost the initiative on the battlefield and had to conduct a comprehensive defense.
Seeing the results of this battle, Dante Christophe was not surprised. Even if the enemy commander did not make this mistake, it would still be difficult to escape this ending, and the casualties they paid might even be greater.
You must know that in this battle, UU read www.uukanshu. In the Bulgarian Air Force bombing, less than 5,000 people were killed by com, and the rest were all Sa Yazi and started to run away. Even though the Bulgarian army captured more than 47,000 prisoners, the number of soldiers who fled back was actually more.
If the camps are not connected together, they will probably have to go through more rounds of bombing, and they will have to fight against the bombers and the Bulgarian ground forces. This personnel loss will only be greater.
Dante Christophe said calmly: "Report victory to the country and start the next step at the same time!"
The chief of staff shook his head and said: "The next step is to wait and see. Now we can beat a wave of falling dogs first. The German-Austrian forces have lost more than just personnel this time!
According to the intelligence from our reconnaissance plane, it can be preliminarily judged that the enemy has lost at least 150,000 weapons and equipment this time, as well as a large amount of material losses, and they will not be able to complete it in the short term.
At least in the next week, their weapons and equipment cannot be refilled. With the terrible logistics and transportation system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they may not be able to replenish their equipment even if it takes another half a month.
In other words, in this period of time in the future, the enemy we face is only 400,000 German and Austrian troops. This is a golden opportunity! "
Dante Christophe pondered for a moment, and then said: "With 900,000 to 400,000, we have a very good chance of winning and we can do it!
The plan to raid Belgrade has been cancelled.
Let the air force bomb the enemy’s railway lines every day. If we are lucky enough, the enemy has not replenished the equipment for ten and a half months. This is enough for us to severely damage the enemy. August von Mackensen It's too powerful to recover! "
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