Vol 4 Chapter 88: Turning point

After receiving a domestic order, General Brusilov was dumbfounded. He really wanted to greet the whole family of this strange commander, but thought that the supreme commander of Russia now is the "Great Tsar"-Nicholas His Majesty the Second, he shut up decisively.
After the outbreak of the World War, the monarch who personally served as the supreme commander was far more than Nicholas II. Ferdinand was the first to take the lead. Later Nicholas II felt that it would help improve his control of the army and followed suit. .
However, Ferdinand's appointment as the supreme commander was widely expected, and Nicholas II as the supreme commander was met with resistance from the military. For example, the Secretary of the Army was one of the opponents.
There is no way. The prestige of the inherited throne and the founding monarch is completely incomparable. What is more troublesome is that Nicholas II's military literacy is not good, and he loves to draw his hands. This makes many military generals very Dissatisfaction.
History has proven that the consequences of random intervention are very serious, and the frontline army will not defeat the battle. The most terrible thing was that when the revolution broke out, Nicholas II had lost the support of the army and eventually came to an end!
Brusilov is different from other Russian officers. He is still a little politically savvy. He knows that he cannot say something, but he already greeted the entire family of Nicholas II in his heart.
Just after a big war, the Southwest Front was still licking the wounds and training the recruits to restore their vitality.
Not to mention the inadequate logistical supply of the Russian army, even the heyday of the Russian army did not have the strength to handle the current German-Austrian coalition!
We still have to take the initiative to attack. Admiral Brusilov believes that he can keep the current defense line, which is already the most optimistic estimate. The Southwest Front ’s weapons and ammunition are only enough for half a month of high-intensity combat. ?
As for the other two troops, Brusilov even doubted whether their soldiers could fill their stomachs!
Holding the order, Brusilov hovered around in the command. He couldn't decide whether to execute this obviously wrong military order!
"General, what's wrong with you? Looks restless?" A young officer asked in confusion.
"Howell, you said that a very unreasonable order was issued in China. Should I execute it?" Brusilov said with a grin.
Howell said without hesitation: "General, you can apply to the country. Since you know it is wrong, why do you implement it?"
Brusilov shook his head with a bitter smile, "It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders", especially now!
If he could apply to the country before, the highest commander in the country is now very confused. Tsar + politicians have joined in. Many times the orders are issued for political considerations.
Since it is a political warfare, there is no objection to right or wrong. Anyway, it must be implemented. Pleadings can easily cause unnecessary trouble.
Brusilov explained patiently: "Some things in Howell are not as simple as you think. A military error does not mean that it is politically wrong!"
I don't know since when Brusilov is no longer a simple soldier, he is thinking more and more.
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After the strategic focus shifted eastward, disputes arose within the German Army over specific offensive points. Hindenburg and Ludendorff proposed to attack Lithuania as a way to open the road to the Russian capital Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and implement a decapitation plan.
The chief of the general staff, Fackingham, disagreed. He thought that the plan was not suitable for reality. Although the Russian capital, Petrograd, was seductive, it was too far away. The logistics supply was easily cut off by the Russians and then captured.
The Russian front is long and the logistics is not smooth. If the battlefield is located in the south of Poland and Galicia, the Russians will be tempted to come to a decisive battle.
Since the war on the eastern front has not yet broken out, Hindenburg and Ludendorff naturally have no record of their shots and no aura. They suggest that they be directly put on the shelf!
The battle plan of Fackingham also received the support of Marshal Franz Konrad von Herzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire actively cooperated.
Now that Fackingham has been in command on the battlefield, he and Herzendorf have concentrated nearly 26 divisions on the front line of Golice-Tanov, and they have 30 divisions in front of the enemy's 3rd and 9th Army.
The total strength of the German army that can participate in the entire Eastern Front has reached more than two million people. In addition to the more than 1.9 million troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the total strength of the German-Austrian coalition has approached 4 million.
Although the Russian army has an advantage in terms of strength, the German advantage is the artillery. The German-Australian coalition erected 7,800 artillery pieces behind the front, of which 850 were large-calibre heavy artillery, including the 420-millimeter "Great Belsa" siege artillery that had been used in the siege of Belgium. 15 million shells.
The engineering units have long opened special roads and bridges for the advance of the artillery, and all these preparations are kept strictly confidential, making it difficult for the enemy to detect that a crisis is approaching.
Obviously, the Russians are going to be in bad shape this time, the crisis is approaching without realizing it, and the stupid Tsarist government's active attack order has undoubtedly ruined the Russian army's final life.
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On May 6, the commander of the Russian army, who had no knowledge of it, was forced to launch a "crowd of people" to the German-Austrian coalition positions under the orders of the country.
Due to lack of artillery support, Russian soldiers were violently fired by German and Austrian machine guns and rapid-fire guns, and they were knocked down in pieces like crops to be harvested.
Many Russian soldiers without tools were bloodied while climbing the barbed wire with bare hands, and then killed by the German-Australian Army's machine gun. The battle turned into a unilateral "slaughter."
"What? The Russians took the initiative to attack?" Fackingham said incredulously
Sudden surprises shocked the Germans. Is there such a good thing? Even before the offensive was launched, the Russians took the initiative to die!
"Okay, okay, okay!" Faking Hanlian said three good words
"Order the troops to try to induce the Russians to take the initiative to attack and kill their living power!"
"Really God blesses Germany!" Fakkingham thought
How can such a good thing last?
Brusilov first noticed that something was wrong. Of course, he originally opposed the initiative to attack the enemy's position.
"Not right!" Brusilov said to himself.
He wandered in the headquarters for a while, suddenly remembered something, and said in shock: "The German reinforcements have arrived! Order the frontline troops to stop the attack and return to the camp to strengthen the fortifications. The enemy may have to counterattack!"
Unfortunately, all he could command was the Southwest Front, while the other two armies continued to give away their heads. Moreover, this time is too late, this is already the second day of the offensive.
Time passed quickly, and three days passed, the Russian commander was frightened by the brutal casualties and had to stop the "suicide operation".
In just three days of attack, the Russian army has paid more than 200,000 casualties. Even if it is distributed to more than a thousand kilometers of defense, this number is still shocking!
When the Russians stopped attacking, the German-Australian coalition began to perform, writing a brilliant chapter of the "God of War" with facts!
At the same time, the worst air battle on the eastern front has also begun. Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, countries have increased their research and development of aircraft, and various wonderful models have emerged endlessly.
On May 8, as soon as the Russian bomber appeared, he was blocked by the German Air Force and escorted by the Russian Air Force fighter jets.
Because the Germans had a numerical advantage, the Russian Air Force dropped 8 bombers and 5 fighters in just one hour of combat, and the Germans paid the price of only two fighters.
Subsequently, the Russian Air Force organized another retaliatory operation. More than two hundred fighter planes heard the news, and they fought fiercely with the German Air Force.
This result made the German commander Fackingham very dissatisfied. Even on the western front and the British and French air forces, it was quite good. Even on the eastern front, even the Russians were unsure, and some were unacceptable.
There is no doubt that the main models used by the Allies are still the Falcon 1 fighters and bombers provided by Ferdinand. It is not that there are no better aircraft than them, mainly because of cost!
There is stability, and every new model has to undergo a long test, but now it is a period of war, there is simply not so much time to test.
Most are tested directly on the battlefield, which is very risky for pilots. It's fine to be shot down by the enemy. Wouldn't it be wrong if it crashed because of an airplane?
In this context, even with the emergence of new models with comparable performance, Air Force pilots can always pick up a lot of problems. Why not use safety anyway, why take a risk?
As for the German aircraft, imitation of the falcon is also indispensable. After all, when it comes to the originator of the cottage, people are the predecessors, and Bulgaria is only a latecomer.
Coupled with their powerful industry, it was directly deduced, but their respective structures are different. In general, everyone is half a catty.
With everyone's aircraft performance being similar, it is not so easy to obtain overwhelming advantages on the battlefield.
The result is a war of attrition, which is the last thing Germans want to face. After all, they ca n’t fight for their resources!
"Report to the country and ask them to urge the R & D department to come up with more advanced aircraft as soon as possible. Even Russian aircraft can't win, is this ridiculous?" Fackingham said angrily
"General, obviously we won?" The lieutenant reminded.
Fackingham said angrily: "Shut up! Is the battle loss between the two sides a win over 1: 1.4? Even the Russians have a larger number of aircraft, but don't forget that we still have fire cover below us!"
In fact, the German Air Force played very well. The performance gap between the two sides was not large. The Russians dispatched a total of 228 fighters, while the Germans dispatched only 186 fighters. The two sides were damaged: the Germans crashed 32 aircraft. However, the Russians crashed 45 planes.
Look at the Luftwaffe all taking advantage, of course, this can only confuse laymen!
Can the previous shots count the record?
Can the two aircraft hit by anti-aircraft fire be counted as the record of the Air Force?
Even if the aircraft has the same performance, can the Germans make the same quality as the Russians?
This is no longer a black Russian. The bear's high-tech products in this era are unreliable endorsements. Of course, this is not to blame engineers, as long as there is a group of corrupt bureaucrats in any country, this will happen.
So from the parameters point of view, everyone ’s aircraft performance is similar. In fact, the quality of the aircraft used by the Russian Air Force is already a lot worse. After deducting this gap, the record of both sides can only be regarded as equal. Www.EbookFREE.me ~ Of course Fakkingham did not know that after the Russian Air Force returned to the airport, many aircraft needed to be overhauled and could not be put into combat in a short time.
However, this is not important. This happened only when the Germans deliberately showed weakness to the enemy during the defense and enticed the Russians to attack.
Now the German-Australian coalition has taken the initiative to attack, and it is boring to hide it again. Which of the German and Austrian industries does not crush the existence of the Russians, how can it not get hundreds of fighters?
If the experts have not tampered with the data, Ferdinand remembers that in parallel space-time, the belligerent nations produced more than 200,000 aircraft during the First World War. Can hundreds of combat opportunities not be available?
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