Vol 4 Chapter 111: Tangled Germans

With the arrival of winter, the German-Australian coalition ended its Eastern Raiders. After grabbing more than half of Ukraine, the German-Australian coalition had to stop its eastward movement and restricted its sights to the southern line.
Ferdinand made a big move in Romania. How could he have concealed the Allies, but there is a Romanian exile government. It is not easy to get some information about Romania.
Originally, French King Han intended to turn around to the Western Front to kill the French in one fell swoop after the Battle of the Eastern Front ended, ending this cruel war.
However, Bulgaria's continuous dispatch of troops to Romania attracted the attention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In just a few months, millions of troops were brought together, and this number continued to increase. Conrad wasn't stupid and knew it was coming for them, and immediately asked the Germans for help.
Now the border between Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is very long. Fortunately, Bosnia and Herzegovina is dominated by mountains, and it is unlikely that the two sides will have a big war there. 1ti1ti
But other areas are in trouble. Just like in Belgrade, Bulgaria's front has threatened the Hungarian plain, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has to deploy heavy troops for defense.
Due to the failure of the first half of the winter campaign, Transylonia fell, and now the Kingdom of Hungary has been exposed to the Bulgarian front.
Now that Bulgaria has assembled heavy troops in Romania, if the main force of the Allies leaves, Bulgaria will attack, and the Kingdom of Hungary cannot be stopped.
Within a year, after two consecutive wars, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now crowded and scarce. Now they have no strength to have a pk with Bulgaria alone.
The winter battle at the beginning of the year was a fiasco, and more than 1.5 million troops were lost directly. Then, a summer counterattack was jointly launched with the Germans. This battle was beautiful, but they still paid nearly 800,000 Russians. casualties. 1ti1ti
From the Germans' point of view, Italy is no longer an ally, and it is a matter of time to surrender the Allies.
The other allies were basically hung up, and there was only one ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It would not work without help. The Austro-Hungarian Empire could not be brought down anyway. This is the bottom line of the Germans.
As a result, Fackingham had to take this tired division to fight the southern front. Of course, the war could not be fought in a day or two, and neither side was ready.
At least until the German's logistical materials are available, Fackingham will not attack, and Ferdinand will not be able to let the troops go to the plains to fight against the German-Australian coalition. He did not forget this one million male lions. Much water in
If they rely on positions to defend, these cannon fodder units can still be used, and they can also consume the enemy's strength. If they enter the field, these hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder units can only be responsible for sending people. 1ti1ti
Conrad once again found Faikinghan, commander in chief of the German-Australian Eastern Front, and urged, "His Commander, when will we attack the Bulgarians?"
Fackingham rubbed his forehead. He no longer remembered how many times Conrad had urged it, but the problem was that the status of the Germans on the eastern front did not indicate that it looked so good.
The Germans are also humans, not machines, and they need to rest. The Russians have just been maimed. From the outside world, they are infinitely beautiful. In fact, only the internal suffering is known to them.
More than 3 million Russian troops were killed in World War I. The main force of the Russians was almost over. They lost their homes accumulated over a dozen years. Even if they could quickly restore their strength, they could not restore their combat effectiveness.
But the Germans did n’t lose anything. How could this be possible? At its peak, the total strength of the Germans on the eastern front was more than 2.2 million, and now there are only more than 1.1 million left. With more than 100,000 troops, the Germans still lost more than 600,000 troops permanently. 1ti1ti
Fackingham also wanted to conquer Romania, where not only the oil resources that are most in short supply in the current allies, but also the granary on the plains of Wallachia.
The problem is that the Bulgarian army on the opposite side has more than one million, and the number continues to increase. No matter what the combat effectiveness is, they will be able to drink a pot.
In this Eastern Conference, the Russians lost to the logistics, but it does not mean that the logistics of the Germans is better. If it were not for the logistical chaos of the Allies in the middle of the war, now the Russians may really lose their pants.
Fackingham said with a bitter smile: "Honest Marshal, you are not unaware of the current situation. This Eastern Battle has already consumed a large amount of our combat supplies. It is urgently needed to be replenished. Your army is almost the same.
And for months of continuous battles, the soldiers are already very tired, they need to rest, and these take time. 1ti1ti
I think it would be great to attack the Bulgarians years ago. "
Conrad reluctantly said: "I know all of this, but now the country is constantly urging us to start the attack on the southern line as soon as possible. The Bulgarians are about to move again. They are likely to attack again in Belgrade
The Kingdom of Hungary has been very uproarous lately. They are bitter about the loss of Transylania, and Britain and France are mixed in them. They are now asking for it. If we can't recover Transylania as soon as possible, they will simply Side out of war "
Those who are not Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is difficult to understand the structure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a dual kingdom Empire, the Hungarian Kingdom has very great autonomy.
Although the Austrian-Hungarian Empire is still headed by Austria, the Hungarian government can not cooperate. Without the support of the Hungarian Kingdom, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's war potential is equivalent to a one-third reduction. 1ti1ti
Political pressure naturally evolved into military pressure. As the chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Konrad had to find a way to launch an attack as soon as possible to alleviate the increasingly severe political situation in the country.
Conrad put the situation on the bright side, and Fackingham couldn't continue to pretend to be stupid, and had to agree to start the southern battle in advance.
"Well then, wait another half a month, we will attack the enemy," said Fackingham with a headache.
Similarly, due to insufficient preparation, the German army cannot use its full force, so this time it is a battle, it is better to say that it is a political battle that is conducted in order to give an explanation in all aspects.
After playing Conrad, Fackingham began to worry about this war again. He had no doubt that the Allies could win this battle. 1ti1ti
However, as a commander, especially as the chief of staff of the German Army, it is not only necessary to consider the issue from a tactical level, but also to carry out a more comprehensive and in-depth consideration from a strategic perspective.
First, he had to control the German casualties. In the two eastern battles in 1916, the Germans had lost millions of troops, and the battle on the western front continued for a year and a half. Naturally, the Germans lost more than a hundred. Million
Note that the "loss" here refers to the loss of military strength, not to the casualties. This "loss" refers to the permanent loss of this force, mainly refers to: soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness after being killed, captured, injured or disabled. Recoverable soldier
It can be said that the loss of the German army has now far exceeded the historical period.
Don't look at the tactical German rivals, kill Belgium on the western front, at the same time press British and French, and destroy the Russians on the eastern front 1ti1ti
But strategically, the Germans did not really win.
Although the Russians on the Eastern Front were defeated, they did not withdraw from the war. As soon as this winter is over, four or five million gray cattle will appear on the Eastern Front again in the next year. The situation on the two fronts remains unchanged.
Not to mention the Western Front, the number of British and French troops has been rising for more than half a year, and the combat effectiveness has been ignored, but this number has made the Germans feel dangerous.
More than 2.4 million French and 600,000 British troops, as well as 200,000 Belgian troops, plus more than 1.5 million colonial cannon fodder forces, and the colonial forces are still using more than 20 divisions per month. Degree is growing.
This is why the Germans are in a hurry to have a decisive battle with Britain and France. If the British and French forces continue to swell, they will really be able to consume the German army by tactics. 1ti1ti
Of course, the growth of the Western Front's military strength is not unlimited. It is not human resources that restricts them, but strategic materials. The capacity of the Allies is also unlimited. It is now almost reaching its limit.
Now the war on the western front has been the British and French daily command of the colonial army to counterattack the Germans, the purpose is obviously to consume the German troops.
The use of cannon fodder forces to consume the German main forces, regardless of the exchange ratio, Britain and France are acceptable, but the Germans will not.
From the beginning of the Eastern Battle, Britain and France began this shrinking tactic. In a few months, they still caused more than 200,000 casualties to the Germans. Of course, their casualties were even greater. There is no pressure at all.
Fackingham thought more and more, and in the end he suddenly showed that Germany was in danger, no matter what kind of results he played on the southern battlefield, he could not change Germany's strategic crisis. 1ti1ti
Fighting is going to be dead. Now there are more than 1.8 million Austro-Hungarian troops on the southern route, but only 6 to 700,000 troops can be put into the Romanian battlefield. The remaining troops must be on the border. Shang and Bulgaria, bears.
Although the German army now has more than 1.1 million, he still has to split half of his strength to defend the polar bears. The strength that can really be put on the battlefield is less than 600,000.
Even with 600,000 Germans and 700,000 Austrian-Hungarian troops, can these forces win Bulgaria, do n’t the enemy send more troops?
In his opinion, at least, the Balkans are more important than the Asia Minor Peninsula. If it is required by war, Bulgaria will not have any pressure to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops. At least there are hundreds of thousands of reserves in the country that can be used.
And even if the battle is won, what price does the German army have to pay? The Bulgarian army on the opposite side raised the turtle shell, and looked at the crisscross trenches at a glance. 1ti1ti
Due to the short period of time, the Bulgarian people built the fortifications, but they could not hold up many defense lines. As long as they were suitable for setting up the defense lines, they basically dug trenches, which meant that they would use their trenches to kill their opponents.
And this is exactly the situation that Fakkingham did not want to see. The thickness of the Bulgarian army ’s defense line really depends on his imagination, and dozens of kilometers are almost catching up with the western line. It is a battle of attrition. appearance.
In the light of being alone and not as happy as others, Fakkingham returned his speculation to the German Supreme Commander. In a nutshell, Germany wants to win this war. Let ’s solve the problem of supplies first.
Otherwise, as now, it is clear that the sooner the war starts, the better it will be for the German army, but because of waiting for strategic materials, the warplanes will be delayed in vain.
If the supplies can be opened up, the German-Austrian forces do not need to go to Ukraine to grab food, and have already started in Romania. 1ti1ti
It must be known that when the Russian army just withdrew, the Bulgarian army in Romania was only 400,000. At that time, as long as the German-Australian coalition attacked fully, even if Ferdinand was a traverser, there was no way to keep Romania.
Even after more than two million German-Australian coalition forces conquered Romania at that time, they still had the opportunity to break into the Bulgarian territory in an aggressive manner and destroy Bulgaria ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to end the long confrontation on the southern battlefield.
But it ’s different now, more than two months have passed, Bulgaria ’s army has assembled more than one million, and even if the Germans can achieve tactical victory, there is no way to achieve strategic victory.
Before the window paper was torn, the Germans slammed into victory and concealed all this; but when the window paper was torn, the German high-level officials immediately had problems.
William II also began to formally address this issue. Although the current situation is dangerous, the Germans are still the world ’s first 6 military powers. Even the second-ranked France and the third Bulgarian are not their opponents. 1ti1ti
But with two punches, it is difficult to defeat the four hands. The treaty has four powers: Britain, France, Russia, and Russia; while the allies have only two Germans, two Austrias, and two powers.
The ranks of the 6 military forces of the countries from the German General Staff:
German boss 1o
France followed by 5
Bulgaria third 33
Russian Empire No. 31
Austro-Hungarian Fifth 31
United Kingdom Sixth 28
Italy 13
The Russians were originally the second largest six-powered nations with their huge army numbers, but they lost to the fourth due to the heavy losses they had just lost in the Eastern Conference.
According to the ranking of the 6 Armed Forces by the German Staff, the strengths of the Allies and the Allies are roughly equal, and the strength of the Allies is more concentrated, and they can completely defeat the enemy.
However, due to the lack of strategic materials, the Allies restricted the use of the army's combat effectiveness and were unable to defeat each of the opponents. Instead, they were trapped in the embarrassing situation of being in a third-line battle and exhausted.
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