Chapter 1558： For whom does the death knell sound

Slide 1558

"Ukraine is over." Looking at the lost cities on the huge sand table, Borusinov shook his head helplessly. So far, he has worked hard, and the Borusinov offensive with all his strength in the southern Russian theater has turned into a total failure. In addition to being better on the face-defeating the Hungarian Army, whether it is from Tactically or strategically, Borusinov lost. Not only did he catch up with the Russian army in the entire Ukrainian theater, he even ruined the national fortune of the Russian Empire. Of course, those who can see this are not. There are many, but those who dare to speak out are even rarer!

How is the situation now? On the northern front, Leopold’s army not only rushed across the Dnieper River, but also quickly attacked east and south at the same time. To the east, the forward of the Bavarian army had already stepped out of the border of Ukraine, and aimed at a particularly famous place for later generations— -Kursk, and the troops going south also aimed at an equally famous place-Kharkiv!

And the south? The German troops who landed in Mariupol have already occupied the Donetsk area and are preparing to move northward to join with Prince Leopold’s troops. Although there is still a huge gap between the two troops, it is a pity Division, Russia’s main force is still concentrated in the area west of the Dnieper River. Although the area they control is still large, about 100,000 square kilometers or more, it is of no use. They have lost the rear industrial base and cannot obtain new equipment and For supplies, there are not enough soldiers to supplement, and most of these troops have no chance to get out of this encirclement.

Of course, these are minor problems. Even if all the 520,000 or so Russian troops remaining in Borusinov’s hands are lost, it is a minor problem, because after this battle, the Russians have lost their lives. The capital of the severe winter of 1913-grain and coal! The entire Russian front was torn apart in the direction of Ukraine, and it could never be bridged! The entire Russian front is cut into two ends, one section is the northern line from Belarus to St. Petersburg to the north of Ukraine, and the southern part is the Transcaucasus!

"Well, yes, it can be done like this, we are very close to the strategic goal of the Eastern Front." The prince said while looking at the canine teeth on the map. Now it’s mid-July. The operations of the Leopold Corps in the north of Ukraine and the Landing Corps in the south in Ukraine are about to come to an end. It’s good for a battle to bring most of Ukraine under control, and the two forces are also close to attack. The limit.

But this time the situation is somewhat unexpected. It is not the conditions of the army itself that determines this limit, but because the French have launched landing operations in Asia Minor in the Mediterranean. Because there is no strong suppression by the Bavarian Legion, the French operations are proceeding. It is still very smooth. Therefore, in this case, in addition to drawing new troops from the mainland, part of the heavy equipment divisions and air force deployed on the eastern front will also be drawn back.

"His Royal Highness, then what about Borusinov's troops? They began to shrink the defense line, and intend to break through the encirclement to the northeast that has not yet closed." Count Calypte asked.

"Eat a part, let a part go." The prince thought for a while and said. The current situation is like this. Although the Bolusinov Army can no longer pose a threat to the Bavarian Army, it still has more than 500,000 troops! The Bavarian Army’s strategy now is to occupy as much space as possible, which is why Prince Leopold also split his troops to launch an offensive on the Kursk region.

According to this principle, the encirclement network that traverses Ukraine will definitely not be dense. The biggest feature of the Eastern Front is that the area is too large and the forces are too scattered. In the early days of World War II, even in mobility Even better, some Soviet troops can still withdraw under more German attacks. This explains the problem. It is easy to hold a part of this, but it is a bit difficult to eat all of it, especially now. This force situation.

And to be honest, now there is no need for the prince to pursue and fight the remaining main Russian forces. Russia is destined to not survive this winter. If the prediction is good, then next year, a red power is about to rise, and Russia The old army and the bourgeois regime fought a war that lasted for several years. At that time, many of the White army was the old Russian army of the year. The prince believed that he did not need to clean up the opponent for others. Therefore, the prince’s order to Prince Leopold is very simple. Under the premise of not affecting his own expansion, he should try to hold his opponents as much as possible, but also let some people leave and let them go to the east bank of the Volga River or go north to Moscow. can.

In fact, in the history of World War 1, before the Russian civil strife, the depth of German attacks in Russia has been very limited. Before the February Revolution, the deepest line of German attacks on the southern front has been hovering west of Ukraine in later generations. Lutsk, Ternopil first line. This place is actually not far from Lviv. However, after the February Revolution, the Germans drove the east wind of the Russian civil strife directly to Kursk-near Milenovo (the latter was slightly east of the eastern border of Ukraine in later generations). In the territory of Russia today) and in the Caucasus also hit Baku...

And as a traverserHow can Ruprecht just be content to reproduce the glory of history? The goal of the prince’s eastern front is this, the direction of Ukraine has been to the later Stalingrad (now Volgograd) and at least ensure that the Caucasus in the south of Stalingrad—the Transcaucasus region is out of Russian control, and in In the direction of Belarus, the Germans must make a surprise attack at least on the front lines of Smolensk, Kaluga, Orel and Voronezh. And strive to stabilize the future border line on this line.

Of course, how many of these places can eventually be incorporated into Germany is uncertain. After all, these places are too big, several times the size of the German mainland, and have a large population. If you want to eat all of them, it is definitely indigestion. And historically, even parts of the Baltic Sea in Germany wanted to be dealt with by establishing a vassal state. Therefore, in the future, a series of large or small countries will form on the German-Russian border to serve as the future of the German Empire and the red behemoth. Buffer zone.

Ever since, when the battle hadn't completely ended, Ruprecht had already begun to help the Russians arrange "futures." If you ask, can you continue to attack in depth? Ruprecht could only say that he was really powerless to attack further.

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