Chapter 1526 Borusinov Offensive II
Chapter 1526 Borusinov Offensive 2
"Hang on, I'm concentrating my forces. Your troops are at the junction of the two Hungarian armies. If this is broken, the third and fourth Hungarian armies next to you will be divided! This is a very serious consequence! Lieutenant General Seket said decisively.
"I can only do my best. The Russians' attack power has exceeded our expectations. If we still don't receive assistance after 5 days, then our division can only choose to retreat. Your Excellency, after this period of preparation, Can you spare at least one more division?" Major General Bock said.
"However, I am worried that Grand Duke Karl may not agree that we put all the troops into one point. I am worried that he will split up and use the German army. Therefore, I must keep enough reserves on hand." Lieutenant General Seekert thought I want to say that now the Russian army has launched a full-line attack, and the hundreds of kilometers of the front are everywhere in a ball. After analysis, the lieutenant general thought that the Russians were really crazy this time, and they didn't hold back, and just went with the whole family. At this time, Karl is likely to disperse the elite German army and then plug the leaks everywhere.
However, neither Sekert nor Bock expected that while the German army in the middle and bearing the most pressure was still holding on, the Austrians could not hold on....
"I can guarantee that in this offensive, when we broke through the center of the front line, we concentrated most of our strength on the Germans. We wanted to open the connection between the Hungarian Third Army and the Fourth Army, and then sent our The cavalry of the Hungarian army divided the two armies and then ate them separately. So at the beginning, our attack on the two Hungarian armies was just a feint. When it was stalemate, the Hungarians took the initiative to give way!" Borusinov wrote in his post-war memoirs.
When the battle progressed to the second day, the Russian army made a major breakthrough, and then the breakthrough point was not the Bok division with at least 3 Russian divisions, but the Hungarian Third Army in the north! During the feint attack on the first day, groups of Russian troops successfully rushed into the first line of defense of the Hungarian Army under the cover of artillery fire. It took half a day to occupy the first line of defense, and then arrived at the first line of defense after eating at noon. The second line, and occupied the second line of defense 2.5 kilometers away from the first line of defense before dark.
When the sun rose the next day, when the Russian general who had been carrying out the containment mission was still considering whether to continue to break through, the scout sent a piece of news that shocked the Russians! The Hungarian Legion on the third line of defense has already withdrawn, and the scouts are currently rushing to the fourth line of defense!
At this time, the infantry general Korninov, who was in charge of this attack point, unexpectedly discovered that the Hungarian Legion had retreated without a fight. The Russian general who escaped from Warsaw decided to immediately invest in two cavalrymen One of the divisions quickly penetrated the gap of the Hungarian Third Army, and then penetrated behind the German army!
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After all, the two-legged infantry could not outrun the four-legged cavalry. With the help of the reconnaissance plane, this cavalry division quickly bit the retreating 7th Infantry Division of the Hungarian Third Army. Under the sharp Russian saber, This supposedly orderly retreat immediately turned into a large-scale rout...
What's more terrible is that the Hungarians did not inform Bock when they left, so, without knowing it, Bock's division's flank was exposed to the opponent! With a cavalry division as the vanguard and 2 infantry divisions as the backup, Yiji's fierce uppercut directly hit the German flank!
And it's not too late, after being inspired, Korninov immediately reduced his attack on the German army, and used the drawn troops on the right wing of the German army-the Fourth Hungarian Army! As a result, the entire battle situation is developing in a direction that is completely beneficial to the Russian army!
With the support of two infantry divisions and a large number of artillery, the Hungarian Fourth Army could not hold on anymore. On the afternoon of the third day after the offensive started, the Hungarian Tenth Division next to the Bock Division was defeated. Therefore, There was also a huge gap in the right flank of the German army, but this time, the Hungarians had a bit of conscience and told the Germans before retreating...
"It's over!" This was Bok's first reaction after receiving the report. He couldn't help being afraid, because without enough motorized vehicles and horses, his troops couldn't carry them head-on, and couldn't leave even if they wanted to! The cavalry can raid 60 kilometers in one day at the fastest! How much can your troops move in the mud in a day? 20 kilometers are burning high incense!
Although the Russians were beaten so badly before, the number of Russian cavalry has always been the first among all participating countries! The so-called lean camels are bigger than horses. Relying on the vast land and abundant crops, although the number of military horses in Russia continues to decline, it is still much higher than other participating countries! (As for why you asked why there were so many horses and there was not enough transportation? Nonsense! The bulk transportation in World War I relied on railways, including in Russia. The locomotive is the key if the horses are more useful!)
Historically Marshal Budyonny of the Soviet Red Army said something like this: "Russia had 400,000 cavalry at the beginning of the war. If the mobility of these cavalry can be fully utilized, then the situation on the battlefield will definitely be different." Let's not talk about it Is there any exaggeration, but it can also reflect the size of the Russian cavalry regiment from one aspect, and think about the Russian Civil War in history, and after World War I, when the people's livelihood was dying, the German red and white armies had A large number of cavalry battles, it can be seen that even on the eve of the collapse of Russia, there is still no problem in concentrating a large number of cavalry in one campaign direction!
However, these cavalry are no good against the Bavarian Army. You have cavalry, I have tanks, and I just send it up. If you face a large number of German troops, they will at least have enough machine guns. When they break through the defense line, they will be killed by machine gun fire. , and for the Hungarians, the weak positional warfare capabilities of the cavalry units were greatly compensated, and the mobility capabilities were amplified. Therefore, after the Hungarians on both sides could not stand it, Bock was obviously about to be encircled!
"Is my unit going to be the first German division to be wiped out by the establishment on the Eastern Front? This black joke is too scary." Bock rubbed his numb temples, feeling that he had been hollowed out. He even now I don't want to scold the Hungarians anymore. Not in the mood.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Seekert also received intelligence from the front: The Hungarian Third Army and Fourth Army retreated and were bitten, and now they tend to retreat. And the Boker division is very likely to be surrounded! A huge hole has appeared in the middle of the entire front.
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