Chapter 1,558 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1

Chapter 1558 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1

"Ukraine is over." Looking at the fallen cities on the huge sand table, Borusinov helplessly shook his head. So far, he has worked hard, and the Borusinov Offensive, which the entire Russian southern theater has fought with all its strength, has turned into a complete failure. In addition to looking better on face - defeating the Hungarian Army, both in terms of Borusinov lost both tactically and strategically. Not only did he take advantage of the Russian army in the entire Ukrainian theater, he even ruined the national destiny of the Russian Empire. Of course, no one can see this. There are many, and those who dare to speak out after seeing it are even rarer!

How is the situation now? On the northern front, Leopold's army not only crossed the Dnieper River, but also quickly attacked eastward and southward at the same time. To the east, the forwards of the Bavarian Army had already walked out of the border of Ukraine in later generations, aiming directly at a particularly famous place in later generations - -Kursk, and the troops heading south also aimed at an equally famous place-Kharkov!

And what about the south? The German troops who landed in Mariupol have occupied the Donetsk area and are preparing to continue moving north to join Prince Leopold's troops. Although there is still a huge gap between the two troops, it is a pity that Division, the main Russian force is still concentrated in the area west of the Dnieper River. Although the area they control is still vast, about 100,000 square kilometers, this is of little use. They have lost the industrial base in the rear and cannot obtain new equipment and equipment. There are not enough soldiers to replenish supplies, and most of these troops have no chance to escape from the encirclement.

Of course, these are all small problems. Even if all the remaining 520,000 or so Russian troops in Borusinov's hands are lost, it will be a small problem, because after this battle, the Russians have lost what they relied on to survive. The capital of the severe winter of 1913 - grain and coal mines! The entire Russian front was torn apart in the direction of Ukraine and can never be closed! The entire Russian front was cut into two ends. One section is the northern line north of Ukraine, from Belarus to St. Petersburg, and the south is the Transcaucasus region!

"Well, yes, we can fight like this. We are very close to the strategic target on the Eastern Front." The prince said while looking at the crisscrossing battle lines of both sides on the map. It is now mid-July, and the operations in Ukraine by the Leopold Corps in the north and the Landing Corps in the south are coming to an end. One battle has brought most of Ukraine under control. It is already very good, and the two forces are also close to attacking. limit.

However, what is a bit surprising about this situation is that it is not the conditions of the army itself that determine this limit, but because in the Mediterranean, the French have launched a landing operation in Asia Minor. Because there is no strong suppression by the Bavarian Army, the French operations are carried out It was still very smooth. Therefore, in this case, in addition to drawing new troops from the mainland, some of the heavy armored divisions and air forces deployed on the Eastern Front will also be drawn back.

"Your Highness, what about Borusinov's troops? They began to shrink their defense lines and planned to break out of the unclosed encirclement in the northeast." Count Caliput asked.

"Eat some of it,

Let some of it go. "The prince thought for a while and said. The current situation is like this. Although Borusinov's Army can no longer pose a threat to the Bavarian Army, there are still more than 500,000 troops after all! And the strategy adopted by the Bavarian Army now is to do everything possible To occupy more space, this is why Prince Leopold divided his forces to launch an attack in the Kursk region.

If we follow this principle, then the encirclement network across the entire Ukraine will never be very dense. The biggest feature of the Eastern Front is that the area is too large and the troops are too scattered. In the early days of World War II, even with mobility Even better, under the attack of larger German troops, some Soviet troops can still withdraw, which illustrates the problem. It is easy to capture part of it, but it is a bit difficult to eat them all, especially now. This kind of force situation.

And to be honest, there is no need for the prince to pursue the remaining main force of the Russian army now. Russia is destined to not survive this winter. And if the prediction is good, then next year, a red force will rise and compete with Russia. The old army and the bourgeois regime were engaged in a war that lasted for several years, and many of the White Army at that time were the old Russian army. The prince believed that he did not need to clear out opponents for others. Therefore, the prince's order to Prince Leopold was very simple. On the premise of not affecting his own expansion, he should contain his opponents as much as possible, but he should also let some people leave and let them go to the east bank of the Volga River or north to Moscow. Can.

In fact, historically in World War I, before the civil strife in Russia, the depth of German attacks in Russia had been very limited. Before the February Revolution, the deepest line of German attacks on the southern front had been wandering to the west of Ukraine in later generations. For example, in Lutsk, Ternopil line. This place is actually not far from Lviv. However, after the February Revolution, the Germans took advantage of the east wind of the Russian civil strife and directly attacked Kursk-Milenovo (the latter was slightly east of the eastern border of Ukraine later). place in what is now Russia) and also reached Baku in the Caucasus...

As a time traveler, how could Ruprecht be content with just recreating the glory of history? The goal of the Prince's Eastern Front was to hit the Ukrainian direction all the way to Stalingrad (now Volgograd) and at least ensure that the Caucasus-Transcaucasus region south of Stalingrad was freed from Russian control, and in In the direction of Belarus, the German army must attack at least as far as Smolensk, Kaluga, Orel, and Voronezh. And strive to stabilize the future national border on this line.

Of course, there is no telling how many of these places will eventually be incorporated into Germany. After all, these places are too large, several times the size of Germany, and have a large population. If you want to eat them all, it will definitely be indigestion. , and historically, Germany wanted to deal with even parts of the Baltic Sea by establishing vassal states. Therefore, in the future, a series of countries, large or small, will be formed on the German-Russian border, thus serving as a link between the future German Empire and the red behemoth. buffer zone.

As a result, before the battle was completely over, Ruprecht had already begun to help the Russians arrange "future affairs." If you ask, can we continue to attack in depth? Ruprecht could only say that he would be really powerless if he attacked in depth.

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