Chapter 814 Situation on the Eastern Front

"Your Highness, what are you doing now?" General Boer asked before leaving.

"Me? Of course I will go to Munich immediately. There is a big thing in Austria-Hungary, and they are waiting for me to clean it up." The prince looked like it was natural, and his expression seemed to be, if I don't do this, how can I help him? You do it? "Well, I hope you succeed on the Eastern Front." General Boer said. In fact, it is necessary to go back and deal with matters on the Eastern Front at this time, because the Russian offensive has gradually reached its peak. The entire Austro-Hungarian Empire in Galicia can be described as a rout. Prince Leopold has already brought 7 divisions to support the Austro-Hungarian Army. The Bavarian Legion cannot be without someone in charge, so the prince must take over the relevant work immediately. And be prepared to support your uncle. "The current situation of the Austro-Hungarian Army is very bad. Although at the beginning of the battle, the offensive of the Austro-Hungarian Army caused great trouble to the Russians, and achieved local breakthroughs, even forcing some Russian armies to turn around. Enter the defense. At the beginning, the Austro-Hungarian Army fought relatively tenaciously. But it is a pity that the Russians have huge advantages in terms of troops and equipment, and after a long period of consumption, this advantage gradually accumulated into a victory. Austria The situation of the Hungarian Army began to deteriorate. When Conrad realized the imbalance of military strength, he planned to shrink the defense line. At this time, the Russian armored vehicles and cavalry played a huge role. They bravely interspersed between the Austro-Hungarian Army, Attack the flanks and stage backup. Cooperating with the Russian army on the front to break through the defense line, the entire front quickly became fragmented. A large number of troops were divided." "At this time, the Austrian Emperor asked us for help. According to your original order and According to the arrangement, Prince Leopold entered Galicia from Bohemia with 3 corps and 1 rapid division. The first thing His Excellency the Prince encountered was the right wing of the Russian Fourth Army. The battle went very quickly. , the four divisions spread out in a fan shape easily repelled the opponent. But when we approached the first target Krasnik (now a city in Lublin Province, Poland), we found that the Austro-Hungarian Army had already left. ....""Then His Royal Highness could only lead the troops to evacuate backwards to avoid being besieged by the German Fourth and Ninth Armies. In the end, we fought in Przemyshl and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the Second Army round, we finally stabilized half of the front. However, the situation on the eastern half of the front was very bad. The Russians captured Lviv and had plans to continue to advance westward." Kurzhong, Chief of Staff of the Bavarian Army The battle situation will be briefly introduced. "Have you received any new telegrams from the prince recently?" the prince asked. "His Highness just sent a telegram. The telegram said that the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army was trapped 60 kilometers northeast of the Przemysl Fortress. The two Russian armies totaled 15 divisions. Troops have surrounded it, and the prince wants us to send more reinforcements to rescue this army group," General Kuhl said. "The commander of the Fourth Army is Offenberg, right? If I remember correctly, his army should be mainly German." The prince fell into deep thought. According to previous data provided by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army had a total of 4 corps (9 infantry divisions) and 2 cavalry divisions. and 580 artillery pieces. Half of this division is German, and 30% is Czech. From the perspective of closeness and distance, it is something that the prince must strive for. The Germans were the core race of the future new empire, and the Czechs were an indispensable component. From a political and public perspective, they should agree to the prince's plan. But the problem is that it is 15 Russian divisions that are holding this army group! Although these divisions cannot be as full as they were before the war started, it is not a big problem to gather at least 200,000 troops and 700 artillery pieces.

How many men are there in the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army now is a question. The prince's army itself only had 7 divisions. If these troops need to assist in the defense of Przemyšl Fortress and at the same time rescue, it may be difficult.

And it is 60 kilometers away from the fortress. It takes 2 days to walk this distance. You know, a large number of vehicles of the Bavarian Army were temporarily sent to the Western Front by the prince. Prince Leopold's troops lacked mobility. The prince supports helping to fish out people, but he cannot fish them out. It would be troublesome to get yourself involved. And the most important thing is that the current battlefield situation can be described as chaos. The Austro-Hungarian Army was completely in retreat. If the prince wanted to take action, it would be impossible to find helpers. The Bavarian Army is indeed powerful, but if you remove the armored forces, self-propelled artillery, air force and a large number of transport vehicles from the army, this army will be average, not to mention that the prince's army itself has some Czech divisions Filled up. It may be difficult to rescue the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army from the 15 divisions of Russian troops! "Bring me the situation of the Russian Army Group and let me take a look." You must not act on impulse when fighting a war. Based on this principle, the prince must know himself and the enemy before making a decision. And when Chief of Staff Kuhl brought the relevant information, the prince finally had a general understanding of the Russians' situation. The divisions responsible for besieging Offenberg Group Army were the Russian Fourth Army and the Ninth Army. Among them, the Fourth Army had just been beaten once by Prince Leopold in the previous week. Although the losses were not too large, the Army Commander Zalitz still moved the axis of attack eastward, so he worked with the Ninth Army to besiege the Offenberg Army. The Russian Fourth Army is almost located in the westernmost part of the entire Galician battle group. In other words, no one is going to provide them with cover and flank protection except themselves. In addition, when the war first started, the Russian Fourth Army was almost next to the annihilated Fifth and Sixth Army. Commander Zalitz must have been frightened by the brutality of the Bavarian Army, so when When the Bavarian Army came over, it can be explained that he chose to avoid its edge and get closer to the Ninth Army. The entire Russian Fourth Army has a total of 3 armies, 8 infantry divisions and 2 cavalry divisions. If His Highness the Prince’s previous intelligence is correct, although the battle of the Bavarian Westward March Army was only a defeat, it was at least a defeat. It can make an infantry division and half a cavalry division lose their combat effectiveness. The cavalry division's attack capability is limited, which means that the maximum number of troops the Fourth Army can use is less than 6 infantry divisions. Well, that's probably it. Then what is left is the Ninth Army. Before the naval battle officially begins, let’s deal with the eastern front first, eh~~~! The third update is here~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!