Bulgarian Empire

Before the outbreak of the First World War, due to the influence of the Russo-Japanese War, the armies of various countries generally adopted the tactics of flanking, including the two Balkan wars, and the Bulgarian army mostly adopted the tactics of flanking.

However, after the outbreak of the World War, everyone suddenly found that the defense lines of both sides moved hundreds of kilometers, and even the defense line of the Eastern Front now has thousands of kilometers.

However, with the advent of airplanes, it is difficult to hide from the enemy's eyes when marching with large troops. Everyone can judge the enemy's main attack direction through the mobilization of troops. It is not so easy to force a frontal breakthrough!

This problem has also troubled commanders all over the world. This time the Russians organized a large-scale attack since the outbreak of the World War, so they naturally have to face this problem.

The three front armies, with more than 4.8 million troops, are attacking at the same time. This line of defense is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and it is definitely impossible to turn around. As for looking for a weak point to break through positively? The reconnaissance planes of the Allies are still flying in the sky!

In order to solve this problem, Brusilov, the commander of the Russian Southwest Front Army, convened a meeting of the commanders of the various armies under his jurisdiction on February 18, and finally decided that each army should choose a breakthrough area by itself.

In the end, more than 30 breakthrough points were selected on the entire Southwest Front Army's offensive front with a length of 0 kilometers.

Brusirov admitted that this would disperse troops, but it would also prevent the enemy from judging the direction of the main attack. Naturally, it would be impossible to effectively use mobile forces, which would easily cause tension across the board and be conducive to the suddenness of the attack.

After seeing Brusilov's deployment, he can only sigh that this is a tactic tailored for the Russians, and no one can learn it at all!

At least in Europe, this tactic is only suitable for the Russians, and only they can use the crowd tactics to achieve the best results.

According to Brusilov's deployment, as long as one point is broken through, the enemy's defense line will be torn apart, and the Russians, who have an advantage in strength, can quickly advance.

As the greatest hero of this battle, the Southwest Front of the Russian Empire has a total of eight armies, with 80 infantry divisions and 20 cavalry divisions, a total of 100,000 infantry, 100,000 cavalry, and 2038 artillery pieces; the opposite Austrian army has 59 There are 10 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry divisions, with a total of 750,000 infantry, 40,000 cavalry, and 1,986 artillery pieces.

Although the Russian army has the upper hand, the advantage as the offensive side is not great. According to the mainstream view at the time, the Russian army was simply unable to break through the deep defense line of the Austro-Hungarian army.

On March 26, the Russian army launched a full-scale offensive on a front of thousands of kilometers. The other two fronts still fought quite well, but the Southwest Front changed its previous tactics.

They canceled the long artillery preparations and charged after only a round of artillery fire. To the surprise of the Austrians, the Southwestern Front attacked on almost all their lines of defense.

The Russian infantry took the lead in tearing open the junction of the Austrian 2nd and 4th armies. When the Austrian commander, Archduke Ferdinand, hurriedly invested all the reserves to seal the gap, the Russian 8th Army, which was in charge of the main attack, was defeated. The Austrian 7th Army then circled from north to south to surround the rear of the Austrian 4th Army.

In just two days, the Russian army broke through the first fortification of the Austrian army in an all-round way. The three armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were completely defeated. The Austrian soldiers threw down their weapons and fled westward in groups.

On April 6, the Russian army captured Lutsk, the logistics center of the Austrian army. It is ridiculous that until then, the Austrian commander, Archduke Ferdinand, had not figured out where the main attack direction of the Russian army was, so he had to be mixed among the rout troops Fled west in a hurry.

Under the uncharacteristic attack of the Russian army, the Austrian army collapsed across the board, about 350,000 people became prisoners of war, and the casualties were no less than 600,000.

Now the Russian forward troops can already see the Carpathian Pass. Once they break through there, Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, will be within easy reach.

Looking at the battle report, Ferdinand was a little speechless. It's not that the Russians are too powerful.

It's completely useless for the Austro-Hungarian army!

First of all, this reaction speed is too slow, and the coordination between the troops is also a big problem. When the Russians attack, they can fully support each other.

The armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire all guarded their positions strictly, regardless of how the brother troops next door fought. This is one of the reasons why the defense line was broken so quickly.

The later performance was even worse. Even if there was a gap in the defense line, there was always a reserve team. As long as the gap was blocked in time, there was still a chance to hold the defense line.

It's a pity that this Austrian commander with the same name as him is also a complete idiot. No matter which direction the Russians attack from, you can't send all the reserve troops to plug the gap at once?

Even if Galicia falls, a new line of defense can be formed again, just run away, what is going on? Had it not been for the timely arrival of German reinforcements, the Bulgarian army would now be heading to Vienna to join the Russians.

The Germans next door performed much better. Although they also suffered heavy losses, the Russian army suddenly killed them from the Austro-Hungarian defense line, but they reacted in time and immediately built fortification defenses. They are still fighting against the Russians. There is no full line collapse.

According to the analysis of the news from the military observation group, the Russians said that they killed two million enemies, which is also theoretically reasonable, and they did disable more than two million Austrian troops.

In this battle, the casualties of the Germans alone were more than 400,000, and the casualties of the Austro-Hungarian army were about 1.45 million. The casualties of the Russians themselves were about 15.6 million.

Judging from the results alone, if it is put on Bulgaria, this is a battle that will hurt both sides. Even if it is played by the British and French at most, it will be declared a disastrous victory, but it will be a complete victory if it is played on Mao Xiong!

Well, in fact, the results of the Russian Southwest Front Army are still very good. This casualty ratio is just dragged down by the other two Front Army and forcibly pulled up.

In particular, the northern front army responsible for attacking East Prussia was defeated by the German defenders at the beginning. If the southwestern front army had not broken through the defense line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in time and penetrated to the rear of the Germans, otherwise the tsarist government would have received it. Not good news.

Secretly despising Nicholas II's low taste, Ferdinand was still envious. If Bulgaria had such a large population, he would have killed the Austro-Hungarian Empire long ago, so why pretend to be a grandson?

But the good days of the Russians came to an end. After the defense line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was breached, the German Chief of Staff Falkenhausen and the Austrian Chief of Staff Herzendorf reached an agreement.

The Austrian army assembled 24 divisions through domestic emergency mobilization, 10 divisions were drawn from the front line of Belgrade, and 3 divisions were drawn from the Bosnia and Herzegovina area, while the German army drew 15 divisions from the Verdun battlefield on the western front, and domestically mobilized again 22 divisions were collected and sent to the Eastern Front by railway.

After Germany and Austria sent millions more troops to the Eastern Front, the Russian military superiority no longer existed, and Ferdinand knew that the Allied front had stabilized.

Of course, the tsarist government far away in St. Petersburg didn't think so. They also planned to flatten the Austro-Hungarian Empire in one go, and then fight the Germans in a decisive battle.

In any case, Ferdinand sent a congratulatory message to St. Petersburg immediately, boasting the Russian army to the sky. The purpose was very clear that he hoped that the Russians would make persistent efforts to overthrow the Allies.

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While Russia broke out, Bulgaria was not idle, and the Battle of Sicily also came to an end. Due to the loss of sea control, Italy cannot provide strong support to Sicily, and the Mafia naturally cannot do anything with the regular army.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Cremon Ivanlov, the 102nd Division, 105th Division, and 203rd Division of the Bulgarian Army started landing operations on February 8.

After the successful landing, the French also dispatched two colonial infantry divisions from Tunisia, and they followed up with shameless faces. Before this was over, John Bull also dispatched an Indian division from Egypt.

It seems that the allure of Sicily is great, and the two big hooligans are eyeing this place, and they don't care about face.

Seeing the reaction of Britain and France, Ferdinand didn't say anything. Anyway, he didn't think about occupying Sicily alone, which is very unrealistic.

The arrival of Britain and France also reduced the casualties of the Bulgarian army. Anyway, all they sent were colonial troops, so they naturally had to be used as cannon fodder.

This is also a tacit understanding reached between the three countries. If Britain and France want to take advantage of it, they will naturally have to pay a price.

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