Rise of Australia

Chapter 419 Dismissal
The rumors that the Germans learned were not groundless. Britain and France did plan to organize a large-scale offensive on the western front to relieve the pressure on Russia on the eastern front, while looking for a breakthrough on the western front.

As the attacks on the Russians on the Eastern Front proved, the Germans mobilized a considerable portion of their forces from the West.

This also means that Germany's defense on the Western Front must be weak. As long as it can break through Germany's tight position on the Western Front, Germany will be busy fighting on the two fronts, and it will be chaotic without attacking.

The positional warfare on the western front has continued until now, and the consumption is actually very huge.

Although the German strategic shift did reduce the pressure on Britain and France, so far, the British and French coalition forces have still suffered millions of casualties, and the death toll has already exceeded 40.

Although it also caused hundreds of thousands of casualties to the German soldiers in the position, these Germans were like Xiaoqiang who could not be killed, but they did not allow Britain and France to push the front line one step further.

Of course, although the front line has not advanced further, Britain, France and Germany have consumed a lot of troops, weapons and equipment and resources.

In addition to the large number of casualties on both sides, there are also millions of weapons, hundreds of millions of bullets, tens of millions of artillery shells, etc., all consumed in this offensive and defensive battle.

After Germany was cut off from most of its overseas supplies, such a high consumption could not bear it at all, which is why Germany was so eager to find a way to break the situation.

On October 1915, 10, Hindenburg's attempts failed again and again. The army he led was faced with mosquitoes and diseases, and many soldiers and horses died of illness, illness, illness and death. The combat effectiveness of the army declined sharply.

Because of the injuries to the horses, the army could only move less than five kilometers a day in fine weather.

Facing the very poor logistical situation, Hindenburg could only order the attack to be stopped and the soldiers and horses to be repaired.

To make matters worse, because of Hindenburg's reckless behavior, he did not participate in the plan formulated by Falkenhayn. As a result, Falkenhayn's plan lacked sufficient troops, and the attack of the main German army did not succeed.

Hindenburg and Ludendorff not only hindered the plan to encircle and annihilate the Russian army in Warsaw, but also failed in the plan they thought they could succeed.

Although the whole battle has come down, Germany is undoubtedly the winning side.However, Germany did not eliminate the Russian army at the best possible time. The Allies were facing a three-front battle, and the possibility of victory was already slim.

If Germany can take advantage of the victory to wipe out most of the Russian army and force Russia to withdraw from the war, it may still be possible to win the war.

But unfortunately, this is only if.The reality is that the difficulties faced by the German army in Russia are even more serious than the Russian army, and it is not easy to hold the occupied areas in positional warfare.

Since mid-October, Germany has entered a full-scale defense of positional warfare on the Eastern Front, and there is no longer any plan to launch any offensive.

Russia was able to breathe a sigh of relief and get a short respite.

The failure of the entire battle caused a strong shock in Russia.Although the previous protest marches in St. Petersburg and Moscow's Red Square were forcibly suppressed, riots more serious than demonstrations were taking place everywhere in Tsarist Russia, even in large and small towns and villages.

On the bright side, Russia seems to be peaceful, but in the dark, Russia is already boiling.

Especially after Nicholas II dispatched Cossack cavalry to forcibly suppress the riots, the people have changed from demanding the abdication of Nicholas II to demanding the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty and the monarchy, and from dissatisfaction with Nicholas II. It became dissatisfaction with the whole monarchy and tsarism, the tsarist family.

Although the relatively peaceful protests and demonstrations have been suppressed, there are more and more actions to subvert the country secretly and overthrow the royal family.

According to Director Batty's report to Arthur, almost overnight, the number of reactionary and revolutionary parties in Russia tripled, and the number of people participating in these revolutionary and reactionary parties tripled.

Even if Arthur controls some political parties in advance, it is impossible to suppress the current situation in Russia.

To put it simply, Nicholas II has committed public outrage, and the whole of Russia wants to overthrow the royal family, which cannot be stopped by any external force.

It has been more than a year since the outbreak of the war. Over the past year, although Russia's performance is not the worst among the great powers, it is definitely ranked last.

Logically speaking, although the famous European bulldozers are already decayed, they are not as good as top powers like Britain, France and Germany in terms of industry and economy.

But anyway, the lean camel is bigger than the horse, so it shouldn't face such tragic casualties.

But if you think of the corruption and incompetence of some senior Russian commanders during the war, the muddy roads in Russia, the extreme shortage of transport vehicles, the collusion between logistics officers and contractors, and the embezzlement of military expenses to fill their own pockets.If they are perfunctory about the materials urgently needed on the front line, even withholding logistical materials, even rifles and bullets, they will feel that Russia's fiasco is completely taken for granted.

According to the respective statistics of Germany and Russia, the number of shells consumed by Germany in the Battle of Goerlitzer was more than 100 times that of Russia.

This also means that after Germany fired more than 100 shells, Russia could fire back one shell. It is no wonder that such a war is not lost.

What's even more frightening is that such figures were reported by the Russian logistics department.Judging from the degree of corruption in Russia, the authenticity of this figure is questionable, which also means that Russian soldiers may have lower fire support than imagined.

Of course, the most miserable are those ordinary Russian soldiers.About a third of them had no guns, just sticks with bayonets attached.

Fighting against the well-equipped German army with such weapons, Arthur even felt that the Russians suffered fewer casualties.

It is worth mentioning that there are a large number of foreign journalists on the Eastern Front, including those from the Allies.

These reporters have an honorable identity, battlefield reporters.

When a British reporter interviewed an unknown soldier on the Russian front, the soldier showed his only wooden stick with a bayonet attached, and said to the British reporter: "Sir, this is not war, this is massacre. We Nothing but my own chest."

The course of the war was indeed the same. Russian soldiers faced various problems and were able to resist the attack of the Germans with their flesh and blood.

The problem is that flesh and blood can't stop the firepower network composed of heavy machine guns and artillery. Even though the Russian army suffered heavy casualties, the Germans still occupied a large amount of territory and captured many important transportation hub cities.

Of course, this does not mean that the entire Russian leadership is not at fault.The Russian High Command lacked a vision for good strategy and was somewhat indecisive in formulating it.

Unlike Germany, which constantly changes its combat plan according to the situation and chooses the direction of main attack and side attack, Russia made a common-sense mistake when formulating a strategic plan for the overall situation. .

In this Battle of Gollitzer, it was clear that Germany had dispatched troops to prepare for a new campaign, but the Russian command turned a blind eye and even urged the army to march into the Hungarian Plain, which led to this disastrous defeat.

After the German army broke through the line of defense, the Russian High Command recklessly ordered the troops on the two wings to enter the breach, causing batch after batch of Russian troops to rush into battle. There was no firepower coordination from the rear, and the frontline combat troops did not have a unified command and lack of coordination. .

Under the bombardment of the ready German artillery, the hastily entered Russian army was quickly wiped out, and the only result was to add a few strokes to the Russian casualties.

If the Russian High Command can be more decisive, let the two wings retreat sharply, let the Germans be defeated by logistics in the extensive Russian hinterland, and finally let the well-prepared army launch the attack, perhaps it will achieve what Kutuzov did hundreds of years ago. Victory over Napoleon's army.

Even the Germans feared this when they launched their offensive, fearing a Napoleonic defeat.

But unexpectedly, the Russian High Command completely avoided what the Germans were worried about and gave the Germans a chance to defeat Russia.

Although this may seem unbelievable, it can actually be explained if we carefully study the resume of Grand Duke Nicholas.

Grand Duke Nicholas seems to have been born in a famous Russian military academy and enjoys a good reputation in the military.

But Grand Duke Nicholas had no actual combat experience, and theoretical knowledge was not enough.

Coupled with the precautions of Nicholas II and the terrible current situation in Russia, it is not surprising to make some absurd moves.

You must know that although Nicholas II gave up the post of commander-in-chief of Russia, the tsarist government and Nicholas II himself still restrained and interfered with Grand Duke Nicholas a little.

You know, the court of Nicholas II was also very chaotic.

The tsarist couple favored the semi-literate Rasputin who came from the countryside, just because he used so-called magic to make the son of Nicholas II, Crown Prince Alexei, stop the bleeding when he developed hemophilia.

Under the favor of the Tsar and his wife, Rasputin was in charge of or influenced the appointment of most senior officials and most of the state affairs, and his power was not weaker than that of Nicholas II.

This also made most officials and military officers hate Rasputin, but because of the favor of the Tsar and his wife, they were helpless.

Even after the failure of the Battle of Goerlitse, under the promotion of Rasputin, Nicholas II announced the removal of Grand Duke Nicholas from the position of supreme commander, and appointed himself the commander-in-chief of the Russian army and the supreme commander of Russia.

Although the indecisive Grand Duke Nicholas was dismissed, the Russian army faced the even less capable Tsar Nicholas II.

However, Nicholas II has more power than Grand Duke Nicholas. After the defeat of Grand Duke Nicholas, the commander-in-chief previously recommended by the military, the military had no excuse to recommend other commander-in-chief candidates.

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