On February 15, 1913, the continuous roar of artillery finally slowly kicked off the war. On the front line of hundreds of kilometers to the west and southwest of Russian Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Legion and the Bavarian Legion, which was responsible for feinting attacks, launched the first round of offensive this year! After the artillery was prepared for 1 to 2 hours, the German army, who had been recuperating for a winter, rushed towards the target in the snow of early spring.

"The Germans have taken action, and telegrams for help have been sent from Lodz, Tomashuv and other places. The Third Army has been under great pressure. The outermost defense line has been broken. General Makaro has begun to gradually join his reserve team." In Warsaw, in the Russian front base camp, Borusinov, who served as the chief of staff, reported the latest battle situation to the front commander-in-chief General Nikolayev.

"Let's take a look at the sand table and analyze the current situation." Nikolayev brought the troops to the huge sand table. From the sand table, everyone could clearly see the current form. After a winter of integration, although the number of army groups on the front line was reduced to 5, the strength of each army was greatly enhanced. One army had troops of about 300,000, which was unimaginable at the beginning of the war.

The reason for this situation is that in addition to the opponent being too strong and needs more and more efficient concentrating forces, another reason is that equipment is preferred. Although the scale of the army has generally increased by more than 60% compared to before, the number of equipment has not increased accordingly. If the original organization is still maintained, the equipment will be too dispersed and the concentration of firepower is the only way to catch a large amount of weapons and equipment that should be allocated to the subordinate units to the superiors in order to launch a decisive offensive at critical moments, and the price is that the subordinate units will be very, very miserable when confronting the enemy at the same level!

At present, the deployment of the five Russian armies is like this. The defense core of the First Army is East Prussia. The army's strength is not strong, with only about 280,000 people. However, in the eyes of the Russians, it is the safest and most consolidated, because this army relies on the defense line built before the war. Although it is a plain, there are many woods and places where it is easy to pass through are fortresses. Relying on reinforced concrete fortifications and artillery machine guns inside, the top Russian military leaders, including Borusinov, believe that this is safe.

Then along the border line between the two sides, the Second Army and the Third Army were deployed, of which the Second Army had 350,000 troops, and they were well equipped. Their location happened to be in the confrontation between Russia and Germany. According to the plan, it was used to resist the East Prussian Army to resist Mackenson and some Bavarian Legions. The Third Army was near the later Czechoslovak border line, and this army had only 300,000 troops, and its main function was to defend the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Because the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Legion was very poor, the Russians did not care much about their opponents. It is certain that the strength and combat effectiveness were slightly weak.

After a quick round of counterclockwise, from Lublin to the south of Brest, this is another heavy army cluster of the Russians. There are 400,000 Russian troops gathered here, with the top 5 armies in the Russian Polish region! And the equipment is also the best. All the first-level rapid-fire guns of all divisions are almost full, and the full rate of heavy artillery is more than 70%! This unit is personally commanded by Kuropatkin, and even belongs to a special air force, and is currently more than 30% of Russia's truck and anti-tank gun troops.

There is a reason why the Fourth Army has such a strong force, because the Russians determined that the main force of the Bavarian Legion would be in this position, because last year the Bavarian Legion was deeply wedged from here like the Russian position. In winter, Prince Leopold took Romania again, and as many as 6 divisions of troops remained here. The Russians also realized that the Germans might have stabbed him hard from the back of their heads. Therefore, even in the difficult situation, the defenders here are still the most powerful! This huge organization can be called an army group! Even at the beginning of the war in history, the two armies on the Northwest Front that launched an offensive against Germany were far inferior to this last elite Russian regiment!

"This army can still bring together up as many as 1,800 cannons. I really underestimate the Russians. I am under a lot of pressure." Prince Leopold once said half-seriously and half-jokingly in the German telegram.

As for the remaining troops, they were concentrated in the Warsaw area as the total reserve team for the entire war zone. The total force of this troops was about 250,000, with average equipment and a low position. They were commanded by Commander-in-Chief Nikolayev, and were the last safety rope for the Russian army on the entire front. In the Russian plan, this troops were mostly used to support the southern line.

"The situation faced by the Third Army is not serious. It is normal for the front line to be broken, because this is originally a cordon, just for alertness." Nikolayev paused and said. "On the main position, they will be hit and bloody. Just let the Third Army solve it themselves."

"How is the situation in the Second Army?" Nikolayev asked then.

"It's not good. Markensen's army has launched an attack and has laid several wedges on our defense line under the guidance of a large number of tanks. The two sides are competing for these wedges. The troops' reserves have begun to move forward, hoping to control the breakthrough." said an officer next to him.

"Very good. Now we can at least fight with the opponent very well, which is very good." Nikolayev said with a long breath. You know, in last year's battle, the German armored troops might be stopped, but their stopping steps will never be shallow and deep. Therefore, although the defense line has been made several breakthroughs, Nikolayev must also be described as good fighting. Because the fighting is indeed good...

"Everyone, have you not discovered a very strange problem that can even be described as serious? The opponent's attack this time was too scattered, too unstructured, and too powerless!" Borusinov, who was hesitant and expressed his point of view.

"There are only two possibilities. The first possibility is that the Bavarian Legion did not participate in the battle. The second possibility is that they have any conspiracy." Borusinov quickly walked forward, picked up the putter next to the sand table and said, "In the southeast direction of ours, there is a flat horse, which is very suitable for large corps assaults. This defense line is not consolidated. After all, we have only been repairing for less than 3 months!"

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