After understanding the crisis they were facing, William and Emperor Joseph went crazy. All the troops they could collect were put on trains and ships, and rushed to Romania along the railway and the Danube River non-stop. However, it was obvious that the distance between the two countries was only four hundred.
Compared with the Russians, who had already assembled and prepared countless merchant ships, they had to recruit reinforcements from all over the country and even mobilize reserves to gather more time.
Especially the German army, they have to travel nearly two thousand kilometers. Whether the Dro coalition forces on the Danube defense line can wait for them depends on God's will. Although there is a German army and a Romanian army there, the latter is completely the same.
Put together with the help of the old, weak, sick and disabled, this small country with only a few million people has mobilized three armies for this war and suffered heavy losses in the early stage. It is conceivable that their second-line troops must be...
what's the situation.
The Danube defense line, which is hundreds of kilometers wide, is in constant danger. Fortunately, it is blocked by this river. Otherwise, the Russians would have reached Bucharest long ago. A large number of 155mm heavy artillery purchased from China were lined up on the east bank, and the shells were overwhelming.
It kept hitting the heads of the Dro coalition forces. The yellow poisonous mist of mustard gas and Lewis gas filled the air in the smoke and fire of the explosion. The gray animals carrying various river crossing tools rushed towards the Danube river crazily, facing the dense bullets and artillery shells.
After rowing to the other side, pieces were knocked over in the river, and the Danube was dyed red with blood, but they continued to be thrown into this huge meat grinder.
The Russian troops who landed ashore, under the slogans of Ula, drank vodka while risking their lives to attack the positions of the Dro coalition. In some places, large-scale hand-to-hand combat even broke out between the two sides.
To the north, the situation was reversed. The Dro coalition forces led by Baron Goltz personally attacked Brusilov's blocking position in the same way, risking their lives.
In order to support the Romanian battlefield, William even transferred the air fleet originally prepared to bomb London. These bomb-laden aerial behemoths poured death over and over again towards the Russian positions. When the bombs ran out, they even used large-caliber machine guns to shoot at them. Not only the airships
, even airplanes joined the battlefield. These small toys made of wood and canvas also used machine guns and hand-thrown mortar shells to attack the Russian army wantonly.
However, such an attack, placed on a battlefield with nearly a million people, is simply like throwing a few small stones into the torrent. At most, it will only cause a small splash, and will not have any substantial impact on the battle situation.
However, the Austro-Hungarian Danube Fleet coming down from the upper reaches greatly relieved the pressure on the Dro coalition. These large and small river gunboats used their cannons to bombard the Russian troops crossing the river unscrupulously, and almost reversed the situation of the war for a time, but soon the Russian Black Sea
The fleet's inland river gunboats also came up from the downstream, and the two sides directly launched a battle on the Danube River. The small but more flexible Austro-Hungarian gunboats and the bulky but fierce Russian gunboats were only less than 500 meters wide.
The fighting on the Danube was quite even. Even some army artillery joined the battle between them.
In short, the entire Danube defense line has completely entered a fever pitch, and both sides have used almost all the means they can use. Although the Dro coalition defenders can hold on for the time being, the situation is not optimistic. Especially on the Transnistrian front, Russia
The three armies of the Chinese Army also launched a large-scale attack at the same time, and Baron Goltz, who was attacked from both sides, had an increasingly difficult time.
Fortunately, this old guy was cunning enough. He armed a large number of local Romanians in Bessarabia. These militias supplemented his frontline consumption very well, but this still did not help much. If the German and Austrian reinforcements could not
Arrive as soon as possible. Both of his defense lines are in danger of being breached.
"Well, you said that this Goltz was considered one of the best among the German generals of his generation. Why is his head still so rigid? Why doesn't he play with such good cards?" Beijing Army General Staff Headquarters
Emperor Yang lamented while looking at the map.
He was very concerned about the war situation in Romania. To be honest, he didn't even expect that the Russians' minds could actually do such a beautiful job, which almost immediately pushed Germany and Austria to the edge of the cliff. And from the current situation
Look, the Russians really have hope of success. In the short term, Germany and Austria will not be able to mobilize enough troops to enter the Romanian battlefield. The current armies of their two countries are locked on various fronts, and no group army can be drawn out.
The only way is to form a new army, but even if new soldiers are recruited in the short term, they will not be able to enter the battlefield.
The Russians were different. Nicholas had enough troops in his hands. Even if he continued to fill the Danube River with the lives of gray animals every moment, it would still be enough to fill it up. As long as he crossed the Danube River, even if he couldn't fight next
Entering Serbia, as long as we capture the Ploiesti oil field, it will be considered a success.
But in this case, Yang Feng has nothing to do next. He still expects this oil field to provide William with a steady stream of incendiary bombs. What's more, once the Russian army breaks through the Danube defense line, it is really possible to collude with those Serbian guerrillas.
If you break into Serbia, you will probably be tempted to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time, and the defeat of the Allied Powers Group can be said to be doomed.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Li Yuncong said cautiously.
"What do Romanians have?" Yang Feng glared at him and said.
"Oil!" Li Yuncong said inexplicably.
"How did we play in Vietnam last time?" Yang Feng said.
"You mean pouring oil into the Danube?" Li Yuncong's head buzzed, and he immediately understood how to solve Romania's predicament. The Ploiesti oil field has an oil pipeline that leads directly to Bucharest, and there is also a branch to dozens of kilometers away.
The Danube port of Jurgi does not even require transportation. All you have to do is open the valve and pour water into the Danube. It is already late autumn, and the Danube is in the dry season, and the flow rate is gentle on the great plains of eastern Romania, which is very suitable for this job.
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This oil field produces tens of thousands of tons of crude oil every day. There is no need to pour more than one day's production capacity into the Danube. The Russians are stupid. Their river fleet on the Danube has no other choice but to escape. Brusilov can indeed
Fight, but the problem is that his logistical supplies all depend on this fleet. Without supplies, his tens of thousands of people cannot survive for a day, not to mention that once the crude oil is ignited, Kuropatkin, who is attacking, will have to hide.
Go aside, and then the battle will be impossible to fight.
What's more, as long as the Ploiesti Oilfield continues to produce, it can pour as much crude oil into the Danube River as it wants. If it gets angry, it will be poured for a month. Not to mention the Danube River, even half of the Black Sea will be finished.
From now on, no one dares to approach the entire Romanian coast.
"This is such a cruel move." Thinking of this, His Excellency the Chief of General Staff looked at the Emperor with infinite admiration in his eyes. But the problem now is that Emperor Yang thought of it, but the Germans did not think of it.
"You should solve this problem yourself. In short, you must convey this method to the Germans in a reasonable way." Yang Feng said with a straight face.
Li Yuncong rolled his eyes, picked up the phone and dialed his home, and then said to the housekeeper who answered the phone: "Go, prepare some invitations, just say that I will hold a dance at home tonight to celebrate the birthday of the seventh lady. She is not from Germany."
Do you have a good relationship with the minister’s wife? We even invited the German minister’s wife!”
Six hours later, German Minister Haijing listened with a cold sweat on his forehead as his wife told her that when the Chief of General Staff of the Chinese Army invited her to dance at a ball, he showed off while dancing that he used 12,000 tons of crude oil to force surrender in Vietnam.
The story of tens of thousands of French troops.
Of course he understood that Li Yuncong was reminding him or the German government that oil could also be dumped on the Romanian front line. This guy immediately sent a telegram to the country without any hesitation. William, who was scratching his head and worrying about how to solve Romania's predicament, received the message from the sea
After Jing's telegram, he was dumbfounded at the time. With his rigid traditional brain, he never thought that he could actually play like this.
Immediately afterwards, the telegram was handed over to Count Schlieffen. Count Schlieffen immediately felt like a treasure and quickly took it to the General Staff. Then he and Moltke convened the group of staff to study the feasibility of the plan. Out of the rigorous German style,
After careful research and even deduction, these staff members investigated various aspects of the Danube River's speed, flow, etc., and finally determined that in addition to bringing an ecological disaster to the people of Romania along the coast and even to the people of all countries along the Black Sea coast,
This plan can be said to be perfect militarily.
The current predicament of the Dro coalition can be lifted instantly, and not only that, if the operation is done well, it is even possible to win a huge victory, at least the army under Brusilov will not be able to escape.
Since there was nothing left to say, a detailed plan drawn up by the German Army General Staff was soon telegraphed to Baron Goltz and King Carol I of Romania on the front line, both of whom were being invaded by Russia.
The guy who was so exhausted by the military force agreed to the plan without hesitation, and immediately began to prepare for its implementation.
First of all, the time and wind direction must be chosen well. Once you light a fire and burn yourself, it will be bad. The Austro-Hungarian fleet on the Danube must withdraw to the upper reaches. This work cannot be done during the day and can only be done at night. In addition, due to the speed of the flow,
Multiple ignition points must also be prepared, and some defenders near the shore must be prepared to retreat. In short, there is still a lot of work before the plan is implemented.
And it’s different from what Yang Feng imagined. We can’t just pour oil from the oil pipeline in Jurzhu Port. The flow rate is too slow. It takes four days to reach Brusilov. But we can use a train to directly pull it to the Danube River to pour oil.
It only takes one and a half days to get there. The Ploiesti oil field is still in production, so production there can be done here. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!