"Although I am a little unwilling, this round has come to an end and I have not been able to complete the victory in one battle. However, your offensive spearhead has been broken at this moment. In less than 8 months to a year, you will lose the armored troops and elite reinforcements.

Not coming back!" Peng Yi said with a hint of unwillingness on his face. 4 armored divisions and 10 tired men

Although the supply of the sharp division was not smooth, it was still deadly in the face of the soft flank of the French army. For this reason, in order to be safe during the period, the main French force slowed down the offensive pace and turned around to concentrate on eating this lone German army, while the main German force

Taking the opportunity to shrink the front line and complete the campaign reorganization. At the critical moment, Schlieffen played a trick of losing troops to save the commander!

Although hundreds of thousands of German troops were retained, facing the main force of the French army, which was well-supplied and in full swing, the German army had no choice but to retreat and make corrections. Losing the land it occupied was nothing, and losing the opportunity to capture Paris was nothing.

It doesn’t matter, the land can be occupied again. Although the Schlieffen Plan failed, the main force of the German army is still there and can still be fought. In Schlieffen’s mind, the biggest losses were the losses of 4 armored divisions and 10 elite infantry divisions.

Although Britain and France paid a huge price for this, Schlieffen knew very well that these elite troops that could be used as sharp blades to cut through the opponent's defense line were accumulated by Germany for more than ten years. In the future war of attrition, the German resources and manpower would simply not be able to

and possess vast colonies and maritime transportation lines

Compared with the British and French, it would be even more difficult for these disabled elite troops to recover, and these elite troops still cannot penetrate the British and French defense lines. Now the elite troops, especially the armored troops, are seriously damaged. This Western Front is like a

It has become a stalemate. What awaits Germany is bound to be an endless war of attrition.

The three armies of Britain, France and Germany fought for two months on a front of hundreds of kilometers on the Western Front. The result was that the Germans occupied Belgium, while Britain and France relied on the defense line to severely defeat the German army. Neither side could do anything to the other for a while. On the Eastern Front.

However, the Russians took advantage of the fact that the main German forces gathered on the Western Front to continuously defeat the Austro-Hungarian Army and took advantage of the situation to invade East Prussia!

The Russian army under the command of Peng Yi did not seem to come to occupy the other side's land, but to loot and destroy. The Germans carried out strong defenses against the Russians along the way and hid everything they could. But when the Russians

After they invaded, they completely pursued the principle of killing everyone and burning them all.

The three-pronged policy of robbing everyone! Population, food and all kinds of machinery are all objects of plunder. Take away everything that can be taken away, and destroy everything that cannot be taken away. The Russians are not advancing very fast. But wherever they go, they are like

Farmland that has been gnawed by locust swarms generally leaves nothing behind!

"What a decisive decision. This is fundamentally consuming the war potential of the empire." Looking at the two Russian army groups gradually advancing in Germany, Schlieffen said through gritted teeth! The current plan is to mobilize troops from the Western Front to invest in the war.

On the Eastern Front, we must drive the Russians out first, but then we

The British and French defense lines that could not be broken were even more impossible after the troops were withdrawn. Therefore, they could only maintain a stalemate. The Russians were indeed impatient. Although Peng Yi did not make any big mistakes in his command. Although Peng Yi learned that the main force of the German army was east

After entering, they began to retreat, but the Russian army was really unbearable.

Neither the quality of the soldiers nor the equipment can be compared with the British and French, and at most it is slightly stronger than the Austrian and Italian armies. After losing 20% ​​of its troops in total, the Russian Army finally stabilized its position on the Baltic Sea front. It began to learn from the generals of the Western Front.

Digging trenches and fortifications!

"If we lose two armored divisions on the Western Front instead of four, I can easily smash the Russian defense line into a sieve." Looking at the hastily built defense line across the entire Eastern Front, Schlieffen curled his lips.

He said unwillingly, but now it's too late to say anything. The battle on the Western Front severely damaged Schlieffen's sharpest saber. And these expensive tanks and other heavy weapons are not so easy to make up for in wartime!

"Perhaps we should put our main force on the Eastern Front from the beginning. After defeating the Russians, we can turn around and head west." Schlieffen said to himself while looking at the intricate battle lines on the Eastern Front. Relatively speaking, the Eastern Front is easier than the Western Front.

Breakthrough, the Russians did not build a reinforced concrete defense line across the entire front. On the one hand, the Russians did not have enough strength to complete this defense line, which was longer and larger than the Western Front. On the other hand,

It is the actual geographical situation that makes the Russians defenseless on the Pod Plain. It can be said that the East-West is the Germans' favorite terrain. The plain area is endless and far away. It is the best battlefield for large corps to fight. There are enough

There are gaps for penetration. If you have a highly mobile armored force, congratulations, you can easily penetrate the Russians' fragile defense lines and then go around to their rear to divide and surround the opponent.

Under the iron-clad protection of the Western Front, Schlieffen suffered a bloody head injury, but Schlieffen, who had tasted the sweetness of the Eastern Front, suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake. This mistake was to underestimate France, its old enemy, and to treat France as the European steamroller.

This is a fear of Russia. Today’s wars are no longer based on military strength during the Napoleonic period.

It’s time to decide the outcome. Russia was never a strong industrial country before World War I. It only relied on its huge population base, vast land and Russia’s harsh winters. But now, facing the challenges of being armed with industrialization

As a modernized army, the tiger skin of the Russians was gradually peeled off, revealing their weak nature!

In the next stage of the campaign, Schlieffen set the main attack direction on the Eastern Front. Fighting was a battle. Although the Russians still destroyed everything they could destroy when they retreated, the German troops could still harvest some food.

, as for the Russian industry, the Germans simply

I don’t like it, but when it comes to things like food that can satisfy their hunger, the Germans are willing to accept anyone who comes. And while Germany is advancing all the way on the Eastern Front, the British and French allied forces launched a series of attacks on the Western Front! And there has been no

The British and French armored forces that appeared also appeared first!

The Western Front is a collision without any tricks. The Germans have a geographical advantage, and Britain and France have enough resources and manpower to fill up the German defense line. Unless the main force returns to the Western Front, the Western Front will become precarious.

.Although Schlieffen won great victories in the east and west, he was still unable to force the Russians to surrender. If the main force was turned back, it would return to the situation where both sides started. The final result for Germany would be to be exhausted by its opponents!

"The significance of this exercise has been achieved, and delaying it further is just a waste of time. Although this exercise is incomplete, the maritime forces of both sides have not exerted force, and other major power factors have not been taken into account, but I think we have understood

We have made our mistakes, and now it is time to solve the problem. I suggest ending this exercise." On the fifth day after the exercise began, Schlieffen put down his military watch and said seriously.
Chapter completed!