Compared with the Europeans in this world, Europe in this world has many fewer countries. Unlike the world peace in later generations, the world is the biggest mainstream. This world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. If you fall behind, you will inevitably be beaten. Even if you fall behind, you will definitely be annexed by other countries. △,

First of all, Poland no longer exists. Poland was divided. As early as the 18th century, Russia, Prussia and Austro-Hungary Empire divided Poland several times, and finally made Russia directly border with Belgium and Germany. In the eastern part of Europe, Russia and Austro-Hungary and Germany border. Russia has a common border with Germany and Austro-Hungary Empire, extending more than 1,100 miles. At that time, Poland, a Russian province, formed a 250-mile-wide protrusion, which was to the

Two hundred miles west, adjacent to Germany in the west and northwest, and to the south, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its western border is only one hundred and eighty miles from Berlin. To the north is East Prussia, which is 80 miles wide, is sandwiched between Poland and the Baltic Sea. A victorious large-scale attack by Russia could cut it off from the entire Germany. The Hapsburg royal family also had a vulnerable province, Galicia, whose rich land was separated by the Carpathians from the rest of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Because France was beaten a little hard by Germany, the French representatives have always asked Russia to send troops at all costs. Now even Paris in France is in danger. Even if there is a lot of wealth, what can it be? France has invested a lot in Russia, even the Russian government owes France a lot of debts, which shows the influence of France on Russia. The Grand Duke Nicholas who sent troops is also a loyal French pro-French pro, so he went far away. He chose East Prussia in Germany as the goal, but did not choose the closer Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is not military-desirable.

Even if Germany was unprepared, in the East Prussia region, Germany could easily transport a large army in one day with 500 pairs of trains, not to mention the German army that had been prepared. It made up layers of defense in East Prussia to guard against Russian attacks. The previous defense war caused Russia to lose nearly 200,000 troops, but the Russian state Duma seemed to be fearless and continued to send troops up.

In a sense, this place was obtained when Russia continued to expand. As a Russian agricultural country, and Russia was relatively poor, it had not been developed for a long time and had extremely poor transportation capacity. Many times, Russian infantry were measured by feet, and in addition to the early stages, they could also rely on railways to make up for the losses. In the later stages, hiking had become a yardstick for advancement.

Russia kept coming slowly by walking. Germany waited for Russia to come. The difference was huge. Because of the reminder from the northwest that in this world war, Germany did not face the battle hastily, but was prepared and took the initiative to provoke it. Germany's focus was in the west. After a large number of signs of the troops, it combined veterans and new recruit reserves to form a large army of about 1.5 million, with at least 1 million on the Western Front. The remaining ones that defended the country were only 200,000. In the early stage of the war against Russia, luring Russia to attack Germany, weakening it layer by layer, waiting for annihilation is the real good way. In fact, Germany did the same.

The German army, who was waiting for the effort, did not provoke actively and waited for Russia to come. When the Russian troops that had been prepared for two weeks were rushing into East Prussia, they encountered the German army retreating layer by layer. Under the premise of knowing the number of Russian troops, Germany did not collide head-on. The Russian army, which was rushing up to the sky, broke through more than 10 defense lines of Germany with great force, but the results were quite limited. The news of annihilation of the German army was continuously transmitted to the rear. Just when the Russian army thought that the German team was vulnerable, France was too bad and was about to win, it was attacked by the German army.

The German soldiers facing the Russian army head-on did not fail to defeat the Russian army, but retreated voluntarily according to the requirements of the General Staff. Russia did not realize all this, and was completely deceived and rushed into the hinterland of East Prussia. However, it did not expect that Germany would retreat actively. In the direction of retreat, the German teams on both wings did not retreat, but retreated in the middle, allowing the Russian army to take the initiative to attack and think that they occupied a large area of ​​East Prussia's territory. However, if there were aerial photography in this era, it would be clear that an encirclement was forming.

Russia's combat effectiveness is far less powerful than Germany, and even less so than France. Although there are a little more numbers, when it comes to Germany, the result is of course the same. Germany has laid a big trap for Russia and has suddenly trapped the Russian army. It was originally brave enough to rush forward, and it has no concern about other Russian 1.5 million troops. First, it collided with each other. The German army, which later took over, consciously introduced the Russian army into the encirclement they involved. After occupying some strategic points, the barren East Prussia formed an encirclement.

Surrounding and counter-encirclement were the norm in war, but Germany's idea was too great. A number of permanent fortifications were built on the inside, most of which were completed with the help of Chinese workers. A 500,000 army entered these fortifications and resisted the unstoppable Russian army. After taking the advantage of head-on confrontation, the anti-encirclement was achieved. Some of the German troops suddenly attacked and broke through the central axis, and then divided and compressed this part of the Russian army on 2,000 square kilometers of land.

This battle was the fastest battle. From the first three days, the Russian army was unstoppable, to the next few days, it encountered a blockade like a iron wall. The Russian army was compressed, and a large number of troops were squeezed together. The troops behind came and went without a direction of attack. In addition, the cavalry and infantry troops used the counter-encirclement of railways and highways to reverse the situation.

A huge encirclement that exceeded people's imagination formed in East Prussia. Even if the tsar saw it as gray animals, the officers and commanders were not animals. They also had cannons, equipment, and horses. If they were all left there, it would mean that the entire eastern part of Russia would no longer be defended. In this case, Russia urgently mobilized some troops to support, hoping to break the encirclement. On the other hand, it almost simultaneously asked Britain and France for help.

Russia will fail, which was long within the estimated range of Britain and France, and it only delayed Russia on the Eastern Front for a little while. That is, during the war, Germany did not continue to attack Paris. France took the opportunity to transport almost 7 divisions of troops to Paris. In addition, soldiers transported from African countries such as Algeria have also arrived in France, giving France a temporary breathing opportunity. The strait, where the 1.2 million reorganized British troops also traveled, did not choose the nearest direction this time, but went to Bordeaux. With the help of Bordeaux and France, there was a temporary unified command.

For Britain and France, the most important thing is always the Western Front. If the Western Front is not completely stabilized, when France completely loses its territory and foundation, the entire France will be completely finished, and the British-French Agreement will not be able to continue. The emergence of the new wartime capital Bordeaux and the entire defense line will stabilize, so Britain and France will have the time to manage East Asia. As the focus of Britain in East Asia, Malacca must ensure its safety.

The situation in East Asia is very clear. Japan will inevitably attack Qingdao and occupy Jiaozhou Bay. French and British warships can help annihilate Germany's last live force. In Southeast Asia, although France and Britain have limited power, they still prepare a plan. On the one hand, if the Japanese, French and British fleets annihilate Germany's East Asian fleet, they will immediately come to Borneo. With the strength of the Three Kingdoms fleet, at least no one in this world can cross the strait to support Borneo.

It is true that Borneo is a huge island, but no matter how huge it is, it is just an island. It cannot own all the supplies that are in the battle. As long as the island is blocked, no matter how bad the army is, it can slowly erode it. Anyway, there is no hurry. Let's defeat Germany. When Germany has no sphere of influence in Asia, everything is up to them.

Germany's combat power as a small strongman surprised Britain, France and Russia, and also inspired other allies. Turkey, Austro-Hungary, and Italy also took action. I don't know if it was related to the halo of Xiaoqiang. Even Italy, which was like a soft-footed shrimp, dared to attack France. It fought vividly on the border, and at the cost of losing three divisions, it actually annihilated five French divisions. This may be the greatest combat power of Italy's explosion. However, Austro-Hungary, Turkey, Romania, did a very good job in the Balkans. Under the gradual erosion, Serbia, Greece, and several small countries were almost in danger under their double pressure.
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