Chapter 1528 Defeat
General Von Seckett didn't know if he could save the 70,000 German troops by doing this, but he knew that the probability of surviving this was the greatest. Whether it was waiting for the assistance of the Bavarian Legion or relying on the materials he collected, it could delay the longest time. Anyway, it would never run away. Once he decided to run away, if he was caught up by the Russian cavalry, then in front of the saber, machine gun carriage and rapid-fire cannon, all infantry were equal...
So, the most magical scene in the First World War appeared. On the front of hundreds of kilometers, the Hungarian army was about to collapse. In the middle of the front, the German army, which was not huge, did not retreat but advanced, and began to quickly move closer to the Bok Division. In addition, some "inhumane" encircled some Hungarian troops and their supplies! After joining with friendly forces, the German army, with a total number of nearly 60,000, began to build a circular position and build a base to defend itself. The troops were concentrated in a relatively narrow area like a fist. This action did not attract Borusinov's attention at the beginning.
The so-called breaking a little bit shocked the entire line. After the Russian army broke the Hungarian legion's defense line in many places, it finally kicked off the big collapse. Even in those areas that were not attacked by the Russian army, the Hungarians were in panic all day long. The spread of rumors was so fatal and exaggerated that after three "changes", the situation where some fronts were originally broken became "collapse of the entire line."
The Hungarians, who were not determined to be firm and had become a little numb in the war for more than a year, began to leave their positions, and even evacuated aimlessly to the rear without knowing where to retreat. They were delusional to escape the fate of being chased, but in fact? After leaving the supply line and the station, the vast Ukrainian plain could tear this army like a panic bird into pieces!
The whole situation was even better than Borusinov imagined, and the Hungarians were vulnerable. Just after the entire front was shaken, Borusinov decisively played the next card! Nearly 100,000 cavalrymen of 12 cavalry divisions began to attack in depth. They dismembered the Hungarian army like sharp razors, and shot at the Hungarians like deadly arrows!
At this time, the Russian 7th Cavalry Division was chasing along a river. The Hungarians were not stupid. They knew very well that after a large number of troops left the inherent supply system, they could only ensure the basic drinking water supply of the troops along the river. However, you know, the Russians also knew that, so this cavalry unit did not have to send too many investigators at all, and directly bite the two divisions and one military headquarters of the Hungarian 4th Army!
So, at the corner of a river, 7,000 Russian cavalry attacked 30,000 Hungarian soldiers. They followed like wolves and successfully killed the uncombat-free defender. The cavalry unit was divided into several groups and attacked the troops at the same time.
The Russians did not carry many weapons, only a dozen towed artillery and dozens of machine gun carriages. The combined firepower was not even stronger than an ordinary German regiment. However, in this situation of defeat, more than 30,000 Hungarians looked like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, watching the Russians rushing up with savages, and then chopped off their heads one by one.
The incontinuous artillery and machine gun fire sprinkled into the crowd. The damage caused by these weapons was very limited, and the cavalry's sabers were also very limited. The Russians did not go smoothly when they started the attack. It was not that Hungary's resistance was so strong, but because there were too many people, it directly affected the cavalry's charge. The entire battlefield was like a blunt knife cutting meat. After all, the Russians' knife was a bit blunt, and although there was a pig on the opposite side, the meat was too thick...
However, the Russians did not give up. They tried their best to attack and constantly consumed their strength in the attacks again and again. Just as the Russians' combat power was approaching the limit, the Hungarians finally collapsed! A large number of people poured into the river behind them desperately, trying to escape. However, the avalanche effect caused by this made the situation collapse directly. More people died in the trampling of their compatriots rather than under the attack of the Russians. The red blood merged into the river, forming a red ribbon, and even dyed a section of the river red. In the end, the troops only escaped more than 6,000 people, and the remaining more than 20,000 Hungarians were all killed or captured. This was just a microcosm of the early stage of the Borusinov Battle. The cloud of death enveloped the entire southern line. The Hungarian Legion collapsed at a touch and even caused some shock to the entire eastern line!
In the following week, the Russian Army advanced about 80 to 150 kilometers across the entire southern line! The entire front was knocked down a large piece, and the Russian cavalry had penetrated the territory of Ukraine at the farthest time and arrived in the later Moldova region... According to the Russians, if they worked harder, they could see the border line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when the war started! The Hungarian retreat exposed the flanks of the Austrian Legion under the Russians' military front, and the news of the failure on the battlefield was finally passed back to Budapest, Vienna and Berlin!
In the eyes of William II and others, since the war started, the Eastern Front, which had been in good condition, seemed to have reversed. The Russian army, who had been thought to have been beaten by Ruprecht's Bavarian and Bohemian Legions, had recovered their vitality like Hydras, and took a bite on the Hungarians. The Hungarian Legions of hundreds of thousands were defeated, which was unacceptable to the German Emperor!
What made the German Emperor even more embarrassed was that he had just sent three divisions, a total of 70,000 German troops to support Hungary, but he was defeated just a few days ago. Where did this put the German Emperor's face?
Therefore, the German Emperor did not care about the war on the Western Front for the time being (of course, there was no major action on the Western Front now. Both sides had just ended a large-scale battle and were in a state of rest). He summoned the entire General Staff and some front-line generals to discuss the war on Ukraine, and even considered whether to send more German troops into Ukraine to help Grand Duke Karl and Hungary consolidate the front!
"Where is Ruprecht? What is he doing? As the head of the entire Eastern Front and the Balkan War Zone, there was such a big problem in the Ukrainian War Zone. Doesn't he have nothing to say?" The German Emperor expressed his dissatisfaction with the crown prince in such a fierce way in front of outsiders for the first time!
Chapter completed!