Iron Cross Fire

The current aircraft are very backward, and the prototype of bombers has not appeared. The "bombers" of this era are all dropped by pilots with bombs.

It is very difficult to bomb the Russian naval base. The aircraft structure is made of wood and cannot withstand strong impacts. Too fast speed will cause it to fall apart.

The pilots of biplanes cannot be protected and can easily be killed by rifles. Even if they fly over dangerous local control areas, they may be killed by their own people on the way back. Pilots during World War I were a high-risk profession, and it was not easy to do this job.

In particular, the engines of World War I aircraft were insufficient in power and endurance, and the aircraft fell into the sea before flying to Crimea.

It is not impossible for Kuster to build some aircraft by himself, but it takes at least several months to train professional pilots. In that time, Kuster can fight to Siberia.

So it is not feasible to bomb Sevastopol, but this can also remind Kuster to make models of advanced aircraft in advance to deal with the subsequent Western European battlefields.

Since the coastal troops were withdrawn one by one, the threat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is no longer important. Even if Russia dares to sneak soldiers into Turkey by sea, it will be a suicide mission. Moreover, Russia's military strength is completely insufficient, so how can it send soldiers to a risky landing battle?

Kust shifted the focus of the war to the steppe, preparing to defeat Russia from land.

After just one offensive, the front line advanced a terrifying distance and achieved greater gains than expected.

In the west, the Allied forces occupied the Kuban River basin and pushed the front line completely to the north of the Sea of ​​Azov.

A major breakthrough was also made in the east, advancing dozens of kilometers north along the Volga River, pressing the Volga town-Tsaritsyn.

Tsaritsyn is one of the most important cities in Russia and the largest industrial, trade, agricultural and transportation center in southern Russia.

Russia's losses in Ukraine are already great enough. If Kust takes Tsaritsyn at this time, it will inevitably lead to the withering of Russia's agricultural resources.

It will be difficult to transport resources from southern Russia back, the economy of Russia will be hit again, social contradictions will be intensified, and the position of the Tsar may not be preserved at that time.

As long as Tsaritsyn is taken, Russia will fall into a greater collapse. No one in the whole of Russia will fight for the Tsar, there will be no resistance on the long front, and the Allies will march straight into the territory of Tsarist Russia.

So Kuster revised his battle plan, made Tsaritsyn the focus of the battle, and gave the operation the code name: Uranus.

The Uranus plan in history was launched by the Soviet Union, but now it is launched by Kuster, who represents imperialism. It must be said that he has a bad taste.

In Kuster's vision, the battle is centered on Tsaritsyn, and the combat area will span the Don River and the Volga River, and the two sides will engage in fire around the plains.

His armored forces will make a major breakthrough in the steppe area in the east, and then rotate westward with the Caspian Sea as the axis to encircle the Russian army in the Volga River basin.

The cavalry will be deployed in the Don River area, and when the infantry successfully opens a gap in the front line, they will rush out, ensuring the organization while attacking eastward.

In the end, the two mobile forces will meet at the dividing line of the Volga River, north of Tsaritsyn. After clearing out the surrounding Russian troops, Tsaritsyn will be within reach.

Although Kust only has more than 400,000 troops, it is unimaginable to surround Tsaritsyn; but his opponent is even worse, with less than 200,000 troops, and there are gaps everywhere on the front line.

In addition, their organization is extremely poor. As long as the Allied forces launch an attack, they retreat and are extremely passive to avoid fighting. Russia's situation here is worse than Ukraine.

On the other hand, Kust's men are all full of energy. They are all staunch supporters of him and the war. Burning, killing and looting along the way make their combat effectiveness far higher than at the beginning of the war.

No matter where they have a greater advantage than Russia, there is no reason why Kust can't break into Tsaritsyn.

In order to prepare, the Allied forces rarely stopped the attack temporarily, slaughtered all the chickens, ducks and sheep looted from the local area to reward the soldiers, and let them eat for two days.

Until 7 o'clock in the morning of May 5, the Allied soldiers, who were very full both mentally and physically, launched an attack towards Tsaritsyn in the north.

The breakthrough in the east was unusually smooth, perhaps because the Russians knew that they had no ability to counter tanks. They had nowhere to hide on the prairie, and they had to retreat to save their lives.

The Allied forces originally wanted to let the infantry open a gap, and then let the armor rush out of the gap. This would allow the armored forces to go a longer way.

But now it is not necessary, the Russians have withdrawn themselves, and they don't have to work hard.

The attack on the central part was also relatively smooth, because the battlefield was on the plain, and Russia's excavation technology could not be so sophisticated that the trenches could become as complicated as the Western Front, and it was difficult to cover the infantry.

Moreover, the Allied army did not have martial ethics. Before the attack, they kept bombarding the Russian positions with artillery, and the infantry encountered almost no resistance after climbing up.

Throughout the entire battle in the central part, the artillery was the only force that was showing its strength, while the infantry and cavalry were traveling around for free.

The situation in the west was different. The resistance encountered was particularly fierce. This was not only because the troops in the west were not strong enough, but more importantly because of Russia's tight defense.

Russia was deeply afraid that Kuster would attack the Ukrainian region to the west, thus forming a pincer attack with the German-Austrian coalition forces in the west. For this reason, they deployed the most troops to the west.

They ordered the Black Sea Fleet to go out in full force, ensuring the safety of Crimea while entering the Sea of ​​Azov to bombard the coast and delay the advance of the Allied forces.

Kuster had never taken the West seriously and sent the worst troops here, with the task of delaying and attracting the Russians.

But the commander of the West was Kemal. He felt that it was very embarrassing to defend in the face of the collapse of Russia, so he went out without asking anyone and pointed his troops directly at Ukraine.

However, the result was shocking. Russia, which had the advantage of naval gun suppression and numbers, was defeated! It was defeated with position protection!

Kemal's 70,000 people actually defeated the 100,000 Russian troops! How did the Russians fight to be so bad!

Kuster didn't understand, but he didn't want to understand. He was extremely surprised and surprised when he heard about the breakthrough in the West. He approved Kemal's request to march westward to Ukraine and let people spread Kemal's achievements.

All the defense lines in southern Russia were torn apart. The cavalry and armored forces launched a pincer attack as planned and gradually advanced to the outside of Tsaritsyn.

The 300,000 Allied infantry also advanced northward, along the Volga River and the Don River, step by step towards Tsaritsyn.

The three-way attack made this ancient city unable to escape. This city, which was built in the Tsarist era (Ivan the Terrible period) and rebuilt in the early Romanov dynasty, can it inherit the glory of Peter the Great and resist the fierce Allied army like the Swedish lion?

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