Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After receiving the domestic order, Admiral Brusilov was dumbfounded. He really wanted to greet the whole family of the person who ordered this wonderful order, but he thought that the current supreme commander of Russia is the "great tsar" - Nicholas His Majesty II, he resolutely shut up.

After the outbreak of the World War, the monarch who personally served as the supreme commander was far more than Nicholas II. Ferdinand was the first to take the lead. Later Nicholas II felt that it would help to improve his control over the army and followed suit. .

However, Ferdinand's appointment as the supreme commander was well received. Nicholas II's appointment as the supreme commander was boycotted by the military. For example, the Minister of War was one of the opponents.

There is no way, the prestige of the inherited throne and the founding monarch is completely incomparable, and what is more troublesome is that Nicholas II's military literacy is not very good, but he likes to point fingers, which makes many generals in the military very of dissatisfaction.

History has proved that the consequences of indiscriminate intervention are very serious, not to mention the defeat of the front-line army. The most terrible thing is that when the revolution broke out, Nicholas II had lost the support of the army and finally came to an end!

Unlike other Russian officers, Brusilov was still a little politically savvy and knew that there were some things he couldn't say, but he had already greeted the family of Nicholas II in his heart.

After a major battle just now, the Southwest Front is still licking its wounds, training new recruits to recover.

Not to mention that the logistical supplies of the Russian army are insufficient now, and even the Russian army in its heyday did not have the strength to handle the current German-Austrian coalition!

It is necessary to take the initiative to attack. Admiral Brusilov thinks that it is the most optimistic estimate to be able to defend the current line of defense. The weapons and ammunition of the current Southwest Front Army are only enough for half a month of high-intensity operations. What to use to attack ?

As for the other two fronts, it was even worse. Brusilov even doubted whether their soldiers could fill their stomachs!

With the order in hand, Brusilov wandered around the headquarters, he couldn't make up his mind whether to implement this obviously wrong military order!

"General,

What’s wrong with you? Looking uneasy? ' asked a young officer suspiciously

"Howell, you said that China has issued a very unreasonable order, should I execute it?" Brusilov said with a wry smile

Howell said without hesitation: "General, you can apply to the country. Since you know it's wrong, why do you want to execute it?"

Brusilov shook his head with a wry smile, "It's not wrong for a soldier to obey orders", especially now!

If it was before, he could still apply to the country, but now the high command in the country has been very chaotic. The tsar + politicians have all participated in it, and many times the orders issued are based on political considerations.

Since it is a political battle, there is no objection to right or wrong. Anyway, it must be carried out, and defense is easy to cause unnecessary trouble.

Brusilov explained patiently: "Some things about Howell are not as simple as you think. Military mistakes do not mean political mistakes!"

I don't know since when, Brusilov is no longer a simple soldier, and he has more and more issues to consider.

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After the strategic center of gravity moved eastward, there was another dispute within the German army about the specific point of attack. Hindenburg and Ludendorff suggested attacking Lithuania to open the way to the Russian capital Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and carry out the beheading plan.

The chief of the general staff, Faginhan, disagreed. He believed that this plan was not suitable for reality. Although the Russian capital Petrograd was attractive, it was too far away. The logistical supplies were easily cut off by the Russians and then caught in the urn.

The Russian army has a long front and poor logistics. If the battlefield is located in southern Poland and Galicia, to induce the Russians to come to a decisive battle, it can not only solve the unfavorable situation of the Allies on the eastern front, but also hit the main force of the Russian army in one fell swoop.

Since there is no war on the Eastern Front, Hindenburg and Ludendorff naturally have no record of shooting, and they do not have a halo, they suggest that they be put on the shelf!

Falkenham's battle plan was also supported by Marshal Franz Konrad von Herzendorf, Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave active cooperation.

Now Faginhan has been in command of the battlefield. He and Herzendorf have concentrated nearly 26 divisions on the Gorice-Tanov front line. They face the enemy of the Russian 3rd and 9th armies with 30 divisions.

The total number of German troops that can participate in the war on the entire Eastern Front has reached more than 2 million people. Together with the more than 1.9 million troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the total strength of the German-Austrian coalition has approached 4 million.

Although the Russian army has an advantage in strength, the German army's dominant item is artillery. The German-Austrian coalition set up 7,800 artillery pieces behind the front, 850 of which were large-caliber heavy artillery pieces, including the 420mm-caliber "Big Bertha" siege artillery that had been sieging the city in Belgium, and preparations for these artillery pieces. 15 million rounds of shells.

The sappers had already opened special roads and bridges for the advance of the artillery, and all these preparations were kept strictly secret, making it difficult for the enemy to perceive that a crisis was approaching.

It was obvious that the Russians were going to have bad luck this time. The crisis was approaching without knowing it. The stupid tsarist government issued an active attack order, which undoubtedly ruined the last life of the Russian army.

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On May 6, the Russian army commander, without knowing it, was forced to launch a "human sea charge" against the German-Austrian coalition positions under domestic orders.

Due to the lack of artillery support, the Russian soldiers came under heavy fire from German-Austrian machine guns and rapid-fire guns, and they were knocked down like crops to be harvested.

Many Russian soldiers without tools were drenched in blood as they climbed the barbed wire with their bare hands, and were then killed by German-Austrian machine guns. The battle turned into a one-sided "massacre".

"What? The Russians actually attacked?" Faginham said in disbelief

The sudden surprise shocked the Germans. Is there such a good thing? Before launching an attack, the Russians took the initiative to come and die!

"Good, good, good!" Falkenham said three good words in a row

"Order all units to try to induce the Russians to take the initiative to attack and kill their living forces!"

"God bless Germany!" thought Falkingham

Of course, how can such a good thing continue?

Brusilov was the first to notice that something was wrong, and of course he was against taking the initiative to attack the enemy's position.

"Something's wrong!" Brusilov muttered to himself

He wandered for a while in the headquarters, suddenly remembered something, and said in shock, "The German reinforcements have arrived! Order the frontline troops to stop the attack and return to the camp to reinforce the fortifications. The enemy may be about to counterattack!"

It's a pity that he can only order the Southwest Front Army, and the other two Route Army are still stupidly continuing to send heads. Moreover, this time is too late, it is already the second day of the attack.

Time flies by, three days have passed, and the Russian commander, frightened by the brutal casualties, has to stop the "suicide operation".

In just three days of attack, the Russian army has paid more than 200,000 casualties. Even if it is spread over a line of defense of more than 1,000 kilometers, this number is still frightening!

When the Russians stopped attacking, the German-Austrian Allied Forces began to perform, composing a glorious chapter of "God of War" with facts!

At the same time, the most tragic air battle on the Eastern Front also kicked off. Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, all countries have increased their research and development of aircraft, and various exotic models have emerged one after another.

On May 8, the Russian bomber was blocked by the Luftwaffe as soon as it appeared, and fought with the escorting Russian Air Force fighters.

Because the Germans had the numerical superiority, in just one hour of fighting, the Russian Air Force lost 8 bombers and 5 fighters, while the Germans only paid the price of two fighters.

Subsequently, the Russian Air Force organized a retaliatory action. More than 200 fighter jets came to hear the news and fought fiercely with the German Air Force. The two sides were evenly matched.

This result made the German commander Falkingham very dissatisfied. It would be okay to compete with the British and French Air Forces on the western front. Now that even the Russians can't handle it on the eastern front, it is unacceptable.

There is no doubt that the main models used by the Allies are still the Falcon 1 generation fighters and bombers provided by Ferdinand. It is not that there are no aircraft with better performance than them, mainly because of cost!

There is also stability. Every new model has to go through a long time of testing, but now is the war period, there is not so much time to test at all.

Most of them are tested directly on the battlefield, which is very risky for pilots. It's okay to be shot down by the enemy, wouldn't it be wrong if it fell because of the plane?

In this context, even if there are new models with comparable performance, Air Force pilots can always pick out a lot of faults. Anyway, why not use the safe ones? Why take the risk?

As for the German aircraft, the imitation of the Falcon is also indispensable. After all, if you talk about the originator of the cottage, others are the predecessors, and Bulgaria is only a latecomer.

Coupled with their powerful industries, they were directly deduced, but their structures were different. Overall, everyone was half a catty.

When everyone's aircraft performance is similar, it is not so easy to gain an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield.

The result is a war of attrition, which is the last thing the Germans want to face. After all, they can't really fight for resources and people's lives!

"Send a report to the country and ask them to urge the R\u0026D department to come up with more advanced aircraft as soon as possible. Even the Russian aircraft can't win. Is this justified?" Faginhan said angrily.

"General, obviously we won?" the adjutant reminded

Falkingham said angrily: "Shut up! The battle loss ratio of both sides is 1:1.4. Is this a win? Even if the Russians have more planes, don't forget that we still have fire cover below!"

In fact, the Luftwaffe played very well. There was not much difference in the performance of the aircraft between the two sides. The Russians dispatched a total of 228 fighter jets, while the Germans only dispatched 186 fighter jets. , the Russians dropped 45 planes.

No matter how you look at it, the Luftwaffe is taking advantage of it, of course, this can only fool the layman!

Can the number of aircraft shot down before be counted?

Can the two planes shot down by anti-aircraft fire also be counted as the record of the Air Force?

Even if it is an aircraft with the same performance, can the Germans make the same quality as the Russians?

This is not a black Russian, the high-tech products of Maoxiong in this era are all unreliable endorsements. Of course, this can't be blamed on the engineers, as long as there is a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats in any country, this will happen.

Therefore, in terms of parameters, the performance of everyone's aircraft is similar. In fact, the quality of the aircraft used by the Russian Air Force is already a lot worse. After deducting this gap, the record of the two sides can only be regarded as evenly matched.

Of course, Falkingham didn't know that after the Russian air force returned to the airport, many aircraft needed major repairs and could not be put into combat in a short time.

But this is not important, this is only what happened when the Germans deliberately showed weakness when defending and induced the Russians to attack.

Now that the German-Austrian coalition has taken the initiative to attack, it would be boring to hide and tuck it away. Which of the German and Austrian industries did not crush the existence of the Russians, how could they not be able to produce hundreds of fighter jets?

If the experts hadn't tampered with the data, Ferdinand would still remember a parallel universe. During World War I, the warring countries produced more than 200,000 planes. Wouldn't there be a few hundred fighter jets out there?

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