Chapter 897： The best in Poland pocket (1/2)
”This idea is very interesting.” Xiao Maoqi subconsciously felt that it was impossible, but out of politeness and curiosity, he did not directly reject the prince's suggestion.
”In the direction of East Prussia, we will launch a limited offensive. This is what we said beforehand. I will not change this plan, but I will not overly compress the space of the Russians. This battle is mainly about consuming the opponent’s vital forces. We want to give the Russians an illusion that the Polish region can still be guarded.”
”Then part of the Bavarian Army will enter the Silesia region. We will reopen the situation from the Austro-Hungarian Lviv region! The troops moved slowly but steadily northward, gradually narrowing the width between Russian Poland and the Russian rear. . Of course, this is just one of the goals!” said the prince.
”The Russians will not allow it. They will concentrate their efforts to suppress this place. This will become a tug of war. When your legion attacks, they will retreat, and when they are suspended due to supply problems, they will come back. In addition, with all due respect, the Bavarian Legion’s combat effectiveness is very reliable, but the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is average. On average, the advantage is relatively limited.” Xiao Maoqi said.
”Perhaps what you said is right, this plan to make a protrusion may be a little more difficult, but even if this goal is not achieved, the problem is not very big.” The prince said with a smile.
”Grass!” Xiao Maoqi almost burst into swearing. You spent so much effort to mobilize the most elite legion to Silesia. You used a lot of troops, wasted a lot of resources, and could not effectively kill your opponents. Instead, In a certain degree of tug-of-war, what are you doing? At the beginning, you said that you disdain to eat the Russian army one by one. Now this kind of fight is not as good as the plan that Lao Tzu proposed at the beginning!
”Ruprecht, if you want to help your father-in-law, we can understand that it is not practical to be so troublesome.” William II said with a tight face.
”No, no, don't listen to me.” The prince made a helpless expression. ”Well, I will elaborate on my plan.”
”If the Russians launch an offensive in Silesia, if the Russians deal with them properly, they will not lose much, but if they want to stabilize the front, they must deploy quite a lot of troops! We are the offensive and we can choose to fight. Time and location, and the opponent must ensure the density of troops for defense and leave enough reserves.”
”In fact, the Russians have no more front-line combat troops than ours. When they concentrate a considerable part of their troops in Silesia and at the same time they must maintain a military presence in Russian Poland, then their front-line combat forces There will be serious loopholes.”
”This idea is open to discussion, because the population base of the Russians is too large, their population is twice that of the German Empire, and it is even possible to mobilize 8 million troops.” Xiao Maoqi said.