Chapter 1623： Offensive overture one (1/2)
Chapter 1623
The war situation in the second half of 1913 can be described as a sharp turn for the worse. The early stage of the Russian Polushinov offensive took a huge toll on Hungary, but it was useless. On the contrary, the Russians exhausted him on the Belarusian and Ukrainian fronts. With the last bit of strength, Russia is already declining, and the whole world is considering the situation after the Russians are over.
The prince is no exception. He needs to do too many things this winter, and it’s too important, but now, in the fall of this year, before everything is ready for the showdown, he still has one important thing to do. To do it, that is to solve the British and French coalition forces in Asia Minor.
”His Royal Highness, as of 6pm yesterday, the Bavarian and Bohemian Army has transferred 6 rapid divisions and 8 ordinary infantry divisions from the Eastern Front and the mainland, and at least no less than 5 independent tank battalions and heavy artillery attached to it. And supply units. The Air Force’s current troops that can be deployed in the Asia Minor battlefield have reached 8 wing units, with a total of nearly 920 various aircraft.
”We now have 800 tanks, assault guns and protective self-propelled artillery deployed on the entire Asia Minor front. The number of various barrel artillery has reached 1,400. The total number of troops is 250,000. The whole unit is ready and ready to go. You can go to the battlefield.” At this time, Lieutenant General Raul, who replaced Earl Calypte as the prince's chief of staff, reported.
”Then our enemy?” the prince asked while looking at the huge sand table.
”From the current situation, the situation on the North Line of Asia Minor is fairly stable. After Xiafei commanded his armored force to go south to support the British army, the remaining French army was still blocked in Bursa. But the situation is not ideal, Von. General Sector’s troops have been fighting hard for 3 weeks, and the troops have suffered heavy losses. The third wave of French reinforcements has arrived. They may be doing the final preparations. If they are ready, maybe the next wave of offensive It can break through Bursa’s defenses.”
”The third wave of reinforcements? Britain and France seem to have lost money.” An officer next to him said somewhat unexpectedly.
”It is not a secret that we mobilized a large number of troops into Asia Minor. The Allies may not be able to know exactly the forces and equipment we mobilized, but they can still know a general idea through the intelligence system. The initial raid failed to achieve a decisive victory and entered the stalemate stage. If they do not plan to give up Asia Minor, then they must continue to increase their military strength. Perhaps in the eyes of Britain and France, it is better to contain us in Asia Minor than to let us go to the Western Front.” Ruprecht said.
The 250,000 army fighting in Asia Minor and fighting on the Western Front has completely different losses of national power. After all, the supply line has been stretched several times, and the supply environment is even worse. According to the statistics of the General Staff of the Bavarian Army Corps, the logistics personnel required to fight in Asia Minor with the same force are about three times as much as those on the Western Front! This is the fundamental reason why Britain and France decided to fight in Asia Minor at any cost? Therefore, this situation is reasonable to the prince.
”Let me introduce the situation of the northern line.” The prince said.