Bulgarian Empire

General Brusilov was dumbfounded when he received the domestic order. He really wanted to greet the whole family of the person who gave this wonderful order, but he thought that the supreme commander of Russia is now the "great tsar" - Nicholas His Majesty II, he decisively shut up.

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

However, Ferdinand was expected to serve as the supreme commander. Nicholas II was resisted by the military when he served as the supreme commander. For example, the Minister of War was one of the opponents.

No way, the inherited throne is completely incomparable with the prestige of the founding monarch. What's more troublesome is that Nicholas II's military quality is not very good, but he likes to point fingers, which makes many generals in the military feel very uncomfortable. dissatisfaction.

History has proved that the consequences of meddling indiscriminately are very serious, not to mention the defeat of the frontline 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!

Brusilov is different from other Russian officers. He is still a little bit politically minded and knows that there are some things he cannot say, but he has already greeted Nicholas II's family in his heart.

Having just experienced a big battle, the Southwest Front Army is still licking its wounds, training recruits to recover.

Not to mention that the Russian army does not have enough logistical supplies now, even the Russian army in its heyday did not have the strength to deal with the current German-Austrian coalition forces!

It is necessary to take the initiative to attack. Admiral Brusilov believes that being able to hold the current line of defense is already the most optimistic estimate. The current Southwest Front Army's weapons and ammunition are only enough for half a month of high-intensity combat. What to use to attack ?

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

Holding the order, Brusilov wandered around in the headquarters, unable to make up his mind whether to implement this obviously wrong military order!

"General, what's wrong with you? You look restless?" A young officer asked suspiciously

"Howell, you said that a very unreasonable order has been issued in China. Do I want to implement it?" Brusilov said with a wry smile

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

Brusilov shook his head with a wry smile, "Soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty" is not wrong, especially now!

If it was before, he could still warn the country. Now the Supreme Command in the country is very chaotic. The tsar + politicians have all participated in it. Many times the orders issued are out of political considerations.

Since it is a political battle, there is no objection to right or wrong. Anyway, it must be implemented, and the defense will easily cause unnecessary trouble.

Brusilov patiently explained: "Howell has some things that are not as simple as you imagined. A military mistake does not mean a political mistake!"

I don't know 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 shifted eastward, disputes arose within the German army about the specific offensive point. 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 Staff, Falkenhayn, disagreed. He believed that this plan was not suitable for reality. Although the Russian capital, Petrograd, was attractive, it was too far away, and the logistical supplies were easily cut off by the Russians, and then they were caught in the urn.

The Russian army has a long front and poor logistics. If the battlefield is placed in southern Poland and Galicia to lure the Russians to come to a decisive battle, it will not only solve the unfavorable situation of the Allies on the Eastern Front, but also severely damage the main force of the Russian army in one fell swoop.

Since the war had not yet broken out on the Eastern Front, Hindenburg and Ludendorff naturally had no record of shooting.

Without a halo, they suggest that they be shelved directly!

Falkenhayn's combat plan was also supported by Marshal Franz Konrad von Herzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire actively cooperated.

Now that Falkenhayn has come to command the battlefield in person, he and Herzendorf have concentrated nearly 26 divisions on the Golitse-Tanov line. They are facing 30 divisions of the Russian 3rd and 9th Army.

The total strength of the German army that can participate in the war on the entire Eastern Front has reached more than 2 million people, and with the addition of more than 1.9 million troops from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the total strength of the German-Austrian Allied Forces has approached 4 million people.

Although the Russian army has an advantage in strength, the German army's superior project is artillery. The German-Austrian Allied Forces set up 7,800 cannons behind the front line, 850 of which were large-caliber heavy artillery, including the 420mm caliber "Big Bersa" siege guns that once attacked the city in Belgium, and prepared for these cannons. 15 million rounds of shells.

The engineering unit has already opened up special roads and bridges for the artillery to enter, and all these preparations are strictly confidential, making it difficult for the enemy to perceive that a crisis is approaching.

It is obvious that the Russians are going to be in bad luck this time. The crisis is approaching without knowing it. The stupid tsarist government issued an active offensive order, which undoubtedly ruined the Russian army's last way of life.

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On May 6, without knowing it, the commander of the Russian army was forced to launch "crowded charges" against the positions of the German and Austrian coalition forces under domestic orders.

Due to the lack of artillery support, the Russian soldiers were fiercely fired by the German-Austrian machine guns and rapid-fire guns, and they were knocked down in pieces like crops waiting to be harvested.

Many Russian soldiers without tools were scratched bloody when they climbed the barbed wire fence with bare hands, and were later killed by machine guns from the German-Austrian coalition forces. The battle turned into a unilateral "massacre".

"What? The Russians actually took the initiative to attack?" Falkenhayn said in disbelief.

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

"Good, good, good!" Falkenham said three good words in succession.

"Order all the troops to try to lure the Russians to take the initiative to attack and kill their vital forces!"

"God bless Germany!" thought Falkenhayn

Of course, such a good thing, how can it continue?

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

"It's not right!" Brusilov said to himself.

He lingered in the command post for a while, 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, while the other two Route Army are still foolishly continuing to send heads. Moreover, this time is too late, it is already the second day of the attack.

Time flies, three days passed, and the Russian commander, frightened by the brutal casualties, had 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 divided into a defense line of more than 1,000 kilometers, this number is still horrifying!

When the Russians stopped attacking, the German-Austrian coalition began to perform, using facts to compose a glorious chapter of "God of War"!

At the same time, the worst air battle on the Eastern Front also kicked off. Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, all countries have stepped up research and development of aircraft, and various exotic models have emerged in an endless stream.

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

Because the German army had a numerical advantage, in just one hour of fighting, the Russian Air Force dropped 8 bombers and 5 fighter jets, while the German army only paid the price for the downfall of two fighter jets.

Later, the Russian Air Force organized a retaliatory action. More than 200 fighter jets came after hearing the news and fought a tragic battle with the German Air Force. The two sides were evenly matched.

This result made the German commander Falkenhayn very dissatisfied. On the western front, he was evenly matched with the British and French air forces.

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 the cost issue!

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

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 wronged if it crashed 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 problems. Anyway, why not use the safe ones, and why take risks?

As for the German aircraft, it is also necessary to imitate the Falcon. After all, if we talk about the originator of the copycat, they are the predecessors, and Bulgaria is only a latecomer.

In addition to their powerful industries, they were directly deduced, but their respective structures were different. Overall, everyone was pretty much the same.

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

It turned out to be a war of attrition, which is the last thing the Germans want to face. After all, they really can't fight for resources and lives!

"Send a report to the country, asking them to urge the research and development department to come up with more advanced aircraft as soon as possible. Even the Russian aircraft can't win. Is this plausible?" Falkenhayn said angrily.

"General, we obviously won?" the adjutant reminded

Falkenhayn said angrily: "Shut up! The loss ratio of the two sides is 1:1.4, is this considered a win? Even if the Russians have more aircraft, don't forget that we still have firepower below us!"

In fact, the Luftwaffe played very well. The difference in aircraft performance between the two sides is not big. The Russians dispatched a total of 228 fighters, while the Germans only dispatched 186 fighters. The damage of the two sides: the Germans crashed 32 aircraft , the Russians crashed 45 planes.

No matter how you look at it, the German Air Force has taken advantage of it, and of course this can only fool the layman!

Can the few planes shot down before count the record?

Can the two planes shot down by anti-aircraft fire be counted as the air force's record?

Even if it is an aircraft with the same performance, can the quality produced by the Germans be the same as that produced by the Russians?

This is no longer black Russians. The high-tech products of Mao Xiong in this era are all unreliable endorsements. Of course, engineers cannot be blamed for this, as long as there is a group of corrupt bureaucrats in any country, this will happen.

So from the point of view of the 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, Falkenhayn 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 period of time.

But this is not important, this is just what happened when the German army deliberately showed weakness to the enemy while defending and lured the Russians to attack.

Now that the German-Austrian coalition forces are taking the initiative to attack, it would be meaningless to hide it. Which industry in Germany and Austria is not the existence of crushing the Russians, so why can’t they produce hundreds of fighter jets?

If the experts did not falsify the data, Ferdinand still remembers the parallel time and space. During the First World War, the belligerent countries produced more than 200,000 aircraft. Wouldn’t it be possible to produce a few hundred fighters?

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