1890 King of Southeast Asia

On February 10, the Russian army continued to advance after a little preparation, and the battlefield entered the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (yes, the Tsarist Russia had lost a battle before and had to retreat in a big step.).

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian Empire successfully abandoned several divisions with excellent command art, and lost tens of thousands of people. The reserve troops were not ready yet, and the situation tilted towards the Russian Empire.

The General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire hurriedly asked Germany for help and mobilized the surrounding troops to support. At the same time, the Kingdom of Bulgaria also launched an attack on the front line, hoping to attract the attention of the Russian army.

A feint attack aimed at attracting the main force of the German army to return and relieve the pressure on the Western Front turned into a strategic battle.

The situation favored the Allies, but as the advance continued, the problems of the Russian Empire soon emerged.

The most important thing about blitzkrieg is logistics capabilities, which can replenish the materials needed by the assault troops in time and maintain the offensive and mobility of the assault troops.

However, what is the problem of the Russians? This problem has not changed in the past 100 years and the past 100 years - the road conditions are extremely poor.

Although the battle lasted only one week, there were still a lot of supplies in Brusilov's warehouse, and behind him, the logistics warehouse of the army group also stockpiled a large amount of supplies.

However, these supplies could not be transported to the front in a timely and effective manner, and the soldiers attacking in the front could not get supplies in time.

Many Russian troops in the attack had to stop interspersing due to lack of food, but spread out to find villages, collect or buy food on the spot.

This gave the Austro-Hungarian Empire a very short buffer time, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also seized this opportunity to set up several simple field defense lines.

The number of soldiers in these defense lines was insufficient, the supplies were lacking, the morale was low, and the fortifications were not strong, so they could only slightly block the Russians.

But that was enough. On February 16, when the Russians pulled out the buffer line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they did not have enough ammunition in their hands, and they could not even take out the shells to cover the Russian attack.

A good assault tactic, more than ten days after the war, returned to the war of attrition.

At this point in the battle, the Russian General Staff and the Russian frontline commanders were very satisfied. They wiped out more than 400,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, seized hundreds of intact cannons and countless supplies, and pushed the front line forward dozens of kilometers, gaining a strategic advantage.

Unfortunately, Brusilov ignored the hints from above and did not figure out the situation of his own troops. He launched a tough battle against the cities that the Austro-Hungarian Empire refused to accept.

This second phase of the battle lasted for more than a month. In the end, the Russian army suffered more than 500,000 casualties, the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost more than 700,000 troops, more than half of them were captured, and the German army lost more than 100,000 people.

If we only look at the exchange ratio, this is definitely a victory. The Russian army, with relatively low tactical and equipment levels, played an exchange ratio of about 1 to 8, including the Germans.

However, Brusilov's offensive was an attack launched by the most elite guards in Russia. Many of the main forces were named guards, and they were also the most loyal supporters of the Tsar.

However, this battle caused heavy losses to the Guards. After the reinforcement of troops, various chaos made the Guards unworthy of their name.

The Tsar at this time did not know that he had lost the most supportive violent organization. This battle can be said to have directly affected the historical process of the Russian Empire.

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Time came to February 20th in a blink of an eye. The Russian army was attacking fiercely, attracting most of the energy of the Allies on the 6th.

Germany could not make progress on the 6th, so it began to try to break through the blockade of the British Royal Navy at sea, and the German Navy began to frequently dispatch.

In early February 1917, five Bavaria-class battleships of the German Imperial Navy were delivered and joined the battle. The Bavaria-class battleships equipped with 8 380mm main guns were put into service, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the German Navy.

At the same time, Britain only had 6 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships equipped with 381mm guns in service. In terms of top combat power, the gap between the two sides was greatly narrowed.

Therefore, the German high-level officials began to urge General Reinhard Scheer to stop guerrilla warfare at sea and take substantive actions to relieve the pressure on the empire.

At this time, the German Navy had a total of 28 battleships and battlecruisers, hundreds of other cruisers and destroyers, and a total naval tonnage of more than 1.5 million tons, which was definitely the second navy.

However, the total number of British battleships and battlecruisers was more than 45, with a difference of 17 ships between the two sides, which was more than half of the main force of the German Navy.

However, in terms of the quality of warships, the survivability of the German Navy was generally better than that of the British Navy, at the cost of a slower speed than British ships and a larger tonnage.

However, this did not affect Reinhard's strategy, and he always had to know how to make choices.

On February 24, under the direct pressure of William II, Reinhard began to plan an attack, targeting the 3rd Squadron of the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet, which had been patrolling from time to time recently.

On February 27, Reinhard received intelligence that the 3rd Squadron of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet was dispatched again and headed towards the North Sea.

At the beginning of the war, the British Royal Navy gathered the main forces of various fleets to form a large fleet commanded by Admiral John Jellicoe. However, when performing daily tasks, the older warships were still grouped together, so that the warships of the 3rd Squadron did not change, but only changed their name.

The third point of the fleet has five battleships, namely fearless, Berrerofeng, magnificent, reckless, and Nipton.

Both the five battleships are the first -generation battleships. The fearless and Nipton are both single -class single -class. There are no same -class ships. The Berlolofeng is the same as the same level of battleships as the same level.

In terms of equipment, the five vessels adopt the main gun layout of the ship. Each one is ten 305 mm main guns, which are divided into 5 dual -combined installations, and 1 of the first 1 and 2 tadpoles.

There are 8 unilateral firepower, with a speed of 75 knots, a main armor with 5 to 10 inches, and a standard displacement of 18,800 tons.

It is still the absolute main force in other countries. The Royal Navy in the United Kingdom has been reduced to a chicken ribs.

It is not necessary to use a small country, and the big country cannot be on the 1 line. At the same time, the speed is not fast enough. It is too expensive to catch the fleet. The battleship is too expensive to escort.

However, it is not necessary to waste it there, and Jeleco takes them to patrol the task, and at the same time let them escort the five vengeful battleships who are undergoing adaptive training.

After Dorgelshazhou's naval battle, due to the fact that the battle failed, the British changed their strategic directions, mobilized the resources of the generals of the Navy, and accelerated the construction progress of revenge.

And these intelligence, Germans have nothing to have. The latest intelligence received by Reinhart is -a new type of warship of the Royal Navy may be conducting a sea trial, suspected to be the improved model of Queen Elizabeth.

There are only these words, there is nothing other than that.

It is also due to the influence of the Doglshazhou naval battle, Germany has devoted more energy to the construction of the battle cruiser. It can only be completed in early 1918.

Reinhart once questioned this kind of behavior, thinking that he should concentrate his strength to speed up the construction progress of the remaining three Bavarian levels, but it is very ironic that the upper level of Germany because of the victory of the Doglshazhou naval battle, ignoring Ryinharrt’s proposal.

Coupled with the omissions of intelligence, Reinhardt believes that the power difference between British and Germany's super battleships is 6 to 5, but the actual power comparison is 11 to 5, which is more than doubled.

Anyway, the matter has happened. On the evening of February 277, Reinhart took the main force of the Gonghai Fleet for a total of 2 ten emerging warships, leaving the port of William while the night was left.

The remaining 8 battleships with a slower speed will be launched on the second day as a response fleet to prevent unexpectedly.

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"General, it's very happy to work with you during this time."

Port in Portland, Britain, Xu Sunming took the observation group and was about to set foot on the return journey.

The Huaxia Empire Navy has sent warships to support it. Although the Japanese are operating on it, the ships are also ships of the previous Japanese navy, but the flag hanging on it is the flag of the Huaxia Empire Navy.

The first and second batch of four battleships, a dozen ships expelled cruisers, can form a combat unit, and are full of sincerity. Now they are defending the British Haijiang.

Jeleko must have expressed something.

"General Xu, it is very wonderful to work with you during this time. The Huaxia Empire is indeed the first country to create a full -fitted artillery battleship. Your views on the navy and your subordinates are often refreshing." Jeleko Lost out of good words without money.

Anyway, they are going back, saying a few words and not dead.

The two people complimented a few more officials. When Xu Sunming saw the same time, he was going to leave on board.

"General!" Jeleko's deputy hand calmly walked to Jeleko and whispered in his ear.

Xu Sunming particularly wanted to rub his eyebrows. These British people still learn not to respect. I will leave soon. Can I say it?

Now he is not here now, nor is it.

"General Xu, you may not be able to leave." After listening to the words of the deputy, Jeleko looked a little dull, and said two seconds later.

Xu Sunming frowned 1.

"What happened?" Xu Sunming asked heavily. He suspected what stupid things those Japanese did and messed up.

"We received the intelligence of investigating the submarine. A huge fleet that had not been reported had entered the North Sea through the Norwegian Strait."

"We guess that it was the German's main fleet. We don't know what the Germans want to do, but there is no doubt that this is a chance. We need the help of the Chinese Empire Navy ..."

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