Chapter 610 Adventure
Andre has many tricks. He starts with a rocket launcher and bombards the German positions with rocket launchers.
The German artillery did not counterattack, the rocket launcher was loaded and returned to the original position to continue firing.
The German army counterattacked. Russian technicians calculated the location of the German artillery positions, and Russian artillery counterattacks followed.
Under normal circumstances, artillery losses are similar.
However, the Russian artillery could not finish the attack no matter how hard it hit.
No one could survive such a fight, so Conrad couldn't bear it anymore and ordered his troops to retreat.
Markenson was very angry. The Russian ground troops had not yet launched an attack. How could they retreat?
Conrad's reason was to use retreat to induce the Russian army to attack and engage in a decisive battle with the Russian army.
In a decisive battle with the Russian army in the plains, at least the German and Austrian forces still have a chance of winning.
If you fight a positional battle with the Russian army with sufficient logistics, you can only be slowly exhausted by the Russian army.
Conrad thought wisely. Vasily and Andrei would not take the initiative to attack until they could wait for the armored forces.
Brushinov did not wait, and as soon as George's order arrived, Brusinov ordered the troops to attack.
Stationed in Seville is the Austrian Sixth Army, whose commander is Army General Corvis.
In the Battle of Mir, the Sixth Army suffered heavy losses and was replenished after the war but did not regain its strength.
There is also a newly formed Eighth Army under Covis. This army's combat effectiveness is even worse. Most of the soldiers are untrained farmers. Covis sent it to Montenegro and Albania, and is currently stationed in these two places.
The 11th Army led by Brusinov has a total strength of 200,000, making it the largest army under George.
George ordered the First Bulgarian Army to cooperate with Brusinov in fighting, so that the number of troops Brusinov could mobilize increased to 300,000.
The total strength of the Austrian Sixth Army is only 150,000.
If Kovis has 300,000 men and Brusinov only has 150,000, then Kovis can still fight.
Now the situation is completely reversed. Kovis knew that he was outmatched, so he did not deploy his troops on the border between Serbia and Bulgaria. Instead, he relied on the mountains in southern Serbia, hoping to fight a mountain sniper battle with Brusinov.
Brushinov was not in a hurry. After marching into Serbia, he sent troops to occupy key positions and build positions along the southern mountains. At the same time, he sent the 1st Siberian Army to march directly to Belgrade.
Kovis was very upset. Brusinov did not attack the southern mountainous area as he intended. Instead, he deployed defenses along the mountainous area, trapping the Sixth Army in the southern mountainous area and unable to move.
It is the middle of winter now. The temperature in the mountainous areas is lower than that in the plains. In winter, people can freeze to death.
Covis had no choice but to order the troops deployed in the southern mountains to withdraw to Montenegro and Albania.
Kainz, the commander of the Austrian 9th Army who was ordered to snipe the 11th Army in the mountains, was stunned. Is this order serious?
The roads in the mountainous areas are rugged and difficult to move in spring and summer. Traveling through hundreds of kilometers of mountainous areas in winter is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Not just any army would dare to climb the snow-capped mountains.
Kainz had no choice but to hold on in the southern mountains until February 1915, when he was forced to surrender due to depletion of supplies.
This is something I won’t mention later.
The 1st Siberian Army advanced very quickly, and Kovis's tactical purpose completely failed, and he was forced to fight Brusinov in a decisive battle in Belgrade.
In order to defend Belgrade, Kovis ordered the demolition of residential buildings, used the obtained building materials to build fortifications, and requisitioned all the fuel hoarded by Belgrade residents.
After the war broke out, with the relocation of the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, a large number of Belgrade residents fled, leaving less than 50,000 people in the entire city.
Most of these people are old, weak, women and children, and their resistance is very weak. They are displaced in the cold winter. It is not a massacre, but it is better than a massacre.
The 11th Group Army is equipped with two artillery divisions, equipped with 96 150 mm heavy guns.
Together with the 120mm artillery equipped by the infantry division, Brusinov can use 600 heavy artillery pieces.
On December 31, the last day of 1914, the Battle of Belgrade broke out.
On January 1, the first day of 1915, the whole city of Berlin was on alert, preparing for George's revenge.
George only sent one bomber, and it was not carrying aerial bombs, but leaflets.
The content of the leaflet is that the Russian army will carry out large-scale indiscriminate bombing of Berlin in the next year, reminding Berliners to prepare early.
After completing its mission, the aircraft flew directly to the Baltic Sea. Then it ran out of fuel. The pilot parachuted near the island of Rügen and was rescued by a cruiser of the Russian Baltic Fleet.
There is no need to add "Russian" in the future, the German Baltic Fleet is gone.
William II was very angry. Because the bomber flew too high, the German fighter jets could not reach it. He could only watch the bomber throw away the leaflets and leave.
Although the leaflets did not cause any loss of property or life in Berlin, they caused a huge psychological blow to Berliners.
It will take some time for Amur's strategic bombers to reach Warsaw, but the Germans do not know the combat range of Russian bombers.
For the Germans, since bombers can carry leaflets, they can certainly carry bombs.
As for why the bombers did not bring bombs, Berliners attributed George's kindness to Grand Duchess Yuriev.
Unlike Berlin, which was waiting for battle, Constantinople was decorated with lights and colors to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
For many people, the second half of last year was like a nightmare.
For the people of Constantinople, life was full of hope.
As the distribution center for supplies in the Balkan war zone, every Constantinople resident enjoyed the benefits of abundant supplies.
The world war has only been fought for half a year, and prices in all participating countries have already risen to varying degrees. Not only was Constantinople not affected by the war, but prices on the market dropped to a certain extent due to abundant supplies.
Philip, who was engaged in re-export trade in Constantinople, purchased a batch of expired food through the War Zone Logistics Office on the first day of the New Year.
Expiration date does not mean that it has gone bad, but that it has exceeded the best taste period. Food that has gone bad must not be eaten.
The Balkan war zone has very strict requirements for food. As long as it exceeds the best taste period, it will no longer be sent to the front line, but will be processed on site.
The foods processed include various cans, dehydrated vegetables, eggs, ham and so on.
What Philip purchased was a batch of canned fish, which he planned to sell to the Ottoman Empire.
After losing the Sea of Marmara, the price of aquatic products in the Ottoman Empire skyrocketed and they were very popular.
The key point is that the Ottoman Empire did not have relevant regulations on food safety, and there was no such thing as expiry.
This is really not embarrassing.
The fact is that currently only Russia in the world, or even further, only the Amur region of the Russian Empire, has detailed regulations on food safety.
Take France, which prides itself on being economically developed, as an example.
Most of the land in France is used to grow cash crops, and most of the food needed locally relies on colonial imports or imported from abroad.
The Russian Empire was an important source of grain imported to France.
The French don't produce it themselves, so they buy in as much as they need, so naturally there is no such thing as expiry.
The Amur people have less people and more land. The remote areas are really only one hundred dessianas per person, and they will starve to death as long as they move their hands. That's why such a "weird" policy was introduced.
Philip was not an unscrupulous businessman. After purchasing the cans, he ate one himself to confirm that there was no problem with the cans before sending them to the Ottoman Empire.
After arriving at the port, Philip discovered that he could no longer find the ship to the Ottoman Empire.
There is a ship, but it is either requisitioned by the theater headquarters or the warehouse is full. It will take at least a week before it can be sent to the Ottoman Empire.
"Is the merchant ship so nervous recently?"
Philip became anxious, hoping that no new problems would arise in a week.
"The Ottoman Empire is mobilizing and is probably preparing to join the war."
Philip's old friend Ali owns three cargo ships and runs a shipping company.
“This is a good opportunity. If you want to harvest in autumn, you must sow in spring.”
Philip was in a good mood, and if the Ottoman Empire entered the war, there would be more demand.
"Who told you that the Ottomans would definitely join the Allies?"
Ali was curious, if he wanted to do business now, he would have to have some political acumen.
“Are the Ottomans going to join the Central Powers?”
Philip was stunned, and the Sultan might have had his head caught in the door.
"Will joining the Entente allow Grand Duke Yuriev to return Constantinople to the Ottomans?"
Ali was an Ottoman before and has now become a Bulgarian citizen.
This is the real smart person.
Under normal circumstances, when doing business in Constantinople, you should become a Russian citizen.
But what are the benefits of becoming a Russian citizen? The Russian Empire is as bad as the Ottoman Empire.
After Polis became king, Bulgaria prospered, and now it is married to Romania. Coupled with the protection of Grand Duke Yuriev, Bulgaria is the chosen country.
Philip was devastated. If the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers, his business would be over.
"Man, consider sending these cans to India, the people there are starving to death."
Ali is still willing to help his old friend.
“How is it possible? The Indians can’t even finish the food themselves. The bean cakes used by the British to feed their horses all come from India.”
Philip did not know anything about India.
"You are right, the British and Indian governors would rather send food to Britain to feed their livestock than let Indians fill their stomachs."
Ali sneered, this is how the British economy is developed The reason is.
The British often brag in newspapers that the wealth of the United Kingdom is created by the hard work of the British with their own hands.
This is simply nonsense. The British at the bottom really have to work hard to maintain their lives, but the wealth they created has been plundered by the rich.
More wealth came from the harvest of colonies. The jewelry and gold exchanged for glass balls from African chiefs and South American chiefs were the first pot of gold for capital accumulation.
India was the biggest victim under the British colonial system.
“Help me find a boat to India!”
Philip felt that this risk was worth taking.
(End of this chapter)