So now the number of people and horses in this army has dropped to 3 to 2! The number of horses has even dropped to 6ooo! It is impossible to even guarantee one horse per person! You must know that even the ratio of personnel to horses of ordinary infantry units in history was about 3 to 1! So now the Fourth Cavalry Assault Division of Arkadi has become two-thirds of soldiers on foot. Only those used for mobile assault and reconnaissance can get a horse! After all, you have to leave some horses to pull artillery and transport supplies. You can fight on both feet. Artillery? Use manpower to drag more than 1 ton of artillery artillery for a long distance!&1t;/p>

Of course, these horses cannot be all lost in battle, nor were they killed by the Air Force during transportation. In fact, of the 17,000 horses lost, the number of horses actually lost due to combat reasons is less than 10,000, and nearly half of the loss is due to insufficient supply and the reference of unclean water. A large number of horses will consume about 15kg of feed every day, including at least half of the feed, and these feeds are naturally impossible to obtain from the enemy-occupied area, so they can only rely on transportation. In fact, the horses of the Fourth Assault Division have no longer had enough feed rations for horses after having a full meal on the first day of attack! The rations on the second and third days are half of the demand. Only one-third of the actual arrivals on the fourth and fifth days! Now, the horses of the transport troops can only eat rough feed!&1t;/p>

"In order to feed these four-legged animals, we even cleaned the bark!" said a Russian veterinarian after the war. In this supply situation, he had to perform heavy physical labor, and these delicate horses naturally fell down in pieces. So until now, before the Bavarian army launched a counterattack, this elite army that was still showing off a week ago had now become an army that was no different from the ordinary infantry. They were not even in good condition as ordinary infantry troops, at least the latter's supply line was slightly shorter!&1t;/p>

The follow-up troops of the eight divisions of the Seventh Army went deeper along the road opened by the cavalry assault division. They were responsible for removing the remaining support points and consolidating the positions. Although they are not exhausted now, they are also weak in attack. The number of artillery they are equipped with is even worse than the average level of the Russian infantry division at the beginning of the war. After all, the Russians had used a large amount of artillery for Lviv attacks or strengthening them to the assault divisions. Therefore, with a certain amount of equipment, the remaining infantry troops naturally cannot allocate enough artillery. The Russians' equipment level was originally a coffee table, and this would be a tragedy!&1t;/p>

"One of our division has only allocated less than 50 various artillery, some of which are old 47mm cannons to make up the numbers. We don't even have a cannon with a caliber of more than 3 inches! There are nearly 15,000 people in a division, and we can only rely on the rifles in the hands of infantry and machine guns with a total of less than 12o." A division commander of a Russian infantry division wrote in his diary.&1t;/p>

Then even so, the supply of the Russian infantry could not be maintained. Just 4 days ago, the Bavarian Air Force, which had been fully prepared and the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, which had been transferred from the rear to the front, began to attack important targets such as supply lines and troop stations in the rear of Russia. Although the bombs dropped by bombers in this era are very small, don’t forget that for sweeping the ground, Russia’s carriage-based transportation mode has no ability to confront. Even if it cannot be destroyed, it can only cause delays or delays, so it is extremely fatal for the Russian front-line troops. If people are hungry, they can eat later, but they cannot transport them when they need ammunition, which is a problem!&1t;/p>

Now, the air strikes of the Allied Air Force have also been elevated to a new level, from simply blowing up and leaving, to continuing to suppress certain important sections. After all, there are only a few railways and hard roads. The significance of air strikes is to block. As for destroying? It is naturally better to destroy, but as long as the front line cannot obtain materials, the strategic goal has been achieved!&1t;/p>

In this battle, the Allied Air Force organized the largest attack on a target in history! A three-day bombing was launched against Starova Wolla, the largest front-line material distribution center of the Russian Seventh Army! There were more than 15o aircraft every day (of which more than 1o bombers) and bombarded this key city at the intersection of railways, waterways and highways in succession!&1t;/p>

The significance of this battle is not only a blow to the Russian army's logistics system, but also "accidentally" hit Russia's frontline aviation! In order to maintain this important transportation node, the Russians decisively tried their best to do it. The Russian Air Force, which believes that they have the advantage of home combat, staged an aerial meat grinder in Stalova Wola! In the air without cover, without cover, in the air without radar and system air defense, the defense itself is synonymous with weakness. Yes, you read that right, the defense has no advantage except that the pilots fall down and don't have to worry about being captured!&1t;/p>

Maybe some people say that the defense has advantages in terms of range, what about this? How to say it? At first, the Russians also thought so, but after the start of the battle, the Russian pilots showed up. Some hidden factors led to the so-called range advantage being false! For example, if you wait until the opponent's bomber is coming, then 80% of you should not stop your opponent. The climb of the plane in this era is simply tragic. It is lucky to have you climbed up to more than ten minutes at a height of 3 ooo meters! Climb to a set height and then head to the war zone? Are you sure that the other person has not left yet?&1t;/p>

(In fact, even in World War II, when the Luftwaffe intercepted Allied bombers, climbing to an altitude of about 7ooo meters is a very troublesome thing. After all, many of the interceptor groups are heavy chargers, and they also have to carry a secondary fuel tank and external weapon pods, which overwhelmed the f19oa, which was originally a good climb. In the case of World War I, even a height of 3ooo meters is very terrifying. Some bombers need to fly slowly for more than half an hour to reach the predetermined altitude. What? You said 4ooo meters? After the beginning of World War I, most aircraft could not fly at this altitude at all...)&1t;/p>

If you plan to be prepared, you must always arrange patrol aircraft, and then it will be a tragedy. Combined with the general short legs of aircraft in this era, and the situation where reconnaissance is basically based on eyes and communication is basically based on yelling, the defense is generally very sad!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!