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1377 The Russians' reaction 1

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"Finally, we walked out of the damn woodland and fortress group!" Colonel Ferdo Von Bock stood on a ruin and looked into the vast plains south. In the distance, his army was chasing the remaining Russian troops, and further away, it seemed that the fires kept rising in the horizon. It should be that his friendly forces were flanking to cooperate with their actions.

"Yes, Master of the Division, we have penetrated the bunkers and defense systems that the Russians have built for decades. Now, the whole future is bright and there is nothing to stop us!" a staff officer next to him said complimentingly.

"Take the map over, we need to see how far we are from the Bavarian Legion on the southern line of His Highness Leopold." Colonel Bock thought for a while and said.

"Our location is now here. Most of our army members have crossed the Bebuzha River. The vanguard troops attacked Monki. It is estimated that they can be taken down today. Then, we will attack the last railway connection channel between the Russian Polish region and the outside world - Biavestok!"

"And His Highness Prince Leopold's troops had arrived at the Beersko line at this time, which was only a few dozen kilometers away from us. At the same time, the main force of the Bavarian Legion began to move northeastward, forming a circular front. They might first join with another German army, so as to complete the encirclement of the Russian army before us!" A staff officer next to him pointed to the map and said.

"Is that so? How did the Russians fight back?" Bock nodded slightly and continued to ask.

"Our Russian troops are at the end of their power. They lack weapons and their organization has been almost disrupted. They can be said to have no combat effectiveness. Our biggest problem is the speed of supply. As for His Highness Prince Leopold, although the Bavarian Legion has gained an overwhelming advantage, some points have not been removed. So in order to hurry up, His Highness Prince decided to use their speed advantage to bypass the remaining and scattered support points and meet us in advance." An officer said.

"Very good." Bock nodded, and then, just as he was preparing to plan his next move, the messenger sent him a telegram. After reading the content of the telegram, Bock's face changed slightly. The content of the telegram was very simple. First, the order from the Prussian Legion on the Eastern Front allowed him to enter a defensive state with the other two divisions after taking down Monkey. At the same time, he told him that in addition to the logistics still being under the responsibility of the East Prussian Legion, his troops, the 17th Division of the East Prussian Army, would be assigned to Prince Leopold with the other two divisions. This incident caught him off guard.

"It seems that the situation has changed. The Supreme Command gave up the original encirclement line and pushed the encirclement eastward a little. Our current position has stuck the Russian retreat. Such a narrow area cannot allow a large number of Russian troops to pass through, so we are now equivalent to a nail. It is stuck at the Russian throat." Bock frowned slightly and said to his subordinates.

In fact, the circling of the encirclement accelerates the speed of completing the encirclement. Because the enemy in the east is very weak, it is enough to easily crush the opponent's resistance and rush to travel. However, this will lengthen the front line and make the troops appear to be dispersed. There is only one situation in this way, that is, the Russians are now ready to break through! Covering more enemies is obviously more important than forming a perfect encirclement net!

Bok's estimate was not wrong. Just yesterday, when he was still in the area 24 kilometers away, the "Russian leader" led by Nikolayev had already passed by Biavestok to evacuate towards Riga. A large number of families, precious metals and other supplies left with them. Kuropatkin also began to implement his breakthrough plan. The troops drawn from various places have begun to assemble and are preparing to open a gap in the absence of Germany's foothold, and then calculate how much they can run!

So, according to the order, Bok's troops and friendly forces tried their best to narrow the gap in the encirclement and quickly turned to defense. The transportation of oil was greatly reduced. On the contrary, the transportation of ammunition increased sharply. One day later, the two Bavarian troop commanded Baron Schmidt, who served as the forefront of the entire Bavarian Legion, and an army under Markensen, joined in later Belarus Gorodno, and completely blocked the Russians' way home!

"From now on, the Seventh Army of East Prussia will be placed under my command. The three of us will form the main force of blockade! The Russians only have hope of breakthroughs from us. In the next few days to a week, we may face more than 100,000 or even 200,000 Russian troops! So, I hope that everyone below me can perform their duties!" Baron Schmidt said firmly in the face of all the German generals present.

Long before, when German soldiers wearing different uniforms met, they didn't even have time to cheer, and then opened each other's treasured wine to celebrate the victory. The first thing they had to do was to immediately choose a suitable place, then take out the engineer shovel shed with them, smash it hard on the ground a few times, make the soil soft and then start digging the trenches!

The rustling sound of digging and the roar of machinery did not stop all night. In reality, a shooting bunker that could accommodate soldiers' crawling postures, followed by a standing bunker that could be upright, and then connected to each other. Trenches formed, and then horizontally connected to form a network. Infantry began to unload bundles of barbed wire from the vehicle to deploy. Then set up minefields between the barbed wire. After dinner, some clever soldiers would make used can boxes into a simple bell and hang them on the barbed wire as an alarm device.

The engineering vehicle that used a tank or a half-track truck and a bucket as a bulldozer began to build the large gun nest and chest wall needed for artillery. A truck cannon entered the gun position along the slope. Next to them was the machine gun nest where the machine gun team was located. A large number of them were jumped onto the transport vehicle, and then removed the brand new machine guns and bullets that had just been transported from the rear and had not yet been opened. This time, they might have to face the Russian army who wanted to go home. In order to completely block them, they had more weapons than they had been equipped with!
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