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1526 Borusinov Offensive 2

"Persevere, I am concentrating my troops. Your troops are at the junction of the two Hungarian armies. If this place is broken, the third and fourth Hungarian armies and the fourth Hungarian army will be divided! This is a very serious consequence!" Lieutenant General Saikot said firmly.

"I can only try my best. The Russians' attack power is somewhat beyond our expectations. If we do not receive assistance in 5 days, then our division can only choose to retreat. General, after this period of preparation, you can at least move out another division's troops, right?" Major General Bock said.

"However, I am worried that Grand Duke Carl may not agree to us to put all the troops into one point. I am worried that he will dismantle and use the German army. So, I must leave enough reserves on hand." Lieutenant General Seckett thought for a while and said that now the Russian army launched a full-line attack, and the front line of hundreds of kilometers was full of groups. After analysis, the Lieutenant General believed that the Russians were really crazy this time, and they did not leave any backup plan, and the whole family was in a mess. At this time, as Carl, it is very likely that the elite German army would be dispersed and then plugged the leaks everywhere.

However, neither Secute nor Bock expected that when the German army, which was in the middle and under the most pressure, was still persevering, the Austrians could no longer hold on...

"I can guarantee that during this offensive, when we broke through the middle of the front, we concentrated most of the forces on the Germans. We wanted to open the connection between the Third and Fourth Army of Hungary, and then send our cavalry to separate the two armies and then eat them separately. So at the beginning, our attack on the two Hungarian armies was just a feint. However, what I didn't expect was that when the German army was holding on to its position and the situation was in a stalemate, the Hungarians took the initiative to give up their way forward!" Borusinov wrote in his post-war memoir.

When the battle was the second day, the Russian army made a major breakthrough, and then the breakthrough point was not to face the Bok division of at least three Russian divisions, but to the Third Hungarian Army in the north! In the feint on the first day, groups of Russian troops successfully rushed into the first line of defense of the Hungarian Legion under the cover of artillery fire. They occupied the first line of defense for half a day, and then arrived at the second line of defense after lunch and occupied the second line of defense 2.5 kilometers away from the first line of defense before dark.

When the sun rose the next day, the Russian general who was already carrying out the restraining mission was still considering whether to continue to break through, the scout sent a piece of news that shocked the Russians! The Hungarian Legion on the third line of defense had already evacuated, and the scouts were currently rushing to the fourth line of defense!

At this time, the division commander Korninov infantry, who was in charge of this attack point, unexpectedly discovered that the Hungarian army retreated without fighting, the Russian general who escaped from Warsaw decided to immediately enter one of his two cavalry divisions to quickly penetrate the gap of the Hungarian Third Army and then penetrate the German army behind!

It turns out that the two-legged infantry could not escape the four-legged cavalry. With the help of the reconnaissance plane, the cavalry division quickly bit the retreating 7th Infantry Division of the Third Hungarian Army. Under the sharp sabers of the Russians, this originally orderly retreat immediately turned into a large-scale retreat...

What's even more terrible is that the Hungarians did not notify Bok when they left, so without knowing it, the flank of Bok's division was exposed to the opponent! With a cavalry division as the vanguard and two infantry divisions as the support, Ichiki's fierce uppercut directly hit the German flank!

And this was not too late. After being inspired, Korninov immediately reduced his attack on the German army and used the drawn troops on the German right wing, the Fourth Hungarian Army! So the entire battle situation developed in a direction that was completely beneficial to the Russian army!

With the support of two infantry divisions and a large number of artillery, the Hungarian Fourth Army could not hold on anymore. On the afternoon of the third day after the offensive was launched, the Hungarian 10th Division, which was next to the Bok Division, was destroyed, and a huge gap appeared on the right wing of the German army. However, this time, the Hungarians were quite conscientious and told the Germans before retreating...

"It's over!" This was Boke's first reaction after receiving the report. He had no choice but to be afraid, because without enough motor vehicles and horses, his troops could not withstand the front and could not walk even if they wanted to! The cavalry could raid 60 kilometers as soon as possible! How much can his troops move in the mud in a day? 20 kilometers were burning incense!

Although the Russians were beaten so badly before, the number of Russian cavalry has always ranked first among all participating countries! The so-called lean camels are larger than horses, relying on vast land and abundant crops. Although the number of military horses in Russia continues to decline, they are still far higher than other participating countries! (As for why there are so many horses and the transportation volume is insufficient? Nonsense! The bulk transportation of World War I was all based on railways, including Russia. Only horses have a lot of hair, and the locomotive is the key!)

In history, the Soviet Red Army Marshal Budonnie said this: "In the early days of the war, Russia had 400,000 cavalry. If the mobility of these cavalry could be fully utilized, the situation on the battlefield would definitely be different." Not to mention whether there is an exaggeration in this, but it can also reflect the scale of the Russian cavalry corps from one side. Think about the Russian Civil War in history, and after a war, after the decline of people's livelihood, the German Red and White armies had a large number of cavalry fighting. This can be seen that even on the eve of Russia's collapse, there is still no problem in concentrating a large number of cavalry in the direction of a battle!

However, these cavalry are not good for dealing with the Bavarian Legion. You have cavalry and I have tanks. This is just a gift. If you face a large number of German troops, they will at least have enough machine gun barrels. When they break through the defense line, they will be killed by machine gun fire. For the Hungarians, the weak ability of the cavalry troops to fight positions is greatly compensated, and their mobility is amplified. Therefore, after the Hungarians on both sides cannot withstand, Boke is obviously going to be surrounded!

"Does my troops want to become the first German division on the Eastern Front to be destroyed by an organization? This black joke is so terrible." Bock rubbed his somewhat wooden temples and felt that he had been hollowed out. He doesn't even want to scold the Hungarians anymore. He doesn't feel like this.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Seckett also received information from the front: the Hungarian Third Army and the Fourth Army retreated and were bitten, and now they tend to retreat. The Bok Division is very likely to be surrounded! A huge loophole has appeared in the middle of the front.
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