"The logistics department reported that the whereabouts of the transport team leading to the Fifth Army were unknown, and most of the corps stations along the way were destroyed. The Germans seemed to have inserted a mobile corps behind the Fifth Army. The corps were fighting with the enemy, which consumed a lot and was not in logistics. This situation was very dangerous."

"We have failed in the battle with the Germans on the front, and the opponent's strength seems to be beyond our imagination. The Fifth Army just reported that they had met their opponents on both sides. General Manov said he had entered a pocket. It is very likely that the enemy had tied the holes from behind. He hoped that the Sixth Army could help."

The staff sent telegrams to Nikolaevich. Just two days ago, Donetsk and another division had been wiped out, and nearly half of the artillery of the Sixth Army were buried with them. The other two divisions were also seriously injured. The situation of the Fifth Army today seems to be very bad. Although judging from the current situation, the opponent has formed a siege, it is still a question whether the encirclement circle will be completely closed. There is no doubt that he has lost until this battle, and the problem now is how to lose less.

"I need to ask for instructions when sending the information to the base camp." Nikolaevich said.

At this time, the Russian army of the four armies and the Austro-Hungarian Army on the opposite side also started a melee in Galicia. Although the Austro-Hungarian army was a little more watery, after strengthening, they were still fighting with the Russian army in a short period of time. Brusinov, who was the chief of staff of the Russian front line, was sorting out the information on the Russian-Austrian battle. (The Eastern Prussia region is the northern line, and the battle with the Bavarian army is the central line. The battle with the Austro-Hungarian army is the southern line.)

"The Bavarian Legion formed a siege against the Fifth Army?!" When he saw this sentence, Brusinov's pupils immediately contracted into a needle-shaped needle that indicates danger. He immediately threw the telegram aside and quickly came to the sand table. The staff next to him immediately marked the enemy-to-we-scene situation according to the situation on the telegram.

Soon, tin soldiers marked with unknown enemy troops appeared on the map. "Did the Bavarians fly over? Even at a speed of 25 kilometers per day, they would not have completed the encirclement so quickly, right?"

As an old man, Brusinov knew that there was moisture on this telegram. Compared with another telegram, all the transportation of the Fifth Army was cut off. You should know that the army transportation is supplied by the army, and each army has its own transportation route. The Fifth Army has a total of 5 armies and 10 divisions of troops. If all are cut off, then at least 5 passages will be lost. The other party can cut off all your transportation channels in such a wide area, which means a problem. The other party has already appeared behind you! This is not a situation of encirclement, but a completion of encirclement!

"Title me the numbers of all the German and Austrian troops that can be found!" Brusinov said. Soon, he began to find some clues from these telegrams. First of all, the Russians misjudged the issue of military force. The Russian Fifth and Sixth Army faced not only the Bavarian army, but also a legion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was under the command of Ruprecht. Both sides fought against 2. If the number of people was in terms of the number of people, the other side might have a little more. This would explain the issue of military force.

But what Brusinov didn't understand was why the attack power and assault speed of the Bavarian Legion were so strong? He defeated the four Russian divisions concentrated in the front within two days. Then, five days later, formed a siege with the Austro-Hungarian Legion. By now, the gap has been completely blocked. Is this combat power too Liaozhai?

But soon, Brusinov gave up on this issue, because it was obviously not the time to discuss this issue. The Fifth Army was surrounded. So should we rescue the siege or what to do? Just when he was thinking about this, the Army Ministers Ivanov and Kuropatkin had also arrived at the war room, and they obviously had this information.

"Now we must find a way to rescue the Fifth Army. We cannot bear the result of losing an army in less than 10 days." Ivanov said firmly.

"Unless we transfer the reserves or other garrison troops directly under the base camp, it will be difficult to rescue the Sixth Army. And I think our troops in the Galician direction cannot free up their hands to assist the Fifth Army?" Kulopatkin hesitated a little. As the senior Russian army officer who had the longest dealings with the Kingdom of Bavaria, Kulopatkin opposed fighting with the Bavarian Legion with the same force. According to his words, under the strong firepower of the opponent, there is no future to fight head-on.

"The reserve team must be left for the southern line. Our first task is to defeat the Austrians as soon as possible. The enemies on the central line are not as strong as we imagined. Their troops are already stretched. The Germans in the encirclement have been replaced by the Czechs. The Fifth Army is said to have made some breakthroughs in the east. As long as the Sixth Army persists, we can succeed." Ivanov said.

"But they defeated our four divisions in less than 3 days! Is this also true?" Kulopatkin said excitedly.

"If they had this kind of combat power now, the Fifth Army in the encirclement would have been finished long ago! And to say that the command system and basic framework of those divisions are still there, and they cannot be considered to have been eliminated." As the commander-in-chief, Ivanov must consider this matter from both strategic and political aspects.

To be honest, the Russians were not willing to fight with the Germans to the death. This was a consensus before the war. After all, the record of easily killing the French was too terrifying. You should know that during the Napoleon period, the Russians moved to Moscow to drag the French to death, and then in the Napoleon III period... The Germans directly stabbed them to Paris. Then they also arrogantly paraded the military parade.

So unless it is an absolute advantage, such as two armies on the northern front, attacking the Germans and one army, is it better to fight the Austro-Hungarian Empire than to fight the Russians in terms of difficulty and interests. Russia went south and had a wide front line. He won the rich Galician region directly. He could directly break through Budapest and take Hungary down. In this way, Russia's interests are the greatest. And supplying Germany is different. Even if you go in, you may have to withdraw after the main force of the German army returns to aid. This is really not worth it to replace countless lives and military spending with one advance and one retreat.
Chapter completed!