If you continue to advance east, the meaning is very limited. If you advance east, logistical supply will definitely be more problematic. At the same time, it will lengthen the defense line of the Bavarian Legion, which makes the prince who likes to concentrate mobile forces to fight annihilation war very unhappy. And more importantly, the prince will prepare to resolve the threat of East Prussia in the first battle after the Eastern Front, rather than fighting with the Russians in Galicia. If you continue to advance east, you will put your plan in an embarrassing situation. What a painful thing.

"Generals, let's change the topic. What should we do after we rescue General Offenberg? Should we continue to go east and rescue Lviv, or stop? Or take other actions?" During the gap between General Kur's speech, the prince raised his own question.

"If we go east, King Fritz will definitely be very satisfied. We are equivalent to helping him get back most of the lost territory, but in this case, our front line will be too long and we must divide a considerable amount of troops to defend unless the Austro-Hungarian army takes over. But this seems unlikely in a short period of time." Kariput thought for a while and said. He knew the prince's plan, so he opposed go east.

"Continuing to stay in place is actually of limited significance. This time we mobilized more than a dozen divisions, including Prince Leopold's troops, which has nearly 200,000. In addition to rescuing more than 100,000 Austro-Hungarian Legion, we do not seem to have achieved any results, and the proportion of input and output is not high." Schmidt directly rejected the plan to stay in place.

"Then let's fight north!" said the prince. You can't go east, you can't be in place, and you can't go back. (This is a political issue.) Then the only choice is to go north. Look, how easy it is to make this decision? How convenient? You don't have to use your brain at all!

Don't you really need to use your brain? It's obviously nonsense! The prince naturally cannot come up with this plan just by slapping his head! Don't continue to go east, just to shorten the defense line of the Bavarian Legion as much as possible. However, if the troops attack north, a protrusion will form a whole front! A nail wedged into the Russian defense line in the direction of Galicia! The tip of this nail is directed to Warsaw, the base camp of Russian Poland! That's good, tell me, if you were Nikolayev, what would you choose?

Then there is still a question? We must have tried every means to get rid of this protrusion! If the Bavarian Legion achieved a breakthrough in the area north of Lviv, then this position was probably southwest of Warsaw. If the Russian army in the Polish theater was compared to a giant, then this protrusion would be equivalent to a dagger pressing on the back of the Russians.

Therefore, once this protrusion is formed, the Russians can only smooth out the protrusion after renovation, or deploy heavy troops to block it. Otherwise, if the German army launches an attack from the front and the Austro-Hungarian army at the same time, the entire Russian Polish region may be in danger!

"It is no problem to create a protruding when the Russians are exhausted, but defense is very problematic. If it is our defense, then we need to re-arrange logistics and transportation. Moreover, the troops in the protruding cannot be too small, which will affect our next stage of defense. If it is the Austro-Hungarian Legion, then this protruding may not be able to defend it." Schmidt said quite tactfully.

"It doesn't matter. It's best to be able to keep it. It doesn't matter if you can't. As long as this protruding part can help us attract the attention of the Russians." The prince said indifferently. In the prince's opinion, the most important thing now is not to occupy much territory of the Russians. Russia's territory is too large. Russians are the few countries in the world that can afford to use space to exchange time. It doesn't matter if you lose tens of thousands of square kilometers today, but it doesn't matter if you lose some more tomorrow.

The record the prince wants to achieve is also the most feared thing that the Russians are now the establishment losses of the legion. Experienced combatants are one aspect, and a large amount of equipment losses are the most important. If we refine the combat goals in the next stage, it is to just kill the two Russian armies confronting Markensen, as well as the Russian army in front of Bavaria. This outcrop is to restrain the Russians in the sense of the prince. When the Bavarian legion takes action, other Russian troops cannot advance westward to support. As long as it can be delayed for a period of time, then this goal will be achieved. It doesn’t matter if the outcrop can be saved. After the Russian troops have dropped a lot, wouldn’t it be enough to fight out one more?

So, to put it bluntly, this outcrop is a strategic feint. It is also the best preparation work for the subsequent battles after the Bavarian Legion is dispatched. Of course, if the Austro-Hungarian Legion can be more powerful this time, and the Austro-Hungarian Legion can launch an attack from the southern line while the German Legion launches an attack from the northern line and the middle line, then it would be even better, a standard centripetal assault! The attack axis is directed to Warsaw!

"We only use the protruding parts to carry out limited defensive operations, so we don't need too much material to build an indestructible defensive position. We can save a lot of transportation capacity. Moreover, when we are in defensive operations, the opponent's losses will definitely be much greater than us. From the perspective of exchange, we only make money and not lose money. Not to mention, we can strategically support the offensive we are about to launch. Of course, it would be better if Austro-Hungary is willing to take over."

"From a tactical perspective, there is no problem in achieving this battle. Even if the Russians concentrate three armies, they will definitely not be able to stop us in positional wars. However, the loss of materials may cause us to postpone the scheduled offensive, you'd better understand this." Lieutenant General Kur is still qualified as a chief of staff. He objectively informed the commander of the situation without adding his own attitude.

"I think it is necessary to delay the battle later." The prince thought for a while and said. The battle really needs to be delayed, because now he not only commands the Bavarian army, but also commands the Imperial Navy to carry out a limited attack so that the blockade line in the North Sea is loose. Although Germany's various materials are enough now, and some materials are even more surplus because they were reserved earlier, who would think that they have too much stuff during the war? And if nothing unexpected happens, the fleet must be prepared? This material transported through time is probably more meaningful than destroying tens of thousands of Russian troops.

A large number of lead, copper, tin, zinc, aluminum, rubber, various primary chemical products, and a large number of canned products will be transported to Germany through a transport fleet of more than 30 ships. These materials were ordered by the Kingdom of Bavaria themselves. If these fleets of slow ships want to pass the blockade line smoothly, the prince must use the high seas fleet to temporarily destroy the blockade line in the northern North Sea! This is also one of the important reasons why the prince insists on naval command!
Chapter completed!