Since he learned that he had become an abandoned son, Oppodo was in a bad mood. He greeted Ivanov's family in his heart over and over again, but he had to look confident on his face to calm the morale of the army.

Now that things have come to this point, no matter how unwilling it, Oppodo can only bite the bullet and play with the enemy.

Surrender is impossible. His foundation is all in Russia. His wife, children and young people are waiting for him to return to reunite with glory.

Not only did he have no choice, but all the senior executives of the Fourth Army were the same. Either they blocked the enemy's attack and dragged it to reinforcements to arrive; or they died in the battlefield and covered up their mistakes with blood donation.

Under the strong desire to survive, people can always burst out with superpowers.

The senior executives of the Fourth Army are now beginning to explode. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, all the officers who were arrogant in the past have gone down to the army to care about their well-being, and they are close to the front line from time to time to boost morale.

In order to save food, Oppodo ordered the cancellation of the officer canteen, and all officers and soldiers had a meal together. Etiquette and pride were not a matter of survival.

The officers couldn't understand it or not. Now the supplies dropped by air are all unified standards, all high-calorie food for soldiers, and there was no officer's set meal at all.

Everyone knows that this private action offended Marshal Ivanov so badly that no one dared to report it at this time and get into trouble.

Due to the limited capacity of airships, weapons and ammunition must be transported. In order to save capacity, the food transported in the ship, except for compressed biscuits, is meat.

This time, the Russian army's military supplies standards moved closer to the British army, mainly beef jerky and biscuits, and a small amount of canned fish, as if the meat suddenly became worthless overnight.

Wiping the blood on the corner of his mouth and biting the jerky hard, Oppodo swore that he had never eaten such garbage food.

I really couldn't eat it, so Oppodo opened the canned fish and looked at the text on the label and knew it was produced in Austria again. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the cheapest freshwater fish.

This is a European characteristic. Affected by industrial development, rivers are seriously polluted, and many people do not eat freshwater fish. If there are fewer eaters, they will naturally be worthless.

This cheap raw material has become the favorite of capitalists. As long as it is processed into canned food, who knows where these fish come from?

"The water is contaminated, and there is a problem with the fish." As long as there is no immediate food poisoning, the latent harm is nothing.

Especially for exporting to the Russian army, the quality is even less guaranteed. Many unscrupulous merchants are mixed with cheap potato flour and fish meat is only a small part.

So many shortcomings are still favored by the procurement department of the Tsarist government because there is only one reason - cheap.

Not only canned fish, but also the jerky and compressed biscuits purchased by the Russians are the cheapest products.

There is no good product when it is cheap. Since it is the cheapest product, the quality will naturally not be guaranteed.

To endure the discomfort, Obodo ate canned fish. As for the beef jerky, it should be left to people with better teeth. He has no luck to endure it.

Although canned fish tastes not very good, one thing is worthy of praise. The fish processed into canned food has been specially treated and can be eaten directly by fish bones and bones.

Time waits for no one on the battlefield, so it is definitely inappropriate to slowly remove fish bones. Based on the principle that customers are God, capitalists naturally need to meet this reasonable requirement.

After chemical treatment, bones and prickles can be eaten. The sequelae do not matter, as long as the person eats them for a short time, there is no problem.

Just as he was about to take a break, a young officer broke into the command center and came to report: "General, the enemy has launched another attack, and the 41st Division requested fire support."

After looking at the combat map, Oppodo frowned and asked, "Didn't they have sent an artillery regiment? Why do you need fire support?"

The young officer explained: "The enemy's firepower is too strong, and our artillery is completely suppressed, so..."

Before he could finish, Oppodo waved his hand to stop him: "Okay, tell the Forty-first Division to find a way, I have no artillery to reinforce them now.

If the enemy's firepower is too strong, then hide first. This is an extraordinary period, so don't be idle at night. You can divide some soldiers into digging anti-aircraft cannon holes.

The enemy rushed up and fought with them for bayonets. Now we are surrounded and we must not be as good as the enemy in firepower, but we can be less afraid of death than them."

This is not good for the plain area. If you want to seize the advantageous terrain, you have to take up no matter how much land is. If a small landfill of 180 meters high is considered a mountain, the Fourth Army is now surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Oppodo was sure that the enemy was unwilling to fight with them, otherwise the attack would not be so small.

The fragmented attacks constantly destroy their morale and strategic materials, and finally forcing them to surrender is the normal operation.

If the 100,000 or 80,000 casualties were paid to annihilate the Fourth Army, the Pu Army would lose if it won.

...

At the Pu Army Command, Moltke dragged his head with one hand and fell into deep thought.

The plan did not change quickly. I originally wanted to use the Fourth Army as bait to attract the main force of the Russian army to come and implement the encirclement and annihilation plan, but I didn't expect that the Russians would not be fooled at all.

As a result, the Russian Fourth Army became a problem, restraining the Prussian army's large number of troops and making them unable to advance or retreat.

If the Fourth Army had attacked fiercely from the beginning and did not give them the opportunity to set up camp, the problem would have been solved long ago.

There was no if on the battlefield, which misjudged the importance of the Fourth Army to the Russians and underestimated Ivanov's determination. This bitter fruit could only be swallowed by Moltke himself.

The Battle of East Prussia has begun, the Battle of the Southern Front is about to break out, and the Battle of Warsaw has actually begun.

The Russian army launched an attack from both sides of the northeast. Since the Russian Fourth Army restrained the Prussian army's large number of troops, the Warsaw battlefield could only be defended.

The sound of the phone rang, awakening the thoughtful Moltke, who was thinking, picked up the microphone and put it beside his mouth and shouted loudly: "I am Moltke, what's the matter?"

A hoarse voice came: "Marson, Winslet, commander of the 7th Division, reported to you. The enemy in the north suddenly increased the intensity of the attack, and our defense line was in danger. Please support."

It is unrealistic to block a division of an army, and it is even more impossible to have a super-organized army like the Russians.

A crisis in the defense line is inevitable. The Seventh Division was able to block the enemy for three days before asking for help, and it had performed very well.

Moltke frowned: "Major General Winslet, the 11th Division will come to take over your defense tomorrow. Is there any problem with persisting for another day?"

There was a silence on the other side of the phone, and a hoarse voice rang again after a while: "No problem, Marshal!"

The tone was heavy, as if the decision was made after a difficult mental struggle.

After hanging up the phone, Moltke ordered an officer not far away: "Give General Hansgroah immediately and make sure he eats the Russian Fourth Army within a week.

Tell him that the fish in the north have already taken the bait and don’t delay time for a cage bird. If you drag the fish, you will run away.”

The trapped beasts are still fighting, let alone humans?

Even though he knew that it was the time for the enemy to resist the most fiercely, Moltke could only issue this order. If he kept the Russian Fourth Army to drag it, there would be problems in the Warsaw battlefield.

Although the Popo Federation has established a complete line of defense in Warsaw, no matter how strong the line of defense is, it still needs people to guard it.

What's more, Moltke did not want to defend Warsaw, but wanted to severely damage the Russian army on the battlefield in Warsaw, which would have a greater demand for troops.

In order to siege the Fourth Army, the Pu army invested nearly 600,000 troops. They originally wanted to surround the points to attack the reinforcements, but now the enemy's reinforcements are no longer coming, and it will be worthless if they are dragged on.

Although we know that this order will cause heavy losses to the front line, these sacrifices are necessary for the overall situation on the battlefield.

The severe situation told him that the Battle of Warsaw must be decided quickly, and the Berlin government needs a big victory to pull allies on board, even if it is a big victory with heavy casualties.

"Yes, Marshal!" the young officer replied
Chapter completed!