In Li Xiao's command post, the telegraph machine kept ringing.

The staff officers constantly rearranged the positions of the red and blue flags on the sand table based on reports coming back from the front line.

"The Kuanbu Division of the First Tank Division has penetrated into Kurchatov.

Cao Bianjiao of the Second Tank Division has captured Kursk, the first auxiliary.

The 1st Cavalry Division marched from south to north, from the Suzhansky area, and marched into Ligov. Fierce fighting is currently underway.

Li Dingguo's headquarters of the Third Tank Division has captured Shigre.

Now our army has completed the encirclement of the central coalition forces headed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The coalition forces have been cut into four sections by our army and are being gradually encircled and annihilated.

It is estimated that at the earliest, it will take seven to ten days to complete the face-to-face battle."

The staff officer finished his report and closed the folder in his hand.

Li Xiao took a look at the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield. The central army headed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire was finished.

The British have surrendered very wisely, and the rest may not be able to hold on for long.

The coalition forces in the encirclement have lost the possibility of logistical supplies, and because of the heavy snowfall just now, the snow is up to their knees, so it is not easy for them to escape.

In this kind of weather, it is impossible for human legs and horse legs to outrun the tank.

After all, both humans and horses will tire, but tanks will not.

As long as there is diesel, it is not a problem for a tank to hunt for 100 kilometers.

But these soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ran a hundred kilometers in the snow, and they probably didn’t need to fight, and they were exhausted.

Considering the communication system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which basically relied on horses, it is estimated that their command was also finished.

Logistics supplies were lost, and superior command was also lost.

Even a determined army would collapse in such a situation, let alone an army like the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Intelligence shows that this Austro-Hungarian army is composed more of Hungarians.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is a very strange country. There are actually two languages ​​in one country.

Austrians and Hungarians not only fail to cooperate sincerely, but also try to undermine each other.

Even, both places have their own armies.

Austrian officers will never serve with the Hungarians. On the contrary, if a Hungarian dares to serve with the Hungarians.

Then you have to be prepared to be targeted to death!

Just like this siege, the Austrian army had almost no friendly forces to support each other.

Not to mention support, it would be nice if the Austrians and Hungarians didn't fight.

"Send people to divide the Hungarian army and the Austrian army and make them surrender separately.

The rest of the battle will be based on persuading surrender. Every time a position is attacked, prisoners must be sent out in advance to persuade them to surrender.

For those who are stubborn, we must resolutely eliminate them and take no prisoners.

For those who pretend to surrender, we must not only eliminate them, but also reject the surrender of their friendly neighbors."

"promise!"

The staff officer responded and hurried to draft the message.

Li Xiao walked out of the underground command post, which is 60 kilometers away from the Kursk battlefield.

With the help of a telescope, you can see the thick smoke in the distance, but you can't hear the explosion.

It seems that the Ming army no longer wastes precious heavy artillery shells.

The battle is basically completed by the 120mm howitzer of the mortar regiment.

A few kilometers away, outside the train station, there was a large circle surrounded by barbed wire.

Machine guns were mounted on the turrets at the four corners, aimed at the people inside, ready to fire at any time.

From time to time there were soldiers carrying rifles on their backs, wading through the snow and patrolling the barbed wire fence.

Inside the barbed wire fence, prisoners of war from various countries stood densely packed.

Of course, the largest number of soldiers were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the main force of the coalition.

The barbed wire fence was not strong, and the patrolling soldiers seemed lazy.

But none of the prisoners of war escaped!

It seemed that they didn't even think about escaping.

Outside the barbed wire fence is the snow, and everyone who walks out from here is as obvious as lice on a bald man's head.

There were already several traces of people walking on the snow, and at the end of each trace was one or several frozen corpses.

It must be said that this heavy snow brought great convenience to the Ming army.

In particular, it played a very good role in preventing the Austro-Hungarian Empire from retreating and cutting off contact with the besieging coalition forces.

Li Xiao did not expect that a sudden heavy snowfall would be so powerful.

If he had known this, he should have launched an attack directly on the southern front. Even if he could not defeat Napoleon, he probably would have no problem forcing Napoleon to give up his attack on Tsaritsyn.

But there is nothing we can do now. A big battle not only consumes the physical strength of the troops.

It also consumes a lot of ammunition, fuel and other supplies, and it takes time to replenish these supplies.

At the same time, it will take time to eat all the 400,000 people left in the encirclement.

It was impossible for the Ming army to launch a large-scale attack in the direction of Tsaritsyn at the same time.

God seems to like to send good news and bad news at the same time!

The good news is that the Central Allied Forces dominated by the Austro-Hungarian Empire were completely destroyed. The bad news is that the Prussian army that came to support them only advanced a hundred or ten kilometers and then stood still.

And, began to build fortifications at key nodes of the terrain.

It seems that they did not launch an all-out attack to rescue the besieged coalition forces as stated in the statement.

The French didn't even have a few thousand people.

Symbolically, several reconnaissance companies were dispatched from the million-strong army to conduct a reconnaissance of the Ming army's front.

Only Emperor Joseph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire still imagined that the Allies would rescue his army.

Statements were published in newspapers every day, asking the soldiers on the front line to hold on to the end and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

If the words of Napoleon and Frederick could be believed, they would probably be at fault every year.

Li Xiao didn't speak, others didn't speak, and everyone didn't speak.

The staff officers and guards followed the commander-in-chief and did not dare to disturb the commander-in-chief's thoughts easily.

The train stopped and the prison camp door opened. The prisoners were pulled onto the canned train like sheep in a sheepfold.

There is no heating inside the stuffy train. When each prisoner gets on the train, he will receive two steamed buns that are so cold that they are different from bricks.

This is the ration they received until Ming Dynasty!

I’ll replenish it at most once on the way!

There is no way, military supplies are in short supply now, food is especially in short supply.

Those Russian soldiers were so poor that they ate bread mixed with sawdust. In fact, the fact that they did not plunder these grains was the result of the deterrence of the Ming Dynasty machine guns.

The train was loaded with all kinds of military supplies when it came, and it was loaded with many prisoners when it left, so there was no waste of transportation capacity.

These people will be dragged directly to the Western Regions to mine mineral deposits. The harsh natural conditions will make them suffer a lot.

Only God knows how many people will eventually return to their hometown.

Li Xiao only knew that very few people could come back.

The idea of ​​encircling the point for reinforcements failed, and Li Xiao could only devote his energy to the offensive and defensive battle of Tsaritsyn again.

Last night, the coalition forces invaded the city of Tsaritsyn after suffering heavy casualties.

Now, the Ming army has retreated to Tsaritsyn City to conduct city defense.

Hopefully, the recently built fortifications can play a corresponding role.

"Send a report to Master Man and Master Ao. After killing the coalition forces in the Kursk encirclement, they rested on the spot.

Give them... half a month.

After resting, we prepared to attack in the direction of Kiev.

Until then, limited fire reconnaissance can be conducted in the direction of Kiev."

"promise!"

Li Xiao's eyes were fixed on Kiev, where there were mountains of supplies on the southern front of the coalition forces.

Even if they cannot be obtained, these materials must be destroyed.

Without these transshipment materials, the French troops on the front line have no food and ammunition, and no logistical supplies. How can they still fight?

For the Ming army, the war had begun to transform into mechanized warfare.

The demand for supplies is far from the early supply of grain and ammunition. There are also oil, medicine, and even large I-beams and sleepers needed by the front line.

These things are necessary for building roads and bunkers.

Kyiv, the main target now is Kiev.
Chapter completed!