Chapter 4 Conspiracy
"Yes, Agreni retreated, and all the Russian troops of Kimon were evacuating, and were evacuating the way they came back to Volkovisk in Belarus!"
Chen Tian put down the spoon, picked up the cup of coffee in front of him and took a sip. Now the Russians' siege has been untied. Although the supplies cannot be sent from East Prussia for the time being, everyone is feeling much more relaxed.
"Then should we send troops to recover Gimon, or intercept the guards halfway?" François was obviously still worried about Chen Tian letting Agreni go in the morning. How could he know that Chen Tian had buried a time bomb like Lenin in Russia.
In Chen Tian's opinion, it will take not long before Tsarist Russia will disappear. It is still a question whether there will be a chance to fight with Agreni in the future. Perhaps leading the interception now is his last chance to face Agreni head-on.
"But if we intercepted the Russian army in the direction of Volkovisk, my armored troops would probably not be able to come back after we went!" Org reminded from the side.
"Yes, there is a Russian military advisor west of us, and the Russian Southwest Front may also send reinforcements at any time!" Matthew did not agree with the attack, and then Hoffman expressed his opinion:
"I agree with Orger and Matthew! There are 100,000 infantry and cavalry left in the Russian Guards. Although we destroyed a large amount of their ammunition in the attack last night, the bullets in their hands are still enough to deal with a fierce battle!"
Finally, everyone focused their eyes on Chentian, and he was still siping coffee. Although there was no unnecessary expression on his face except fatigue, everyone was still worried that he was still unable to let go of the incident of being coerced in the morning.
Finally, Chen Tian put down the exquisite coffee cup in his hand.
"Although the opponent retreated, they will definitely be on guard against us intercepting halfway. The combat effectiveness of their infantry was not greatly affected. The cavalry unit of no less than 40,000 people was also their powerful weapon. Not only could large-scale reconnaissance be conducted near the retreat route, but also launched an attacking division with great impact. At this time, we went to intercept, which undoubtedly killed the soldiers in vain. Even if we could win, the division would win a miserable victory. So I decided. The troops were still deployed near Biavistok. The reconnaissance planes were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Russian troops on both sides of the east and west, and at the same time sent aviation troops to bomb Volkovisk!"
"Then Kimon?" General François seemed a little disappointed about giving up the attack, the kind of person he was born to fight without stopping.
Chen Tian thought for a while and handed over the important task of recovering Kimon to Matthew.
"Matthew, your fourth one will go to Kimon tomorrow and repair the railway as soon as possible. But I have to remind you. The Russian army is likely to hide a strong cavalry unit in the woods near Kimon. You must be careful of your legs and harassment! I will allocate two armored regiments from the Armored Army to you. As for the gasoline issue, the gasoline on other vehicles will be added to these two armored regiments first!"
Matthew took the order happily.
Finally, Chief of Staff Hoffman added:
"Gentlemen, although the Russian encirclement has been broken, we still need to save food. As we said in the morning, Lake Mazuri was flooded and people could not pass within a week. Now, supply transport from East Prussia must be bypassed by carriages and cars, and the railway near Kimon has been damaged and severely replenished supplies reach Biavistock at least three days later!"
After the meeting, Chen Tian finally had a good sleep. During this period, no one came in to disturb him, because Agreni's guards retreated from Kimon and obediently retreated to Volkovisk.
The next morning, Matthew's third army slowly drove towards Kimon after a day of rest. After adding gasoline to the two armored regiments, many of the remaining trucks and motorcycles of the armored army were already unable to move forward.
When Chen Tian came to the restaurant, the main generals of the Legion except Matthew were already sitting in their own seats waiting for breakfast.
Compared with the rich breakfast on the previous day, today's breakfast is much less content and quantity. Although the current situation of the Legion is not enough to reduce the food of the generals, Chen Tian specifically asked for the same amount of ration as the soldiers, and there was only a boiled egg, a piece of bread and a cup of black coffee in front of everyone.
Looking at the pitiful food in front of him, the big belly Plitt kept pouting.
"Plit maintains General, tell you a joke!" Chen Tian found out that Plit maintains it for the first time, and at least his jokes can ease the atmosphere in this environment.
"Do you know? It is said that the Russians have a habit..." Prit said, and from time to time he took the lead in laughing. Although the joke was still very low-level and boring, everyone felt that Prit's maintenance seemed not so annoying at this time. Only François still had a cold expression on his face, and several others, including Chen Tian, smiled faintly.
After breakfast, a routine military meeting was held. This time Plitt maintained an exception until the end of the meeting. However, the meeting was very short, nothing more than strengthening reconnaissance and small-scale troops mobilization, as well as some issues regarding Russian prisoners. Hoffman also informed everyone of the news that bombers took off from the Cornisburg airport early in the morning. 35 bombers will carry out a bombing in the afternoon. From today on, if the weather permits, the bomber troops will bomb Volkovisk twice a day. After the meeting, Chen Tian took a row of guards around the city of Biavestok.
The rooms in Biavistok were damaged in two days of fierce battle and gracefully. Some local Polish residents also began to walk out of the door, looking at the teams of German soldiers passing by on the street with alertness and indifference. For them, this was just a war between the invaders. No matter who lost or who won or lost, they had nothing to be happy about. It was nothing more than a change of flag at their door soon.
When the German soldiers who received the news that Chen Tian passed by, they stopped and saluted in awe. After receiving the news that the Navy defeated the British fleet, everyone had forgotten the hard battles of the previous two days. At this time, everyone's face was filled with joy.
Seeing the wounded soldiers on the road, Chen Tian had to salute them seriously. The courage and indomitableness of these German soldiers in the battle were worthy of their gray uniforms. Their naval brothers defeated the arrogant British fleet at sea, and they destroyed the Russian army several times their own here.
When he got close to the battlefield hospital, the more wounded soldiers there were on the roadside. Chen Tian felt heavier. Although he knew the bloody scenes and casualties data very well, when these wounded soldiers were close to each other, the sarcastic hearted people also felt sad.
In the field hospital, the treatment of the wounded was already over. The rest were wounded soldiers who were either lying or sitting on the hospital bed. Some of them could return to the army with a rest for a while, while others bid farewell to the war. Pulke, who was injured in the battle yesterday, was sitting next to Boruss' bed. Boruss had a severe fracture of his left leg, and he had recovered several times and could not walk normally like the past. He would soon be sent back to East Prussia. He entered the civilian army department for service. Or retired. In contrast, Pulke was much lucky. The Russian bayonet did not pierce his artery. It took just a few weeks and he could jump around as alive as before. "His Royal Highness...'
The wounded soldiers at the door stood up one after another, and the seriously injured soldiers also struggled to sit up, but Chen Tian stopped them.
"Don't get up, have a good rest! You are all heroes. The German people are proud of you!"
Chen Tian was slowly moving between the two rows of beds, and his right hand kept saluting the military. This was the only thing he could do for these wounded soldiers now.
With this heavy mood, Chen Tian came to the Russian prisoner-of-war camp again. From a distance, the Russians sat in a dark place, with only a few people walking around. Although the German soldiers had told them the news of the Russians repelling on the periphery, the Russians did not believe this fact, especially their officers. In their opinion, the Guards were their most elite troops and would never be defeated by these German soldiers in front of them.
When Chen Tian saw the captured Russian weapons, he couldn't help but feel very moved. Only their cannons could barely be compared with German artillery, but the Russian army has always had a small number of artillery and insufficient ammunition equipment restricted the performance of these cannons. The old rifles and oil-filled machine guns were heartbreaking in front of the German equipment. The snow-white bayonets in front of the rifle are the true portrayal of the army.
At noon that day, Matthew's troops successfully recovered Kimon and began to repair the railway there, but the expected Russian cavalry did not appear.
In the face of twice a day, Agreni, stationed in Volkovsk, did not take any action. Instead, the Russian troops west of the Rev River were frequently mobilized. In addition to transferring new commanders from the western army, the Russian army continued to draw a large number of troops from the Austro-Hungarian coalition, intending to eliminate all the German troops that broke into Russian Poland.
On the third day of the Russian army's retreat from Kimon, a telegram was sent to Chen Tian.
Bang!
Chen Tian slapped the telegram on the table, turned around and walked to the window and pushed it open, trying to dissipate the haze that covered his face with the hot sunlight.
The telegram was sent by Thomas, which read:
At 7 a.m. today, the General Staff of Berlin sent a telegram: From August 22 to 24, Chinese intelligence personnel discovered that the Russian Guards were secretly mobilized in Moscow. According to the vacant situation in the training ground and the military camp, about three other troops were unknown. During this period, a large number of return vehicles were found to set out late at night and head westward.
"Your Highness, does not this information match the facts? You..." Chen Tian, the Hoffman team, expressed his confusion in this move.
"What day is it today?" Chen Tian's tone was filled with anger.
"September 5! What?"
"It took me 12 days to reach this intelligence! According to the Russian intelligence content, our intelligence officers discovered an abnormality of the Russian army before August 24. There was no reason to delay the information to Berlin a few days later. However, this intelligence was only transmitted from Berlin to East Prussia today! If we had obtained this intelligence a few days earlier, Kimon and Wolbeck would not have had such an encounter!"
Hoffmann stared at him in surprise, "You mean..."
Chapter completed!