September 8, Oscar and others are less than fifty kilometers away from Warsaw. A Infantry Division from German 8th Army Corps 11th Corps even approached a Small Town that was only ten kilometers away from Warsaw, and had a firefight with the Russian troops stationed here.
After a slight resistance, the Russian army retreated into Warsaw city.
Obviously, Russian Northwestern Front Army, who was nearly wiped out, no longer has the ability to fight against German military. The reason why they reduced their forces and gave up a large area of territory except Warsaw was that they hoped to hold on at Warsaw until reinforcements arrived.
Ciechanów, City Hall. This place has been requisitioned by German 8th Army Corps and has become the temporary headquarters location of 8th Army Corps within Kingdom of Poland. Oscar, General Hindenburg, Major General Ludendorff and others work here.
"Your Highness, 11th Corps forwards have arrived at Warsaw, and they requested to launch an attack on Warsaw." Colonel Manstein reported.
"A Infantry Division attacks Warsaw? Can it be won?" Oscar asked.
"Your Highness, Warsaw, there are only 20,000 Russian troops at most in the city. And they are 20,000 Russian troops with weak fighting will. If one of our Infantry Division defeats them and then captures Warsaw, there should be no problem." General Hindenburg said confidently.
A Infantry Division of 8th Army Corps, although there are only more than 16,000 people. However, their equipment is much more advanced than the Russian army. It can be said that compared with the poorly equipped Russian army, it is completely armed to the teeth. It is no problem to defeat more than 20,000 Russian troops with one Infantry Division.
Oscar nodded. "Everyone said, should we take down Warsaw?"
"Your Highness and Staff Department believe that keeping Warsaw is more beneficial to us than taking Warsaw." Major General Ludendorff said.
"Oh? Does Staff Department have any plans?" Oscar asked.
"General Hofmann, please introduce the combat plan submitted by the Operations Department to Your Highness!" Major General Ludendorff said.
"Yes, Chief of Staff." Brigadier General Hofmann stood up.
"Your Highness, the main purpose of our current operations in Kingdom of Poland is to occupy Kingdom of Poland. The threats to us are Russian 9th Army Corps and Guard 2nd Army Corps. As for the remaining enemies of the Northwestern Front Army in Warsaw city, there is nothing to worry about. We only need to leave an infantry regiment in Warsaw to defend against them. Our main force is used to deal with the two fronts of the Russian army.
Warsaw As the capital of Kingdom of Poland, Russian 9th Army Corps and Guard 2nd Army Corps will definitely come for reinforcements. And we will use Warsaw as bait to attack these two Russian armies. "Brigadier General Hofmann said.
Oscar understood what he meant, and he was planning to Besiege the City to Annihilate the Reinforcements. However, this is indeed a very good method. To capture Kingdom of Poland, the most critical thing is to defeat the two Russian army groups that came to rescue Northwestern Front Army. Defeating them will naturally solve all problems. Warsaw will fall into their hands easily like a ripe peach.
"Yes. This strategy is very feasible. However, I also have a request." Oscar said.
"What are Your Highness's requirements?" Major General Ludendorff asked.
"The two armies of the Russian army must not be defeated, but encircled and annihilated, and annihilated as much as possible." Oscar said. Russia has too many people and too many troops. If it can be completely annihilated, it must not be just defeated. Germany If you want to defeat Russia, or even destroy Russia, you have to find ways to eliminate their effective forces.
"Yes, Your Highness. We will try our best." Major General Ludendorff said.
"What is the specific combat plan?" Oscar asked.
"Your Highness, currently Russian 9th Army Corps has arrived at Lublin, and Guard 2nd Army Corps is at Białystok. Lublin is about 120 kilometers from Warsaw. The distance between Białystok and Warsaw is one hundred and fifty kilometers. We plan to wait until the two Russian army groups get close to Warsaw, and then launch Encirclement Offensive against one of them. With 8th Armored Division as the vanguard, they can easily tear apart their defense. The infantry will then advance forward to defeat them in one fell swoop and eat them. After capturing one army group, attack another group army. Our troops can use a large number of Truck to transport them much faster than the Russian army. Therefore, there is no need to worry about them slipping away. "Brigadier General Hofmann said.
The tactics 8th Army Corps adopted this time can be described as quite simple. But they have strong strength as support. Even with simple tactics, the chance of success is very high. At least, so far, no Russian army has been able to withstand 8th Armored Division's attack. They can easily crush the Russian defenses and open the way for subsequent infantry attacks. Even directly defeated the Russian army.
"At that time, whichever Russian army group is closer to us will attack first. However, at this time, we must prevent another Russian army group from carrying out rescue." Oscar said.
"Yes, Your Highness." Major General Ludendorff and others nodded.
In the battle against the Russian army, German military rarely needs to rely on sophisticated tactics to win, and can directly crush the Russian army with its strong strength. But if you face the armies of Britain, France and other countries, you need to be a little more cautious. Although the firepower of 8th Army Corps is also stronger than that of Anglo-French Allied Forces, the other German military troops will not have much advantage.
Russia Although they are one of the great powers, their army is not very effective in combat. The reason why they are one of the great powers is entirely because they have too many armies. So many that it scares other countries.
After German 8th Army Corps determined Besiege the City to Annihilate the Reinforcements's tactics, he only besieged Warsaw but did not attack. In fact, except for the Infantry Division of 11th Corps, the other troops did not even move closer to Warsaw, but began to rest. A large amount of materials from Germany were transported by road to various troops to prepare for the war.
Russian 9th Army Corps and Guard 2nd Army Corps continue to advance towards Warsaw. However, after entering the territory of Poland, the Russian army became more cautious in its actions, and its advancement speed also slowed down a lot, advancing only twenty or thirty kilometers at most every day. In this case, it will take nearly a week to arrive at Warsaw.
Naturally, German military was a little dissatisfied with the slow movement of the Russian army. In order to urge the Russian army to speed up its action, German military began to pretend to attack Warsaw.