German military broke through several lines of defense of Russian Guard 2nd Army Corps in one day and severely damaged it. At the same time, German 8th Army Corps 17th Corps also compressed the Russian army's living space from the East, making Russian Guard 2nd Army Corps's situation even more difficult.
Although Russian Guard 2nd Army Corps is still fighting, the losses are getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, their courage and confidence seemed to be crushed to pieces by German military's tank tracks.
It is foreseeable that it is only a matter of time before Russian Guard 2nd Army Corps is completely defeated or even solved.
This also caused Russian Guard 2nd Army Corps Commander General Krapovitch to continuously send Telegram to Commander of the Russian 9th Army Corps General Letsky, requesting reinforcements.
"General, this is the third time General Krapovich has asked us for help Telegram. It can be seen that the Germany people's offensive is very fierce, and Guard 2nd Army Corps can hardly hold on. You know, Guard 2nd Army Corps The combat power of is superior to ours. Even they are beaten by the Germany people. Even if we join in, we may not be able to reverse the situation. If not, we will be involved as well," a general suggested.
"Yes! General. How about we retreat now."
Russian 9th Army Corps's generals were all frightened by German military's powerful offensive, fearing that if they went to rescue Guard 2nd Army Corps, they would be involved.
"The Germany people's offensive is indeed very strong, otherwise Guard 2nd Army Corps would not be forced into such a situation. But if we don't rescue them, Guard 2nd Army Corps will be dead. When the time comes, His Majesty the Tsar will not let us go. What's more, we may not have a chance. The Germany people must use their main force to attack Guard 2nd Army Corps. Then, they will definitely not use too many troops to stop us. If we can severely damage this part of German military, then we can catch up. If you go to Rustruw and cooperate with Guard 2nd Army Corps, you may not be able to defeat Germany. No matter how bad it is, you can still save the main force of Guard 2nd Army Corps. This is a big deal! If you don't want to take the credit, then I won't force it. However, don't forget, if Guard 2nd Army Corps is eaten by Germany people, we will definitely be eaten by Germany people soon." General Letsky reminded.
"General, we will do whatever you say, everyone listens to you!"
Other generals also expressed their willingness to obey General Letsky's orders.
General Letsky nodded with satisfaction. "In that case, speed up and continue Kitakami! Be sure to get to Rustruw before sunset tomorrow."
"Yes, general!" all the generals answered loudly.
Next, Russian 9th Army Corps speeded up the march again. This is almost reaching their maximum marching speed.
In the evening of that day, the Russian army arrived at Siedlce. However, they discovered that the city was already under the control of German military. German military A defensive position was built outside the city. And Siedlce is the only place Russian 9th Army Corps Kitakami Rustruw must pass. Therefore, if they want to continue Kitakami, they have only one choice, and that is to defeat German military who occupied this place and seize Siedlce. Apart from this, there is no other way.
General Letsky did not immediately order the troops to attack. After a day of traveling, the Russian army was already very tired. If we launch an attack now, it is no different from seeking death. We are just going to deliver food to German military.
General Letsky ordered the troops to prepare for defense, have a good night's rest, and launch the attack again early tomorrow morning.
The ones stationed at Siedlce are 20th Corps subordinate to German 8th Army Corps. There are three Infantry Division in the army, totaling more than 50,000 people. Although, the military strength is only a quarter of Russian 9th Army Corps. However, if you stick to the defensive line, there will be no problem at all. You know, German 8th Army Corps is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, and its firepower is completely different from that of the Russian army. If the Russian army launches an attack rashly, there will only be one result in the end, and that is that the corpses of Russian soldiers will cover the entire German defensive line.
"General, our reconnaissance force has discovered Russians. They stopped advancing and are resting at a Small Town ten kilometers away from us." A Major General Division Commander reported to Lieutenant General Mackensen.
"Well! What a good opportunity! It was wasted like this." Lieutenant General Mackensen couldn't help but sigh.
"If 8th Armored Division is here, we only need to cooperate with them and launch a surprise attack, which will be enough to defeat Russian 9th Army Corps. Even annihilating most of the enemy army is not impossible. After this battle is over, I must request Crown Prince to equip each army with Armored Forces." Lieutenant General Mackensen said.
"General, it would be best if each Infantry Division is equipped with a Armored Forces! In that case, our attack power will be stronger." Major General Division Commander said quickly.
"Yes, it is best for each division to be equipped with a certain number of tanks. In this case, our attack power can be further improved." Lieutenant General Mackensen nodded.
Early in the morning on September 12, Russian 9th Army Corps began to attack Siedlce stationed by German military 20th Corps. In order to capture Siedlce in the shortest possible time, Russian 9th Army Corps directly invested its main force in the attack.
Russian 9th Army Corps, like Guard 2nd Army Corps, has ten Infantry Divisions and two cavalry divisions, with a total strength of about 200,000.
In order to ensure the success of the attack, Rzhetsky even mobilized the entire army's artillery, more than four hundred 76.2 mm field guns, to fire at German military 20th Corps's position.
"Fire! Kill those Germany guys!" the Russian artilleryman Commander gave the order.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Hundreds of 76.2mm field guns began to roar, slamming shells one after another into German military's position.
However, only five minutes after the Russian army opened fire, German artillerymen began to suppress the Russian artillery position. 54 150mm heavy-duty Howitzer and 108 105mm Light Howitzer all participated in the suppression of the Russian artillery positions.
However, the number of Russian artillery was too large, so there were still many artillery shells falling on the German military position.
Fortunately, German military's position was relatively strong, and the Russian army's 76.2mm field gun was too weak, so it did not cause much damage to German military.