Chapter 754 Albrecht Who Pits Teammates

At the military conference, Albrecht: "Everyone knows the situation in Ottoman, the long border line of the Asia Minor peninsula is a battlefield.

In view of the current special circumstances, I decided to divide our troops into multiple lines and attack from multiple points to disrupt the enemy's strategic deployment.

Considering the language barrier and the difficulty of cooperating in operations, the troops of various countries will temporarily command the operations independently. After the landing is completed, they will conduct joint operations nearby according to the actual situation on the battlefield.

During the landing operation, the Austrian Navy will be responsible for transporting troops from various countries and providing the necessary fire support.

The coalition headquarters will send people to record military achievements, and everyone's performance on the battlefield will become a reference for distributing the spoils after the war.

Who has questions to ask now? "

The news of "splitting troops" was too sudden and completely unexpected.

Prior to this, the coalition headquarters had been coordinating the cooperation between countries, and Albrecht did not discuss with everyone before proposing to "divide forces".

It's not that Albrecht is arbitrary, mainly because there are too many people participating in the meeting, and it is easy to be offline when people have more IQs.

In particular, it also represents four countries. Everyone considers issues from their own standpoint, and their starting points are different.

Pulling everyone to discuss together, apart from wasting time, has no effect.

Ivanov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, took the lead and said: "Your Excellency, there is no problem with dividing troops to fight. The question is how to guarantee the logistics?"

Albrecht replied calmly: "The coalition headquarters will uniformly distribute materials according to the number of troops, and when they are not fighting, they will be sent directly to the divisions.

After launching the landing operation, the general headquarters will distribute the materials to the headquarters of various countries, and you are responsible for allocating the materials to each unit.

The General Headquarters can send ships to the port you designate, provided that you must ensure the safety of the designated port. "

After thinking for a while, Ivanov replied: "On behalf of the Russian Empire, I support the division of troops!"

There is no way, whoever controls the logistics on the battlefield will be hard-hearted.

Albrecht was able to conquer so many arrogant soldiers so quickly, not because of his sturdy record, nor because of his charisma, but because of his control over the distribution of logistical materials for the coalition forces.

This is determined by reality. Except for Austria, which is a little richer in the four countries of the Anti-Turkish Alliance, the remaining three are poor ghosts.

Montenegro and Greece are poor and small, so let them provide logistical supplies for the army, and the troops on the front line have to starve to death.

The Russians were able to provide some supplies. After the Russian-Prussian War, they still had a lot of strategic supplies left, but unfortunately they couldn't deliver them in a short period of time.

The logistics are completely dependent on Austria, and the right to speak of the coalition forces naturally falls into the hands of Austria. Albrecht, who was in charge of distributing supplies, naturally became the most powerful man in Constantinople.

The Russians also sent more than 300,000 troops, and division of troops had little effect on them. With so many troops there, Ivanov would not hesitate even if it was a one-on-one fight against the Ottoman Empire.

Montenegro and Greece have the greatest impact on separate operations. Although independent command avoids the risk of becoming cannon fodder, the risk of annihilation has also increased.

Following the main force of the coalition forces, although it is possible to do dirty work, everyone is allies after all, and it is impossible for the Russians and Austrians not to pull a punch when they encounter danger.

For political reasons, once the troops suffered heavy losses, the coalition headquarters would immediately let them be thrown to the rear to do errands.

Bing Shaona also represents a country and belongs to one of the four unshakable pillars of the anti-Turkish alliance. If the whole army was wiped out, it would be equivalent to one less country.

It has little influence militarily, but it is very deadly politically. Whether it is Greece or Montenegro, if the regiment destroys any family, Albrecht, the commander-in-chief, is the first to blame.

The division of troops is different. The country is used as a unit to be dispatched alone, and the battle under its own command is responsible for itself. Even if the entire army is wiped out, the political impact will be greatly reduced.

Especially in the Principality of Montenegro, the strength of just one reinforcement regiment could be wiped out if one is not careful.

Marshal Maxim Trentiev of the Principality of Montenegro asked hurriedly: "Your Excellency, how will the specific battle plan be allocated?"

Whether it is dangerous to divide troops into combat can be known by looking at the combat missions.

Maxim Trentiev has made up his mind. If the risk is high, he will act as a coward. Anyway, the Principality of Montenegro has no international reputation, so he is not afraid of embarrassment.

This is also a historical and cultural tradition. It has been fighting with the Ottoman Empire since the 14th century, and it has been fighting against the Ottomans for more than 500 years in a corner, which is enough to prove how strong their survivability is.

Don't look at them every few years, they will have a friendly match with the Ottoman Empire. In fact, it is mainly guerrilla warfare, and if they disagree, they will go into the valley.

If they were to die, how could they survive as early as the 14th century when their population was wiped out?

Albrecht replied calmly: "The combat mission is determined according to the number of troops sent by each country, and now I only have a preliminary draft, and the detailed combat is formulated by the headquarters of each country.

Taking into account the command needs, I plan to divide the battlefield into five theaters, namely the Black Sea Theater, the Caucasus Theater, the Marmara Sea Theater, the Mediterranean Theater and the Middle East Theater.

As the name suggests, the Black Sea Theater is to launch an attack from the coast of the Black Sea, and all the coastlines of the Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea are combat areas.

After logging in, go inland. How to fight and how far to reach it is up to the theater headquarters to decide. In principle, the general headquarters will not interfere.

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In reality, the Russian army is responsible for the Black Sea Theater and the Caucasus Theater, and the Austrian Army is responsible for the Middle East Theater, the Mediterranean Theater and the Marmara Sea Theater.

The armies of Montenegro and Greece temporarily acted as reserves, and reinforcements were carried out according to the actual situation on the battlefield. "

There is no problem, as long as the Russian-Austrian combat tasks are assigned. As for Greece and Montenegro, Albrecht did not take them into account from the start.

Politically, Austria needs Greece and Montenegro to support its facade; militarily, these two beans are completely dispensable.

Greece and Montenegro sent too few troops to be used as cannon fodder. The battlefield is ever-changing, and no one knows if there will be a sudden change.

That’s all for Greece, anyway, there are two infantry divisions; Montenegro has only one reinforcement regiment, and the chances of the entire army being wiped out are too great.

Albrecht didn't want to bear the stigma of harming his allies. In case the two little boys were lost, he would not be easy to deal with when he went back.

This realistic answer has made the representatives of the two countries very hurt, which is a naked look down on their strength.

To put it nicely, it is to be a reserve team. In fact, it is not a last resort. Russia and Austria will not let their reserve teams play at all. This is related to the face of the two countries.

Asking for help from Greece and Montenegro? What a joke, should Russia and Austria still mix? When there is a shortage of people on the battlefield, we will increase our troops, and there is no rule that reinforcements cannot be sent.

Marshal Ivanov replied with satisfaction: "No problem, this battle plan is very reasonable and fully utilizes our respective advantages."

There is no way to be dissatisfied. An important factor for the tsarist government to participate in this war is to occupy the Black Sea coast and keep Austria out of the Black Sea.

Albrecht handed over the task of attacking the Black Sea coast to the Russian army, undoubtedly tacitly acquiescing to this mode of distribution of interests.

Seeing that Russia and Austria had reached an agreement, Marshal Publius, the representative of Greece, changed his face. They participated in this war to take advantage of it. If they played soy sauce in the rear, what qualifications would they have to share the spoils after the war?

Neither Russia nor Austria is charitable, and if they have not made contributions on the battlefield, they will naturally not have their share of the benefits of the war.

Publius bit his head and said: "Your Excellency Commander, putting us in the rear is a bit inappropriate!

We participated in this war to seek justice from the Ottoman Empire. If the Greek army has never even been on the battlefield, how can I explain this to the people at home? "

Albrecht nodded and expressed his sympathy: "Well, after we complete the landing operation, you will be responsible for clearing the local Ottoman remnants."

Publius' face sank, this task is only a little better than making soy sauce at home. To put it nicely, it is to eliminate the remnants of the enemy, but in fact it is to maintain law and order.

At most a few guerrillas are arrested, a typical drudgery, there is no credit for hard work, and you have to take responsibility if you mess up.

After hesitating for a while, Publius asked the battle: "Your Excellency Commander, the Greek army is not afraid of sacrifice, we want to go to the battlefield."

Thinking of the end of the war, the Montenegrin army was still in the country and did not set out, and then faced the horrific consequences of being accused by all parties.

Maxim Trentiev hurriedly followed suit: "Your Excellency Commander, the Montenegrin army is not afraid of war, and we have to go to the front."

Apparently they had seen it, and Albrecht wasn't going to use them as cannon fodder. Not letting them go to the battlefield is mainly because they don't want to take responsibility.

It is also an ally. The Russian Empire lost 108,000 on the battlefield, and no one would say that Austria pits teammates, and people can afford to lose.

If it were Greece, and the casualties were 10,000 or 20,000, it would be broken; in Montenegro, if the casualties exceeded 100, the losses would be heavy, and if the casualties exceeded 1,000, the vitality would be severely damaged.

However, casualties of this level are very normal on the battlefield and cannot be completely avoided at all.

After hesitating for a while, Albrecht said with a half-smile, "Since the two of you think so, then the Marmara Sea Theater will be handed over to you."

Apparently Albrecht wasn't interested in these two numbers. Please fight, right, then I will give you a combat mission, and you will be at your own risk if you fail to complete it by then.

The Marmara Sea Theater is located in the Black Sea Strait. It was the first to fall in the last Near East War, and it has not recovered yet.

The terrain is flat, easy to attack and difficult to defend. The Ottoman Empire did not deploy many troops here, and it was the easiest place to make a breakthrough in the five major theaters.

It's just that on the battlefield, it still depends on strength. For Russia and Austria, the Marmara Sea Theater is not worth mentioning; for Greece and Montenegro, it is still a challenge.

Seeing that the two did not reply, Albrecht added: "The Marmara Sea Theater is not the focus of this war, there is no need to end the battle immediately, you just need to contain the enemies here.

Wait until other war zones have made a breakthrough, then come back from behind, and attack the enemy from front to back with you. "

"The center of war"?

Regrettably, this war had no center of gravity.

Albrecht's battle plan was to bloom everywhere, and the war could be won wherever a breakthrough was made.

If it is to defeat the enemy, Publius must have no confidence, no matter how small the Turkish army in the Sea of ​​Marmara is, there are hundreds of thousands.

Greece + Montenegro has less than 30,000 troops, and it is not certain to defeat Dopplius by less. But just to contain the enemy, Publius felt that he could try.

Anyway, there is the advantage of sea power. If you can't win, you can retreat. The big deal is to continue landing in another place. As long as the fire is not stopped, the enemy can be contained.

After hesitating for a moment, Publius replied: "No problem, I promise to complete the task."

Seeing that the Greeks accepted it, Maxim Trentiev could only bite the bullet and accept it. At this time, he retreated, and there would be no place for them in the coalition.

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Vienna, looking at the battle plan sent by the front line, Franz was a little confused.

This time it is a war of annihilation, the resistance of the Ottomans will definitely be very fierce, and casualties will definitely be inevitable.

To build an anti-Turkish alliance, in addition to pulling allies to share international pressure, it is more about pulling cannon fodder.

The sudden division of troops now means that Franz's previous preparations have all been useless.

As a military novice, Franz still has self-knowledge and does not think that his command ability will be better than that of the front-line generals.

After reading Albrecht's list of 18 disadvantages of joint operations, Franz resolutely accepted the front-line battle plan.

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