The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1227 - 912 Operation Barbarossa
Chapter 1227: Chapter 912: Operation Barbarossa
Chapter 1227 -912: Operation Barbarossa
Arthur’s long-awaited climax of the war was finally about to arrive.
On March 21, 1937, Germany redeployed all its military forces from the Balkan battlefield to Southeastern Poland and Northern Romania, obviously attaching great importance to the Romanian oil fields.
At the same time, a large number of troops from the Westline were also gathering in the Polish region. Knowing that such a movement could hardly be concealed from the Russians, the German ambassador to the Russia Nation notified the Russian General Staff, stating that Germany’s redeployment was merely sending younger soldiers to replace the older soldiers who were about to retire and join industrial production.
During the military redeployment, General Staff Chief Jodl of the German Defense Force also issued instructions to all German military forces, detailing the methods of camouflage and concealment during their advance, and stressed that they must not give the Russians the impression that Germany was planning to attack the Russia Nation.
Of course, at the current stage, Germany was only moving troops and allowing the General Staff to conduct certain war exercises.
The military forces were not yet fully prepared, and it was absolutely impossible for Germany to launch an attack on the Russia Nation at this moment.
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Although the German Military was confident that the Russian army would be easily defeated, this did not mean the German Army would attack the Russian army without any preparation.
Since the decision to open the Eastern European Battlefield, the German General Staff had been carrying out a task, which was to conduct a series of military exercises and to list as many problems as possible that the forces might encounter during an offensive.
Among all the serious issues, the German Army was most concerned about spatial and manpower challenges. Simply put, on both the French Battlefield and the Balkan battlefield, the German Army had never encountered significant spatial issues.
After all, the territories of both France and the Balkan countries fall short of one million square kilometers, and the front lines at most extend to just a few hundred kilometers distance.
But the Russia Nation is different. It’s the largest country in Europe by area, and even in terms of native land, no other country in the world can match it.
Just how exaggerated is the land area of the Russia Nation? Even just its Eastern European territories exceed the total of Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the entire Balkan Peninsula.
Here, Germany refers to the current Germany, that is, the German Empire that has successively annexed Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
Even without exaggeration, if one were to divide Europe in two at the current German-Russian Borders, the areas of Europe on both sides would not differ much.
To the west of the dividing line are the Four Great Powers of Britain-France-Germany-Italy, while to the east of the line there’s only the Russia Nation, which suffices to prove the vastness of Russian territory.
Although Germany projected to commit over 2 million soldiers in the Russia Nation, spreading those 2 million soldiers across the entire Eastern European Plain doesn’t seem as overwhelming.
What’s most difficult for Germany is that, with the demise of the Nordic Trio and the Baltic States, only Germany and Romania are currently adjacent to the Russia Nation within the whole of Europe.
Given the significance of the Romanian oil fields, the Ro-Ru Borders also needs protection. This also means that the line of fire between Germany and the Russia Nation’s military forces stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea, traversing the whole of Europe.
This line of fire is more than 2000 kilometers long. If we distribute the 2 million strong military evenly along each kilometer of the Borders, there would be only about 1000 soldiers per kilometer, equivalent to one soldier per meter of Borders.
Considering the significance of certain areas, this also means that in the long German-Russian Borders, some areas are bound to receive fewer troops, which could very well affect Germany’s offensive.
Even more problematic is that due to the joint division of Poland and Lithuania, the German-Russian Borders is rather complex, forming a salient in the Polish Region.
Complex terrain will make it more difficult for the German Army to attack and defend, and will require more careful consideration and contemplation for detailed troop deployment and offensive choices.
Although the staff members of the General Staff were very enthusiastic when deciding to attack Russia Nation, they started to become rational when it came to actually formulating the battle plans.
They had no choice but to be rational; this was a real battlefield, not a simulated war game.
A slight oversight in their offensive choices could lead to the failure of an entire campaign. With each campaign involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers, this means that what they held in their hands were not just one plan after another, but the lives of hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of German Soldiers.
Even what seemed to be a very reliable offensive plan had to be discussed internally numerous times before it could be finalized by the General Staff.
Not to mention those plans that seem ambiguous; the best approach, if possible, is to avoid them altogether.
In addition to the difficulties brought about by the extensive territory of the Russia Nation, there’s another critical issue that must be given attention to, which is the poor condition of roads inside the Russia Nation.
Although the Russia Nation at this time had markedly improved compared to the era of Tsarist Russian government, expecting the Russia Nation to completely refurbish the railways and highways in its Eastern Europe portion was definitely impossible.
Australasia took ten to twenty years to thoroughly upgrade its domestic railways and highway system. And a significant part of the reason for this was the existence of the Great Desert in Western Australia, coupled with a smaller population, which reduced the scale of railway and highway construction.
