"Kiev...! Are you crazy?" Mao Qi looked at Kong Tingxun with wide eyes, as if he was looking at a monster.

You must know that Kursk is still hundreds of kilometers away from Kiev. No matter how fast the tank troops march, it is impossible to reach Kiev quickly.

He thinks this Easterner is being alarmist!

“That’s Kyiv!

After the central group of the coalition forces in Kursk is annihilated, the door to Kiev will be opened.

And now that the coalition forces led by the French army are attacking Tsaritsyn, almost all supplies must be transited in Kiev.

The transshipment center in Kiev was destroyed, and the mountains of supplies there were eliminated.

There is no need to fight the Battle of Tsaritsyn. Emperor Napoleon would have to withdraw his troops if he could not hold on for a few days.

Li Xiao is a very good person and dares to take risks.

Based on what I know about him, once Kursk achieves a complete victory, he will definitely march towards Kiev.

Completely eliminate the coalition's transit center, thereby ending the battle on the southern front.

If the French army's command is wrong, he can even completely annihilate or even severely damage the French army.

The French army and the Prussian army are the two pillars of the coalition, and Li Xiao wants to knock down these two pillars of France."

Bismarck and Frederick narrowed their eyes like old cats, each thinking in his mind.

"We have to march hundreds of kilometers and still have to fight. What should we do if they are just for supplies?

They are tanks and need to drink diesel. Their supplies will only be more than ours, with hundreds of kilometers of supply lines and their flanks exposed to the French army.

Could it be said that they are not afraid of the entire army being destroyed?

Don’t think that tanks are invincible. The French destroyed dozens of Ming tanks in the Svetloyar swamp on the east bank of the Volga River.

I heard that anti-aircraft guns were still used." Moltke still retorted unconvinced.

"In the Battle of Kursk, the Ming army was able to seal off the bottom edge of the 300-kilometer front. Then they were naturally able to assault over 300 kilometers and attack Kiev.

Your Excellency, Chief of General Staff, please don't forget that Kiev has a mountain of supplies.

Everything the Ming Dynasty’s army needs is available there.”

It was unwise to rashly attack Mao Qi, the Chief of General Staff, but Kong Tingxun didn't care.

There is nothing more important than showing one's talents in front of Frederick and Bismarck.

When he was at Shanhaiguan Army University, Kong Tingxun's grades in combat studies were always excellent.

He could not only read through the articles on battle tactics written by Li Xiao, but even recite them backwards and forwards.

With a mind armed with these advanced military ideas, Mao Qi could not beat him.

But this is also due to the rigorous spirit of the Prussians. There is a scale bar in the lower left corner of the map.

Kong Tingxun, who had served as a training staff officer, could naturally convert scales clearly at a glance.

"Uh...!" Moltke really didn't know how far away Kiev was from Kursk.

Now he is being questioned directly by Kong Ting!

The staff officers of his generation had never learned the knowledge of scale.

Many people believe that that should be something done by mathematicians, not the iron-blooded soldiers of the empire.

"So, how do you think we're going to deal with what's coming?"

Seeing that Moltke remained silent, Bismarck asked kindly.

"Well……!

If we were in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing would require precise planning and calculation.

But I’m the only one here, so I can only speak in general terms, and the specific values ​​may have some errors.”

Facing Bismarck and Frederick, Kong Tingxun was a little more modest.

"Tell me about it, I won't blame you if I'm wrong!" Bismarck looked at Kong Tingxun with a smile.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think the Ming army is an elite army even though it is equipped with sharp equipment.

However, there are still 500,000 troops in the encirclement after all. Although the equipment is poor, they are not without the power to fight.

First of all, we must stabilize the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Your Excellency the Prime Minister or His Majesty the Emperor must send a telegram stating that they will fully support the Allies.

As long as the Austro-Hungarian army in the encirclement felt that there was still hope, they would fight to the death and not surrender.

Once an army of this size strengthens its confidence in resistance, it will take at least ten days for the Ming army to defeat it.

Our army can also conduct a probing attack in the direction of Moscow. Pay attention! It is just a probing attack and cannot really launch a full-scale attack.

Otherwise, there is a risk of the entire army being destroyed.

Taking advantage of the desperate resistance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, our army reserves must quickly move south to establish a defense line between Kursk and Kiev.

However, our Prussian reserves should not be enough to fill such a large gap.

I think we should unite with the French army and let the French army also send troops to build a line of defense with our army from south to north.

After all, Kiev is a logistical supply transit point for the French."

"Well! That's a good suggestion, thank you kid. Go back and say hello to Luna for me!" Bismarck stood up and shook hands with Kong Tingxun politely.

Kong Tingxun was stunned. He felt that he had not finished speaking and that his talents had not been fully displayed.

So..., drive yourself away?

But Bismarck told him to leave, so he had no reason to stay.

A guard walked in at the door and politely asked Kong Tingxun to go out. When he stepped out of the door, he felt a feeling of being put to death.

"Haha! A young man who loves to express himself." Frederick glanced at Kong Tingxun's back and smiled.

"But it's a good idea!" Bismarck glanced at Frederick.

"hehe!

Let Napoleon send troops with us?

Fortunately, he could have imagined that Napoleon was at war with the Ming Dynasty on the southern front.

It took hundreds of thousands of people to advance to the city of Tsaritsyn.

Is he willing to send troops with us at this time to build a defensive line to stop the Ming Dynasty?"

Mao Qi sneered at Kong Tingxun’s idea!

"How far is the progress on Napoleon's side?" Frederick looked at Moltke and asked.

"We had just advanced to the Tsaritsyn city area and encountered strong resistance from the Russians and Ming troops. We suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in one day, and the position only advanced a few hundred meters."

Mao Qi reported helplessly that this kind of urban offensive and defensive battle also gave him a headache.

When we attacked Smolensk a few months ago, the tragic battle conditions were still fresh in our memories.

A city like Tsaritsyn would be impossible to win without filling in hundreds of thousands of people.

However, Napoleon now has more than one million coalition troops, so he probably won't care about these casualties.

"Won't Napoleon send troops to build a new house line with us?" Bismarck asked.

"Although he has more than one million men under his command, he does not have any extra troops. Tsaritsyn is a tough guy. I'm afraid Napoleon still feels that his troops are not enough."

"Where are our reserves?"

"It's even more unreliable. It's more than 800 kilometers away and there is no railway connection!

The weather and road conditions were very bad. It was too late to transport it to Kiev within ten days and build a line of defense.

Besides!

Now that the ground is frozen solid, it will take longer to dig foxholes and trenches."

Mao Qi shook his head helplessly. Although Kong Tingxun's method was good, it was very difficult to implement.

For people who are good at talking on paper, it is easy to talk, and they will not consider the difficulties they actually encounter.

They will only wishfully think that the whole world will cooperate with them.

"The French can't spare their troops, and our people can't quench their thirst far away...!"

"I think it is impossible for the Ming army to still have the strength to continue attacking Kiev after annihilating more than 500,000 enemy troops!

According to what Kong just said, the Ming army totaled only 200,000 people. With an unknown number of Russian troops, they would eat more than 500,000 coalition soldiers, and there would probably be casualties and losses.

Anyway, based on my experience, it is impossible to fight such a big battle without taking a month or two to rest." Mao Qi had strong doubts about Kong Tingxun's inference.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter anymore.

The important thing is that the coalition forces in the Kursk encirclement are hopeless!

Neither we nor the French can catch it."

"No matter what, after the Kursk area is controlled by the Ming army, we will also build a new line of defense."

"But now, where can we get troops? My troops are too far away."
Chapter completed!