In just over four hours, all three defense lines of 15 kilometers in depth of the Russian 3rd Army were broken through. The infantry division of the 14th Army of the Austrian army followed the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored brigade, as if he was entering a deserted land. The assault cluster of more than 200 combat vehicles was like an unshakable torrent of steel, rushing the Russian defense line to pieces.

By 11 a.m., the gaps opened by nearly 200,000 Austro-Hungary 3rd Army were pouring in. With the follow-up of the Austro-Hungary 6th Army, the defense line composed of the Russian 3rd Army collapsed. The German army did not encounter too fierce battles on the Western Front and the Austro-Hungary 3rd Army on the Southern Front. In just half a day, the defense lines built by the Russian army in the west and south directions were broken.

More and more German and Austrian troops crossed the defense line and began to advance in depth. The Russian troops on the front line quickly collapsed. They threw away their rifles, jumped out of the trenches, and ran around like frightened flocks.

In just one day, the two armies deployed by the Russian army on the front line quickly collapsed, and it was not until May 4 that some effective resistance and counterattacks began to be organized.

Bolojevic led the Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army to penetrate north quickly, regardless of the flanks and the Russian army behind him. Lee Haydn commanded the main army composed of four armies to follow closely.

Bolojevic's army quickly interspersed and disrupted the entire Russian defense line, and they were in danger of being cut off from the front and rear.

Dimitryev's 3rd Russian Army was annihilated. After five days of battle, each division could summon less than 1,000 officers and soldiers. In five days, 140,000 Russian troops were captured. The German army in the west also made rapid progress, the 9th Russian Army in the front had also been defeated, and the 11th German Army went straight into the Sand River Valley, and Makenson was determined to block the Russian army's retreat.

The 8th and 11th Russian army retreated quickly and finally escaped from the German-Austrian coalition before Makenson and Boloevich met. The 4th and 5th Russian army, on the Carpathian line, chose to go west along the Romanian border and retreated intact across the Transnistria River.

The 1st Armored Brigade, which made immortal military achievements to break through the Russian defense line, is now basically scrapped. Currently, there are only 15 intact tanks left. Most of the others are lying halfway due to mechanical failures, and only a few of them were destroyed by Russian artillery or mines.

This is the first precedent for the world to use tanks on a large scale. The defense line built by the 250,000 Russian Army of 3rd Army suddenly became scattered under the impact of more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles. The visionary German and Austrian generals immediately foresaw a major change in weapon technology and military theory on this new weapon.

In East Prussia, Hindenburg was jealous of him, Falkenhein arranged on the Northern Line to operate with the 4th and 20th Army, so as not to accumulate more military achievements.

The goal of the 20th Army led by Hindenburg was to cut off a major railway from Minsk to Warsaw, while the goal of the 4th Army was Riga. The 10th Army of the Russian Army quickly collapsed under the capture of two German armies, losing half of its troops, and there was a smooth road in front of Hindenburg.

Tannenburg became a lingering nightmare for the Russians again.

On May 8, 1915, Rudendolf commanded the 8th Army of De and the newly formed 10th Army of Russia again formed an encirclement of the newly formed 2nd Army of Russia in Tannenburg. Samzonov's tragedy recurred again. 210,000 Russian 2nd Army of the 2nd Army were wiped out again, and only two troops had less than 30,000 survived.

The entire Russian defense line collapsed. The 1st and 12th Army of the Russian Army were forced to abandon Warsaw and retreated along the Kiev-Warsaw railway line.

The entire Eastern Front battlefield evolved into a chase competition. The coalition of the Markens and the Austro-Hungarian 2nd and 3rd Army was always biting the fleeing Russian 9th Army, from Przemir to Lviv, to the railway center of Rivv.

Lee Haydn commanded the Austro-Hungarian 1,6 and 7th Army to pursue the Russian 11th Army and approached Kiev.

The 4th Army of Odi advances south along the Transnistr River.

The East Prussian heavy army group and the Markensen group commanded by Rudendolf finally surrounded the remnants of the Russian 12th Army and the 9th Army in the Brest Fortress. The Russian commander-in-chief Nikola, the Grand Duke of the Russian army, did not know whether he was lucky or unfortunately escaped the fate of being captured. He led the remnants of the Russian 1st Army to escape to Minsk.

Now there are only four intact main armies left in the Tsar. Although the remaining troops are still more than 3 million, there are only one and three million troops spread across the vast land of this empire. There are only one and three million troops able to fight on the front line.

Russia has lost its offensive ability, but it is still persevering.

The German and Austrian coalition won a huge victory on the Eastern Front that was enough to change the course of the war, just like a thrilling drama. Before May, the Allies had a bright future, and it seemed that victory was only a matter of time. The Russians were advancing all the way on the Eastern Front, and the Italians and Romanians fought back were enough to make the Austro-Hungarian Empire lose the power to fight back.

The landing of the British and French coalition forces in Gallipoli seems to be possible for the Ottoman Empire to fall at any time.

The future is bright.

However, in the next month, a huge disaster followed. The Russians collapsed unexpectedly and quickly under the attack of the German and Austrian coalition forces. In just one month, the Russian army lost 1.7 million of its main forces, of which about 1.2 million became prisoners, and in the next few months, they will continue to suffer a blow.

Now the Germans and Austrians have freed up their hands, and the 11th Army led by Markensen has turned to the Balkans, and the Austrians have also withdrawn three elite army groups from the front line.

They were ready to clean up the isolated Romanians.

Now no one can help Romania. With the German and Austrian coalition winning a brilliant victory on the Eastern Front, the Bulgarians were impatient to join the Allies, and they did not want to miss the opportunity to share the fruits of victory.

The collapse of the Russian army on the Eastern Front had a huge blow to the Allies. The Italians were in internal strife. Many people in the parliament were shouting to withdraw from the war and accusing the government of their rash actions. Their troops were slow to act and did not launch an attack until the end of June.

The result surprised the whole world. The 350,000 Italian army was defeated by Tyrol's local defense forces with only 30,000 people in the Battle of the Isonzo River, and then there was no movement.

In the worrying battlefield of Gallipoli, the Turkish army commanded by General Sanders defeated the strong with weak defeat and blocked the British and French coalition forces on the peninsula, and could not break through at all. The amazing combat effectiveness shown by the Turks made the British decision makers who remorse the Ottomans at the beginning of the war because of the two warships.

Now the whole situation has undergone a major reversal, and the future of the Allies looks bright. The Germans captured the entire Poland, most of Lithuania, half of Belarus, and together with the Austrians, they captured half of Ukraine. The Russians now seem powerless to fight back, but just retreating all the way, and their troops continue to collapse in retreat.

In Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, the Turks also won the victory, and the British and French coalition forces made no progress. It seemed that retreating was only a matter of time.
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