-The Battle Begins-

supplies day and night. Soldiers were not only elite soldiers transferred from Eastern Europe, but also new recruits mobilized from the Russian homeland at a rapid pace.

"We can't wait for reinforcements from the homeland either. If winter and enemy reinforcements increase any further, we'll end up repeating what happened on the Western Front."

　Ludendorff nodded at Hindenburg's words.

"We entered Paris on the Western Front in 1914, but were drawn into urban and trench warfare, and suffered nearly three years of attrition. We cannot afford to do that again here."

　The German Empire was more exhausted than the Russian Empire, both in terms of the morale of its soldiers and in terms of its national strength. When the Germans offered a compromise to Lenin's revolutionary government, which had occupied northern France, a simple ceasefire, rather than a peace treaty that included territorial cessions or indemnity, it was clear to the upper echelons that the German situation was difficult.

intelligence analysis and the formulation of counterattack plans. Kuropatkin and the other members of the headquarters were literally on the verge of collapsing from fatigue and lack of sleep.

　Nevertheless, Kuropatkin quickly took command of the construction of positions and logistics, and attempted to turn the tide of the battle.

　In the Russian military, where there are many commanders who are the type to kick their soldiers' butts, they established a rotation system in which soldiers who fought on the front lines for a certain period of time were then allowed to rest in the rear before being sent back to the front lines, which ultimately boosted morale.