Russian Army Command, Ivanov was immersed in the joy of capturing Poznan. It could be said that this was the greatest victory achieved by the Russian Army since the war began, and its strategic significance was in no way inferior to the recapture of Smolensk.
One needs only to open a map to know that Poznan is situated in the heart of the Polish Plain and is the most important transportation hub and industrial center between Prussia and Poland.
With the Russian Army's occupation of this area, it also meant that they had severed the main artery connecting Warsaw with its rear, and the Prussian Army's main force, led by Maoqi, was about to become isolated.
A young officer hurriedly came in to report, "Marshal, we've received news from the front. According to the airship reconnaissance, yesterday there was a large enemy force retreating from the Warsaw region, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.