The Rise of the Empire

"Recently, the military representative of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent me a document, which mentioned that the Kingdom of Austria should establish a single-ethnic military force mainly composed of German soldiers and supplemented by some Czechs as the core of the imperial power. Is it your idea? My future brother-in-law?" Crown Prince Ferdinand decided to talk about something that everyone was interested in and had positive meaning. \u003c/p\u003e"Yes, according to the news sent back by the Bavarian military delegation to Austria-Hungary, they believe that the internal coordination and control of this mixed-ethnic force is very troublesome, which directly affects the combat effectiveness. The ethnic composition of the local garrison is relatively Single, that's better, and the composition of the national defense force is regarded as a national event, although it may have better equipment, but its combat effectiveness may not be as high as that of the garrison." The prince thought for a while, and said carefully. After all, you have to consider the other party's face. \u003c/p\u003e"But this conflicts with our national policy. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has always hoped to integrate many nationalities in its territory, whether it is administration, people's livelihood or military. Our purpose of mixing various nationalities into the army This is also the case. We want to eliminate the barriers between nations. But now it seems to be working," Crown Prince Ferdinand said. \u003c/p\u003e"This is a domestic political issue, but political correctness does not mean that the army has combat effectiveness! Can you imagine the chaos in a regiment with more than 4 ethnic groups in a war, and they don't understand the language?"\u003c /p\u003e"In South Africa, there has never been a mixed situation between the American mercenary army and the Boer army! Because the language problem is a huge obstacle. This is still the case of only two languages. Understand that if an officer masters four languages ​​and handles conflicts among many ethnic groups, how much energy can he spend on military affairs?"\u003c/p\u003e"Different ethnic groups have different ways of dealing with war issues. In my opinion, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was strong, it was backed by a powerful army with Germans as the main body and Hungarians and Czechs as the auxiliary. Now we should not downplay the national attributes of the Austro-Hungarian Army, but should strengthen it! The only one in the Kingdom of Austria The only ones who are trustworthy are the Germans. Although their number is less than half, there are still more than 10 million. So it is very important to form a powerful mobile corps." Wang Ziyu said earnestly. \u003c/p\u003eThe poor performance of the Austro-Hungarian Army in the first battle was indeed limited by its strength. It was not as good as its opponents in terms of military equipment, and the number of artillery was weaker than that of the Russians. I understand, and it can be attributed to poor equipment at the beginning of the war, but what is the reason why the Austro-Hungarian Army was also beaten violently when they were fighting the Serbs? \u003c/p\u003eSerbia is the weakest of the weak in terms of equipment! Serbia does not have its own defense industry, and its army is small. How many troops can a country with a population of only 4.5 million mobilize? At the beginning of World War I, the Serbian regular army had only twelve infantry divisions and one cavalry division, with a total of only 247,000 people! In addition to the temporarily mobilized troops, it is only 400,000. \u003c/p\u003eAnd their equipment is also very backward. A division is quite large, with 15,000 people and 400 cavalry, but only 18 machine guns and 36 artillery pieces, and the entire army can only use 100,000 rifles , There are only 610 artillery pieces, including 180 old-style artillery pieces, and only 40 heavy artillery pieces! Each artillery has no more than 700 rounds of ammunition! \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the Balkans were only a small strategic direction after the war began, in this direction, the Austro-Hungarian Empire still deployed nearly 240 battalions of troops, 519 artillery pieces and 392 machine guns. , The number of artillery pieces is also less. But it's pretty much the same. \u003c/p\u003eBut who knows that once the battle starts,

Throughout 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Balkans can be described as losing troops and destroying the future. According to the Soviet data read by the previous prince, the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost more than 200,000 people in 1914, while Serbia’s loss was only about 60% of the opponent’s. . Although this data is open to discussion, one thing is certain is that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not beat Serbia with equal strength...  \u003c/p\u003eFor such a big country, its national strength is not too bad. There must be a reason for such a tragic record. After analyzing it himself, the prince believes that the lack of cohesion within the Austro-Hungarian Army is an important problem! And it is a problem that must be changed. The armies forcibly kneaded by different nationalities have no practical significance except to show the "joint force" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in peacetime! \u003c/p\u003eThe prince would rather have a pure German Legion, Czech Legion, Hungarian Legion, and Magyar Legion than a mixed cauldron of dishes! \u003c/p\u003e"We can do an experiment. Your country can assemble a pure German division, and then send it to a certain battlefield, and then draw an army of the same size from your country's national defense force, and send it to the battlefield. Then look at the actual combat performance. I believe you will understand. There are many things that cannot be seen through exercises. When the real war comes, you will find that most of the staff preparations are for the last war. ' the prince suggested. \u003c/p\u003e"A certain battlefield? Are you going to be involved in a certain war?" Crown Prince Ferdinand asked with some doubts. \u003c/p\u003e"It can't be regarded as a war. There will be changes in Turkey in a short period of time in the future. After this change, some countries may take action, and our task is to stabilize the transfer of power in Turkey. We You can deploy a regiment of troops to this possible war, and then see the effect. The new Turkish government will bear the military expenses," the prince said. \u003c/p\u003eHistorically, there was no invasion of foreign enemies during the Young Turk Party’s revolution, but this does not mean that there was no conflict within Turkey. In this case, it is also possible to transfer a few troops to "practice for a while". Although the opponent is a chicken, it is enough to be used as a touchstone to prove the prince's thesis. \u003c/p\u003e"A regiment, this amount of troops is nothing." The crown prince didn't care about this matter, after all, a **** would be dispatched. But neither Ruprecht nor Ferdinand expected that in the Turkish revolution one year later, what happened far surpassed history, and even exceeded the prince's expectations... Of course, this is something to do later, let's not mention it for now. \u003c/p\u003e"In addition, there is another very important thing. I think you must be interested. The German Navy has started a new tender to prepare for the purchase of suitable weapon systems for the next generation of battleships. Our 12-inch l40 artillery has already Falling behind, I hope Skoda can consider developing a brand new naval gun." The prince whispered. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends The First Guards Tank Brigade, students are in love, Rabbit Boy, Slowly Youk and other book friends\u003c/a\u003e~~~, as well as book friends 160426, Riding Sharks and Cutting Turtles, Endless, Taotao, eager\u003c/a\u003e support~~~! New month, new beginning~~~! The author's three chapters are updated, please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e