The Rise of the Empire

So now the last question is missing, where does the cavalry regiment for large-scale mobile operations come from? The first thing to be sure is that the Bavarian Army cannot afford large-scale cavalry. After all, on the one hand, these things are too edible, and on the other hand, the Bavarian Army needs to invest limited funds in the construction of vehicles and armored troops. \u003c/p\u003eIn the end, according to Prince Leopold's suggestion, the prototype of the assault tank No. 1 equipped with a machine gun could be produced in small batches after some improvement. As for the choice of breakthrough tanks, the prince tends to use both, while Prince Leopold tends to only build the breakthrough tank No. 2 vehicle equipped with a 75mm short gun. However, there is still a lot of improvement in this tank. room. Stability is also there for you, so ultimately the plan becomes getting the site right first and then deciding which ones to produce. \u003c/p\u003eTheoretically, Prussia has a large number of cavalry. Although the proportion is not high, the huge number of German troops multiplied by the proportion can make up tens of thousands of cavalry. However, this is useless, because this is someone from Prussia! If there is no accident, if Germany still has a blitz on the western front, most of the domestic military power will probably be used on the western front, and the eastern front may only be maintained by a Prussian army or even half an army and the Bavarian army! \u003c/p\u003eThe Kaiser agreed that in the future war against Russia, the Bavarian Army would be responsible for the Eastern Front, and also agreed to the expansion of the Bavarian Army, and even acquiesced in the plan to establish a rapid force with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These concessions are to be returned! Facing the Russian army, who do you not resist? Perhaps the German army will adjust its strategy after the failure to achieve a breakthrough on the Western Front, but at the beginning of the war, the Bavarian and Austro-Hungarian Army can only deal with the Russian army! \u003c/p\u003e Fortunately, although the cavalry of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not as large as that of Maozi, there are not too few cavalry at a glance. After the war broke out, Germany and Austria also deployed 12 cavalry divisions on the Eastern Front, and the Austrian There are 11 Hungarian cavalry divisions! 11 cavalry divisions, this is also a quite powerful mobile force. Historically, the cavalry of the two sides fought almost as a vassal of the infantry, mainly for reconnaissance and short assaults. There were no examples of several divisions breaking through and then interspersed. \u003c/p\u003eThe reason is very simple. On the not wide front, the two sides have concentrated nearly 140 divisions! Among them, there are 52 Russian infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions! There were 15 German infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division. The Austro-Hungarian Army had 37.5 infantry divisions and 11 cavalry divisions. If it weren't for the Austro-Hungarian Second Army being indecisive, moving back and forth on the Eastern Front and the Balkan Front, but not being used, then the density of troops would be even greater! in this case. There is simply no way for the cavalry to open a gap in the thick infantry line. \u003c/p\u003eThe Russian army with superior military strength not only violently beat the weaker Austro-Hungarian Army, but also invaded East Prussia. If it hadn't been for the Russian army to choose two attack directions at the same time, and there was a gap between the two armies attacking East Prussia due to coordination problems, Hindenburg's Battle of Tannenberg might not have achieved such great results, but even so, the Russian army In the case of heavy losses in East Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian army was still severely damaged. \u003c/p\u003e"Bavaria provides breakthrough power, and Austria-Hungary provides mobile interspersed power!" In the end, the prince made such an action plan. In fact, although Austria-Hungary was defeated, after all, there are many fortresses and continuous fronts on the Russian-Austrian border. If Austria-Hungary spends more effort to repair it, it is still possible to temporarily delay the Russian attack. When the large corps of the Russian army was temporarily blunt under the fortified city. The Bavarian Legion broke through the Russian defense line with armored troops, and then used the cavalry as a net to delay the mobilization of the Russian army as much as possible and create opportunities for the infantry to encircle and annihilate. \u003c/p\u003eIf you can get the full cooperation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, no, even as long as the Austro-Hungarian Empire is willing to hand over the five cavalry divisions in its hands to the command of the prince,

Then, coupled with the original cavalry of the Bavarian Army and the German cavalry left behind in East Prussia, the cavalry regiment in the hands of the prince can reach at least 7 divisions! Coupled with a fast mobile division with a certain number of trucks and an armored force with various tanks and armored vehicles, it will form a very powerful breakthrough group. It is hard to say whether it can deal with Britain and France, but it must be no problem to deal with the Russians! \u003c/p\u003eIf this plan can be successful, then the situation in which Russia’s Eastern Front World War I severely damaged Austria-Hungary will not happen in history, and even if it is operated well, the Russian Poland region will become the site of the destruction of Russia’s largest heavy-armed group land! It is definitely better to fight close to the mainland than to fight deep in Russia. Compared with Germany and Austria-Hungary, Russia does not have enough food in Russian Poland, let alone support millions of troops. Fighting in the Polish area is equivalent to increasing the loss of the Russians in disguise and lengthening the length of the supply line. \u003c/p\u003e"As long as we can resist the first wave and make Austria-Hungary suffer less losses in the first Russian attack, then the situation in the future will be much better." The prince looked at the map and said to himself. A large part of the reason for the final collapse of Austria-Hungary in World War 1 was that they lost too badly at the beginning. After the first battle, the Austro-Hungarian army lost 460,000! The military officer class accumulated over the years has been exhausted, and the people who come up later are not professional in business, and their reliability is also very poor. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the preparations for the Austro-Hungarian Empire were not sufficient. (The Hungarian Parliament contributed a lot to it!) The equipment was poor when the war started, but its industrial strength was still relatively strong. From the perspective of overall output, it was not only higher than Italy, but even surpassed Russia! \u003c/p\u003eIn terms of the number of rifles, the Austro-Hungarian Empire produced 3.5 million rifles and Russia 3.3 million. Austria-Hungary produced 40,500 machine guns, while Russia only produced 28,000. Austria-Hungary produced 15,900 artillery pieces, while Russia produced 11,800. Austria-Hungary produced 5,400 aircraft, while Russia produced 3,500. In terms of artillery shells, Austria-Hungary has 80 million rounds, while Russia has 67 million rounds. In terms of bullets, the Austro-Hungarian Empire produced 4 billion rounds of bullets, and 1.35 billion rounds of bullets against the Russians! The production capacity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was exhausted and Russia was overthrown! \u003c/p\u003eThere are a lot of things, but the people who use them are worse. The control of the upper levels of the Austro-Hungarian Empire over the middle and lower levels became weaker and weaker as the war continued. And an Austria-Hungary with a high fighting will is much stronger than an enhanced version of Bavaria. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, the prince does not really want to save this aging empire, (save, where does the Bavarian dividend come from?) but to allow him to persist longer, and at least the Austrian part must try to preservation! To reduce the casualties at the beginning and let Austria's industry be brought into play, the prince's goal will be achieved by 30%. After all, in order to kill Russia faster and better, the power of Austria is indispensable! \u003c/p\u003eThanks for the book. Friendly books are hard to find, First Guards Tank Brigade, 2013, Wu Yue, Biao Cavalry, Slowly Youk, Fisherman's, Little People's Followers, Sea Boundary~~~, and The support of book friends Hussar, Stalker Alpha, recommender 77, oo black oo, and Century Leader~~~! It’s over 1k yesterday, but the author really has something to do, there will be three updates tomorrow and the day after tomorrow~~~! Ask for subscription and support~~~! The author has recently subscribed very badly--! ! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e