The Rise of the Empire

"The Austro-Hungarian Empire promised that after the start of the campaign, it would take the initiative to launch an attack on Russia. If I remember correctly, the Bavarian Army will also launch an attack. It is unlikely that the Russians will concentrate enough in Prussia when they are attacked. .” Little Maoqi said.

"Think about it, the Russians can concentrate as many as 700,000 troops in the Far East, thousands of miles away from Europe! What about in Poland? If the Russians are given 5 years to prepare, plus a lot of aid from Britain and France, I think they will be able to There is no problem at all in concentrating 1.4 million troops during the war. The Austro-Hungarian Army can concentrate at most 850,000 troops on the northern front, the Bavarian Army can concentrate at most 200,000 troops, and the East Prussian Army can only concentrate at most 200,000 troops, right? "

"Although Emperor Fritz is my father-in-law, I have to say that I am not optimistic about the fighting power of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Maybe the Russians can defeat the Austro-Hungarian Army with only 600,000 people. What makes me more disturbed is the Russian The mobilization ability of the legion, in fact, purely from the perspective of the size of the troops, the number of troops mobilized by the Russians will only be more than that of Germany and not less than that of Germany! They may have already Send the second wave of mobilized troops to the battlefield."

"Okay then, tell me, everyone, how can we resist such a wave of attacks?"

"If I were the commander of the Russian Legion, then I would be on the defensive in one strategic direction and offensive in one direction! And the most likely direction I would choose to attack would be East Prussia, because the territory of Germany in this area is very narrow and long. It lacks depth, and once it breaks through, it will be difficult to reorganize the defense line, unless the defenders are willing to retreat in large strides and give up a large area of ​​territory. But I don’t think everyone here thinks that East Prussia or Silesia can be abandoned casually, right?”

"The Bavarian Army can guarantee to block more than 6 Russian troops, which is about 300,000 people, so how many Russian troops can the East Prussian Army resist?" the prince asked.

The prince's plan was to take command of the Eastern Front, and he didn't want the historic Battle of Tannenberg to repeat itself in the hands of Ludendorff. Therefore, he had to make appropriate expansions so that the Kaiser could realize the seriousness of the problem. In fact, if the Russians hadn't been fooled in history, the pressure on Germany would have been even greater! The biggest problem in strategy is that the Russians did not concentrate their forces to overwhelm one of them, but chose to distribute their forces evenly according to the size of their opponents. As a result, it was impossible to solve any strategic direction.

The two armies of the Northwest Front Army have 17.5 infantry divisions and 8.5 cavalry divisions, against the 15 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division of the German Eighth Army. Although the designation is nearly 50% more, the cavalry divisions are large in size and firepower Coupled with the small gap in equipment, although the Russians began to make some progress, the offensive and defensive situation of the two sides was completely reversed after the German Eighth Army took advantage of the railway's internal combat advantages and seized the Russians' loopholes.

However, the Southwest Front Army faced the weak Austro-Hungarian Army and won a clean victory. After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was almost collapsed. This shows that at the beginning of the war, the Russian army was still very threatening to the fragile Eastern Front. If the Russians chose to stick to one direction and attack the other, whether they attacked East Prussia or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they would be stronger than in history. Many victories.

If you attack East Prussia, Russia's six armies will concentrate on attacking the German Eighth Army, and the Russian Northwest Front Army with at least 11 extra divisions can completely roll over the Eighth Army with a crushing force, 16 Division hit 37 divisions.......

No matter how you look at it, there is no hope....

If they attacked the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Germans would not take the initiative to attack Russia, because there were not many garrisons in East Prussia originally, and the defense was still stretched, let alone attack, and there was no internal railway advantage when attacking. The attack speed of the German Army was extremely slow. In addition, the Russians were willing to trade territory for time, and it was entirely possible to hold the Germans back with an army group. And if the five armies are concentrated in the direction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the result is unimaginable!

Historically, after the Battle of Galicia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was killed by 400,000. In order to save their allies, the Germans started from mid-to-late September, and within 11 days, 250,000 German troops arrived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire by rail before blocking the attack. Russian offensive. If the five Russian armies launched an attack, the losses of Austria-Hungary could be described as a tragedy!

"Germany and Austria have six armies on the Eastern Front, and the Russians probably only have six armies. The situation is not as bad as you imagined, right?" Little Mao Qi's words were also full of uncertainty.

"I really don't trust the fighting power of the Austro-Hungarian Army. I don't need to belittle the Austro-Hungarian Army here to make a splash?" Ruprecht said: "What's more, our battle on the Western Front will last for 40 days. Time, if the Russians had mobilized at the beginning, I am afraid that when we reached the climax of the Western Front, their second wave of troops would have been ready! Even if we were lucky enough to block the first wave, what about the second wave? Everyone Is it possible to draw troops to aid the Eastern Front when preparing for a decisive battle on the Western Front? "

Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was severely damaged in the First World War in Galicia because the Germans temporarily mobilized 250,000 troops to stabilize the Eastern Front before further losses were avoided. And Ruprecht also wanted to avoid a repeat of this scene, so that the German main force could fight on the Western Front with peace of mind. Although France could not be completely resolved in World War I, it would be good to be able to get the front as close as possible to Paris.

History has also made great efforts to save Germany on the Eastern Front, and this time, when the prince is bluffing to the Russians, if Germany wants to continue to ensure the safety of the Eastern Front, it must pay a greater price. And this price may not be what the Kaiser is willing to bear. Back then, the first commander of the German Eighth Army was dismissed because he wanted to abandon East Prussia, and Hindenburg took office. But this time, facing the terrifying situation on the Eastern Front, the Kaiser also hesitated, he was really scared!

"We can talk about this issue later." The prince's sudden question caught everyone present by surprise. In the eyes of all present, the prince's credit is still new, not only because of the recognition of the other party's ability, At the same time, as **** himself said, there is no need for him to blackmail his father-in-law. And if what the prince said is true, then the problem is really complicated. What about the Eastern Front!

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