The Rise of the Empire

From this point of view, even if the Russians use a complete division-level unit to block in the wilderness, their artillery density will still not exceed the firepower of an assault division plus an armored battalion. The firepower of the 45 chariots is enough to pierce the defense line of the Russian army division. As for what to do if you encounter some fortresses? This can only be handed over to the follow-up troops. Even in World War II, the German armored forces are not responsible for fighting against fortresses and garrison areas, right? This is all handed over to the infantry and heavy artillery.

"How to solve the problem of cavalry supplies, especially horse feed?" Ruprecht asked. Horses are too edible, especially war horses.

"At least in Poland, if we attack fast enough, we can support war with war. The Russian transportation system is not good. They will definitely build a large number of warehouses in the border area. The Russians have a large number of cavalry and want to find enough fodder There should be no problem. And our transportation is enough to support the consumption of the cavalry for a period of time." Prince Leopold replied.

"But the overall size of the cavalry is still relatively small. Think about it, our cavalry army only has 12,500 people. Even if we add the troops promised by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the cavalry we can gather is at most about 25,000 people. It accounts for 10% of the entire army. It may be difficult for this force to be used for in-depth development.” While focusing on quality, the prince also emphasized the number of fast groups. Too few people will not work after all, after all, you are not the US emperor to fight Iraq....

"Then you can only learn from Prussia, equip some armored vehicles to replace tracked vehicles, thereby reducing costs, increasing the number, and then get some vehicle-mounted infantry. At the same time, further specialize the role of this army. They are only offensive interspersed, not Responsible for defense and expanding the breakthrough, after they cut through the opponent's position, they were quickly replaced by the infantry units that entered behind." The prince said.

"I'll put forward a general idea about the establishment, and then you will be responsible for practicing it." The prince thought for a while and said. "No problem, we have plenty of time," said the prince.

"A fast troop composed of cavalry and armored troops, this is still quite challenging. It seems that if I remember correctly, only the Soviets have done this kind of synthesis, right?" That night, in the iron In an office in the castle, Ruprecht started planning.

In the absence of ready-made experience, the prince could only try to recall the combination of cavalry and mechanized troops at the beginning of the Red Empire. In fact, the red and white cavalry at the beginning of the civil war did not have much reference value, because at that time The only major improvement of the cavalry is that it is equipped with more machine guns, and then a machine gun carriage is added. The number of artillery is so small that they were beaten badly when they faced the newborn Polish infantry.

To put it bluntly, the cavalry units of the Red Army at that time were at a disadvantage even against the Russian infantry units in the early days of World War I. Among other things, a Russian division could at least be guaranteed to be assigned 48 artillery pieces. These artillery are enough to suppress the cavalry's carriage machine guns and artillery, and without the support of machine guns, the battlefield combat effectiveness of the Red Army's cavalry will be greatly reduced.

The real reference value of troop composition is still the cavalry brigade composition method in the early 1930s after the establishment of the Soviet Union. At that time, a cavalry brigade had 3135 people, 2933 horses, 6 artillery pieces, 153 machine guns, and 32 various tanks and chariots. , 29 military vehicles and 5 motorcycles. The attack speed of such an army is already there. Basically, there are horses without cars. The speed of BT series tanks is also powerful enough. If there is no war in a day, it is not a big problem to intersperse 60 kilometers.

The firepower is still sufficient, the only problem is that the establishment is too small. The prince's requirement for this interspersed force is that it can defeat a standard Russian division with at least one blow.

Another reference standard is the establishment of the Soviet cavalry division in 1941. The establishment of this cavalry division can be described as a luxury in the eyes of the current Kingdom of Bavaria. A cavalry division has 4 cavalry regiments, 1 tank regiment, and 1 tank regiment. Artillery Regiment and 1 Antiaircraft Battalion  ….

Such a division has 9,240 people, 7,625 horses, 64 BT tanks, 18 armored vehicles, 84 various artillery pieces, 64 heavy machine guns, and 18 anti-aircraft machine guns. How should I put it, with this establishment and this firepower density, there are 84 artillery pieces and 64 tanks for less than 10,000 people... This is what the current Kingdom of Bavaria definitely can't make up, and even with more than 7,600 horses per division, it is somewhat difficult.

You must know that a standard division in Bavaria is theoretically equipped with a tank battalion with 45 tanks. The 30 tanks of each division are to attack with 15,000 people.

Considering the limitations of this era and the characteristics of the opponent, the prince believes that the new troops can be organized like this, one armored battalion plus three cavalry regiments, one traction or self-propelled artillery battalion, and then one infantry regiment, each An infantry regiment is around 3500 people. If the logistics unit is counted, the total number of people in an assault group is about 14,000.

"For an infantry regiment, even if a squad takes one car, there will be more than 200 cars for one regiment alone. This doesn't take into account the delivery of artillery and ammunition." The prince thought in his mind. You must know that cars of this era are not as NB as those of later generations. A 1.5-ton truck is the norm. This is also the most cost-effective and stable model currently available from Bavaria...

What is certain is that such a division is already perfect, at least there is no problem in fighting a regular blitzkrieg against the Russians on the Eastern Front. And the movement speed is fast enough, the only question is whether such troops can be built! After all, the degree of mechanization of this army somewhat exceeded the capabilities of this era. Therefore, the result of this integration can only be the goal, as for the specifics, it depends on the situation...

Such a division cannot be settled by building one. Referring to the scale of World War I, at least four such assault divisions must be established to ensure a devastating blow to the two opposing Russian armies. After all, there are 450,000 to 500,000 Russian troops on the opposite side. If there is a real fight, you must cut as many knives as possible to facilitate eating. At least 3 breakthrough directions are needed. According to the difficulty, if 1 to 2 divisions are assigned to each breakthrough direction, 4 to 5 divisions... .

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