The Rise of the Empire

"You mean that Princess Mary received the title of Grand Duke of Bohemia and Moravia?" Crown Prince William said in shock.

"Yes, Your Highness, if nothing else happens, the formal canonization will be completed within 2 months. Princess Mary will be the powerful Grand Duke, responsible for all the internal affairs and military of Bohemia and Moravia. But she has no power in the Parliament. "Prime Minister Biaoluo replied.

"He really did it." Although the Kaiser on the side was calm on the outside, he was also very shocked inside. Is there any profound meaning in this? But now, the Kaiser obviously has no time to think about these things. The German Empire and he have more important things to do, which is the reform of the German military system.

Now a little over four years is not a long time, but it is definitely not a short time. If we can seize this time, the German military strength will be greatly improved. Now, Moltke and Ruprecht are discussing the reform of the German military system.

"The reform of the military system must match the strategy. It seems that His Majesty and you still believe that the best and fastest way to end the war is on the Western Front? Is that so?" Ruprecht asked.

"It's like this. After winning the victory on the Western Front, we will have solved the European problem once and for all. The German Empire will have no rivals. If we only win on the Eastern Front and draw a tie on the Western Front, then sooner or later we will have a fight with Britain and France. War, not to mention, don’t we have you on the Eastern Front now? I think it’s enough.” Little Maoqi said with a smile.

"If this is the case, I think the first thing the Western Front Army has to do is to add a large number of trucks and half-tracks. Whether it is tanks or aircraft, they need to consume quite a lot of resources. What limits the speed of the troops' offensive on the Western Front is logistics. , improving the level of heavy equipment is not very useful in improving assault capabilities. Therefore, we must first ensure the number of trucks and railway troops. The former must ensure that each division has at least 120 1.5-ton vehicles. The military department must have an additional 150 vehicles, that is to say, an army of 40,000 people should have about 400 vehicles. And if there are 1.2 million troops on the Western Front, then it must have at least 12,000 trucks."

"Is this number too much?" Little Maoqi frowned and said. This number far exceeds the number of vehicles in the German army in history. You must know that the entire German army only had 4,000 trucks at that time.

"It can only be more than this number, it is impossible to be less than this number. Think about it. The army group closest to the north has to travel 350 to 400 kilometers through enemy-occupied areas. It is estimated that ordinary vehicles cannot withstand such high-intensity use. . And when you arrive in France, you will fight against the well-prepared French army. Do you understand what I mean? If your division is equipped with additional armored units, then more vehicles will be needed, and each of our armored battalions will be equipped with A transport and maintenance squadron with 80 vehicles was established. This only ensured that the armored battalion could assault at a speed of 40 kilometers per day for three days."

Prince Ruprecht talked eloquently. Provide unreservedly what you have studied over the years. Armored assaults need more supplies, and the same goes for aviation units. Even the aviation forces in World War 1 have a higher demand for supplies than in World War 2, because the range of aircraft in World War 1 is short. If it is World War 2, even if the BF109 has a shorter range, it will be equipped with a With a 300L auxiliary fuel tank, it is enough to carry out combat missions from Germany. But that's not possible now. If you want to play the role of fighters and bombers, then the aircraft and complete sets of auxiliary equipment need to be advanced to a place no more than 150 kilometers away from the battle line, and then an airport is established...

The armored battle groups and aircraft established by Ruprecht were not prepared for a quick victory plan at all.

He was entirely interested in getting rid of the large Russian corps on the Eastern Front at the least possible cost. And if it wants to be suitable for the Western Front, then the design standards must first be changed. The core should be the following two points. First, increase the logistics supply capacity. To put it bluntly, it means increasing the number of trucks. The second is to try to give the army the strongest combat effectiveness despite limited supplies.

It is impossible to increase the German Army's offensive speed as a whole, because speed always depends on the slowest part. Bavaria can only guarantee that some troops will advance at high speed. Fast corps can deal with low troop density and equipment. The worse Russians are enough, but facing the French army with more than 4,000 light-speed cannons and a steady stream of British expeditionary forces, and fighting at their doorstep, the situation may be very bad. But now it is obviously impossible to have a large-scale rapid army at the group army level.

"The most critical and difficult thing is not the beginning, nor is it even the capture of a series of Belgian and French border fortresses including Liege Fortress. The most difficult thing is when your troops pass through Belgium and enter France, and fight the French army. At this time! At this time, the attacking troops have walked 200 kilometers of railway and are exhausted. The logistics are still unknown, and you still have to leave the railway line and walk 80 to 120 kilometers before entering the battlefield! And the opponent is waiting for you. Imagine, What a situation!" Ruprecht said.

"The French will not fight us on the border. If that is the case, then great. After taking a short rest, we can win directly by A. If I were the commander-in-chief of the French army, I would be attacked suddenly and swiftly. After that, I will choose to retreat and integrate the troops. After the British are in place, I will choose to fight on a wider front. This is when we are at our weakest. And what we have to do is to fight in this situation Let’s at least stabilize the front and push forward as much as possible.”

"Don't think about armored units. These things are indeed powerful, but not many can get past them. The most important thing is machine guns and artillery! In the future, the offensive troops of the Prussian Army must be equipped with as many truck guns and towed artillery as possible. This This is the force we can rely on, and we can even concentrate these artillery pieces and rely on roads alone for rapid maneuvers."

"In terms of roads, while ensuring railways, we should maintain several smooth roads in internal testing for transporting troops and supplies. The outermost legions can be assigned independent rapid assault troops, but they must carry fewer heavy artillery. Because They are the furthest away,” Ruprecht said.

"But this will result in insufficient attack capabilities, and if Britain and France realize our ideas, they will also run to the seaside and try their best to outflank our flanks. If there is a problem on the flanks, 1 or 2 of our armies will It might be dangerous." Little Maoqi said.

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