The Rise of the Empire

"I'm very disappointed in you. The plan you spent more than ten years preparing and planning was so easily blocked by the French, especially you, little Moltke, you don't even have one-tenth of your uncle's ability! You You have more than 70% of the German Empire's troops in your hands, but you can't advance even half a step after breaking through the Belgian defense line! You are derelict in your duties! It is a crime!" The Kaiser's angry roar echoed in the conference room of the Brussels base camp.

There are now 5 commanders of the 7 frontline armies in Germany. Together with Moltke and other senior officials of the General Staff, the highest levels of Germany's wartime ranks are basically here. And now they have to come up with a plan to break the deadlock. The German Army must advance or risk losing the war.

"The defeat in the previous stage was certainly due to the overpowering French tanks and British train guns, but the failure of our backup troops to move up was also an important factor. With the increase in follow-up troops of the First, Second and Third Group armies in the north, Arriving, we have stabilized the situation on the battlefield, as the failure of the French attack can illustrate this." Little Maoqi said bravely.

"I just want to ask a question right now, can you break through the opponent's defense in a short time?" The Kaiser waved his hand to stop Moltke's defense and said impatiently.

"I'm afraid it's difficult."

"Is it difficult to have more armored vehicles and No. 2 tanks? With the repair of the railway, our train guns can also come up." The Kaiser's brows frowned even more.

"The front of our tanks cannot block the shells of the French 75MM rapid-fire cannon. Hitting a tank with a 75mm rapid-fire gun is no different from using a rifle to hit infantry. Our armored spearheads are not strong enough. Now the only one that can guarantee a certain degree of resistance to 75MM artillery attacks The number of Hufeng-type tanks is too small. These tanks are mainly supplied to the Bavarian Army. We have less than 150 tanks, which can barely make up 3 battalions. But now, there are only 70 tanks on the front line, used as mobile defense forces."

"How should I put it? I think most of our tanks on the Western Front are iron vehicles, which are not suitable for storming the tightly defended defense line. Unless we can replace all armored units with Hu Feng and Cricket." Fourth Army Commander Fu Duke Albrecht of Tenberg said.

There are some things that Prussians are not comfortable saying, but people from other kingdoms can. Isn't it the reason why this matter has reached this stage because of the plans formulated by the Prussian General Staff and the defective products produced by Krupp? Everyone knew in their hearts that if all Bavarian equipment was used from the beginning, the opponent's defense line might have been penetrated!

The Hu Feng assault gun is very sharp, and the 75MM gun is enough to penetrate all monsters and monsters. The thick sloped armor can also block the attack of the 75 rapid artillery at least 300 meters away, because the opponent has not produced armor-piercing projectiles. If it's shrapnel, it doesn't matter if you get closer.

Although the 40MM gun of the Cricket tank is not as powerful as the No. 2 tank, it is worse than the No. 2 tank, but it has a faster rate of fire. If it is not against the front of the British MK1 tank, the combat efficiency is higher than the No. 2 tank, and it comes out earlier and is more powerful. Stablize.

"It may not be easy to replace old tanks with newly produced tanks now. The existing equipment base is too large. In addition to making up for the consumption of the Bavarian Army, the remaining quantity is limited, so if we replace it at the current rate, I'm afraid it will take half a year, and we can't afford to wait," Hindenburg said.

"Then what? Do you mean to transfer some of the armored units of the Bavarian Army to the west?" the Kaiser said with a frown.

"No, not part of it, but most of it. The Bavarian Army has a lot of armored units on the Eastern Front, but it is not enough when it is thrown on the Western Front. And the most important thing is that in addition to the troops, Prince Rupresit also We must come here, because none of us here know how to conduct an armored depth attack." After saying this, Little Maoqi almost found a crack in the ground and crawled in.

The same troops and different people will produce completely different results. With the same population of 80 Xionglu, can MOON's performance be the same as that of ordinary people? Xiao Maoqi knew that Ruppresit had studied the issue of deep penetration of armored forces. This time the German-Russian border battle on the eastern front was actually like this. Although the Russians were a little weak, in all fairness, Xiao Maoqi thought that he would definitely fight if it were replaced by him. There is no such effect.

Because his thoughts have been solidified. After a frontal breakthrough, how will the armored forces be used? Just continue running inside? Look at how General House dealt with the French. In this way, the brainless pig was easily killed by others. How do armored forces cooperate with motorized infantry and cavalry? What to do with the accompanying artillery? What if enemy reinforcements come to seal the gap?

If we also consider the cooperation of the Air Force, the difference between the two sides will be even greater. To be honest, until now, Xiao Maoqi still thinks about using bombers as frontline artillery, and how to coordinate the advancement of ground units in a systematic manner. No one here has tried it before! Don't look at Rupresit's tricks during the 1909 exercise, but now three years have passed. Apart from increasing the size of the air force, it is still unclear how to cooperate with the ground. Rupresit is better than Moltke. Others worked on this thing several years in advance, and the accumulation cannot be made up in a day or two.

Kruger had seen the performance of the Prussian armored forces on the battlefield, and he had also seen the offensive battles between the Bavarian armored forces on the exercise field. Although the latter was just an exercise, he always felt that the latter's attack was more organized and more organized. With a system, you will be more flexible between advance and retreat, and the effect will be better.

Theoretically speaking, the Prussian armored force is based on the Bavarian armored force, but if the latter is a heavy cavalry, then the Prussian armored battalion can only be regarded as a light battalion at best. The former can open up the situation alone, while the latter can only When fighting with infantry, the former may not be able to do what the latter can do. Therefore, the gap in equipment makes troops under the same name completely in two realms.

"There is also the Bavarian Air Force. If possible, please come together. Anyway, the situation on the Eastern Front has stabilized now." Hindenburg, who had not spoken, said.

"There is a problem in transferring such a force. And if we do this, will the Austro-Hungarian Empire be dissatisfied?" General Heilin of the Seventh Army asked. This problem mainly has two aspects. One aspect is the issue of transportation capacity. What is being mobilized this time is not infantry, but a large number of armored troops and logistics units, and with it comes a lot of supply pressure. Even if the other side cooperates fully, the traffic line on our side is almost restored, and the time will probably take three weeks to jump, right? And what if the other party disagrees?

Second, after all, the Bavarian Army was nominally assigned to the Eastern Front as a friendly force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russians are fighting to the death in Galicia. At this time, you transfer all the elites of the Bavarian Army. What would the Austrian Emperor think? If there is a problem on the Eastern Front, how can we take the blame? The Kaiser wouldn’t recite it anyway….

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