The Rise of the Empire

Thinking of this, the prince felt that the wallet in his pocket seemed to jump.... "Okay, okay, this is just an assumption, and there may be a lot of shortages, but the Russian army on the opposite side should be better than the coffee table, so the problem shouldn't be too big." Ruprecht comforted himself in this way.

In the end, this kind of division was defined by the prince as an assault division, which was specially used to cut the opponent's front. In addition to the assault division, there were two other types of divisions, one of which was the fast division in the past. Behind the assault division, break into the opponent's front, consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and continue to work hard to follow the pace of the assault division to ensure the formation of an encirclement situation against the enemy.

Different from the previous plan, such a division will try to reduce the number of tanks. On the one hand, it is unnecessary, after all, the assault mission has been handed over to the assault division. On the other hand, in order to save money, there is no way. The original plan to equip a fast division with a tank battalion of 45 tanks is likely to be ruined by the problem of having trucks for the infantry....

Such an infantry division is positioned close to the mechanized infantry division responsible for following up the armored division in later generations. After the assault division broke through the line of defense, the former continued to develop in depth and moved backwards to the opponent's side, while the latter was responsible for following up so that Forming an encirclement, such troops will move slower than assault divisions, and at the same time have weaker offensive capabilities, but have a larger number of artillery and more sufficient troops to resist the opponent's counterattack, or block part of the retreating Russian army. This division is called a fast division.

Because the fast division needs to shoulder the task of defending the breakthrough and expanding the breakthrough, their force configuration will be slightly stronger, equipped with a large number of submachine guns, machine guns and howitzers, and when necessary, there will be special air force reinforcements. The size of these divisions is about 20,000 people. Larger than both the Assault Division and the Normal Division. It is expected that the Bavarian Army and the attached Austro-Hungarian Army may build seven such divisions.

The third type of division is the ordinary Bavarian division. Their mobility will be further reduced, but they have the largest number and the largest heavy artillery group. Their task is to follow the fast division to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy. When the opponent decides to retreat or the defense line shakes, a large number of ordinary divisions will crush the opponent like a pan. And complete the final encirclement and annihilation.

"Actually, I don't think the Assault Division is necessary to participate in the subsequent encirclement missions. He just needs to reach the opponent's military-level logistics center as soon as possible and kill this point. In the absence of railways, their military-level logistics units The distance from the front line is only 100 kilometers. If our troops are not effectively blocked, 2 days is enough to reach their logistics center. If these centers are destroyed, they want to withdraw at least this distance. It will take about 5 days to go, and this is still without interference!" Prince Leopold said.

"What you mean is that in addition to encircling the opponent's main force, you should pay more attention to the attack on the enemy's deep units. Supply stations, transportation hubs, and main railway lines are all your goals. By paralyzing the opponent's supply system, you can provide for the enemy ahead. The troops encircled the opponent to buy time?" the prince said thoughtfully.

"That's right, that's it. The important indicator to measure whether the result of our campaign is completed is not only the number of Russian troops wiped out, but also the consumption of Russian technical equipment. There are many Russians. Their soldiers are very cheap, but their technical equipment is very expensive." Rare." The prince agreed.

"But now there is a new problem, if we succeed in occupying Russian Poland, let the Russians retreat in depth,

Our supply lines will be stretched, and the traffic situation will further deteriorate. For example, if the Russians push to the Baltic Sea, Belarus, and Ukraine, how will we fight next? To attack Ukraine, or to go north to the Baltic coast? "**** said a problem that has been bothering him. It is not difficult to defeat the Russian army, but how to defeat Russia is a very big problem.

The German army in history also has this problem. If it goes north, it will face very fierce resistance. Neither the Gulf of Riga nor Petrograd can be captured easily. The road conditions in the direction of Ukraine are worse, and the front line is longer. of. Although the prince had the means of using the Bolsheviks and supporting the internal disputes in Poland to collapse Russia, he still wanted to find a military solution.

"Ukraine is too far away from us. Although it can be occupied, it will consume a lot of our troops and energy. Our mobile forces will gradually be consumed in the controlled area, so I don't recommend attacking Ukraine at the beginning. If we can get the navy If we cooperate, I would rather push it directly to Petrograd! These areas can be included in the control of the German Empire in the future, and even the Kaiser believes that Ukraine is only suitable for forming a vassal state." Leopold Prince de replied.

"I also agree with this point of view." The prince said. Historically, in August 1918, when the German Western Front was beaten by the Allied Powers and retreated step by step, the Allied Powers still had 50 divisions in Eastern Europe and Transcaucasus. , And these troops accounted for about a quarter of the troops on the Eastern Front! And occupying Russian territory in a short period of time does not have enough income to compensate for 50 divisions, so the prince also means that the Ukrainian region and the Transcaucasus region should be left in chaos first, and the scope of direct control should be reduced, as long as they are separated from the Soviet Union by treaty. Russia, then the best way is to turn around and clean up these places slowly after the First World War is over.

"When fighting the Russians, the navy will be a very important factor. After we have severely damaged Russia's Southwest Front Army and Northwest Front Army, we can try to join forces with the Navy and launch a landing battle in the coastal areas of Poland. Put a knife in the back and eat all the troops in Russian Poland directly! In this way, we will greatly speed up the pace of attack. And if we transport by sea, it will be faster than our transport by rail." The prince said.

"It depends on what the Kaiser wants. After all, the Imperial Navy has to listen to the Kaiser, and the landing operation will take a long time. It is hard to say whether the Kaiser will agree, and whether the High Seas Fleet will cooperate. Even if Hipper becomes If you become the commander of the High Seas Fleet, you may not agree easily, right?" The prince is not very optimistic about this.

"They will agree. Obtaining the command of the Baltic Sea and assisting the army's offensive is one of the important tasks of the navy. They will not shirk it. What's more, it is not easy for us to defeat the British fleet, but the British want to threaten our coastal waters It's also not easy, our offshore defense pressure is actually not great," said the prince.

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