The Rise of the Empire

"The French promise that once the war officially starts, they will complete their mobilization within 15 days, and then launch a rapid and violent raid on Germany with the accumulation of decades of the French Republic! And their goal is as far as the former territory of Alsace In the Lorraine area, 75% of the iron ore produced in Russia is produced in this area, if it can be captured here, it will directly lead to the collapse of the German industrial system!" said Nikolaevich, chief of the Russian army's general staff.

"The French promised that once the war started, they could concentrate 5 armies and 1 cavalry corps to launch an attack, and the total strength could reach 78 divisions. They would carry more than 4,000 rapid-fire guns to launch a gale against the Germans The stormy attack, and this force can be at least equal to the main force of the German Army, coupled with the technical advantages of the M1897 rapid-fire gun, they think it is not difficult to stop or even defeat the German Army." Infantry General Alexander Delovich added .

"The Russian Empire may not be able to concentrate such a large force in the same period of time, but it is still possible to concentrate 50 infantry divisions and more than 10 cavalry divisions. The total force can reach 1.15 million, and the number of artillery can reach more than 3,000. Then With the addition of the British expeditionary force, Britain and France can hold the main force of the Germans on the western front, so on the eastern front, the Germans can only leave at most one group army and the Austro-Hungarian army." Nikolaevich Said.

"There are also our little Serbian brothers. They can also concentrate a certain amount of troops, at least 100,000 people, and they can also involve an army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, what we need to face on the Eastern Front is only one German. Legion and 3 to 4 Austro-Hungarian legions. The opponent's total strength will not exceed 800,000. Our strength is very large, and the Austro-Hungarian army has no combat power at all. They have not been a match for the Russian army since the time of Napoleon .” Another Russian infantry general, Alexei Andreyevich, was also very optimistic about the situation.

"I think we have somewhat underestimated the strength of our opponents. First of all, the French army may not be as strong as they imagined. The main direction of the French attack is the Alsace-Lorraine region, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Germans can easily delay the offensive of the French army with a single army. In addition, the French 75MM rapid-fire guns have limited power, and the flat trajectory and flat-firing artillery of the French have no advantage against the German artillery. The Boers are fighting against the British When fighting, their curved-firing heavy artillery performed better than direct-firing rapid-fire artillery, and the French lost to the German artillery and railways in the Franco-Prussian War. This time, I think they will still suffer in artillery.” The cavalry general, Brusinov first put forward a different view, and his speech also made everyone present look sideways.

"On the technical level, I agree with General Brusinov's words. In the Russo-Japanese War, although the navy's 6-inch guns were very heavy, their long-range lethality was astonishing. A 4-gun heavy artillery company only needed 15 A 4-art rapid-fire artillery company can be destroyed in about 10 minutes. The latter can't fight back at all. Every division of the Germans can be equipped with at least 8 150MM howitzers, which is very threatening to the French army. Kim said

"We can warn the French, but anyway, it's a problem on the Western Front, it doesn't have much to do with us, does it? Maybe the two sides on the Western Front will get into a positional war, but on the Eastern Front, I think we All we need to do is attack! Continue to attack! We have enough troops to launch simultaneous attacks on the two lines of East Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Nikolaevich made an indifferent gesture. He even hoped that the Western Front could last longer,

In order to let the main force of Germany fall into it.

"Attack from two directions at the same time? Is it really all right?" Nicholas II asked.

"We can use 2 armies against the Germans, and then 3 or 4 against the Austrians. On the northwest front we have a 2-to-1 numerical advantage, and on the southwestern front we at least have the same strength. If not, the loser must be the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Andreevich said.

"It seems that our battle plan is too simple." Nicholas II said with a curled lip.

"It's not easy. The first thing we need to do is to deploy so many troops on the front line and support them in combat. Our army is actually not small, and we have advantages over the Austro-Hungarian Empire in terms of weapons and equipment, but In terms of logistics, we are far less prepared than our opponents. Our food has to be transported from Ukraine, our soldiers have to be transported from the Baltic coast, the Moscow region, and the Ukrainian region. There are also a large amount of ammunition and artillery. Transportation cannot be done quickly, so we have to build warehouses, build railways, and build positions." Kuropatkin said.

"Can't the army's food be raised locally?" Nicholas II asked.

"Although the Pod Plain is very fertile, the local population in Poland is large, and the food produced is not enough for local consumption. If we deploy millions of troops on the front line, almost all of the military food will need to rely on warehouses and railway lines. Transportation. In fact, compared with military reforms, I think we need to invest more energy in logistical supplies and transportation.” Kuropatkin said.

"What General Kuropatkin said is very reasonable. Now there is such a problem. If the war can be ended in a short period of time, we can certainly rely on warehouses to make up for the lack of transportation capacity. If the war cannot be ended in a short period of time, and What about the long-term? More and more troops and equipment are being sent to the front, and how do we support that?" Brusinov asked.

"This possibility is very small. What we are fighting in the Far East is just a local war, and the scale of the fighting troops is only about 500,000. The daily consumption is as high as 3.2 million rubles, and this time, it will be the largest ever in Europe." In this war, the number of people participating in the war may be as high as 7 million! This kind of consumption cannot be borne by any country. There are only two results if it continues. opted for reconciliation after paying the price," Infantry General Aleksandrovich said.

"At least I think it is impossible to defeat Germany in a short period of time. Germany's industrial strength is too strong, and the internal transportation is very convenient. They can use the internal advantage of the railway to mobilize troops on the east and west lines. If we are in a defensive state, we It is very difficult to defeat the opponent in a short period of time, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a good goal." Brusinov said.

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