The Rise of the Empire

Two weeks later, Prince Leopold came to Ruprecht's office with the future mobilization charter drawn up by the Bavarian General Staff. If nothing else happens, after this document is revised, it will become the next three One of the important bases for Bavaria's military expansion and war preparations. \u003c/p\u003e "Judging from the current size of the army, there are a total of 6 complete military-level units that belong entirely to the Kingdom of Bavaria, including the newly established First Rapid Assault Army and Second Assault Army, the First and Second Bavarian Rapid Assault Army Army, as well as the Bavarian Fifth Army and Sixth Army. Each army is organized into three combat divisions."\u003c/p\u003e "There is a reason why we adopt this organization. Under normal circumstances, the ordinary Prussian army has 42,000 people. There are about two combat divisions, each with a strength of about 17,000, and military units and logistics units of 8,000. And because we are equipped with more vehicles, each division’s own transportation capacity and military transportation capacity are both It has been greatly enhanced. Therefore, we support the operations of three divisions while ensuring that the military units remain unchanged. So after notifying Prussia, we decided to adopt a three-division organization for the Assault Army and Rapid Army."\u003c /p\u003e "Of course, in addition to the above reasons, the most important reason is that if we want to defeat our opponent, the current 2nd Division Army is not very effective. One of our armies can easily kill a Russian army, but against There are some difficulties when there are 2 armies or when the opponent has additional division-level units. This difficulty does not mean that we cannot kill the opponent, but because our troops are limited and we cannot quickly surround and eat them, so I recommend additional Add a corps to improve the combat effectiveness of corps-level units."\u003c/p\u003e "The First Assault Army has three assault divisions, each with 14,000 troops. At the same time, the military headquarters also has directly affiliated troops, technical arms and logistics. With 8,000 personnel, the First Assault Army now has 50,000 people. The main task of this force is to penetrate and break through."\u003c/p\u003e "The Second Assault Army has two assault divisions and a rapid division. They can serve as The supplement of the First Assault Army can also be used as an outflanking and offensive force. The entire army has a total of 56,000 people. The First and Second Assault Army are designed to quickly break through the opponent's position, and to cut the opponent and destroy the opponent's Rear base, and then cut off the opponent's preparations."\u003c/p\u003e "The Bavarian Rapid Army's First and Second Army are also three-division armies. Each division has a strength of nearly 20,000 people. In this way, a Rapid Army can There are nearly 70,000 people in size. When our assault army breaks through the Russian defense line and destroys their rear supply lines, our rapid army can quickly eat up the strength of about two Russian armies. If the assault army makes our Long sword, then the Rapid Army is our heavy hammer. They have the strongest positional warfare combat effectiveness in our army."\u003c/p\u003e "As for the Bavarian Fifth Army and Sixth Army, they are the 2nd Division Army, each The divisions belonging to the corps are all ordinary Bavarian divisions. Their strength and equipment are similar to those of ordinary Prussian divisions. They basically have no independent armored units, and the number of vehicles will decrease a lot. This is because their weapons are mainly used for subsequent siege and annihilation battles. , We don’t need too fast speed and breakthrough capabilities. Of course, what’s more important is that we don’t have enough funds.”\u003c/p\u003e “In this way, we have a total of 5 assault divisions, 7 fast divisions and 4 ordinary divisions. What is the strength of our troops? If we calculate the total strength of our troops, then we have a total of about 320,000 troops. Is this number close to our limit? And it is estimated that the military strength limit will not be reached until 1912? " Ruprecht asked.\u003c/p\u003e "That's right, we can complete the reorganization of the First Assault Army and the Second Assault Army this year, and the reorganization of the two Rapid Army in 1910, and by 1911 ,

The two armies can be fully equipped. As for the fifth and sixth Bavarian armies, they are the original Bavarian army. Just change the number. By 1912, our military strength will reach its peak! "Prince Leopold said.\u003c/p\u003e "There is always a feeling of drinking poison to quench thirst. The 320,000-strong army has almost drained Bavaria of its existing reserves and the veterans who have just retired for one to two years, right? And if we guessed correctly, the Bavarian Air Force units are calculated separately, right? "The prince's face was a bit ugly. Thinking about the Bavarian Legion in history, and then looking at the figures reported by Prince Leopold now, the prince even had some doubts whether this plan could be completed at the first moment of the war.\u003c/ p\u003eThe Bavarian Army in history only had 210,000 people, with 5 corps and 1 cavalry corps. There were about 10 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions in total. Although the number of divisions did not increase much, considering the cavalry divisions, The number of troops is very small, generally 4,000. A cavalry corps is not as large as a Bavarian division, and each division in this plane is generally larger than in history, so the gap is already huge. Counting tanks It takes a long time to cultivate technical arms such as armored vehicles and aircraft, which makes the prince feel that this mobilization plan is Alexander.\u003c/p\u003e "You are right. The size of the air force is additionally calculated. Before the war, we must have 10 Each formation has 20 fighter squadrons, which is 200 aircraft. They will undertake air defense and reconnaissance missions. The number of bomber squadrons will reach 12, each squadron has 24 bombers, which is 288 bombers, nearly 500 first-line aircraft and some second-line aircraft. These air forces require approximately 45,000 people to be responsible for logistics, security and maintenance. "Our actual total strength when the war broke out should have been around 370,000 men," Prince Leopold said. \u003c/p\u003e"I'll go, is this crazy?" Ruprecht showed an expression of disbelief. According to the best current estimates, in 1912, the Kingdom of Bavaria only had a population of about 13 million, and 370,000 troops were immediately dispatched after the war began. The scale of this troops exceeded that of Serbia. In terms of actual combat effectiveness, it can defeat two Russian armies, right? Is this really okay? \u003c/p\u003eSome people may have said that in 1918, Germany maintained a size of 4 million troops on the Western Front. If you include the remaining troops on the Eastern Front, the number could easily reach 4.5 million. Then consider the technology and military of the German population. Due to the scale, it is normal for a population of 12 million to have an army of 700,000. But what do you say about this thing? The initial situation of violent troops is completely different from the later stage of mobilizing troops to exploit potential at all costs. The latter was mobilized only after four years of war, but my first wave of troops had to be mobilized within 18 days after the war started. On the battlefield! Can the difficulty be the same? The most taboo thing in the military is to compare situations in different periods, which has little reference value. \u003c/p\u003eThe third update is here~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e