The Rise of the Empire

"Your Excellency Kurupatkin, your plan has been approved by His Majesty the Tsar. You can plan the entire Polish theater according to your own plan." An officer said after delivering a document to Kurupatkin .

"Really? If that's true, that would be great!" A smile appeared on Kuropatkin's lips. But this smile can be a disaster for some people! "Now, let's take action! We don't have much time!"

When Kuropatkin received authorization from the highest authority, the first thing he did was to forcibly recruit civilians from Russian Poland to build various military facilities for Russia. The second thing is the planned forced relocation of people from Russian Poland! Under the batons of the Russian police and the oppression of some Polish nobles, a large number of Poles left the places where they had lived for generations and moved towards Belarus and Ukraine. The journey was filled with blood and tears, but in Kuropatkin's opinion, it was completely worth it.

"Russian Poland only has 128,000 square kilometers, but there are 10 million people here! Most of them are Poles. This is completely unnecessary and will even have a huge impact on the empire during the war." Kulopa Trump said this at military meetings more than once. There is some truth in what he said. The Poles are dishonest. This is what the three countries of Russia, Germany and Austria have learned over the past hundreds of years. The Poles will seek independence when they have a chance, but they must create opportunities to become independent even if they don’t have the chance... . Once the war starts, the Poles will definitely not be honest. Therefore, it is normal for Russia to reduce the Polish population in this area and stabilize the society.

Secondly, from an economic and supply perspective, it is inevitable to reduce the population in Poland. First, Russian Poland itself cannot be self-sufficient! The Polish region imports a large amount of grain from other regions of Russia every year. This is of course no problem in peacetime, but if you think about it, once a war breaks out, more than 1.5 million Russian troops will be stationed here. The food gap in the area will be even greater, requiring more food input, and Russia's transportation capacity is inherently insufficient. Compared with Western Europe, in order to transport military supplies during the war, even resource transportation had to be greatly reduced. In this case, Poland’s huge population became a burden on transportation. According to Kuropatkin’s words, why don’t we Driving the Poles to Ukraine and letting them have food nearby, instead of using trains to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles to deliver food to them?

The second reason is to deploy more troops during peacetime. A group of senior Russian military officials, including Kuropatkin, knew that if the Germans were serious, the Russians would not be able to defeat the Germans in a positional battle. This was for sure, especially the Bavarian Army. Although Rupresit's The confidentiality work is very good, but the Russians can still see through it. After all, the Russians bought a lot of military equipment during the Russo-Japanese War. The excellent performance of these weapons left a very deep impression on the Russians. In the Boer War and the North African wars, the presence of the Bavarian Legion from time to time also gave the Russians a higher evaluation of their opponents.

"If the strength of both sides is equal, our army will not even be able to hold on for too long in a positional battle and will be defeated. The artillery of the Bavarian Army is outrageous in terms of quantity and caliber, and the infantry weapons are also very Elites, their machine gun equipment rate should be the highest among the armies of the major powers, and at least one-third of the infantry are equipped with semi-automatic rifles. Once a war breaks out, the same number of Russian troops will be easily overwhelmed by their bullets."

"So, if we want to deal with this force, then we must gather twice the strength to suppress it,

Considering that the Bavarian Army will have at least 5 to 6 armies during wartime, with a total strength of more than 250,000, we must deploy two armies to deal with the Bavarian Army. Then there are 2 armies to deal with the East Prussian Army, and 4 armies to concentrate on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, we must at least concentrate the strength of 8 armies, at least 70 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions at the beginning of the war. Gained the advantage. "Brushinov wrote in a document to the General Staff.

According to Brusinov's plan, this scale is already much stronger than in history. Historically, at the beginning of the war, the Russians deployed two front armies on the entire eastern front, namely the two armies of the Northwest Front. 17.5 infantry divisions, and then the four armies of the Southwest Front, for a total of 34.5 infantry divisions, which together only amount to 52 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions. .

The fundamental reason for such a huge gap is that the Russians have determined that the Bavarian Army will fight on the Eastern Front. The Russians are not stupid. They can easily calculate the strength of the troops they will face. It is impossible for East Prussia to completely surrender. Defend the Bavarian Army, so there will be at least one army group. The Bavarian Army is a large army, and it is well-equipped. In order to suppress it, only 2 army groups are needed. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is more like a coffee table, it can make up for 4 army groups. No problems at all.

In this way, the Russians must deploy eight armies, and the Russians are self-aware. They know that according to the agreement with the French, if they wait until the war begins before mobilizing and deploying, they will not be able to deploy eight armies at once. possible!

According to the internal requirements of the Allied Powers, Russia must complete mobilization within 18 days. However, if eight armies are to be deployed, even under the most optimistic scenario, Russia will still need a full month to 40 days to complete the deployment. So in the end, the Russians passed the first phase of the plan to reduce the Polish population by 2 million in exchange for a proposal to increase regular border garrison troops by 250,000 and reduce logistical pressure, which is what Kuropatkin is doing now. And if this plan can come true, there is still hope that the Russians can reach the strength of eight armies through pre-war deployment and wartime mobilization.

There are 70 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions in the front line of the 8 group armies. This scale can be described as terrifying. Although after a series of optimized deployments, the Russians overdrawn their troops in advance, bringing the entire Russian military strength on the Eastern Front to a new peak!

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