"The French promised that they would mobilize within 15 days as soon as the war officially began, and then launch a swift and fierce surprise attack on Germany with the decades of accumulation of the French Republic! Their target was the Alsace-Lorraine region, where 75% of Russia's iron ore production was produced, and if they could take it, it would lead directly to the collapse of the German industrial system! "said the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, Nikolayevich. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The French assured that once the war began, they could concentrate the forces of 5 army groups and 1 cavalry corps for the offensive, and the total strength could reach 78 divisions. They would carry more than 4,000 rapid-fire guns to launch a stormy attack on the Germans, which was almost equal to the main force of the German Army, and with the technical superiority of the M1897 rapid-fire gun, they did not think it would be 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 number of troops in the same time, but it is still possible to concentrate 50 infantry divisions and more than 10 cavalry divisions, with a total strength of 1.15 million men and more than 3,000 artillery pieces. Coupled with the British expeditionary force, Britain and France could involve the main force of the Germans on the Western Front, so on the Eastern Front, the Germans could only leave one army group and the Austro-Hungarian Army at most. Nikolaevich said.

"And our little Serbian brothers, they can also concentrate a certain number of troops, at least more than 100,000 men, and they can also involve an Austro-Hungarian army group, in which case we will only have to deal with 1 German corps and 3 or 4 Austro-Hungarian corps on the Eastern Front. The total strength of the opposing side will not exceed 800,000. We had a large superiority in forces, and the Austro-Hungarian army had little combat strength at all. From the time of Napoleon, they were no match for the Russian army. "Another Russian infantry general, Alexei. Andreevich is also optimistic about the situation.

"I think we are underestimating the strength of our opponents, first of all, the French army may not be as strong as they think, the main direction of the French attack is the Alsace-Lorraine region, which is inherently easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Germans can easily delay the French offensive with a single army group. In addition, the French 75mm rapid-fire guns were limited in power, and the overly straight ballistics and flat-fire artillery had no advantage over the German artillery, and the Boers performed better with their curved heavy guns than the direct-firing rapid-fire guns when they fought the British, and the French lost to the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War with artillery and railways, and this time, I think they will still suffer in artillery. Cavalry Admiral, Brusinov was the first to make a different point of view, and his statement made everyone present look sideways.

"On a technical level, I agree with General Brusinov's statement that in the Russo-Japanese War, although the heavy artillery of the navy's 6-inch guns was very heavy, the long-range lethality was amazing, and a 4-gun heavy artillery company could destroy a 4-gun rapid-fire gun company in about 15 minutes. And the latter simply cannot fight back. Each division of the Germans could be armed with at least eight 150mm howitzers, which was a threat to the French army. Kulopatkin said

"We can give the French a wake-up call, but in any case, it's a matter of the Western Front, and it doesn't have much to do with us, does it? Maybe the two sides on the Western Front will get into positional warfare, but on the Eastern Front, I think all we need to do is attack! Keep on the offensive! We have sufficient forces to attack simultaneously on both lines of East Prussia and Austria-Hungary. Nikolaevich made a gesture of indifference. He even hoped that the Western Front could be fought for a longer period of time, so that the main German forces could be caught in it.

"Attacking from both directions at the same time? Is it really okay? Nicholas II asked.

"We can use 2 army groups against the Germans, and then 3-4 army groups against the Austrians. On the Northwest Front, we have a numerical advantage of 2 to 1, while on the Southwest Front, we at least do not suffer losses in our forces, and if we attack, we will definitely lose Austria-Hungary. Andreevich said.

"It seems that our battle plan is a little too simple." Nicholas II pouted.

"It's not simple, the first thing we have to do is that we can deploy so many troops on the front line and support them to fight. The size of our army is actually not small, and we also have an advantage over Austria-Hungary in terms of weapons and equipment, but we are far less prepared than our opponents in terms of logistics, our food has to be transported from Ukraine, our soldiers have to be transported from the Baltic coast, the Moscow region, the Ukrainian region, and a large number of ammunition and artillery, which cannot be done quickly by relying on wartime transportation, so we have to build warehouses, build railways, and build positions. Kulopatkin said.

"Can't the army rely on local funding for food?" Nicholas II asked.

"Although the Bode Plain is very fertile, Poland has a large local population, and the food produced is not enough for local consumption, and if we deploy millions of troops at the front at once, I am afraid that almost all the military food will have to be transported by warehouses and railway lines. In fact, I think we need to invest more energy in logistics and transportation than military reform. Kulopatkin said.

"General Kulopatkin makes a lot of sense, now there is such a question, if the war can end in the short term, we can certainly rely on warehouses to make up for the lack of transport capacity, so what if the war cannot end in the short term, and tends to be long-term? More and more troops and equipment are being sent to the front, and how can we support them? Brusinov asked.

"It's very unlikely, we are fighting only a local war in the Far East, and the size 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 war in Europe in history, and the participation of both sides may be as high as more than 7 million! No one country can afford such attrition, and there are only two consequences if it continues, one is the collapse of the economy of all the participating countries, and the other is the choice of reconciliation after suffering an unbearable price. "said Infantry General Alexander Drovich.

"At least I don't think it's possible to defeat Germany in a short period of time, because Germany's industrial strength is too strong, and the internal transportation is very convenient, they can use the advantage of the railway's internal line to move troops on the east and west fronts. If we are on the defensive, it will be difficult for us to defeat our opponents in a short period of time, but Austria-Hungary is a good target. Brusinov said.

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