Two weeks later, Prince Leopold arrived at Ruprecht's office with a charter for future mobilization drawn up by the Bavarian General Staff, which, if nothing else, would be one of the most important bases for Bavaria's arms expansion over the next three years. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Judging from the current size of the army, there are a total of 6 full-fledged military-level units that belong entirely to the Kingdom of Bavaria, namely the 1st Rapid Assault Army and the 2nd Assault Army, the 1st and 2nd Bavarian Rapid Assault Corps, and the Bavarian 5th and 6th Armies. Each corps is composed of three combat divisions. ”

"There is a reason why we have adopted this formation, under normal circumstances, the ordinary Prussian army has about 42,000 people, of which there are two combat divisions, each with a strength of about 17,000 people, and the military units and logistics units are 8,000 people. And because we are equipped with more vehicles, the transportation capacity of each division itself and the transportation capacity of military dependents has been greatly enhanced. Therefore, under the condition of ensuring that the subordinate units of the army remain unchanged, we supported the operation of the three divisions. So after briefing Prussia, we decided to adopt three divisions for the assault army and the rapid army. ”

"Of course, in addition to the above reasons, the most important reason is that if we are going to crush the opponent, the current 2nd Division is not very effective. One of our corps can easily take out a Russian army, but it is a little difficult to deal with two armies or increase the strength of the opponent's division-level units, this difficulty does not mean that we can't kill the opponent, but because of the limited strength, we can't quickly surround and eat it, so I suggest adding an additional corps to improve the combat effectiveness of the corps-level units. ”

Among them, the First Assault Army has three assault divisions, each with 14,000 people, and at the same time, the military headquarters also has 8,000 directly subordinate troops, technical arms and logistics personnel, so that the First Assault Army has 50,000 people. The main task of this force is to intersperse and break through. ”

"The Second Assault Army has two assault divisions and one rapid division, which can be used both as a supplement to the First Assault Army and as a force for outflanking and storming. The total number of troops in the army was 56,000. Both the 1st and 2nd Assault Armies were prepared to quickly break through the opponent's positions and cut through the opponent's rear bases, and then cut the opponent's rear base. ”

"The First and Second Rapid Armies of Bavaria are also three divisions, each division has a strength of nearly 20,000 troops, so that a rapid army has a size of nearly 70,000 people, when our assault army breaks through the Russian defense line and destroys their rear supply lines, our fast army can quickly eat up the strength of about 2 Russian armies. If the Assault Army is our sword, then the Rapids are our hammer. They have the strongest positional combat effectiveness in our army. ”

"As for the Bavarian Fifth Army and the Sixth Army, they are 2 divisions, and the divisions to which each army belongs are ordinary Bavarian divisions, and the strength and equipment are similar to those of ordinary Prussian divisions, there are basically no independent armored units, and the number of cars will also drop a lot, this is because they are mainly used for subsequent sieges and annihilation wars, and they do not need too fast speed and breakthrough capabilities. Of course, more importantly, we don't have enough money. ”

"In this way, we have a total of 5 assault divisions and 7 fast divisions and 4 ordinary divisions? If we calculate the total number of troops, then we have a total of about 320,000 troops. That's close to our limit, isn't it? And it is estimated that the limit of troops will not be reached until 1912? Ruprecht asked.

"That's right, we can complete the reorganization of the First and Second Assault Corps this year, the reorganization of the two Rapid Armies in 1910, and the full strength of the two armies by 1911. It's just a number. By 1912, our forces will be at their peak! Prince Leopold said.

"There's always a feeling of quenching your thirst, a 320,000-strong legion, which has almost drained Bavaria's reserves of existing and veterans who have just been retired for 1 or 2 years, right? And if we guessed correctly, the units of the Bavarian Air Force are counted separately, right? The prince's face was a little ugly. Thinking about the historical Bavarian legion, and looking at the figures reported by Prince Leopold now, the prince even had some doubts about whether this plan could be completed at the first time when the war began.

The historical Bavarian Army is only 210,000, with 5 corps and 1 cavalry corps, a total of about 10 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions, although in terms of the number of divisions, it has not increased much, but considering that the cavalry division is very small, generally 4000 people, a cavalry corps is not as large as a Bavarian division, and each division in this plane is generally larger than in history, so this gap is already very large. Counting the technical arms of tanks, armored vehicles, and airplanes, it takes a long time to train, which makes the prince feel that this mobilization plan Alexander is ah.

"You're right, the size of the Air Force is additionally calculated, before the war, we have to have 10 fighter squadrons, each formation has 20 fighters, that's 200 aircraft, and they will take on air defense and reconnaissance missions. The number of bomber squadrons will reach 12, each squadron will have 24 bombers, that is, 288 bombers, nearly 500 first-line aircraft and some second-line aircraft, and these air forces will need about 45,000 people to be responsible for logistics, defense and maintenance. "We should actually have a total force of about 370,000 at the time of the war." Prince Leopold said.

"I'll go, this is crazy, isn't it?" Ruprecht grimaced his expression. According to the best estimates at present, by 1912, the Kingdom of Bavaria had a population of about 13 million, and the first time after the start of the war was 370,000 troops, this scale of the army caught up with Serbia. In terms of actual combat effectiveness, it is possible to beat two Russian army groups, right? Is it really okay to do this?

Some people may say that in 1918, Germany maintained the size of 4 million troops on the Western Front, and if you count the remnants of the troops on the Eastern Front, it is easy to reach 4.5 million, and then considering the relationship between the technology of the German population and the size of the army, then it is normal for the population of 12 million to burst out of 700,000 troops. But what does this thing say? The latter was mobilized after 4 years of war, and the first wave of troops had to go to the battlefield within 18 days of the war! Can the difficulty be the same? The most taboo thing in the military is to compare the situation in different periods, which does not have much reference value.

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