"You mean that Princess Mary received the title of Grand Duke of Bohemia and Moravia?" Crown Prince William said with some shock. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, Your Highness, if nothing else, the official canonization will be completed in 2 months. Princess Mary would be the Grand Duke of Power and would be in charge of all the internal and military affairs of Bohemia-Moravia. But there is no right in parliament. Prime Minister Bulowh replied.

"He really made it happen." Although the Kaiser on the side was calm on the surface, he was also very shocked inside. Could there be some meaning in this? But now, the Kaiser obviously has no time to think about these things, and the German Empire and he have more important things to do, that is, the reform of the German military system.

Now a little more than four years is not a long time, but it is definitely not a short time, if we can seize this time, then the German military strength will be greatly improved. And now, Moltke and Ruprecht are discussing the reform of the German military system.

"The reform of the military system should be matched with the strategy. It seems that Your Majesty and you still think that the best and fastest way to end the war is on the Western Front? Is that so? Ruprecht asked.

"That's right, after the victory on the Western Front, we will solve the European problem once and for all, and the German Empire will have no opponents, and if we only win on the Eastern Front and draw on the Western Front, then we will have a war with Britain and France sooner or later, not to mention, don't you have you on the Eastern Front now? I think that's enough. Moltke said with a smile.

"In that case, I think the first thing the Western Front corps will do is add a lot of trucks and half-tracks. Whether it is a tank or an airplane, they need to consume quite a lot of resources. However, it is logistics that restricts the speed of the offensive of the troops on the Western Front, and raising the level of heavy equipment is not very useful for improving the ability of assault. Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to ensure the number of trucks and railway soldiers, and the former must ensure that each division has at least 120 1.5-ton vehicles. And the military department should have an additional 150 cars, that is, an army, 40,000 people should have about 400 cars. And if there are 1.2 million troops on the Western Front, then at least 12,000 trucks. ”

"Isn't that too much?" Moltke said with a frown. This number far exceeded the number of cars in the German army in history, you know, the entire German army at that time also had only 4,000 trucks.

"It can only be more than this, it cannot be less than this, think about it, the army closest to the north has to travel a distance of 350 to 400 kilometers in enemy-occupied territory, and it is estimated that there are ordinary vehicles that cannot withstand such high-intensity use. And when you get to France, you will fight the French army, which is waiting for you. You know what I mean? If your division also has additional armored units, then more vehicles are needed, and each of our armored battalions is equipped with a transport and maintenance squadron of 80 vehicles. And this is only to ensure that the armored battalion can assault at a speed of 40 kilometers per day for 3 days. ”

Prince Ruprecht spoke eloquently. I offer what I have researched over the years. Armored assault needs more supplies, and the same is true for aviation units, and even the 1st World War Aviation has a higher demand for supplies than the 2nd World War, because the 1st War has a short range, and if it is the 2nd War, even if the BF109 has a short range, with a 300L auxiliary fuel tank, it is enough to carry out combat missions from Germany. But not now, if you want to play the role of fighters and bombers, then the aircraft and the complete set of auxiliary equipment need to be advanced to no more than 150 kilometers from the battle line, and then the airfield ...... is established.

The armored battle groups and aircraft created by Ruprecht were not at all prepared for a quick plan, he was solely aimed at solving the large Russian corps on the Eastern Front, at the lowest possible cost. If you want to be suitable for the Western Front, then the first design criteria must be changed, and the core should be the following two points: first, increase logistics and supply capacity, to put it bluntly, increase the number of trucks. And the second is to try to make the army have the most powerful combat power when supplies are limited.

It is impossible to increase the offensive speed of the German Army as a whole, because the speed of this thing will always depend on most of the slowest parts, and Bavaria can only ensure that some of the troops will advance at high speed, and the rapid corps will be enough to deal with the Russians with low strength density and poor equipment, but in the face of the French army with more than 4,000 rapid-fire guns, as well as a steady stream of British expeditionary forces, and they are fighting at people's doorsteps, then I am afraid that the situation will be very bad. And now it is clearly impossible to appear a large-scale fast corps at the level of an army group.

"The most crucial and most difficult thing is not the beginning, not even the breach of a series of Belgian-French border fortresses, including the fortress of Liège, but the most difficult thing is when your troops pass through Belgium, enter France, and engage the French army! At this time, the attacking troops have already walked 200 kilometers of railway, exhausted, and the logistics do not know where they are, and you still have to leave the railway line and walk 80 to 120 kilometers before you can enter the battlefield! And the other party is waiting for it, imagine what a situation it is! Ruprecht said.

"The French are not going to fight us on the border, and if that is the case, then it would be great, and after a little rest, we can win by going straight over. If I were the commander-in-chief of the French army, after a sudden and swift blow, I would choose to retreat, consolidate my troops, and after the British were in place, I would choose to fight a decisive battle on a wider front. And this is when we are at our weakest. And what we have to do is to at least stabilize the front in this situation and push forward as much as possible. ”

"Don't think about the armored unit, this thing is really powerful, but there are not many that can pass, and the most important thing is machine guns and artillery! In the future, the Prussian regiment in charge of the offensive must be equipped with as many truck guns and towed artillery as possible. This is the force that can be relied upon, and we can even concentrate for these artillery pieces and make quick maneuvers on the road alone. ”

"In terms of roads, while securing the railroads, we should keep several roads open for transporting troops and supplies, and the outermost legions can be equipped with independent rapid assault forces, but they must carry less heavy artillery. Because they are the farthest away. Ruprecht said.

"But in this case, there will be a lack of attacking ability, and if the British and French realize what we think, they will also run to the sea, and then outflank us as much as possible. If there is a problem on the flanks, our 1 or 2 armies may be in danger. Moltke said.

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