"Austria-Hungary promised to attack Russia on its own initiative after the start of the campaign, and if I am not mistaken, the Bavarian Corps would also attack, and it is unlikely that the Russians would concentrate enough forces in Prussia when they were attacked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info" Moltke said.

"Think about it, the Russians can concentrate up to 700,000 troops in the Far East, thousands of miles away from Europe! And what about in Poland? If the Russians were given 5 years to prepare, combined with a lot of aid from Britain and France, I don't think they would have had a problem at all in concentrating 1.4 million troops in the event of a war. And the Austro-Hungarian Corps concentrated a maximum of 850,000 troops on the Northern Front, the Bavarian Corps from the current point of view, a maximum of 200,000 troops, and the East Prussian Corps only 200,000 at most, right? ”

"Although Emperor Fritz was my father-in-law, I have to say that I was not optimistic about the fighting power of the Austro-Hungarian Legion. Perhaps the Russians could defeat the Austro-Hungarian regiment with only 600,000 men. What disturbs me even more is the mobilization capacity of the Russian legions, in fact, purely in terms of the size of the troops, the Russians will only mobilize more troops than Germany, not less! They may have sent the second wave of troops to the battlefield before we could decide the winner on the Western Front. ”

"Alright, tell me, how can we resist such a wave of attacks?"

"If I were the commander of the Russian corps, then I would be on the defensive in one strategic direction and offensive in one of them! And the most likely direction of attack for me was East Prussia, because the territory of Germany in this area was very long. Lacking depth, it would be difficult to regroup the line once it had been breached, unless the defenders were willing to retreat in stride, giving up large swaths of territory. But I don't think any of you here think that East Prussia or Silesia can be given up, do you? ”

"The Bavarian Corps can guarantee that more than 6 Russian armies are blocked head-on, that is, about 300,000 people, so how many Russian troops can the East Prussian Corps withstand?" The prince asked.

The prince's plan was to take command of the Eastern Front, and he did not want the historic Battle of Tannenberg to be repeated at the hands of Ludendorff. Therefore, he had to make a proper enlargement in order to make the Kaiser aware of the seriousness of the problem, when in fact, the Russians would have put more pressure on Germany if they had not been stupid! The biggest strategic problem is that the Russians did not concentrate their forces on one side or the other, but chose to distribute their forces evenly according to the size of their opponents, which made it impossible to solve any strategic direction.

The two armies of the Northwest Front had 17.5 infantry divisions and 8.5 cavalry divisions, against the 15 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division of the German Eighth Army, although there were nearly 5 percent more on the number, but the size and firepower of the cavalry divisions were very small, coupled with the equipment gap, although the Russians began to make some progress, but after the German Eighth Army took advantage of the combat advantage of the railway line and seized the loopholes of the Russians, the offensive and defensive situation of the two sides was completely reversed.

In the face of the weak Austro-Hungarian army, the Southwestern Front won a big victory cleanly, and almost crushed the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the first battle. This shows that the Russian army was still very threatening to the fragile Eastern Front at the beginning of the war, and if the Russians chose to stick to one direction and attack the other, whether it was to attack East Prussia or Austria-Hungary, they would have achieved much stronger results than in history.

If East Prussia were to be attacked, the Russian Northwest Front, which had six Russian armies and three more than 11 divisions to attack the German Eighth Army, could completely roll over the Eighth Army with a crushing force, and 16 divisions would fight 37 divisions ....... How hopeless is this.......

If Austria-Hungary is attacked, the Germans will not take the initiative to attack Russia, because there are not many garrisons in East Prussia, and the defense is still stretched, let alone attacking, and there is no advantage of the internal railway when attacking, which makes the German army's offensive extremely slow. And if 5 army groups were concentrated in the direction of Austria-Hungary, the result would be unimaginable!

After the end of the Battle of Galicia, 400,000 Austro-Hungarians were killed, and in order to save their allies, the Germans arrived in Austria-Hungary by rail in 11 days from mid to late September, blocking the Russian offensive. If the Russian army of 5 armies launched an attack, the losses of Austria-Hungary could simply be described as a tragedy!

"Germany and Austria have 6 armies on the Eastern Front, and the Russians estimate that there are only 6 armies, so the situation is not as bad as you think, right?" Moltke's words were also full of uncertainty.

"I really don't trust the fighting power of the Austro-Hungarian Legion, I don't need to grandstand here by belittling the Austro-Hungarian Legion, right?" Ruprecht said: "What's more, our campaign on the Western Front will last 40 days, and if the Russians start mobilizing, I'm afraid that when the campaign on the Western Front reaches its climax, their second wave of troops will be ready!" Even if we get lucky enough to block the first wave, what about the second wave? When you are ready for a decisive battle on the Western Front, you will send troops to aid the Eastern Front? Is it possible? ”

Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was severely damaged in the First Battle of Galicia, and it was only after the Germans temporarily mobilized 250,000 troops to stabilize the Eastern Front that further losses were avoided. And Ruprecht also wanted to avoid the recurrence of this scene, so that the main German force could play on the Western Front with peace of mind, although it could not completely solve France in a war, but it was good to be able to push the front as close to Paris as possible.

History has also made great efforts to save Germany on the Eastern Front, and this time, with the prince bluffing the Russians, if Germany wants to continue to guarantee the security of the Eastern Front, then it will have to pay an even greater price. And this price is probably not what the Kaiser is willing to bear, that year, the first commander of the German Eighth Army was dismissed because he wanted to abandon East Prussia, and Hindenburg took office. And this time, in the face of the terrifying situation on the Eastern Front, the Kaiser also hesitated, he was really afraid!

"We can talk about that later." The prince's sudden question caught everyone present a little off guard, in the eyes of everyone present, the prince's credit is still just, not only because of the recognition of the other party's ability, but also as **** himself said, there is no need for him to hack his father-in-law. And if what the prince said is true, then the problem is really complicated. What to do on the Eastern Front!

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