From this point of view, even if the Russians block in the wilderness with complete divisional units, then their artillery density will still not exceed the firepower of an assault division and an armored battalion, not to mention that the firepower of 45 tanks of the armored battalion alone is enough to pierce the defense line of the Russian division, as for what to do if it encounters some fortresses? This can only be handed over to the follow-up troops, even in World War II, the German armored forces are not responsible for fighting with the fortress and garrison area, right? This was all left to the infantry and heavy artillery. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"How to solve the problem of cavalry supply, especially horse fodder?" Ruprecht asked, horses are too good to eat, especially war horses, if they don't eat well, they lose fat, and they are more difficult to serve than people.

"At least in Poland, if we attack fast enough, we can feed the war with war, and the Russians will not have a good transport system, and they will definitely build a lot of warehouses in the border areas. The Russians had a large number of cavalry, and it should have no problem trying to find enough fodder. And our transport was also enough to support the attrition of the cavalry for some time. Prince Leopold replied.

"But the size of the cavalry is still relatively small on the whole, think about it, we only have a cavalry army of 12,500 people, even if we add the troops promised by Austria-Hungary, the cavalry we can gather is at most about 25,000 people, accounting for 10% of the entire army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to use this amount of troops to develop in depth. While focusing on quality, the prince also emphasizes the quantity of the fast group. After all, you are not the ...... of the US imperialists fighting Iraq.

"Then we can only learn from Prussia and equip some armored vehicles to replace tracked vehicles, so as to reduce costs, increase numbers, and then get some vehicle-mounted infantry. At the same time, the role of this unit was further specialized, they were only interspersed with attacks, not responsible for defense and expanding the breach, and after they cut through the opponent's position, they were quickly replaced by the infantry units that entered behind. The prince said.

"I'll come up with a rough idea of the compilation, and then you'll be in charge of putting it into practice." The prince thought for a moment and said. "No problem, what we have is time." The prince said.

"A fast force of cavalry and armor, this is quite challenging. It seems that if I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that only the Soviets did this kind of synthesis, right? That evening, in one of the offices of the Iron Castle, Ruprecht began to plan.

In the absence of ready-made experience, the prince could only try to recall the synthesis of cavalry and mechanized troops at the beginning of the establishment of the Red Empire, and the red and white cavalry at the beginning of the civil war actually did not have much reference significance, because the only relatively big improvement of the cavalry at that time was that it was equipped with more machine guns, and then added a machine gun carriage, and the number of artillery was very small, so that when facing the nascent Polish infantry units later, they were all beaten and bloodied.

To put it mildly, the cavalry units of the Red Army at that time suffered even against the Russian infantry units at the beginning of World War I, and if nothing else, a Russian division could guarantee at least 48 artillery pieces. These artillery pieces were enough to suppress the cavalry's carriage machine guns and artillery, and without the support of machine guns, the battlefield combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Red Army would be greatly reduced.

The real reference value of the composite of troops is the synthesis of cavalry brigades in the early 30s after the establishment of the Soviet Union, when a cavalry brigade had 3,135 people, 2,933 horses, 6 artillery pieces, 153 machine guns, 32 tanks and combat vehicles of various kinds, 29 military vehicles and 5 motorcycles. The attack speed of such a unit is there, basically there are no cars and horses, and the speed of the BT series tanks is also powerful enough, and it is not a big problem to intersperse 60 kilometers if you don't fight a day. (In 2 battles, there was a record of 65 kilometers of formed cavalry units interspersed behind enemy lines in one day.) The firepower is quite sufficient, the only problem is that the establishment is too small. The prince's requirement for this interspersed force was that it could defeat the resistance of at least a standard Russian division in one blow.

Another reference is the Soviet Union's cavalry division in 1941, which can be described as extravagant in the eyes of the current Kingdom of Bavaria, with a cavalry division ...... 4 cavalry regiments, 1 tank regiment, 1 artillery regiment and 1 anti-aircraft artillery battalion.

Such a division has 9,240 people, 7,625 horses, 64 BT tanks, 18 armored vehicles, 84 artillery pieces of various kinds, (including 8 122mm howitzers, 24 76mm cannons, 16 45mm anti-tank guns, 8 76mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 37mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 82mm mortars), 64 heavy machine guns, and 18 anti-aircraft machine guns. How to put it, with this formation, this density of firepower, less than 10,000 people, 84 artillery pieces and 64 combat vehicles ....... This is what the current Kingdom of Bavaria will definitely not be able to make up, and even more than 7,600 horses per division are a little difficult.

You must know that a standard division in Bavaria is theoretically equipped with a tank battalion of 45 tanks, or a mix of Hu Feng assault guns and cricket assault tanks, and this theoretical 45 vehicles can only ensure that each division's 30 tanks will attack with 15,000 people.

Taking into account the limitations of this era, as well as the characteristics of the opposing side, the prince believed that the new force could be organized in such a way that an armored battalion (45 crickets and Hufeng fighting vehicles, all personnel around 1500 people. Plus three cavalry regiments (about 1200 people each. A towed or self-propelled artillery battalion (with 12 105mm guns and 6 150mm howitzers) and then 1 infantry regiment, each with about 3,500 men. If you include the logistics units, the total number of people in an assault cluster is about 14,000.

"One infantry regiment, even if a squad takes one car, one regiment alone will cost more than 200 cars. This does not take into account the delivery of artillery and ammunition. The prince thought to himself. You must know that the cars of this era are not as NB as those of later generations. A one-to-five-ton truck is the norm. This is also the ...... model that Bavaria can come up with with the most cost-effective and stable at present.

To be sure, such a division is already perfect, and at least a regular blitzkrieg against the Russians on the Eastern Front will not be a problem. And it's fast enough, the only question is whether such troops can be built! After all, the degree of mechanization of this army somewhat exceeds the capabilities of this era. Therefore, the result of this integration can only be the goal, and it depends on the situation as to how it is......

Referring to the scale of the 1st World War, such an assault division must also establish at least 4 or so in order to ensure a devastating blow to the 2 Russian armies opposite ****. After all, there are 450,000 to 500,000 Russian troops on the opposite side, and if they really fight, they must cut as many knives as possible to facilitate eating. At least 3 breakthrough directions are also required, and if 1 or 2 divisions are assigned to each breakthrough direction according to the difficulty, 4 to 5 will .......

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