"I fully agree with the plan for the first stage, after the 1st and 2nd Army Groups have captured Amiens and our army has captured Reims, the French Army Group in the middle of our team will encircle each other. After the end of the encirclement of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, the Third Army Group will advance according to the attack plan I have specified, but the deepest line of our attack is only to cross the Marne, and if the strength of the First and Second Army Groups is insufficient, no more than two corps can be drawn from the Third Army Group at most. ”

"I give you 2 weeks, if you can make a breakthrough in the last line of defense in Paris, then the rest of the plan will be carried out according to the instructions of the General Staff, if not, I hope that the rest of this campaign will be carried out according to my plan." Rupresit said.

"We only have a total of 3 Army Groups on the Northern Front, and we are very puzzled that your Third Army Group did not participate in the Battle of Paris, which was a matter of victory or defeat. Your armored forces accounted for more than a third of the German army on the Western Front! I really can't accept that such a huge force should stand still in such an important battle. Ludendorff said, who was at the back of the seat.

"The people who can sit here are people who understand, and there are some things I don't want to explain. In this way, everyone does not look good on the face, in this case, in order to prevent someone from taking me as the wronged leader, then okay, I want to ask, whether it is Kruger or someone else, who wants to take over the Third Army? ”

"In the whole campaign, the strength of our Third Army was relatively insufficient, and it was also the most stressful! None of you have said that! The rest of your Army Groups are a combination of two complete Army Groups, and only my Third Army Group is a single Army Group plus new recruits and Bavarian troops transferred from the Eastern Front. The quality was uneven and, relative to the other three armies, my infantry and artillery were clearly inadequate. ”

"But the task I undertook was the heaviest, the first army group and the second army group a total of 4 army groups attacked Amiens, you fought the combination of the British and French armies, although there were British reserves behind Amiens, but the British armor force was not strong. But I'm different, my Third Army Group, after capturing Reims, is facing the French mobile corps! The French concentrated more than 70% of the troops of the mobile corps in the southeast of Reims! From the point of view of armored warfare, the pressure on me is the greatest, even more so than the first and second army groups! ”

"To put it mildly, I wouldn't say too much when I say that my troops need to face nearly half of the armored forces of the entire Entente? Although my armored corps is strong, the pressure is greater, and the infantry and artillery are relatively small, so who will tell me that after I have captured Reims and repelled the French mobile corps, where will I have the strength to continue the attack? ”

"As for why I have to stop, in addition to the lack of strength, the battlefield situation is also a key, your flank is my Third Army Group, and my flank is the two armies of the French on the Southern Front, and between me and the Fourth Army Group there is still the nail of the Verdun fortress, you are not afraid of being outflanked, I am really afraid!" The prince said angrily.

From the point of view of position, the prince's third army group is in the middle of the entire front, if the German army on the northern front achieves a big breakthrough, then the French army on the southern front will definitely support, and at this time the first to bear the brunt of the prince's third army group! After he smashed the counterattack of the French mobile corps, he had to resist the two French armies heading north on the one hand and participate in the Battle of Paris on the other, which was originally an impossible task.

The performance of the Third Army Group was related to the direction of the entire campaign, whether it could defeat Reims, whether it could defeat the reinforced French Rapid Army after the Battle of Reims was a problem, and after advancing to the Marne, it was even more questionable to be able to obtain a bridgehead and block the French from both sides.

On the other hand, the first and second army groups, theoretically, as long as they crush the first line of defense of the Entente army, all that remains is to advance and attack step by step, the British army is not large, and the size of the armored forces is also the same, with 5 armored divisions and 4 army groups, even in the initial strength of the troops, you do not suffer, if you can't push at this time, then how can you let the third army, which is more inferior in strength, continue to advance? And how to complete the attack on Paris?

It is true that there is the German Fourth Army Group on the southern front to contain the two French armies, but the German Southern Front Corps, which is not superior in strength and equipment, wants to break through the opponent's position and exert pressure, it is very difficult, after all, the armored force is only less than 3 percent of the northern front, and the air force is about this proportion, although there are a lot of troops, but if there is no foreign aid, it is still difficult to put pressure on the French army group on the southern front.

"If there is a lack of troops or logistics, Army Group 3 can hold off and wait for supplies and reinforcements, or it can use this time to build up a flank line. And then together they advanced towards Paris. But is it too much to limit the main force to attack the French line of Paris within 2 weeks, otherwise it will be carried out according to His Highness's plan? Moltke said.

"We are fighting on the enemy's internal line, the distance between the Paris line and Amiens is about 80 to 100 kilometers in a straight line, if we can't advance 80 kilometers in 2 weeks, then we will not be able to break the opponent's line again, because the opponent has already built a new line of defense with the railway line and reserves, and then wait for our tired army to crash headlong!" The prince retorted.

"2 weeks is too short, at least 20 days!" Kruger thought for a moment and said.

"Sixteen days at most, the campaign will consume a lot of supplies, and if the delay on the northern front is too long, my plan will not be implemented." The prince said without hesitation.

"Is there no other way?" Just when Moltke and the others were still trying to bargain, the Kaiser spoke again.

"This was already the best way to go, and my original plan was to go straight to my plan without attacking after reaching the last line of defense on the outskirts of Paris. I gave Kruger and General Hausen a chance, and if the probability of a frontal attack was zero, then they should abandon and execute a plan that was closer to reality. Rupresit said.

"So will you be able to achieve the goals you planned?" The Kaiser asked again.

"Although it is impossible to eat a group army of the French in a formation, it is still possible to eat at least fifteen divisions or so of French troops." The prince thought for a moment and said. "As long as we're fast enough!"

"So be it!" The Kaiser finally made the decision.

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