"Welcome, Ruprecht, my friend. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 When the prince's motorcade arrived at the German Front Headquarters in Brussels, Kaiser Wilhelm II greeted the prince with the crown prince, Moltke Jr., chief of the General Staff, and the commanders of the four army groups.

"Your Majesty, I have come at your beckon, and let's recreate the glory of the Battle of Sedang once again." Although the prince did not like this kind of send-off, in public, Ruprecht had to take care of the Kaiser's face. It is still very cost-effective to exchange face concessions for actual benefits.

"You are playing well on the Eastern Front, I hope you can maintain your record on the Western Front, let's take out the French and the British together, the Empire will not treat anyone, an army and a kingdom badly." After the Kaiser finished speaking, he did not say any more polite words. Moltke Jr. immediately gave the prince a detailed description of the situation on both sides.

"Since the end of the last wave of French attacks, the situation on the battlefield has generally been favorable to us, the soldiers and equipment lost by the seven army groups have been basically replenished, a considerable part of the transportation in the Belgian area has been restored, the air force departing from the mainland has been transferred to the airfield built in Belgium, and fuel, ammunition and personnel have been deployed in place."

"The British's train guns are still a big threat, but they won't be arrogant for long, and our train guns have arrived, and most of the positions have been built. It is now in the period of stockpiling ammunition. The 8,000 cars coming from the rear will greatly improve our supply situation. Theoretically, we can launch a new attack at any time. ”

"First of all, we want to emphasize that we are dealing with France and England, which are not as easy to deal with as the Russians. Although the French may seem much smaller, believe me, his family is already more difficult to deal with than the Russians. ”

"Secondly, we must be sure what is our goal in this campaign?" When he had said that, the prince paused, and no one else answered. "I still don't think it's realistic to take Paris in World War I. And even if we do, we may not be able to force the French to surrender. If there were large-scale street battles in Paris, it would be a quagmire for us. ”

"You should know my situation on the Eastern Front, at the beginning of the war, we actually had some advantages over the Russians, armored forces, air force, heavy artillery, almost all technical arms we had an overwhelming advantage, but it still took three weeks to kill the two Russian army groups."

"In front of us, there are 5 armies of the French and 1 army of the British, and now the total strength has reached 2 million, and the armored forces of the two sides are currently on par, and we also have an advantage in the air force, but it is not big, and it is a disadvantage in terms of strength. We can play a big advantage, but I don't think it's realistic to go deeper than 200 kilometers and then hit the capital of a big country. ”

"So what does Your Highness think of the so-called Great Excellence situation?" Kruger asked.

"Defeat 2 or 3 armies!" The prince thought for a moment and said.

"And what is left of the French?" Kruger asked rhetorically.

"What's left? In the previous time, plus the period of preparation and launching of our campaign, the British could replenish at least one army group, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand might provide the strength of two armies, and the French could replenish another army group or so. ”

"After the end of the campaign, we can guarantee that the strength of the French front line has not changed much, and there has been a certain decline in quality, plus we have occupied a large part of the French territory, which I think is already a great advantage. And during this time, the German Empire can also replenish a large number of troops, and the overall situation will naturally be better. As for how you fight later, that's your business. The prince said.

"Doesn't Your Highness intend to end the war on the Western Front?" Moltke asked with some curiosity.

"Firstly, the war on the Western Front will not end so quickly, and secondly, there will definitely be problems with Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front. I'm going to clean up that mess for my father-in-law. The prince said. That's my plan, and if that's acceptable to you, then let's move on to how to prepare. ”

"There's no better outcome, is it?" The Kaiser said. "If you are sure that you can defeat two or three army groups in one go, I don't think there is any need for Ruprecht to come to the Western Front." The Kaiser's words are tantamount to acquiescing in the prince's opinion. In the present situation, it is possible for the German General Staff and the top of the army to compete with the Kaiser.

"Open the situation first, and then talk about what to do later." Moltke's words are tantamount to suppressing all objections. The prince at least guaranteed that he could open the situation and penetrate deep into the opponent's position, and it was enough to have this guarantee, at least better than everyone present.

"Alright, since everyone agrees, let's make some preparations first." The prince began the reorganization of the German army on the entire Western Front. "The size of our army group is too small, so the important strategic resources are not concentrated enough, the troops need to follow up quickly, the armored units need to be replenished, and these require the concentration of a large amount of transportation capacity, and it is difficult for a single army group to complete this task, unless, the size and equipment level of each of our army groups can reach the level of the Bavarian Corps!"

In fact, this is also to say that by the standards of the German Western Front Army Group, let alone one army group, the two strongest groups together could not defeat the Bavarian Army. The Bavarian Corps, not counting the air force, was at the start of the war at a full strength of 375,000 men. This number is already equivalent to the total number of two smaller armies on the Western Front, and if you look at the exercises that year, the Bavarian Army easily slapped out 1.5 divisions of the Prussian army, so the victory or defeat of one Bavarian Army against three Prussian Army Corps on the Western Front is still up for debate, and two at random is not a problem at all. And if we talk about the ability to assault in depth, the three smaller Prussian regiment trucks together may not be as many as the Bavarian regiment trucks!

It's not realistic to quickly replenish a large number of trucks, but what if you don't have enough trucks, you can't support the advance of the armored forces and the follow-up of the infantry? Alright! Gather together to do great things! One army group is not enough, then concentrate three, plus transport troops directly under the headquarters, logistics vehicles and vehicles for transporting infantry are always possible.

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