Chapter 750: The Prince's Request
Of course, in addition to the concentration of logistics vehicles, armored forces also need to be concentrated, Ruprecht carefully studied the Battle of Cambrai, and the prince found that although there are many armored battalions concentrated, the points of attack are too scattered, an armored battalion is responsible for a position, and 5 armored battalions fight 5 places, what is the difference between this TM and an armored battalion hitting a place? Each fights one, and can break through the ghost, so. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info In order to ensure a breakthrough, higher-level armored forces must also be established, such as independent tank brigades and tank divisions.
Breaking the boundaries of the army group is also to concentrate technical equipment, and the trucks have a reason, the Bavarian Corps can easily take out 10 armored battalions, and if it is not enough, it can throw 5 more. You asked Kruger to take out ten armored battalions to try? If selling pants can be exchanged, Kruger will definitely be the first to sell them, not only him, but also the bosses of other group armies!
Therefore, from a structural point of view, the future wars of each group army will not depend on how well each army fights, but two or even three group armies will attack an enemy army, narrow the attack surface, concentrate forces to open a gap, and then pour in and beat ...... in groups.
"In order to ensure the success of our campaign, we must at least do the following in terms of armament, first, the number of armored units must be more than 1800! The Bavarian Corps could supply 500 Hufeng assault guns and cricket tanks. You can figure out the rest. ”
"1800? That's the number of 46 armored battalions, how can we have it? Kruger was the first to say. He really couldn't think of how so many armored units could come together.
"30 days to prepare should be fine. We now have 1,200 armored units in the seven armies on the front line, that is, 25 armored battalions, which are basically complete or fully replenished, ready to go into battle. After the Bavarian regiment came, it was 1700. If we reduce the intensity of the battle, it is possible to wait until next month when the troops from the rear come back. "Ludendorff deserves to be in charge of the production of armaments in history, and he knows these things.
"Well, this problem is solved, the next problem, we need about 1000 fighters and 1500 bombers and attack aircraft, the Bavarian Army can provide 600 in this regard, and the rest, it's up to the Western Front." This number seems to be a lot, but in fact, by the time of World War 1 to 1917, Germany had about 4,000 aircraft ...... on the Western Front. Of course, at the beginning of the war, this number was still quite high, but unlike tanks, this is not a minimum requirement, and a smaller number can be improvised.
"I'm afraid this number is a little difficult, the number of fighters is 800 is no problem, and it is okay to barely make up enough, but it is really difficult to make up bombers, especially the K-4 bomber of your country, if you also calculate it in a month, not counting the Bavarian Air Force, we can make up 700 at most." Moltke Jr. is compatible with the commander of the Air Force, so he is most familiar with the Air Force.
"Fight for it, if the time can't be delayed, the size of the Air Force is okay, but 700 is the bottom line, we in Bavaria can make up 300 bombers, and there is no reason why Prussia can't produce 700." The prince said with a serious face. And the prince's words embarrassed everyone present.
"We do have problems with military production." The Kaiser said to the little Moltke next to him with a little embarrassment on his face. "Krupp, Rheinmetall they disappointed me so much, tell them, when necessary, we will be in charge."
"But is it necessary for us to use so many planes?" Hindenburg, who had not spoken, asked.
"Without aircraft, how do you deal with long-range artillery positions in depth of the opponent? How to suppress the reinforcements of the French? And don't underestimate the air forces of Britain and France, if I'm not mistaken, the losses of the German Air Force during this time were not small, it is said that 200 pilots have been killed or wounded. The prince said.
In this plane, a series of butterfly effects made the prince a little unexpected. The air forces of Britain and France were much stronger than they were historically under the stimulus of Germany, but they did not form a complete system. There are not many famous aircraft in history that have come out now. But even so, the British and French air forces still put a lot of pressure on Germany, although Germany now has an advantage in terms of exchange ratio, but do not forget that from the point of view of aircraft alone, a France can be compared with Germany...... If the production capacity of the two sides is based on the historical production capacity, even if there is a 1 to 2 exchange ratio, the Luftwaffe will be the result of being exchanged for death.......
The requirements for technology and personnel of the Air Force almost exceed those of all other branches of the armed forces, and these two points are indispensable, and the absence of good planes is the result of being slaughtered, and the results of having good planes and not having good pilots remain the same. So the prince's idea is that the future campaign on the Western Front is not only a ground offensive, but also an abnormal air strangulation battle! Delay the formation of the Anglo-French air superiority.
"We can only promise to do our best." Little Moltke couldn't promise the prince anything.
"Okay, I've already finished talking about the needs of the armored forces and the Air Force, as for the artillery, I think everyone is an expert, you can do it yourself, how to arrange, you can decide for yourself, of course, I still hope that when the situation allows, immediately deploy our train artillery, ordinary land artillery against train artillery is too difficult."
Needless to say about artillery, on the one hand, because the German artillery skills in World War I were really good, on the other hand, the two sides have not yet formed a situation of trench warfare, and there are very few static defenses, especially after reinforcement, so the requirements for artillery breakthroughs are not high.......
"In addition to the most basic equipment and supplies to be satisfied, the troops also need to be reorganized, the past armored battalion formation now seems to be insufficient, we need to expand the armored force formation, to continue to break through the opponent's defensive positions, and to deal with the opponent's armored counterattack, the attack force as much as possible to concentrate at one point."
"In order to achieve this, I believe that we should merge the current five armored battalions into one armored division, which has two regiments and about 100 tanks and assault guns each. At the same time, one more regiment of mechanized infantry was responsible for the follow-up. ”
"Changing the establishment in a hurry can be problematic." Moltke said worriedly.
"We have 40 days to prepare, and there will be problems with the change, but if we don't, then our chances are very small. How do you choose? "If you don't change, you can't win, if you change, at least you have a chance, it's a personal choice.
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