Just when the prince was a little unexpectedly excited about the breakthrough in the aviation industry, and was about to go home and be happy with his wife, the arrival of his uncle Prince Leopold made Rupresit fall into busyness. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Our attack speed is still too slow, and the attack speed of less than 50 kilometers a day does not allow us to complete the encirclement of the opponent's military-level units. Come and take a look at this picture. "Prince Leopold and the prince came to a simple map, on which the blue lines represented the Russian line, about 80 kilometers on scale. The two red lines on both sides represent the Bavarian Rapid Corps, which is responsible for outflanking.

"The speed of less than 50 kilometers a day is the speed at which we are traveling on the road. It will definitely not be achieved in actual combat, although it is said that a discount can also ensure a speed of more than 25 kilometers, but this speed is obviously not enough for the encirclement, because the opponent may have reserves to intercept, and the Russian army, which is aware of the danger of the flank, is likely to shrink the defensive line, or retreat, they are walking in the inner circle, we are the outer circle, and the speed advantage is not enough to stop the opponent's actions, so this speed is not of much sense. ”

"Our assault force will not be very numerous, and one or two divisions may be concentrated in one direction, and we will choose at most two or three breakthroughs in the long defensive line, because these alone will use up our four or six divisions. It is not possible for our troops to close in quickly, nor to immediately attack the logistics center of the Russians, hundreds of kilometers away. Prince Leopold explained.

"Moreover, I must point out that in a combat situation, if a soldier fights continuously and marches long distances, the physical exertion is very great, and this must also be noted. These questions are fine if you are simply facing the enemy in front of you, but if you want to carry out your plan to go north and encircle and annihilate the Russian forces that may attack East Prussia, it is absolutely not possible. Maybe then the tanks will be able to support, but the accompanying infantry will definitely not be able to support it. ”

"The biggest problem is the speed of the infantry, right?" The prince thought for a moment and said.

"That's right, it's the speed of the infantry's movement, although I admit that the use of a large number of vehicles has greatly reduced the burden on the troops and the size of the horse corps and increased the speed of movement of the army, but this improvement is still not enough, because it has never solved a shortcoming that restricts the speed of movement very much - the ability of the infantry to move!" The Prince nodded in agreement.

In fact, if you think about it, you can figure it out that a unit can transport artillery, shells, and a large number of supplies by car or horse-drawn cart, but the soldiers themselves should bring their own uniforms, a semi-automatic rifle with bayonets and 120 rounds of ammunition, right? Plus 5 grenades and some accessories, this weight is not light, if it is a long-distance battle, not to mention anything else, you need to bring your own rations for three days and a water bottle, right? These weapons and the equipment that you carry with you add up to a lot.

If you count it a little higher, the machine gun and 60mm mortar in the company sometimes have to be carried by themselves, and the machine gun squad may have to carry a canvas cartridge belt with 250 rounds in addition to its own weapons. As a result, the weight of the infantry is very heavy, and the speed of movement is not very fast, and it is almost impossible to maintain a formed infantry unit with heavy weapons but without fully mechanized infantry at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per day.

Some people may say that the speed of the Red Army's Long March to capture the Luding Bridge and other actions is so fast, how can this be said? The so-called formation system here refers to the division level, with a large number of artillery and baggage, not to mention when the Red Army will have firepower comparable to that of the German regular division in World War 1, purely from the perspective of the soldier's own weight, no rifleman can get 120 rounds of ammunition, right?

"If we want to encircle several corps-level units, then our fast forces must advance at a speed of 60 kilometers a day without interference. And infantry is simply impossible. Therefore, I don't think it's appropriate for you to assign a large number of infantry and artillery to the assault force, although it improves the ability to attack the fortification, but the speed that is crucial to the victory of the battle is not substantially improved, and if we can penetrate the opponent's defense line, then even if we encounter obstacles, it will only be a field firefight, and the intensity will not be very large, and a large number of infantry and heavy artillery will be a bit wasted. The prince said.

"If you want to increase the speed of your attack, there are only two ways to do it in theory, but in practice I'm afraid there is only one way." The prince said.

"The first way is for us to put every soldier in a car, so that the speed is naturally faster, but this is only theoretical, and in practice the economic cost is too high. The other, and only feasible, option is to replace infantry with cavalry, and at the same time drastically reduce the number of artillery. Build a normal German division into a special division that is very fast, but has limited ability to attack fortifications. ”

In the Russo-Polish War, the Third Cavalry Corps ran 810 kilometers in 21 days, and this attack was not a simple road, in the process, the cavalry army crossed 3 rivers, and with the cooperation of the infantry, captured 4 provincial cities, 35 towns, and severely damaged the Polish First Army. More than 20,000 enemies (including prisoners) were killed. Although the average daily attack speed is 40 km/h, this is quite impressive when you consider the continuous battles!

Of course, the pure-blooded cavalry will definitely suffer in the face of a large number of well-equipped infantry divisions in a hard-fought battle, but in the environment of the Eastern Front, the ordinary infantry divisions of the Russians are obviously not well-equipped, take the army-level troops as an example, a Russian army has a total number of 48,700 people, a French army has a total number of 44,200 people, and a German army has a total strength of 45,600 people.

A French army has 30 artillery batteries, each with 4 artillery guns, which means that a French army has 120 guns! A German army has 28 artillery batteries, although the number is smaller, but 24 of them have 6 guns each, and the remaining 4 companies have 4 guns each, and the number of guns has reached an astonishing 160! Coupled with the superiority in the caliber of artillery, it is more than a step higher than the French!

And then look at the number of artillery in a Russian army, there are only 14 artillery batteries! Although 12 of them were 8 artillery batteries and the remaining 2 were 4 artillery batteries, the total number of artillery pieces was only 104. The Russians had almost 10% more troops and almost 15% less artillery than the French. Well, that's all.

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