Chapter 659: Bavaria's Response 2
"Don't talk to me about this useless stuff, to be plain! I need you to convince me now of enough reasons! Prince Leopold said dissatisfiedly, "Do you know what happened this time? It took us ten years to build such an army, you took out most of the money you have accumulated, and I withstood pressure from all sides to get to where we are today. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 But doubts don't go away, and the result now is the reaction of a series of doubts that have accumulated to the peak. ”
"Look at the present, Wilhelm II, Fritz, they are here, the entire highest level of the Allies has gathered for an exercise, it is the time to test the results of our ten years of hard work, I don't ask you to become a god in a fight, as long as you don't get fallen, it's good, we want to be stable, you know?"
"Yes, uncle, I'll explain it to you now." The prince was deeply touched by Prince Leopold's love, and he was able to get to this point now because of the prince's support, and he could only comply with his uncle's request, and then tell his plan.
"Moltke Jr. is by no means a mediocre hand, they will not engage us in the case of a huge gap in equipment, and our forces are limited, and various strategic advantages cannot be translated into the exercise ground, so I personally think that it is not easy to break the stalemate in ground combat. The exercise ground was so large, there were only so many places where armored forces could be deployed, and Prussia was not without truck 75mm guns. Their mobile defenses are still very strong. So our breaking point can only be in the air. Ruprecht finished and pointed to the air.
"The main offensive force of the German army still comes from artillery, and the 14 artillery batteries of a division are the source of the German offensive and the pillar of firepower, so we can only use those artillery positions at first, and I myself have studied the exercise ground in East Prussia, where the terrain is not sheltered. It is very easy to find targets through aerial reconnaissance, and there are no strong fortresses and garrison areas in the setting, so our air force can easily find out the opponent's artillery positions and important logistics units, and use bombs to remove them one by one. First those powerful 150mm cannons, then heavy howitzers, and finally covering the deployment of attacking troops. ”
"In addition to clearing artillery, the Air Force has an important task of covering our flanks, and this time General Mackensen may participate in the exercises. He came from cavalry and had a knack for mobile warfare, and our armor was very limited and was responsible for the attack, but it was not able to protect the flanks and rear. Little Moltke will definitely prepare armored vehicles and cavalry, this is a tactic that they have been studying, and then look for a breakthrough to inflict damage on our troops. ”
Although the Prussians' fast-strike forces were less mature than Bavaria. But the Bavarian legion on the opposite side was equally difficult to cope with such an attack. Guided by the spearhead of armored vehicles and cavalry, the numerically superior Prussian regiments could also deliver a threatening counterattack. And in addition to the artillery, the prince is ready to take another insurance and use the repeated suppression of the air force to disrupt this wave of attacks.
The aircraft ground attack efficiency of this era is not high, but the suppression effect is still good, maybe not many people can be killed, but the continuous air hovering and machine gun fire can completely disperse the opponent's attack, the history of the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front and the Poles against the Soviet Red Army are very clear that even if there are only a small number of aircraft in the air, the infantry and cavalry in the attack are a great threat.
"But the output of the Air Force is still not enough." Prince Leopold said.
"I just want to use them to deal with some key nodes, and without the heavy artillery, we are already half of the winners. If it doesn't work once, we will do it twice, and we can defend before we are sure that those annoying nodes are unplugged, so that even in the end, the two sides face off, and Prussia's losses will be much greater than ours. Ruprecht said half-seriously, half-jokingly.
"These things used to be hard. You can do whatever you want, I don't know much about these new things, since you are willing to persevere, then stick to it. Prince Leopold said helplessly. Have you chosen the basic forces? Tell me about it. ”
"The main body is naturally the 1st Division of the 1st Bavarian Army, which is a fortified division with a number of about 19,000 people. It has a separate armored battalion with 45 Hu Feng assault guns and cricket assault tanks, and 15 spare ones in storage. I decided to add another tank battalion to him. With 2 SKD armored vehicles armed with 30-pounder guns and mortars, the scale of artillery is almost the same, because this is more sensitive. The Prussian side will not agree, and the rest is the Air Force. 2 squadrons, a total of 60 aircraft. The prince said.
"The hardness of our steel spearheads is sufficient, and this tank battalion is nothing more than to deal with the Prussian interspersed troops and at the same time consolidate the forces of the defensive points. The Prussians supposedly had more artillery than us, but they certainly didn't move the fastest, they didn't have self-propelled guns, and they were dealt with by airplanes. At the same time, I will also strengthen some sappers and related technical equipment, such as demining equipment or something, Moltke and they must be able to think of setting up minefields and trenches. Ruprecht said.
"So how do these things get over? What about our aircraft bombs, fuel and maintenance personnel? Is there a suitable airport around? How is the site leveled? How can these problems be solved? Prince Leopold asked. Unlike a chariot that rides directly on a train, a bomber can't get on a train.
"It's very simple, fly over directly, if you don't load bombs, they can fly from Munich to Berlin, the venue I have already chosen, less than 30 kilometers away from the exercise ground is the Royal Hunting Ground, there is a good place, quite flat, probably just repair it." If you supply supplies and personnel, you can do it directly by train. Then ride over. The prince said.
"Royal Hunting Ground....... Will Wilhelm II agree? Prince Leopold felt the corners of his eyes twitch .......
"If he doesn't agree, we won't play, this is the most suitable place, other places are either too far away or the conditions are not available, the nearest one is 80 kilometers, and this distance for bombers to fly, even take-off and formation time will take more than 50 minutes. Our daily attendance will go down. Ruprecht said.
"Well, okay, I will arrange the coordination and preparation of the relevant units, little Moltke and they will come over in three days, you are in charge of the reception, I will not leak faces, you will have to take charge of it sooner or later." And my time is almost over. With that, Prince Leopold got up and left.
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