There are some things that Ruprecht is inconvenient to say, but Prince Leopold said that it was fine, in terms of seniority, people were artillery commanders during the Franco-Prussian War, and they didn't know where to go higher than everyone here, and in terms of status, King Fritz had to call him brother when he saw the prince. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After all, Prince Leopold is the elder brother of Princess Sisi and the elder brother of Fritz. What's more, he is still a prince with real power. So there is no problem with the prince singing red face and Prince Leopold singing white face.

"You should at least listen to our plan, the matter of war is not to see whose soldiers listen to whom, but who says what makes sense to listen to whom, and you have been introducing your own plan since you recall, and when there are some loopholes in the plan, you have not thought about how to remedy and correct it, but continue to deceive yourself, which is very wrong." The Prince continued.

"Well, tell me about the plans of the Bavarian Legion." Crown Prince Ferdinand said.

"First of all, we have to determine how many forces the Russians can use in a future war." At the behest of Prince Leopold. Ruprecht said as he walked to the front desk again.

"Although the Russians did not perform well in this unfinished war in the Far East, if we look at it fairly, it is a miracle that Russia can still organize more than 500,000 troops thousands of kilometers from Europe, we cannot say that the Russians did not have errors in command, but we must admit that the Russians are amazingly efficient in the transportation and mobilization of troops. I think the Prussian General Staff's document on the pace of mobilization of Russia should have been delivered to you, and if nothing else, after years of preparation, the Russians would be able to concentrate two-thirds of their forces in 18 days! ”

"This ratio is nothing compared to the Germans, and we can get all the German troops into the starting positions in 15 days, but let's not forget the huge size of the Russian army! According to our projections, if we had gone to war with the Russians around 1910, their frontline strength would have reached about 1.34 million! And two-thirds means that at the beginning of World War 1, we will face nearly 900,000 Russian troops on the Eastern Front. Well, I would like to ask, how many people can there be in the 4 armies of your country? ”

"By the way, I also need to remind that this is only against the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Legion, if they feel that it is not enough, then they will have 1 or 2 army groups that can be used to reinforce it, don't expect the German army defending East Prussia to come to their aid, the front they need to defend is too long, the harvest is not enough, let alone help us share the pressure." Ruprecht added.

"More importantly, this is only a standing army, if in real wartime, the number of soldiers that the Russians can replenish is far more than your country can bear, we all know that the recruitment potential of the army is determined by the number of trained officers and soldiers, retired soldiers within a certain age can be easily converted into soldiers in wartime, I say that the number of trained reservists in Russia is about twice as large as your country, is it not too much?" (Historically, the number of trained personnel in Russia before World War 1 was 5.6 million, compared to 3 million in Austria-Hungary and 4.9 million in Germany.) ）

"That is, even if your country begins to block the attacks of the other side, the continuous mobilization of the Russians will be enough to crush Austria-Hungary. Even if Prussia pulls in more troops to help Austria-Hungary temporarily block the Russian offensive, the situation is still not good, do you understand what I mean? The prince asked.

"Look, you guys, the whole of Russian Poland forms a huge salient wedged between Germany and Austria, in fact, this is a good start for us, their forces are very limited relative to this winding front, and the frontal distance of an army group is probably about 90 to 120 kilometers, and even so, there is still a large gap between the north-western and south-western clusters. With the cooperation of the Bavarian Army, it was not difficult for us to start holding back the opponent, and even forcing the opponent to retreat, but it was only a tactical victory, and strategically we were put on the back foot. ”

"Imagine what would happen if we occupied part of Russian Poland and gradually leveled this salient?" With Ruprecht's words, a line divides Russian Poland in half, and if this line is a battle line, you can find that this salient is smoothed, the battle line is straightened, and the overall length of the eastern front becomes shorter, which also means that the length of the Russians for defense is shorter, and the forces will be more concentrated.

"Then, we will enter the phase of a war of attrition, the Russians can gradually wear us down with sufficient reserves and depth, we have nothing to do about it, and when the war enters this phase, our desire to end the war quickly will be frustrated, and I think this is a situation that no one wants to see." The prince concluded.

"It makes a lot of sense, but in any case, we can't prevent this from happening, the depth of the Russians is there, and the huge mobilization capacity is also objective. Could it be that because of your plan, these objective factors do not exist? According to what you say, it seems that we simply cannot defeat this behemoth. And according to your speculation, it will be difficult for us to win on the Western Front either, so what is the purpose of our start of this war? Crown Prince Ferdinand asked rhetorically.

"The Russians' mobilization ability and strategic depth certainly exist objectively, but they also have a weakness, that is, the lack of technical equipment! Russia's industrial capacity is almost at the bottom of the European powers, and even far inferior to yours. So, for the Russians, the losses of troops are bearable, but the losses of technical equipment are unbearable! ”

"Therefore, our strategy should be to eat the Russian army in a formation from the beginning, a large number of kills and prisoners are one aspect, and more importantly, the killing and wounding of artillery, machine guns, trains and other technical equipment! Now it is no longer the number of people who will decide the outcome of the war, but the firepower, if we can make Russia lose a lot of heavy equipment, then they can replenish the number in time, these new units that lack heavy weapons still have no combat effectiveness! ”

"And in order to achieve this, it is impossible to achieve much effect by engaging in a purely frontal position, because our attack is so slow that even if the opponent can be repelled head-on, they can still save the artillery in the rear and retreat some distance before regrouping. This has also created a situation where defeat is not dispersed. So, this is also the fundamental reason why I emphasize the intensity of the assault and the speed of the assault! Ruprecht replied.

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