"We don't know what kind of lineup Bavaria will put up, but their armored forces will definitely be on the field, and whether it's the Hu Feng assault gun or the cricket fast tank, it's a big threat to us, at least I don't think our armored vehicles can beat them. The 50mm and 37mm guns will be difficult to use even armor-piercing shells, and the passage of armored vehicles is not good, so if we have to be on the original exercise ground, then the offensive path will be very limited. Mackensen said.

In World War I, both sides had used armored vehicles as a reconnaissance force since the beginning of the war, and now the Prussians have gone one step further and begun to try to concentrate a large number of armored vehicles as a breakthrough force. But the idea is beautiful, and the reality is skinny. In the field, the problems of wheeled armored vehicles soon became apparent, the poor ability to pass through the road, the inability to walk when encountering a pit, and a series of problems such as the installation of defense and insufficient firepower made the Prussians feel very speechless. So far, this idea of concentrating armored vehicles to form a breakthrough corps has not yet been fully translated into reality.

And this time, the reason why Moltke wanted to use this imperfect tactic was not for coolness. Rather, they found that infantry and artillery alone could not destroy the opposing line. Therefore, only dead horses can be regarded as live horse doctors.

To be honest, historically, the Germans beat the French in terms of tactics at the beginning of World War 1 to a large extent by using equipment and tactical advantages, a large number of 105mm light howitzers and 150mm heavy guns against 75mm rapid-fire guns, a large number of machine guns against the French charge, this is a proper advantage, even before the French replenished a large number of heavy artillery, the Germans had a great advantage in equipment.

But the problem is that now the opponent is also the German Legion, and the machine guns and artillery of the Bavarian Legion are more ferocious than the Prussian side in terms of quantity and quality. It's a stand-up bombardment. In the same division, little Moltke is a little weak-minded, if he attacks, it will be even more weak-hearted, no way, now half of Moltke's concept of defense comes from the exchange with the prince!

To put it bluntly, it is now Moltke's routine, the other party knows everything, and then the other party still has an equipment advantage, how do you say this battle will be fought? The defenders had an advantage, but if Bavaria attacked and the Prussian corps was responsible for the defense, it would be in an unequal state. Even if it wins, there is nothing to celebrate, after all, the range of the exercise ground is limited, and the advantages of the attacker's maneuver and choice of battlefield cannot be brought into play. The defender has an advantage, which is the experience gained from many years of exercises, so generally speaking, the attacker will have more troops and the defender will have less, or simply attack and defend each other.

Moltke Jr. didn't think about learning from Bavaria and trying to set up a pilot army. But at most, he drank too much and thought about it, he carefully studied the establishment of the Bavarian troops, the centralized use of armored forces, a large number of towed artillery and trucks to ensure the mobility of artillery and infantry, this kind of troops do have too much advantage in breakthrough and mobility, but this is not suitable for the Western Front, not to mention the problem of funding, on the Eastern Front, the cross-border is the Russian mainland, and the terrain is the plain, the Bode Plain, how suitable is the mobile combat of the large army? But what about on the Western Front? If you want to hit the French, you must first think about what to do, these vehicles have been sent to Belgium and Luxembourg .......

"If you look at the data, if you want to deal with the Hu Feng assault gun, we need to use 75mm rapid-fire guns and equip them with armor-piercing shells, and in dynamic combat, it is difficult for me to imagine how these towed guns can maneuver." Hindenburg has barely uttered a word, that is, if you meet in the wilderness, before the artillery positions are deployed, the other side has already put the muzzle of the cannon on your head!

"I also think that if we attack, we will suffer, and if we defend and counterattack, we will still have a chance." Mackensen, who has always advocated mobile outflanking operations, also chose to compromise in the face of almost unsolvable problems.

"There are also problems with defensive counterattacks, only 75mm rapid-fire guns can take out Hu Feng's assault guns, and armor-piercing shells must be used, while our division only has a total of 54 rapid-fire guns. A considerable part of these guns are used for fire support tasks, which is too low for anti-tank missions. Hindenburg said.

54 guns is a lot, but in reality these guns were to be distributed on a front of almost 8 kilometers, and some of them were destined to be used as support artillery. It should be arranged in the rear, so that the density of artillery on the front is simply terrifyingly low, and the opponent can rush it out in a wave when it is concentrated. Unless you know where the opponent's attack is beforehand.

"And our depth is actually very limited, the depth of divisional units is affected by divisional artillery, and the range of our 150mm heavy howitzers is less than 10 kilometers, that is, even if we deliberately deploy artillery positions in the rear, then our heavy howitzer positions are only about 7 kilometers behind the first line of defense. This distance is too shallow for mechanized troops, and it will be crossed in one rush! Mackensen added.

"Actually, I think it's unfair for us to have equal units, the Bavarian Corps is a highly integrated corps, they have an additional armored battalion, and even some divisional units are equipped with long-range cannons with a range of more than 15 kilometers, this kind of firepower is only available at our army level, and they devolve these weapons to the division level, and we actually face corps firepower."

"In terms of numbers, a division of the Bavarian Army has about 2,000 more people than us, but in fact the available forces are far more than ours, they use vehicles to transport supplies, logistics personnel are greatly reduced, more troops are enriched to the front line, and artillery because of the use of self-propelled, a gun truck to form a complete fire unit, the number of people needed is also reduced, I have seen their front-line combat unit formation, which is about 40% higher than ours. Coupled with the superiority of equipment, it is impossible for us to win. Ludendorff said.

"And then? We said to Bavaria, why don't we do this, and our two divisions will fight one of yours? Moltke said with a hint of helplessness. Ludendorff can see this, and Moltke can naturally see it, he knows that this kind of engagement is actually unfair, but there is no way, Bavaria is rich, and it has improved its combat effectiveness with money, and you can do it if you have the ability.

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