At the beginning of World War I, the Russian army deployed a total of 52 infantry divisions, 21 cavalry divisions, and 3,203 artillery pieces on the Eastern Front. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The German-Austrian army had only 52.5 infantry divisions, 12 cavalry divisions and 2,808 artillery pieces, you know, the strength of a Russian division was 20,000, and the German army was 17,000. There were fewer Austro-Hungarian divisions. In general, Russia has an advantage in terms of strength and equipment. And the latter can almost be said to be the only time when the Russian army on the Eastern Front had an advantage during the entire 1 World War ....... That's why we were able to play a brilliant victory in the Battle of Galicia.

But when it comes to the ability to replenish later, the Russians are not good, not to mention the superiority of the Austro-Hungarian regiment in the quality of heavy artillery. (Russia doesn't have much large-caliber artillery, see the previous section on Bavarian artillery.) Purely in terms of quantity, the production of 15,900 guns in Austria-Hungary was still the complete explosion of 11,700 Russian guns, and in terms of machine guns, 40,500 machine guns were much more than the 28,000 machine guns of the Russians.

If on the Eastern Front, Austria-Hungary's military industrial production capacity can crush Russia to gain absolute superiority, then what about the situation on the Western Front? The result can only be despair, yes, despair! To do an analysis of the main technical equipment, let's talk about machine guns first, Germany used a large number of machine guns to achieve a great advantage in firepower at the beginning, Britain and France looked at it, I rely on, machine guns are so easy to use? Then hurry up and produce. Then after 4 years, the Germans certainly produced 280,000 machine guns and felt like they were very NB, but the French produced 312,000 machine guns! More than the Germans! And the British also produced 239 thousand machine guns .......

In terms of artillery, the Germans produced 64,000 guns in World War I, the French 23,200 guns, and the British 26,400 guns. In general, Germany has certain advantages. However, the quality is worse in the later stage. In terms of aircraft, the Germans produced 47,300 aircraft of various kinds, while the French alone produced 52,100 aircraft and the British produced 47,800 aircraft. The British and French had more than 2 times as many aircraft as the Germans, and they also had an advantage in quality, and the British had a V1500. Which German bomber can compare with it?

With artillery there must be shells, the Germans produced 1 million rounds of shells in World War 306. The French produced 290 million rounds of shells, and the British also produced 218 million rounds of shells, maybe the French shells were indeed a little smaller at the beginning, but on the whole, Britain and France had more advantages in terms of shell supply, and if these data were taken together, on the Western Front, the British and French forces had a greater firepower advantage. Machine guns are more than double that of the Germans, and the combined output of artillery and shells, Britain and France at least do not suffer, and in terms of aircraft, Britain and France have more than double the advantage, and if you count tanks, the German production of all kinds of things that can be considered tanks is not 100. The French produced 5,300 tanks, and the British produced 2,800 tanks.......

So in the end, His Royal Highness ****'s idea is this, it is not difficult to win on the Eastern Front, but it is more difficult to win quickly. And the Western Front is almost impossible! As time dragged on, it was difficult to win the war, after all, the heavy artillery units of Britain and France were gradually washed out, and the superiority of the air force was also increasing. And historically, although Germany had an advantage in the overall output of artillery, Britain and France still had an advantage in the number of artillery on the Western Front in the later period, because the Germans were fighting ......on two fronts.

"If Austria-Hungary does not want to be dragged to death in this war of attrition, then we must destroy the Russians at least two army groups within a month of the start of the war! What we want is not defeat or defeat, but total annihilation! In order to achieve this plan, we had to work closely together to change the original plan. Ruprecht said.

"I see what you mean, so Austria-Hungary must also imitate the Bavarian Legion to create a fast assault force? There are two main difficulties in building such a force, one is the problem of funding, and the other is the problem of division equipment, but I think it can be done with the help of your country. Actually, we don't need to change our original plan, as long as we can divide and combo and keep up with the speed, then everything will be fine. Crown Prince Ferdinand said.

"It's okay to build a fast legion, but such a legion must be under my command. It's not a struggle for power, it's because even with the equipment, you still won't use them! All legions, even the technical branches, must be trained according to Bavarian standards, otherwise the equipment will be wasted for them. And we cannot accept a situation in which two commands are commanded at the same time in one campaign. The prince retorted.

"Since the Bavarian Army has been assigned to the Eastern Front, then it should be under the command of Austria-Hungary, and we are the main force of the Eastern Front. Subordinate the whole to the part, you're not kidding, are you? "Crown Prince Ferdinand won't budge. They needed the strength of the Bavarian Army, but they didn't want the other side to dominate.

"First of all, the Bavarian Army was independent, and in wartime it was only under the Prussian General Staff, and we were ordered to cooperate with Austria-Hungary, not to assign us to your country, and the Kaiser did not say so, let alone the General Staff."

"Since it is a cooperative relationship, then the two sides should be reciprocal, we provide funds for Austria-Hungary to build a fast corps, in the end we have to accept the command of your country, this is completely a pay and no return, we can refer to the previous cooperation model between the two sides on the rapid assault division, we are responsible for providing funds, training and equipment, in wartime, they fight with the Bavarian corps. Your country could have done this before, but why can't it now? The prince asked rhetorically.

"Because it's not a matter of one or two divisions, it's an army group! The one that can cooperate with you to encircle the Russian army is at least the size of the group army, with more than 200,000 troops! It is impossible for us to put such a large army in the hands of your country, you know, in the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire, there are only 6 legions! And Austria had only three corps! Conrad said.

"Not to us, but temporarily under our command, in times of war, everything should be aimed at victory, Bavaria has advanced tactical ideas, has ample funds, and we provide a lot of support to your country, we just want to refer to the past practice and obtain wartime command of part of the troops. Ownership remains with the Osei Empire, and with our support, you can build a seventh army, and in the end, all you really have to pay is manpower and a small amount of pay. Equipment, supplies and training are all in the hands of the Kingdom of Bavaria, and we can't afford to watch millions or even tens of millions of dollars spent every year go down the drain! Prince Leopold said.

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