"Is it just the status quo? The empire has been preparing for this war for decades, not for such an outcome. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Moltke said with some displeasure.

"If you have to go further, you can try, but I'm not optimistic about it. The Western Front is a war of attrition, and without a single battle, whether it is a tactical victory or a tactical defeat, the attrition of both the attacker and the defender will be very huge. The Western Front is like two evenly matched men at war, and it is unrealistic to try to knock out the opponent with a single move. ”

"In fact, we have a very large advantage this time, the British and French air forces are not small, but they do not know how to use this force, in terms of armor, I dare to guarantee that before the problem of the Eastern Front is resolved, it is impossible for us to mobilize more than 90 percent of the armored forces to concentrate on the Western Front again. Because as we advance on the Eastern Front, the territory we need to control will also increase, and the Russian armored forces will grow. ”

"IN TERMS OF ARTILLERY, THE FRENCH HAVE REALIZED THE MANY SHORTCOMINGS OF THE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN, AND THEY HAVE BEGUN TO FIND WAYS TO DEVELOP LARGER CALIBER AND LONGER RANGE ARTILLERY, AND IN GENERAL, SCHNEIDER AND KRUPP HAVE THEIR OWN STRENGTHS IN ARTILLERY. As the French continue to replace their old artillery, the pressure on our artillery will be very high. ”

"Let's talk about the soldiers. The empire has a population advantage over both France and Britain, but on the Western Front, the number of troops we can use is definitely not greater than that of the British and the French, who have colonial populations in addition to their own populations, as well as British dominions, which can provide a large number of troops and labor. And we can't, in general, in this war, Britain and France are stronger than our arms that we have not allocated to the Western Front in terms of military production, and in terms of population, it is also their advantage, in a static defensive operation, it is obviously the advantage of Britain and France. It was difficult for us to attack, but it was easier to defend. ”

The current battlefield situation is more balanced, in fact, the German army still has a great first-mover advantage in this battle, and this advantage does not mean simply taking the initiative to attack, but also includes the forward-looking equipment of the army. For example, the Air Force, for example, large-caliber long-range artillery, for example, tanks. But as time goes by, Britain and France are not stupid, they are also first-class industrial powers, and from a technical point of view, there is no reason to be worse than the Germans. In terms of the Air Force, the French alone have historically produced more aircraft than the Germans. After Britain and France gradually made up for the technical and tactical problems, the Luftwaffe was an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and it was not easy to gain an advantage in technology. Relying solely on the tactical system, it is unrealistic to want to suppress the opponent's absolute numerical superiority!

As a traverser, the prince naturally knew the armament production situation of various countries in World War 1, not to mention the new emergence of tanks for the time being, after all, the tank production capacity of the Germans in history was a tragedy. It is difficult to say this plane, purely from the point of view of the three pillars of firepower in the war, machine guns, artillery and aircraft, and ammunition production capacity, the situation of Germany on the Western Front is very bad.

In terms of aircraft, Germany produced 47,300 aircraft, the French alone produced 52,100 aircraft, and the British 47,800 aircraft. In terms of machine guns, the Germans had 280,000 machine guns, the French had 312,000 machine guns, and the British had 238,000 machine guns. These capacities will be distributed to the eastern and western fronts, so the difference in the number of machine guns and aircraft will definitely be even greater if they are placed on the western front alone.

THE ONLY THING THE GERMANS REGAINED THEIR PRIDE WAS ARTILLERY PRODUCTION, THE ARTILLERY PRODUCTION CAPACITY WAS 64,000 GUNS, THE FRENCH PRODUCED 23,200 GUNS, IN FACT, 17,000 WERE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS, AND THE REST WERE HEAVY GUNS. The British produced 26,916 artillery pieces, and the Germans had an advantage in the total output of artillery, but purely from the perspective of first-line holdings, the number of artillery of the German army on the Western Front in the middle and late stages was inferior to that of Britain and France.

And after having artillery, we have to look at the production of shells, Germany produced a total of 306 million rounds of shells in World War I, which was to be divided between the east and the west. And the French produced 290 million rounds of shells, the British produced 216 million rounds, and from the point of view of armaments, Britain and France had a great advantage on the Western Front. Under these circumstances, it was obviously very troublesome to attack the Allied armies, which were in a superior defensive position, and to achieve a decisive victory. Even if Germany was more prepared for this plane, the prince believed that it was unrealistic to expect a breakthrough on the Western Front until the Eastern Front was resolved.

"And there is another factor, the Japanese have also participated in this war this time, their industry may not be much compared to the European powers, but Japan has a lot of human resources, and can provide the Entente with a lot of cheap cannon fodder. This will also have a great impact on the situation of the war. The prince said.

"Didn't we deploy 2 fast battleships in the Indian Ocean? They did a good job last time, directly taking out the strength of two divisions of the British and Japanese. Moltke said.

"Hehe, I don't deny the role played by these two battleships, but it is impossible to rely on them to block the passage of the British to raise resources from all over the world, and maybe the British have already begun to deploy an encirclement of these two battleships." The prince shook his head and said.

"We have the initiative, but when we launch an offensive at the same time, the opponent's sufficient resources can launch a diversion offensive in the other direction, in order to ensure that the front is not broken, we will inevitably draw troops from the main offensive direction to defend, which greatly reduces our offensive ability, we cannot get another large-scale breakthrough in a short period of time, and this gives Britain and France time to mobilize wholeheartedly."

The prince also had a reason to say this, when Germany launched an offensive in the Verdun area, the British launched an attack in the Somme area, and in order to defend the Somme, Germany drew 44 heavy artillery batteries from the Verdun area in one day! Therefore, the limit that the Germans want to concentrate on breaking through is too great, unless, the entire German armed forces are concentrated on the Western Front, and it is possible to achieve a larger breakthrough by launching a super-large-scale campaign, but if it wins, the other side may not surrender, and if it loses, Germany will definitely suffer heavy losses, and Germany's questionable blood replenishment ability may lead to catastrophic consequences.

So the prince's demand was to stabilize the Western Front, and then consume the power of Britain and France. Until the other party can't bear it anymore and is forced to negotiate peace!

"First of all, I thank you very much for your kind reminder, so you plan to go straight to the front? Or is there another arrangement? Moltke thought for a moment and said.

"I'm going to go to Prague to see my wife, and then I'm going to the front." The prince said.

"Okay, General Mackensen will go and visit His Highness." Moltke Jr. said.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon today, the hot spot on the main station was closed ~~~! It's easy to look forward to the big recommendation~~~! Can you support us? Today's three watches!! (To be continued.) )