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Kaiser Wilhelm II was extremely interested in the war between the Xia Empire and Venezuela, which was the first time that the Xia Empire launched a conventional war with a sovereign state, which had a very important reference significance for Germany to fight against the Xia Empire in the future, and at the same time had a certain guiding role in improving the combat level of the German army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The General Staff has sent a large number of military observers to Venezuela, who will send back daily updates on the situation while assisting Venezuela in organizing its defense.

Every day, the German General Staff organizes a number of army commanders and numerous staff officers to analyze the war situation on both sides, draw lessons from it, and learn from its strengths. At the same time, the General Staff also sent the tactics developed by the staff officers to those observers on a daily basis to provide them with reference.

Moltke, chief of the general staff, said to the officers: "This is the first conventional war fought by the Xia Empire, and they have not adopted the blitzkrieg and sneak attack warfare that they are good at. ”

In the conference room of the General Staff, a huge map of Venezuela was hung, and the deployment of troops on both sides was marked everywhere; On the conference table were copies of telegrams sent back by numerous military observers.

"The Xia Empire's adoption of airship air attack tactics to bombard cities in the enemy's rear, disrupt the enemy's normal production and life, weaken the enemy's war potential, and hit the enemy's morale plays a very crucial role, and the empire must continue to strengthen the development of airships."

"Intelligence shows that Britain and France are increasing their efforts to research aircraft, the performance is becoming more and more advanced, and the economic benefits are better than those of airships, and the technology of the empire's aircraft must not lag behind them, and the investment in airships is too great."

"The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns developed by the empire pose a great threat to the airships of the Xia Empire, and this is a good proof that the airships of the Xia Empire do not dare to reduce their altitude at all, and the accuracy of bombing is greatly reduced, and the empire should continue to strengthen the research of air defense weapons."

"In defensive warfare in mountainous areas, anti-aircraft weapons are extremely powerful, but there is no problem of accuracy in the bombing of large targets such as cities by airships, and the destructive power is still huge."

"This does not prevent us from learning the tactics of mountain warfare."

The staff officer of the Admiralty retorted: "The Xia Empire relies on its powerful navy to blockade the other party's ports, which is of more important significance to the Empire, if the Empire faces this situation, how should the Empire deal with it?" I feel that the Imperial Army is similarly helpless; In addition, the Xia Empire's successful occupation of the cities along the Orinoco River relied on naval superiority and successfully coerced the surrender of the two southern states and regions, which played a key role in the war situation, and the credit should be attributed to the navy; At the same time, they drove straight into the Central Plains, which was their traditional roundabout tactics; From here you can also see the importance of the navy, without the protection of the navy, even the Orinoco River such a moat can not be guarded, I predict that in the future war, if the naval superiority is lost, the whole country can only be slaughtered by the enemy; This is a very important reference for the Empire, which must continue to invest more in the navy. “

Some officers did not support his statement: "The western defense line of Venezuela, with its strong and dense fortresses, has successfully blocked the offensive of the 2nd Route Army of the Xia Empire, and the Empire must pay more attention to such fortresses, and at the same time the Empire must study new tactics against this kind of fortress warfare." ”

"This kind of fortress warfare in Venezuela is not for the Empire, which does not have such dangerous terrain; However, the Xia Empire's roundabout tactics are very mature, especially the roundabout tactics adopted in the plains, and we should strengthen exercises in this regard and accumulate experience. ”

"The great retreat of Venezuela in the plains and the withdrawal of troops to the mountains will definitely make it more difficult for the Xia Empire to attack in the future."

"Wrong, Venezuela's land area is too small, there is no strategic depth, and it is difficult to block the Xia Empire's two-sided attack by relying on a single mountain range, which will help the Xia Empire narrow its encirclement of them."

"If such a strategic retreat were to be adopted by a country with a huge land area and complex terrain, how would the Imperial Army respond? For example, against the Russian Empire, their strategic depth is enough! ”

"That can only adopt the tactics of a big detour and a big encirclement, just like the Xia Empire, which directly sent a large number of troops around the southern defense line."

"It seems that the war will ultimately rely on the army, no matter how the airships bomb, how the warships blockade, or the other side's strategic retreat, we must rely on the army to occupy these areas."

The Admiralty's staff officer retorted: "The range of the naval guns of the Xia Empire is far greater than that of the fortress guns, and this advantage can be found from the Battle of Bolivar, coupled with the bombardment of airships, tens of thousands of army forces have been beaten without the power to fight back, and the empire must attach importance to this tactic and strengthen the development of similar weapons." If the empire loses the protection of its navy, the enemy can land anywhere along the coast, and the empire's coast does not have the favorable terrain of the venezuelan coast, which is a mortal threat to the empire. ”

Chief of Staff Moltke Jr. concluded: "Each branch of the armed forces has its own specific role, and you should see the advantages of multi-service cooperation, for example, in the Battle of Bolivar, naval warships, airships, and land forces participated together, exerting extraordinary power, which is a major trend in the development of future warfare." Of course, from the questions and suggestions raised by you, it can be seen that there are still many areas that need to be improved in the Empire, which requires everyone to work together to improve the military strength of the Empire. ”

Everyone agrees with the opinion of the chief of the general staff that only by coordinating with the various arms of the armed forces can they exert greater power.

Moltke Jr. continued: "This war has naval battles, river landing battles, mountain operations, and plain operations, offensive and defensive, and it is a rare opportunity for our staff officers and commanders at all levels to conduct live-fire exercises. For example, against the Russian Empire, against France, or against the British, French and Russian coalition against the Empire, what should we do? “

Similar discussions, which appear in the General Staff every day, show how much importance Germany attached to the Xia Empire.

Kaiser Wilhelm II also saw its importance from the naval superiority of the Xia Empire, Germany must continue to strengthen the strength of the navy, and after defeating Britain, France and Russia in the future and dominating Europe, it will fight against the Xia Empire.

Therefore, after communicating with the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of the Navy, he adopted the proposal put forward by the Minister of the Navy, Alfred von Tirpitz, to purchase two merchant-class battleships of the Xia Empire, and introduce relevant technologies to speed up the construction of the German Navy.

At the same time, in response to the military research of the Xia Empire, the General Staff proposed a series of research plans for weapons and equipment, which were quickly approved by the Kaiser and obtained corresponding appropriations.

Kaiser Wilhelm II instructed the General Staff to make preparations for war as soon as possible, and launch a war against Britain, France and Russia as soon as possible.

The General Staff very much agrees with the Kaiser's opinion, the Xia Empire is too greedy for land, and the Chinese are the most populous ethnic group in the world, after the rise of the Xia Empire, it saved the lives of a large number of poor Chinese, so that the Chinese population continues to increase every year, while other regions continue to war, the population is declining severely, and now the Chinese population accounts for more than one-third of the world's population.

If you add in the population of the Xia Empire's vassal states such as Japan and other races on the territory, the combined population of the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire is close to half of the total population of the world.

If you don't start a war with the Xia Empire as soon as possible, the Xia Empire will continue to occupy territory and continue to immigrate, and soon the world will become the world of the Chinese, which will be a huge pressure for any ambitious country in the world.

At the same time, the General Staff put forward a proposal to make friends with the Ottoman Empire, hoping that the Ottoman Empire would become a buffer zone between the European countries and the Xia Empire.

Kaiser Wilhelm II said: "The military cooperation between the Ottoman Empire and the Xia Empire is very close, and there is little hope of pulling them into our circle." “

Moltke said: "Your Majesty, we have to look at the problem in two, the Xia Empire has a lot of close cooperation with the Ottoman Empire, don't forget, the Xia Empire has ceded a large amount of land from the Ottoman Empire, although there is a relationship with the British, but the Xia Empire can't escape responsibility, they are greedy to the point of no return, even the desert area does not let go, they must have coveted other territories of the Ottoman Empire for a long time, the Ottoman Empire cannot not understand that they are dancing with wolves; More importantly, the Ottoman Empire was at odds with the Russian Empire and Britain and France over the Balkan Peninsula, which was a great opportunity for the Empire. “

Since the Ottoman Empire had contradictions with so many countries, and these countries were all enemies of Germany, and in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, they had to befriend the Ottoman Empire and form a united front, the Kaiser asked: "Who has the ability to draw the Ottoman Empire into the arms of the Empire?" “

Moltke Jr., Chief of the General Staff, said categorically: "It is none other than General Colmar von der Golz!" “

Kaiser Wilhelm II thought about it for a while, and felt that this was the best choice, General Colmar von der Golz had worked in the Ottoman Empire for 12 years, and was deeply recognized by the Ottoman Empire, and his ability was very remarkable, if it were not for his upright personality and difficult to control, Kaiser Wilhelm II almost appointed him as Chief of the General Staff, instead of the weak little Moltke, so he said: "Good! He was appointed senior military adviser to the Ottoman Empire and assumed his post immediately; At the same time, military assistance to the Ottoman Empire was strengthened, and all requests from the General Staff of General Colmar von der Golz were to be approved by the General Staff. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Although there was news in the Russian Empire that the Xia Empire was about to attack, it was already the middle of winter there, and they were very relieved that the Xia Empire would definitely not be stupid enough to launch an invasion of Russia in winter.

Britain is very happy that the Xia Empire's attack on Venezuela has been blocked, and it is now playing a role in containing the Xia Empire by contacting France to sell them so many weapons, and if the war continues, the Xia Empire will not be able to take care of other regions, and it is best that this war can continue, and the longer it drags on, the better.

At the same time, the British cabinet estimated that after the victory of the Xia Empire over Venezuela, it would definitely launch an offensive against the whole of South America, and it would be better for Britain to take precautions and launch military assistance to the United States and the seven-nation alliance in advance.