Chapter 50: Times Are Changing
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Did Litch ever think about reversing the defeat of the Second German Reich? I've always been on the battlefield before, and I don't have much time to think about this. He had been on the road for two days and had some leisure, and he had seriously thought about it, and the answer was that it was impossible to reverse the defeat of the Second German Reich!
Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Falkingham, Moltke and many other powerful people, they have professional strategic knowledge, and they are powerful things, and they still can't change things, not a small captain, even if they are about to become a major.
If Li Qi is allowed to travel more than ten years earlier, there may be some changes, but it is just a "if", and it is not 100% certain that what can be done. All because the Second German Reich was a monarchy, and then a bunch of nobles, big landowners, and capitalists controlled the fate of the empire, unless he could have a good background from the beginning, how much time would be wasted climbing up.
Assum, just hypothetical, Li Qi has traveled more than ten years earlier, and he can still climb to a high position, and he can do far fewer things than imagined, because the fate of the empire is still in the hands of Wilhelm II. And Wilhelm II ...... This benevolent brother has squandered all the advantages that Bismarck has spent half his life building, and he is firmly on the road to death.
[The Third Reich is different, it is almost a process from a blank of power to a mastery of the country, there are too many people fighting for power, choosing to take sides or fight on their own, there will be far more opportunities than during the Second Reich......]
The train stopped in Leipzig, and they had to transfer to another train to get to Berlin, and when Litch got out of the wagon, he saw a busy scene.
There were no civilians in the station, some were all soldiers in military uniforms, they seemed to be in a hurry, some were sorting out some wooden boxes, which could contain anything, but probably more bullets or shells.
Richie even saw the cannons being painstakingly loaded onto the wagons by the soldiers, most of them 105mm howitzers, but the barrel diameter was not fixed.
"The total number of artillery guns in the Allied forces exceeds 3,000, and our artillery combined is less than 1,000, and this situation needs to be changed." Alexander. Leer said with a wry smile: "But...... We can only increase the number of guns to a maximum of 2000 guns, which is still less than the side of the Entente, but with a certain advantage in caliber. ”
Cannon? Mortars are also included, but it can be seen that the two sides are not equal in national strength. And in terms of artillery technology, the French actually have an advantage, and the Schneider 75mm field gun (Miss 75) of the French army is an artifact that can fire 10 shells per minute!
Thankfully, what's the good news? It was the Germans who had the caliber and the advantage in range, otherwise it would be extremely uncomfortable to always fight against the Allies with outnumbered artillery.
Not only artillery, but also warships, aircraft...... If the Second German Reich could produce one of any military supplies, the Entente could produce two or three...... and even five pieces.
It was as if the Second German Reich was fighting alone against the entire Entente camp, ignoring Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. But in fact, apart from the Second German Empire, the Ottoman Empire played some role in other countries, and the rest of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria were only able to drag their feet.
Re-boarded the train, and Litch did not see Hans again. Feng. Seckert, he sat alone for a short while, and soon Ewald. Feng. Kleist, Kurt. Zeitzler, Wah ~ R ~ T. Modell, Maximilian. Feng. Weix and a few other lieutenants all came over.
In the past two days, Li Qi has been thinking a little, and many of the people he has recently met are people who will later hold high positions in the Nazi Third Reich military. It is precisely because of this that he has been trying to build friendships with these people, and so far the results have been very good.
It should have worked, that is, Richie's performance on the battlefield was recognized, and then he showed that he had extraordinary potential, and more importantly, no one would turn down a hand of friendship from a soon-to-be legend.
"How, have you already reported to your superiors?" Ewald. Feng. Kleist looked incredulous: "What is that?" ”
"Tank, the Entente called it a tank." Richie had just made an excuse by saying that he had discovered a new weapon of war on the Entente side while he was in absence. He uses a very simple description to tell his guesses: "Once they are on the battlefield, it becomes very difficult to maintain the front. ”
"Cluster grenades, artillery, these two weapons can be used against them." Wa~er~ter. Moder looked deep in thought, and then said: "But our soldiers have not seen a weapon that a rifle cannot penetrate, and they will feel helpless and collapse. ”
In fact, when Tanche was thrown into battle by the British army, the German soldiers were not frightened to collapse because they had never seen such a monster. In fact, they really have no way to take the tank, after all, the first time they see a tank, who can instantly understand the change of grenade to cluster form? They only know that rifles do not penetrate, bayonets do not work, and a single grenade or grenade does not do harm, and then they are weakly slaughtered by the machine guns and artillery fire of tanks, and that everyone will collapse.
"Because you brought it up, they will form enough attention." Wa~er~ter. Feng. Brauchitsch didn't know when he came over, but seemed to have listened for a while? He sat down with Wa~Er~T. Modell gave up his place and asked very seriously, "Is there a lot of them?" ”
"I should see about twenty of them." Of course, Li Qi has not seen it, but the number of people thrown into the battlefield will definitely be more, not less. He also said with a serious face, "Major, I need your support. ”
Wa~er~ter. Feng. Brauchitsch was obviously stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he said, "No problem, I will sign your report." ”
Litchie didn't mean to talk about the discovery of tanks, what he needed was to form more storm commandos, but not simply to infiltrate the battlefield, but to bridges, airfields, and warehouses on the Entente side...... and anything else that can be destroyed, so the tactics of the operation need to be changed.
In addition, Richie needs to write a report about the retaliatory bombing of his airfield, and perhaps the generals already know that this will happen, but it doesn't hurt for Richie to brush up on his presence.
The train started again, perhaps there was a common topic, and a group of officers who had gathered together chatted quite happily, and several colonel-level officers joined behind, and they did not have any shelves, and the result was that the whole carriage seemed to be a little lively.
"He's a great boy, isn't he?" The Bavarian King ~ Prince was watching through the glass of the carriage door, and had been watching for a while.
Crown Prince William nodded seriously: "He has the talent of a good officer, and he also has the bearing to unite his colleagues." ”
The Bavarian king~crown prince said with a sour face: "Will he serve in your army group, or stay in Berlin?" ”
Crown Prince William smiled and said, "It's not up to you and me. ”