Chapter Ninety-Six: Full of Depression
Thank you for the tips of the trance fish, the mighty Qin army, the sad Pacific 6, the night, and the bleak yca!
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"This is an order from the General Staff Headquarters."
Ruprecht. Maria. Lyutpod. Ferdinand's mental state was not good, and his deep frown never let go for a moment. It was not because of the orders from the General Staff Headquarters, but because of the recent internal turmoil in the Second German Reich, and some people were planning to destroy the original German administrative system, in order to establish a system of power without nobility, as in the French Third Republic or the Soviet Republic.
The Kaiser and the kings of the various kingdoms, they are not unresponsive to this, but the reactions they can get their hands on have become more powerful because of the continuous fermentation. Now, they are facing a new choice, and a very difficult one.
The order of the General Staff Headquarters was to order the Air Force Department to count the aircraft that could be used for combat from March to July, including the planes that could be put into service one after another, and to put the number of statistics in place to cooperate with the new round of warfare.
The German campaign was to be launched against the Allied defense line in northwestern France, with the intention of using a large-scale battle to break through the British Expeditionary Force, the American Expeditionary Force, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and drive them to the sea, so that the Allies would no longer have a foothold on the northern coast of France.
This time, the Germans were to assemble 70 divisions and attack the Allied front in northwestern France from three directions. Considering that the difference between the forces of the two sides is not large, the main direction of attack will be concentrated in the Wana area in the west and south, and once again use the "sickle method" similar to the "Schlieffen Plan" to find a breakthrough point, and then crush the entire front of the Allied coalition forces from the flank.
"If we concentrate all the aircraft that can participate in the war, the number will exceed 5,500, but ......," Li Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "Our logistics are difficult to support such a number." ”
The commander-in-chief, who had a long name, pulled his cheek and smiled, and said: "We are only responsible for concentrating the aircraft that can participate in the war, and logistics and supply are not under our control. ”
This is the most fucked up part of the staff headquarters system, and what is paid attention to is the link of one link after another, which is the so-called "coordinated progression". For example, it is the General Staff Headquarters that makes the plan, and before they make the plan, they only understand some basic general information of each department, and then they distribute the troops and various materials when the final plan of the plan is completed.
Fortunately in the Second German Reich, in other words, in any country, there is no real data before making a plan, no matter how you look at it, the plan will only be a plan. For example, the "Schlieffen Plan" was formulated in this way.
Alfred. Feng. Schlieffen himself began to develop plans from 1891 to 1906, which can be called the "Schlieffen Plan Version 1.0". Then there were countless people who made changes and patches to the "Schlieffen Plan 1.0", and regardless of whether the core of the plan itself was still there, the Second German Reich was actually implementing the "Schlieffen Plan 2.0".
In the Second German Reich, the various departments always completed their tasks with the most efficient speed after receiving orders, and the General Staff Headquarters made adjustments on the basis of the final plan, and the whole plan had a basis for implementation.
What the Air Force Department has to do now is to hand over the correct data to the General Staff Headquarters, and it may be necessary for one or two important personnel to participate in the formulation of the plan of the General Staff Headquarters, and then make arrangements after the final plan is made, but there is still nothing to do with the Air Force Department in terms of logistics, and the General Staff Headquarters will hand over the logistics to other departments to complete.
"You're the dispatch director, and you're going to the staff headquarters with me." The long chief looked a little absent-minded, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and then said, "You have half an hour to prepare." ”
Li Qi saluted, confirmed that nothing else happened, and turned to leave.
By March 1918, France had no active offensive except for holding the "Bordeaux Line", and only other Allied powers had taken the initiative to attack a few times, but basically did not achieve anything, but suffered heavy losses.
Britain dared to launch several new offensives because of the arrival in Europe of promised American and Chinese troops, including 18 American and 19 Chinese divisions.
It must be noted that the Chinese army was armed by Britain and the United States only after it came to Europe. Because of the different standards of ordnance, they were divided into British and American armourers by the participating countries.
It was only after the Bavarian king~prince set off first that he was able to prepare the documents, and when he arrived at the staff headquarters, Adolf. Hitler and Joseph. Dietrich, of course, was confined to the courtyard, and in the front yard were some of the same people who were also chauffeurs or attendants. They will stay here and do their own social activities.
"The meeting hasn't started yet." Maximilian. Feng. Wicks' face was gloomy, and he lowered his voice and said, "Several big people are in the hall, and I heard a quarrel when I was passing by just now. ”
Richie nodded silently and followed Maximilian. Feng. Weix walked behind him.
"Those two 'Imperial Twin Walls' who entered the General Staff Headquarters last year, they are very active." Maximilian. Feng. Wilks took Li Qi to the backyard, and he was about to say something more after he stood still, as if he had changed his words temporarily, and smiled apologetically: "I wanted to talk, but now I have to be busy with other things." ”
Isn't the imperial twin of Hindenburg and Ludendorff? At the end of the war on the Eastern Front, they were first transferred to the Western Front, but they did not achieve any good results on the Western Front in one fell swoop, as many people had hoped, but the offensive they led was repeatedly frustrated, and they were finally transferred back to the General Staff Headquarters.
[There is enough space for the army to move on the eastern front, and the terrain on the western front is narrow and can only be hard fighting, these two obviously ......]
Richie turned his head along Maximilian. Feng. Wilks looked at a major he didn't recognize.
Maximilian. Feng. As soon as Weix left, Richie could only stay where he was, he looked around, most of the officers were chatting in a heap, some were talking about the war situation, and many of them were also talking about the situation at home. From some of the few words, he heard some pessimistic remarks.
Li Qi originally wanted to find a familiar officer and get together to chat, but just found someone to talk to, but his eyes caught Hans. Feng. Seckert stood on the second-floor balcony and beckoned to himself.
Hans. Feng. Seckert has a position in the General Staff Headquarters, in fact, Li Qi also has a temporary position in the General Staff Headquarters, but Li Qi has never been to the General Staff Headquarters unless necessary.
In fact, there was no office in the staff headquarters that belonged to Li Qi at all. Feng. Seckert has a small office.
There was a knock on the door, and there was a sound of "come in" from inside, and when Li Qi pushed open the door, the first thing he saw was a general with the rank of lieutenant general, and then he saw Hans walking in from the balcony. Feng. Seckert.
"This is Friedrich. Kress. Feng. Lieutenant General Collesenstein. "Hans. Feng. Seckert gave Richie a briefing.
Naturally, Li Qi saluted immediately.
Friedrich. Kress. Feng. Klesenstein looked like an older person, and he just looked at Richie without any response.
"We were just talking about the two eastern allies of the Entente, and we were surprised by the performance of the Chinese soldiers." Hans. Feng. Seckert asked Litchie to make coffee next to him, and said, "Actually, I didn't expect those Orientals to be so tenacious, they are more resilient than the soldiers of the British Commonwealth and the United States, and they can withstand more heavy casualties to hold the line." If they had been more trained, they might have been able to become the main force of the war. ”