Chapter 646: The New Commander-in-Chief of the Coalition Forces

In the Imperial Palace in Berlin, Germany, after the German Emperor Wilhelm II named the new super dreadnought battleship the Bavarian class, he went on to say to Prime Minister Hohenlohe, Chief of the Army General Staff Schlieffen and Admiral Tirpitz: "In this naval battle with the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, not only our German Navy suffered heavy losses, but also the losses of several other countries participating in the war, especially the British Navy, which lost 15 dreadnought battleships and 16 all-steel battleships, as well as hundreds of warships of other types. A little more than the losses of our German Navy. In this way, in a short period of time, our allies and the Entente will no longer be able to organize another expeditionary fleet, and we can only shift the focus of this war to the land, hoping that on the land, that is, in the current Russian battlefield, we will be able to achieve victory, otherwise this war will not be good for our allies and the Entente. ”

Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Schlieffen, said: "Your Majesty, at present our German Army is already in the city of Ufa, west of the Russian Ural Mountains

Nearly 1,000,000 troops were gathered, of which the first batch of 420,000 remaining troops entered Russian territory, and the rest were the second group of troops that we sent to Russia after the increase conference in Paris. In the end, our German army will gather 1.2 million elite troops in the vicinity of Ufa City, and the second batch of 220,000 German troops entering the Russian battlefield will be concentrated in Samara City on the Volga River, as a backup force for Ufa City, and at the same time ensure the safety of the rear road of the defenders of Ufa City. ”

Wilhelm II asked, "What is the situation of the troops of the other countries in the city of Ufa?" ”

Schlieffen replied: "At present, the French army has also mobilized more than a million troops in the city of Ufa, and the French army has left 100,000 troops in the city of Samara. The rest of the remaining 700,000 troops of the second group that entered the territory of Russia will enter the area around the city of Ufa. Convergence with the original 410,000 French army in Ufa City, that is to say, the French can concentrate 1.11 million army troops in Ufa City. The second batch of 200,000 troops of the British Army entered the Russian battlefield. will rush to the area of Ufa City, so that the British Army has gathered 370,000 troops in Ufa City. The second batch of 150,000 Italian troops that entered the Russian battlefield were also transferred to Ufa City, so that the Italian Army could also concentrate 360,000 troops in Ufa City. ”

After a pause, Schlieffen continued: "The second batch of 450,000 troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the territory of Russia will also leave 100,000 troops in the city of Samara on the Volga, so that the Austro-Hungarian Empire can gather 590,000 army troops in the city of Ufa. The second batch of 400,000 troops of the Ottoman Turkish Empire to enter the Russian battlefield also left 100,000 troops in the city of Samara, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire will concentrate 530,000 army troops in the city of Ufa. As for the Russians, they have now mobilized more than 2 million Russian troops in the city of Ufa, and no less than 400,000 Russian troops in the city of Samara on the Volga. Moreover, the movement of the Russian army continued, and even the Russians did not know how many troops they would eventually be able to mobilize to the city of Ufa. ”

Wilhelm II nodded and said: "The Russians will definitely fight hard in Ufa City this time, and the Russians must also fight hard, if Ufa City is also lost, the army of the Chinese Empire will be able to go straight down to the Volga River Valley, then for Russia, it will definitely be an unprecedented catastrophe, and if the city of Ufa is still not held, let the army of the Chinese Empire occupy it." It was also a great disaster for our entire Allied and Entente powers, as there were so many troops gathered around the city of Ufa that they were enough to exceed 6 million. If we can't hold it anymore, then there are no other cities in Russia that can stop the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, and we Germany should consider the problem of defending our own country against the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army. ”

In the city of Ufa on the territory of Russia. The Entente and the Central Powers took advantage of the period when the Chinese Imperial Army was mobilizing troops near the city of Ufa to desperately mobilize troops to the city of Ufa. At present, more than 5 million foreign armies have arrived in the area of Ufa City, and finally the Entente will let the Allied Powers join the coalition forces. At least more than 6.16 million troops will be gathered in Ufa, of which Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire will gather a total of 4.16 million troops in Ufa, and Russia has now mobilized more than 2 million troops in Ufa, and more troops will be mobilized to Ufa in the future.

Now the war has burned through the Ural Mountains, the Russians can't do it if they don't work hard, Ufa City has gathered a huge number of troops from the Entente and the Central Powers, and the Russians also hope to turn the tables here in Ufa City, so the newly formed troops continue to be mobilized around Ufa City, and some Russian army units, just formed, were ordered to be transferred to Ufa City, otherwise the Russian Army, which suffered heavy losses in this war, would not have gathered more than 2 million troops in Ufa City in such a short period of time, Moreover, the Russian army in Ufa City is by no means more than this number, that is to say, the final strength of the Entente and the Central Powers in Ufa City will definitely exceed 6.16 million.

Prime Minister Hohenlohe said: "Your Majesty rest assured, our allies and allies can gather more than 6 million troops in Ufa City, no matter how strong the Chinese Imperial Army's combat effectiveness is, it is impossible to capture Ufa City, and as long as our German and British and French technology integration plans go smoothly, new air defense weapons and new fighters can be developed to offset the advantages of the Chinese Imperial fighters, and the battle of Ufa City will definitely become a turning point in this war." ”

Schlieffen also said: "The news from the front line of the Russian city of Ufa that the army of the Chinese Empire is currently gathering only a few hundred thousand troops outside the city of Ufa for the time being, because the railway from Chelyabinsk City to the city of Ufa was completely destroyed by the 300,000 allied troops who retreated from the city of Chelyabinsk, so that it is not easy for the army of the Chinese Empire to transport troops and war materials near the city of Ufa, and if you want to launch an attack on the city of Ufa, the army of the Chinese Empire may need a lot of time to prepare, This has left enough time for our coalition forces to continue to transfer troops to Ufa City, and we hope that during this time, new types of anti-aircraft weapons and new fighters will also be developed. ”

Wilhelm II sighed and said: "Although the city of Ufa can gather more than 6 million troops, but I still have no bottom in my heart, and the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia is said to be able to block the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army. As a result, our coalition lost 2.3 million troops in Chelyabinsk, and the flames of war spread to Europe. It was said that the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers would surely sweep across the seas of Asia, but now the joint expeditionary fleet was defeated by the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The navies of the seven countries of our allies and the Entente countries are no longer able to compete with the navies of the Chinese Empire on the sea in a short period of time. ”

Prime Minister Hohenlohe, Chief of the Army General Staff Schlieffen and Navy Minister Tirpitz looked at each other and shook their heads with sighs. The powerful allies and the 7 European powers of the Entente countries have been made to death, it is really ecstatic, and now the coalition forces around Ufa City have concentrated more than 5 million troops, but in the face of the hundreds of thousands of troops that the Chinese Empire has only gathered, they did not attack, but honestly waited for the Chinese Empire's army to attack, and more than 5 million Allied and Allied troops were building their own fortifications around Ufa City.

Nor was it the allied forces of the Entente and the Central Powers that were frightened by the armies of the Chinese Empire. Rather, the Chinese Empire occupies an absolute superiority in the air, that is, the coalition forces occupy an absolute superiority in the city of Ufa, and they do not dare to easily launch an attack on the Chinese Empire's army outside the city, otherwise the coalition forces will attack. It is likely that it was directly blown up by the fighters of the Chinese Empire.

Schlieffen said in a somewhat passionate tone: "Your Majesty, our War Department has ordered Paul. Feng. General Hindenburg, went to the city of Ufa. He took over the post of commander of the German Army in the Russian theater and at the same time took over the post of commander-in-chief of the Allied forces. The former commander, General Taimi Schneider, will leave the Russian battlefield. Returning to Germany, I am sure that General Hindenburg will not disappoint His Majesty. ”

It turned out that the commander of the German Army, Temmy Schneider, led the remnants of the coalition forces from the city of Chelyabinsk to the city of Ufa, he fell ill, and the illness became more and more serious, and the coalition forces lost 2.3 million troops in the city of Chelyabinsk, and someone also needed to be responsible for this, so after consultations between the Entente and the Central Powers, the position of commander-in-chief of the Allied forces was removed, and even the position of the commander of the German Army was removed. Let Germany send another general to take over as commander of the German Army, and because Germany sent the German Army General Paul, who was well known in Europe. Feng. Hindenburg, so the countries agreed to let Hindenburg take over the post of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces in the city of Ufa.

Wilhelm II nodded and said: "I am still more relieved about General Hindenburg, and I hope he can live up to my trust and bring news of victory to our German Empire!" ”

Paul. Feng. Born in Poznan, East Prussia, Hindenburg fought in the Austro-Prussian War, the Battle of Sadova and the Franco-Prussian War, successively serving as platoon commander, battalion commander of the Guards Regiment, chief of staff, division commander and corps commander, promoted to general in 1896 and general of the German Army in 1907.

In the real history of this Paul. Feng. Hindenburg is also famous for the history of the First World War after the outbreak of the First World War. Feng. Hindenburg served as commander of the Eighth Army on the Eastern Front, won the East Prussian campaign, was promoted to marshal in the same year, served as commander of the Eastern Front, and in 1916 became chief of the General Staff of the German Army, responsible for the strategic command of the Eastern and Western Fronts of the German army. In 1925, he was elected President of the Weimar Republic of Germany, and in January 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor.

The reason why Germany sent Hindenburg to serve as the commander of the German Army in Russia this time is mainly because Hindenburg himself has a relatively thorough understanding of the army of the Chinese Empire, and since the rise of Lin Daxin, the army under Lin Daxin has entered the field of vision of some senior army generals in various countries around the world, and Hindenburg is also one of them, and he has been studying the army of the Chinese Empire for a long time.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles, and Westerners also understand this truth, so this time the Germans sent Hindenburg, who knew the Chinese Imperial Army best, to command the German Army in Ufa City, and at the same time, because of Hindenburg's prestige, the armies of other countries agreed to Hindenburg to take over the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Wilhelm II said to Schlieffen, chief of the General Staff of the Army: "At present, our German Army has completed the expansion plan of 1 million, plus the 700,000 expansion of the army a while ago, so that our newly formed army in Germany has reached as much as 1.7 million, but the combat effectiveness of these newly formed troops is not enough, and your War Department must urge these newly formed troops to step up training, maybe they will also need to join the battle in this war." ”

Before the start of the war, Germany was affected by the expansion of the army of various countries, and had expanded the army to 3.5 million, of which 700,000 were newly expanded troops, and after the war, Germany expanded its army by 1 million at once, thanks to the sound of the German reserves, and the later 1 million new army has also been formed.

The German Army has lost 580,000 elite troops in the Russian battlefield, so that the total strength of the German Army has not yet reached 4 million, and the second batch of 1 million German Army is also the original elite troops of Germany, and the newly formed German Army units have not been sent to Russia, and the original elite troops in Germany are only 800,000 left.

Schlieffen said confidently: "Your Majesty rest assured, the 1.7 million newly formed army units are practicing day and night, with the training system of our German army, it will not be long before the 1.7 million newly formed army can reach eighty percent of the combat effectiveness of the previous elite army, and our War Department has a new expansion plan, if there is an accident in the battle of Ufa City, in order to defend our German homeland, our War Department will expand another 1.5 million to 2 million new troops." ”

Prime Minister Hohenlohe also said at this time: "If the battle of Ufa really fails, our Germany will enter a state of national mobilization and combat readiness, not to mention the expansion of the army by 2 million new troops, that is, 3 million or 4 million, and our entire German government departments will also fully cooperate, and will definitely not let the iron hooves of the Chinese Imperial Army be trampled on the land of our German Empire." ”

Wilhelm II smiled again and said, "I believe there will never be such a day!" (To be continued.) )