Chapter 712： Russian preparations for war one

"His Excellency Kulupatkin, your plan has been approved by His Majesty the Tsar. You can plan the entire Polish theater according to your plan." An officer said after sending a document to Kulupatkin. .

"Really? If that were the case, that would be great!" A smile appeared on the corner of Kuropatkin's mouth. But this smile is a catastrophe for some people! "Now, let's do everything! Our time is running out!"

When Kulopatkin was authorized by the highest authority, the first thing he did was to forcibly conquer civilians in Russian-owned Poland to build various military installations for Russia. The second thing is the planned forced relocation of personnel from the Russian Polish region! Under the pressure of the batons of the Russian police and some Polish nobles, a large number of Poles left the place where they lived for generations and moved towards Belarus and Ukraine. The road was full of blood and tears, but in Kuropatkin's view, it was totally worth it.

"Russian Poland has only 128,000 square kilometers, but there are 10 million people here! Most of them are Poles. This is completely unnecessary and will even have a huge impact on the empire in war." Kulopa Tekin said this more than once at a military conference. There is a certain truth to what he said. The Poles are not honest. This is what the experience of the three countries of Russia, Germany and Austria tells them over the past centuries. Poles have a chance to become independent when they have a chance. . Once war starts, the Poles will definitely not be honest. Therefore, it is normal for Russia to reduce the Polish population in this area and stabilize the society.

Secondly, from the perspective of economy and supply, it is also inevitable to reduce the population of Poland. First, Russian Poland itself cannot be self-sufficient! Every year, the Polish region imports a large amount of grain from other regions of Russia. This is not a problem in peacetime, but think about it once war starts and more than 1.5 million Russian troops will be stationed here, the food gap in the area will be even greater and more food input will be needed, and Russia’s transportation capacity would have been impossible. Compared with Western Europe, in order to transport military materials during the war, even the transportation of resources was greatly reduced. In this case, the huge population of Poland became a burden of transportation. According to Kulopatkin, why don’t we What about driving the Poles to Ukraine and letting them eat nearby instead of running a train for hundreds or even thousands of versts to deliver food?

The second reason is to deploy more troops in peacetime. A group of high-ranking Russian soldiers, including Kulopatkin, knew that if the Germans were serious, the Russians could not beat the Germans in a positional battle. This is certain, especially the Bavarian Army, although Rupresit’s The secrecy work is done very well, but the Russians can still see through it. After all, the Russians bought a lot of military equipment during the Russo-Japanese War. The excellent performance of these weapons left a very deep impression on the Russians. In the Boer War and the war in North Africa, the presence of the Bavarian Legion from time to time also allowed the Russians to have a higher evaluation of their opponents.

"If the forces of both sides are equal, our legionnaires will be defeated if they can't even hold on for too long in a positional battle. The artillery of the Bavarian legionnaires is outrageous in number and caliber, and the infantry weapons are also extremely Elite, their machine gun equipment rate should be the highest among the armies of the great powers, and at least one-third of the infantry is equipped with semi-automatic rifles. Once a war starts, the same number of Russian troops will easily be flooded by their bullets."

"So, if we are to deal with this force, then we must concentrate twice as much force to suppress it. Considering that the Bavarian Army will have at least 5 to 6 armies during the war, with a total force of more than 250,000. , So we must deploy two armies to deal with the Bavarian Army. Then there are 2 armies against the East Prussian Army, and 4 armies against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, we must at least at the beginning of the war, concentrate 8 armies, at least The strength of 70 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions can gain advantage.” Brusinov wrote in a document to the General Staff.

According to Brusinov’s plan, this scale is already much stronger than in history. In history, at the beginning of the war, the Russians deployed two front armies in the entire eastern front area. They were two combined armies of the Northwest Front Army. There are 17.5 infantry divisions, and then the 4 armies of the Southwest Front Army. There are 34.5 infantry divisions in total. Together, there are only 52 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions. .

The fundamental reason for such a huge gap is that the Russians have determined that the Bavarian Army will fight on the Eastern Front. The Russians are not stupid. He can easily calculate the forces he will face. Defence the Bavarian Army So there will be at least one group army. The Bavarian Army is a big army and it is well equipped. In order to suppress it, only 2 army groups are required to kill. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is more of a coffee table, There is no problem at all to get 4 armies together.

In this way, the Russians must deploy 8 group armies, and the Russians are also self-aware. They know that according to the agreement with the French, if they wait for the war to mobilize and deploy, it is not at all to come out with 8 group armies. possible!

According to the internal requirements of the Allies, Russia must complete the mobilization within 18 days, but if it wants to deploy 8 army groups, even according to the most optimistic situation, Russia still needs a full month to 40 days to complete the deployment. So in the end, the Russians passed the first phase of the plan, reducing the Polish population by 2 million in Poland and then in exchange for a proposal to increase 250,000 conventional border troops and reduce logistical pressure, which is what Kuropatkin is doing now. And if this plan can be accomplished, it is still hopeful that the Russians can achieve the strength of eight armies through pre-war deployment and wartime mobilization.

8 group army front-line forces, 70 infantry divisions and 21 cavalry divisions, such a scale can be described as terror. Although after a series of optimized deployments, the Russians overdrafted their forces ahead of time, bringing the entire Russian forces on the Eastern Front to a new peak!

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