Chapter 1520： Von Seckert’s Eastern Frontier Experience II

Chapter 1520 What happened to von Seckert on the Eastern Front 2

Later, as von Seckert had more contact with other Austro-Hungarian generals, he found that the situation this officer encountered was definitely not an isolated phenomenon. This serious confrontation has reached the top level. He can clearly feel that the Hungarians welcome his arrival, but the Croatians, Slovenians, and Romanians are very disgusted with their arrival.

"In their eyes, my army seems to be the superintendent team handed over by the German Emperor Karl. They don't treat us as a reliable friendly army, but treat us like prisoners to prison guards! It's hard for me! Imagine that this army is fighting under the same banner as the Austrian army! Compared with the Hungarian army, the Austrians are like angels!" Von Seckert wrote in his diary.

Well, this problem doesn’t seem to be too big. After all, according to the orders of the German Emperor and Archduke Karl, this army mainly cooperates with the Hungarian army. As for the grievances between Hungarians and other nations , General von Seekert didn’t care, nor could he care...

As his path to the front line extended step by step, Lieutenant General von Seekert soon felt the tremendous pressure brought by logistics, although he has minimized the number of heavy equipment, for example, all over 150MM Cannons and heavy howitzers were temporarily removed from the military establishment. (In this plane, the 150MM cannon and 210MM heavy howitzer are military-level weapons. The Germans in the three divisions are already at military level and should be assigned to these heavy weapons.) The number of 150MM heavy howitzers has been reduced, and the 105MM light howitzer has been added. And as much as possible to reduce the amount of ammunition carried so that it can reach the front line as soon as possible. But these measures proved to be insufficient after all! Because, after entering Ukraine, horses began to die in large numbers!

In fact, horses and ammunition are both consumable materials. The heavy burden made the average working hours of horses raised according to high standards not exceed 3 months. After 3 months, these scarred horses either died directly on the battlefield and let a group of people eat it. Horse meat is either retired and left for civilian use in the rear. After entering Poland, the horses held by Sector's troops plummeted due to insufficient feed supply and excessive load!

It has to be said that the troops assigned to the lieutenant general by the German General Staff are still very powerful. Although there are only 3 divisions in name, the total number of troops has reached 70,000! During the war, the German army was only 42,000 people! The number of troops is large, and the horses are naturally indispensable. The Germans have taken into account the challenge of the car in Ukraine's terrible environment and Hungary's tragic logistics, so this force has a total of 28,000 military horses!

According to the general standard of the German army, if horses are used as the main means of transportation, an average of three people would need a horse. In other words, an army of 70,000 people can be equipped with 24,000 horses. However, this is the standard before the war. Now after a year of fighting, the troops have begun to shrink. How can the general army give you all the horses? Full? ! However, this time, Xiao Maoqi gritted his teeth, not only matched the horses for Sector, but even gave more than 4000 horses! This also counts the cost!

However, the plan still couldn't keep up with the changes. Since stepping into the land of Poland, Sector's logistic team never ate a full meal again... It is true that concentrated feed such as grains, bran, and soy products needed by horses can be prepared and packaged and brought over, but coarse feed still needs to be provided locally. Horses eat 10 kilograms of feed a day, 4 kilograms of concentrated feed, and 6 kilograms of roughage. That is good, which means that these 28,000 war horses need to eat 280,000 kilograms of feed a day, which is 280 tons when converted into tons... If this is the roughage that comes with it, don't bring any weapons. The troops should bring all the feed... And even if there are ingredients, they can’t be eaten directly. They usually need to be crushed, stirred or even boiled. If you make do with it, you can. Horses are more delicate than humans to some extent. Oh....

Therefore, the current situation is like this. Even if Seckett’s troops ate all the green plants on the ground like locusts, they still cannot support the normal operation of this force. The Hungarians are working hard. Provide some help, but it can only be described as a drop in the bucket. In Seckett's view, the entire logistics system of the Hungarian army is completely chaotic and inefficient. If the Austrians in the north knew that they would free up manpower to build dirt roads to facilitate transportation, and the Bavarian Army Corps to the north had already started laying narrow-gauge railways or wooden track roads, it would be nice for the Hungarians here to ensure that the traffic situation would not deteriorate Up!

So after reaching the finish line, only half of von Seekert’s 28,000 horses could finally keep up. The mobility of the troops was completely abolished. However, Lieutenant General Seekert still had to prepare for the war, so, in addition, Another question... How to adjust weapons and equipment? ! If Prussia has Krupp, Rheinmetall, Mauser, Bavaria has Southern Industries Group, Daimler Benz, (yes, the main production base of Daimler Benz is in Bavaria) Austria has Skoda and Steyr That's great, tell me what's in Hungary...

Hungary has nothing! And if you want to equip the artillery from Skoda, the Hungarian government also has to pay for it! Although it is not as indifferent to the navy as it is to the navy, the shy Hungary really can't afford much to arm its own army, even with a loan from Austria!

"Can you believe it? I actually saw the artillery produced in 1866 on the battlefield! Moreover, this guy is still made of copper!" Looking at these artillery pieces of the same age as him, Lieutenant-General Seckett called a sigh in his heart. Endless!

However, the Hungarian Army did not say anything about the current "weakening" of the German firepower. On the one hand, they really couldn't add heavy artillery and cannons to this force. Because they did not have it themselves, and on the other hand, they found that even if the firepower was severely weakened, the German army was still stronger than the most elite troops in the Austrian army! Among other things, although the caliber and weight have been reduced, 72 artillery in a division can still be guaranteed! There are nearly a hundred mortars! Just this firepower intensity is enough, and I have to add a hair!

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