Chapter 1724： Hindenburg II

Chapter 1724 Hindenburg (2)

However, the German emperor could not remove the Chief of Staff, who had just taken office a few days ago, because it was a slap on his own face. It was a trampling on the dignity of the German imperial family. No one likes an emperor who has changed orders. Regardless of whether the emperor really has the ability, because the superstructure needs stability, only stability can do things, or people have the mood to do things. Therefore, even if he is dissatisfied, the Kaiser can only show his face on his face, but cannot implement it in reality.

As a result, the Kaiser considered repeatedly and rejected the proposal to increase the allocation of supplies to domestic military manufacturers. However, he agreed to Hindenburg’s request to equip the new army with heavy weapons in advance. At the same time, the first batch from the West was approved. The list of troops transferred to the Eastern Front. ‘

Thus, after the meeting, the entire German Empire began the largest military mobilization this winter! According to Hindenburg’s plan, at least five Prussian troops with 200,000 corps will be transferred from the Western Front to the Eastern Front in stages. At the same time, the six newly formed divisions received 30% of the heavy equipment in advance so that they can quickly Formed combat effectiveness, and with the mobilization and new construction of troops, a large number of personnel position changes followed, and for all of this, the Kaiser would not be able to do everything himself, Hindenburg will be responsible for most of the work.

And when the Kaiser and Austrian Kaiser issued a statement on helping the Ukrainians establish an independent state, the Kaiser’s promise of an extra month of supplies also began to be shipped to Bavaria. And the prince did not procrastinate. He drew a new group of troops from the Kingdom of Bavaria and Bohemia and started to go to the Eastern Front. At the same time, the headquarters of the Bavarian Army also went directly to Lviv, which meant a huge Bavaria. And the Bohemian Army has begun to focus on the Eastern Front. In Lviv, the Legion Command, the former commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Army of Bavaria, Prince Leopold, also began to transfer power to the prince. After a simple ceremony, the entire Bavarian and Bohemian Army had all rights. Refocused in the hands of Crown Prince Ruprecht.

At this time, Prince Leopold, who was temporarily unemployed and lightly dressed, was drinking afternoon tea with the prince in a well-decorated room while looking at the information collected from various sources, and then glanced at the information. After the content, Prince Leopold’s face became very exciting!

"Ruprecht, there is a problem here!" said the prince, frowning, pointing to the stack of documents by the table. Although in history, Prince Leopold and William II have also won the Iron Cross, which represents the highest honor in the German military, but this level is obviously much worse! Prince Leopold really hit it out with his ability! As the only marshal who won this honor as a non-Prussian, his ability is definitely the top state in Germany. This is different from the inherent advantages of Hindenburg and Ludendorff in the German General Staff. He and Ma Kenson also played field after field on all fronts!

What about William II? Well, to put it bluntly, for the face of your boss, I will bring you a piece of iron to pretend to be forced! You know, William II cared about this very much back then. Back then, William wanted to ask his uncle, King Edward of England, for a dress of the British Field Marshal, but he didn't give it, which made William feel quite angry. Therefore, in order to take care of the Kaiser’s emotions, the Kaiser bought himself a Big Iron Cross....

"What are your uncle's thoughts?" The prince took a sip of green tea, then looked at his uncle with a smile on his face.

"I don't know what Hindenburg thinks, and I don't know how the German General Staff passed this resolution, but I can see one thing, that is, if this transfer is completed, Prussia will be empty! The number of troops that can really fight does not exceed 200,000! Moreover, the size of the army on the eastern front is too large, and it is actually a bit rich, while the army on the western front is a little nervous! "Prince Leopold has a sharp expenditure problem!

"Haha, exquisite!" The prince nodded with a smile and said. On the surface, mobilizing 200,000 troops from the western front to the eastern front probably took about one-fourteenth of the total troops. It stands to reason that Germany is currently in a defensive state, and the influence of this force should not be very significant. , But in fact, the deployment of German troops on the western front is basically a carrot and a hole! According to the data provided by the German General Staff, the reserve division of the German Western Front now has no more than 25 divisions, which means less than 400,000! With this walk, the reserve team is half gone!

Well, maybe you said that Britain and France are also using a large amount of troops in the Balkans and Asia Minor. It takes time for them to shrink their troops, so it doesn't matter if the German troops are temporarily on the defensive and temporarily leave some reserves. On the surface, this is also the fundamental willingness of the Kaiser to finally agree to transfer troops, but in fact, is this really the case?

After all, the Kaiser did not directly lead soldiers! Therefore, for some of these turns, Ruprecht and Leopold are far inferior. Although in the eyes of Prince Leopold, Hindenburg’s move is very substandard, Hindenburg is definitely Understand the problem! That is, these 200,000 troops are gone, not only troops and equipment, but also a large number of auxiliary personnel!

For example, How many people were there at the peak of the Russian Army during World War I? The highest in history was 7 million! how about it? The number is huge, right? But how many troops are actually on the front line? It's not over 3.5 million at most! This includes forces on all fronts! In other words, in Russia, the ratio of their frontline troops to rear auxiliary personnel is 1:1!

Of course, on the western front, the efficiency of German logistics support personnel must be much higher, but even if the efficiency is high, with the eastward advance of 200,000 German troops, at least tens of thousands of support personnel need to follow up. In addition, don’t forget that on the Eastern Route, the traffic environment is much worse than on the Western Route. Consider the cold winter conditions in northern Russia. The difficulty of this logistical supply has risen sharply! When the entire Mackensen Army increased from the current 450,000 to 650,000, I am afraid that for Mackensen, the most worrying thing is not how to defeat the frontal enemy of Russia, but to consider the food of the 650,000 troops. Right?

And to be honest, even if there are no problems in the transfer, all transfers are carried out in an orderly manner. The loss of German national strength will still make Prussia weaker. This is an obvious improper transfer. In the era of Little Mochi, it was absolutely This kind of problem won't happen! !

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