Chapter 1909： Strategy meeting one

After Albrecht’s reassurance, the German senior officials who stayed on the Western Front were indeed much more stable. When Prince Ruprecht came to Brussels, he was unanimously welcomed by the German senior officials. After some courtesy, the first meeting after the prince moved into the Western Front was held as scheduled. Participants included Prince Ruprecht, Little Mochi, Crook, Albrecht, Hausen, and General Herlingen. General Pinov went back early because of something on the front line.

"In the past few months, there has been some chaos within the empire. It has had a very large impact on the empire’s war plans, but now, all of this has become the past, with the re-stabilization of the empire, and Austria With the support of the Legion and the Bavarian Legion, this war that has lasted for more than two years will finally come to an end! I hope that we will not leave any regrets in this war.” Ruprecht said. "That's good, General Crook, now please tell us about the current situation on the Western Front."

"Good lord," Crook nodded and said. "Because of the offensive of the British and French troops a while ago, and the poor logistics supply of our army, the state of our army's western corps was relatively poor. At present, we can put a total of 7 front-line army groups into combat, with a total force of 250. Ten thousand people up and down, with an average of more than 400,000 per group army. The number of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns M and above howitzers and heavy artillery is about 4,800, and the number of tanks is up to 1,800. Among them, there are cricket tanks and wasp assault guns. .But because of parts and battle damage, the number of these tanks that can be used is not much, only about half.

"The air force has been greatly improved after receiving the support of the Bavarian Air Force. At present, there are more than 3,200 fighters and 2,800 bombers. At present, in addition to ensuring the air safety of our important transportation and logistics bases, In addition, it can also carry out limited attacks on the deep targets of the Allied Powers."

"In addition to the seven front-line armies, we also have a reserve corps with about 300,000 troops in terms of strength, but unfortunately, these troops have very little equipment, and they are all used to supplement the lack of the first-line army. In addition to providing some personnel, the help that this reserve corps can provide is very limited."

Crook gave a general introduction to the situation of the first and next line of German troops. Later, he began to introduce the situation of the British and French coalition forces: "In general, the British and French coalition forces are higher than ours in total strength. The British have 70 infantry divisions and 6 armored divisions, with a total strength of 1.5 million people. The French have a total of 106 division-level units with a total strength of 2.5 million. In general, the Allies have 4 million troops on the Western Front. As for the Japanese, there seem to be about 150,000 troops and a large amount of labor on the Western Front."

"The number of equipment owned by the Allies does not have as much advantage as the personnel they have. The number of medium-caliber guns owned by the Allies is about 8,900. The number of heavy guns is about 5,400. The number of tanks is also a little more than ours, about 2,800. Around, but the performance is relatively backward, and there is a situation where a large number of Renault light tanks are used to charge. The more common tanks are now relatively rare. I feel that the armor strength is still we have the advantage."

"As for the air force? Our current estimate of the French is about 1,200 fighters and bombers, because we have rarely seen French planes in the air, and it is ugly even when conducting deep aerial reconnaissance. French planes at the brigade level have gathered together, so I think the French air force has actually been removed from the air battlefield on the western front."

"The real thing to be vigilant about is the British Air Force. The number of fighters they have is estimated to be about 2,800, roughly the same as ours, and the technical performance is about the same. The number of bombers is about 2,100, but there are many large bombers with 4 rounds. According to intelligence Analysis, it should be transferred from the navy. At present, we may have a slight advantage in the air force. If we wait until the follow-up Bavarian Air Force continues to enter the western front and the support of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force is counted, we should be able to overwhelm our opponents."

"Well, very good, much better than in history." After listening to Crook's introduction, Ruprecht was relieved. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Allied Powers still have an advantage in terms of military power and equipment, but in the view of Ruprecht as a traverser, compared to historically speaking, the Allied Powers' military advantage has been very small.

Although they belonged to the end of the war, it is not correct to directly compare the current military power with that of 1918 in history. The reason why Germany was able to launch an emperor's offensive in 1918 was because the Eastern Front War had ended and a large number of Eastern Front Army troops entered the Western Front. And now? The main force of the Bavarian Army has not yet fully entered the Western Front, and the Mackensen Army cannot count on it. In fact, Crook is talking about the power balance between the original German Army and its opponents on the Western Front. Therefore, it is more appropriate to directly compare the forces in history at the beginning of 1917, and in terms of time, it is also closer to 1917.

What was the level of force on the Western Front in 1917 in history? In general, The 151 infantry divisions on the Western Front, a total of 2.7 million troops, against the 179 infantry divisions of the Allies, a total of 4.5 million troops! (The British have 62 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions, the French have 109 infantry divisions, and the others are Portuguese and Belgians.)

What about military equipment? The Germans had 6,185 light guns and rapid-fire guns, and 4,820 heavy guns. And the enemy of the Germans? The French alone owns 6,623 light guns and rapid-fire guns, 4151 heavy guns and 330 super-heavy guns. In fact, in terms of artillery, the French family is almost the same. The British also had 3,150 light guns and 2,500 heavy guns. If you count the overall firepower, that's a huge advantage. The reason why the Germans were able to guarantee a roughly tied level in the artillery was due to better organization and tactics.

As for tanks and airplanes? Germany in history is even more sad. Take the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 as an example. The British army concentrated 378 tanks and more than 1,000 planes. How many tanks did the Germans then? You can understand it as 0. The Air Force only reached 4-digit numbers later.

And now? The number of troops of the Allied Powers fell by 500,000. Although artillery has a slight advantage, the advantage is not too big. The armored units and the air force have gradually gained the advantage by the Germans, and this is still not a large-scale eastward advance in the Eastern Front Army, and the chaos in Germany has not been completely eliminated. under. If the Eastern Front Army advances eastward on a large scale, and then integrates within Germany, it is really not difficult for the German Army to completely overwhelm the opponent!

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