Chapter 1624: Attack Prelude 2

Moreover, continuing to retain the British and French troops in Asia Minor will also be of great help to the prince's political layout. After all, as long as the British and French troops have not withdrawn, then this place will still be regarded as a front. Since it is a battle line, there must be troops fighting. When the time comes, will it start from How many troops will be deployed here? Isn't it a matter of just a word from the prince?

"If the Asia Minor War really ends, some people may not be able to sleep because of the presence of 250,000 Bavarian troops, right?" the prince thought with some malice in his heart. For example, the German Social Democratic Party is acting secretly.

The first wave of the Bavarian Army's attack will definitely fall on the French. In terms of combat effectiveness, the nine complete French divisions on the northern front at this time are definitely the elite of the Allied Powers on the battlefield in Asia Minor. If we look purely at technical equipment The number is not much less than that of the Bavarian Army, and if we simply look at the number of heavy artillery, let alone anything else, just 30 artillery batteries and 150 long-range cannons of over 100mm are enough to make people feel terrifying.

The General Staff of the Bavarian Army has estimated that if everyone is at loggerheads, the troops that the Bavarian Army can invest will really not have an advantage! The German tanks are better, but their artillery advantage is too great. Although the German air force is strong, the more than 300 fighter jets on the opposite side are not vegetarian. At least in the early stages of a campaign, air strikes won't be very effective.

"To deal with the French, the maximum number of troops invested can only be 150,000, and the rest are preparations and troops preparing to deal with Ankara. Von Seckter's troops are already very exhausted, and they will definitely not be used for offense, so now The situation is that the two sides are fighting an offensive battle when their military strength and technical equipment are roughly equal." The prince calculated the power gap between them in his mind.

The mode of positional warfare is absolutely undesirable. The side with the advantage of long-range artillery has too great an advantage in positional warfare. Moreover, what the prince requires is not only to defeat the French, but also to limit his own losses within a certain range. After all, the elite veterans and accumulated technical equipment in these troops are also hard-won. For the Kingdom of Bavaria, it is absolutely necessary. It is the most valuable military resource.

"To deal with the French, 3 independent armored battalions and 2 armored divisions, plus 4 infantry divisions should be enough, right? The number of artillery does not need to be large, but it must be very mobile so that the opponent cannot catch it. The whole The troops must be on the move. Fight breakthroughs and penetrations." After carefully comparing the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, the prince already had a rough calculation. He could only say that the battlefield here is relatively wide, and the French have not been operating it for a long time. As long as you are more mobile, fighting a mobile battle is the best choice. Of course, to ensure nothing goes wrong, the prince deployed an additional armored brigade and an infantry division as reserves.

As for the British side, the prince does not need to worry for the time being. After comparing the recent performance of the British Army, the prince believes that the British Expeditionary Force's offensive has been very weak after opening the west gate of Ankara. This is partly because of the frontline Battle consumption, after all, the British army faced Turkey's most elite troops plus nearly a division of German resistance.

The hundreds of thousands of British troops are not all elite. Among them, the British front-line troops and the Anzac Corps are indeed powerful, but nearly half of the colonial troops and the second-line British troops have lowered the overall level of this army. The elite regiments have been greatly depleted. Under severe circumstances, the British also need to take a break.

As the supply line further lengthened, the British's logistical pressure also gradually increased. The Allies initially only set Ankara as the second target, and mainly used heavy equipment and logistics vehicles to support the French army on the northern line so that they could quickly approach the French army. Constantinople, but now it seems that after the Bavarian Army blocked a wave of French penetration, it has become very slim to quickly capture Constantinople, so the Allies have readjusted the distribution of supplies and equipment and will attack Ankara as The focus of the next offensive is, and Ankara is a heavily fortified city after all. If you want to attack the fortress, you must have enough artillery and ammunition, so the British also need to prepare. And there is a vacuum period in time.

And what Ruprecht seized on was this vacuum period! Prepare to launch an offensive against the French army first! And strive to severely damage the French army before the British really threaten Ankara, and then the Bavarian Army will turn around to deal with the British army!

In order to ensure the efficiency of this operation, the prince declined the Turkish Sultan's plan for the two sides to cooperate in launching a counterattack. The prince at least asked Turkey to prepare supplies for the German army and ensure the smooth flow of logistics transportation lines. The prince did not agree with the combat effectiveness of most of the Turkish army. Their performance was at most similar to that of the previous Hungarian army. If it were other battles, the prince also said that they could cooperate, but in this case the two sides had equal strength, and the other side had With the advantage of firepower, danger will arise if you are not careful, so the prince will naturally not cause trouble to himself.

However, just as the German army was formulating a battle plan in an orderly manner, a group of new guests came to the prince's headquarters. When he saw the black old man Pershing, who had served as the commander-in-chief of the "American Volunteer Army" in the Boer War in South Africa, standing in front of him The prince was surprised. Wasn't this man in Brussels not long ago? Why did you come here all of a sudden?

By the way, there is also the guy behind the black old man. The prince can obviously feel familiar to a certain extent, but at the same time, he is sure that he has never seen this US Army personnel. The prince has almost no interaction with this US Army, at most, it was during the Boer War. I met U.S. Army personnel several times when I was in the military, so who is this person who looks a bit familiar?

"This is my staff officer, Major Marshall. He is the best staff officer in the entire U.S. Army. His future prospects will surpass mine." Seeing the prince's eyes falling on the younger brother behind him, the old man quickly introduced road.

"Oh, Marshall, this guy really surpassed you." No wonder he looked familiar. The prince looked at Major Marshall at this time. This man played a huge role in the Second World War in history and supported the reconstruction of Europe after the war. The rising man is just a mid-level officer at this time, but no matter what, capable people can come forward sooner or later, and Marshall is already showing his sharpness. It's definitely not easy to get praise from the black old man.

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