Chapter 1625: U.S. Army Observer Mission One

At this time, Marshall was far from being the extremely human minister of the later generations, and could even become a nb existence of the United States Field Marshal. When facing the most brilliant general in the world, Marshall at this time was still a little trembling.

"Your Highness, I came to Bavaria with the U.S. Army delegation in 1907 and visited the training of the Bavarian Army Armored Forces in the Iron Fortress. I admire you and your army for their strong combat effectiveness and well-trained training. said Marshall.

"Fuck, have you ever been to the Iron Fort?" The Iron Fort was the earliest and best armored training and testing ground in the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1907, a group of US Army personnel did come here. This can also be regarded as the product of his own "distortion" of history. But think about it, the United States in this era is not the world police of later generations. Even Nimitz has studied in the German Navy, and isn’t it normal for Marshall to come to Bavaria.

Seeing Prince, the future chief of staff of the U.S. Army, he immediately became interested. Pershing's delegation has traveled a lot in Europe. They have visited both the Eastern Front and the Western Front, and now they have come to Asia Minor. It seems that the Americans are planning to develop the army well. As for why? It's very simple. In the future, we will make a film with the Japanese. Kalimantan and Guinea are so big. How can it be possible with the navy alone? You must go to the army!

But what record does the U.S. Army have? In the past 50 years, they have defeated the Spaniards. They performed brilliantly in the Boer War, but they all fought at the division level, let's say at the army level? I'm afraid there is nothing but the American Civil War.... So, the combat posture of the U.S. Army in this era is still very lo. What if I have no experience? Then come to a place with experience to learn. So, Marshall came here.

Meeting such a famous person intrigued the prince, and how should I put it? If there is still a second battle, maybe he will have to face this Major Marshall, so he wants to see how the colonel's current tactical attainments are.

"Actually, if you look at the opponents your country is facing and the battlefield situation, this kind of large-scale tank battle in the plains is actually not a good example. Your country's main opponent is the Japanese, whether it is in Guinea Island , Kalimantan, or the Philippines, the local geographical conditions are not suitable for large-scale armored combat." The prince thought for a while and said thoughtfully. "So, I want to ask, what exactly does your country want to know when you come here?"

"Tank tactics and arms coordination." Major Marshall said decisively.

"Well, continue." The prince nodded and said noncommittally.

"Although, the battlefield situation that the United States of America needs to face in the future will not be a situation similar to the European battlefield where millions of troops and thousands of tanks and armored vehicles fight each other. Because our enemy is very bad, the battlefield situation is also on the island. Non-continental development. But no matter where it is, the cooperation and tactical use of the arms still have a strong commonality, and the key to our learning is how to integrate infantry, tanks, artillery and mechanized vehicles.

Use tactical and technical advantages with the cooperation of aircraft to completely overwhelm your opponent. said Marshall.

"Very good. At least he knows what to learn." The prince nodded. The prince recognized Marshall's performance. After all, the Americans knew that copying is not enough. If the current steel torrent in Bavaria is at the level of an army group, So in the future, the United States and Japan may fight on the island at most at the military level, not even a group army. Now that a group army has more than 300,000 people, do you expect Japan and the United States to each invest 300,000 troops on a certain battlefield? What a joke!

The Americans are not guilty, and the Japanese are incapable. Of course, if you want to simply pile up the number of people, then it is definitely possible, but now, because of Ruprecht, even the Japanese are no longer superstitious about the army's large infantry, and the Japanese have also begun to equip the army. Tons of armored vehicles and automatic weapons. With the improvement of equipment, can the cost of the armored unit of the same division and the infantry unit of the same division be the same?

And how many troops did the Japanese Army have in peacetime in history? If I remember correctly, there are only 17 army divisions in the country. How many people are there. Although Japan is rich in this plane, but its foundation is still weak. Unless it is a war of annihilation, how can the Japanese produce so many elite troops?

As for the real conflict between the United States and Japan in the future, will it be a war to destroy the country? Certainly not, even if the Americans think about it, Britain, France, and even Germany are not willing, without Japan to contain the United States in the Far East and let the United States expand its power in other places? The Germans didn't agree either!

The so-called non-reciprocity is indecent, after the prince raised the first question, the Americans would naturally ask theirs. So, at Pershing's suggestion. Major Marshall asked his own question: "What does His Royal Highness think about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army?"

"This problem is a bit big." The prince said with a smile: "The discussion of combat effectiveness should start with the specific conditions of the battlefield. If we look at the situation in the European battlefield, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness in small-scale engagements is still very strong. Not weaker than the French army, their will and fighting determination can make up for the lack of individual firepower, but with the expansion of the troop establishment, the combat effectiveness shows a downward trend."

"If you look at ordinary troops, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army at the company and platoon level is comparable to that of the French army. At the battalion and regiment level, their combat effectiveness is weaker than that of the French army, but stronger than that of the general Russian army. And at the army level, the combat effectiveness of the troops is also the same. It is at the same level as the Russian army. If you count the group army level, then it is not as good as the second-rate European army. They lack enough heavy weapons, and there are loopholes in the cooperation between the arms.”

"So the performance of the Japanese Army has declined?" asked an American officer. After all, in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army could still defeat the superior Russian army even when they were inferior in military strength and firepower. This is true of both history and this plane, for example, the Battle of Fengtian and the Battle of Liaoyang in history.

"That's because the Russian Army was at a low point in history. After the Russo-Japanese War, with the help of Britain and France, the Russians recovered quickly, and their military construction was also done well. If we say that during the World War If the war of Russia's fate is the case, then the Russo-Japanese War is at best a local war for Russia. To have a big fight somewhere, that's pretty strong in itself."

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