Chapter 1724: The Hindenburg II
Chapter 1724 Hindenburg 2
However, if you are unhappy, the Kaiser can no longer remove the chief of staff who has just taken office for a few days, because this is a slap in the face for himself, and it is a trample on the dignity of the Kaiser's royal family. No one likes an emperor who changes from day to day. , no matter whether the emperor is really capable or not, because the superstructure needs stability, and only when it is stable can we do things, or that people have the mood to do things. Therefore, even if he is dissatisfied, the Kaiser can only show it on his face, not in reality.
Therefore, the Kaiser thought over and over again and rejected the proposal to increase the allocation of materials to domestic military manufacturers, but agreed to Hindenburg's request to equip the new army with heavy weapons in advance. The list of troops transferred to the Eastern Front. '
So, after the meeting ended, the entire German Empire began the largest military mobilization this winter! According to Hindenburg's plan, at least 200,000 Prussian troops from five armies will be transferred from the western front to the eastern front in stages. The combat effectiveness has been formed, and with the mobilization and new construction of troops, there will be a large number of personnel position changes. For all of this, it is naturally impossible for the Kaiser to do everything by himself, and Hindenburg will be responsible for most of the work.
And when the Kaiser and the Austrian Emperor issued a statement about helping the Ukrainians to establish an independent country, the supplies promised by the Kaiser for an extra month also began to be shipped to Bavaria. And the prince did not procrastinate, and a group of new troops were transferred from the Kingdom of Bavaria and Bohemia to go to the Eastern Front. At the same time, the headquarters of the Bavarian Army also went directly to Lviv, which means that the huge Bavarian And the Bohemian Legion has begun to focus on the Eastern Front. In Lviv, at the Legion General Command, Prince Leopold, the former commander-in-chief of the Bavarian Eastern Front Army, also began to transfer power to the prince. After a simple ceremony, all the rights of the entire Bavarian and Bohemian Army It was re-centralized in the hands of Crown Prince Ruprecht.
At this time, Prince Leopold, who was temporarily unofficial and light-hearted, was drinking afternoon tea with the prince in a well-decorated house while looking at the information collected from various channels, and glanced at the information. After reading the content, Prince Leopold's face changed very wonderfully!
"Ruprecht, there's something wrong here!" the prince frowned and pointed to the stack of documents by the table. Although in history, Prince Leopold and William II also won the Grand Iron Cross, which represents the highest honor in the German military, but this level is obviously much worse! Prince Leopold was really typed by 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 innate advantages of Hindenburg, Ludendorff and others in the German General Staff. Kensen also played out every game on all fronts!
And what about William II? Well, to put it bluntly, for the sake of being the boss, I will give you a piece of iron to bring it out and pretend to be a force! You know, William II cared about this very much back then. At that time, William wanted to ask his uncle, King Edward of England, for a British field marshal's dress.
William was quite angry when they refused to give it. Therefore, in order to take care of the Kaiser's emotions, the Kaiser himself got himself a big Iron Cross...
"What do you think, uncle?" 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 thought, 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, there will be a void inside Prussia! The number of troops that can really fight does not exceed 200,000! Moreover, the army on the Eastern Front is too large and is actually a bit rich, while the army on the Western Front is a little nervous!" Prince Leopold hit the nail on the head with the expenditure problem!
"Hehe, exquisite!" The prince smiled and nodded. On the face of it, mobilizing 200,000 troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front will probably take away about one-fourteenth of the total number of troops. It stands to reason that Germany is currently on the defensive, and the impact of this number of troops should not be great. , But in fact, the deployment of German troops on the Western Front is basically a radish and a pit! According to the data provided by the German General Staff, at present, the strength of the reserve division on the German Western Front does not exceed 25 divisions, which means less than 400,000! This time, half of the reserve team left!
Well, maybe you said that Britain and France are also using a large amount of troops in the Balkans and Asia Minor. It will take time for them to shrink their troops, so it doesn't matter if the German army, which is temporarily on the defensive, temporarily leaves some reserves. On the surface, this is also the fundamental willingness of the Kaiser to finally agree to deploy troops, but in fact, is this really the case?
After all, the Kaiser did not lead soldiers directly! Therefore, for some of these twists and turns, it is far inferior to Ruprecht and Leopold. Although in the eyes of Prince Leopold, Hindenburg's move is very substandard, but Hindenburg is sure Understand the problem! That is, the 200,000 troops left, not only troops and equipment, but also a large number of auxiliary personnel!
For example, during World War I, how many people were there at the peak of the Russian Army? The highest in history was 7 million! How about it? Looks like a big number, right? But how many troops are actually on the front lines? It was full of calculations, and the most time did not exceed 3.5 million! This includes troops on all fronts! That is to say, in Russia, the ratio of their front-line troops to rear support 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 that on the western route. Considering the cold winter in northern Russia, the difficulty of logistical supplies has skyrocketed! When the entire Mackensen army has increased from the current 450,000 to 650,000, I am afraid that for Mackensen, the most worrying thing is not how to defeat Russia's frontal enemy, but to consider the food problem of these more than 650,000 troops right?
And to be honest, even if there are no problems in the transfer, all the transfers are carried out in an orderly manner, and the loss of German national power will still make Prussia weaker. This is an obviously improper transfer. There will be no such problems! !
At three o'clock yesterday, Junding was returned--! The author burst into tears--! Two updates today.