Chapter 1909: Strategic Meeting One
After some appeasement by Grand Duke Albrecht, the high-level German troops who stayed on the Western Front were indeed much more stable, and when Prince Ruprecht came to Brussels, he was unanimously welcomed by the high-level German troops. After some courtesies, the first meeting after the prince settled on the Western Front was held as scheduled. The participants included Prince Ruprecht, Little Moltke, Crook, Albrecht, Howson, and General Helingen. General Pinov went back early because of some things on the front line.
"In the past few months, there has been some chaos within the empire. It has had a great impact on the empire's war plan, but now, all this is in the past, accompanied by the re-stabilization of the empire, and the Austro-Hungarian With the massive 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 in this war, we will not leave any regrets," Ruprecht said. "Okay then, General Crook, now please introduce the current situation on the Western Front."
"Alright Your Highness." Crook nodded and said. "Because of the attack of the British and French armies some time ago, as well as our poor logistical supply, our army's western front corps is in a relatively poor state. At present, we have a total of 7 front-line armies that can be put into combat, with a total strength of 250. There are about 10,000 people, with an average of more than 400,000 for each group army. There are about 4,800 medium-caliber rapid-fire guns M and above, howitzers and heavy artillery, and the number of tanks is about 1,800. Among them, there are cricket tanks and wasp assault guns. But because of accessories and battle damage, there are not many of these tanks that can be used, only about half of them.
"The air force has made great progress after receiving the support of the Bavarian Air Force. Currently, there are more than 3,200 fighter jets 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 Forces."
"In addition to the seven first-line armies, we also have a reserve corps, which has 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 front-line army. Apart from providing some personnel, this reserve corps can only help very little."
Crook gave a general introduction to the situation of the front-line German army. 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 terms of total strength. The British have a total of 70 infantry divisions and 6 armored divisions, with a total strength of about 1.5 million. The French have a total of 106 division-level units, with a total strength of about 2.5 million. Overall, 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 number of laborers on the Western Front.”
"The number of equipment owned by the Allies is not as great as the number of personnel they have. The number of medium-caliber artillery owned by the Allies is around 8,900. The number of heavy artillery is about 5,400. The number of tanks is also more than ours, about 2,800 However, the performance is relatively backward, and there is a situation where a large number of Renault light tanks are used to fill up. The more common types of tanks are relatively rare now, and I feel that we still have the advantage in terms of armor strength.”
"As for the air force? Our current estimate for the French is about 1,200 fighters and bombers, because we have rarely seen French aircraft in the sky, and it is even difficult to see when conducting deep aerial reconnaissance French aircraft were grouped together up to group level, so I think the French Air Force has practically been removed from the air battle on the Western Front."
"What is really worthy of vigilance is still the British Air Force. The number of fighter jets they have is estimated to be around 2,800.
It is roughly equivalent to ours, and its technical performance is also similar. The number of bombers is about 2,100, but there are many large bombers with 4 engines. According to intelligence analysis, they should be transferred from the navy. At present, we may have a slight advantage in the air force. If we wait until the Bavarian Air Force continues to enter the Western Front and count the support of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, we should be able to overwhelm our opponents. "
"Well, very good, much better than the historical situation." After listening to Crook's introduction, Ruprecht breathed a sigh of relief. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Allied Powers still have an advantage in terms of military power and equipment, but in Ruprecht's view as a traverser, compared to history, the Allied Powers' military advantage is already very small.
Although it is also at the end of the war, it is incorrect to directly compare the current military strength with that of 1918 in history. The reason why Germany was able to launch the Emperor’s Offensive in 1918 was because the Eastern Front War had ended and a large number of Eastern Front armies entered the Western Front. And now? The main force of the Bavarian Legion has not yet fully entered the Western Front, and the Mackensen Army can't count on it. In fact, Crook is talking about the power comparison between the original German army and the opponent on the Western Front. Therefore, it is more appropriate to directly compare the military strength in early 1917 in history, and in terms of time, 1917 is closer.
What was the level of troops on the Western Front in 1917 in history? In general, the 151 infantry divisions on the Western Front have a total of 2.7 million troops against the 179 Allied infantry divisions with 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 rest are Portuguese and Belgian.)
And what about military equipment? The Germans had 6,185 light and rapid-fire guns, and 4,820 heavy guns. And what about the enemies of the Germans? The French alone have 6623 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 possessed 3,150 light guns and 2,500 heavy guns. If you count the overall firepower, it is simply a huge advantage. The reason why the Germans were able to guarantee a roughly even level in artillery still relied on better organization and tactics.
As for tanks and planes? Germany in history is even more tragic. Take the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 as an example. The British army concentrated 378 tanks and more than 1,000 aircraft, but how many tanks did the Germans have at that time? You can understand it as 0. The Air Force also came later to reach 4 digits.
And now? The Allied forces fell by 500,000. Although the artillery has a slight advantage, the advantage is not that great anymore. On the contrary, the Germans have gradually grasped the advantages of the armored units and the air force. Moreover, this is still the case when the Eastern Front Army has not moved eastward on a large scale and the chaos in Germany has not been completely eliminated. Down. If the Eastern Front Army advances eastward on a large scale and Germany is reorganized, it will not be difficult for the German Army to completely overwhelm its opponents!
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