Chapter 1520 Von Seekert's Eastern Front 2
Subsequently, after von Seckett had more contact with other Austro-Hungarian generals, he found that the situation that the officer encountered was definitely not an individual phenomenon. This serious confrontation had reached the top. During the talks, he could clearly feel that the Hungarians were welcome to their arrival, but the Croats, Slovenians, and Romanians were very disgusted with their arrival.
"In their eyes, my army seems to be the supervisory team handed over by the German Emperor to Grand Duke Karl. They do not regard us as trustworthy friendly forces, but treat us with the attitude of prisoners toward prison guards! It is hard for me to imagine that this army is actually fighting under the same army as the Austrian army! Compared with the Hungarian Legion, the Austrians are simply cute like angels!" Feng Seckett wrote in his diary.
Well, this question doesn't seem to be too big. After all, according to the orders of the German Emperor and the intentions of Grand Duke Carl, this army mainly cooperates with the troops composed of Hungarians. As for the grudges and hatreds between the Hungarians and other nations, General Von Seckett did not care, nor could he care...
As the road to the front line gradually extended, Lieutenant General Feng Seckett quickly felt the huge pressure brought by logistics. Although the number of heavy equipment had been reduced to the greatest extent, for example, all cannons and heavy howitzers above 150mm were temporarily removed from the army organization. (In this plane, the 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy howitzers are first-class military equipment, and the Germans of the three divisions were already considered military-level, so they should be equipped with these heavy weapons.) The number of 150mm heavy howitzers were reduced and the number of 105mm light howitzers were increased. The amount of ammunition carrying as much as possible so that they could reach the front line as soon as possible. But these measures proved that they were not enough! Because, after entering Ukraine, the horses began to die in large numbers!
In fact, horses are all consuming materials, just like ammunition. The excessive burden makes even horses raised according to high standards work for more than 3 months. After 3 months, these scarred horses either die directly on the battlefield and then let a group of people eat a pot of horse meat, or retire and leave it for the civilians in the rear. After entering Poland, due to insufficient feed supply and excessive load, the horses held by Sector's troops plummeted!
It has to be said that the troops assigned to the lieutenant general are still very powerful. Although there are only three divisions in name, the total number of people reached 70,000 including the units under the army! During the war, a German army was only about 42,000! With a large number of troops, horses naturally cannot be missing. The Germans have considered the poor environment of Ukraine and the tragic logistics of Hungary to cars, so this army was equipped with a total of 28,000 military horses!
According to the general German standards, if horses are mainly used as the main means of transportation, then an average of three people would need one horse. That is to say, an army of 70,000 people would be equipped with 24,000 horses. However, this was the standard before the war. Now that it has been a year since the army has been fighting, the troops have begun to shrink. How could the general army fully match you with horses?! However, this time, Moltke gritted his teeth and not only matched all the horses for Seckett, but even gave more than 4,000 more horses! This was also considered a huge sum of money!
However, the plan still cannot keep up with the changes. Since entering the land of Poland, Sector's logistics team never had a full meal again... Of course, the grains, bran, soy products and other concentrated feed needed by the horses can be made and packed and brought over, but the rough feed still needs to be provided locally. Horses eat 10 kilograms of feed a day, 4 kilograms of concentrated feed and 6 kilograms of rough feed. That is to say, these 28,000 war horses need to eat 28,000 kilograms of feed a day, which is 28,000 tons per day, which is 28,000 tons per day... If this is the rough feed, then don't bring weapons. The troops will bring all the feed... And even if there are materials, they cannot be eaten directly. Generally, they need to be crushed, stirred and even cooked. If you make do, it's OK. The horse is more delicate than people to some extent. At worst, it's just quit...
So, this is the situation. Even if Sector's troops chewed all the green plants that were growing on the ground like locusts, they still could not support the normal operation of this force. The Hungarians were trying to provide some help, but they could only be described as dropping a drop in the bucket. In Sector's view, the entire logistics system of the Hungarian army was completely chaotic and inefficient. If the Austrians in the north knew to free up manpower to build dirt roads for transportation, and the Bavarian Legion in the north had begun to lay narrow-gauge railways or wooden tracks, it would be great that the Hungarians here could ensure that the traffic situation would not deteriorate anymore!
So after reaching the finish line, only half of the 28,000 horses of von Seckert could catch up, and the mobility of the troops was completely destroyed. However, Lieutenant General Seckert still had to prepare for the war, so another question arose... How to fix weapons and equipment?! If there are Krupp, Rhinemetallurgical, Mauser, Bavaria, Southern Industrial Group, Daimler Benz, (yes, this plane, Daimler Benz's main production base is Bavaria) Austria has Skoda and Steyr. So good, tell me what Hungary is...
Hungary has nothing! If you want to equip artillery from Skoda, the Hungarian government will pay for it! Although it is not as indifferent as it is to the navy, Hungary, which is short of money, can't afford much money to arm its army, even if there is a loan provided by Austria!
"Can you believe it? I actually saw the cannons produced in 1866 on the battlefield! Moreover, this guy is still a copper one!" Looking at these cannons of the same age as me, Lieutenant General Seckett felt very sighing!
However, the Hungarian Legion did not say anything about the German army whose firepower has been "weakened". On the one hand, they really cannot replenish the troops with heavy artillery and cannons. Because they themselves did not, and on the other hand, they found that even if the firepower was severely weakened, the German army was still stronger than the most elite troops in the Austrian army! Not to mention, although the caliber and weight were reduced, 72 artillery pieces of a division can still be guaranteed! Nearly a hundred mortars are still available! With this firepower intensity, it is enough, and you can add some hair!
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