Some words are inconvenient to say, but Prince Leopold said it was fine. In terms of qualifications, he was an artillery commander during the Franco-Prussian War. He was not sure where he had a higher qualification than everyone here. In terms of identity, King Fritz would call him brother when he saw the prince. After all, Prince Leopold was Prince Sissi's brother and Fritz's brother. More importantly, he was still the prince of real power. So there was no problem with the prince singing red face, while Prince Leopold singing white face.

"You should at least listen to our plan. The war is not about whoever listens to whom more, but whoever says it makes sense. From the beginning of your memories, you are introducing your own plan. When there are some loopholes in the plan, you did not think about how to remedy and correct it, but continued to deceive yourself. This is a very wrong behavior." The prince continued.

"Okay, then please tell me about the Bavarian Legion's plan." Crown Prince Ferdinand said.

"First of all, we must determine how much troops the Russians can use in future wars." Ruprecht walked to the front again and said.

"Although the Russians did not perform well in this unfinished war in the Far East, if we look fair, Russia can organize more than 500,000 troops thousands of kilometers away from Europe. This is a miracle. We cannot say that the Russians have no command errors, but we must admit that the Russians have amazing efficiency in the transportation and mobilization of troops. I think the document on the speed of Russian mobilization in the Prussian General Staff should have been delivered to you. If nothing unexpected happens, after several years of preparation, the Russians can concentrate two-thirds of their troops within 18 days!"

"This ratio is nothing compared to Germany. We can let all the German troops enter the starting position in 15 days, but we should not forget the huge scale of the Russian army! According to our prediction, if we started war with the Russians around 1910, their front-line troops would reach about 1.34 million! And two-thirds means that at the beginning of the war, we will face nearly 900,000 Russian troops on the Eastern Front. So, I would like to ask, how many of your four armies can have?"

"By the way, I need to remind you that this is just the force of the Austro-Hungarian Legion. If they feel that there are not enough, then they will have one or two armies to use for reinforcements. Don't expect the Germans guarding East Prussia to provide assistance. The front line they need to defend is too long and the harvest is not enough, let alone help us share the pressure." Ruprecht added.

"More importantly, this is just a standing army. If it is true wartime, the number of troops that the Russians can replenish are far more than your country's ability to withstand. We all know that the recruitment potential of the troops is determined by the number of trained officers and soldiers. Retired soldiers within a certain age can easily be converted into soldiers during wartime. I said that the number of trained reserve personnel in Russia is about twice that of your country, right?" (In history, Russia was trained before the First World War 1 was 5.6 million, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire had only 3 million, and Germany was 4.9 million.)

"That is to say, even if your country begins to block the opponent's attack, the Russians' continuous mobilization of power is enough to crush the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even if Prussia draws more troops to help Austro-Hungarian temporarily block the Russian offensive, the situation is still bad. Can you understand what I mean?" the prince asked.

"Please look here. The entire Russian Poland formed a huge protrusion and wedged between Germany and Austria. In fact, this start was very good for us. Their strength was very limited compared to this winding front line. The front of an army may be about 90 to 120 kilometers. Even so, there is still a large gap between the northwest cluster and the southwest cluster. With the cooperation of the Bavarian Legion, it is not difficult for us to start blocking the opponent, and we can even force the opponent to retreat, but this is just a tactical victory, and strategically it puts us in a passive position."

"Imagine what would happen if we occupied part of Russian Poland and gradually flattened this protrusion?" With Ruprecht's words, a line divided Russian Poland into two halves. If this line was a front line, we could find that this protrusion was flattened, the front line was straightened, and the overall length of the eastern line became shorter, which also means that the length used by the Russians for defense was shorter and the troops would be more concentrated.

"Then we will enter the stage of the war of attrition. The Russians can gradually consume us with sufficient reserves of troops and depth. We have no way to do this. After the war enters this stage, our desire to end the war quickly will be dashed. I think this is a situation that no one wants to see." The prince concluded at last.

"What you said makes sense, but no matter what, we cannot prevent this situation from happening. The Russians have a depth and their huge mobilization ability also exists objectively. Will these objective factors not exist because of your plan? According to what you said, we cannot defeat this behemoth at all. And according to your speculation, it is difficult for us to win on the Western Front, so what is the purpose of our war?" Crown Prince Ferdinand asked back.

"The Russians' mobilization ability and strategic depth are objective, but they also have weaknesses, that is, the lack of technical equipment! Russia's industrial capacity is almost at the bottom among the European powers, and is even far less than that of your country. Therefore, for the Russians, the losses of the troops can be borne, but the losses of technical equipment cannot be borne!"

"So, our strategy should start with the establishment of the Russian army. The large number of killing and capturing personnel is one aspect, and more importantly, the killing of artillery, machine guns, trains and other technical equipment! Now the number of people is no longer the number of people, but firepower. If we can make Russia lose a lot of heavy equipment, then they can replenish the number of people in time. These newly formed troops lacking heavy weapons still have no combat power!"

"In order to achieve this goal, it is impossible to achieve too much effect by simply fighting frontal positions, because our attack speed is too slow. Even if we can repel opponents on the front, they can still save the artillery in the rear and retreat for a distance before reorganizing the troops. This also leads to a situation of defeat. Therefore, this is also the fundamental reason why I emphasize the intensity of the assault and the speed of the assault!" Ruprecht replied.

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