Thinking of this, the prince felt that the wallet in his pocket seemed to have jumped... "Okay, okay, this is just an idea. There may be a lot of pieces, but the Russian army on the opposite side should be more coffee tables, so the problem should not be too big." Rupresit comforted himself in this way.

In the end, this kind of division was defined as an assault division by the prince, which is specifically used to cut the opponent's front. In addition to the assault division, there are two other divisions needed, one of which is the past fast division. The main function of such division is to follow the assault division, break into the opponent's front, consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and continue to work hard to follow the pace of the assault division to ensure a siege against the enemy.

Unlike previous plans, such divisions will minimize the number of chariots. On the one hand, it is unnecessary. After all, the assault mission has been handed over to the assault division. On the other hand, it is to save money, and there is no way. The original plan of a fast division to be equipped with a 45-chariot chariot battalion is likely to be ruined because of the problem of placing trucks for infantry......

In terms of positioning, such infantry divisions are close to the mechanized infantry divisions responsible for following up the armored divisions in later generations. After the assault division broke through the defense line, the former continued to develop in depth and moved side by side to the opponent, while the latter was responsible for following up to form an encirclement. Such troops would move slowly than the assault divisions, and their attack ability would be weaker, but there were a large number of artillery and sufficient troops to resist the opponent's counterattack, or block some retreating Russian troops. This division is called the fast division.

Because the rapid divisions need to shoulder the task of defending the breakthrough and expanding the breakthrough, their troop configuration will be slightly stronger, with a large number of equipment submachine guns, machine guns and howitzers, and when necessary, there will be special air force strengthening. The scale of these divisions is about 20,000 people, which is larger than the assault division and ordinary division. It is expected that the Bavarian Legion and the Austro-Hungarian Legion may have to build 7 such divisions.

The third type of division is the ordinary Bavarian division. Their mobility will be further reduced, but they have the largest number and the largest group of heavy artillery. Their task is to follow the fast division to complete the siege and annihilate the enemy. When the opponent decides to retreat or the defense line is shaken, the huge number of ordinary divisions will crush the opponent like a millstone and complete the final encirclement and annihilation.

"Actually, I don't think the assault division needs to participate in the subsequent encirclement mission. It only needs to hit the opponent's army-level logistics center as soon as possible and kill this point. In the absence of railways, their army-level logistics unit is only 100 kilometers away from the front line. If our troops are not effectively blocked, two days will be enough to hit their logistics center. If these centers are removed, they will have to walk at least about 5 days to withdraw this distance, and this is still without interference!" Prince Leopold said.

"What you mean is that in addition to encircling the opponent's main force, what you pay more attention to is the attack on enemy deep units, supply stations, transportation hubs, and railway trunks. All your targets are your targets. By paralyzing the opponent's supply system, you can buy time for the troops ahead to encircle the opponent?" The prince said thoughtfully.

"That's right, that's it. In addition to annihilation of how many Russian troops, the important indicators for measuring whether our battle results are completed are more important. The consumption of Russian technical equipment is the number of Russians. Their soldiers are cheap, but the technical equipment is very rare." The prince agreed.

"But now there is another new problem. If we successfully occupy Russian Poland and let the Russians retreat deeper, our supply line will be lengthened and the traffic situation will further deteriorate. For example, if the Russians push to the front line of the Baltic Sea, Belarus, and Ukraine, what will we fight next? Should we attack Ukraine or go north to the Baltic coast?" **** said a problem that has been bothering him. It is not difficult to defeat the Russian army, but how to defeat Russia is a very big problem.

The German army in history also had this problem. If they went north, they would face very fierce resistance. Neither Riga nor Petrograd could be easily captured. The roads in Ukraine were in worse shape and the front line was longer, and it was not easy to solve. Although the prince used the Bolsheviks and supported the disputes within Poland to collapse Russia, he still wanted to find a solution from a military perspective.

"Ukraine is too far away from us. Although it can be occupied, it will consume a lot of our troops and energy. Our mobile troops will gradually be consumed in the controlled areas, so I do not recommend attacking Ukraine from the beginning. If we can obtain the cooperation of the navy, I am willing to push it directly to Petrograd! These areas can be included in the control of the German Empire in the future, and even the German emperor believes that Ukraine is only suitable for establishing a vassal state." Prince Leopold replied.

"I agree with this view," said the prince. In August 1918, when Germany was defeated by the Allies step by step, the allies still had 50 divisions in Eastern Europe and the Transcaucasus region, and these forces accounted for about a quarter of the Eastern Front! The occupation of Russian territory did not have enough profits to compensate 50 divisions in a short period of time, so the prince meant that the Ukrainian and Transcaucasus regions would first make it messy and narrow the scope of direct control. As long as they were used to get them out of the Soviet Union, then after the end of World War I, it would be the best way to turn around and slowly pick up these places.

"War with the Russians, the navy will be a very important factor. After we severely attacked the Russian Southwest Front and Northwest Front, we can try to join forces with the Navy to launch a landing war in the coastal areas of Poland, insert a knife in the back of the Russians' neck, and eat all the troops in Russian Poland! In this way, we will greatly speed up the offensive. Moreover, transportation by sea is faster than transportation by rail." The prince said.

"It depends on what the German Emperor means. After all, the Imperial Navy has to listen to the German Emperor, and the landing will take a long time. It is hard to say whether the German Emperor will agree and whether the high seas fleet will cooperate. Even if Hippel becomes the commander of the high seas fleet, he may not agree easily, right?" The prince was not very optimistic about this.

"They will agree that gaining sea control in the Baltic Sea and assisting the army's offensive is one of the important tasks of the navy, and they will not refuse. What's more, it is not easy for us to defeat the British fleet, but it is also not easy for the British to threaten our near-shore defense. The pressure on our near-shore defense is actually not great." The prince said.
Chapter completed!