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Chapter 749 Supreme Command

"Welcome to your arrival, Ruprecht, my friend." After the prince's convoy arrived at the German Front Command in Brussels, German Emperor William II brought the crown prince, Chief of the General Staff Moltke and the commander of the four armies to welcome the prince.

"Your Majesty, I obey your call, let us reappear the glory of the battle again." Although the prince doesn't like this kind of welcome and sending, in public, Ruprecht must take care of the German Emperor's face. It is still very cost-effective to exchange for actual benefits with concessions in face.

"You played well on the Eastern Front. I hope you can maintain your record on the Western Front. Let us kill the French and British together. The Empire will not treat anyone badly, an army and a kingdom." After the German Emperor finished speaking, he did not say anything else. Moltke immediately gave the prince a detailed introduction to the situation of both sides.

"Since the end of the last wave of the French attack, the situation on the battlefield is generally beneficial to us. The lost troops and equipment of the seven armies have been basically completed, and the transportation in the Belgian region has also recovered a considerable part of the air force departing from the local area has been transferred to the airport built in Belgium, and the oil, ammunition and personnel have been deployed."

"The British train cannons are still a big threat, but they will not be arrogant for too long. Our train cannons have arrived, and most of the positions have been built. Now they are in the period of hoarding ammunition. The 8,000 cars coming from the rear will greatly improve our supply situation. Theoretically, we can launch new attacks at any time."

"First of all, we want to emphasize that we are dealing with France and Britain, and these two countries are not as easy to deal with as Russians. Although the French seem much smaller, trust me, his family is already more difficult to deal with than Russia."

"Secondly, we must determine what our goal is this battle?" After saying that, the prince paused, and no one else answered. "I still think it is unrealistic to capture Paris in one battle. And even if it is captured, we may not be able to force the French to surrender. If a large-scale street fighting occurs in Paris, it will be a quagmire for us."

"Everyone should know my situation on the Eastern Front. At the beginning of the war, our troops actually had some advantages over the Russians. We had overwhelming advantages in armored troops, air force, heavy artillery, and almost all technical troops, but it took three weeks to kill the two Russian armies."

"In front of us are the five French armies and one British army. Now the total force has reached 2 million. The armored forces of both sides are equally matched. We also have advantages in the air force, but not large, but the strength is actually a disadvantage. We can create a great advantage, but after going deeper than 200 kilometers, we will conquer the capital of a major country, which is not realistic."

"So what kind of situation does Your Highness think the so-called Dayou are?" Kruger asked.

"Destroy 2 to 3 armies!" the prince thought for a while and said.

"What's left of the French?" Kruger asked back.

"What's left? In the previous time, plus the preparation and launch of our battle, the British could at least add one army unit, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand might provide two army units, and the French could add one army unit or so."

"After the battle, we can ensure that the French front-line troops have not changed much, and the quality has declined to a certain extent. In addition, we have occupied a large area of ​​French territory, I think this is already a great advantage. During this period, the German Empire can also replenish a large amount of troops, and the overall situation will naturally be better. As for how you fight later, that is your business." The prince said.

"Don't your Highness plan to end the war on the Western Front?" Xiao Moltke asked curiously.

"First of all, the war on the Western Front will not end so soon. Secondly, there will be problems with the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Eastern Front. I will also clean up the mess for my father-in-law." The prince said. "This is my plan. If you can accept it, then we will continue to discuss how to prepare."

"There is no better result, isn't it?" said the German Emperor. "If you are sure to defeat 2 to 3 armies in one go, I think there is no need for Ruprecht to come to the Western Front." The German Emperor's words were actually equivalent to having already agreed to the prince's opinion. In this situation, the German General Staff and the top leaders of the army could compete with the German Emperor.

"Open the situation first, and then talk about what to do later." Xiao Moltke's words were equivalent to suppressing all objections. The prince at least guaranteed to open the situation and go deep into the opponent's position. It would be enough to have this guarantee, at least better than everyone sitting.

"That's good. Since everyone agrees, let's make some preparations first." The prince began to reorganize the German army on the entire Western Front. "Our army is too small, so important strategic resources are not concentrated enough. The troops need to follow up quickly, and armored units need supplies. These require a large amount of transportation capacity. It is difficult for a single army to complete this task unless the scale and equipment level of each of our army can reach the level of the Bavarian army!"

In fact, this is also a saying. Judging from the standards of the German Western Front Army, let alone a group of army, the two strongest groups cannot defeat the Bavarian Legion together. The Bavarian Legion is not considered an air force, and it had a full force of 375,000 people at the start of the war. This number is equivalent to the total number of two smaller Western Front Army. Looking at the exercises that year, the Bavarian Legion easily shot out the Prussian army of 1.5 divisions. Therefore, the victory or defeat of a Bavarian Legion to fight three Prussian Western Front Army is still to be discussed, and it is not a problem at all. If you talk about the ability to in-depth assault, the three smaller Prussian Legion trucks together may not be as many as the Bavarian Legion trucks!

Now it is not realistic to quickly replenish a large number of trucks, but if there are not enough trucks, you cannot support the advancement of the armored troops and the follow-up of infantry. What should I do? Well! Let’s concentrate to do big things! If a group of troops is not enough, then concentrate three. In addition to the transportation troops directly under the headquarters, logistics vehicles and infantry transport vehicles are always able to do it.
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