Chapter 897: The best in Poland pocket

"This idea is very interesting." Xiao Maoqi subconsciously felt that it was impossible, but out of politeness and curiosity, he did not directly reject the prince's suggestion.

"In the direction of East Prussia, we will launch a limited offensive. This is what we said beforehand. I will not change this plan, but I will not overly compress the space of the Russians. This battle is mainly about consuming the opponent’s vital forces. We want to give the Russians an illusion that the Polish region can still be guarded."

"Then part of the Bavarian Army will enter the Silesia region. We will reopen the situation from the Austro-Hungarian Lviv region! The troops moved slowly but steadily northward, gradually narrowing the width between Russian Poland and the Russian rear. . Of course, this is just one of the goals!" said the prince.

"The Russians will not allow it. They will concentrate their efforts to suppress this place. This will become a tug of war. When your legion attacks, they will retreat, and when they are suspended due to supply problems, they will come back. In addition, with all due respect, the Bavarian Legion’s combat effectiveness is very reliable, but the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is average. On average, the advantage is relatively limited.” Xiao Maoqi said.

"Perhaps what you said is right, this plan to make a protrusion may be a little more difficult, but even if this goal is not achieved, the problem is not very big." The prince said with a smile.

"Grass!" Xiao Maoqi almost burst into swearing. You spent so much effort to mobilize the most elite legion to Silesia. You used a lot of troops, wasted a lot of resources, and could not effectively kill your opponents. Instead, In a certain degree of tug-of-war, what are you doing? At the beginning, you said that you disdain to eat the Russian army one by one. Now this kind of fight is not as good as the plan that Lao Tzu proposed at the beginning!

"Ruprecht, if you want to help your father-in-law, we can understand that it is not practical to be so troublesome." William II said with a tight face.

"No, no, don't listen to me." The prince made a helpless expression. "Well, I will elaborate on my plan."

"If the Russians launch an offensive in Silesia, if the Russians deal with them properly, they will not lose much, but if they want to stabilize the front, they must deploy quite a lot of troops! We are the offensive and we can choose to fight. Time and location, and the opponent must ensure the density of troops for defense and leave enough reserves."

"In fact, the Russians have no more front-line combat troops than ours. When they concentrate a considerable part of their troops in Silesia and at the same time they must maintain a military presence in Russian Poland, then their front-line combat forces There will be serious loopholes."

"This idea is open to discussion, because the population base of the Russians is too large, their population is twice that of the German Empire, and it is even possible to mobilize 8 million troops." Xiao Maoqi said.

"Yes, you are right, I agree with this point, but you must note that I am talking about the front-line combat troops, not the total number of troops! Can you understand the gap?" the prince asked rhetorically.

"Well, do you want to talk about the difference between frontline combat personnel and rear auxiliary personnel?" Xiao Maoqi said.

"Yes, that's it. Maybe in the German Empire, one rear personnel can support two fighters to fight, but if in Russia, one fighter needs to be supported by two auxiliary personnel behind him! Russia's vast territory and backward infrastructure Determined the fatal weakness of Russia's wartime inefficiency!" The prince said confidently.

This is definitely not to say, but it is really the case. Although Russia had millions of troops in the First World War, even in the later stages, the front-line troops were about 3 million. This number will never be exceeded. As for the root cause of this problem. It's simple, it's backward.

Someone has done a statistic. If a recruit from the three countries of Germany, France and Austria wants to go to the battlefield, then he probably needs to walk an average of 200 to 300 versts, while a Russian recruit to go to the battlefield needs to walk about 900 to 1000 versts. , No way, the place is too big, and the Russians have to pay the corresponding price while enjoying the huge strategic depth!

In addition to the distance being about 4 times that of the powers of Western Europe, the Russians' poor railway conditions have increased the difficulty of mobilizing troops and supplies to a geometric base! For example, if the German railway service coefficient is calculated as 100, then Belgium and Germany are both 100. This railway service coefficient is determined by the length of the railway per unit area and the population per unit area. The former is The latter is an inverse relationship. For a more vivid example, Belgium, as a country of 30,000 square kilometers, has a total of 4,000 kilometers of railways!

Well, let’s take a look at the level of other countries. The British are close behind with a rail service coefficient of 98. The French said that the brothers had absorbed the experience and lessons of the Franco-Prussian War, and the coefficient of railway service reached an astonishing ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The Austrian-Hungarian Empire was indeed weak, with a coefficient of only 61. I have lost the face of the power of Western Europe, I'm sorry...

What about Russia? Even if the barren Siberia and other regions are removed, the railway service coefficient in Russia is only 4! Yes, you read that right, only 4! In terms of unit area, the length of German railways is more than ten times that of Russia! The Austro-Hungarian Empire is also 6.7 times that of Russia, which means that this railway line is very weak. It is very common that various types are not enough in wartime.

So from this point of view, if the infrastructure is insufficient, it can only be supplemented by manpower. This makes Russia has a huge population base, but the number of front-line troops is not large, and the length of the front line is constant, which leads to the density of troops. On the whole, it is not enough, and it is also due to insufficient infrastructure. If there is a problem with the railway line in a certain area, even if the Russians want to evacuate, even if the encirclement network is not blocked, then the Russians who basically rely on the move , They can't go if they want! Big Corps, completely break away from the railway and go back? This scene is too beautiful to imagine!

And this time, the entry point for the prince to start is these two points! The war has just begun, and the Russians’ potential has not been fully realized. He does not have 3 million troops. After a while, it will be good to have 2 million on the front line. If the Russians want to defend Russian Poland, say to Shaoli, at least you There must be 4 to 5 army groups, right? This is one million troops. Let me first explain that this unit is fixed on the line of defense, with a carrot and a pit, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized across theaters.

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