Chapter 278： Schlieffens concerns (1/2)
”Uncle, please first...” Don’t think that His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht can talk and laugh with the Kaiser, but when a formal military meeting, he has to be a man with his tail between his tails. For example, this time At the meeting, the Bavarian side is naturally the most able to play in Bavaria, and the most able to play in history, Prince Leopold. Then the prince himself, and the third is Viscount Schmidt.
The current Viscount Schmidt is also regarded as an official prosperous. With the war experience in the Far East, he came back to supplement the military higher education. Now he has finally achieved the position of division commander. The current position is the division agent of the Bavarian mobile division. Teacher. This unit is considered as a pilot unit. After coordination with the Prussian side, the division's organization is considered temporary and not included in the imperial battle sequence.
And precisely because this temporary organization or private soldier of the royal family is completely managed by the royal family itself, it can not be controlled by the original military structure of the empire. His Royal Highness can do it whatever he wants. Just as William II used his own pocket to equip the Guards with machine guns in history, the only difference is that the wealthy prince bought a batch of cars for his unit.
And the group of people on the opposite side is naturally the chief of the general staff Shi Lifen, Xiao Maoqi and the fourth army commander Ludendorff. Naturally, this meeting between the two sides is to discuss the schedule of the Prussian staff and their views on certain military issues. Unlike the prince and the Kaiser babbling, this time it was a formal, the highest level of communication between the German military's decision-making organs and executive organs.
”A maneuver to break away from the railway?” Earl Schlieffen frowned after looking at the documents that Prince Leopold handed over. Railway and military mobility. This is undoubtedly Piaget’s g-point. One thing he did when he was the chief of staff of the German Army for more than ten years was to formulate the Schlieffen plan and to change the draft six times. Just speaking of this perseverance, It's not too much to say that it is possessed!
”Very interesting exercise content, I would like to know, how did you come up with this topic?” Earl Schlieffen put down the document in his hand and said.
”The mobility of the army has always been a strategic issue. I think the German Army is already very mature in the firepower and combat organization of the army, and it can even be said that it has formed a huge advantage over other countries. The use of new weapons and tactics makes us not Fear of going head-on with any opponent.”
”But in terms of mobility, we are not much different from each other. During the Franco-Prussian War, our method of using railways has been known to the world and imitated by other powerful countries including France. So I think we should be here. Some improvements have been made.” Prince Leopold said with a smile.
”Hehe, but I think the main force of military transportation is still railways, and the capacity of road transportation simply cannot meet our needs.” From the Prince's answer, Earl Schlieffen felt a little strange.
”But rail transport has many limitations. In other words, rail transport can meet the needs of defensive warfare very well, but it cannot be used as an offensive weapon. If Germany is at war with its opponents, it should be an offensive war. Isn't it?” Prince Leopold said pointedly.
”It seems that His Majesty the Emperor should have already told you something. You should have seen some of my previous plans.” A drop of cold sweat flowed from Count Schlieffen’s head.