The Rise of the Empire

When the sea battle began to gradually begin, by late June 1912, the German Army's preparations on the Western Front also came to an end. After nearly 40 days of preparation, the German Army had concentrated most of its elite troops in the North. It stretches from the coast to Alsace-Lorraine. After the German army's first attack on the Western Front was frustrated, along with a large amount of equipment and troop replenishment, the German Army finally had the strength to launch a large-scale attack again.

Several million troops from both sides were deployed along the border between France and Belgium and France and Germany. The deployment of the Allied Powers was as follows. From north to south were the British Expeditionary Force, the French First Army and the Fifth Army. In addition, behind the battle line, there is an armored corps affiliated with the French Ministry of Defense. During this period, the French were not idle either. They were also concentrating their forces and preparing to launch an attack. Among them, the British Expeditionary Force and three French armies were concentrated on the Franco-Belgian border, while the remaining two armies were concentrated on the Franco-German border, that is, from the Verdun Fortress to Lorraine Alsace.

On this line, the British Expeditionary Force has about 400,000 troops. In addition, there are about 100,000 troops in the air force, railway artillery troops and tank troops. The average strength of the three French armies is between 300,000 and 400,000. In other words, on the battlefield north of Versailles, the total strength of the Allied forces is 150,000. In addition, there are about 200,000 French armored troops, long-range artillery, air force, etc. in the rear.

The ratio on the southern front is worse, and the garrison strength of the Verdun Fortress is only 700,000. The quality of equipment and personnel is also inferior. The French had given up their plan to immediately recapture Alsace-Lorraine and moved their elite troops north to prepare for a large-scale offensive.

From the current point of view, the Allied front-line strength is more than 2.4 million. The number of tanks and other heavy vehicles owned by Britain and France is around 2,400. There are more than 6,500 artillery pieces, including more than 30 naval gun-level long-range train guns, and the number of aircraft is about 3,500.

The German army on the opposite side has also reached its recent peak at this time. When encountering major events, Ruprecht was still unambiguous. In order to successfully carry out this offensive, the prince only retained the minimum armored troops on the eastern front. More than 80% of the Hu Feng and Cricket tanks came to the Western Front on special trains prepared by the German Railways. Coupled with the tanks that were just added this month, the size of the Bavarian Army's armored corps on the Western Front has increased to 16 battalions, nearly 700 Hu Feng and Cricket tanks, these tanks were organized into 3 armored divisions and an armored reserve.

As the main force on the Western Front, the Prussian Army was also very powerful. Under the forced order of the Kaiser, the Prussian Army also assembled 1,400 various armored vehicles on the Eastern Front. Although the quality was uneven, the quantity was absolutely outstanding. These battlefields were programmed with 8 armored divisions. The deployment of these armored forces is like this. There are 5 Prussian armored divisions on the northern front, 3 Bavarian armored divisions and an armored reserve in the middle, and 3 armored divisions on the southern front, that is, the front south of the Verdun Fortress.

The air force arrived earlier. In order to fight this battle successfully, Ruprecht not only mobilized the Bavarian Army's air force, but also mobilized most of the Bohemian Moravia air force, 300 fighter jets and 500 Within two weeks, bombers arrived at the airport in Belgium from the eastern front.

To Ruprecht's surprise, the number of aircraft in the Prussian Air Force also increased sharply during this period. Moltke previously thought that 1,500 aircraft would be difficult to assemble, but aircraft of this era are indeed easy to build, and there are a large number of them in Prussia. After woodwork factories and furniture factories began to provide raw materials for aircraft factories,

Prussia assembled 1,200 fighters and 900 bombers during this period, so in the end, the number of German air forces participating in the battle reached 2,900. Although the number was smaller than that of Britain and France, in terms of quality, whether it was fighters or bombers, , the German Empire had the upper hand.

While the armored forces and air force have been greatly replenished, other units have also been strengthened. The number of artillery has increased to 5,500, and super artillery including the 12-inch L45 train gun has also entered the position. In terms of cars and armored vehicles, it can at least ensure that the German Army can keep up with 15 motorized divisions behind the 11 armored divisions.

From the overall layout, Germany reorganized four army groups from north to south, among which the First Army Group was the merger of the First Army and the Second Army. The Third and Fourth Armies merged to form the Second Army Group. Then the Fifth Army plus the troops mobilized from Bavaria from the Western Front, as well as some newly formed troops formed the Third Army Group. This army group was personally commanded by Ruprecht. The Fourth Army Group composed of the Sixth and Seventh Armies was deployed south of Verdun. The four armies lined up have a total of 2 million troops.

"Our preparations have now been completed, but our final campaign goal seems to have not been determined yet. Today, I hope we can finalize the plan." After looking at the latest troop preparation report presented by Moltke, the Kaiser was satisfied Nod.

At this time, most of Germany's main commanders on the Western Front have arrived at the base camp in Brussels. Even if some people cannot come, the chief of staff or other heavyweight representatives will be sent. Sitting on the left hand side of the Kaiser is naturally the German Chief of General Staff Moltke. The first on the right is Prince Ruprecht, the second on the left is Crown Prince Wilhelm, and the second on the right is Duke Albrecht of Württemberg. Hit. The third person on the left is Kruger, the commander of the First Army Group, and the third person on the right is General Herlingen, the commander of the Fourth Army Group. Others sit in the back.

"The Sword of the Holy Angel will be launched within the next week. Our troops have arrived at the position, and the reserves of various supplies have reached or exceeded the expected demand. We all have no differences on the target of the first phase of the attack. The first and the Second Army Group launched an offensive from Dunkirk to Mons, launching a surprise assault in the direction of Amiens. The Third Army launched an attack in the direction of Reims. The Fourth Army Group was responsible for containing the French Fourth and Fourth Army Groups. Fifth Army."

"However, our differences mainly lie in the second stage." After Xiao Maoqi finished speaking, he looked at Prince Ruprecht opposite and asked: "Your Highness, do you still insist on your point of view?"

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