The Rise of the Empire

"I completely agree with the first phase plan. After the First and Second Army Groups captured Amiens and our army captured Reims, the French armies between our groups encircled each other. After the encirclement, the Third Army Group will follow The attack plan I specified is moving forward, but our deepest line of attack is only across the Marne River. If the strength of the First and Second Army Groups is insufficient, no more than two armies can be mobilized from the Third Army Group."

"I give you 2 weeks. If a breakthrough can be achieved at the last line of defense in Paris, then the rest of the plan will be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the General Staff. If not, I hope that the rest of this battle will be carried out according to my instructions. The plan is going ahead," Rupresit said.

"We only have a total of three army groups on the northern front, and your third army group did not participate in the battle of Paris, which was a matter of victory or defeat. This move made us very puzzled. Your armored forces occupied the German army on the western front. More than one-third of the total! I really can't accept that such a huge force is standing still in such an important battle," said Ludendorff, who was seated further back.

"Those who can sit here are all sensible people. There are some things I don't want to explain. This will make everyone look bad. In this case, in order to prevent anyone from taking me as a scapegoat, well, I want to ask, whether it is Kruger Or someone else, who is willing to take over the Third Army?"

"Throughout the entire campaign, our third group army was relatively weak in strength, and it was also under the greatest pressure! None of you explained this! Your other army groups were formed by the merger of two complete armies, and only I The Third Army Group is composed of a group army plus new recruits and troops mobilized from Bavaria from the Eastern Front. The quality is uneven and, compared to the other three armies, the number of my infantry and artillery is obviously insufficient."

"But the task I bear is the heaviest. A total of four armies, the First Army Group and the Second Army Group, attack Amiens. You are attacking the junction of the British and French armies. Although there are British reserves behind Amiens, The British armored force is not strong. But I am different. After capturing Reims, my Third Army Group faced the French mobile corps! The French concentrated more than 70% of the mobile corps in Lans. Southeast of Sri Lanka! From the perspective of armored warfare, I am under the greatest pressure, even greater than the pressure on the first and second army groups!"

"To put it bluntly, it's not too much to say that my troops need to face nearly half of the armored forces of the entire Allied Powers, right? Although my armored forces are strong, they are under greater pressure, and the infantry and artillery are relatively small. So who can tell you? After I captured Reims and repelled the French Mobile Corps, where would I find the strength to continue the attack?"

"As for why I have to stop, in addition to insufficient strength, the battlefield situation is also a key. Your flank is my third army group, and my flank is the French two armies on the southern front. Between me and the third army group The Fortress of Verdun is still stuck between the four army groups. You are not afraid of being outflanked, I am really afraid!" the prince said angrily.

Judging from its position, the Prince's Third Army Group is in the middle of the entire front. If the German army on the northern front achieves a major breakthrough, the French army on the southern front will definitely support it, and the first one to bear the brunt at this time is the Prince's Third Army Group. ! After he crushed the counterattack of the French Mobile Corps, he had to resist the two French armies heading north and also participate in the Battle of Paris. This was originally an impossible task. One army group was fighting three armies at the same time. Not comfortable?

The performance of the Third Army Group is related to the direction of the entire campaign.

Whether it can capture Reims is a question, whether it can defeat the reinforced French Rapid Corps after the Battle of Reims is a question, and after advancing to the Marne River, being able to obtain a bridgehead and block the French's two-sided attack is even more of a question.

Looking back at the First and Second Army Groups, in theory, as long as they smash the first line of defense of the Allied forces, the rest is to advance and attack step by step. The British Army is not large, and the size of the armored forces is also the same. It holds 5 The armored divisions and the troops of the four group armies are not even at a disadvantage in terms of initial strength. If you can't push forward at this time, how can you let the third group army, which is even more inferior in strength, continue to advance? How to complete the attack on Paris?

It is true that there is the German Fourth Army Group on the southern front to contain the two French armies, but it is very difficult for the German Southern Front Army Group, which does not have the advantage in strength and equipment, to break through the opponent's position and exert pressure. After all, the armored strength is only on the northern front. Less than 30%, and the Air Force is about the same ratio. Although it has a lot of troops, it is still difficult to exert pressure on the French Army Group on the Southern Front without foreign aid.

"If there is insufficient strength or logistics, the Third Army Group can postpone its advance and wait for supplies and reinforcements. It can also use this time to establish flank defense lines. Then it can advance to Paris together. But the main force is limited to attack France within 2 weeks. We must go to the Paris defense line, otherwise we will proceed according to His Highness's plan. Isn't this a bit excessive?" Xiao Maoqi said.

"We are fighting on the enemy's internal line. The straight-line distance between the Paris defense line and Amiens is about 80 to 100 kilometers. If we cannot advance 80 kilometers within 2 weeks, then it will be impossible for us to break the opponent's defense line. The defense line is over, because the opponent has established a new defense line using railway lines and reserves, and then is waiting for our exhausted army to crash into it!" the prince retorted.

"Two weeks is too short, at least 20 days!" Kruger thought for a while and said.

"The battle will consume a lot of supplies for up to sixteen days. If the delay on the northern front is too long, my plan will not be implemented." The prince said without hesitation.

"Is there no other way?" Just when Little Maoqi and others were still trying to bargain, the Kaiser spoke again.

"This is the best way. My original plan was to implement my plan directly without launching an attack after reaching the last line of defense outside Paris. I gave Kruger and General Hausen a chance. If the front If the possibility of breaking through is 0, then you should give up and implement a more realistic plan," Rupresit said.

"Then can the goal in your plan be achieved?" the Kaiser asked again.

"Although it is impossible to eat a French army in an organic form, it is still possible to eat at least fifteen French divisions." The prince thought for a while and said. "As long as we move fast enough!"

"Then let's do it!" the Kaiser finally decided.

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