"If we hand over a complete army to you, how will the Bavarian Army use this force?" In the talks a week later, the Austro-Hungarian Empire decisively made concessions, but at the same time proposed its own Claim.

"The strength of the two armies can already be responsible for nearly 200 kilometers of front. This is an independent combat unit. We have met your needs, so you also need to assume the corresponding responsibilities." Crown Prince Ferdinand Said.

"If the army you hand over to us is not less than 3 infantry corps and 1 cavalry corps, and the number of artillery pieces is not less than 600, then we can independently undertake the offensive mission!" Prince Leopold He glanced at the prince and made his request after Ruprecht agreed.

  Without mentioning the specific establishment, just let us promise a group army first? Are you kidding me? Group army and group army are different! Are my uncles and nephews new? Really, the prince does not know the organization of your Austro-Hungarian Empire? Although it is also a group army, the gap between the group army is huge!

  Take history as an example, Ruprecht’s Bavarian Army had 4 infantry corps, 1 reserve army and 1 cavalry corps at the beginning of the war. The total force was about 220,000 with 782 artillery pieces! This scale is counted ahead of the 7 army groups on the western front, except for Pinov’s second army, which has 7 infantry and 1 cavalry corps with nearly 280,000 soldiers and nearly 900 artillery that can stabilize the prince’s army. , The remaining six corps are either less numbered, less artillery, or less all. In general, the German Army generally has 200,000 people as the standard equipment, and the number of artillery is about 600 to 700.

  If the Austro-Hungarian Empire could give such strength, the prince would naturally not say anything. But the point is that the prince is afraid they won't be able to give it out! For the same group army, the Austro-Hungarian Army is quite a drop in price compared to the German Army!

  For the Kvez Army, the most powerful Austro-Hungarian Army at the beginning of the war, this Army only consists of a total of 9 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions. In terms of size, it is actually about the same as the number of the prince’s army in history, but don’t forget that this is the largest army in the Austro-Hungarian army. The general army is about 1 to 2 divisions less than this army, and the number of artillery is only 448. door! Let alone the quality gap, the mere quantity gap makes them not in the same class as the Germans.

  And this is unavoidable. The Bavarian Army is larger. If there is no major problem, the prince can finally come up with 3 infantry corps, 1 mechanized army and 3 fast assault divisions plus 1 semi-cavalry army! If the reserve army is added, the total force jumps to more than 280,000. It is not a problem to have 1,000 artillery pieces! Of course, the prince did not intend to let Austria-Hungary give such a powerful army, nor can the Austro-Hungarian Empire give it, but as part of a clamp-on offensive, the combat effectiveness of this army is always justified, right?

  The Kingdom of Bavaria can indeed contribute money to help Austria-Hungary to establish a new regiment, but it is impossible to arrange everything, right? As a side of the pliers, how can you make up 200,000 people? A wartime regiment of 200,000 must have at least 120,000 standing troops, right? The number of heavy artillery can be tolerated, but the number can't be more than 400, right? If the army directly controlled in the future is likened to a crab, it now appears that this crab is a fiddler crab, with one tongs large and one small...

"The empire must maintain the organization of six group armies, of which about half of the troops belong to Hungary. This force is fully supported by the Austrian government. Although your country is responsible for most of the heavy equipment and technical equipment, the personnel expenditure is not one. Decimal, we can bear the strength of 4 divisions at most, and I need to remind you that the organization of this corps includes the rapid divisions established by the two countries. At this point, the 6 standing divisions can be expanded in wartime. At about 10 divisions, we can temporarily strengthen a cavalry division, which is considered to meet your needs." Conrad said with his fingers broken.

"If you want to continue to expand the army, then you can only be responsible for funding. And this expansion cannot be unlimited expansion, no more than 3 divisions, and the officers need to be reviewed by the Empire." Ferdinand said.

"Yes, but the personnel training must be handed over to us. This will be a force established completely in accordance with the requirements of the Bavarian Army and can undertake corresponding combat tasks. Moreover, although we are assigned the relevant heavy weapons, your country will at least It is necessary to ensure that it is equipped with 120 75MM rapid-fire guns and no less than 400 machine guns?" After thinking about it, the maintenance of regular soldiers is very expensive. Three divisions are 50,000 people, which is about 30% of the current Bavarian standing army. Armed forces, and if both sides can implement what they have said, then there is no problem with this army expanding to 200,000 in wartime. Nearly half a million troops armed with new equipment and tactics dealt with the two Russian armies. The problem is really not big.

  "If the conditions are right~lightnovelpub.net~, what guarantee can you make?" Conrad asked.

"It's very simple. If everything follows our plan, then the other Austro-Hungarian regiments do not need to launch a strategic offensive, as long as they can contain the corresponding Russian forces on the border. The two armies of the Bavarian regiment can easily Kill the two opposing Russian legions and tore a big hole directly in the middle of the front. As long as the transportation capacity is sufficient, we can even continue to expand the results of the battle and choose to go north or south!"

Ruprecht’s conditions cannot be said to be unattractive. No one is willing to engage in an offensive against a superior opponent. The prince’s promise is tantamount to pulling all the offensive tasks to himself, and the other northern armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire only need to launch Pretending to be a proper containment is enough.

   "That's it! Our future battle plan can be developed around this core!" Crown Prince Ferdinand agreed. After the prince did not express any objections, the Austrians quickly wrote everything just said into the meeting minutes, as if they were afraid that the other party would regret it!

"You seem to be talking too much, right?" Prince Leopold did not say in front of the prince, but after the meeting, he still had lingering fears, and directly assumed the offensive task of the eastern front, although the two army groups against the two army groups Bavaria The legion is not empty at all, but it would be very difficult to say that it was wiped out or faced with the support of other Russian legions?

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