"The French guarantee that once the war officially starts, they will complete the mobilization within 15 days, and then launch a rapid and violent raid on Germany with decades of accumulation of the French Republic! And their goal is to the former territory of Alsace. In the Lorraine region, 75% of the iron ore produced in Russia is produced in this area. If this area can be captured, it will directly lead to the collapse of the German industrial system!" said Russian Army Chief of Staff Nikolaevich.

"The French promised that once the war started, they could concentrate the forces of 5 group armies and 1 cavalry corps to launch an offensive. The total force could reach 78 divisions. They would carry more than 4,000 rapid-fire guns to launch a gale at the Germans. A rainstorm attack, and this force can almost be at least the same as the main force of the German Army. Coupled with the technical advantages of the M1897 rapid-fire gun, they think it is not difficult to block or even defeat the German Army." Infantry Admiral Alexander Delovic added .

"The Russian Empire may not be able to concentrate such a large force at the same time, but it is still possible to concentrate 50 infantry divisions and 10 or more cavalry divisions. The total force can reach 1.15 million people and the number of artillery can reach more than 3,000. With the addition of the British expeditionary forces, Britain and France can involve the main German forces on the western front, so on the eastern front, the Germans can only leave at most one group army and the Austro-Hungarian army." Nikolaevich Said.

"And our little brother from Serbia, they can also concentrate a certain amount of troops, at least 100,000 or more, and they can also involve a group army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, what we need to face on the Eastern Front is only one Germany. The Legion and 3 to 4 Austro-Hungarian Legions. The total strength of each other will not exceed 800,000. Our military strength is very dominant, and the Austro-Hungarian army has no combat power at all. Since the Napoleonic era, they have not been opponents of the Russian army. "Another Russian infantry general, Alexei Andreevich, is also very optimistic about the situation.

"I think we have somewhat underestimated the strength of our opponents. First of all, the French Army may not be as strong as they thought. The main direction of the French attack is the Alsace Lorraine area, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Germans can easily delay the French offensive with a single army. In addition, the French 75MM rapid-fire guns have limited power, and the flat ballistic and flat-fire artillery has no advantage against the German artillery. The Boers are competing with the British. In the fight, their curved-fire heavy artillery performed better than the direct-fired rapid-fire artillery. In the Franco-Prussian War, the French lost to the German artillery and railway. This time, I think they will still suffer from artillery." The cavalry general, Brusinov first put forward a different view, and his speech also caught everyone present.

"At the technical level, I agree with General Brusinov. In the Russo-Japanese War, although the heavy artillery with the 6-inch naval gun was very heavy, it was extremely lethal at long distances. A heavy artillery company with 4 artillery only needed 15 It takes about a minute to destroy a 4-gun rapid-fire artillery company. The latter cannot fight back at all. Each division of the Germans can be equipped with at least 8 150MM howitzers, which is very threatening to the French army." Kim said

"We can give the French a reminder, but no matter what, it is a problem on the Western Front. It has little to do with us, does it? Maybe the two sides on the Western Front will get into a battle of positions, but on the Eastern Front, I think we All that needs to be done is the offensive! The continuous offensive! We have enough troops to attack on the two lines of East Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Nikolaevich made an indifferent gesture. He even hopes that the Western Front can be played longer, in order to let the German main force fall into it.

   "Attack in two directions at the same time? Is it really okay?" Nicholas II asked.

"We can use 2 group armies against the Germans, and then 3 or 4 group armies against the Austrians. On the Northwest Front, we have a 2 to 1 numerical advantage, while on the Southwest Front, we can at least not lose our troops. If you lose, it must be the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Andreevich said.

   "It seems that our battle plan is too simple." Nicholas II said with a curl of his lips.

"It's not simple. The first thing we have to do is to deploy so many troops on the front line and support them in combat. Our army is actually not small, and we have an advantage over the Austro-Hungarian Empire in terms of weapons and equipment, but In terms of logistics, we are far less prepared than our opponents. Our food must be transported from Ukraine, and our soldiers must be transported from the Baltic Sea coast, the Moscow region, and the Ukraine region. We also have a large amount of ammunition and artillery. Transportation is impossible to complete quickly, so we have to build warehouses, build railways, and build positions." Kulopatkin said.

  "Can't the army rely on local raising for food?" Nicholas II asked.

"Although the Pod Plain is very fertile, the local population in Poland is large, and the food produced is not enough for local consumption. If we deploy millions of troops on the front lines at once, almost all of the military rations will probably need to rely on warehouses and railway lines. Transportation ~lightnovelpub.net~ In fact, compared to military reforms, I think we need to invest more energy in logistics and transportation. "Kuropatkin said.

"General Kulopatkin's statement is very reasonable. Now there is a problem. If the war can be ended in a short time, we can certainly rely on warehouses to make up for the lack of transportation capacity. Then if the war cannot be ended in a short time, and What about the long-term trend? More and more troops and equipment have been sent to the front line, and how can we support it?" Brusinov asked.

"The possibility is very small. What we are fighting in the Far East is just a local war, and the size of the fighting forces is no more than 500,000. The daily consumption is as high as 3.2 million rubles, and this time, it will be the largest in history in Europe. In the war, the two sides may participate in the war as high as more than 7 million! This kind of consumption is unaffordable by any country. There are only two results that continue. One is the economic collapse of all participating countries, and the other result is that they cannot afford it. Choose to reconcile after the price of the battle." Infantry Admiral Alexander Drovic said.

"At least I think it is impossible to defeat Germany in a short period of time. Germany's industrial strength is too strong, and the internal transportation is very convenient. They can use the railway's internal advantages to mobilize troops on the east and west lines. If we are in a defensive state, we It is very difficult to defeat the opponent in a short period of time, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a good goal." Brusinov said.

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