"Dear Marshal, I don't know why you supported His Majesty the Kaiser's strategic plan for the South Asian subcontinent on behalf of the army. From a strategic point of view, as well as for the army, you aimed at the South Asian subcontinent thousands of miles away.

It is far better to aim at France, which is so close at hand. The chapter of the top novel is updated the fastest. I think the biggest enemy of the German Army is France, not a certain colony in Asia." Ludendorff asked bluntly.

"France borders Germany, has a strong army, has strong industry, and is a feud with us. We have no reason to let them go, and France will not shake hands with us and make peace. What's more, France is the last Allied power in Europe.

Fortress, am I right?" Little Maoqi looked at his beloved general without the slightest dissatisfaction, and just calmly recounted a fact.

"Okay, now please tell me, who among you is sure to be able to destroy France? Or who can destroy France with the full support of Britain and the United States? With the help of China, we have fought with the French for 5 years, and in the West

Millions of troops were lost on the front. Did France fall? We tried every means, including large numbers of infantry, powerful long-range artillery, armored assaults, air force bombing and even poison gas. But what was the result? In terms of the courage of the soldiers,

The French are no less good than us,

In terms of industry, the United States alone has more people than we and Austria-Hungary combined. In terms of population, the Allies can mobilize colonial populations. The advantage we have is just strategic and tactical advantages. But the Allies are not stupid, and we have already used them.

All tactics, in the future, will not have more tricks. Do you want to fight with the Allies in Europe for another five years? Then everyone will continue to stand still? After consuming a lot of manpower and material resources, you will not be able to obtain any benefits? "

Little Maoqi asked back.

Moltke's reasoning is very simple. That is, even if France poses the greatest threat to Germany, France must not be chosen as the next strategic expansion direction. Because that would mean another large-scale war with the Allied Powers. War is cruel. Not only

This is true not only for the Entente but also for the Central Powers. If we look at pure population and material losses, after the collapse of Russia, Germany suffered the greatest losses among all the participating countries! The war caused huge harm.

The Germans also had a psychological shadow. If it weren't for Russia's failure and the eventual peace talks with the Allies, Germany in this dimension would still have followed the same path in history. As the head of the German Army, Moltke clearly understood that this time

What a fluke the victory was. "Without the support of China, we could persist until 1918 at most, and then we would be forced to surrender due to lack of various resources," Xiao Maoqi once said in a high-level meeting of the army.

Moreover, judging from the analysis of Moltke, Mackensen and others, even if Germany recovers for a period of time, it will still be difficult to win if it attacks France. First of all, the first problem is that there are fewer allies, and Italy has naval issues.

If they tend to defend themselves on land, then it is even less likely to offend France, Spain and Turkey on land? These two countries should forget it. Only Germany and Austria can really participate in the war against France. If the war continues, not only Britain will

Full support. Similarly, the United States will not sit on the sidelines at the beginning like last time.

Why did the United States accept the Naval Arms Limitation Treaty? In addition to not wanting to engage in a futile arms race, the main reason is that the Americans are aware of the weakness of their army. According to Pan Xing, the U.S. Army cannot compete with the U.S. industry.

And match its strength. In World War I, the United States could not even provide enough weapons to arm its own army! And the United States, which realized this, could not even provide enough weapons to arm its own army!

They began to vigorously prepare the army. They copied many mature things from France to arm themselves. At the same time, they also began to develop new equipment and expand their troops. "We must at least maintain an army of more than 1 million in peacetime to cope with possible wars in Europe."

Among them, the construction of armored forces and artillery will be the top priority!" After the war, President Wilson's speech gained widespread support in Congress.

Naturally, the actions of the Americans could not escape the eyes of the Germans, so the Germans must consider the large-scale assistance of the United States to France when formulating their army strategy in the future. Then the Germans sadly discovered that if the war in Europe resumes, the German-Austrian forces will

There is no problem in self-protection, but it is really difficult to conquer France. The final result is likely to be a replica of World War 1.

There are still many objections to the ideas of Moltke and others in the army, especially among the front-line commanders headed by Rudolf. They believe that the French tactics are rough and clumsy, and that Germany can completely rely on its tactical advantages.

to defeat the opponent in a short period of time. He also asserted that if the German main force concentrated its superior forces to blitz France at the beginning, France would probably not be able to hold on. He even believed that the strategy of first east and then west formulated by the German Army Ministry was completely wrong.

, giving France time to mobilize.

So from an objective point of view, can Ludendorff's idea be realized in future wars? The Chinese Army has also studied it and concluded that it is unlikely. Especially Xu Jie, who cheated

The traveler also doesn’t think that Germany can successfully attack France again in this plane, because the conditions for attacking France no longer exist on this plane.

Let's look at how the French lost in history. Let's look at what Germany had before the war started in history. The army had 2.7 million frontline troops, 1 million reserve troops, and 11,200 anti-tank guns.

4,624 mortars, nearly 3,000 75mm cannons, 4,845 105mm howitzers, 2,049 150mm howitzers, 410 150mm cannons, 3,195 tanks,

Among them, there are 98 No. 3 vehicles, 211 No. 4 vehicles, and almost all the others are No. 1 and No. 2. As for France, on paper, its front-line military strength is somewhat worse than that of Germany. The army only has 2.43 million. In terms of artillery, it has 14,428 artillery pieces.

, in terms of quantity, it is significantly less than the German army. More importantly, in terms of field artillery as long-range support firepower, France's large number of 75mm artillery is far inferior to Germany's 105mm howitzer. There are 3,100 tanks.

Of course, some people will say that it is wrong to simply calculate morality, and the British must also be included. Well, let's take a look at the British family. When the war started, the British army only had 9 regular divisions and 16 local troops.

Division. 8 infantry brigades, 2 cavalry brigades and 9 armored brigades. Plus the British

It is impossible for China to fully aid France, so the front-line armies of Britain and France can only use the same amount of troops as Germany. In terms of army equipment level, artillery is not as good as Germany, and in terms of tanks, if you look at hardware performance, Britain and France actually have an advantage.

, after all, most of the German tanks are No. 1 and No. 2.

Then look at the air force. At the beginning of World War II, the British Air Force had only 78 groups with a total of 1,456 aircraft. France had 3,335 aircraft, while the German Air Force had 4,093. But there is a very interesting thing about this.

That is, the French air force has only 110,000 people, while the German air force has

370,000 people. So why is there not much difference in aircraft but such a huge difference in military strength? The reason is very simple. Germany still has an anti-aircraft artillery force of about 100,000 people. This anti-aircraft artillery force has 1,217 anti-aircraft artillery companies and 2,600

88mm and 105mm medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns and 6,700 20mm and 37mm anti-aircraft guns....

Taking into account the relatively backward technology and even more backward strategies and tactics of the British and French air forces, for example, many of the French air force are actually dispersed to various armies, and the performance of French fighter jets is still worse than that of Germany, even if it is more advanced and has not been mass-produced

The D520 and 109e are only half as good at best. In addition, the British still have to stay in their hometown, and the air force they can use is actually not advantageous against Germany. Considering the performance disadvantage, the German Air Force has no way to fight against the British and French at this time.

problematic.

In other words, at the beginning of World War II in history, Germany actually already had the ability to defeat two enemies with one. If that were the case, the German Army might have had a harder time winning, but France failed again.

First of all, France was not ready for a deadly fight with Germany. It was fine that it did not take action when Germany attacked Poland, but what happened if it did not take up arms production?

Take a look at the changes in French military production capacity between October 1939 and March 1940. Heavy tanks were produced from 11 in October 1939 to 40 in March 1940. Light tanks increased from 90 to 130, and 47mm anti-

Tank guns increased from 70 to 151, and aircraft increased from 285 (August) to 301

(February) As for Germany, although Germany also did not go all out, the situation was much better than France. In addition to making up for the damage to the original tanks, Germany added 680 tanks, and the Army added 1,368 75 and above calibers.

artillery, and 1,630 anti-tank guns. The total number of aircraft also increased by 1,500.

In other words, France's defeat was actually normal. Germany originally had the upper hand in terms of military strength. Coupled with Britain and France's erroneous strategy and attempts to divert trouble eastward, coupled with a poor command system and strategic mistakes, it was actually very easy for Germany to defeat France.

Normal. But now in this dimension, can Germany continue to be glorious?

Germany is stronger than in history, and it seems to have a chance, but the key is that the Allies are also stronger than in history. France will no longer have any appeasement policy. Germany's strength can only stimulate France to use all its capabilities to protect itself, and 2

The blitzkrieg method that Germany is famous for has been used once in World War 1. No matter how stupid the French are, they will not be able to deal with the armored cluster that breaks in from the northeast.

We will not be unprepared. Our strategies and tactics will not be as rigid as they were in history. At the same time, the British will not joke that the front-line air force is only about half of the German front-line air force! You must know that in history, Germany concentrated 3,824 aircraft in the northeast direction.

Britain and France only have a total of 3,791 aircraft in this direction, and this is still considered all the aircraft in the UK...

More importantly, the Americans have said that they will no longer sit back and watch the war in Europe. What is the purpose of the Americans' massive expansion of the army? Everyone knows it very well. And if the U.S. Army and Air Force provide full support, you will let Germany in this dimension

How does the army fight? At least when Britain and the United States fully support France as soon as the war begins, it will be difficult for Germany to achieve a decisive victory.
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