Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 864 Balkan Powder Keg

"General Bian, the establishment of a tank armored division is so large that the combat effectiveness of almost every armored regiment exceeds that of the current armored division. If it is implemented according to your plan, it is equivalent to invisibly expanding the army three times. You have thought about this. Is there a problem?" Li Fushou asked the question in his heart.

   "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen believes that the current formation of the armored division is too large and inappropriate, and cannot exert the strongest combat effectiveness, and should be reorganized.

   The upper limit of the combat effectiveness of any armored group is constant. In the case of super-level performance, it can achieve amazing results, but this situation is unpredictable. "Major General Bian Chunsong said in a deep voice with no panic on his face.

   "WeChen took the Russo-Japanese War and the future European war as a template, and taking into account the strength of European industrial countries, appropriately added various artillery, machine guns, and an elite infantry regiment limited to 100,000 people.

   in the sand table game;

   Our existing armored divisions cannot break through the full-strength defense of the 100,000-strong elite infantry corps. This has exceeded the upper limit of combat effectiveness. As we all know, the result of hitting the wall is to suffer heavy damage.

  After calculation, the large-scale armored division proposed by Weichen is the current optimal solution.

   When showing the strongest combat power, the new armored division can break through the full interception of the 100,000-strong elite infantry regiment. When performing the task of dividing the encirclement, each armored regiment can resist the full counterattack of the opponent's two to three infantry divisions.

  The armored division can be flexibly deployed according to the battlefield situation, and can cope with the battle in 2~3 directions at the same time, and it is still easy to handle.

  When carrying out the mission of deep penetration, each armored regiment is an extremely sharp blade, which can penetrate directly behind the enemy to complete the mission. Each subordinate tank battalion has the ability to capture small towns that are heavily defended by the enemy, and the ability to attack fortifications is greatly enhanced.

   A small-scale armored force with tank platoons as a unit, capable of holding on to individual bridges, piers, traffic arteries and passes, and resisting enemy battalion-scale infantry attacks.

  He is an invincible iron fist, and Fen is a sharp blade, capable of dealing with complex situations on the battlefield.

  The armored division is a large-caliber army heavy artillery attached to the motorized artillery regiment, which provides the armored division with the ability to conquer the enemy's strong fortresses and makes up for the lack of firepower.

   Overall, the number of tanks has increased, but the combat capability has doubled. "

Li Fushou was not completely relieved from such an explanation. He stared at Bian Chunsong's face with sharp eyes, as if he could see through his inner activities, and asked in a deep voice, "The scale of this armored reorganization plan is astonishing, and it seems to be aimed at the just-approved plan. From the T-2 tank equipment plan, do you deny it?"

"Your Majesty's forgiveness, I do not deny that there are such factors, so the original three tanks per tank platoon, which was not satisfactory, was overturned, and the number of tanks was increased to five tanks. The entire tank division was also organized from the original 240. Between 250 vehicles and 400 vehicles, this is only for the sake of improving the combat effectiveness, I respectfully invite Your Majesty to judge."

   Hearing such an answer, Li Fushou couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth;

   I dared to guess that I was right, and it really did.

   The recently approved equipment and storage plan for 550 T-2 tanks have not been written yet, and they have already been remembered.

   Li Fushou asked; "Then which country's soldiers are the model for the elite corps of 100,000 people in your calculations?"

   "If you go back to Your Majesty, it's the German elite infantry division."

   "In that case, in your original sand table game, an armored division with 240 tanks should also be able to break through the enemy's defense, right?"

"If you go back to Your Majesty, the defensive strength of the 100,000-strong German Armor Group has exceeded the upper limit of the original armored division's ability. In the sand table deduction, 8 out of 10 times, one draw, and one super-level breakthrough. Increase the strength of the tank division by 2/5, then it will be broken with a single stab..."

   Well, it’s a matter of adding more water to the noodles and adding more water to the noodles.

   Major General Bian Chunsong's answer was frank enough, but he was really careful.

  For example, the 100,000-strong elite infantry corps in the sand table game was based on the German elite infantry division. Why don't you go to heaven?

   Now Li Fushou has no intention to scold him. Everything Major General Bian Chunsong does is to develop and strengthen the armored force. Although he has played some clever tricks, now is not the time to pursue the beating.

"Well, I already know about this. When I go back, I will report the two reorganization plans to the Ministry of War for careful argumentation. You should step down." , waved Major General Bian Chunsong to retreat.

   Secretary-General Zhang Li saw His Majesty's brows furrowed and fell into deep thought, silently waved to Li Xiaozu, and the two quietly retreated.

  In the spacious and bright hall

  Li Fushou's eyes fell on the globe, and he thought carefully...

   It has been 30 years since I came to Australia. The Ocean Empire has basically fallen into a bottleneck when it has developed to its current size. Looking eastwards, it looks for opportunities to win New Zealand and monopolize Oceania. Basically complete. This is almost the fruit that is ripe, and it only needs to push for a referendum.

  Now New Zealand's population has grown to 446,000 people, of which the Chinese population has reached 73.7%, and this proportion is still slowly increasing.

In recent years, it can’t be seen on the surface, but there is no shortage of nails buried in the dark. Most of the reputable Chinese leaders in New Zealand, the leaders of chambers of commerce and the Chinese who actively participate in politics are puppets controlled by the empire and belong to different social groups. .

  Britain knows that the Ocean Empire is up to yin and yin, but it is out of reach, and it cannot prevent the population structure from changing in a direction that is beneficial to the Chinese. It can only pretend to be confused.

   Crossing the vast ocean to the south is the continent of Antarctica. Except for scientific exploration and experimentation of tanks and army weapons in extremely cold environments, there is no major use for the time being.

   It is already the limit to expand to the Luzon Islands to the north, and then to the north is Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and the Fusang Islands, which is basically impossible.

   To the west, Sumatra is a potential target, and the Indian Ocean fleet has been clamoring to include it as a home port facing the Indian Ocean.

   There is no possibility of large-scale use of troops in these places. The current army strength of the Dutch East Indies is a rookie in front of the Imperial Royal Army, and it will be destroyed in minutes.

  If we want to say, then it was only in the first world war that troops were used against Europe, and it was possible to make the powerful armored corps really useful.

   Li Fushou still has a lot of ideas about the 1st World War that will inevitably break out in Europe. His first goal is to send troops to Europe instead of Citi, blocking the way for Citi to go to Europe to sell people's designs and seek benefits.

   Take the road of Citiland, and let Citiland have nowhere to go.

   Really, Citigroup is quite a chicken thief, and it has made good profits in the two world wars. The first world war broke out in 1914. Citigroup faced the war between the two major European military groups and declared its neutrality at the first time.

  Why?

   Naturally, both sides sell weapons and supplies, and make a fortune in war!

   World War 1 made Citiland a lot of money, from a debtor country with a debt of more than 20 billion US dollars to the world's largest creditor country, and a large amount of European wealth flowed to North America, which contributed to the prosperity of Citiland during the war.

It was not until the end of the war in April 1917 that Citigroup declared war on Germany on the pretext that the cruise ship was sunk by a German submarine, and then slowly mobilized for war and sent troops to Europe. The year-old World War 1 is almost over.

   Citigroup’s actions made the teeth of Britain, France and Russia tickle. At the Paris Peace Conference after the war, the cooperation between Britain and France kicked Citigroup out of the core circle of dividing interests.

   In the original world history

Europe has no choice. In order to defeat the three-nation alliance headed by Germany and maintain the traditional pattern of interests, Britain, France and other countries can only pinch their noses and mobilize Citi to join the war and endure the exploitation of these hateful capitalists, because Europe needs Citi's massive materials, weapons and equipment and Economic support, in order to win the war they need to mobilize all forces.

   is different now, the Allies headed by Britain, France and Russia have a new choice.

   After the rise of the Ocean Empire, Li Fushou has been guiding the country's industrialization process and technological development, developing the economy, accumulating profound industrial strength, and preparing for this day.

His purpose is to resolutely join the war when Europe needs it most, and provide massive supplies and weapons and equipment, and provide a lot of loans, so as to replace the role that Citigroup once played in history, to seize the luck of Citigroup, and by the way, be ruthless. Stomp hard.

  Only when you are at the world card table can you clearly understand how dangerous the situation in Europe is today. Germany has become more arrogant after its economy surpassed that of Britain, and blatantly provoked Britain’s status as world hegemony. This is the main contradiction in today’s world.

  Under the complex international situation, the Balkans, a hotspot area, has always been fraught with crises and may trigger wars at any time, thus involving all the surrounding world powers.

The Balkans, a European powder keg, is worthy of its name. It was only at the beginning of the 20th century that a strong national consciousness emerged in the region. There were constant calls for the independence of various ethnic groups, resistance to oppression, resistance to alien enslavement, and the surging tide of fighting for national freedom, which made the situation in the region more complicated. change.

  If the original history has not changed

  The Bosnian Crisis broke out in 1908, and the surrounding powers barely suppressed it without triggering a large-scale war, and narrowly escaped.

   In 1912, the first Balkan War broke out, and the powerful countries headed by Britain and France came forward to mediate again, and they were suppressed by the fact that the major events were reduced, and the war did not expand.

   Only one year later, the second Balkan War broke out in 1913, which was suppressed again this time, so that the two Balkan wars were limited to the scope of local wars.

  But in the end, the Sarajevo incident in 1914 completely detonated the First World War…

  The coffin board of the Balkans rises again and again, eventually leading to large-scale wars around the world, which is almost the fate of Europe.

   Can you imagine it?

   Today, millions of heavily armed and heavily armed groups are facing each other in Europe, and any spark at any point may detonate a war, causing the sky to collapse and the people to fall into the misery of continuous wars.

   This does not depend on the will of a country or nation at all, and European countries will be involved in this war of unprecedented scale, whether intentionally or by force.

  The serious crisis in Europe contains huge opportunities. In the eyes of Citi people, rich Europe is a fat and oily target, and a war is a good opportunity to reshape the world order.

   Therefore, some forces with ulterior motives cannot be ruled out to attack the Balkans.

  Otherwise, how to explain the repeated and repeated crises in the Balkans?

   Is once or twice a coincidence, three or four times a coincidence?

   (end of this chapter)