Germanic Empire: please call me William III

The Standing Force of the Germanic Empire now has more than 600,000 men.

However, the formation of the Germanic Army was often of squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps and corps (army groups). Such a establishment is really too unfavorable to the command of the troops.

In liu chuan’s previous organization, the infantry brigade had been abolished, and the infantry division directly had infantry regiments and artillery regiments under its jurisdiction.

Next, if the national army is reorganized into thirty infantry divisions, won’t even the infantry corps be abolished?

“With the development of communication technology, command has become faster and easier. Therefore, the command of the troops should also be flattened. In this way, not only can the command become faster, but also save a lot of manpower.

In peacetime, the Imperial Army was reorganized into thirty infantry divisions. Once war broke out, these infantry divisions were then assigned to a certain number of artillery and cavalry units, which were organized into group armies. Several infantry divisions, or a dozen infantry divisions, are organized into a group army and undertake combat tasks in a certain direction. In this way, it will be more suitable for the future battlefield! ”

Liu Chuan then elaborated on his views.

Liu Chuan’s views undoubtedly caused a great shock to the big men and generals of the Imperial Army.

According to Liu Chuan’s point of view, it would undoubtedly be a major operation on the Germanic Imperial Army. Among them, it will even harm the interests of many people.

In general, the commanders of infantry corps are all with the rank of lieutenant general. But after the abolition of the infantry corps, how will these lieutenant generals be placed?

In the future, the rank of commander of the group army is most likely to be general or lieutenant general. In response, many generals’ positions will be adjusted. To be precise, there are many people who will no longer be in positions of real power.

However, it has to be admitted that such reorganization and adjustment is of great benefit to the Imperial Army, which can effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

“Your Majesty, a large-scale reorganization is a big matter, and we need to take it step by step.” General Schlieffen said.

Liu Chuan nodded, “I know.” However, I still hope to be able to complete it in the next few years. In this way, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of our troops. I hope that, in ten years’ time, the Imperial Army’s standing strength will be raised from thirty infantry divisions to sixty. In addition, ten more heavy artillery brigades were formed. Each heavy artillery brigade, with six artillery battalions, each artillery battalion, was equipped with 24 150 mm heavy howitzers. In this way, the Imperial Army will have more power. ”

Liu Chuan knew that if he wanted to increase the number of troops, he would encounter great resistance.

So he began to draw cakes for the army generals.

These generals naturally hoped that the size of the army would be further improved.

If it can be expanded from thirty infantry divisions to sixty infantry divisions. If you add ten heavy artillery brigades, that would be more than double the size. Many generals can also be properly placed. At the same time, the strength of the Germanic Army was also greatly improved.

There is no doubt that the generals of the Imperial Army naturally fully support the expansion plan.

“In addition to expanding the army, I hope that the Imperial Army will further improve our mobilization system from now on.” Not only the Kingdom of Prussia, but the rest of the kingdoms, the Grand Duchy, the Principalities and Principalities, and even the Free Cities, must establish a perfect system of mobilization. Ensure that once a future war breaks out, the Imperial Army will be able to mobilize enough forces to fight in the shortest possible time. In this way, the Imperial Army was able to achieve great success in the early stages of the war.

After all, in the actual situation of the empire, it is not suitable for a protracted war, and it is not possible to let the war continue. That would be very detrimental to the Empire.

However, the scale of future wars will exceed our expectations and imaginations. Our enemies, in order to ensure that they are not defeated by us, will also do their best.

This meant that if the Empire could not gain a sufficiently large advantage in the early stages of the war. Then, if the Empire wants to win the future war, it will be very difficult. ”

As soon as he talked about this question, Liu Chuan’s expression was extremely serious.

And the army generals of the Germanic Empire naturally understood this truth.

In the event of a future war, the Germanic Empire’s lack of resources, sparse population, and unfavorable geographical position under siege by various countries will break out.

If the Germanic Empire could quickly complete the mobilization and devote more troops to the early stages of the war, so as to gain as much advantage as possible, it would be the best. The odds of winning will also be greater.

“I hope that, after we have perfected the mobilization system, the Imperial Army will be able to expand from sixty infantry divisions to one hundred in three months. Within half a year, it was raised to one hundred and fifty infantry divisions. Within a year, it was increased to two hundred infantry divisions. In two years, it was raised to three hundred infantry divisions! Liu Chuan made his request.