Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

As Leinster said, Little Moltke's life can be said to be very difficult now.

William II is a hero, and in the heart of such a person, there is never any so-called friendship.

Everything he does is considered for the future of the empire.

Previously, the reason why William II trusted Maoqi so much. When most of the generals in the empire were questioning Maoqi, he chose to support Maoqi because he was optimistic about Maoqi's plan.

Later, it was proved that Moltke's plan had great hidden dangers and led to the defeat of the Battle of the Marne, so William II directly abandoned Moltke.

William II is such a person. When he trusts you, he can give you the greatest support, but once he trusts you, he will also do it very obviously.

There will be no sloppiness when giving up.

Therefore, after learning the reasons for the failure of the Battle of the Marne, William II deprived Moltke of all his positions on the spot and promoted Hindenburg to command the entire Hans Empire army on the Western Front.

At this time, Hindenburg was also under great pressure.

Because, along with the order for his promotion, William II also ordered him to organize a new round of offensive as soon as possible.

Hindenburg felt that his Majesty was somewhat neurotic.

He was too eager to achieve success, and every battle required careful planning, preparation before the battle, and allocation of supplies before launching an attack.

Especially now that we have lost the upper hand and can only fight positional battles with the opponent, we will need to prepare more supplies.

However, his Majesty could not see these at all. He hoped that Hindenburg would launch an offensive as soon as possible, and he could not see anything else.

In the end, Hindenburg decided to ignore Wilhelm II and prepare at his own pace.

William II was also a little annoyed when he saw that his several urgings had failed.

This is why William II was unwilling to reuse veterans like Hindenburg and old marshals, but was willing to reuse people like Moltke.

It's very simple. Hindenburg and others had their own ideas and had deep roots in the military. Many of these people came out of the Franco-Prussian War.

Their reputation is so great that even William will not touch them easily.

To sum it up in one sentence, for a marshal like Hindenburg, William could not command him.

In fact, William also knew the reason why Hindenburg refused to launch a campaign.

Now on the Western Front, strictly speaking, there is not a shortage of soldiers. After all, the war has just begun, and the domestic supply of troops and materials is still very abundant.

It was enough for the Hans Empire to launch one or two campaigns on the Western Front.

But what if these two battles are over? The empire's reserves of supplies were depleted.

Hindenburg was waiting. He was waiting for the material reserves within the empire to reach a safe level before launching a new offensive.

Of course, this time is not fixed. The launch time of the new offensive depends entirely on the speed of the Hans Empire's material supply.

If the empire supplies supplies quickly, the new offensive will be launched earlier.

Therefore, after William II urged Hindenburg several times to no avail, he turned to urge the empire's logistics to solve the material shortage as soon as possible.

This can make the person in charge of logistics turn his hair gray.

The empire is only that big, and there are almost no overseas colonies. The speed of material replenishment will definitely not be as fast as that of the Allied Powers.

At exactly this time, Leinster's telegram was sent back to the country, telling William II that Daxia had agreed to increase the export of war preparation materials to the empire.

Moreover, Leinster also told William II that the first batch of strategic supplies had set sail from the Sea of ​​Tranquility and was expected to arrive in the waters of the Hans Empire in one to one and a half months.

But the premise is that the Allies will not send their navy to stop it.

In other places, it is okay to say that the Allies have no reason, but the closer they get to the Hans Empire, the more likely they are to be blocked.

Although Daxia has not expressed its support for the empire yet. Supplies from Daxia can theoretically be transported to the Hans Empire.

But there is no guarantee that the Allied fleet will intercept it on its own initiative.

Even if it can be solved later through diplomatic means, it will also delay the empire's supply speed.

Therefore, Daxia hopes that the empire can deal with the Hans Empire's Allied fleet in the sea.

How do you say this? There is nothing wrong with it. After all, Daxia did not participate in the war, his transport ships had almost no resistance, and Daxia had no way to send a fleet to escort.

In other areas of Bactria, you can talk about free navigation to silence the Allies, but when it comes to the coastal areas of the empire, you can no longer use this excuse.

Therefore, the route close to the empire can only rely on the Hans Empire itself.

Thinking of this, William II felt that it was necessary to dispatch the navy to clear the sea areas around the empire.

Therefore, Wilhelm II directly called Admiral Reinhard Scheer and asked him about breaking the Allied blockade.

General Reinhard Scheer also had some thoughts when he heard William II's words.

Since the beginning of the war, Hans's Imperial Army has fought two major battles, but his navy is still huddled in the port.

You know, the Hans Empire Navy in this time and space has obtained some advanced technologies from Daxia, and is stronger than the original Hans Empire Navy.

In particular, their main battleships have been modified with high-carbon steel armor obtained from Daxia, which further improved the defensive power of the Hans Empire Navy, which was already famous for its protective power.

However, the caliber of their battleship guns still adopts the caliber to which they are accustomed.

For example, the latest main flagship of the Hans Empire, the battleship Bayern, still has a main gun caliber of 380 mm, but its side armor belt (maximum) is 350 mm; its turret (front) is 350 mm; its command tower is 350 mm; and its three-layer armored deck. Each layer is 30-40mm thick.

You must know that these armors are high-carbon steel alloy steel with added tungsten, which is about 40% higher than the alloy steel originally used by the Hans Empire.

If converted, the current Bavaria's armor is equivalent to the 490 mm armor before the replacement.

It can be said that the new flagship of the Hans Empire is an unsinkable battleship.

Therefore, a long time ago, Admiral Reinhard Scheer proposed that the Imperial Navy should take the initiative to repel the Allied fleet off the coast of the Empire. Break the Allied blockade of the Empire.

It's just that at that time, the empire was first attacked by the Rakshasa Empire, and then prepared a plan to raid Paris, so that the empire never paid attention to the navy.

Now that the army has reached a deadlock, it is time to dispatch the navy to break the deadlock.

When Reinhard Scheer heard William II's order for him to attack, his whole body trembled with excitement.

Finally, the glory of the Imperial Navy is coming.