Chapter 309: Proson's Imperial Conference

As soon as Emperor Reinhard finished speaking, Chief of Staff William Celtic said: "The staff has formulated multiple plans, corresponding to the three main attack directions of north, center and south. Our assessment shows that if we go north to capture the Saint Fort Andrew's plan was the safest.

"The supply route of this plan is the shortest. Although the swamps and forests of Livonia and the guerrillas distributed in them seriously interfere with the logistics of our army, supply in other directions also has problems with the guerrillas."

Reinhard suddenly became angry and pounded the table: "I was going to kill all the Ant people, but you stopped me, and now you tell me that the guerrilla problem is serious?"

Wilhelm Kelt glanced at Army Commander Walter von Bryan and said: "We need to hire civilian workers to ensure logistics. Our army's logistics department employs nine million employees, including railway workers, car drivers and maintenance workers. Etc., etc.

"We originally thought that relying on these people would be enough to supply the logistics for an army of several million people, but the actual situation deviated greatly from our predictions. Ant's infrastructure is too poor, and these nine million employees alone cannot guarantee it. Supply for the 153 divisions on the Eastern Front. We must hire Ants."

Reinhardt: "Then the supply lines became a mess because of the hiring of Ants!"

William Kelt: "It's better than no supply lines. In fact, this is the case in the non-Plosin traditional territories we occupied, the Carolingians, Melania, and the Republic of the Netherlands. There are resistance organizations everywhere."

At this time, Heinz, the protocol director of the Imperial Household Ministry who had been silent next to him, gently pushed up his glasses and said: "We are already trying our best to clean up these resistance organizations. In the past month, we arrested hundreds of people who were airdropped. of united kingdom spies.

"There must be more lurking, the United Kingdom plays various poems in different languages ​​every night, which are code words for resistance groups everywhere.

"And the reason why the enemy was able to achieve space success is because some people boasted that not even a fly could get in!"

Grand Duke Meyer took out a handkerchief and gently wiped his sweat, and then defended: "The aircraft used by the enemy for airdrops are all made of wood. Our radar cannot see this kind of aircraft, so it is impossible to prevent it. This kind of wooden aircraft can fly from a high altitude." Invasion, difficult to see directly from ground observation posts.

"This kind of plane flies very fast..."

Heinz smiled slightly: "You always have a reason, Your Excellency the Grand Duke."

Grand Duke: "What is a reason? This is an objective fact. We now control almost the entire Europa. With such a vast airspace, it is difficult to defend against an aircraft that cannot be seen by radar."

"We are used to the unreliability of the Air Force," Army Commander General Walter said.

Grand Duke Meyer frowned: "I cannot agree with what you say. Blitzkrieg would not be possible without the cooperation of the Air Force. General Moltke agrees with my point of view!"

General Moltke was feeling melancholy at this time. After all, he had been relieved of his front-line command position. Although he still had the title of Director of Armored Forces, it was basically impossible to obtain the marshal's scepter without achieving results on the front line.

General Mao Qi couldn't help but feel melancholy when he thought that his promotion had ended here.

Less than two months ago, he observed Yebao with a telescope and ordered the bombardment of Yebao.

Thinking of this made me even more melancholy, and even wanted to drink some wine.

It's a pity that His Majesty Emperor Reinhard doesn't like to see people drinking before military meetings.

Now suddenly hit by a ball thrown by Grand Duke Meyer, General Moltke could only look at the people around him in confusion: "Sorry, I was distracted just now. What are you asking me?"

Grand Duke Meyer repeated his question: "Do you agree that the blitzkrieg cannot be fought without air force support?"

The cooperation of the two emerging services of the Air Force and the Armored Force created the glory of the Blitzkrieg. This is how the propaganda of the Prosin Empire was promoted.

General Moltke had no intention of destroying the results of the propaganda, and this propaganda was beneficial to maintaining his status. After all, he was an armored soldier wearing a dark black uniform and the director of the armored force.

So General Moltke replied: "Yes, the Air Force's close air support has given us a lot of help."

Grand Duke Meyer immediately showed a happy expression.

But General Moltke added: "But in the Battle of Yebao that just passed, the Air Force basically did not play its role. Although this is because our army did not replace the antifreeze lubricants on the aircraft in time, we have to admit that sometimes the Air Force does not have enough What's the use?"

Grand Duke Meyer quickly promised: "It will be properly lubricated next year, so it can be deployed even in winter."

"I hope so." General Moltke said.

Grand Duke Meyer planned to forcefully change the topic back to its original direction, so he said: "During the spring offensive, I guarantee that the Air Force can attack with all its strength."

"You said the same before the war started." Commander Walter said.

Grand Duke Meyer argued: "When the war started, we did go all out to attack, but Ant was too broad, which directly caused the infantry on the ground to see that our close air support effect was once again reduced."

He paused and emphasized again: "We really came out in full force!"

Field Marshal von Bryan said: "The whole force can only have this effect, and the air force cannot do more than that."

Grand Duke Meyer: "You!"

"Enough!" Emperor Reinhard snapped.

As an emerging high-tech branch, the Air Force has always been favored by Reinhardt. At this time, of course he must side with the Air Force.

Marshal von Bryan lowered his head and expressed his obedience, which made Reinhard's tense expression relax a little.

The army generals are mainly Junker officers. Emperor Reinhard has used the division of the armored troops to weaken the influence of the officers in the army as much as possible. Recently, the Asgard Knights, which are not under the jurisdiction of the Army Commander-in-Chief, have been established.

But the army itself is so large, there are so many officers, and the relationship between the Junker nobles is complicated. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. And Reinhard clearly felt that the veterans of the army, who had closed their mouths before because of a series of brilliant victories, began to loosen up again.

There are two leaders of the veterans, one is the retired old Marshal Hindenburg, and the other is von Bryan, who is only five years younger than Hindenburg.

Of course, several years of brilliant victories have allowed Reinhard to establish an extremely stable rule, so even if he encountered a small setback, von Bryan still expressed his obedience to Reinhard.

Furthermore, after several years of war, the veterans also knew that technological innovation had changed the form of war. It was an inevitable trend for a large number of officers who mastered new technologies to join the army, and it was inevitable that the power of Junker officers would be diluted.

Many veterans had given up resistance and accepted military innovation calmly.

Just as the nobles of Ant lost power, the Junker military nobles would gradually lose power.

Many Junker nobles had sold the old manors that had been passed down for so many years and moved into modern reinforced concrete cities. Their children were also accustomed to electricity, radios and tap water, and were no longer willing to return to the old manors.

Reinhardt stared at the Army Commander-in-Chief for several seconds and nodded: "The Air Force will do its best to assist you. It will take about four months to reach the Valdai River. There is no need to cross the river. Just set up a defense line along the river, forcing the enemy to reinforce Kuba by shipping inland."

Von Bryan nodded: "Just modify it based on our southern line plan. Our plan was originally intended to break through the Primorsky-Borsk line, occupy this fortified area to block the enemy's throat and prevent the enemy from counterattacking from the south."

Reinhardt: "Your plan is too conservative, even Giles will not like it."

Giles was still in charge of the southern part of the Central Army Group's defense line, that is, the defense of the Duva River line, so he did not attend this imperial meeting.

Von Bryan: "We will come up with a new plan before the end of the month. Although we don't have a clear specific offensive plan yet, we can already start stockpiling ammunition and equipment."

Reinhardt looked at his armored director: "Add new tanks to the troops as soon as possible."

General Moltke: "I just said that unless we start mobilization and switch to a wartime production system, our army will not be able to quickly replenish the long-barreled No. 4. When the offensive begins in April, I expect 10 armored battalions on the Eastern Front to be able to obtain the long-barreled No. 4."

Reinhardt immediately poked a word: "'Get'?"

General Moltke: "In order to smoothly change the equipment, the crew that originally drove the No. 4 tank must first change the equipment. . Each battalion has only about 25 Type 4s."

"That's only 250!" Reinhard raised his voice, "Only 250 in three months, has my Plossen industry weakened to this extent?"

General Moltke: "There are mainly two reasons. First, the barrel production capacity of the 75mm 43-caliber gun is limited. After all, the Imperial Army has just placed a large number of orders for PAK40. Although the barrels of the two guns are different in details, they will still squeeze each other's production capacity. Switching to a wartime system can solve this problem."

Reinhard waved his hand: "What is the second reason?"

"The new tanks must first arm the Asgard Knights Division and the Air Force Field Division."

Reinhard was embarrassed.

Von Bryan and other old-school officers looked at each other, and then entered the state of watching the show without any prior agreement.

Reinhardt finally shook his head: "In the spring offensive, use more Asgard Knights! Put them at the most important breakthrough point where the enemy has the strongest forces! Last time they met Rokossov, they performed poorly and were ridiculed by newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom! It's a good opportunity for them to prove themselves again!"

Feng Brian and William Celtic looked at each other again.

Then Chief of the General Staff William Celt said: "Then we need your Majesty to guarantee that these troops will be deployed on the front line according to our plan."

"I promise! You can deploy them as ordinary armored divisions, but put them in the most difficult places to break through!" Reinhard said, and turned to General Moltke, the director of armored forces, again, "How is the new tank?"

General Moltke: "The No. 5 tank was only in the preliminary research stage before, and no design drawings were produced, so I asked the design team to carefully measure the captured Ante tank. Basically, I plan to improve it on the basis of T34 and correct its defects. The prototype vehicle will be tested as early as the end of this year."

Reinhard: "Then this war with Ante may not use it. We will destroy Ante's coal and crude oil production this year, and they will surrender next spring."

General Moltke: "There is a tank that may be put into the battlefield this year. We had a hard time fighting against the Carolingian B1 heavy tank before, so we proposed a tender for an 88mm carrier, mainly based on the VK3001 plan that had been discontinued.

"At present, Henschel and Porsche have built a prototype and are testing it at the tank test site in Belka. If all goes well, the April Offensive trial production model can be delivered to the front line."

General Moltke: "In Belka? Okay, I'll go and take a look. This meeting ends here!"