From William II to the generals of the Imperial Army, to the ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Army, they are full of confidence in the coming war on the Western Front. After careful preparation, the strength of each legion on the Western Front has been further strengthened. Not only has artillery and automatic weapons been greatly increased, but each regiment has also formed an armored division, so that the number of tanks assembled by the German army on the Western Front battlefield has exceeded 2,000. Even if the British and French forces built a solid defense line on the Marne River, it was undoubtedly impossible to stop the charge of two thousand tanks. Therefore, everyone thinks that even if the British and French forces have an absolute advantage in strength, victory must belong to the German Army.
"Your Majesty, if possible, Imperial Army hopes to form two new legions to serve as reserve forces for this Western Front!" Feng Falkenhayn took the opportunity to say.
Although German Army already has ten legions, the total strength is only over two million. This is equivalent to the population of the German Army. The mobilization is not sufficient. At best, it is only 50% mobilization. Not to mention compared with Russia, which has a large population, even France, which has a much smaller population than Germany, has no less army than Germany. And this naturally made the generals of the German Army a little unwilling.
"If we defeat Anglo-French Allied Forces in this battle, we will win the war. Is it necessary to form more troops?" Wilhelm II frowned. After all, if two more legions are formed, German Army's total strength will be almost three million. This requires a lot of money to support.
Although, the war has only passed for more than half a year. Germany is quite well prepared for this war. But even so, it cost them a lot. The lives of people in the country have been more or less affected. If they had not been fully prepared before the war broke out, they might even have started to restrict the purchase of food and other supplies.
Even so, it would undoubtedly be best if the war could be ended earlier.
"Father, forming two more legions is not much. The two newly formed legions can be sent to East Prussia and Poland, and the 9th and 10th legions will be replaced on the Western Front and used as reserves for the Western Front troops. This will allow us to be more effective in the Western Front battlefield The troops are stronger. In addition, even if we defeat the British and French forces and defeat France, we will still need a large number of troops. With the British style, the possibility of them surrendering to us is almost zero. We have to send troops to land on the British Isles to fight the British. Preliminary estimates suggest that we will need to invest about five legions. The remaining troops need to strengthen control of the occupied areas. For example, France, Belgium, Poland, the Baltic coast, Belarus, and Ukraine need to station a large number of troops to ensure our effective control of these areas and establish our rule there. Only in this way can we have enough troops to control these areas.
Although, Bolshevik Party and Germany have signed a treaty and ceded a large area of territory to the German Empire. However, those territories Germany were not occupied immediately. After all, such a huge territory requires many soldiers to complete the occupation. What's more, there are many resistance forces in those areas, and various guerrilla groups are active very frequently. Oscar does not want Germany to fall into the quagmire of people's war. After Germany completely wins the war, he will send a large number of troops to these areas to complete the occupation of these areas. In that case, under the deterrence of the German Army's powerful military strength, the resistance forces will have no way at all.
As for Bolshevik Party, although they are not willing to give in, they want to regret it. However, facing Germany who had already won the victory of World War, do they have the courage to go back on their word? Therefore, they could only watch as Germany occupied the most fertile land of Russia. This is equivalent to weakening the strength of Russia in disguised form. When a war breaks out in the future, Germany's chances of winning will naturally be greater.
Wilhelm II thought about it and finally decided to form two more legions, namely 11th Army Corps and 12th Army Corps, which once again increased German Army's strength by more than 400,000.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, when can our attack on Anglo-French Allied Forces begin?" Wilhelm II asked.
He undoubtedly values Western Front very much, because it is directly related to whether Germany can win the war.
"Your Majesty, our legions have completed preparations. All units have been assembled at predetermined positions, and a large amount of combat materials have been transported to the front line. It will take up to three days to launch an attack." Feng Falkenhayn said.
A war involving more than 1.8 million troops is undoubtedly very complicated. Even if German General Staff has the most complete system and excellent talents, it is still very difficult to do all this easily.
"An attack in three days? Well, not bad. I have a hope, that is to defeat Anglo-French Allied Forces and occupy Paris within a month. I wonder if everyone has confidence in this?" Wilhelm II asked.
Although, after the war broke out, Germany also hoped to defeat France within a month, just like Franco-Prussian War back then. However, at that time they completely underestimated the brutality of modern war. Under the heroic resistance of the French army, the war turned into trench warfare, which made German military unable to achieve the planned results despite heavy losses.
Therefore, this time Wilhelm II's strategic goal of defeating Anglo-French Allied Forces and occupying Paris within one month is not too big. If the war situation develops in German military's favor, it is not impossible to achieve this strategic goal.
"Your Majesty, we will do our best to achieve this strategic goal." Feng Falkenhayn said. Even he didn't dare to be completely sure.
Wilhelm II nodded and did not force anything further.
"Everyone, regarding this war, I have decided that Oscar will be solely responsible for this war, and he will serve as the commander of the Western Front campaign. I hope that all of you will obey his orders without reservation, so that we can achieve a brilliant victory on the Western Front battlefield!" William II finally announced the order.