Commander of the Army Brauchitsch's words caused a tremendous uproar throughout the meeting and plunged the German Prime Minister into deep thought.
Indeed, since neither battlefield could achieve results in a short period, it was only natural to seek out a place where results could be achieved quickly.
Although Russia possessed more territory and population within its homeland than any other country in Europe, the Russian Army's combat effectiveness over the past fifty years had been rotten to the core—atrocious beyond words.
If not for Russia's land and population stubbornly propping it up, it probably would have lost its status as a great power after World War I.
Germany, which had possessed the world's strongest army during both world wars, naturally looked down on Russia when it came to army combat strength.
Why was that? One had to mention the history of the island nation that had once defeated Russia in the Far East.
As everyone knew, a hundred years ago, the island nation had still been a rotten feudal country. Yet over the past few decades, it had completed major reforms, successfully built a fairly decent industrial base, and raised both its army and navy to the level of the great powers.
While learning Western technology, the island nation had primarily studied two countries militarily: the United Kingdom, which possessed the world's strongest navy, and Germany, which possessed the world's strongest army.
Naturally, this was also one of the reasons the island nation's army and navy refused to yield to each other and were riddled with conflicts. After all, the antagonism between the United Kingdom and Germany ran deep as well.
The island nation's army had initially been modeled after the German Army, but its combat strength was still a long way behind Germany's.
Yet this army, established in