Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“Your Majesty, if the army units are equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, then when attacking, we will be able to ignore the enemy’s small-caliber artillery and machine gun fire, and we can effectively avoid casualties of the attacking troops!” Admiral Moltke Jr. looked satisfied.

August nodded, “Indeed. However, this is only one aspect. In my opinion, the Imperial Army should form a special armored force. In future wars, armored units could become a sharp knife for the Imperial Army, easily tearing through the enemy’s defenses. ”

“Armored forces?” Admiral Moltke Jr. couldn’t help but frown.

August knew that in the coming war, the large-scale equipping of troops with automatic weapons would turn the war into a trench war.

The trenches and barbed wire, combined with a large number of heavy machine guns and artillery, inflicted great damage on the attacking side.

In another time and space, the battlefield on the western front in Europe completely evolved into trench warfare. Both sides of the war have to pay huge casualties for each step forward.

The Population of the Germanic Empire was already small, and Auguste did not want to fight such a war in the future.

In that case, even if the war is won, but the price paid is too great, it is very unfavorable to the future development of the Germanic Empire.

If it is possible to use armored units in the war, quickly and easily break through the enemy’s defenses, and annihilate a large number of enemy troops, this can make the Germanic Empire quickly victorious. Even the likelihood of Schlieffen’s plan succeeding will be greater.

Moreover, on the Eastern Front, that is, on the vast plains of Eastern Europe, the chances of armored forces exerting greater combat power will be greater.

The greatest advantage of the Russian Empire’s army was its superiority in manpower. They are poorly equipped and have a fragile will to fight. It is often up to the multitude of people to defeat the enemy.

If the Troops of the Imperial Germanic Army deployed on the Eastern Front could attack with armored units. You can imagine how much of a blow this would be to the Tsarist Empire. At that time, a large number of old Maozi’s soldiers will be annihilated or captured by the Germanic Empire. The Germanic Army was also more likely to win future wars.

Or rather, it would take the combat effectiveness of the Germanic Empire Army to a higher level.

The previous Germanic Empire Army was known as the first in the world. If you can get the bonus of armored troops, plus strong firepower. Then, the gap between the armies of other countries and the army of the Germanic Empire is naturally even greater.

“Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, In future wars, we can use armored units as our fist units, and armored units can carry out surprise attacks, tear apart the enemy’s defenses, and carry out rapid interspersed encirclement. Then concentrate your forces to annihilate the enemy in the encirclement. In this way, we can constantly encircle the enemy and then annihilate, so that we can quickly win the victory of future wars! August said.

Under August’s explanation, the generals of the army have a more intuitive understanding of the application of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as the combat strength of armored units.

“If you don’t have any opinions, I hope to form an armored division to test and explore tactics.” Once the time is ripe, we can form more armored units as fist units for the future Imperial Army! August said.

The Germanic Army now had only 40 infantry divisions, 10 heavy artillery brigades and 10 cavalry brigades. The formation of an armored division was nothing to the German Empire.

“General Ludendorff, I appoint you as commander of the 1st Panzer Division of the Imperial Army. Next, it’s up to you! Auguste ordered.

After Auguste succeeded to the throne, Ludendorff, who had originally served as chief of the general staff, was able to be said to be an official and prosperous, and was constantly promoted. Not long ago, he was promoted to major general of the army. This time, he was the commander of the 1st Panzer Division of the Imperial Army. Once the 1st Panzer Division was formed and the combat effectiveness was also satisfactory to August and the army’s big men, it would not be a problem for him to be promoted again.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Major General Ludendorff answered.

The 1st Panzer Division of the Germanic Imperial Army, with a tank regiment, two mechanized infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, a division headquarters plus a reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters, a heavy battalion, an engineer battalion and a field hospital, totaling more than fifteen thousand people.

Among them, the tank regiment has three tank battalions, each tank battalion has 4 tank companies, and each tank company is equipped with 14 tanks. Together with the four tanks directly under the battalion headquarters, each tank battalion was equipped with 60 two tanks. A tank regiment is equipped with 180 tanks.

The Mechanized Infantry Regiment had one tank battalion and two mechanized infantry battalions, equipped with sixty tanks and 120 armored vehicles.

In this way, an armored division of the Germanic Army was equipped with 300 tanks and 240 armored vehicles, as well as a large number of supporting artillery and other equipment.