On a dark and windy night, Lin Youde stood on the deck of the white wooden boat moored in the Hanna River, inspecting the upcoming Landbell elite ecoas.
Besides his wives, there was also Foch, the commander-in-chief of the French army. Surrounded by a group of big girls, Lin Youde felt that he was not reviewing the troops but showing off the Crystal Palace.
Especially Sera, this little girl stubbornly occupied the position next to Lin Youde, holding Lin Youde's hand, like a daughter leading her father for a walk - there seemed to be something wrong, but the natives of this time and space seemed to be accustomed to this.
Lin Youde thought carefully
I think it's right. Since ancient times, heroes in this time and space have relied on harems to conquer the world. In this time and space, if you can't lead three or five loyal super beauties on the red carpet to review the troops at once, you will be embarrassed to say that you are
One side is powerful
This is the so-called "where the soil and water support the people," ah, Lin Youde is also happy to "do as the Romans do in the country"
While Lin Youde was thinking about these insignificant things, others were caring about other things.
"This army" Foch's sunlight flickered back and forth on the faces of the energetic Landebel soldiers, their expressions looked a little worried. "The morale of the soldiers is very high, but they don't seem to have much experience. Do they know what actual combat is?"
?”
Lin Youde shrugged, then raised his free right hand and pointed at a soldier casually and said, "Tell me what actual combat is?"
"Yes!" The soldier with the rank of third-class sergeant snapped to attention and reported loudly, "Actual combat is to penetrate the front lines of experienced enemy troops with loaded weapons and live ammunition, blow up key bridges, railway ammunition depots in the rear, and finally escape intact.
!Report completed!”
"It seems that my soldiers know what actual combat is," Lin Youde proudly said to Foch.
"But" Foch still looked a little doubtful, and finally she sighed, "I originally expected you to come up with some genius and grand plan. Can such a small army really defeat the German army's plan?"
"It is not to crush the German army's plan... but to delay it." Lin Youde put on a serious look and said to Foch, "The German army's strategic material reserves are limited." It is impossible to maintain such an offensive for a long time. Apart from anything else, the current temperature
has begun to decline, although France’s
Winter is not as fierce as the Russian winter, but the Germans still have to equip their troops with winter clothing. In addition, the consumption of artillery shells and ammunition is also a problem. As long as they survive the last two months of 1908, the German army will inevitably stop the offensive.
Waiting for replenishment of strategic supplies”
"How do you know that the Germans have insufficient strategic material reserves?" Foch asked curiously.
"My intelligence agency is very good," Lin Youde said proudly.
In fact, Lin Youde's judgment also benefited from the "experience" of the previous time and space. In the previous time and space, Germany, not just Germany, but the entire Europe, miscalculated the material consumption of a total war. They all believed that the war would be fought at the most
One year later, they didn't even think about the war.
The intensity will be so terrifying. Last time and space, the Russian army used up all the artillery shells they had stored in one month after the war started. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Grand Duke Nicholas, desperately reported to the Tsar that in order to maintain the war, the Russian army needed at least 3 million artillery shells every month. This
The numbers scared the shit out of everyone in the tsarist cabinet
In the first Battle of the Marne in the last time and space, Joffre only blocked the Germans, but failed to defeat them. So when the Germans retreated from the Marne River, the French themselves were very surprised - and the reason for the Germans' retreat
Well, they just didn't have enough artillery shells to maintain the offensive... Later, after almost half a year of adjustments, the Germans finally increased domestic artillery shell production to 4 million rounds per month, and then they started to launch a new offensive, and by this time it was 1915.
Based on the information from the European Bureau, Lin Youde believed that this time and space was almost the same as the script, and then decisively decided to use this to show his strategic vision. To put it simply, it was just showing off.
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Foch still looked doubtful. She asked tentatively: "You mean, as long as we survive these few months, our army can turn to counterattack and win?"
Lin Youde really wanted to sigh. When he read the history of the war before time travel, he always felt that the generals of the various countries in World War I were afraid of showing off to each other. In the first two years after the war, the generals of both sides were simply more stupid than they were naturally. Germany
People performed slightly better, but
It's not much better. In the first year or so of the First World War, the most outstanding general turned out to be the old marshal of Serbia. Now that Lin Youde has arrived in this time and space, okay, those cute and stupid generals on the Allied side have really changed.
Became a cute girl...
Don't tell me, once you accept this setting, it's quite interesting.
Lin Youde thought so, and subconsciously glanced at Foch's alluring breasts. Speaking of which, according to his wife, this Foch was still an older and innocent girl. Josephine coughed and reminded Lin Youde.
"No, no," Lin Youde reacted fiercely, "Miss Foch, I think you have a huge misunderstanding."
"What?" Foch tilted his head, his studious girlish expression was really endearing.
"This war is not a war that can be won quickly. This war is completely different from the wars you have experienced in the past. It will be extremely long. No one can rely on tactical advantages to win quickly, and in the end the war will be decided.
What wins or loses is not the strength of each country’s military and the intelligence of its commanders, but the war potential of the participating countries.”
"Oh?" Foch's interest seemed to be even higher. It seemed that Lin Youde's previous successful prediction of the German army's movements had indeed greatly increased her trust in Lin Youde.
So Lin Youde made a gesture of invitation and said: "This is not a good place for detailed discussions. Let's end the review first and go back to the command room to talk, okay?"
When he said this, there was a little devil in Lin Youde's heart shouting: "Why don't you take it one step at a time and let me teach you Miss Foch well on the bed!"
Josephine and Batu, who were accompanying Lin Youde, seemed to know everything. They looked at each other and said nothing.
Foch was completely unaware of this and readily agreed: "Okay, orderly, inform the headquarters that I will go back later tonight."
After "Miss Foch" returned to the command room, Lin Youde gave a lecture to the French Commander-in-Chief in the same tone as lecturing to selected students in the school in Holland: "I think that in the industrial age,
A basic characteristic of total war is that no one can easily defeat anyone.
For example, in this war, the German armies in Kluk and Bülow on the Western Front alone had 750,000 troops. However, nearly a hundred years ago, when Wellington defeated Emperor Napoleon at Waterloo, they only had 60,000 troops.
The entire French front line was occupied, and the troops invested by both sides exceeded 2.5 million.
"Under such circumstances, annihilating tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to change the situation of the war. The traditional idea of relying on one or two bright tactical victories to achieve strategic victory, in this kind of situation
This is no longer feasible in large-scale wars. In such a war, no side can guarantee that it will always injure the enemy 10,000 and lose 3,000 to itself. The price paid by both warring parties will be infinitely close, and the victorious side may even suffer far higher casualties.
the situation of the losing party”
Lin Youde almost blurted out "For example, the Patriotic War of the Soviet Union." Fortunately, he temporarily closed the zipper of his mouth.
He paused, looked at Foch's expression, and found that the French girl was listening to his words attentively. Apparently, the battle for more than a month before had made the French girl feel the "correctness" contained in Lin Youde's words.
After confirming that his meaning was indeed conveyed, Lin Youde continued: "Therefore, in a war of this scale, it is no longer tactical victory and defeat that determines the outcome of the war. In other words, tactical victory and defeat can only affect the outcome of the war."
The battle loss ratio of both sides, and the outcome will be determined by the war potential of both sides. The so-called war potential is a very
It is a broad concept that covers the population, industrial production capacity, and natural resources of both warring parties. So I can now clearly assert that the failure of the Allied Powers led by Germany is an inevitable outcome because the Allies are in total population, industrial production capacity, and
In terms of the most critical natural resource control, they are at an absolute disadvantage.
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"Based on the information currently obtained, even if the Soviet Union provides food and other consumer goods, the Allies will definitely implement a quota system for living materials six months after the war begins. One year after the war begins, the Allies will not even be able to guarantee coal and firewood for residents' heating.
If we put some pressure on the Soviet Union and force them to sell grain to the Entente instead of the Central Powers, the German army will only be able to eat bark and wild vegetables in the second year of the war."
This is not Lin Youde's alarmism. Germany was really in such a miserable state the second year after the war started in the last time and space. Thanks to a wild vegetable called "cabbage", they were able to maintain the war until 1918.
"So" Foch took over Lin Youde's words, "all we need to do is delay?"
"No." Lin Youde shook his head. "The above conclusion is based on the fact that the troops of both sides have not been defeated quickly. In fact, in the initial stage of the war, the side with weaker war potential but stronger military strength is more likely to rely on
The short-term advantage quickly achieves the goal and ends the war. This is also the main reason why the side with weaker war potential but stronger military strength launches the attack first. Therefore, as long as their attempt to win quickly is thwarted, we have won the war.
"So, I divide modern total war into three parts: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counterattack."
Lin Youde did not hesitate to steal the teachings of the great men of the previous time and space.
"As long as we survive the last two months of 1908, we will enter a strategic stalemate. Neither the Allies nor the Entente will be able to win quickly. However, after experiencing a tragic strategic stalemate, the Entente with greater war potential will surely turn into a stalemate."
Strategic counterattack, the star of victory will shine on us."
After Lin Youde finished speaking, his wives habitually replied: "The star of victory will shine on us."
These words have a status similar to "The Force is with you" in Star Wars among the troops of the Admiralty.
Foch, on the other hand, looked at Lin Youde with admiration and said: "It seems that you are able to dominate in the East not just by luck."
"Of course" Lin Youde accepted Foch's praise without hesitation.