Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm 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 the casualties of the attacking troops!” Admiral Moltke Jr. seemed satisfied.

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

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

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

The trenches and barbed wire were densely packed, combined with a large number of heavy machine guns and artillery, causing great damage to the attacking side.

In another time and space, the battlefield on the Western Front in Europe completely evolved into trench warfare. The warring sides are expected to pay huge casualties with each step forward.

The population of the Germanic Empire was already small, and August did not want to fight such battles in the future.

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

If armored forces can be used in war, quickly and easily break through the enemy’s defenses, and encircle a large number of enemy troops, this can allow the Germanic Empire to quickly win. Even Schlieffen’s plan is more likely to succeed.

Moreover, on the Eastern Front, that is, the vast Eastern European plain, the chances of armored forces exerting strong combat power will also be greater.

The biggest advantage of the Tsarist Imperial Army is the superiority of troops. They are poorly equipped and have a fragile will to fight. It is often the strength of the people to defeat the enemy.

If the Germanic Imperial Army’s troops deployed on the Eastern Front could attack with armored forces. Then, you can imagine how big a blow this will be for the Russian Empire. At that time, a large number of old Maozi’s soldiers will be annihilated or captured by the Germanic Empire. The Germanic Imperial Army will also be more likely to win future wars.

In other words, it will bring the combat effectiveness of the Germanic Imperial Army to a higher level.

The previous German Imperial 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 armies of the Germanic Empire is naturally even greater.

“Your Excellency the Minister of War, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Generals. In future wars, we can use armored forces as our fist force, and armored forces will carry out assaults, tear open the enemy’s defense line, and quickly intersperse encirclement. Then concentrate forces to annihilate the enemy within the encirclement. In this way, we can constantly encircle and then annihilate the enemy, so that we can quickly win the future war! 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 power of armored forces.

“If you have no opinion, I hope to form an armored division to experiment and explore tactics.” Once the time is right, we can form more armored units as the fist force of the future Imperial Army! August said.

Now the Germanic Imperial Army had only 40 infantry divisions, 10 heavy artillery brigades and 10 cavalry brigades. The formation of another armored division was nothing for the Germanic Empire.

“General Ludendorff, I appoint you commander of the 1st Armored Division of the Imperial Army. Next, it’s up to you! August commanded.

After August succeeded to the throne, Ludendorf, who originally served as chief of the General Staff, could be described as a prosperous official and was constantly promoted. Not long ago, he was promoted to major general of the army. This time, he became the commander of the 1st Panzer Division of the Imperial Army. Once the 1st Panzer Division was formed and the strength of the army was satisfactory to August and the army bosses, it would not be a problem for him to be promoted again.

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

The 1st Panzer Division of the Germanic Imperial Army had 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 15,000 people.

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

The Mechanized Infantry Regiment has one tank battalion and two mechanized infantry battalions, equipped with 60 tanks and 120 armoured vehicles.

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