Vol 3 Chapter 601 The strength of both sides of the law

On August 10, 1869, 2 days after the Kingdom of Prussia declared war on France on August 8, the North German Confederation was formally established after the promotion of the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck. Bismarck convened the North German Confederation Parliament in Berlin to announce the establishment of the North German Constitution. Because of the reasons for the Franco-Prussian declaration of war, it came into effect on August 15, 1869.

Under the threat of France’s declaration of war, none of the countries annexed by Prussia dared to oppose, nor were they willing to oppose becoming a standout. So Bismarck and Wilhelm I used external pressure to suppress internal means and successfully completed the most important action to take power after Prussia annexed various countries, which laid the most important foundation for the establishment of the German Empire.

Under the promotion of the newly established constitution, King Wilhelm I of Prussia became the head of the North German Confederation, and Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, also served as the Prime Minister of the Confederacy. All German states have seats in the Federal Parliament, and Prussia has 17 seats exclusively.

In addition to the Kingdom of Prussia, the participating states include Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Saxe. Weimar. Eisenach, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Brunswick Germany, Saxe-Meiningen, Sanxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Anhalt, Schwarzburg-Rudauerstadt, Schwarzburg-Sandhausen, Waldeck, Reuss-Gritz, Reuss-Schleitz-Gera, Schaumburg-Lieber, Lieber, Lübeck, Bremen, Hamburg, Upper Senen (the Principality of Hesse on the River Main) north part)

The 19 states have a total of 19 seats.

There are 36 members of Prussia’s 17 seats, and the North German parliament is elected.

Franco-Prussian has not yet gone to war, but intelligence on the military strength of the two countries (at least to show) has fallen on the desks of the countries.

“The Prussian army, which implements a universal conscription system like Sweden, is the most powerful army in Western Europe. The North German Confederation army with Prussia as the core, including the armies of the states occupied by southern Prussia, has more than 1.1 million troops, including more than 700,000 combat troops. , and France’s current army is only 600,000, almost twice that of France.”

The Dutch Chief of General Staff Mark Rudd said: “The current Prussian army, the Ge Army, agreed to be organized into several group armies. The Prussian artillery equipment mainly consists of steel pipe rifled guns made by the Krupp Arsenal, and its effective range is 3.5 kilometers.”

“As early as the winter of 1867-1869, Prussia began to move intentionally. It seems that General Mao Qi, the chief of the general staff, had drawn up a war plan. I guessed that the French army would attack first, and the direction of the attack would definitely be I chose the direction of Alsace and Lorraine, so recently the Prussian army secretly gathered not far from the Rhine near Strasbourg, France,

This one is the protruding part of southeastern France, directly facing the German land on the east bank of the Rhine, and the railway situation in France is very obvious. If Prussia can understand the French railway route, then Moltke, Bismarck and others will easily be able to calculate. The Strasbourg section of the railway was not able to gather all the main French forces because of its old age, and even more than half of the French army could only copy a little to the west of Strasbourg because it was beyond the carrying capacity of the railway. The first of the French hinterland Metz to get off the assembly. In this way, the French Metz Group and the Strasbourg Group are bound to be separated by the Vosges Mountains”

William IV’s detailed remarks made Mark Rude frequently surprised.

He followed the words of William IV and said in surprise: “According to His Majesty’s words, when the time comes, as long as you buy all of his three armies and concentrate them on the Rhine in Metz and Strasbourg, they will not take the initiative to send them to the door to attack. , running to divide the French army in the Vosges Mountains, will not allow the mountains to divide his attacking forces.”

William IV seemed to be influenced by him, and said a little excitedly: “Once the direction and strength of the French army’s attack are determined, the Prussian army can concentrate its forces to defeat the divided French army, and then launch a resolute attack on Alsace and Lorraine. , annihilate the main French force in the General Directorate, and occupy Paris”

As the Chief of General Staff of the Netherlands, it is not necessary to mention Mark Rude’s real materials. He followed William IV’s words, his whole body was shocked, and his eyes showed a terrifying scorching light.

It seems that at this moment, he feels that if he is the commander of the Prussian side, then he will completely defeat the French army, and he has an eight or nine point chance of winning.

William IV could be said to be so unbelievable that he died endlessly, which shocked Mark Rude’s heart.

Mark Rudd suddenly pointed out: “If Bismarck and Moltke’s plan did not take into account the old rival Austria-Hungary, once Austria-Hungary fought on the French side, would it be difficult for the Prussian army to deal with Austrian and French attacking Prussia?”

William IV smiled at this, and affirmed: “You must believe in Bismarck, the old fritters, I believe he will have a comprehensive plan. If Austria-Hungary chooses to join, then Prussia can’t ask for it, don’t. Forget that they are still thinking of agreeing to the German Confederation, and the Prussian army will definitely take military action against it.”

The total strength of the French army is 570,000, of which the combat army is only about 330,000 to 340,000, and the Far East currently occupies 200,000. If it was in the past, Prussia may not dare to act rashly, but now the army of more than 300,000 combat troops is not enough. There are about 100,000 in the Far East, and there are tens of thousands of logistical forces there.

So the guy is Africa, another 50,000.

The local combat troops alone number 250,000. The logistics plus reserve is about 100,000, that is to say, the French mainland is only 350,000 regular troops. In contrast, Prussia had 1.1 million, and Africa together had less than 100,000 colonial troops. The mainland also has an army of more than 1 million, which is about three times that of France in the mainland. ”

Mark Lü De bit the bullet and said: “However, France implements a standing army system. The troops are battle-hardened and experienced commanders at all levels. Moreover, since 1853, they participated in the Crimean War against the Russian Empire for 16 years. There are countless small battles, and they have been fought on five continents such as Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. Therefore, unlike Prussia, which only recently participated in the Pudan and Prussian wars, France seems to have more well-trained and possessed soldiers in the training of soldiers. Experienced Soldiers”

William IV criticized: “France’s experience is that there are many wars, but the French army, except for the royal guards, usually has a military system that is divided into two levels of army and division. Just like now, it is temporarily in order to cope with wars. Hastily organized, so it is impossible to ensure the coordination of the troops, I think this is a major mistake of the French military chief Napoleon III, the commander-in-chief. Moreover, France did not formulate a careful war plan in advance, and there are many mistakes in the hastily formulated plan .”

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