After hearing Tukhachevsky's words, Colonel Mainz was speechless.
Tsarist Russia was indeed very big. Driven by the Mao Bear people's fervor for the perversion of the land, Tsarist Russia successfully established a huge empire across Eurasia after hundreds of years of expansion.
At its peak, the empire covered an area of more than 25 million square kilometers, just like a furry bear lying on the top of Eurasia, and the nickname of the furry bear spread throughout the world.
Compared with Tsarist Russia, the Second Empire, with an area of only more than 500,000 square kilometers, was just like a tiny little thing. After World War I, this tiny little thing lost more than 90,000 square kilometers of land, and its area further shrunk.
Tukhachevsky's words were full of the arrogance of great power chauvinism, but Mainz was not angry about it.
Although the other party seems a bit arrogant and even proud, he does have this pride. Compared with the huge Tsarist Russia, Europe does seem a bit small.
"The battlefields of World War I in Europe were mainly concentrated on the borders between your country and Gaul and Belgium. The area bordering Italy and Gaul in the south is located at the southern foot of the Alps. It is not suitable for large-scale battles. So the battlefield of the First World War was quite small!"
Tukhachevsky further explained,"Our country is different. In addition to the Great Plains of Eastern Europe, our country has battlefields in the Siberian Plains and the Caucasus Mountains. These battles almost span the entire empire. The length is thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers. Your Excellency, Colonel, is an excellent soldier. You should know what having such a long front means for war."
Mainz nodded, of course he knew what this meant.
A layman's understanding of war probably refers to various aircraft, tanks, artillery, battleships and the like, but for experts who really know the industry, war is actually mainly about The battle is about logistics, and logistics relies on a country's advanced system and strong comprehensive strength.
Because of this, many people think that the war is about national strength.
This view is certainly not wrong, but it is somewhat incorrect.
Accurately, national strength is of course important to war, and it is very important, but accidental factors cannot be ignored in war.
An accidental factor is likely to change a battle, and a battle will determine a battle, and the success or failure of the battle will be determined.
Determining the outcome of a war is a complex matter that cannot be explained by simply fighting for national strength.
The reason why famous generals can be remembered in history and be talked about by future generations is because of a certain decision they made in the battle, or even a certain inspiration.
A flash of good ideas may directly determine the outcome of the entire war.
There are many examples of this.
From ancient times to the present, and even at home and abroad, there are no less than hundreds of examples.
However, since the outbreak of the Civil War in Eagle Sauce! From then on, wars in the world began to gradually develop in the direction of total war. In total war, the national power of each country became the decisive force. The impact of generals' flashes of inspiration on the war began to weaken, and it was no longer as decisive as before.
But even under such circumstances, many famous generals who were decisive in World War II were still produced, which shows that the importance of generals in the war is still prominent!
The requirements for logistical support are completely different from the requirements for only a few hundred kilometers, and the different difficulty of logistical support determines that the tactics of both sides will be very different.
After all, the tactics of the armies of various countries are different.
You must be as close to your actual conditions as possible.
If you are divorced from actual conditions, it is like a castle in the air and will not last long!
"So, General Tukhachevsky, what do you think the war in Europe will be like?"
Mainz did not ask about the Mao Xiong Civil War, which improved Tukhachevsky's favor for him a lot.
After all, as the commander of a group army, it is really inconvenient for him to leak information about his country to foreign personnel. military secrets.
But for the war in Europe, there is no scruple, and from the perspective of a bystander, without involving personal interests, Tukhachevsky's way of looking at the problem is obviously more novel.
"I think that the war in Europe has broken away from the original scope of war and has become a meaningless meat grinder war. Such a war has made previous tactics ineffective. Under the small terrain and dense population of Europe, , Trench warfare is almost the best choice for all countries. Likewise, it is also the worst choice, because it destroys creativity and puts all countries into the same mode!"
Tukhachevsky's expression was very serious. When he said this, he couldn't help but frown.
"I think that if we cannot find a way to break trench warfare, future wars in Europe will directly become a war purely about manpower and artillery caliber!"
Tukhachevsky has naturally experienced the hardships of trench warfare, and it is precisely because he has experienced it that he hates such wars. Any normal person would be in a wet or even muddy environment where rats and mice are everywhere. The smell of dead bodies, the occasional cold shots from enemy snipers, and the deliberate strafing of enemy machine guns and direct mortar strikes at trenches for a year or two, this person would probably Mental breakdown!
Regarding the possibility that Europeans would fall into such a quagmire of war in the future, Tukhachevsky couldn't help but feel a little bit of schadenfreude. Of course, such emotions were not suitable to be expressed in front of a German officer. Come out, that's too rude.
Mainz's expression was very serious, but after hearing Tukhachevsky's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At least for the time being, this guy has not found a solution to trench warfare. method, his thinking seems to be limited to how to break trench warfare, and does not involve new tactics that replace trench warfare. This makes Colonel Mainz feel relieved if this guy now thinks of using tanks. Weapons, if he devises new tactics to solve trench warfare, he will definitely be surprised!
Tukhachevsky's use of cavalry tactics is actually quite good. Fighting on the vast territory of Mao Xiong, without cavalry, That's definitely not possible.
Therefore, most of the senior Soviet generals have cavalry experience.
However, Tukhachevsky did not think of using the speed advantage of cavalry tactics to break trench warfare, because this type of tactics is English.
The British cavalry had been used in the Battle of the Somme.
Those British cavalry who bravely rushed to the German positions with the glorious tradition of knights were all torn into pieces under the German machine gun fire and artillery bombardment.
The heavy casualties of 60,000 people set a negative example for future generations, telling them what the consequences of using cavalry to attack trenches would be.
It was precisely because the consequences were so terrible that Tukhachevsky did not think about it at all! This is not due to
Tukhachevsky's lack of ability, but because the Russian army lacks experience in using tanks and armored vehicles and cannot accumulate such weapons and equipment without them. Combat experience.
Thinking of this, Colonel Mainz wiped his sweat. It seemed that the previously envisaged cooperation with the Bears on tanks could be terminated. In any case, the Bears could not be allowed to obtain tanks so easily. A weapon, at least it cannot be obtained from Hans!