This trip to Berlin made Winter very happy.

As soon as I entered Berlin, I was warmly welcomed by Berliners.

Many Berlin citizens lined the streets to welcome the Duke of Bavaria.

He kept waving his hands to the crowd below, with a smile that could reveal eight teeth.

This kind of welcoming scene has never happened even in Munich.

Although his face was frozen with laughter, his arms were sore from waving.

But my heart is still full of pride!

After all these years, I finally felt welcome in the capital of Prussia.

This feeling is so damn great!

"The meeting of the General Staff will be held in the evening. I am afraid that the new battle plan will be obstructed by Bismarck and Frederick."

Richthofen in the carriage was not in such a good mood.

The new combat plan can be said to have completely overturned Moltke's plan.

If you want to prepare such a plan, it will take nearly half a month for the troops to adjust.

Moreover, the new combat plan also consumes a lot of resources.

Richthofen was very unsure of convincing Frederick and Bismarck to agree to the new battle plan.

"You are the chief of general staff. Once the battle plan has been prepared, your responsibility is to inform them, not to obtain their consent."

Duke Winter didn't care about Richthofen's worries!

"But..., a lot of supplies need to be raised for these. This is Bismarck's job."

"This battle is related to the future of the whole of Prussia and even Europe.

Do you think Bismarck would dare to joke about such a thing?

If he disagrees, or cannot raise supplies.

Then you say, in this case, let the army be on the front line and continue to confront the Russians and Ming people.

Think about it, how much consumption does two million people consume in a day?

At that time, nothing can be raised, the frontline soldiers will not have enough food and clothing, and they will have no ammunition for the battle.

At that time, he was the unlucky one.

So, I’m not afraid that he won’t cooperate.”

Duke Winter has already thought of a countermeasure, and he is not afraid of Bismarck and Frederick not agreeing with this battle plan.

"Your Excellency, the Duke has thought clearly!" Richthofen nodded, but he was still a little worried about what would happen if the battle plan encountered strong opposition.

The meeting was held in the General Staff Building, so Duke Winter also lived in the General Staff Building.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the meeting was held on time.

There were not many people attending the meeting, only Duke Winter and Frederick.

Chancellor Bismarck, Chief of General Staff Richthofen.

Interior Minister Albo Oke, Finance Minister Fischer, and Railways Minister Oakman...!

In fact, among these people, the only ones who can really make decisions are Duke Winter and Frederick.

Although he lost the General Staff, Frederick was still the nominal emperor of the Prussian Empire.

In this regard, Duke Winter cannot compare with him after all.

The ministers were always punctual, and at 6:50, the conference room was already full of people.

Everyone was chatting with each other, some were talking about the cocktail party, some were talking about the dinner, and some were talking about the dance.

Anyway, no one is talking about the upcoming war.

Perhaps they had already decided in their hearts that this was Richthofen's business, not theirs.

"Silence! Silence!" Bismarck rang the bell in his hand.

Soon, the ministers became quiet.

Frederick and Duke Winter sat at both ends of the long table, and the remaining ministers sat on the left and right sides of the long table.

It looked less like a meeting and more like a negotiation.

"Chief of General Staff Richthofen, please tell me your plan first." Bismarck didn't bother to talk about the red tape and went straight to the topic.

Because of Moltke's retreat, the start of the battle has been postponed for more than twenty days.

Now, there is really no time to delay any longer.

"Okay, Your Majesty the Prime Minister!"

Richthofen stood up, nodded to everyone, then took an instruction stick and walked to the huge battle map on the wall.

"After twenty days of calculation by our General Staff, we decided to completely overturn the combat plan of former Chief of General Staff Moltke."

After Richthofen's words, there was a sudden "buzz" and "buzz" sound.

Frederick closed his eyes. Although he was mentally prepared, what was supposed to happen still happened.

Bismarck said nothing, as was expected.

What interested him was what Richthofen's battle plan was.

Richthofen was the principal of the Infantry School in Dresden.

He is an academic, and what he tinkers with will definitely not be without merit.

There was a loud "buzz" in the conference room, and Richthofen kept silent.

Bismarck had no choice but to ring the Prime Minister's bell again: "Quiet! Silence!"

When the conference room became quiet, Bismarck said to Richthofen: "You can begin, Your Excellency, Chief of General Staff."

Richthofen nodded, and the staff beside him opened the curtain in front of the huge map.

"First of all, we feel that General Moltke's battle plan has huge flaws.

Russia is located in a plain, and apart from the Dnieper River, there are no major rivers blocking it.

If we follow General Moltke's plan, once our attack begins.

Ming army tanks will attack our infantry!

Vyazma's lesson tells us that without the support of solid field fortifications, it is difficult for infantry to resist the impact of tanks in the field.

Therefore, we all agree that an updated combat strategy needs to be adopted.

First of all, we need to know where the advantages of both the enemy and ourselves lie.

The Ming army's victory was due to its fierce firepower, especially the number of artillery that was more than twice that of our army.

They also have tanks, and their mobility is much higher than our army.

What's more, they still have planes in the sky, constantly monitoring the movements of our troops.

It can be said that every move of our army will be detected by the Ming army.

In this way, our actions are one-way and transparent.

This is very detrimental to the actions of our army."

"Okay, if we continue, we all feel that we should surrender immediately." Frederick interrupted Richthofen dissatisfied.

Richthofen was interrupted by Frederick and choked for a moment.

"Tell us about our advantages!" Duke Winter suddenly said.

"oh!

The advantage of our army lies in its large number of people, and it has been hoarding supplies for more than half a year.

Now, there are hundreds of large underground warehouses on the front line.

The supplies in reserve can supply the army for one year.

Our battle plan is to use the strengths of our army to attack the weakness of the Ming army and the Russian army - insufficient strength.

We did not gain nothing in the Battle of Vyazma.

Our army has now crossed the Dnieper River and advanced to a place about ten kilometers east of the Dnieper River.

Taking these ten kilometers as the starting point of the battle line, we will order our troops to advance in a rolling manner.

In other words, each army takes turns to advance.

Every three kilometers forward, some troops were stationed and field fortifications were dug.

Each day, the front line should not advance more than ten kilometers.

In this way, we can proceed step by step.
To be continued...