The Rise of the Empire

If the training of aviation forces can be carried out under the guise of an "aviation club", then there is no way for armored forces, right? After all, the former can be used for both civilian and military purposes, and after the latter is equipped with armor and cannons, it doesn't matter what you say for civilian use. Although Prussia can't control it on the surface, it is also very concerned about it in the dark. This is the case with Little Maoqi, and even more so with Schlieffen and others. Schlieffen also wrote a letter specifically in the name of the German General Staff to ask how the armored units were organized, and made it clear that you can change the equipment of your troops in Bavaria, but if you add an additional division or more, it is absolutely impossible. of! \u003c/p\u003eThen the two sides had a war of words about the size of a division. The size of a division in this era is different. For example, the Russians have about 22,000 divisions, and the French have 16,000 divisions. Division, except for the German divisions in Bavaria, there are 17,000 people per division. And the establishment of a division in Bavaria is about 20,000 people... . \u003c/p\u003eAs for the reasons for this difference, there are many reasons. For example, the Russians have more infantry units, and the subordinate organization of a Russian division is 16 infantry battalions. And France and Germany are 12 infantry battalions. Therefore, although the Russians have less artillery, they still have a large number of people. \u003c/p\u003eThe Bavarian division is different. Although Bavaria also follows the German division's organization, for example, an artillery company has 6 artillery pieces, but the 6 artillery pieces are not mentioned. The German general division uses 6 pieces 75mm rapid-fire guns, the ratio of rapid-fire guns to light howitzers in each division is 3 to 1. But this matter is different in Bavaria. The ratio of 75mm rapid-fire guns and 105mm howitzers in a division is 1 to 1.... The number of people in the same howitzer company is naturally more than that of 75mm rapid-fire guns. \u003c/p\u003eAs the supervisor of Prussia's main armament production, Little Moltke once calculated an account. If it is also a division, the combat effectiveness of Bavaria's artillery is at least 30% higher than that of Prussia. It is a 105mm howitzer! And greater combat effectiveness means higher logistical needs. In the Bavarian army, which began to popularize motor vehicles, the logistical force had fewer personnel because of the use of vehicles. So well, apart from the increase in artillery personnel, what about other aspects? \u003c/p\u003eGenerally speaking, German cavalry regiments are assigned to divisions respectively. As in Prussia, so in Bavaria. But it also bears the name of cavalry, the Prussians ride horses, and the Bavarians ride carts... . Before they came up with more than a dozen tons of chariots, Bavaria actually started to think about it. They changed some of the cavalry units into a mixed force of horses and armored vehicles. To improve the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance troops. The organization has largely remained the same, but the combat power is not at the same level at all. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, the size of a division of the Bavarian army of 20,000 people was estimated by Xiao Maoqi and others. In fact, Bavaria's annual military report is still about 16,600 people. The size of the various troops has not changed, but Xiao Maoqi and others know that there is something tricky, but you know, you can't do anything, you can't send a group of people to the army to count one by one... .. \u003c/p\u003eBut this time it is different. If we say that the weapons used by Bavaria were at least traceable in the German army in the past, and they were still within the system, then you suddenly appeared in the army. What is this for a guy that weighs several tons? If you equip a division with an armored regiment. Invisibly, you have expanded your army a lot. Although the Prussian General Staff can't control you too carefully, it is absolutely impossible to increase the number of personnel by tens of thousands at once. Otherwise, the prince can directly expand the size of the grassroots troops.

Then use so much effort to bargain with the Kaiser? \u003c/p\u003eIn addition to the troops directly under the royal family, how to give these iron guys a name so that they can be stuffed into the troops has become a very important issue. But this time, the answer given by the prince was simple. He claimed that these things should belong to the artillery! Generally speaking, a division in the German army theoretically has 14 artillery companies, generally speaking, 9 75mm rapid-fire artillery companies, 3 105mm light howitzer companies and 2 150mm heavy artillery companies, each with 6 guns . \u003c/p\u003eAnd Prince Ruprecht's arrangement is like this, isn't there 12 light artillery companies in the Bavarian army? Among them, the number of 105mm light howitzer companies is 6, which is not planned to be changed for the time being, but the 6 75mm rapid-fire gun companies will be changed into assault artillery companies, referred to as assault guns.... According to the prince, they just replaced the 36 rapid-fire guns towed by horses and vehicles with self-propelled rapid-fire guns... . The total number of tubes remains the same, this is not a violation.... \u003c/p\u003e "Fuck, this makes sense, I'm speechless..." Earl Schlieffen was dumbfounded when he saw the so-called assault artillery. And when the little Mao Qi on the side saw this document, he just gave Earl Schlieffen a rare look, because the things that were said in the documents that he could see were completely different from the things he saw in his own documents. It's a little bit of a big deal! \u003c/p\u003eBecause in the prince's letter to Little Maoqi, the prince mentioned a "tracked heavy tractor vehicle" specially used for the 150mm cannon and 210mm heavy howitzer. Although the prince did not clearly say what this stuff is, But he mentioned in the letter that the chassis used by this towing vehicle is exactly the same as that of the assault gun, "it has very good off-road performance and room for modification."\u003c/p\u003e When Xiao Maoqi asked the prince in surprise why he was so wanton When he acted recklessly, the prince said very clearly that the contents of the letter to Little Moltke also appeared in the letter to the Kaiser. On the issue of increasing German military power, the Kaiser, Bavaria, Little Moltke and others have the same views Yes, they have a common enemy - the conservative faction of the Prussian Junker aristocracy. The latter controls the German General Staff, and this control is not just a matter of changing someone. Even if Xiao Maoqi came to power, it would not be able to completely change the whole situation. After all, there are also cases of yin and yang in foreign countries. \u003c/p\u003eWhen meeting with the Kaiser, Moltke also mentioned these things in a very cryptic way. Therefore, it finally led to the plan of Xiao Moqi to go to Bavaria in a private capacity this time. If there is no accident, Moltke will take over as the chief of the Prussian general staff after Schlieffen retires, and by then Prussia will be able to promote some military reforms. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to the book friend, the First Guards Tank Brigade, for traveling slowly~~~! As well as the support of book friends Cthulhu v Nitian, members of the Qusituan, hongye4465, and Starry Sky Seal~~~! Can I tell you that the number of new subscriptions for the three updates yesterday was nearly 400 less than the two updates the day before yesterday--! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e