The Rise of the Empire

But fortunately, there is no heavy equipment on this plane. The division-level equipment will eventually be no more than 150mm heavy howitzers, and the stacked weight will generally not exceed 5 tons. (The French m1917 even has a stacked weight of only 3300kg!) If If you travel at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour on kilometers, the 70hp engine is barely enough. \u003c/p\u003eAs for the weight of the 105mm howitzer is lower, a 70hp trailer can directly tow a 105mm howitzer and an ammunition vehicle without any problem. According to the results of previous exercises, in the marching state, a car theoretically can go 200 kilometers without any major problems...  As for saying that there is no big problem, what is the standard? According to the standard of engineer William Maybach, it can be used within 3 hours if it is repaired. \u003c/p\u003eAfter spending a lot of money on hardware, not everything will be fine. How to effectively use these vehicles is also a problem. After all, your army is not motorized. According to the barrel theory, the marching speed of a large number of infantry is the decisive factor. The short board of the army's marching speed. \u003c/p\u003eThe problem of towing a large number of artillery, ammunition, and various large logistical items by cars has been barely solved, so how to solve the problem of the infantry and grass-roots companies' load? You must know that with the equipment of heavy machine guns, grenades and mortars, the weight of equipment at the company and battalion level has also greatly increased. \u003c/p\u003eAccording to historical data, if you look at division-level units, 280 rounds of ammunition for each rifle is simply not enough. (Of course, not all of these bullets are carried by soldiers, but are scattered in all aspects of soldiers, battalion carts, and military reserves.) If machine guns and mortars are added, the ammunition vehicles carried by troops will be even larger and heavy. The machine gun itself is somewhat difficult to carry. \u003c/p\u003eFortunately, the prince’s uncle, Prince Leopold, is indeed a veteran who fought all the way. Starting from the grassroots, his thinking is broad enough, and his experience and ideas are very powerful. He reset the allocation of vehicles . Some of the heavy equipment units that were originally assigned to the battalion company are temporarily formed into several fire support teams. These support teams are equipped with independent vehicles. Generally, they do not follow the ordinary battalion company to maneuver, but are only temporarily assigned during the battle. \u003c/p\u003eAs a traveler, the prince also made his own contribution, and was well received by most soldiers in the Bavarian army. First of all, it was the improvement of food. Although there is no self-heating food in this era, it is impossible to make a set meal with four dishes and one soup plus cigarette toothpicks. But you can still learn about various compressed biscuits and takeaway family buckets. \u003c/p\u003eThe appearance is rotten and there is no difference between a puddle of muddy meaty non-staple food. The taste is not good, but you can feel full after eating, and the hardness is not very high. It became the standard emergency food for soldiers of the Bavarian mobile division. The specially mixed vegetable powder made up for the soldiers' lack of vitamins. It's not that these things are delicious, the key is that they are high in energy, easy to digest and relatively balanced in nutrition...  \u003c/p\u003eAs for the portable equipment, the prince directly referred to the products of another plane. After combining the existing height and physical fitness of the Germans, he re-optimized the weight and volume, and adjusted the center of gravity of the portable equipment full of items. Maintain a position slightly above the waist. The original complex bedding was replaced by relatively simple field bedding. Various items are also standardized as much as possible. \u003c/p\u003eAfter a lot of optimization from hardware to software, this Bavarian division, which is used as a model unit, at least marching speed and force is absolutely awesome! According to the exercise last year, the Bavarian mobile division's limit maneuvering speed can reach more than 35 miles on the first day. Of course, this price is that many personnel need to temporarily "buy" tickets. After running for three days, the vehicle's integrity rate dropped directly to about 70%.

\u003c/p\u003eFor this speed, the Bavarian army is quite satisfied. And after he reached the first phase of the rapid force plan, His Royal Highness now began to consider whether to engage in tanks, self-propelled artillery or something. After all, these are the ultimate manifestations of the advanced combat power of World War I! Look at the British tanks in World War I, they are ugly to a certain extent, but who can deny that this thing is nb? \u003c/p\u003eBut soon, the cruelty of reality wiped out the prince's ambition like a blizzard. Any combat device that plans to use crawler walking equipment in this era is unreliable! The engine is weak, and the suspension is not up to standard in terms of design or production. So His Royal Highness, who was hit hard, began to honestly study armored vehicles, which is actually the earliest mechanized weapon that integrates attack, defense and mobility...  \u003c/p\u003eBut it is still because of the sad engine and basic industrial level. Armored vehicles of this era cannot expect high defense and attack power. Where is the 70hp engine? How heavy can your vehicle be? So after wasting a long time and spending more than 100,000 marks, His Royal Highness came up with only two kinds of things, one is a vehicle equipped with a machine gun, and the other is a self-propelled mortar. Things have a low muzzle velocity and less recoil. The technical difficulty is naturally relatively small. \u003c/p\u003eIn short, after spending a lot of money, there are only two that the prince can get. One is this fast force assembled using various transport vehicles, and the other is a series of companies including Daimler shares. That's right, it's shares, because there are many people who can really realize the importance of cars in this era. If it's just for civilian use, the price-performance ratio of cars is not higher than that of carriages. And after-sales aspects such as maintenance are powerless. \u003c/p\u003eExcept for the aristocrats who would buy some fashionable brushes, the sales volume and production capacity of cars in 1900 were very small. And those famous auto giants in later generations are actually no different from small workshops now...  In short, the current Daimler company is short of money and people... \u003c/p\u003eBut it doesn't matter, Prince Ruprecht doesn't lack these two things, isn't it just personnel and funds? As the number one servant of the prince, Earl Schelling used a check worth 5 million marks to settle Daimler and his partner William Maybach within 2 days, and then successfully obtained up to 40% of the shares of the automobile factory and the Exclusive agency for sale in Austria-Hungary. Although there is no absolute majority in the board of directors, it has the right to veto with one vote. After all, the entire Daimler company is not worth this amount at this time. \u003c/p\u003eAs the technical backbone of Daimler AG, William Maybach also came to Bavaria as the head of the technology research and development department of SÜD Automobile Group. Wilhelm Maybach's son, Karl Maybach, succeeded his father in Daimler. \u003c/p\u003eDifferent from Daimler, the main research and development projects of SUD are trucks and special vehicles. To put it bluntly, it is a complete military vehicle manufacturer, and it is a manufacturer that is contracted by the government to buy and sell. It is precisely because of the support of the Bavarian royal family and the efforts of William Maybach and others. The Bavarian mobile division of His Royal Highness has the scale it is today. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends xiaotang246, x9900, bighill1982, Promise Yi Mizi\u003c/a\u003e~~~, and book friends I Am My Yi, book friend 16033110, Ying Ziye, I never wanted to leave, and my classmates are in love \u003c/a\u003e support~~~, it is still three times today! Seek subscription for support! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e