The Rise of the Empire

"I think that under the current organizational situation, it is inappropriate to use one Prussian division against one Bavarian division. Your organization is larger, has more heavy weapons, and also has many independent organizations. If you want to test a division Whether the combat effectiveness of the troops is excellent or not, we believe that it should be carried out under relatively fair conditions, at least the strength and technical equipment should be equal. In order to reflect the overall level of the two armies, I hope you will allow us to delegate some heavy equipment... ." Little Maoqi looked at the unkind eyes of the Bavarian representatives opposite, wiped his cold sweat secretly, and expressed his request.

"Okay, stop talking, listen to me!" The prince had no intention of asking Maoqi to say everything on the long list of additions. It was painful to listen to. "I make a request. You can judge whether you can agree to it. If so, then the rest of our work is to prepare."

"Our exercise this time is to test the strength of the legion's combat capabilities under the two army construction systems. Therefore, I require that all tactical needs must include my assault guns, tanks, self-propelled artillery, half-track transport vehicles, There are also planes flying in the sky, which must be added. This is a complete system. It is so easy to have such an opportunity, and none of us should miss it, right?" Ruprecht said.

"Based on the principle of equality between the two sides in the exercise, you naturally need to strengthen other arms in the absence of armored forces and mobility. A Prussian division has about 17,000 troops. In this way, you can expand your troops to 32,000, including all artillery. The total number of them shall not exceed the establishment of 2 divisions. You can use 150MM cannons and 210MM heavy howitzers if you want, but the number shall not exceed 12. You can mix and match the remaining 75MM guns and 105MM howitzers as you like. The total number of armored vehicles shall not exceed 40. How about this? This requirement is loose enough. You want to use carriages or trucks for transportation, it’s up to you, but the number of people can’t be increased!”

"Are you crazy?!" Little Maoqi looked at Prince Ruprecht across from him like he was looking at a madman. The conditions given by the other party are not too harsh, but too good! The number of artillery pieces does not exceed 2 divisions, which means that there can be two divisions, which is a full 28 artillery companies! There are nearly 140 artillery pieces of all kinds! There are also 150MM cannons and 210MM heavy howitzers that have been strengthened beyond history. Except for some military-level logistics and command units, this is the strength of an army! One division fighting one corps, well, that’s a good idea.

Moreover, Ruprecht also left space for Prussia for other technical arms, such as armored vehicles. The Bavarian Army only has 45 tanks and assault guns, and an unknown number of spare vehicles. The number and proportion of medium-caliber artillery can also be adjusted arbitrarily. Moreover, Prussia can also break the original establishment and increase the number of trucks at will to reduce logistics pressure and reduce logistics personnel. Increase frontline troops. This condition is very good.

Then Little Maoqi began to think about this problem. Did Ruprecht smoke last night, or was he really so arrogant? However, in line with the SB principle of not taking advantage of advantages, Xiao Maoqi decided to look at Bavaria's requirements first.

"Add an additional armored battalion, with a strength of about 21,000, and add an armored vehicle battalion. Well, I can understand these." Looking at the additional combined troops and establishment, Xiao Maoqi felt no surprise. Bavaria has done this in recent years, and it would be unreasonable not to increase the number.

"Aren't there too many half-track vehicles?" Hindenburg said next to him. "According to the structure of the Bavarian Army, you shouldn't have so many half-tracks.

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"Yes, according to the Prussian establishment, your division only has 150 trucks, and there are no 150MM cannons and 210MM heavy artillery." Baron Schmidt on the opposite side sneered.

"Okay, okay, there's no problem, don't worry about these issues." Little Moltke motioned to Hindenburg to say less. After all, in his opinion, he had already taken advantage, didn't he?

"What does it mean that both parties can be equipped with a certain number of aircraft?" Prince Albert asked.

"It's very simple. The Bavarian Army emphasizes a three-dimensional offensive, so in order to cooperate with the ground attack, we need 1 squadron of fighters and 1 squadron of bombers. So I hope you can provide aircraft take-off and landing sites. Of course, you can also assign them. The number of aviation equipment such as airships, reconnaissance balloons, and airplanes should not exceed 60," Rupprecht personally explained.

"Are these things useful?" Ludendorff said, looking at the documents in his hand.

"I think it's useful. You can do whatever you want." Caliput said with a smile.

"Is this important?" Xiao Maoqi felt a little fluttering in his heart. He knew more about the Air Force than others, but he was still focused on investigation. He couldn't figure out what tricks this prince could pull off.

"Every one of these is critical. They are all indispensable," the prince said.

"Okay, I support these in theory. But the location of the aircraft's take-off and landing is a bit difficult. I can't decide. This requires His Majesty's consent." Little Maoqi looked at the take-off and landing location chosen by Prince Ruprecht with a smile on his face. Straight up! This is in the royal hunting ground! Can't we just change the place?

"Also, to be honest, I think this place is not suitable as a take-off and landing site for airplanes or airships. If you plan to attach an airship, it is still too small and the transportation is not very convenient." Xiao Maoqi said.

"It doesn't matter, our big thing flies directly through the air." The prince pointed to the top of his head.

"This, although there are many things that are difficult to understand, ours is generally acceptable." Xiao Maoqi carefully calculated the number of troops and technical equipment in his hands.

A German army has 45,000 people. Of course, this includes a large number of logistics supply units and horse teams. An army has 2,880 carriages and 16,800 horses. The number of people needed to operate these carriages and horses is not a small number. . But now because it is an exercise, the logistics force can be greatly reduced.

The front-line troops of the Prussian Army involved in the exercise are no different from an army. They all have 24 infantry battalions, and these infantry battalions can also be replaced by some cavalry to coordinate with armored vehicles. 140 artillery pieces are enough. Among them, the 77MM rapid-fire cannons are enough to deal with the opponent's armor sprint even if they are evenly arranged. And because there is no limit on the number of trucks, if trucks are used to tow artillery, it will be enough to increase the mobility of the artillery. Forget about attacking, the mobility is still enough for defense.

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