The Rise of the Empire

"It's raining really hard." Little Maoqi, who was wearing a raincoat, looked at the cloudy sky, wiped the water droplets from his face and said.

Seeing that the exercise was about to start in two weeks, the Prussian regiment participating in the exercise began to prepare for the entrance. The light infantry all went in. Then when the big guys came on stage, it suddenly rained. It lasted three days... ..... The wilderness of the training ground directly turned into a swamp, and the originally poor dirt road turned into a pile of mud under the crushing force of tens of thousands of people, thousands of horses, hundreds of vehicles and artillery carts. Not far from Xiao Maoqi, a 210MM heavy howitzer was leaning sideways next to the roadbed. More than 30 horses and more than 200 people tried to drag this thing out of the mud pit, but it was of no use.

Accompanied by the sound of a gunshot coming from a distance, everyone just looked up into the distance and then continued to do their own business. This was another execution of an injured horse. This kind of thing has happened many times. People It's already become a strange thing, and it also means that tonight, there will be an extra piece of half-cooked horse meat in everyone's lunch box.

"How many horses are there?" Little Maoqi asked.

"There are more than 30 horses, not counting the hundreds that are sick or unusable. The quality of the horses has declined drastically. If this continues, within three days, we will only be able to use capable people or trucks." Hindenburg on the side also said with a gloomy face.

"You can also use a truck. Can you transfer it over? The Bavarians on the opposite side have already entered the scene. They may be watching our show in the tent now. The Kaiser is already very dissatisfied." Little Moltke said.

"You want to use heavy-duty vehicles on this road? It's impossible. Nowadays, artillery vehicles with more than 5 tons can't pass at all. You see this ground, there are two ditches along the way. How to get there?" Hindenburg wiped a He said angrily with the rain on his face.

"What should we do? Wait until the weather clears up, and then let the Austrians see this rag that stretches for several kilometers? The dignity and face of the empire are all gone!" Little Maoqi said through gritted teeth. That's called a psychological imbalance.

In the past, we didn't encounter heavy rain during exercises. If we did, we would just postpone it for a while, but this time it was different. Those southern guys on the opposite side didn't know what was going on, but they actually ran so fast. They never Bavaria came to the training ground earlier than he did! Except for the tracked vehicles, all the remaining vehicles using wheels and half of the vehicles using wheels actually ran over on their own.

Now Little Moltke still remembers the scene when the Bavarian Legion arrived at the training ground. A convoy of hundreds of vehicles of various types stretched for several kilometers, dragging artillery and supplies and swaggering through the market. In front of the German army and military leaders participating in the exercise, they were extremely arrogant. All the vehicles walked to the training ground easily at an average speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and then began to arrange, repair and build positions. So much so that Crown Prince William privately told Moltke: "The Bavarian soldiers are living so comfortably."

Even if it were three days later, the Bavarian soldiers on the opposite side would be playing in the mud in the rain like the Prussians. Marching in rainy days would be just as troublesome for the current immature mechanized troops. but now? The Bavarians, who had completed most of their preparations, were much happier than their Prussian counterparts.

"What are you talking about? They can still eat pasta in this weather?!" With a click, the biscuit in Little Moltke's hand fell to the ground.

"No, no, that's not the point. The point is how they sent this thing to the army.

If you think about it, an army of nearly 20,000 people can still eat hot pasta every day, so they must have a way to transport a large amount of supplies, food, warm clothing and fuel, especially fuel. " said Hindenburg.

"Huh?! Yes, if nothing else, an army like this consumes less than 100 tons of fuel, water, and food every day. Think about it, a division consumes 30 to 40 head of beef every day. About. How did they transport it in? This is unreasonable." Little Maoqi, who had been eating rusks, compressed biscuits and half-cooked rice for three days, finally turned his attention from the rice bowl to transportation.

"A half-track, it must be a half-track!" said Mackensen, who put the rusks aside. "Although tracked vehicles have the best passability, tanks and armored vehicles generally have a heavy weight, and half-track vehicles are actually cars equipped with part of the tracks. They have a very small weight and a relatively large ground area, so the passability is also good , if the ground is covered with straw and wooden boards, it can also be maneuvered."

"We have no better or faster way now, right? God knows how many more days this damn rain will continue to rain!" Little Maoqi said something that no one understood.

"In this case, well, General Mackensen, I will now give you an important task. Contact Bavaria immediately to see if they can borrow a few half-tracks." Moltke said.

"But it's not easy to drive a half-track in this weather, right?" Mackensen said.

"Even if the rain stops, the ground is still muddy. We lack effective towing tools. Damn it, why didn't we think of it? Why can't Prussian companies make what we need?" Little Moltke cursed. However, Xiao Maoqi seemed to have forgotten one thing. Before becoming the Chief of General Staff, he was in charge of equipment procurement!

"By the way, I also want to know how the Bavarian soldiers can eat hot food in this situation. Officers fight with their brains, while soldiers fight with their stomachs." Little Moltke glanced at the rusk in his hand again and said .

At the same time, Prince Ruprecht, who was eating lunch in the temporary headquarters, looked at the instant noodles in front of him, which were called "military special pasta" and later called junk food. It was already the third day. Yes, black pepper steak flavor, tomato beef brisket, um, the pork ribs noodles you had today? ! I have to say that the prince was tired of it.

But the prince was still very proud when he thought about making the German soldiers who were accustomed to black bread and biscuits like instant noodles. When eaten raw, they can be used as salty biscuits, and when cooked, they can be passed off as pasta in the army. It is still very popular in China because it is very easy to cook. Long storage time and rich taste. Of course, the most important thing is that it is the most convenient cooked meal when the cooking cart cannot provide enough brown bread. It’s good to have a hot bite on the battlefield. Who cares whether it’s noodles or biscuits?

"Has our plane arrived?" the prince said, looking at the sky.

"We've arrived a long time ago. The sky is clear over there." Baron Schmidt put down the knife and fork in his hand and said.

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