The Rise of the Empire

"Since the Kingdom of Bavaria is so confident in their army, let them go. Let us see what this little brother in the south has tossed about for so many years." Frederick III glanced at the documents sent by his attendants, Just signed his name on it.

The combat plan written by Prince Leopold of the Kingdom of Bavaria was passed in this way, so that some high-level Prussian troops found it difficult to understand. From what they've seen, King's seems to be a little too attached to Southern Catholics.

"Bavaria has come up with a lot of new things, but we can't say whether these things are easy to use, so we need an actual battle to test them. If they perform well, the Prussian army can start changing their equipment immediately. If they don't perform well , Then we also avoided unnecessary losses. In short, you can treat him as a test product!" said Army Chief of Staff Vadsi.

The top brass of the German Army naturally knew the things that Ruprecht was tinkering with. They thought that weapons such as rapid-fire guns and machine guns were very good, but they were skeptical about mortars and automatic rifles. For the whole body, adding a mortar is a major adjustment to the original military equipment and supply system. In peacetime, everyone's military expenses are relatively tight. The top management must calculate the cost-effectiveness of new weapons and equipment! The most intuitive and effective calculation method is naturally to look at the performance in actual combat!

And the Bavarian army is perfect for this guinea pig! The Bavarian royal family, which pointed out the arms dealer technology tree, is quite active in updating new equipment. First of all, the Bavarian royal family is rich! Secondly, self-produced and self-sold troops can make the royal family richer! Why not do it with so many benefits? Of course, the high-level Bavarian army headed by Prince Leopold is still very satisfied with these new equipment. There's nothing wrong with pulling out a limited force.

In the end, the Kaiser approved the request of the Kingdom of Bavaria, but requested that about 300 Prussian officers and soldiers be placed in the army as battlefield observers. As for the composition of the remaining troops, it is completely handed over to the Bavarian military. To be precise, it was handed over to Prince Leopold!

Facts have proved that Prince Leopold is absolutely capable of becoming the Marshal of the Empire and being side by side with Hindenburg and others. For this unprecedented expedition of the kingdom, the prince's plan is still very thorough! Although it is not possible to directly command this army to fight, it has properly balanced the relationship between the army's firepower and logistical supplies!

This unit named by Ruprecht as the Blue Legion is the predecessor of Bavaria's elite Bavarian Kingdom Guard! They appeared in the Sino-Japanese War for the first time, and then played a great reputation in Africa, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I! They always have the best officers and soldiers, equipped with the most advanced weapons, and appear on the battlefield where they are needed most!

"The number of troops should not be too many, but short and sharp! We rely more on the advantages of technology and personnel quality than on numbers! The maximum number of combat troops is 1,500! The number of rapid-fire guns is about 6, and the number of 80MM mortars is at most 8. Each artillery must have at least 1,000 rounds of ammunition! We are not fighting at home this time, so the reserves before the war must be sufficient! The number of machine guns does not need to be too many, 12, and each machine gun has at least 50,000 rounds of ammunition !"

"With 1,500 troops, we can gather up to 800 first-line infantrymen. Half of these infantrymen will carry new semi-automatic rifles. The riflemen will have 200 rounds of ammunition and carry 60 rounds. The semi-automatic riflemen will carry 60 rounds. The amount of ammunition should be more than 150 rounds! Those that cannot be carried will be handed over to the rifleman for help. Each combat squad is equipped with a grenadier, and 18 special grenades are standard.

Generally speaking, the firepower configuration of this army is already very strong, and even somewhat exceeded the ability of the army at that time, such as artillery. During World War I, a German army had more than 40,000 people.

Only 160 artillery pieces of various calibers were equipped, and an average of 250 people had only one artillery piece.

Although the German artillery has a large number of heavy artillery, at the same time, it must be considered that the logistics supply situation faced by the troops fighting in the Far East is much more difficult than that of the European German army during World War I! Among other things, how many kilometers of railways were there in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty? All supplies must be pulled from Vladivostok by horse-drawn cart! Considering the road conditions in the Northeast, bringing 6 rapid-fire guns is almost the limit of the troops.

Refer to the Japanese mountain artillery unit during World War II. A 4 artillery company has about 195 officers and soldiers and 130 horses, so 6 artillery requires about 300 men and nearly 200 horses! This accounts for one-fifth of the army's personnel, and when combined with the establishment of mortar units and machine gun units, as well as logistics units, these 1,500 people may not have many infantry.

Some people may ask, a cannon can only have 6 horses at most, even if it is doubled, it will only have 12 horses. How can it be possible to use so many horses? It turned out to be very simple. If the artillery is towed, naturally 6 horses can carry a cannon and an ammunition cart. But you have to consider carrying it when necessary! The 1-ton cannon was disassembled and distributed to 8 horses. Then there is a large amount of ammunition. According to the amount of ammunition of the Japanese artillery during the Russo-Japanese War, each artillery should be equipped with about 200 rounds of shells! How many horses does it take? The ammunition vehicle for a rapid-fire gun is only more than 70 shells! There are spare horses in addition to normal horses!

If everything has to be borne by the German army, then these 1,500 people should stop fighting, and most of them will be transferred to transport troops! In this regard, Prince Leopold's coordination ability is fully demonstrated! He divided the army supplies into two parts, one part was the transport team following the troops, and this part was directly under the responsibility of the German army.

The other part is a mobile supply unit. According to the agreement reached with the Russians, the Russians are responsible for this part of the supply and the supplies transported from Vladivostok to the front line! And they will prepare a large number of horses to replace the horse losses of the army supply troops at any time.

Contrary to what most people understand, in the battles before World War I, artillery and machine gun firepower were only part of it. You must know that at the beginning of World War I, a German division had no more than 28 machine guns. Considering the tragic supply environment, the machine gun with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute cannot be opened wide. In fact, among the 12 machine guns prepared by Prince Leopold, 4 are spares! Therefore, although the firepower provided by machine guns and artillery is important, there is still a certain distance from dominating the battlefield.

At this time, the firepower of individual weapons is very important, such as semi-automatic rifles and grenades. Although the size of the Bavarian Army is not very large, it is still no problem to gather 800 semi-automatic rifles, but this kind of thing is more complicated after all. Although the Germans think that their stability is good, but if they go to the Northeast, if it is winter, it will be very cold. What do you say if something happens here? Therefore, the prince requested that semi-automatic rifles and old-fashioned bolt-action rifles be matched in a 1:1 ratio.

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