Chapter 78: Blue Legion

"Since the Kingdom of Bavaria is so confident in their army, let them go, let's see what this southern little brother has tossed up for so many years." Frederick III glanced at the documents sent by his attendant. Signed his name on it.

　　The battle plan written by Prince Leopold of the Kingdom of Bavaria was passed in this way, so that some high-level Prussian army found it difficult to understand. After they saw it, the king seemed to place too much emphasis on Southern Catholics.

"Bavaria has developed a lot of new things, but we are not sure whether these things are useful or not. Therefore, we need a real battle to test it. If the performance is excellent, then the Prussian army can start to change immediately, and if the performance is not good , Then we have also avoided unnecessary losses. In short, you can treat him as a test product!" said the Army Chief of Staff Vadsi.

The senior German army naturally knows the things that Ruprecht has tinkered with. They think rapid-fire guns and machine guns are very good, but they are skeptical about mortars and automatic rifles. The change of weapons is caused by the change. For the whole body, adding a mortar is a major adjustment to the original military equipment and supply system. In peacetime, everyone's military expenditure is relatively tight. The top management must account for the cost-effectiveness of new weapons and equipment! And the most intuitive and effective accounting method is naturally to look at the performance in actual combat!

　　 And the Bavarian army is very suitable to be this guinea pig! The Bavarian royal family, who has pointed out the arms dealer technology tree, is very active in updating new equipment. First of all, the Bavarian royal family is rich! Secondly, self-produced and sold troops can make the royal family richer! Why not do it with so many benefits? Of course, the senior Bavarian army headed by Prince Leopold is still very satisfied with these new equipment. There is no problem with drawing 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 observers on the battlefield. As for the remaining troops, the Bavarian military will handle it. To be precise, it was handed over to Prince Leopold!

　　 Facts have proved that Prince Leopold can finally become the marshal of the empire and be tied with Hindenburg and others is absolutely true. For the kingdom’s unprecedented expedition, the Prince’s plan is still very thorough! Although you can't directly command this army to fight, it just balances the relationship between the army's firepower and logistical supplies!

　　 This unit, named the Blue Legion by Ruprecht, is the predecessor of the elite Bavarian Kingdom Guard in Bavaria! They first appeared in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and then made great prestige in Africa, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I! They always have the most elite officers and soldiers, equipped with the most advanced weapons, and appear on the battlefield where they are most needed!

"The number of troops should not be too large, but short and concise! We rely more on the advantages of technology and personnel quality rather than the number! The maximum number of combat troops is 1500! 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 on the mainland this time. The reserve before the war must be sufficient! The number of machine guns is not too much, 12, and each machine gun has at least 50,000 rounds of ammunition. !"

"For a 1,500-man troop, we can gather up to about 800 front-line infantrymen. Half of these infantrymen will carry new semi-automatic rifles. The riflemen have 200 rounds of ammunition and carry 60 rounds. The semi-automatic riflemen carry each of them. The bullet quantity should be more than 150 rounds! Those that cannot be carried will be handed over to the rifleman to help carry them. Each combat squad will be equipped with a grenadier, with 18 special grenades as standard."

In general, the firepower configuration of this unit is already very powerful, and some even exceed the capabilities of the troops at the time. For example, artillery. In the first war, the German army had more than 40,000 men and was assigned to 160 various types. For artillery of caliber, an average of 250 people only has 1 artillery.

　　Although the number of heavy artillery in the German artillery is too large, but at the same time, it must be considered that the logistics supply situation faced by the troops in the Far East is much more difficult than that of the European German forces in the first war! Besides, how many kilometers of railway were there in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty? All supplies must be drawn in a carriage from Vladivostok! Considering the road conditions in the Northeast, 6 rapid-fire guns are almost the limit of the army.

　　 Refer to the Japanese mountain artillery unit during the Second World War. A 4-gun company is about 195 officers and soldiers and 130 horses, so 6 artillery requires 300 people and nearly 200 horses! This accounted for one-fifth of the troops, and coupled with the organization of the mortar and machine gun troops, as well as the logistics unit, the 1,500 may not have many infantry.

　　 Maybe someone asked, one artillery can only be 6 horses at most, even if it doubles, it will only be 12 horses. How could it be possible to use so many horses? The original is 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 one-ton cannon is divided into 8 horses. Then there is a large amount of ammunition. According to the amount of ammunition that the Japanese artillery accompanied the army during the Russo-Japanese War, each artillery had about 200 rounds of ammunition! How many horses does this cost? The ammunition car for a rapid-fire cannon only has more than 70 rounds! In addition to the normal horses, there are spare horses!

　　 If everything is to be borne by the German army, UU reading www.uukanshu.com then these 1500 people will stop fighting, most of them will be transferred to transport troops! In this regard, it fully demonstrated Prince Leopold's coordination ability! He divided the supplies with the army into two parts, one part was the transport team that followed the army, and this part was directly in charge of the German army.

　　The other part is a mobile supply unit. According to the agreement reached with the Russians, this part of the supply and the supply from Vladivostok to the front lines are the responsibility of the Russians! And they will prepare a large number of horses to replace the loss of horses in the army's supply unit at any time.

　　The difference from ordinary people’s understanding is that in the pre-war battle, artillery and machine gun firepower were only part of it. You must know that at the beginning of the first war, a German division had only 28 machine guns. Considering the tragic supply environment, the machine gun with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute can't naturally be opened. In fact, Prince Leopold prepared 12 machine guns, 4 of which were spare! 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 Bavarian Army is not very large, it is not a problem to gather 800 semi-automatic rifles, but this kind of thing is more complicated after all. Although the Germans think the stability is good, they run to the northeast, in case it is winter, it will be icy and snowy. What if something happens here? Therefore, the prince asked the semi-automatic rifle and the old bolt-action rifle to match the ratio of 1:1.

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