In short, Prince Ruprecht's answer satisfied the Kaiser, and after the meeting, he returned to Bavaria with the gown of the honorary marshal of Germany given by the Kaiser. Now that you have agreed with the Kaiser to deter those old antiques, there are naturally some things that need to be prepared.

But to be honest, it is indeed not so easy to come up with something to deter the most powerful army in this plane, the prince's brain is big enough, but the industry of this plane is very weak, what is the use of knowing more information about tanks and armored vehicles? Can't figure it out, isn't it for nothing? It seems very good to make something unconventional, but in fact, whether it is Schlieffen or Moltke, the theoretical military literacy of these people is still sufficient, and these things have no effect except to make the other party disdainful.

Generally speaking, there is no difference between the Bavarian army and the Prussian army in terms of firepower, thanks to the more abundant funds, perhaps there are more heavy artillery and machine guns than the general Prussian army, but this is not a quantitative change, not a qualitative change.

There will be no other feeling except for making the people of the Prussian expedition feel that the army in front of them is not bad for money and the firepower is very fierce, so if you want to say how capable our army is and how fierce the firepower is, this is obviously a success, and it will not be beneficial to the future prince's plan.

What is qualitative change? There is no essential difference between the Bavarian army and the Prussian army, and the increase in firepower is only one aspect of the prince's military reform over the years, and what is the most important and most energetic aspect? Mobility of troops! Logistics supply and support capabilities!

How far can a large army go in a day? If the corps is a unit, the legion carrying a certain amount of supplies can advance 15 miles a day for three consecutive days. It's about 24 kilometers. Of course, this is the speed after breaking away from the railway lines of communication. And even more without war.

And this speed is obviously not enough to carry out the plan developed by Schlieffen. Because Schlieffen demanded that the troops of the far right start from the coast of Dover and reach the Seine in 25 days. It's about 400 miles. This speed obviously exceeded the maximum speed of the large corps at that time, and these 25 days also included the combat time, although the historical border battles, the Germans beat the French, but the speed of advance was still reduced, and the attack speed of many armies was even only 13 kilometers per day.

This calculation is unlikely to succeed either in fact or in theory. And Comrade Schlieffen has exposed the sentence "the right-wing troops should make great efforts"! It means that the order has been given to you, how to turn it around, you can watch it, and run over anyway! Typical officer Nunu mouth, soldier running with broken legs.

Although the prince did not think that this plan could succeed, but he was not sure whether he could convince the Prussian General Staff, so in order to get a better result, the prince thought that he had to make Schlieffen and others realize the importance of motor vehicles to the speed of the march, of course, if it was necessary to carry out a pilot, the Prussian army was impossible, and His Royal Highness the prince could only pay out of his own pocket to carry out a pilot in the Bavarian army. The prince was touched by his own spirit.

If you want to make a motorized force like World War 2, don't think about it, it's impossible. You must know that in 1914, there were only 4,000 cars in the whole army in Germany, and many of these cars were 1.5-ton level little guys.

His Royal Highness's criteria for this so-called Bavarian mobile division are actually very simple: after departure, this division can travel 25 to 30 miles a day with equipment and supplies for the first three days of the start. For the next week, the speed of advance was about 20 miles per day.

All heavy artillery, ammunition trucks, field hospitals, field bakeries and other large items can be towed forward by motor vehicles. The carriages were reduced to a minimum, and the number of carriages and carts in the entire division, except for the avant-garde cavalry regiment to which the fighters were attached, did not exceed 4 percent of the normal German army establishment! The rest of the capacity is entirely covered by motor vehicles.

Some people may say, why cut horses? The reason is very simple, these four-legged guys are too good to eat, the same military unit, taking an army as an example, during the Franco-Prussian War, four people could average out a horse. And in the first battle, three people averaged one horse. And it is because of this extra horse that the entire army consumes 50% more food while the number of people remains the same! That is, there is very little food for people in the army, and one division, 30 tons of food per day is more than enough. But if you include the feed for the horses, that figure becomes 130 tons.

And people can resist a hungry meal, or eat half full, but horses are more expensive than people. Even if the portion is sufficient, you can't do without concentrate! As a result, the horses were reduced in pieces before they arrived at the battlefield and the personnel had not been reduced much. The most important capacity is gone, and the speed behind can only get slower and slower.

Therefore, in the prince's view, the reduction of horses is tantamount to a disguised increase in the army's logistical supply requirements, after all, the fuel used by cars is much less than feed, grain and grass. As for stability, it's actually about the same, after all, even if it starts, the army's marching speed is only more than 40 kilometers. Moreover, the road situation in Europe is relatively developed. The Belgians can quickly paralyze the railway line, and the road line really can't do it.

So how many vehicles does such a 14,000-man mobile division need? His Royal Highness the Prince started with an estimate of about 200 vehicles. But considering the tragic nature of this era, the maximum gasoline engine power is only 70HP. This power is not even as good as the sedans of later generations. In the end, in order to ensure the needs of the troops, the entire division was equipped with more than 350 vehicles of various types.

In fact, this data is already very good, you must know that in 1914, a German army had 1,168 large vehicles, which is not counting the additional transport forces configured to supplement the army's combat consumption. Even considering that the military aircraft transport fleet has a lot of additional supplies that need to be kept at a constant speed, then the capacity of the car is now more than twice that of the big car!

(The author is extrapolating this, and the information the author found was that the engine output of the Mercedes sports car in 1903 was 70 HP.) I can't find the truck. However, in 1905, the French came up with the first V8 engine, with an output of 200HP. And it broke the speed record of the car at the time, with a top of 120 miles per hour. Because of the arrival of the traverser, it is assumed that in 1898 there was a 70HP gasoline engine. ）

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