"If you don't stand in front of the rolling traffic, you'll never be able to appreciate the power and the shock it brings! A full 280 cars and armored vehicles of various types were photographed as a mechanical iron stream flowing down the wide road. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThese vehicles carry soldiers and equipment and can travel about 25 kilometers per hour! The distance they walked in an hour was equivalent to the distance traveled by an infantry unit in a day! General Dankel, the representative of the Austro-Hungarian side, who was responsible for accompanying Prince Ruprecht to Vienna, wrote in his diary.

"Alright, get ready to go, Major General Dankel, I think this journey will leave a lasting impression on you." At the invitation of the prince, the envoy from Austria was allowed to travel with the prince in the same car. This is a purpose-built sedan, which is by no means comparable to the current mass-produced goods. Even with a slight modification, the experienced soldier could still tell that the entire hull of the car was surrounded by heavy armor plates.

This is a bulletproof car, affected by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in history, the prince thinks that he is now the number one person, there are as many enemies as friends, what if he is assassinated by a gunman when he goes out? A single bullet can make decades of hard work for the prince come to naught, and in terms of his own safety, the prince will never relax. So there was such a 5.5-ton, 4-door, luxury bulletproof car. Most of the hull is made of armor steel with a thickness of 7 to 8 mm. And an 80-horsepower engine was used. The tires are also solid tires.

"The size of this team is huge." Major General Dankel looked at the 8 cars at the beginning and the tail, and the 10 trucks transporting the guards at the back and said, by the way, there are 8 armored vehicles at the beginning and tail to open the road and the rear of the palace. This armored car was armed with two machine guns. In Bavaria it is called the Weasel armored vehicle. Responsible for the reconnaissance of the troops.

"I think Your Excellency seems to have misunderstood, this is only a part, the convoy of my staff and personal guards, just 10 kilometers from here, is our large force, we will join them and go to Vienna." The prince said with some pride. In an important banquet of the Kaiser, more than 2,000 nobles and waiters arrived to welcome him, the scale is large, but it lacks connotation. Look for yourself. Well, iron-blooded, majestic, and crushing everything!

When a series of gray-black figures appeared in front of Major General Dankel, he knew what the concept of the so-called large army was, and more than 200 vehicles of various kinds formed a long line and discharged a 4-kilometer formation! Thanks to the money that the Bavarian government has had in recent years, the road chosen by the prince this time is a high-standard road with 4 lanes in both directions, otherwise this car formation will be even longer. The gray dragon was now dormant on the ground, and he couldn't imagine what it would be like once it moved!

"How can you use so many vehicles?" Major General Dankel wiped the cold sweat from his head and said.

"The strength of a guard regiment, they will carry their own ceremonial supplies and supplies to Vienna, I see this trip as a training at the same time, I want to know, how fast such a mechanized force can go, but unfortunately, according to the agreement between the two countries, we cannot carry heavy weapons, otherwise, this exercise will be closer to actual combat." The prince said with a smile.

"One regiment, all in motor vehicles?" The Major General was completely shocked, knowing that now even in Vienna, the price of a car is close to about 1000 pounds. Some minor nobles have to think about it before buying, and the prince in front of him actually uses such a valuable vehicle to transport an army! In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although there were trucks, it was generally believed that the cost performance was not as good as horse-drawn carriages, after all, the former was too expensive.

"The rapid mobile division that I am trying to build will use this as a model, all the artillery and heavy equipment will be transported entirely by trucks, and the personnel will also be partially transported, and we have paid a huge price and enough sincerity, but we have not been rewarded, and my grandfather and father are a little unhappy about this." The prince said, pointing to the convoy in the distance.

And at this moment, the prince's motorcade was already approaching. Accompanied by the order of the commander, all escorts stood up in salute. At the same time, the slogan is shouted - Long live Bavaria, the royal family will be prosperous!

"Your soldiers are loyal to the kingdom." Major General Dankel said with a little envy. As a nobleman of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he had participated in the royal activities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Prussia, and he was very keen to see that those people were genuinely supportive, and those people were under pressure or simply coping.

In his view, the Austro-Hungarian royal family had reached some degree of compromise with the capitalists and the old aristocracy. The two sides are allies, or interdependent, and they are more of an exchange of interests, and if you want to talk about loyalty, there may only be a small part.

The German Prussian royal family did have a strong control over the Reich, much stronger than Austria-Hungary, and they represented the old Junker aristocracy and the new capitalists, and the royal family was their leader, but only the chief. The upper echelons are controlled by the Kaiser, but the middle and lower echelons are controlled by the Junker aristocracy and capitalists, and this control cannot be said to be unstable, but there are some hidden dangers.

But during this time in Bavaria, the major general could feel that the control of the Bavarian royal family had penetrated into all levels of the country. More than 40 percent of Bavaria's 10 million people work in companies or units controlled by the royal family, whether it is a hardened armor factory, a steam turbine factory, a vehicle factory, or other civilian industries.

These enterprises not only brought high profits to the Kingdom of Bavaria itself, but also allowed the royal family to firmly grasp the economic lifeblood of the country! The control of the royal family over the middle and grassroots levels was strengthened, and the local capitalists and old aristocrats in Bavaria could only choose to cooperate or remain silent in the face of the crushing power and economic power of the royal family. The current Bavaria and the Wittelsbach family can really be said to be one!

Control alone is not enough, a solid kingdom must have the support of the people in the end, and after the last decade of development, Bavaria's economic power has expanded dramatically, and the people at home have also reaped huge benefits. All those who join the army can arrange for at least one person in their family to work in a factory or unit controlled by the royal family. The descendants of all those who have fought in wars or participated in expatriate assignments receive additional assistance from the royal family until the age of 18. And then you can enter the relevant department.

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