In the second half of August, when William was wandering around balls, cocktail parties, and speeches, Joy, as Crown Prince Frederick's most important helper in charge of the logistics of the Black Eagle Legion, continued to receive a great deal of court education, and took advantage of the occasional free time to travel between Spandau and Charlottenburg Palace.

The reason for going to Spandau was that the company HK, based in Magdeburg, had invested in the establishment of the Spandau Institute at 25 Heerstr, near the Havre River.

It was an unusually obscure research institute in the nineteenth century, specializing in the field of military combat logistical support.

In the military science known to Joey in his previous life, it was believed that superb command art was a necessary condition for military success, while the huge and cumbersome military support science was the basic condition for military success.

Joy, who firmly believed in and pursued this theory, was busy studying or building up some of the trivial memories he knew in his previous life, such as equipment procurement, logistics and transportation, supply and maintenance, military medicine, field survival, military explosives management, personnel co-ordination, financial supervision, religious beliefs, legal guarantees, and military bands, through this institute.

In the 21st century, all of these fields belong to the category of military science, and the content of the disciplines is broad and profound, and Joy only knows some of the conclusions in the above fields by virtue of his love for military science in his previous life.

To put it simply, Joy's current state is to know what it is, but not why it is, so the most important purpose of establishing the Spandau Institute is that Joy hopes to turn the above scientific conclusions into a systematic scientific theory system through reverse research.

Perhaps, the victory of the early war still relied on the wisdom of the generals and the courage of the soldiers, but after the industrial revolution, especially after the establishment of military decision-making bodies such as the General Staff, war has completely become a science and a system.

Any war from now on needs the power of science and theory, and the ability to integrate the various strengths of a country, and the power of hot weapons, for the first time, surpasses the power of man.

In this era, whoever occupies the high ground of theory first means half of the success, and the other half of success is who can turn theory into reality first.

If Joy was willing, he could have cheekily made Mahan's "Theory of Naval Strategy" public more than 30 years in advance, and if he wanted to be a little more shameless, Du Hei's "Air Supremacy" could also be published more than 40 years in advance.

But what's the point?

These theories have long been hidden in Joey's heart, and publishing these theories now is at best a prophetic success for Joey, but if he can turn these theories into reality with strong industrial strength and abundant logistics strength, this is Joey's pursuit of coming to this world.

The prestige of winning a hundred battles is still reserved for those outstanding German generals, and Joey I will create a logistical kingdom for the generals to play to their heart's content, and even squander it.

Of course, this institute, which has only been established for more than two months, is still only in the stage of creation, and the specific research direction is the above-mentioned 11 fields temporarily demarcated by Joey, or it is more appropriate to say that the 11 departments, some of which are close to full staff, and some are even empty.

Among them, the third section of the research institute is responsible for the research of supply and maintenance, because the personnel are relatively neat and the topics given by Joy are more detailed, so it has made a lot of deep efforts early in the supply of supplies, the supply of clothing and equipment, engineering construction, obstacle equipment, ammunition supply, bulk equipment supply, and the supply of repair spare parts and sanitary equipment.

The first to produce results, and the easiest to produce results, is naturally the transportation of clothing, barrier equipment and goods.

The standard attire of the German Army in 1879 was not the same Prussian blue, but the white and even red uniforms of the other federal armies, even the Prussian blue, which was common among the Prussians, was divided into light blue for the sky, blue-black for steel, and even blue-green for grass.

In addition, each regiment, especially those with honorable traditions, added yellow, green, and even red necklines and cuffs to its uniforms, and wore black, white, yellow, or red hats that matched its team's identity.

When it comes to the caps and helmets of the German Army, they are also bizarre, in addition to the bear fur that represents the strength of the army, there are also the pointed hats of brave grenadiers, the cylinder caps and flat caps of ordinary soldiers, and of course, the pointed leather eagle helmets of the Prussians, which are also a major feature.

The quilts and equipment first shown to Marshal Mandol were not revolutionary products, there were no camouflage uniforms, no steel helmets, no grenades, and no so-called "artifacts" such as sapper shovels.

The reason for not wearing camouflage uniforms is very simple, camouflage uniforms are accompanied by close-range assault attacks, and the attackers hope to rely on the camouflage of nature to achieve the purpose of getting close to the enemy without being detected, and the current Prussian infantry theory and infantry drill code do not have this set of tactics at all.

Really forced to put on the camouflage combat uniform, it is estimated that the only consequence is to burn up Joey's money.

Textile color printing is the twentieth century textile technology, in electrification and textile chemical technology is highly developed in 1923 invented, not to mention that now the German chemical technology tree is all on the coal mine, there is no basis for oil, just the color printing operation plate and the 2mm below the plate finishing manufacturing process, can make Joey completely crazy.

Before 1900, the world was the world of monochrome printing, when there was flower cloth, you can think about camouflage cloth.

The reason for the lack of steel helmets is simpler, the current production of manganese steel is low and expensive, Joey asked a circle of German steel owners, and came to the conclusion that if the Prussian soldiers were equipped with steel helmets made of manganese steel, it would be tantamount to putting a golden hat on their heads, and neither himself nor the Prussian military would be so wealthy.

If you can't make a stamping helmet from manganese steel, but simply make a cast iron helmet, it is better not to give it to soldiers, not to mention the comfort of wearing, just that weight can kill people.

The reason why there are no grenades, or no TNT explosives, is because there are not large quantities of benzene to make trinitrotoluene.

At present, Germany's industrial benzene is mainly a by-product of coal coking, and a ton of coal coking produces up to one kilogram of crude benzene, not to mention the complexity of the process, that is, it is really in accordance with this method to produce benzene, and then turn it into TNT, then Joey's first goal is to produce high-value shells, not to produce any grenades.

The power of the black powder grenade is estimated to be louder than the lethality, and as for the bitter acid grenade.... Considering the powerful corrosive effect of picric acid on ironwork, Joey thought about it and decided that it was better for himself, and the Prussian soldiers, not to commit suicide.

With oil, with machine guns in trench warfare, it's not too late to think about grenades, and even if you consider grenades, you have to rank second in importance to mortars.

The reason for not having a sapper shovel is also very simple, in the war of this era, there have not been machine guns, and there are no large-caliber artillery cannons, everyone is basically a linear tactic of lining up to shoot, even if it is obscene, it is just lying on the ground to shoot, and no one has to carry a sapper shovel with him to dig some personal bunker.

If you are really timid, you can learn from the French to dig trenches, but digging trenches requires a long-handled iron pickaxe, not a short-handled sapper shovel.

Later, when it is necessary to emphasize individual tactics, but there is no cover from planes and tanks, Joey is ready to use the legendary "artifact" that can fry eggs.

If, in close combat, a soldier fights with the enemy without a pistol, a shotgun, a submachine gun, or even the bayonet and butt of a rifle, but with a sapper shovel to fight the enemy, this kind of soldier with a bad brain should not be recruited into the army.

Of course, the three-edged military thorn that has turned from a myth into a legend is still left to the Russians who are full of serf soldiers, and in the modern hot weapon war, the Germans do not need to rely on a crude cold weapon to find self-confidence.

Therefore, the results shown by the third section for Marshal Mandolfil were simple.

The first result is that according to the standard of twisting 21 inch cotton yarn into three strands, the twill cotton fine canvas was woven, replacing the original military uniform fabric, with the aim of making the new military uniform more tough and wear-resistant, and improving the life of combat clothing.

The second result was to change the traditional Prussian military uniform with blue on the top and black on the bottom to gray-green, and by the way, the eye-catching red lines on both sides of the trousers were removed, and the smelly and long leggings were also canceled, and two gray-green canvas leggings were replaced by two gray-green canvas leggings.

The third result, which seemed the simplest, was to make a cloth cover out of gray-green canvas and cover the leather eagle helmet to hide the beautiful and somewhat dazzling bronze eagle emblem, the brass tip and the brass button.

The fourth result was a bundle of soft pit viper barbed wire, which was originally proposed by several researchers who had returned to Germany from the United States when Joy was proposing the use of barbed wire technology invented by Joseph Glidden in the United States during the Western Frontier Movement.

Seeing this idea, Joy immediately turned the simple barbed wire into a soft and easy-to-pull pit viper barbed wire, which is the best weapon to limit the enemy's group charge in addition to mines and artillery fire, and the most important point is that for a steel country like Germany, the pit viper barbed wire can be completely sufficient and cheap.

The fifth result is the large and small standard iron boxes, or the blessing of the large number of steel mills in Germany, the Spandau Institute has a large number of steel resources that can be invested in the research of bulk cargo transportation.

The large standard iron box in front of him coated with anti-rust paint is designed by Joey with reference to the container of the previous life, and the only difference is that the size of this iron box is far less large than the container of the later life, and it is much smaller.

After all, animal power is still used in this era, and even a car with an internal combustion engine can't drag a standard container in Joey's previous life for the time being, so the size of this standard iron box must meet the towing force of a four-horse carriage and the lifting force of a steam crane as the bottom line.

As for the hidden behind the standard iron box transportation, improve the efficiency of loading and unloading, reduce cargo damage, save packaging, and so on, I will not go into details.

One of the things that Joey values the most, is the significance of the standardization of transportation and packaging behind the standard iron box, and mastering the world's standards has always been something Joey's dream of.

The size of the small standard iron box is similar to that of a locker in Joey's previous life, and the same size as the wooden plank box currently used in the Prussian army, and like the large standard iron box, the surface of the box has a protrusion that acts as a stiffener through the bending technology of a thin iron shell.

After the researchers at the Spandau Institute opened the small standard iron box, there was a row of tinplate cans produced by OXO after introducing patented technology from the United Kingdom and the United States.

Of course, at Joy's suggestion, on the basis of the introduction of patents, OXO added a new patent for opening tinplate cans, that is, using the can opening key to set the joint of the groove reserved on the side of the tinplate can, and turning vigorously to open the can.

Several tinplate cans from OXO companies impressed the old marshal both in terms of the way they were opened and the taste of the food, but the most impressive thing was a large tinplate cans of 40X30X20cm.

When this large can was opened, it was neatly stacked and wrapped in oiled paper, and the yellow and clear HK81A2 7.62mm bullets were inside.

Storing bullets with tinplate cans, and only the 7.62X56mm rifle with double-base smokeless propellant can enjoy this treatment.

The reason for attaching importance to this smokeless propellant bullet is very simple, that is, Joey conservatively predicts that this HK81A2 rifle can be used in the main battlefield at least until 1940, and in this long time, as a consumable bullet, its storage and preservation are very important.

In a confined and oxygen-deprived tin canned environment, Joey believed that the bullets were produced in 1979 and that when they were opened in 1914, the soldiers could use them.

The landlord's family can't squander the surplus grain, not to mention that the German Empire is not a big landlord now, starting from the accumulation of little by little savings, the Germans have the capital to fight a big war.

The sixth result, a stove on wheels, or rather, a field cooker, a four-wheeled oven and a soup trailer for the bread company of the Prussian army food service.

The appearance is very similar to the German Sd.Ah.106 field cooking vehicle, which is the World War II model that the chimney can be put down.

In his previous life, he participated in many activities that simulated the military scenes of World War II, and he also made many times through the food made by the Sd.Ah.106 field cooking car, and he was addicted to World War II, so Joey was deeply impressed by this field cooking car, and also knew that it was an improvement of the Sd.Ah.105 model in World War I, and the main improvement was that the chimney could be put down.

Marshal Mandolfil smiled, and heard his youngest son say many times that Joey liked food, but he didn't expect that his army on an expedition to Chile could still use Joey's hobby to eat hot bread and hot soup on the battlefield, and he really couldn't think of anything more than a bowl of hot food to boost the morale of the soldiers.

The seventh achievement was to change the leather armed belts originally worn by Prussian soldiers into canvas, which on the one hand reduced production costs, and on the other hand, it was easier to maintain, and it was far more troublesome to take care of a leather product than a cloth product.

Similarly, the Prussian Y-shaped leather arming harness was changed to a more stable canvas H-shape, and at the shoulders, a wider and thicker cloth cushion was added to make it more comfortable for the soldier to wear it.

The first impression of Marshal Mandol was that the third section of the Spandau Institute displayed this set of individual carrying equipment composed of belts and harnesses, and the first impression of Marshal Mandolfil was that there were so many bags that could be carried.

There is not only an ammunition bag for bullets, a medical bag for gauze, bandages and hemostatic powder, but also a canvas case for a steel kettle and a steel stamped cup, a bag for personal clothes and daily necessities to be hung on the hips, and a large backpack on the back, which is very similar to a Norwegian hiking bag, and a wooden outer back frame on the outside, which can ensure that the large backpack will not tip over when placed on the ground.

Marshal Mandolfil counted carefully, and there were four ammunition packs, a medical kit, a water bottle bag, an attachment bag, a large backpack, and two miscellaneous bags on his shoulder, one obviously containing cigarettes and hard candy, and the other containing the soldier's identification badge.

Marshal Mandolfil pulled the equipment of the model standing in front of him one by one, and there was only one conclusion in the end, which was very strong!

In the process of finding fault with himself, the old marshal even noticed that behind the attached bag on his hips, there was a set of card irons that could slide up and down, looking at the old marshal's puzzled eyes, Joey explained with a smile.

"In the long-distance weight-bearing test of this set of individual load-bearing equipment, the researchers found that the bag would either slide on the belt or flip around the belt due to the movement of the soldier's hips, and this fixed deadbolt slider is designed to solve this problem."

"Do you have to test the products you have researched?" Marshal Mandolfil asked in surprise.

"Yes, Lord Marshal, all the products you see now have been tested, not only do we need to think of possible problems with the product first, and write the test standards in advance, but also in the testing process, after the product has problems, we also have to write supplementary test standards, and finally verify our own products, which can solve all the problems found." One of the researchers who accompanied the Spandau Institute replied nervously.

"First assume the problem, write the standard, find the problem, and then write the standard verification." Marshal Mandolfil glanced at the nervous researcher and concluded himself.

"Yes, Marshal, you summed it up so well." The researcher complimented with a flushed face.

Marshal Mandolfil laughed, and then asked Joey with a straight face, "Is it too hasty to rely on your researcher to imagine a product far away from the battlefield?" ”

"Lord Marshal, the researchers are only theoretically building models to evaluate problems, and in fact, all the questions are raised from those who have extensive experience on the battlefield."

"Let's put it this way, this institute employs a number of veterans who have received war medals, are well-educated, and loyal to the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and finally make corresponding improvements and finalize the equipment according to their evaluation." Joey replied with a smile.

"Interesting." Marshal Mandolfil nodded, "Joey, I want to hear what difference this equipment can bring to my legion, or to future wars?" ”

"As you wish, my marshal." Joey nodded with a smile, then pointed to a low, open weedy field near the bank of the Havre River, more than 500 meters away, and asked the old marshal, "My lord, can you see anything unusual in that grass?" ”

Marshal Mandolfil, looking carefully for a long time, finally shook his head.

After Joey motioned for the people of the institute to blow the whistle, a dozen people in gray-green clothes rose up one after another on the open grass.

The researcher at the Spandau Institute next to him began to explain, "Marshal, what I am showing you now is the concealment function of the gray-green Prussian military uniform and hood. ”

"In the case that the Black Hawk Corps is less than the full strength of the Prussian division, according to our research and analysis, this unit is destined to be dominated by interspersed movement warfare, and will not undertake the offensive operations in the main direction of attack."

After seeing Marshal Mandolfil nodding slightly, the researcher on the side said, "Our research institute has done research according to the mode of sports warfare, and in the process of sports warfare, the most dangerous situation is to encounter the enemy's ambush and encirclement. ”

"In such a dangerous situation, wearing this uniform can increase the degree of concealment of the Prussian soldiers by 65% and increase the error of enemy rifle shooting by 400%, in other words, the enemy has to travel half the distance to our side and consume 4 times more bullets before he can hit our soldiers."

"In addition, we have also improved the soldier's leggings, the original bandage leggings are cumbersome to use, and the new leggings adopt 8 buckles and 17 holes to tie the cloth, which is convenient for soldiers to wear and fix, and is conducive to infantry long-distance travel under the condition of ensuring that the calf muscles are evenly compressed."

"In our long-distance weight training of 30 kilometers a day for a week, among the 30 participants wearing new leg wraps, 25 people were satisfied with the feedback, 5 people were good, and the satisfaction rate was 83%." The researcher looked at the data in his hand and continued.

This was still an era when infantry measured the land with their feet, and in the absence of mechanization or animal transportation, soldiers who traveled long distances had to have leggings or leggings to reduce the damage to their leg muscles on long journeys.

Paying attention to every detail of the soldiers, trying to help them think about everything, is the ultimate goal of Joey's establishment of this institute.

The display of pit viper-type barbed wire, so that the old marshal finally saw the viciousness of this simple obstacle, several researchers dragged the pit viper-type barbed wire, and after a while pulled out an insurmountable obstacle in the open space, looking at the tough and soft wire, bright thorns, the old marshal thought of several sets of methods, tried a few times, and finally decided to give up crossing this obstacle.

The researcher of the Spandau Institute said with a smile, "Lord Marshal, this pit viper-type barbed wire fence is the best obstacle to restrict the movement of enemy cavalry in an open area, we have done 50 groups and 200 war horse tests, without exception, no war horse is willing to cross this kind of obstacle. ”

"Don't talk about horses, people don't want to live, this thing is too difficult." Marshal Mandolfil shook his head, and then asked, "No, your institute doesn't have a solution to crossing this thing, right?" ”

Joey nodded to the researcher, and the hinted researcher replied, "Marshal, the solution is simple, either cut it with pliers, or spread this canvas military uniform on top of it, and then the person will turn it over. ”

"Ahh Doesn't people get hurt? ”

"Adults, there is also a risk of injury, and our test results show that there is still a 25% chance of injury after the pliers are cut, and there is a 65% chance of injury if you press it with clothing."

"You've done your research so carefully, you have all the data." Marshal Mandolfil was convinced.

The explanation of the large standard iron box is that this is a B2B mode of transportation (base to base), that is, the mode of transportation from the logistics base to the logistics base, which is suitable for ship and rail transportation, and this large standard iron box will not be transported to the front line, but will only stay in the logistics base.

The small iron box will move with the army on the horse-drawn carriage, instead of the wooden crate, which plays the role of sheltering from the wind and rain and properly preserving the materials, especially the canned food with tinplate, which can be transported safely.

And the old marshal thought even more openly, and he also came up with an idea to make proper use of it, "If I really encounter a small sneak attack by the enemy, I will be like the Americans dealing with the Indians, and I will put these iron boxes on the sand pile around the camp as a barrier." ”

After reading the toast and boiling hot soup, Marshal Mandolfil proposed that he hoped that the Spandau Institute could provide a field cookware equipment that could be used to make sausages.

Joey smiled and agreed.

As for the individual carrying equipment, the old marshal no longer needs researchers, so he will introduce it more.

Finally, the old marshal asked Joey a question that had nothing to do with technology.

"Joey, why didn't I see the factories for the manufacture of related products in this research institute, aren't you ready to produce these military equipment to the Prussian army?"

"My lord, it's true that there is no manufacturing factory." Joey smiled and nodded, "Because the cost-effectiveness ratio is not cost-effective, if you want to set up such a factory, you not only need to invest a lot of money in plant and equipment, but also need to hire a large number of skilled workers." ”

"Taking military uniforms as an example, the military will control the purchase price of military uniforms, and military uniforms are not high-end garment production, and they can be sold at a good price in the market. Although military uniforms and equipment are full of wisdom, the problem is that their technical threshold is too low, and anyone can imitate them with just one glance and a turn. ”

"So." Joey shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Just starting a factory for these products will not only make no money, but also lose money." ”

"Then what you showed me, wouldn't I not need it?!" Marshal Mandolfil looked at Joey in surprise.

"Of course not, my lord, Germany has a mature and complete textile industry, food processing industry and steel products manufacturing industry, I am ready to sell the results of the institute to those large factories in the form of patent licensing, let them produce, they can control costs and make profits, and the institute can also get the corresponding patent fees."

"But, Joey, how can you guarantee that other people are producing the same things that I see today?"

"Unified production standards, as well as inspection." Joey said with a serious face, "The technical parameters of all products will be indicated in the licensing contract, take the military uniform fabric as an example, the cotton thread used for weaving must be a fine 21 inch cotton yarn twisted into 3 strands, and the textile technique must be a three-up twill weaving method, and the weight of each square meter of cloth must be one ounce." ”

"For gray-green, the research institute has calibrated its color card, and the printing and dyeing factory produces fabrics of the same color as long as they follow the color on the color card."

"As for the cutting size drawing, the people at the institute marked the size of each piece of cloth according to the three-dimensional cutting method, so no matter who cuts and processes it, it will be the same style."

"The dimensions and edge banding requirements of those bags are also fully drawn, and the tensile strength and corrosion resistance requirements of the metal fasteners are also clearly written, including the tools on how to test them, and there are also detailed requirements."

"Finally, there is the sampling method and inspection standard for the production of finished products, and the mathematical geniuses in the Spandau Institute have long been prepared."

"Anyway." Joey looked at the Prussian military uniform that had changed color, and the individual armor that was very similar to the U.S. Army M1937, clapped his hands vigorously, and said.

"As long as you follow the German standards set by the institute, your legion, my lord, will definitely use the best products made in Germany."