Ruprecht didn't stay long in Beiyang, and it was good to leave those small things to his younger brothers. The navy was thus decided, strengthening the Beiyang, beating the Japanese navy miserably, and then after the war, the three countries intervened and let the Japanese spit out part of what they had eaten in their mouths.

But Ruprecht was not satisfied with the light of tinkering with a little movement at sea! The First Sino-Japanese War, how can you do it without mixing it with land warfare? Since the Russians have provided loan funds, it is also possible to use the Russians' money to fight a small-scale ground war with Japan to test the performance of the army's new equipment and the current combat effectiveness of the German army.

Some people may ask, what if Britain, France and Russia saw the role of machine guns, rapid-fire guns and mortars because of this battle? Isn't that lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot?

Naru Precht can only say that those who have this kind of idea have read too much of Xiaobaiwen! Machine guns played a huge role in the Russo-Japanese War. At the beginning of the 1 World War, the armies of various countries had a certain amount of machine guns, the German MG08 performed well, and the British Wicks did just as well. Everyone knows that machine guns are easy to use. But the point is, do you have the money to equip it? As far as Maozi's industry is concerned, although there are a lot of machine guns at the beginning, in the end, the number of machine guns in his army is obviously inferior to that of Germany and France. There is still a big gap between knowing and doing! As for Britain and France? The people had no less machine guns than the Germans. Even if it starts with a little less, with the industry of Britain and France, it will not be a big problem to replenish it.

As for rapid-fire guns? RUPRECHT WOULD HAVE LIKED FRANCE, BRITISH, AND RUSSIA TO FALL DIRECTLY INTO THE PIT OF THE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN, AND COULD NOT EXTRICATE THEMSELVES! Why did Germany advance at the beginning of World War 1 in history? One of the most important reasons for this is that the Germans used large-caliber howitzers! This thing is more powerful and has more range than the 75 rapid-fire gun, and its trajectory is more curved. I can hit you, you can't reach me! So all kinds of howitzers in the 1st World War were king, and the French finally began to switch to howitzers!

Ruprecht wanted to use this war to make the Germans realize how powerful an army armed with machine guns and rapid-fire guns was, and to prepare more artillery and machine guns for the troops when they were fine, these things were useful in World War 1! In addition, let Count Schlieffen know how huge the consumption of ammunition for such an army is! Through actual combat, they realized how ridiculous their estimation of transportation capacity is!

Ma Zheng is one of the foundations of the Junker aristocracy, which is too difficult to shake, and it is difficult for the military to pass, after all, almost all the top echelons of the Prussian army are Junker nobles. But at the very least, let these people consider using some other means of transport to make up for the lack of horses! For example, cars and tractors. Although it was impossible to replace horses with 1 war trucks.

After all, in World War II, it was as strong as the German Army, and horses were still one of the main transportation capacity, but Ruprecht thought that if it could be mentioned from the beginning, then Germany's transportation preparations in World War 1 would be better, at least it could be pushed forward, right? On the Eastern Front, the logistical supply pressure of the German army will also be relatively reduced, if World War 1 breaks out. Ruprecht is trying to defeat Russia in the shortest possible time, supply capacity is naturally an unavoidable problem, and trucks must be supported by the state to develop!

The name has already been thought of, even if it is a mercenary, don't laugh, the mercenaries and volunteers in this era are much stronger than the Blackwater company of the American emperor in later generations! The former can only be regarded as security forces, and they have fought with some extremists and opposition guerrillas. And in this era, there are mercenaries who have fought against the most powerful empire in the world! Know about the Boer War, right? Among the Boer troops was a force of 2,000 foreign volunteers, and the international column in the Spanish Civil War was even more famous!

A small mercenary army will not cause discontent among the British, or rather, the British will find out, what else? Of course, this army must not fight with the Qing army, and most of the Qing army in this era are pig teammates! Moreover, a small army of yours and a Japanese division of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people are just facing each other, aren't they looking for death? If you help the Qing Kingdom defend the port or the city, it will be even more dead! The only difference is how many Japanese you can kill before you die! This kind of buying and selling Ruprecht is absolutely not to be done!

You can give money and help you fight the Japanese, but how to fight and where to fight is up to me! Blocking the offensive path of the main forces of the Japanese army, the mountain will be crushed sooner or later. Moreover, judging from the logistics and support system of the Qing Dynasty, it is simply unable to support a modern army to fight for a long time.

So Ruprecht's final policy was to make some moves on the flanks of the Japanese army. Historically, all the Japanese Army did was to occupy the Liaodong Peninsula, and then cooperate with the Navy to march into the Shandong Peninsula and take Weihaiwei! This time it is estimated that this will still be the case, after all, the Japanese Army only has 7 main divisions and regiments, and the strength is limited.

Ruprecht decided to kick the Japanese in the ass hard in the back. With Mukden as the forward base, the Japanese army was engaged in engine action warfare, relying on the technical superiority of rapid-fire guns and machine guns to suppress a small number of Japanese troops, and when encountering the main force of the Japanese army, it chose to retreat.

If they want to fight in the Far East, the Russians will absolutely not be able to avoid it, and with the current efficiency of the Qing State and the so-called logistical supply method, if the Germans rely on the Qing State to provide supplies, they will have to be pitted to death! Moreover, the required ammunition and materials need to be transported from the mainland. These things can only be transported to Vladivostok first, and then by land to the front. In addition to logistics, Ruprecht also needed some cavalry to take on reconnaissance missions.

There are a lot of things, and the more important thing is that Ruprecht has only learned something theoretically about marching and fighting, if the current Ruprecht in the navy can be regarded as "experienced in actual combat", then the land war is completely for rookies, but it doesn't matter, there are many big bulls in the German army, such as his uncle! They are people who have experienced the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War! It was no problem to assemble such a force and arrange a proper officer corps, and as for the diplomatic work, it was left directly to the German government.

All Ruprecht needs to do is offer some advice. And try to make the Bavarians as much as possible in the army, any war is an opportunity for arms dealers, and now Ruprecht can almost be said to be an arms starter! If the Bavarian army can perform well this time, then Bavaria's export performance will be much better, and the German army may also have to consider a large number of new weapons such as machine guns, mortars and automatic rifles.

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