Chapter 113: Moltke's Surprise
Moltke did not leave after the founding ceremony of China, a series of reforms were carried out in China in the previous days, and his request to see was blocked, and finally he asked to visit the Wehrmacht and active weapons, and Qin Yu agreed to his request.
Little Moltke went to visit the Wehrmacht under the leadership of Jiang Fangzhen, and according to Qin Yu's arrangement, as long as the core weapons were put away and not given to Little Moltke to visit, so a large number of conventional weapons and military training will be visited by Little Moltke.
Moltke Jr. first asked to visit the training of the parade troops, and he always wondered how he could form such an imposing force.
"One, one, one, two, one......"
The troops on the outskirts of Beijing were training, and Jiang Fangzhen came in with the Germans who were good at Moltke, and Moltke looked at the Wehrmacht who was training and said curiously: "Marquis Chiang, your army will also conduct high-intensity training when there is no war?" ”
"Yes, according to the military regulations of the Empire, if you don't fight in peacetime, you must also carry out high-intensity training to maintain or improve the soldier's physical quality and crisis awareness, and only by becoming more proficient can you reduce casualties and enhance the victory rate.
His Majesty once said that sweating more in peacetime and shedding less blood in wartime, and that a soldier's sharpness and sense of crisis should not be lost because of peace. Jiang Fangzhen nodded and said.
A group of people walked and chatted, and the soldiers who were training saw that they were walking by without commotion, and they were all looking ahead with their heads held high, which made little Moltke very appreciative.
The general advantages of the Wehrmacht have been seen by him, the probability is strict, the terrifying drill, the super consciousness, the positive progress, etc., especially the military merit system makes Moltke very envious, and the Chinese National Defense Force with the military merit system is probably even more terrifying than the crazy Japan.
After watching the training of the Wehrmacht, he also probably understood how the neat movements of the parade army came about, which was a kind of mechanical movement formed by the accumulation of long-term training, and became an indispensable part of these Wehrmacht like human habits.
Moltke Jr. continued to ask to visit the special forces training, Jiang Fangzhen hesitated and agreed, and the others came to the special forces training camp in Beijing.
In order to prevent Moltke from discovering some advanced training tools, the special forces urgently hid these things, and some core training was also stopped.
After watching the training of the special forces, Moltke's head is big, which is simply like abusing soldiers, all kinds of training have to limit the time, and if they are not completed according to the time, they will be punished, and some training is simply in actual combat.
Rapid crawling under barbed wire, soaking in the water for several days, fierce confrontations, ambushes in the field without eating or drinking for a few days, bathing for a few minutes...... The series of trainings seemed so novel and cruel to Moltke that they had a strange effect.
But Moltke was stunned by the individual combat ability of the special forces, and the special forces of dozens of people can easily take out the leader of the enemy army or directly contain the enemy's combat headquarters and some other uses, which can definitely turn the tide of the battle at a critical time.
Moltke Jr. immediately told Jiang Fangzhen that he wanted to obtain special forces, but Jiang Fangzhen said that the special forces were a training method that directly belonged to Qin Yu, and even asked the special forces in China to send people to Germany to help Germany establish its own special forces.
command, and it was also established by Qin Yu, so it had to go through Qin Yu's intentions, and he didn't have this power.
Little Moltke was also helpless after knowing it, Germany estimated that it would not be able to get this special forces without paying some price, and other countries would also establish special forces, and the first one to establish it would have an advantage.
After watching this, Moltke suddenly wanted to see the latest progress of Huaxia's tanks and aircraft, after all, the two countries are now studying together, and Moltke also has the right to watch.
China and Germany are now studying the Mark IV improved tank produced by the British during World War I, which was named the 'Ripper' tank by Qin Yu, and the A7V improved tank produced by Germany in World War I, which was also renamed the A-1 tank.
The diamond-shaped configuration of the Mark I tank is characterized by the combination of the chassis and the upper body into a tall diamond, coupled with a low center of gravity and extra-long tracks, which is like turning the entire tank hull into a large wheel, so that the hull can roll through a qiē barbed wire fence and large and small trenches.
The male tank is equipped with a Hotchkiss naval 6-pounder (57mm) rapid gun in the turret, a 7.7mm Vickers water-cooled heavy machine gun behind the 6-pounder gun in the turret, and a 7.7mm Vickers water-cooled heavy machine gun on each side of the front and rear of the body, for a total of 2 guns and 4 heavy machine guns. The female tank was replaced with a 7.7mm Vickers water-cooled heavy machine gun in the position where the male tank was originally equipped with a 6-pounder gun, and nothing else changed.
The Ripper is a male Mark IV with two Hotchkiss 6-pounder rapids on the basis of the Mark I weighing 28.4 tons, while a female Mark IV with 5 Lewis machine guns weighs 27.4 tons.
The main gun of the A7V is not a German product, but a Belgian-made Maxim single-mount Nordenfort 57mm naval gun captured from Russia; The main reason is that the recoil travel of this gun is short (150 mm), and the power is enough to destroy all kinds of British combat vehicles at a distance of 2000 meters, an A7V can carry 500 shells, and the gun movement angle is only 25 degrees to the center line of the gun body, and the firepower coverage is slightly insufficient.
In addition to the main gun, the defense machine guns on the A7V are two on the left and right sides of the body and two at the rear of the body (a total of 6), all of which are MG-08 heavy machine guns, each machine gun is operated by two people and has 36,000 rounds of ammunition for backup; In addition to the stationary armament, in order to consider that the members of the vehicle must get out of the vehicle to fight once it is destroyed, one MG08/15 (MG-08 hand-held lightweight version), six Gewehr 98 rifles, grenades and Luger P-08 pistols are also prepared for use when leaving the vehicle for combat.
The two sides of the Chinese side had plenty of time to make a lot of improvements to the two tanks above, and now they have reached the final stage of testing, and they happened to be bumped into by Moltke Jr. and them.
"Boom ......"
The Ripper Tank roared and then slowly moved forward for a while, and then began to speed up and run, dusty, and the machine gunners on it mounted their machine guns and fired at the targets in front of them.
The "Sudden ......" bullets pierced all those targets, and some of the bullets hit the ground and splashed a lot of dust, leaving bullet holes one after another.
The turret of the "Boom ......" tank fired shells one after another, and the powerful force blew the targets in front of them away, leaving a huge crater on the ground.
The tank continued to move forward, ignoring the interception obstacles made of wire, and directly pressed through and tore the barbed wire in front of it, which made Moltke stunned, if there were hundreds or even thousands of such tanks, they could directly tear through the enemy's protection and kill them.
"Report to the chief, the tank unit is experimenting with a new type of tank to collect a number of jù, so I hope you can move to a safe place to watch, this is the danger zone."
A soldier who saw them stepping into the dangerous line of defense hurried over to persuade them, and saw that the soldier of the rank of the chief was extremely admirable, this is the second commander of the Wehrmacht, and safety is very important.
Jiang Fangzhen waved back and took Moltke to the research department, and he took them to see the remaining tanks at Moltke's request.
The rest of the A-1s had been tested before they came, so they didn't see them, but this one had already shocked Moltke, and as for the new tank at the parade, it was the A-1, but it hadn't been tested.
The rest of the planes were not here and left for the next day, for what they saw today has surprised Moltke and others, although Germany has now begun to produce tanks, but it is very single, even if the integration of German scientific talents to study it is only a partial transformation of it, I didn't expect Huaxia to have a new model in such a short time, he couldn't believe his eyes.
It seems that Huaxia still has a lot of things that have not been opened to Germany, and Moltke Jr. wants to test Huaxia's true strength this time. Many of Huaxia's drawings came from the hands of Emperor Qin Yu and had been discovered by the German intelligence department, after all, the two countries conducted joint research, and the German technicians could see the level of Huaxia technicians at a glance, and it was impossible for Huaxia's level to come up with so many drawings.
The next day, Moltke went to see the plane again, the progress of the plane is not as fast as the tank, and now it is still using the early wooden plane, and now the research is the load-carrying bomber, which is jointly researched by the two countries, and Huaxia himself has a research project on aircraft engines and iron aircraft.
The progress of the plane made Moltke put down his heart a little, if Huaxia still has more advanced aircraft drawings it would be terrible, now in Moltke's opinion, Huaxia is really mysterious, maybe one day Huaxia will strengthen Germany, he has always had this omen in his heart.
Moltke sent a telegram back to China after a few days of summing up the affairs of the Chinese army and weapons, and he said in the telegram that he must buy the advanced drawings or weapons of Huaxia back for study, and that he could not rely on cooperation with Huaxia alone, and that Huaxia also had something to hide from Germany, and asked Kaiser Wilhelm to pay attention to this.
Kaiser Wilhelm didn't feel anything after seeing it, and the matter of winning over Huaxia and his own research had already begun to be implemented, as for saying that Huaxia had something to hide from them, Germany also had reservations about Huaxia, which was also a means.
Kaiser Wilhelm asked Moltke Jr. to assist in the economic activities of Hanmi during his trade with China, so that the cooperation between Germany and China could be extended to the whole of China, so that there would be a large amount of resources to be exported back to Germany, and there would be a huge market for German merchants to invest and dump goods.
Moltke Jr. and Hanmi were negotiating with people from the economic department for the next period of time, and the Minister of Economy received them directly, and sometimes Prime Minister Chen Fu received them, which also reflected the importance that Huaxia attached to Germany.