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Chapter 660 Let's Talk

"I think that under the current organizational situation, it is inappropriate to use a Prussian division to fight a Bavarian division. Your party has a larger organization, more heavy weapons, and has many independent organizations. If you want to test whether a unit's combat effectiveness is excellent, we think it should be carried out under a relatively fair condition, at least the force and technical equipment should be equal. In order to reflect the overall level of the two armies, I hope you will allow us to delegate some heavy equipment..." Xiao Moltke looked at the bad eyes of the Bavarian representatives opposite, wiped his cold sweat secretly and expressed his requirements.

"Okay, stop talking, listen to me!" The prince had no intention of letting Xiao Moltke say all the things on the long list of supplements. This thing hurts his mind. "I make a request, and you can judge whether you can agree. If possible, then our remaining work is to prepare."

"Our exercise is to test the strength of the army's combat capabilities under the two military establishment systems. Therefore, I require that all the tactical needs must include my assault guns, combat vehicles, self-propelled artillery, half-track conveyor vehicles, and air-flying aircraft. This is a complete system. We should never miss this opportunity, right?" Ruprecht said.

"In line with the principle of equality between the two sides of the exercise, your side naturally needs to strengthen other troops in the absence of armored troops and mobile power. A Prussian division has about 17,000 people. In this way, you can expand your troops to 32,000. The number of all artillery will not exceed the organization of 2 divisions. You can also use 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy howitzers, but the number will not exceed 12. You can match the remaining 75mm cannons and 105mm howitzers. The total number of armored vehicles will not exceed 40. How about it? This requirement is loose enough. If you want to use a carriage or a truck for transportation, you can do whatever you want, but the number of people cannot be increased!"

"Are you crazy?!" Little Moltke looked at Prince Ruprecht on the opposite side with a madman look. The conditions given by the other party were not too strict, but too good! The number of artillery does not exceed 2 divisions, which means two divisions can be used. This is a total of 28 artillery companies! The total number of various artillery is nearly 140 pieces! And there are 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy howitzers that have exceeded historical strengthening. In addition to the lack of some army-level logistics and command units, this is the strength of an army! One division fights one army, well, a good idea.

In addition, Ruprecht also left space for Prussia for other technical troops, such as armored vehicles, only 45 tanks and assault guns of the Bavarian Legion, and there are also unknown backup vehicles. The number and proportion of medium-caliber artillery can also be adjusted at will. In addition, Prussia can also break the original organization, increase the number of trucks at will, reduce logistics pressure, reduce logistics personnel, and increase front-line troops. This condition is very good.

Then Moltke began to consider this issue. Did Ruprecht smoke last night, or was he really arrogant? But based on the principle of not taking advantage of it, Moltke decided to take a look at the requirements of Bavaria first.

"Add an additional armored battalion, with a force of about 21,000, and an armored vehicle battalion. Well, you can understand all these." Looking at the additional synthesized troops and organization, Xiao Moltch felt nothing unexpected. Bavaria has done these years, and it would be unreasonable to not increase them.

"Is there a lot of half-track cars?" said Hindenburg next to him. "According to the Bavarian Legion, you shouldn't have so many half-track cars."

"Yes, according to the Prussian organization, you only have 150 trucks in one division, and there are no 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy cannons." Baron Schmidt on the opposite side sarcastically.

"Okay, okay, there's no problem with this, don't worry about these issues." Xiao Moltke signaled Hindenburg to say less, after all, in his opinion, he already took advantage of it, right?

"What does this mean to be equipped with a certain number of aircraft on both sides?" asked Prince Albert.

"It's very simple. The Bavarian Legion emphasizes a three-dimensional offensive, so in order to cooperate with the ground attack, we need a squadron of fighter jets and a squadron of bombers. So I hope you can provide aircraft take-off and landing sites. Of course, you can also be equipped with aircraft equipment such as airships, reconnaissance balloons, aircraft and other aircraft, and the number should not exceed 60." Ruprecht explained personally.

"Are these things useful?" Rudendolf said, looking at the documents in his hand.

"I think it's useful. You guys do whatever you want." Kariput said with a smile.

"Is this very important?" Xiao Moltke felt a little throbbing in his heart. He knew more about the Air Force than others, but he was also stuck in reconnaissance. He couldn't figure out what tricks this prince could do.

"Everything above is very important and indispensable," said the prince.

"Okay, I theoretically support these. But the take-off and landing site of the plane is a bit difficult. I can't decide. Your Majesty agrees." Little Moltke looked at the air take-off and landing location chosen by Prince Ruprecht, and his mouth twitched! This tm is in the Royal Hunting Ground! Is it not possible to change a place?

"Also, to be honest, I don't think this place is suitable for take-off and landing sites for airplanes or airships. If you are planning to be equipped with an airship, it is still too small and the transportation is not very convenient." Xiao Moltke said.

"It's okay, our big thing flew straight through the air." The prince pointed to the top of his head.

"Although there are many difficult things to understand, ours is generally acceptable." Xiao Moltke carefully calculated the number of troops and technical equipment in his hands.

A German army had 45,000 people. Of course, this included a large number of logistics supply units and horse teams. A army had 2,880 carriages and 16,800 horses. The number of people needed to operate these carriages and horses is not a decimal. Now, because it is an exercise, the logistics forces can be greatly reduced.

The front-line forces of the Prussian Legion that were put into the exercise this time were no different from that of one army. They all had 24 infantry battalions, and these infantry battalions could be replaced with some cavalry and interspersed with armored vehicles. 140 artillery pieces were considered as good. Even if they were evenly arranged, the 77mm rapid-fire cannons were enough to deal with the opponent's armor sprint. Moreover, because the number of trucks was not limited, if the cannon was towed with trucks, it would be enough to increase the mobility of the artillery. Don't think about attacking, but the mobility of defense was still enough.
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