"You Boers have so many horses and large livestock, why don't you bring more artillery?" After a lapse around the Boer Republic, Calyput was suddenly disorganized. The Boers were more abundant than he had expected, and the number of horses was more than he had previously suspected. Caliber began to think that the Boers did not like heavy equipment, and that in addition to the guerrilla style, there was a lack of large livestock, but now it seems that this is not the case at all! One word is lazy!

Did the Boers lack livestock? There may have been a lack of regular cavalry using horses, but there was absolutely no shortage of animals such as ordinary horses or cattle. After all, most of the more than 200,000 people in the family are highly agricultural, and a considerable number of people have farms, and black helpers are employed on the farms. By the end of 1901, the Boers were at the end of their rope, but even so, they could still muster up 5,000 cavalry and travel thousands of miles to the vicinity of Cape Town!

People with a little common sense in later generations are fine, measure the distance from the Eastern Cape area to Cape Town on the Baidu map, and you will know that this distance is definitely not close! 5,000 cavalry! That doesn't mean there are only 5,000 horses! In order to support this cavalry, quite a lot of logistics is needed, not to mention that the daily feed alone, each horse needs 5KG of concentrate feed! The transportation capacity required for this logistics must be a large amount, and at this time, the Boers can still gather such a huge mobile corps, how thick this family is, let's think about it for yourself!

If the limited rail transport capacity is excluded, the Boer army, even with a large amount of heavy equipment, can still guarantee a high level of mobility relative to the British. The horses of the British had to be brought from other places, and the Boers, as the largest organized farmer in the area, pulled the horses from their own farms! Can this be the same difficulty?

"All the old medium-caliber artillery and small-caliber artillery should be swept into the garbage heap of history, in order to ensure the convenience of logistics and supply, in order for your country's army to have enough offensive capabilities, your country needs these things!" Calipt pointed to a short figure in the distance. The very stocky-looking heavy artillery said.

"BAVARIA'S GRAND WITHDRAWAL OF THE SFH95 150MM HEAVY HOWITZER WITH A BARREL LENGTH OF 15L. The effective firing range reached 7200 meters. THE WEIGHT OF THE BULLET IS 42KG, AND THE MUZZLE VELOCITY IS 450 METERS PER SECOND. THE WEIGHT OF THE GUN IS 2500KG. Listening to Calyput's introduction, Kruger felt his eyelids keep jumping. HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY HE WAS ARMED WITH A GUN THAT WAS 1 TON HEAVIER THAN THE 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN AND HAD A SLIGHTLY CLOSER RANGE.

"What? Why do I recommend this gun, you ask? The reason is simple! The firepower is fierce! Calipt pointed to a grove of trees not far away. Then he signaled to the German gunner next to him. A German artillery squad immediately aimed and reloaded at a calculated distance. With a loud bang, the huge cannon barrel shrank back sharply, and a huge fireball flew towards the target in the distance, and after a violent explosion, the bushes and trees within a diameter of more than 30 meters were smashed to pieces by a powerful grenade!

"That's a good reason, isn't it?" Calyput smiled and said to the stunned Kruger next to him. There is only one reason why Calipt asked the Boers to equip them with this heavy firepower, and that is might! For now, at least, there should be no fortifications or bunkers in the whole of South Africa that can withstand the power of this artillery. THE WEIGHT OF THE 75MM GUN IS MORE THAN 7KG, AND THIS SHELL IS 42KG, WHICH IS ALMOST 6 TIMES THAT OF THE FORMER! Although a gun like Miss 75 may have an advantage in range. BUT CONSIDERING THE TACTICS USED BY ORDINARY PEOPLE AT THIS TIME, THESE GUNS ARE MORE USED FOR DIRECT AIMING AND SHOOTING, AND IN THE CASE OF DIRECT AIMING AND SHOOTING, THE ACTUAL COMBAT DISTANCE OF BOTH SIDES IS ABOUT THE SAME, AND THE RESULT IS THAT THERE IS A 150MM HEAVY ARTILLERY ON ONE SIDE AND A 75MM ARTILLERY ON THE OTHER.

Of course, there should be such heavy artillery, and better. Historically, the British had a record of dismantling 4.7-inch or even 6-inch naval guns and putting a gun carriage as a land gun. THIS KIND OF ARMY HOWITZER IS DIRECTLY KNEELING IN TERMS OF RANGE AND POWER, BUT AT LEAST BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH'S HEAVY ARTILLERY, THE BOER REGULAR ARMY EQUIPPED WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF 150MM GUNS HAS A QUALITATIVE ADVANTAGE, OF COURSE, THE MOBILITY OF THE TROOPS WILL DEFINITELY DECREASE.

Originally, according to Calyput's idea, it was also planned to build a special siege mortar unit for the Boers. ARMED WITH A 210MM HEAVY MORTAR THAT HAD JUST BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE BAVARIAN ARMY. I am ready to contribute to the rearmament of the military and ground in Bavaria, but considering that this kind of artillery with a muzzle velocity of only more than 100 meters per second, weighing more than 2 tons, and a range of less than 2,000 meters, it is too specialized to say that it is too specialized, and it is too bad to say that it is too tricky. The impact on his reputation was too great, and at the same time, the Boers would not admit it, so he gave up.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE FRONTAL FIREPOWER, CALYPUT CONCENTRATED HIS EFFORTS ON STRENGTHENING THE FIREPOWER OF THE TRANSVAAL'S ARMY, AND ALL BARRELED GUNS WERE USED IN TWO CALIBERS, ONE WAS A 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUN AND THE OTHER WAS A 150MM HEAVY HOWITZER. In terms of troops, the Transvaal can concentrate about 43,000 troops. (In fact, according to the Boer government's requirements, all people between the ages of 16 and 60 were required to bring their own weapons to join the army during wartime.) Although considering that the composition of the troops has to be discounted a lot, it is still not a big problem to make up an elite division.

ACCORDING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FUTURE GERMAN DIVISION, A DIVISION SHOULD HAVE 72 BARRELED GUNS OF VARIOUS KINDS, AND A TOTAL OF 12 COMPANIES WITH 6 GUNS, MOST OF WHICH ARE 105MM LIGHT HOWITZERS, AND THE REST ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF 75MM GUNS AND 18 150MM HEAVY HOWITZERS. With a discount on the Boer forces, this elite division has about 20,000 troops, making it the most powerful field force in the Transvaal Republic. The number of guns you have remains at 72! HOWEVER, EXCEPT FOR THE 12 150MM HEAVY HOWITZERS, THE REMAINING 60 GUNS ARE ALL 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS.

IN ADDITION TO REGULAR HOWITZERS AND RAPID-FIRE GUNS, MORTARS LIKED BY THE BOERS ARE NATURALLY INDISPENSABLE, AND 82MM MORTARS CAN BE OBTAINED AFTER STRENGTHENING FROM THE COMPANY LEVEL, AND EVEN UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE ARE 60MM GUNS AT THE COMPANY LEVEL. AT THE REGIMENTAL LEVEL THERE WERE 120MM MATARS. Combined with machine guns, the Boers had no less firepower than the Germans of the same period in regimental engagements.

This firepower may be far inferior to that of the regular German army divisions of the 1st World War, but compared to the divisional units of other powers of this era, it is very NB existence. The elite troops supported by Transway's financial income of nearly 4 million pounds a year are really different. (It should be noted that this unit does not work out of production in normal times, and even the rifles are brought by themselves, so the salaries and food expenses of the officers and soldiers are not needed, and the rifles and bullets are also very rare.) Even horses can be a large part of the responsibility of the people! ）

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