"As for the setting up of the Bommian-Moravian Corps, I need to consider that in addition to providing us with infantry, this region can also provide us with other important materials and combat power, in terms of mobilization system and campaign preparation, I am not as good as you, but in terms of technology and equipment, I still have some ideas of my own. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info," Ruprecht said.

As for how to use the Czech Corps, so far the two can agree on only one point, that is, this army can be used to play soy sauce, and some of it can form elite troops to fight with the Bavarian Legion, but in the eyes of the prince, if the future Czech Legion is used like this, it will be a bit too wasteful! Do you really think that Ruprecht went to such great lengths just to find a group of unreliable cannon fodder who are ready to make an independent scene? You're underestimating the level of the traverser, aren't you?

"We can even reduce the size of the Czech Legion if necessary, but one thing must be done well, and that is that we must create a complete system of firepower at the army and army group levels! And to build such a system, we must rely on the Czechs. Ruprecht said.

"Is there a firepower system above the military level? That might be a bit of a hassle. Prince Leopold frowned slightly. It's hard and tricky for the Prince! Because before that, there was no country that really established a firepower system above the military level. It's not that there were no siege guns and super-heavy artillery in this era, in fact, since the advent of artillery, there have been such things as super-heavy artillery, such as the Kurban cannon and the Tsar cannon, and the recent one is the 280mm heavy howitzer that the Japanese army attacked the fortress of Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. As well as all kinds of coastal defense artillery and so on.

However, it does not mean that there is a whole system of related ones, and these over-sized heavy guns are actually more of a variety of artillery cameos, or improvised to conquer specific targets, which was even the case in the German Army at the beginning of World War 1. Although Germany had a large Belsa type 420mm heavy gun. But these things were only used to capture the Burning Sun Fortress. After blowing up the fortress, it was over, and the systematic firepower configuration of the German corps at the beginning of World War 1 was actually at the army level, mainly at the division level, and the division would have 150mm heavy howitzers, and the army was almost this ceiling, occasionally with some 210mm heavy howitzers.

Although this plane has greatly improved the logistics and transportation system of the German army because of the traverser, but subject to the constraints of the times, as well as the requirements of strategy and tactics, on the whole, the army-level firepower of the German army is still limited, for example, now, Moltke's improved plan to attack France, in addition to a few heavy artillery units used to deal with the fortresses in Belgium, the strongest artillery at the army level is the 150mm long-range cannon and 210mm heavy howitzer. The Fourth and Fifth Armies in the Inner Ring will have some 210mm train tickets or 254mm train guns to support them, but other than that, they will really be gone.

There is no way, after all, heavy guns above 150mm cannons often weigh more than a dozen tons, or even dozens of tons, and it is difficult to tow them as a whole with a half-track vehicle in this era! It is really difficult to keep up with the rapidly advancing troops, and then cross a distance of more than 300 kilometers to enter the French battlefield and PK the French. In Moltke's plan, these heavy equipment were only used after the failed raid on France and after entering the stalemate battle, so it would not be much at first.

But the Bavarian Army is different, these heavy artillery will be used from the beginning, and it will fight in Russian Poland in the first year of the war, which is at the door of Germany, and the place is not big, but 128,000 square kilometers, since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia has actually established this area as a battlefield and starting position, although because of the problem of national strength, it has not been made into a big fortress. But there are definitely quite a few nails in it. In other words, from the very beginning, Rupresit's legion must have a strong ability to attack fortifications.

And this attack ability is obviously not possible with 210mm level artillery, so the prince's legion needs 12-inch siege guns, 12-inch train guns, and maybe 15-inch train guns if necessary! Where did these artillery come from? Theoretically it could be purchased from Krupp, but the prince was clearly not satisfied in terms of price and volume. And Bavaria actually does not have the ability to produce large artillery, and all the artillery with the name Bavaria was actually developed and produced by Skoda at the earliest!

If you want to ask if you are willing, in addition to technical problems, a very important issue is the problem of output and profit margin, at the beginning, the prince wanted to give money to the Kingdom of Bavaria, and what he did was those that either others could not do, and he could play a monopoly advantage, or the kind of technical difficulty is not high, but the demand is relatively large, and the cost advantage can be exerted in the later stage. The former was represented by hardened armor, while the latter was represented by 75mm rapid-fire guns. For others, you have to buy the former, while the latter can be produced by many people, but the cost of Bavaria is much lower than that of Krupp and the Russians. The difference between buying a few doors may not be big, but when it comes to hundreds or even the front door, the gap is big!

But heavy artillery, especially naval guns, is different, this thing is more difficult to develop technology, for example, 3-inch rapid-fire guns, this thing can be produced in a decent country all over the world, and it didn't take long for the French 75 rapid-fire guns to come out, and similar products from Germany, Russia and even Japan came out a bunch of them, although there is a gap in performance, but they are all rapid-fire guns. But large-caliber artillery and even naval guns are different, and before the end of World War 1 in Europe, it was determined that there were only four companies that could produce heavy guns of more than 12 inches, Armstrong, Schneider, Krupp and Skoda. Russia does not have a self-developed 14-inch gun, and Andolsha does not have it.

Heavy artillery is not in high demand, and it is not very valuable, a Queen's 15-inch L42 naval gun is 30,000 pounds, and the really expensive is the turret system, so under the guidance of money, Bavaria threw the design and construction of the heavy artillery body to Skoda, and made a relatively profitable turret system ...... itself.

And now, guarding the Skoda company, the famous heavy artillery manufacturer in history, the prince will naturally give full play to his advantages, the Czechs produce heavy artillery, and then it is not necessary to let the Germans operate it all. Therefore, under the combined effect of external needs and internal capabilities, Rupresit is ready to establish a firepower system at and above the military level from the very beginning.

"As early as 2 years ago, I started to establish this system, but at that time because of its small scale, it was not included in the Bavarian army system, but now, this army and the heavy artillery units at the army group level have begun to take shape, and we now have 12 companies of 210mm heavy self-propelled cannons, (4 guns per company), that is, 48 guns. It has 4 companies of M1907 12-inch L18 heavy engineering howitzers, with a total of 16 12-inch siege guns. ”

"In addition, I also plan to build a 12-inch train gun unit, and I plan to build 12 12-inch train guns, and the artillery will use our current naval guns. These train guns will be divided into 6 separate artillery batteries for corps. I estimate that the heavy artillery units alone will need about 16,000 people, including logistics and other personnel. ”

"In fact, considering that we will also have some independent companies of 150mm cannons and 210mm medium howitzers, this scale may be expanded, as well as 12-inch train guns, or even 15-inch train guns, that may be added in the future. This personnel demand is still terrifying. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of these high-tech arms, I think that we can appropriately reduce the infantry units and tilt the Czech human resources in this direction. Rupresit said.

"If we have these troops, we may need to increase the size and strength of the railroad troops, and the train guns must be mobile using railroads, so in order to reach the battlefield, we may build new railways or narrow-gauge railways. Although the 210mm self-propelled long-range artillery can use the tracked turf to maneuver, the long-distance transportation must also use the railway, and the 10 companies of railway soldiers we originally prepared may not be enough. Prince Leopold added.

Historically, in order to attack France, the Germans prepared 90 railway companies, a total of 26,000 road repair troops, but it was not enough, according to the current scale of the Bavarian-Bohemian Army, although it was fighting at its own doorstep, although it did not need to attack from a long distance, but considering that it was already nearly 600,000 troops, it was indeed difficult for 10 railway companies to ensure a large number of logistics materials and the transportation of heavy equipment.

"Well, then we are increasing the number of some railway troops, and in the future Bavaria-Bohemian corps system, the first-line elite forces and assault forces and air force will be dominated by the Kingdom of Bavaria, and the auxiliary corps, heavy artillery units above the army level, and logistics units will be dominated by the Czechs, and our future military framework can be completely designed according to this standard." Finally, Rupresit concluded.

Thanks to the efforts of Ruprecht and Prince Leopold, the Bavarian Army finally completed its pre-war construction plans, while the Allies were not idle, and although the German government was trying to cover up its military attempts, there was a large flow of money. The large-scale expansion of the army, as well as the appearance of all kinds of strange-shaped weapons in the field of vision of the spies, will eventually lead to the vigilance of the Entente, especially with the equipment of some new heavy weapons, the Entente countries have also paid attention to the expansion of the Allied arms war, and under the influence of a series of butterfly effects, the Allied countries have also begun to rapidly expand their armaments!

The third is a big chapter~~~! Can you treat the author to you? ? (To be continued.) )