"I think that in the present situation of establishment, it is not appropriate to use a Prussian division against a Bavarian division, your side has a larger formation, more heavy weapons, and a large number of independent formations, and if you want to test whether the combat effectiveness of a force is excellent, we believe that it should be carried out under relatively fair conditions, at least in terms of strength and technical equipment. In order www.biquge.info to reflect the overall level of the two armies, I hope that you will allow us to decentralize some of the heavy equipment ....... Moltke looked at the unkind eyes of the Bavarian delegates opposite, wiped a cold sweat, and said his request.

"Alright, stop, listen to me!" The prince had no intention of asking Moltke to tell all the things on the long list of additions, which hurt his brain. "I make a request, you can judge whether you can agree to it, and if you can, then the rest of our work is to prepare."

"Our exercise this time is to test the strength of the combat capability of the legion under the two army building systems, so I require that all the things needed for tactics must be included, my assault guns, combat vehicles, self-propelled guns, half-track transport vehicles, and airborne planes must be added, this is a complete system, it is easy to have such an opportunity, we should not miss it, right?" Ruprecht said.

"In line with the principle of reciprocity between the two sides of the exercise, you naturally need to strengthen other arms in the absence of armored forces and mobile forces, a division in Prussia is about 17,000 people, in this way, you can expand the strength to 32,000, the number of all artillery guns together does not exceed the establishment of 2 divisions, 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy howitzers you can also use, but the number does not exceed 12, and the remaining 75mm guns and 105mm howitzers you can match as you like. The total number of armored vehicles does not exceed 40. What do you think? That's a lenient enough requirement. Whether you want to use a horse-drawn 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 across from him with the eyes of a madman. The conditions given by the other party are not too harsh, but too good! The number of artillery is no more than 2 divisions, that is to say, it can be two, and this is a whole 28 artillery batteries! There are nearly 140 pieces of artillery in total! And there are also 150mm cannons and 210mm heavy howitzers that are more than historically strengthened. Except for the absence of some army-level logistics and command units, this is the strength of an army! A division fights an army, well, good idea.

Moreover, Ruprecht also left room for Prussia to have other technical arms, such as armored vehicles, 45 tanks and assault guns of the Bavarian Legion, and an unknown number of spare vehicles. It is also possible to arbitrarily adjust the number and proportion of medium-caliber guns. Moreover, the Prussian side can also break the original establishment, increase the number of trucks at will, reduce the pressure on logistics, and reduce the number of logistics personnel. Increase the number of front-line troops. That's a very good condition.

Then Moltke began to think about the question, did this Ruprecht smoke last night, or was he really arrogant to the limit? However, in line with the principle of SB on the cheap, Moltke Jr. decided to look at the requirements of the Bavarian side first.

"Add an additional armored battalion, the number of troops is about 21,000, add an armored vehicle battalion, well, all of this can be understood." Looking at the additional synthetic troops and formations, Moltke felt no surprise. Bavaria has done this all these years, and it is unreasonable not to increase it.

"Isn't that a lot of half-tracks?" Hindenburg next to him said. "According to the Bavarian Legion, you shouldn't have so many half-tracks."

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

"Alright, alright, there's nothing wrong with that, don't dwell on these issues." Moltke motioned to Hindenburg to say less, after all, in his opinion, his side was already very advantageous, didn't he?

"What does it mean that both sides can be equipped with a certain number of aircraft?" Prince Albert asked.

"Quite simply, the Bavarian Corps emphasizes a three-dimensional offensive, so in order to cooperate with the ground offensive, we need 1 squadron of fighters and 1 squadron of bombers. Therefore, we hope that you can provide aircraft take-off and landing venues, of course, you can also be equipped with aviation equipment such as airships, reconnaissance balloons, airplanes, etc., the number of which does not exceed 60. Ruprecht himself explained.

"Do these things work?" Ludendorff said, looking at the document in his hand.

"I think it works. Feel free to do whatever you want. Calyput said with a smile.

"Is this critical?" Little Moltke felt a throbbing in his heart, he knew more about the Air Force than others, but he also stayed in the reconnaissance aspect, he couldn't figure out what tricks this prince could play.

"Each of these is critical. are indispensable. The prince said.

"Well, I'm theoretically for these. But there are some difficulties in the venue where the planes take off and land, and I can't decide, so I have to agree with Your Majesty. Little Moltke looked at the place chosen by Prince Ruprecht for the take-off and landing of the air, and the corners of his mouth twitched! This TM is in the royal hunting grounds! Can't you change places?

"Also, to be honest, I don't think it's a suitable place for planes or airships to take off and land. If you're going to have an airship, it's still too small and it's not very accessible. Moltke said.

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

"This, although there are many incomprehensible points, is generally acceptable to us." Moltke carefully calculated the number of troops and technical equipment in his hands.

A German army is 45,000 people, of course, this is the number of people after including a large number of logistics supply units and horse teams, an army has 2,880 carriages and 16,800 horses, and the number of people needed to operate these carriages and horses is not a small number. And now because it is an exercise, the logistics troops can be significantly reduced.

The front-line strength of the Prussian regiment in this exercise is no different from that of an army, all of which are 24 infantry battalions, and these infantry battalions can also be replaced with some cavalry and interspersed with armored vehicles. 140 guns is okay. The 77mm rapid-fire guns, even if evenly arranged, were enough to cope with the opponent's armored charges. And because there is no limit to the number of trucks, if the artillery is towed by trucks, then it is enough to increase the mobility of the artillery, don't think about attacking, but the mobility is still enough for defense.

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