The Rise of the Empire

Since the end of the Qing-Japanese War, Colonel von Calliput has been very upset. He originally agreed that he was the commander of the Blue Army, and that he agreed that the Blue Army and the Russian army would attack the Japanese flanks on the inside. However, the actual situation could not keep up with the changes on the battlefield. The Qing army's defense line collapsed too fast, and the Germans were too late to withdraw.

Not to mention that the Germans played pretty well, and easily played a high exchange ratio battle. Then another unexpected thing happened, and the Japanese were cowardly! It began to shrink its troops and carefully managed the direction. At this time, there was a problem with the payment ability of the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, the Blue Army who had no money would not contribute. Coupled with some domestic instructions, this war was over! That's it! Colonel Kalipme also wants to use this battle to become a general!

Seeing that such a junior like Schmidt is on an equal footing with himself, it is impossible to say that the colonel has no complaints in his heart! So he seized every opportunity to express himself, but the problem now is that the world is very peaceful, well, Germany is very peaceful, and the promotion channel within the German army is a bit narrow, don't think about normal things, then you can only find some crooked people , such as the Blue Legion in the Qing-Japanese War.

And this time, just in time for Kruger to hire a German instructor. In principle, it is an experienced officer. Germany has found Mackensen. After all, this buddy participated in the Qing-Japanese War and fought on the front line. . But the problem is that he was mainly an observer at the time. Although he commanded a battle that was divided into battlefields, it was not enough to plan the overall situation. Moreover, this guy's skill tree at this time is all on the cavalry, and the Boers lack even the cavalry.

Originally, Kruger wanted to invite Baron Schmidt, but they are busy now. After the war, are they busy sorting out combat experience, and by the way, they are busy giving lectures and lectures to major military schools and troops in Germany. Regardless of their seniority, regardless of their military rank, winning is the last word! Of course, although the Germans have always thought of the Japanese as broilers. But this broiler also fought with the Russian army for half a catty! If Germany and Japan were simply at war, this result might not be a big deal.

But on the same battlefield, the Japanese and the Russians fought a battle and still had a slight advantage, which is enough to make people think. The Russians, as everyone knows, the European road rollers, that's pretty fierce. Russia and Germany have not fought, but the Germans believe that Russia and France are at least one level. If the Japanese can beat Russia, it means that the Japanese are also quite powerful, and the Blue Legion beat the Japanese, which means that the Blue Legion's combat power is so much higher than that of the Russians and the Japanese. Now, other German troops have to admit that the Blue Legion is very good, and Baron Schmidt is very good! If he were a Prussian, he would have been in the General Staff!

Baron Schmidt's new rising star is simply too bright! It directly blinded a person's dog's eyes! The original Blue Legion commander Colonel Kaliput was sitting on wax. No one remembered that he was the supreme commander of the Blue Legion. When people talked about the Blue Legion, they would say, "This Legion knows. Baron Schmidt is so cool! It's amazing!" Te is simply too non-existent.

For their own glory, for the realization of self-worth! Colonel Calipot urged his old boss, Prince Leopold, to give him a chance. And the old prince couldn't save face and went to find his nephew, Prince Ruprecht. The latter is considering sending personnel. Seeing that this relatively lazy guy in history is suddenly going to work hard, he naturally has to give him a chance. Later, he was an important member of the staff of the Eastern Front battlefield.

Ability is not mentioned, direct command of tens of thousands of people is naturally the same as playing.

As a result, His Royal Highness agreed to the Colonel's request with a stroke of his pen. Colonel Calipute immediately assembled his own team, and then came to German Namibia full of confidence. After waiting until Mackensen and others came to the Boer Transvaal Republic.

This time the colonel decided to play a big game. He was determined to train the Boer army into the "Prussian Legion" in Africa in the next two years. And everything in accordance with the "Bavaria" standard to establish a complete set of equipment and logistics system!

In the face of the German military delegation, Krueger still attached great importance to it, and personally took Kaliput to visit the Boer army and training. These Boers who grew up in a competitive environment are really good at fighting. Even if judged by Kaliput's critical eye, at least half of the young Boer people can be called agile! From the perspective of personal quality alone, these people's combat literacy is quite high, and their marksmanship and physical strength are absolutely top-notch. Although they have not undergone too professional training, the wild ways and consciousness that have been cultivated in fighting and fighting for a long time are still quite terrifying!

Plus advanced semi-automatic rifles and grenade launchers. Callipter believes that an elite Boer squad is nearly as effective as a similarly sized Blue Legion squad. This is already quite a high rating! You know, the Blue Legion was chosen from nearly 100,000 Bavarian legions!

But as the scale of the exercise continued to expand, Kaliput finally discovered the problem, that is, the more troops there were, the more the combat effectiveness of the Boer Legion did not rise, but gradually declined! Let's put it this way, three Boers and three German soldiers fighting in a field environment, the latter could be hanged and beaten. A class of Boers and a class of German soldiers fight, then the two sides can be tied, and if it is a company-level confrontation, then the Boers will definitely be slaughtered!

The reasons for weapons must be admitted. With the continuous increase in the size of the force, the number of heavy firepower possessed by the German Army increases much faster than that of the Boers. In the company-level confrontation, the German army can obtain the support of 82MM mortars. While the Boers use grenade launchers in class confrontation, they still use grenade launchers when they are connected. . . . There is no substantial increase in firepower.

Another reason is that although the Boers have excellent personal qualities, they lack discipline. If they encounter a tailwind, their morale will naturally be like a rainbow, but if they encounter a headwind, it will be the result of 20 votes! Moreover, the Boer army itself was extremely unsuitable for siege warfare. Their weapons, morale and discipline were not suitable for siege warfare. And if you can't unplug the other side's stronghold, then the British can continue to support, and the Boers will be exhausted sooner or later.

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