The Rise of the Empire

　　 Ruprecht didn't stay in Beiyang for long. It would be nice to leave the minutiae to his younger brother. This is how the navy decided to strengthen the Beiyang and beat the Japanese navy. Then after the war, the three countries intervened and asked the Japanese to spit out part of what they had eaten.

　　 But Ruprecht is not satisfied with just tinkering in the sea! How about the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 without involving a land war? Now that the Russians have provided loan funds, it is also possible to use the Russians' money to fight a small-scale ground battle with Japan to test the performance of the new army equipment and the current combat effectiveness of the German army.

　　 Someone may have asked, what if, because of this battle, countries like Britain, France and Russia see the role of machine guns, rapid-fire guns and mortars? Isn't that just picking up a rock and hitting yourself in the foot?

　　Naruprecht can only say that those who have such an idea are all Xiao Baiwen reading too much! The machine gun played a huge role in the Russo-Japanese War. At the beginning of World War I, the armed forces of various countries had a certain amount of machine guns. The German MG08 performed well, and the British Wicks performed equally well. Everyone knows that machine guns are easy to use. But the point is, do you have the money and equipment? As far as Maozi’s industry was concerned, although there were a lot of machine guns in the beginning, in the end, the number of machine guns in his army was obviously inferior to that of Germany and France. The gap between knowing and doing is still huge! As for English and French? They have no fewer machine guns than Germany. Even if it is less at first, it is not a big problem to supplement it with the industries of Britain and France.

　　 As for the rapid-fire gun? Ruprecht wanted France, Britain, and Russia to fall directly into the pit of the 75MM rapid-fire gun and couldn't help himself! In history, why did Germany make great strides at the beginning of World War 1? One of the very important reasons is that the Germans use large-caliber howitzers! The power and range of this thing are above the 75 rapid-fire gun, and the ballistic trajectory is more curved. I can hit you, but you can't reach me! So all kinds of howitzers were king in the first battle, and the French finally started to switch to howitzers!

Ruprecht wanted to use this war to make the Germans realize how powerful an army armed with machine guns and rapid-fire cannons is. When nothing is wrong, prepare firearms and machine guns for the troops. These things are all in the first battle. Useful! In addition, Earl Schlieffen must also know how huge the ammunition consumption of such a unit is! Let them realize how ridiculous their estimates of transportation capacity are through actual combat!

　　 Ma Zheng is one of the roots of the Junker nobles. This is too difficult to shake, and it is difficult for the military to pass. After all, the high-level Prussian army is almost all the Junker nobles. But at least, let these people consider using some other means of transportation to make up for the lack of horses! For example, cars and tractors. Although it is impossible to replace horses with trucks in the 1st battle.

After all, it was as strong as the German Army during the Second World War, and horses were still one of the main transport capacities. However, Ruprecht believes that if some more can be mentioned from the beginning, then the German transportation in the First World War will be better prepared, at least at least. Go ahead, right? In the case of the Eastern Front, the German logistics supply pressure will be relatively reduced, if World War I breaks out. Ruprecht is going to defeat Russia in the shortest possible time. Supply capacity is naturally an unavoidable problem, and trucks must be supported by the state to develop!

　　 I have already thought about the name, even a mercenary, don’t laugh, the mercenaries and volunteers of this era are much better than the black water company of the later generations of the United States! The former can only be regarded as security forces, and they have fought against some extremists and opposition guerrillas. And some mercenaries in this era have worked with the most powerful empire in the world! Do you know the Boer War? The Boer’s army consisted of 2,000 foreign volunteers, and the International Column was even more famous in the later Spanish Civil War!

　　 A small-scale mercenary will not cause dissatisfaction with the British, or what else can the British know? Of course, this unit can never fight with the Qing army. Most of the Qing army in this era are pig teammates! And your small-scale army and the Japanese division of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands are just facing the front. Isn’t it just looking for death? If you help Qing Dynasty guard the port or city or something, it will be even more dead! The only difference is how many Japanese can be killed before death! Ruprecht can never do this kind of business!

　　 You can give you money and help you fight the Japanese, but I have the final say on how to fight and where to fight! The mountain that stood in the way of the Japanese army's main attack was going to be crushed sooner or later. Moreover, judging from the logistics and support system of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to support a modern army to fight for a long time.

　　 So Ruprecht's final goal is to do some moves on the Japanese flank. In history, what the Japanese army did was occupy the Liaodong Peninsula, and then cooperated with the navy to march on the Shandong Peninsula and take the Weihaiwei! This time it is estimated that this will still be the case. After all, the Japanese Army has only 7 main divisions, and its strength is limited.

　　 Ruprecht decided to kick the Japanese in the **** hard behind him. Taking Fengtian as the front-line base, it used the technical advantages of rapid-fire guns and machine guns to suppress a small number of Japanese troops against the Japanese army's engine action battle ~ www.NovelMTL.com~ When they encountered the main Japanese army, they chose to retreat.

　　If you want to fight in the Far East, the Russians absolutely cannot avoid it. As far as the Qing Dynasty’s current efficiency and the so-called logistic supply method are concerned, if the Germans rely on the Qing country to provide supplies, they must be killed! And all the ammunition materials needed need to be transported from the mainland. These things can only be transported to Vladivostok first, and then transported to the front line by land. In addition to logistics, Ruprecht also needs some cavalry to undertake reconnaissance tasks.

There are many things, and the more important thing is that Ruprecht has only learned some theoretically about the marching war. If Ruprecht of the navy can be regarded as "experienced in actual combat", then land warfare It's just for the rookie, but it doesn't matter, there are many big cows in the German army, such as your uncle! They are people who have experienced the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War! Forming such a force and arranging a suitable officer corps is not a problem. As for the diplomatic work, it can be directly handed over to the German government.

　　 All Ruprecht needs to do is provide some advice. And try to let the Bavarians occupy as many proportions as possible in the army. Any war is an opportunity for arms dealers, and now Ruprecht can almost be said to be the origin of arms! If the Bavarian army can perform well this time, then the export performance of Bavarian weapons and equipment will be much better, and the German Army may also consider a large number of new weapons such as machine guns, mortars and automatic rifles.

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