The Rise of the Empire
Chapter 476： Go its own way
"Your Royal Highness, a letter from General Little Mochi." Earl Schelling first saluted Prince Leopold and the prince who were sitting aside, and then sent a letter from Berlin.
"How is the situation?" Prince Leopold looked at the prince and put away the letter after reading, and asked with concern.
"What else? The German emperor is hesitating. Schlieffen is unwilling to change his plan by adding a variable, and Tirpitz is unwilling to affect the navy's military expenditure. Krupp has a huge investment in this kind of weapon with unknown prospects. Be cautious. It's hard for Little Mochi to applaud!" The prince sighed after passing the letter to Prince Leopold.
"It seems that our road ahead is not smooth." Prince Leopold probably smiled bitterly after reading the letter. There is no problem with machine guns or rapid-fire guns, because these are generally minor changes in the original military system. The cost is low and the difficulty is high, but if you want to engage in mechanization and armored forces, the difficulty is too great. A Bavarian area is not even half of Hebei Province. Why can you support such a force? Do you have so much money?
Prussia will not be equipped with this kind of vehicle, or people would rather do it according to their own wishes than learn from your Bavarian advanced combat posture. Let alone the Austro-Hungarian Empire, how can such a country with two parliaments spend so much money on a bunch of weapons whose prospects are unknown? If Bavaria were to equip this tank by itself, how high would it cost! Of course, the most important thing is that it is too small to use this thing by yourself, it is useless!
"You must have a way, right?" Prince Leopold said.
"Uncle, first of all you have to help, help me persuade grandpa and father. We must at least build a complete armored battalion with 45 tanks! And they are all breakthrough tanks." The prince said.
"Haha." Prince Leopold smiled slightly. "If there are so many grants, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. There will be no problem within 3 years. Of course, if you can get more income, then the grants will be more."
"I thought about it, but I didn't have any money at the time!" No matter how good the prince is, he is a little dissatisfied in his heart. Now he can almost think of all the ways to make money, and Bavaria's national strength has increased. , But still far from my goal. Especially in terms of funding, if you really encounter a big project, it is really not enough! The prince’s plan was for each army to get one first, which would take about 4 to 5 tank battalions, and then keep 2 spares in his own hands.
"Aren't you going to sell some of the weapons in the domestic inventory to the Russians? In addition to the cost, there should be a lot of income?" Prince Leopold asked.
"There are some, but not many. After all, there are even 1880 ammunition in our ammunition. It's unclear whether it can be used. Since you want to tie-in these items, then the price can't be high." The prince said depressed. . Since it is processing, then it must be dealt with bad things, and these things are naturally not sold at high prices.
"Then you can't sell some novel and valuable things to the Russians?" Prince Leopold said slightly jokingly. The prince is 100% sure that Prince Leopold is joking!
"New and valuable things? This one is there! What do you think of our Vespa assault guns? Sell them to the Russians! I just don’t know if the Russians can drive them to the front!" Since everyone is not serious now, Let's joke together. The prince sneered.
"Do you think the Russians would want this?" Prince Leopold took out a picture from the envelope, which was the armored car designed by Krupp in a few days. Little Mochi also revealed to the prince the vision and some equipment of the Prussian armored unit.
"Just this thing? I don’t want it. I can only block machine gun bullets, so I can use it now. It’s okay to fight against infantry, and it’s barely enough to be a reconnaissance unit, but I don’t want to break the opponent’s trench Maybe." The prince sneered without mercy.
"Even if it is my design, I will use a half-track vehicle site, so that speed and off-road performance can be taken into account, and the tonnage is higher, and the future of upgrades and improvements will be greater." Bavaria is engaged in automobile transportation and is also engaged in various types of crawlers. Vehicles are still engaged in half-track vehicles. Before the emergence of n*n-driven vehicles in later generations, half-track vehicles have a better balance between off-road and speed and fuel consumption, so they were popular until World War II. The prince will naturally not forget this vehicle.
"Wait, what do you think if we get a half-track armored vehicle for the Russians?" The prince said brightly. "We have ready-made sites, and they are all designed on the basis of heavy vehicles. If it is changed to military use, it will only be a few steel plates and some weapons. Anyway, it is to deal with the Japanese in the Far East. We can't use too advanced things."
"You don't really intend to sell armored vehicles to the Russians, do you?" Prince Leopold lowered the tea cup in his hand and said with a slight surprise. "You are crazy about money, right? Our future enemy is the Russians, but now we are helping them master advanced technology and tactics!"
"What's this thing? What's even the current Vespa assault gun? I can be very responsible to say that ~www.novelhall.com~ the weight of tons can't hold it, we have to improve the performance, Increase the weight. And with the industrial level of the Russians, even things that are not complicated in our opinion are still not good. There are many things that you don’t think are good and you can equip them. One needs technical and industrial support, and the other needs to have Money, but unfortunately, Russia does not meet any conditions!" said the prince.
The present Russia is not the Soviet Union of later generations. Even if you give you a full set of drawings for the t-26, can you get it out? (Well, now Germany can't do it.) Are you equipped? There are too many good things in the prince's mind, but how much can Germany be equipped with now? Therefore, the prince did not worry about any threat to Germany after Russia equipped these tanks.
"Moreover, we must use some means to make those Prussians realize the power of weapons in our hands, and only then will they be willing to spend money to buy them. Everything we do is for this country, and we can take some special actions when necessary. Yes, and the Kaiser can not accuse us, after all, Krupp is now taking orders from the Russians," said the prince.
"But if you have equipment, you may not be able to use it well. You still need to equip the Russians with some instructors! If you can, it is possible to use Russians to test our tactics." Prince Leopold saw that the prince had decided. Now, I don’t have much to say, just a reminder.
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"How is the situation?" Prince Leopold looked at the prince and put away the letter after reading, and asked with concern.
"What else? The German emperor is hesitating. Schlieffen is unwilling to change his plan by adding a variable, and Tirpitz is unwilling to affect the navy's military expenditure. Krupp has a huge investment in this kind of weapon with unknown prospects. Be cautious. It's hard for Little Mochi to applaud!" The prince sighed after passing the letter to Prince Leopold.
"It seems that our road ahead is not smooth." Prince Leopold probably smiled bitterly after reading the letter. There is no problem with machine guns or rapid-fire guns, because these are generally minor changes in the original military system. The cost is low and the difficulty is high, but if you want to engage in mechanization and armored forces, the difficulty is too great. A Bavarian area is not even half of Hebei Province. Why can you support such a force? Do you have so much money?
Prussia will not be equipped with this kind of vehicle, or people would rather do it according to their own wishes than learn from your Bavarian advanced combat posture. Let alone the Austro-Hungarian Empire, how can such a country with two parliaments spend so much money on a bunch of weapons whose prospects are unknown? If Bavaria were to equip this tank by itself, how high would it cost! Of course, the most important thing is that it is too small to use this thing by yourself, it is useless!
"You must have a way, right?" Prince Leopold said.
"Uncle, first of all you have to help, help me persuade grandpa and father. We must at least build a complete armored battalion with 45 tanks! And they are all breakthrough tanks." The prince said.
"Haha." Prince Leopold smiled slightly. "If there are so many grants, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. There will be no problem within 3 years. Of course, if you can get more income, then the grants will be more."
"I thought about it, but I didn't have any money at the time!" No matter how good the prince is, he is a little dissatisfied in his heart. Now he can almost think of all the ways to make money, and Bavaria's national strength has increased. , But still far from my goal. Especially in terms of funding, if you really encounter a big project, it is really not enough! The prince’s plan was for each army to get one first, which would take about 4 to 5 tank battalions, and then keep 2 spares in his own hands.
"Aren't you going to sell some of the weapons in the domestic inventory to the Russians? In addition to the cost, there should be a lot of income?" Prince Leopold asked.
"There are some, but not many. After all, there are even 1880 ammunition in our ammunition. It's unclear whether it can be used. Since you want to tie-in these items, then the price can't be high." The prince said depressed. . Since it is processing, then it must be dealt with bad things, and these things are naturally not sold at high prices.
"Then you can't sell some novel and valuable things to the Russians?" Prince Leopold said slightly jokingly. The prince is 100% sure that Prince Leopold is joking!
"New and valuable things? This one is there! What do you think of our Vespa assault guns? Sell them to the Russians! I just don’t know if the Russians can drive them to the front!" Since everyone is not serious now, Let's joke together. The prince sneered.
"Do you think the Russians would want this?" Prince Leopold took out a picture from the envelope, which was the armored car designed by Krupp in a few days. Little Mochi also revealed to the prince the vision and some equipment of the Prussian armored unit.
"Just this thing? I don’t want it. I can only block machine gun bullets, so I can use it now. It’s okay to fight against infantry, and it’s barely enough to be a reconnaissance unit, but I don’t want to break the opponent’s trench Maybe." The prince sneered without mercy.
"Even if it is my design, I will use a half-track vehicle site, so that speed and off-road performance can be taken into account, and the tonnage is higher, and the future of upgrades and improvements will be greater." Bavaria is engaged in automobile transportation and is also engaged in various types of crawlers. Vehicles are still engaged in half-track vehicles. Before the emergence of n*n-driven vehicles in later generations, half-track vehicles have a better balance between off-road and speed and fuel consumption, so they were popular until World War II. The prince will naturally not forget this vehicle.
"Wait, what do you think if we get a half-track armored vehicle for the Russians?" The prince said brightly. "We have ready-made sites, and they are all designed on the basis of heavy vehicles. If it is changed to military use, it will only be a few steel plates and some weapons. Anyway, it is to deal with the Japanese in the Far East. We can't use too advanced things."
"You don't really intend to sell armored vehicles to the Russians, do you?" Prince Leopold lowered the tea cup in his hand and said with a slight surprise. "You are crazy about money, right? Our future enemy is the Russians, but now we are helping them master advanced technology and tactics!"
"What's this thing? What's even the current Vespa assault gun? I can be very responsible to say that ~www.novelhall.com~ the weight of tons can't hold it, we have to improve the performance, Increase the weight. And with the industrial level of the Russians, even things that are not complicated in our opinion are still not good. There are many things that you don’t think are good and you can equip them. One needs technical and industrial support, and the other needs to have Money, but unfortunately, Russia does not meet any conditions!" said the prince.
The present Russia is not the Soviet Union of later generations. Even if you give you a full set of drawings for the t-26, can you get it out? (Well, now Germany can't do it.) Are you equipped? There are too many good things in the prince's mind, but how much can Germany be equipped with now? Therefore, the prince did not worry about any threat to Germany after Russia equipped these tanks.
"Moreover, we must use some means to make those Prussians realize the power of weapons in our hands, and only then will they be willing to spend money to buy them. Everything we do is for this country, and we can take some special actions when necessary. Yes, and the Kaiser can not accuse us, after all, Krupp is now taking orders from the Russians," said the prince.
"But if you have equipment, you may not be able to use it well. You still need to equip the Russians with some instructors! If you can, it is possible to use Russians to test our tactics." Prince Leopold saw that the prince had decided. Now, I don’t have much to say, just a reminder.
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