Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“Your Majesty, whether it is a grenadier or a mortar, is a very good weapon that can greatly increase the firepower of our grass-roots troops. Once the future war starts, our infantry can be supported by strong firepower. Whether it is offensive or defensive, there is more powerful firepower. The combat effectiveness of the troops can also be greatly improved, which is very good! General Schlieffen said.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Listen to the people of Krupp that the grenadiers and mortars were designed by His Majesty himself? I really didn’t expect that Your Majesty actually had the talent in this area! Von Falkenhain also exclaimed.

“Your Majesty, I think the Army should immediately place an order with Krupp. Every infantry squad, infantry platoon, infantry company, and infantry battalion of the Imperial Army was equipped with these grenadiers and mortars. Lieutenant General Moltke Jr. also said.

“Gentlemen, I have designed these grenadiers and mortars for one purpose, and that is to make the Imperial Army more powerful. Let the Imperial Army be able to erupt into a more powerful battle force in future wars and win the final victory of the war for the Empire. Liu Chuan said.

All the army leaders nodded their heads.

Although the relationship between the emperor and the military was complicated, the army was loyal to the emperor. However, the army also has its own will.

However, everyone’s goal is the same, all in order to be able to win future victories.

In such a situation, everyone hopes to strengthen the strength of the army as much as possible.

“Gentlemen, I hope to reform the composition of the Imperial Army. The existing establishment is already somewhat unsuitable. We need new formations, with new weapons, to make our army more effective! Liu Chuan said.

Many of the army generals could not help but frown, and the generals of the Germanic Empire Army were mostly somewhat conservative.

“First of all, each infantry squad consisted of 14 soldiers, including the main and deputy squad leaders. The squad leader and deputy squad leader were equipped with a mauser 98 rifle and a pistol at the same time. In addition, a two-man machine gun group and a two-man grenadier group were established. In this way, an infantry squad is armed with a light machine gun, a grenadier, 13 rifles and two pistols.

Three infantry squads are one infantry platoon. In addition to the main and deputy platoon commanders, the platoon headquarters is equipped with a hygienist and a messenger. In addition, it was equipped with a four-man heavy machine gun set and a four-man 60 mm light mortar group. The entire infantry platoon, with a total number of 54 men.

Three infantry platoons form an infantry company. In addition, there was a company headquarters, as well as a heavy firepower group equipped with two heavy machine guns and two 80 mm medium mortars. Each infantry company was about two hundred men.

Four infantry companies formed an infantry battalion, plus battalion headquarters, heavy mortar platoons, reconnaissance platoons, reconnaissance platoons, etc. The heavy mortar platoon was equipped with four 120 mm heavy mortars. The number of each infantry company is one thousand.

Three infantry battalions form one infantry regiment. In addition to the regimental headquarters, there were artillery companies, reconnaissance companies, heavy companies and other units. The artillery company was armed with six field guns or mountain guns. The total number of the regiment was 3,800.

Three infantry regiments, plus an artillery regiment, formed an infantry division. In addition, the division headquarters also directly administered a reconnaissance battalion, an engineer battalion, a heavy battalion and other units, with a total strength of more than 18,500 troops in the division. The artillery regiment was armed with 24 150 mm heavy howitzers and 48 105 mm light howitzers. ”

After listening to Liu Chuan’s words, all the big men and generals of the army were silent one by one.

Obviously, Liu Chuan’s demand for direct reform of the army’s establishment shocked them.

However, I have to admit that these reforms planned by Liu Chuan seem to be very reasonable. At the same time, it can also enable the troops to exert a very strong combat effectiveness. In particular, the troops were equipped with a large number of machine guns, grenadiers, mortars and artillery, which made the troops armed to the teeth!

However, there are still many problems.

“Your Majesty, if we were to be reorganized in this way, the strength of each of our infantry divisions would be increased by more than two thousand compared to the present. The artillery will also increase a lot. Naturally, the combat effectiveness will increase a lot. But at the same time, the pressure on logistical supplies will also be great. The artillery was too heavy and required a large number of mules and horses to tow. General Schlieffen said.

According to Liu Chuan’s organization, each infantry division would be equipped with 24 150 mm howitzers, 48 105 mm light howitzers, and 18 mountain artillery, even if they did not count grenadiers and mortars.

Such an artillery configuration is very luxurious.

You know, in this era, most of the army in the field, or the artillery below one hundred millimeters or so.

For example, the 75 mm field gun of the Gallic Army, the 76.2 mm field gun of the old Maozi, the 3-inch field gun of the Imperial Army that never sets, and the 77 mm field gun of the Germanic Imperial Army.

Artillery of more than one hundred millimeters is not equipped much in division-level units, and most of them are considered artillery at the army level. As for the 150 mm heavy howitzer, it is more often an artillery at the level of the corps or group army.