"Your Majesty, both grenade launchers and mortars are excellent weapons that can greatly increase the firepower of our grassroots troops. If a war breaks out in the future, our infantry will receive powerful firepower support. Whether it was offense or defense, they had more firepower. The combat strength of the troops would also be greatly improved. This was very good!”General Schlieffen said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I heard from the Krupp Company that the grenade launcher and mortars were designed by His Majesty himself? I really didn't expect His Majesty to have such talent!”Vonfalkenhain also praised.
"Your Majesty, I think the Army should immediately place an order with Krupp. Every infantry squad, platoon, company, and battalion of the army of the Imperium had to be equipped with these grenade launchers and mortars.”Lieutenant General Xiao Maoqi said.
"Gentlemen, I designed these grenade launchers and mortars for only one purpose, and that is to make the Imperial Army even stronger. It would allow the Empire's army to unleash even more powerful combat strength in future wars and win the final victory for the Empire.”Liu Chuan said.
The army's big shots nodded repeatedly.
Although the relationship between the Emperor and the military was complicated, the military was loyal to the Emperor. However, the army also had its own will.
However, everyone's goal was the same. They all wanted to win in the future.
Under such circumstances, everyone hoped to strengthen the army as much as possible.
"Gentlemen, I wish to reform the Imperial Army. The current establishment was already a little unsuitable. We need a new organization and new weapons to make our army more powerful!”Liu Chuan said.
Many of the generals couldn't help but frown. Most of the generals of the Germanic Empire's army were conservative.
"First of all, each infantry squad is made up of 14 soldiers, including the squad leader and deputy squad leader. The squad leader and deputy squad leader were equipped with a Mauser 98 rifle and a pistol. In addition, a two-man machine gun team and a two-man grenade launcher team were set up. In this case, an infantry squad would be equipped with a light machine gun, a grenade launcher, 13 rifles, and two pistols.
Three infantry squads formed a platoon. In addition to the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, there was a medic and a messenger. In addition, there would be a four-man heavy machine gun team and a four-man 60mm light mortar team. The entire infantry platoon had a total of 54 people.
The three platoons formed an infantry company. Apart from that, there was also a company and a heavy firepower group equipped with two heavy machine guns and two 80mm medium mortars. Each infantry company had about two hundred people.
The four infantry companies formed an infantry battalion, along with the battalion headquarters, heavy mortar platoons, reconnaissance platoons, and supply platoons. The heavy mortar platoon was equipped with four 120mm heavy mortars. Each infantry company had 1,000 soldiers.
The three infantry battalions formed an infantry regiment. Apart from the regimental headquarters, there were also artillery companies, reconnaissance companies, and logistics companies. The artillery company was equipped with six field or mountain cannons. The total number of people in the group was 3,800.
Three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment formed an infantry division. Apart from that, the division headquarters also had a reconnaissance battalion, an engineering battalion, and a logistics battalion. The total strength of the division was 18,500 people. The artillery regiment was equipped with 24 150mm heavy howitzers and 48 105mm light howitzers.”
After listening to Liu Chuan's words, the leaders and generals of the army fell silent.
It was obvious that Liu Chuan's request to directly reform the army's establishment had shocked them.
However, he had to admit that Liu Chuan's plan seemed very reasonable. At the same time, it could also allow the troops to display a very powerful combat strength. In particular, the troops were equipped with a large number of machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, and artillery, making the troops armed to the teeth!
However, there were still many problems.
"Your Majesty, if we follow this plan, each infantry division will have an additional 2,000 soldiers. There would also be a lot more cannons. Their combat strength would naturally increase by a lot. But at the same time, the pressure on the logistics would also be huge. Cannons were too heavy and required a large number of mules and horses to pull them.”General Schlieffen said.
According to Liu Chuan's plan, each infantry division would be equipped with 24 150mm howitzers, 48 105mm light howitzers, and 18 mountain cannons, even if they did not include grenade launchers and mortars.
Such an artillery configuration could be said to be very luxurious.
In this era, most of the land forces still used cannons below 100 millimeters in the field.
For example, the 75mm field artillery of the Gaul Army, the 76.2mm field artillery of the Russians, the 3-inch field artillery of the Army of the Sun Never Sets, and the 77mm field artillery of the Army of the Germanic Empire.
Artillery with a caliber of 100mm and above was not commonly used in the division level troops. Most of them were considered as corps level artillery. As for the 150mm heavy howitzer, it was usually the artillery of a legion or a group army.
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