In 1920, after more than half a year of adjustments, the German army completed the disarmament stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles.
At this time, the size of the German navy has been reduced to 5,000 people, and the size of the army has been reduced to 114,000 people. Excluding the civilian personnel in the army, the actual combat strength of the army is only 100,000.
The Allies were very satisfied with this. After successfully wiping out Europe's largest army, they all felt a lot more at ease.
So they were curious and wanted to see how powerful the remaining 100,000 German troops were.
Mainz did not disappoint them. In July 1920, the German army conducted a military exercise with more than 50,000 troops in the southern state of Bavaria.
All European countries were invited, and the German army extended an invitation to them, inviting them to come and observe and provide guidance.
All European countries know that the German army has been emasculated by the Allies. At this time, there are only about 100,000 people. The military exercise of 50,000 people is already considered a big deal for the German army.
Military exercises of this scale are of great reference value to all countries, especially since the German army has had a very brilliant record since the Prussian era.
Even though it was defeated in World War I, it was still not looked down upon by anyone.
After all, Everyone knows that the Second Reich did not lose on the battlefield, but it was unable to hold on and self-destructed in the process of competing for national strength and internal strength.
Therefore, if you want to shift the blame, you cannot throw the blame on the Germans!
Moreover, after disarmament, the German army should logically eliminate the waste and retain the elite, laying off a large number of miscellaneous soldiers and retaining elite troops. Therefore, all countries are very interested in this short and capable army!
After receiving the invitation, various countries sent people to Hans within a week.
On July, the German military exercises officially began.
The German army on the side of the Blue Army launched a fierce bombardment on the positions guarded by the Red Army. As soon as the bombardment began, it attracted the attention of military attachés from various countries.
Due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, the German army was not allowed to possess heavy artillery with a caliber exceeding 105 mm. Therefore, when the officers from various countries observing the exercise saw the German artillery units, they all showed a mocking smile.
"Is that a 75mm field gun?"
A French colonel asked the military attaché beside him. The military attaché picked up his telescope and took a look, then nodded:"Well, it does look like a 75mm field gun!"
"Haha, their artillery technology is indeed not as good as ours. If we follow our artillery standards, a field gun of the same caliber can fire at least 15 shells a minute under the circumstances just now. I just heard that the German artillery seems to have only completed 5 shots, at this speed, the old lady is better than them!"
The pride of the French military attache did not arise out of thin air. The capital of his pride mainly came from the First World War.
In 1870, after the Franco-Prussian War ended, the French army found that its artillery was completely crushed by the Prussian army in the battle. They were lax. Their nature was simply not as rigorous and conscientious as the Prussian soldiers. Therefore, in order to make up for the strength gap in artillery, especially in infantry accompanying artillery, the French army began to research new artillery. In
189, three army officers jointly developed a new artillery. A 7mm field gun, this field gun weighs about 1.5, has a caliber of 6 times and a super-fast rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute!
This kind of artillery was active from World War I to World War II! The M1897 field cannon of the period! This artillery was immediately favored by the French army, and in World War I, this artillery showed its talents.
Its extremely excellent rate of fire completely crushed the same type of artillery from all other countries!
It was the Krupp Group, the best artillery manufacturer at the time. The rate of fire of the Krupp 75mm field gun produced was far lower than that of the French artillery. The maximum rate of fire of the Krupp 75mm field gun was only one round per round. Minutes, a full 40% lower than the French army!
The French artillery relied on this tactic to have a great advantage in artillery support accompanying the infantry, which caused the German army to suffer a lot during the war.
They were proud of their field artillery.
At this time, they saw that the German artillery technology not only failed to improve, but also regressed.
It could only fire 5 shells a minute.
Naturally, the French army couldn't help but laugh at Gaul.
In other words, the military attache who never sets also laughed.
Although he didn't know how the German army fell to this point, the Gauls' vicious tongue was right.
If the German army continued to maintain this level, then She is really worse than an old lady!
However, when he thinks of the complacent appearance of the French military attache next door, the military attaché feels uncomfortable.
Since the rise of Prussia, it has always been used to check the European hegemon. The tool of Gaul, if William II had not come to power, expelled the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck, and changed Bismarck's European balance of power diplomatic strategy without authorization, the Empire on which the sun never sets would not regard Hans as its enemy.!
After all, the newly emerged Hans Empire was unable to expand its territory and seize colonies in the world due to its relatively short time of establishment and lack of a powerful navy!
But the Gauls were different. Gaul was not only in the Far East but The Sun Never Sets caused disputes and became more powerful in Indochina, which directly threatened the Sun Never Sets colonies in Malaya.
It also expanded aggressively in Africa, seriously threatening the interests of the Sun Never Sets Empire in Africa.
Since the Hundred Years' War between England and France, Gaul has become an enemy on which the sun never sets many times.
During the North American War of Independence, King Louis XVI of Gaul, in order to deal with the fact that the sun never sets, even did not hesitate to sell iron to support Eagle Sauce.
He not only sent the army to act as a volunteer army To fight against Sun Bu Luo, they also dispatched the navy to directly declare war on Sun Bu Luo!
If it weren't for the continued threat of Gaul in Europe, Sun Bu Luo wouldn't dare to invest too much power in suppressing Yingjiang's uprising in North America. Nowadays, North America is still a colony where the sun never sets, and there is no such thing as eagle sauce!
In the end, Louis XVI's support made Gaul itself miserable. As a result, it aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people. A great revolution broke out in the country. Louis XVI himself was guillotined and lost his life!
Because they hate the fact that the sun never sets, they support the enemies who never set at all costs. In the end, they even end up with their bodies missing. From the performance of Louis XVI, we can see how much the Gauls hate the fact that the sun never sets. people!
Faced with a world hegemony that constantly challenges itself, constantly creates trouble for itself, and is extremely hostile to itself, it never relaxes its vigilance even for a moment until the sun sets!
Therefore, until now, no one can figure out what William II, a middle-aged man, is thinking!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the enemy on which the sun never sets is Gaul, not Hans, but William II is desperately trying to develop the navy. Even if he develops the navy, he still aims at the Royal Navy, where the sun never sets. , and even openly proposed to challenge the hegemony that the sun never sets, and demanded to re-divide the world…
But any guy with normal intelligence knows not to do such an idiotic thing, but William II did it!
What if Hans didn't develop the navy, or if the navy wasn't so strong and the slogans weren't so wild!
To be honest, they have nothing to do. No matter how powerful the army is, it cannot threaten the sun never sets. But once you have a powerful navy that can challenge the status of the Royal Navy, it is obvious that the sun never sets. If the sun never sets, you will beat whoever you beat. ?
But now Hans has been severely repaired, the navy is gone, the army is only left with this crooked melon, and the emperor with the second disease has also been driven away, so the sun never sets on Hans's hostility. Just disappeared.
At this time, they began to worry about the Gauls again