Chapter 664： Its raining (1/2)
”It's raining really hard.” Xiao Maoqi, who was wearing a raincoat, looked at the cloudy sky and wiped the drops of water on his face.
Seeing that the exercise was about to start in two weeks, the Prussian regiments participating in the exercise began to prepare for entry. The light infantry entered, and when the big guy came on the field, it suddenly rained. This is three days... ..... The wilderness of the exercise site directly turned into a swamp. The dirt road that was originally awkward caused a pile of mud under the crush of tens of thousands of people, thousands of horses, hundreds of vehicles and artillery carts. Not far from Xiao Maoqi, a 210MM heavy howitzer was tilted down beside the roadbed. There were more than 30 horses and more than 200 people tried to drag this thing out of the mud pit, but it was useless.
Accompanied by a gunshot from a distance, everyone just looked up at the distance, and then continued to work on their own affairs. This was the execution of a wounded horse. This kind of thing has happened many times. People It's not surprising already, and it also means that everyone will have a piece of half-baked horse meat in the lunch box tonight.
”How many horses is this?” Xiao Maoqi asked.
”There are more than 30 horses, and there are hundreds of horses that are sick or unusable. The quality of the horses has deteriorated greatly. If this continues, within three days, we will only use capable people or trucks.” Hindenburg on the side also said with a gloomy face.
”It's okay to use a truck, can you transfer it over? The Bavarians on the opposite side have already entered the arena. They may be watching our good show in the tent now. The Kaiser is already very dissatisfied.” Xiao Moqi said.
”I want to use heavy-duty trucks on this road? It's impossible. Now gun cars over 5 tons can't pass. See the ground, go all the way, two ditch. How to go?” Hindenburg wiped it. Said angrily with the rain on his face.
”What should I do? Wait until the weather clears, and then let the Austrians see this tattered piece that stretches for several kilometers? The dignity and face of the empire are gone!” Xiao Maoqi gritted his teeth. That's a psychological imbalance.
In the past, it was not during the exercises that there was no heavy rain. If it happened, it would be fine to postpone it for a while, but this time it was different. The southerners on the opposite side didn’t know what was going on. They ran so fast. Bavaria came to the exercise site earlier than he came! Except for tracked vehicles, all the remaining wheeled vehicles and half of the wheeled vehicles ran over by themselves.
Now Xiao Moqi still remembers the scene when the Bavarian Army arrived at the exercise site. A convoy of hundreds of vehicles of various types stretched for several kilometers, dragging artillery and supplies to swagger through the market. It was arrogant and boundless in front of the German army and high-level military officers participating in the exercise. All the vehicles easily walked to the exercise site at an average speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and then began to lay out and repair the ground. So much so that Prince Wilhelm said to Xiao Maoqi in private: ”The Bavarian soldiers are so comfortable.”
Even if it is three days later, the Bavarian soldiers on the opposite side will be playing in the mud on a rainy day like the Prussians. Marching on a rainy day is just as troublesome for the immature mechanized troops. but now? Bavarians who have completed most of their preparations are much happier than their Prussian counterparts.
”What did you say? They can still eat pasta in this weather?!” With a click, the biscuits in Little Moqi's hand fell to the ground.
”No, no, the point is not this. The point is how they send this thing to the army. Think about it, the army of nearly 20,000 people can still eat hot spaghetti every day, so they must have a way to A large amount of supplies were transported, food, warm clothing and fuel, especially fuel.” Hindenburg said.