The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

After bidding farewell to Bismarck, Andrew made a trip to the army, found Moltke the Elder, and gave him another book he had written.

"Two years ago, a man named Maxim emigrated from North America to the Sunset Empire, and in '84 he developed a fully automatic weapon called the machine gun. "

"This firearm is not currently being taken seriously by the sun that never sets, but in the near future it will change the landscape of war!"

Andrews said very solemnly to old Moltke.

Back in the days of the Civil War, the Eagle Sauce people had already invented machine guns.

However, the early machine guns were hand-cranked multi-barrel machine guns, which were very troublesome to reload and not fast to fire, so they were not taken seriously by various countries.

However, by the year 1884, Maxim had improved the structure of the machine gun, using gunpowder gas energy to complete the firing cycle, making continuous firing of the machine gun a reality.

This improvement greatly increased the rate of fire of the machine gun, which multiplied its power.

The appearance of machine guns posed a huge threat to the infantry, and in World War I, soldiers on both sides of the war suffered jaw-dropping and terrifying casualties under the strafing of machine guns.

In the Battle of the Somme, in just one day, the Allies suffered more than 60,000 casualties, most of whom died tragically under the guns of machine guns!

The advent of machine guns greatly changed the tactics of the infantry, making the dense formation of the infantry completely history.

In the face of the terrifying fire of the machine guns, the crowd attack launched by taking advantage of the superiority of numbers was completely ineffective, and this tactic not only failed to conquer the enemy's position, but also caused heavy casualties due to the overly dense formation of the own side.

"Well, I've made a note of it, and I'll get people to start working on this new weapon. "

Old Moltke attached great importance to Andrews's advice, and after he adopted Andrews's previous suggestions for improvement, the combat effectiveness of the army was immediately improved, which made him no longer doubt Andrews's military talent.

"Well, then the old marshal, please take care, there will be a period later!".

Andrews solemnly bid farewell to Moltke Sr., who is 85 years old this year, and this kind of old man may die at any time.

Moltke Sr's role in the army was irreplaceable, and if he died, it would be a huge loss for the Imperial army.

So before leaving, Andrews gave him some gifts.

These are the nutrients and medicines he buys from the system, including blood pressure medications for high blood pressure, egg clotting to protect the heart, and various vitamins.

I hope that old Moltke can rely on these things to last a few more years, at least until the day he returns to Bailin and becomes the emperor!

Feeling Andrews's sincere concern, old Moltke was also very moved in his heart.

So he called a young officer and said to him:

"Hindenburg, you take a team of soldiers and escort His Highness back to East Prussia all the way!"

"Yes, Marshal!".

The young officer smacked his heel hard and saluted with a standard Imperial salute.

Old Moltke nodded in satisfaction, turned to Andrews, and said

"Your Highness, this is Major Paul von Hindenburg, a staff officer under my command, he used to be the Praetorian Guard of His Majesty Wilhelm IV, and has a lot of experience in security escorts

Hearing this, Andrews looked curiously at the tall major in front of him, Paul von Hindenburg.

This name is very famous in history, he was not only the commander-in-chief of the German army at the end of the First World War.

It was the founding president of the Weimar Republic, and even the mustachioed Third Reich was created on the basis laid by him.

At this time, however, Hindenburg was still an unknown young major, just an ordinary staff officer in the general staff.

Seeing that the crown prince of the empire was looking at him, Bismarck was a little nervous in his heart.

He tried to straighten his chest and said to Andrews

"Paul von Hindenburg, I will guard your safety throughout the whole process, and with me, I will never let the danger get even half a step close to His Highness!"

Andrews nodded in satisfaction, stared into his eyes and said word by word

"Major Hindenburg, I will remember what you said today, and I hope you will not forget it either!".

A bright light flashed in Hindenburg's eyes, he was an ordinary major with little reputation, and he could actually enter the eyes of the crown prince and be remembered by the crown prince

Does this mean that he successfully hugged his thigh?

Thinking of this, Hindenburg nodded heavily, patted his chest and reassured:

"Your Highness, I will remember it with my heart, and I will never forget what I said today!".

......

"Your Highness, you seem to value that young man named Hindenburg?"

On the train to Königsberg, Reinhardt, the captain of the Guard, seemed to be a little upset.

The safety of the crown prince is protected by their group of hussars, and there will be no danger in the first place, where is it necessary to send someone else over.

And as soon as the other party came, he gained the trust and attention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which made Reinhardt quite jealous in his heart.

Andrews glanced back at Hindenburg, who was patrolling the other carriages, and said to Reinhardt

"This young man is not simple, he may become a legend like Moltke Sr. in the future!".

He?

Replace old Moltke?

Become an Imperial Military Legend?

What are you kidding, how is this possible!

Reinhardt looked up and down Hindenburg and didn't think he was anything outstanding.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, and he didn't dare to refute it directly.

So he had no choice but to press the watch, stood up himself, and led a group of soldiers to inspect the carriage on the other side.

Hmph, it's just the job of a guard, am I afraid of you?

For the secret competition between the two, Andrews saw it, but did not intervene.

If they want to fight, let them fight, anyway, if they do this, their safety will be more guaranteed, why not?

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