"It's so heavy." The little Moltke, wearing a raincoat, looked at the cloudy sky, wiped the water droplets on his face and said.

Seeing that the exercise was about to begin in two weeks, the Prussian Legion participating in the exercise began to enter the field to prepare, and all the light infantry went in. Then when everyone came on the field, it suddenly rained, and it took three days... The wilderness of the exercise field turned into a swamp. The dirt road, which was not very good, was crushed by tens of thousands of people, thousands of horses, hundreds of various vehicles and artillery trucks, and caused a pile of mud. Not far from Xiao Moltke, a 210mm heavy howitzer fell obliquely next to the roadbed. More than 30 horses and more than 200 people tried to drag this thing out of the mud pit, but it was useless.

With a gunshot coming from a distance, everyone just looked up and looked away, and then continued to work on their own affairs. This was the execution of an injured horse. This has happened many times and people have been accustomed to it. It also means that everyone will have an extra piece of uncooked horse meat in the lunch box tonight.

"How many horses are this?" asked the little Moltke.

"It's more than 30 horses, and there are still hundreds of them that are sick or useless. The quality of horses has declined a lot. If we continue like this, in less than three days, we will only use capable people to pull or trucks." Hindenburg, who was standing beside him, said with a gloomy face.

"It's okay to use a truck. Can you transfer it here? The Bavarians opposite have already entered the venue. They may be watching our show in the tent now. The German Emperor is already very dissatisfied." said Xiao Moltke.

"Just want to take heavy-duty cars on this road? It's impossible. Now the cannon trucks with a capacity of more than 5 tons cannot pass at all. You can see the ground. You'll go all the way, two ditches. How to get there?" Hindenburg wiped the rain on his face and said angrily.

"What should I do? When the weather clears up, then let the Austrians see this rag that stretched for several kilometers? The dignity and face of the empire are gone!" Little Moltke said gritting his teeth. His psychology was so unbalanced.

In the past, it wasn't a heavy rain during the exercise. It was just a while. It would be nice to postpone it for a while, but this time it was different. The southerners on the opposite side didn't know what happened, but they actually ran so quickly. They came from Bavaria to the exercise ground earlier than they did! Except for the tracked vehicles, all the remaining vehicles using wheels and half of the vehicles using wheels actually ran over by themselves.

Now Moltke still remembers the scene when the Bavarian Legion arrived at the exercise field. A convoy of hundreds of vehicles stretched for several kilometers, dragging artillery and supplying the city. It was arrogant and endless in front of the high-level German troops and military participating in the exercise. All the vehicles easily walked to the exercise field at an average speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and then began to arrange and renovate and build positions. So much so that Prince William said to Moltke in private: "The Bavarian soldiers were living so comfortable."

Even if it is 3 days later, the Bavarian soldiers opposite will play with mud on rainy days like the Prussians. Marching on rainy days is as troublesome as the mechanized troops now. But now? The Bavarians who have completed most of the preparations are much happier than their Prussian counterparts.

"What did you say? They can still eat pasta in such weather?!" With a click, the biscuits in Little Moltke's hand fell to the ground.

"No, no, the point is not this, the point is what they do to deliver this thing to the army. Think about it, the army with nearly 20,000 people can still eat hot pasta every day, so they will definitely have a way to transport a large amount of supplies to eat, cold-proof clothes and fuel, especially fuel," Hindenburg said.

"Hmm?! Yes, let's not talk about anything else. It's almost the same for such an army to consume only fuel, water, and food every day. Think about it, a division consumes about 30 to 40 beef every day. How do they transport it in? It's unreasonable." Xiao Moltke, who had been eating rusty bread for three days, compressed biscuits and half-cooked rice, finally shifted his attention from the rice bowl to transportation.

"Half-tracked vehicles must be semi-tracked vehicles!" said Markenson, who put the rusty bread in his hand aside. "Although crawler vehicles have the best passability, the weight of the terrain of tanks and armored vehicles is generally large, and half-tracked vehicles are actually cars equipped with some crawlers. They have very small weight and a large ground area, so they have good passability. If straw and wooden boards are laid on the ground, they can also be maneuverable."

"We don't have a better and faster way now, right? God knows how many days it will take for this damn rain!" Xiao Maoqi said something that no one understands.

"In this case, well, General Markensen, now give you an important task, contact the Bavarian side immediately to see if they can borrow a few half-tracks," said Moltke.

"But half-track cars are not easy to walk in this weather, right?" said Markonson.

"Even if the rain stops, the ground is still muddy. We lack effective drag tools. Damn, why can't we think of it? Why can't Prussian companies create what we need?" Little Moltke cursed. However, Little Moltke seemed to have forgotten one thing. Before becoming the Chief of Staff, he was responsible for equipment procurement!

"By the way, I also want to know how Bavarian soldiers eat hot food in this situation. The officers rely on their minds to fight, while the soldiers rely on their stomachs to fight." Xiao Moltke said after taking a look at the rumbled bread in his hand.

At the same time, Prince Ruprecht, who was eating lunch in the temporary command center, looked at the instant noodles called "the special pasta for the army" in front of him, which was called junk food by later generations. It was already the third day, with black pepper steak flavor, tomato brisket, well, the rib noodles I ate today?! I have to say that the prince is tired of eating it.

But when the prince was still very proud when he thought of making the German soldiers who were used to black bread and biscuits like instant noodles. This thing can be eaten raw as a salty biscuit, and it can be used as a pasta after cooking. It is still very popular in the army because it is very easy to cook. It has been stored for a long time and has a rich taste. Of course, the most important thing is that when the cooking truck cannot provide enough black bread, it is the most convenient cooked food. It is good to have a bite of hot food on the battlefield. Who cares about whether it is noodles or biscuits?

"Have our plane arrived?" the prince looked at the sky and said.

"It has arrived a long time ago, and the sky is clear over there." Baron Schmidt said, putting down the knife and fork in his hand.
Chapter completed!