Chapter 457: The Prince's Abacus

"This is natural. The requirements for flight speed and agility can be lowered. After all, this aircraft is used for ground attack rather than air combat. What I need is range, stability and ammunition load when flying at low altitudes. Other indicators can be adjusted appropriately," said the prince.

"If two projects are carried out at the same time, in addition to money, we also need more personnel, especially the test flight personnel of the aircraft. In addition, as the person in charge of the entire project, I must remind you that you are now studying Everything in it is not of much value in civilian use, because airships can do a better job in observing the atmosphere, and it is obviously not worth the loss to use airplanes to transport people and goods. The biggest use I can think of at present may be to send some urgent documents." After a while, Lilienthal said honestly. "I took this into consideration when I was working on this project, and to be honest, this is the only one of my projects that loses money, and will not consider making money for a long time in the future. All I have All the money and manpower invested are not seeking economic returns, the only requirement is that you can provide qualified products!" The prince said very generously. "But you can now carry out this project with the Prussian government. I don't doubt the determination and financial resources of the Kingdom of Bavaria in this project that will help humans break free from the earth, but I always think that if someone It would be better if you are willing to share." Baron Daimler thought about this issue from an economic point of view. "Well, I have already discussed this matter with General Moltke, and he will report it to the Kaiser soon, but His Majesty the Emperor is not interested in this, and now it is a military supply under the German General Staff The Ministry is working on this matter, and they can't provide much help." The prince said with a strange expression. The first thing that needs to be confirmed is that the German high-level officials do not have much interest in this, or they are cautious. This is not only a problem with the Kaiser alone, but also a problem with the German high-level. This form cannot be changed until Little Mao Qi ascends to the throne of Prussia's chief of staff! The Kaiser was far less sensitive to aircraft than he was to machine guns. This kind of thing that is dangling from the plane does not see any military value now, and even the relatively mature balloons have not received enough attention, and even their later situation is worse than that of the plane. When planning the battle, the German General Staff considered whether to include the balloon force in the mobilization system, because this thing seemed insignificant...  In history, the German Air Force purchased the first batch of aircraft in 1907, a total of 7 aircraft, and then began military training. And all of this was possible under the impetus of Little Maoqi. So the current German high-level lack of interest in balloons and airplanes. This is true, but if you want to say that the prince has no selfishness, it is impossible. He could have persuaded the Kaiser himself, relying on his influence and status. Recognized by the German high-level, even though there have been conflicts with Count Schlieffen and Tirpitz, these people will still listen to the opinions of the prince when it comes to strategic issues, not to mention that the Kaiser now trusts the prince very much in this regard . The fundamental reason why the prince chose to be silent is to ensure that the Bavarian Aviation Force can have a larger scale! Yes, it is a larger scale. As long as the Prussian General Staff does not establish a national aviation management department, then how Bavaria develops the air force is entirely its own business. I have money, and I am willing to get 500 aircraft. It is not a regular organization in the German army, but as long as it is not a regular organization,

So, how much do I care about your Prussian bird?

In fact, Germany officially established an independent aviation department on September 26, 1912, and the establishment of a real combat force began in October. At the beginning of the establishment of the army, the German aviation department had already limited the size of the air force and the proportion of each kingdom! Among them, the Kingdom of Bavaria, as the second largest mountain in Germany, naturally has an aviation force, and is in charge of the Bavarian Military Flight Bureau. And because of the air force quota that Bavaria can get under this system, it is far from meeting the needs of the prince! When the German army was mobilized on August 1, 1914, there were 254 trained pilots and 271 aviation observers. These pilots formed 30 Prussian Army Flying Teams, 4 Bavarian Army Flying Teams, 6 Prussian Fortress Flying Teams and 1 Bavarian Fortress Flying Team. In terms of logistical support, Prussia has 8 ground support units, while Bavaria has only 1. Prussia has four aircraft maintenance detachments, while Bavaria has only one. In terms of scale, Bavaria's aviation capacity is only about one-sixth of Prussia's. Not only is the ratio terribly low, but the actual number is even more pitiful! You know, the Army Flying Squadron at that time had only 6 planes each, while the Fortress Flying Squadron had only 4 planes! The aviation power of the entire Bavaria is only the size of a larger flying squadron in World War II. This thing is not even enough to perform reconnaissance missions! The most important thing is that there is a serious shortage of reserve personnel! So if you wait for Prussia to take the lead, then the day lily will be cold. After all, Bavaria is not the prince who has the final say, let alone Prussia. Therefore, the prince decided to start working on airplanes in advance, and to expand the size of Bavaria before Prussia decided to establish a unified German aviation system. And once the scale is up, Prussia can't force you to downsize, right? I have 150 planes, are you forcing me to reduce it to 25? What are you thinking? Are you paying for the cut planes? If Prussia wants to ensure the suppression of the air force, that's fine. You can expand the scale. Bavaria has 150 planes, so you can get 900 planes yourself. If there is no money, then well, you can reduce the scale, anyway, the newly acquired aircraft in Bavaria cannot be abolished. This is actually a disguised increase in the number of available aircraft in Germany at the time of war. However, the prince estimates that if nothing else happens, Prussia's aviation capabilities will not be crushed, because from an economic point of view, Bavaria's military spending is far more abundant than Prussia's, and Bavaria occupies six points of Germany's One to one-fifth of the total economic output feeds an army that is only slightly more than one-seventh of the size of the German army. And when it comes to government finances, Bavaria has an advantage, because so far, all state-owned industries have high profit margins. Without a profit of more than 50%, the prince has no interest at all. Coupled with the diamond mines in Namibia, Bavaria is rich in money! The second one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription~~!