After sitting for a while, William suggested going to the teaching building to watch the examination of the soldier candidates, so a group of people walked down the high platform towards the teaching building.
There was not a trace of noise in the square at this time. All that impressed William was the candidates' answers with their heads down and their pens down. Some candidates would occasionally stop the pen in their hands and stare at the test paper and start thinking.
William was very pleased to see these candidates working hard. While he was pleased, William began to think about the Prussian military system.
The current Prussian army or the military systems of major European powers have not yet developed to the scale of later generations. The basic organizations in the army are squads, squadrons, etc. The advantages and disadvantages of such organizations cannot be seen in small-scale operations.
, but once engaged in large-scale operations, this organization obviously cannot keep up with the times.
In fact, the main reason for the grassroots establishment is still limited by the technology of the times. In a war that can be said to be "lined up to shoot", one squadron is one column and one squadron is one square formation. This is undoubtedly for the convenience of flexible command. But for large battlefields,
When fighting a large army, such command seems rigid and inconvenient.
Therefore, in William's mind, William decided to take advantage of the opportunity of reform to change the Prussian military system. The most suitable thing for William was undoubtedly the establishment of the People's Liberation Army in later generations.
In the predecessor, William was very curious about the establishment of the People's Liberation Army and once searched on Baidu:
In the People's Liberation Army, a company usually consists of three platoons. A platoon usually consists of three squads, and a squad usually has about ten people. So calculated this way, a platoon has about 30 people. In addition to the cooking squad and communications personnel,
Division chief, three platoon leaders, deputy company commander, company commander, and instructor. There are about 120 people. A battalion is equipped with about four companies, with a headcount of about 500 people. A regiment is equipped with three battalions, and the number of people in a standard regiment is
1,500 people; a division includes five to six regiments, plus second-line non-combat units affiliated with the division's logistics office, such as breeding farms, special reconnaissance companies, radar stations, etc. affiliated with the division's reconnaissance office, plus the division headquarters
and other units, so a division is about 10,000 people, and a standard division has about 10,000 troops. A brigade is about one regiment less than a division, and a standard division is 10,000 people, so the number of brigade is about
Around 7,000 people.
For William, the corps and brigade levels will not be considered for the time being, but the division-level organization will be used first. In this way, there will be sufficient organization to deal with the situation. At the same time, excluding the North American dispatched troops, Prussia still has 80,000 troops.
The remaining standing army can be organized into eight divisions.
William has even divided the defense areas of each of the eight divisions in his mind, but all this will have to wait until the end of this exam before he can arrange it calmly.
Old Saito and others saw that William was walking silently, obviously thinking about something, so everyone did not speak out of turn, but walked quietly, and the group of people only made the sound of clattering footsteps.
Just when he arrived in front of the teaching building, Qi Teng, with the support of his attendants, had to remind William that he had arrived. William reacted from his thoughts and looked at the eyes of the attendants looking at him. William smiled and signaled to everyone.
, and then walked in first.
When William walked into the teaching building, he waved his hand to stop the guards in the building from saying hello and signaled everyone to keep quiet. Then he visited one classroom after another under the leadership of the guards.
Looking from the door of the classroom, we can see that the candidates inside are very disciplined and worthy of being selected from the army. In every exam, their backs are straight and they answer energetically. William is very satisfied with this.
While William was patrolling, time passed minute by minute, and the time soon came to eleven o'clock. At eleven o'clock, Dessau walked towards William quickly. Although it was very fast, but
Dessau's feet did not make much noise, which made William particularly satisfied.
Dessau walked up to William and saluted William, and then told William that the people who had gathered in front of William's door had been persuaded to leave. Dessau asked William if it was already eleven o'clock to arrange for William and his entourage.
Meals.
William wanted to wait for the exams to end and have dinner with the candidates to let them know that His Majesty the King was with them. However, William still had some things to deal with in the afternoon, and it was not easy to spare a whole morning from his busy schedule.
So William agreed to Dessau's request. Under the leadership of Dessau, William came to the cafeteria. At this time, the cafeteria was empty. Only William and his party were in the huge space. After it is completed, the cafeteria can accommodate 5,000 people at the same time.
For meals, at twelve o'clock, all candidates will be guided into the canteen to receive lunch.
William rejected Dessau's offer of additional dishes and said to Dessau:
"I will serve whatever meals you have prepared for the candidates today. There is no need to prepare anything else."
After receiving William's answer, Dessau instructed his subordinates to go to the kitchen immediately to bring the prepared meal.
700 grams of rye bread, 60 grams of butter (vegetable butter) or edible fat, 136 grams of meat with bones, 250 grams of vegetables and fruits, 320 grams of potatoes, 80 grams of beans, 30 grams of fish (headless), 7 grams of soybean meal
, 9 grams of coffee, 25 grams of condensed milk, 40 grams of sugar, 25 grams of salt, 3 grams of condiments, 1 gram of spices
This is the recipe arranged by the Military Academy for each candidate. Generally speaking, this kind of meal is good. You must know that in order to prepare these foods, all the ingredients in the market near Brandenburg were swept away.
After the meal was served, William began to signal the entourage to sit down, and then William picked up the knife and fork. After taking a few bites, William was very satisfied with the food. He ate while looking at De
Shao asked about the preparations for lunch.
After Dessau called the person in charge of the restaurant, the person in charge introduced William:
"This time we invited many chefs around Brandenburg to prepare lunch together. After the busy morning, we are fully capable of serving lunch for 10,000 people. More than 8,000 lunches have been prepared, and the remaining
We will also prepare the lunch before the end of the exam. We will immediately place the prepared lunch on the table outside the cafeteria to ensure that every candidate can enjoy lunch."
The person in charge swore a candid guarantee, and William still believed in this guarantee, but there were too many people, and he couldn’t see it in the exam now. Once the exam is over, so many people coming to eat together will definitely cause trouble
Dangerous situation.
After finishing lunch, William warned Zitten and Dessau:
"We must maintain the order of the examination room, especially during lunch and break times. It is strictly forbidden to seek sexual intercourse and cause trouble. Anyone who violates the rules will be kicked out. We must devote 200% of our energy to ensuring the order of the examination room."
After receiving affirmative answers from Zitten and Dessau, William left the military academy with his entourage.
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