The Rise of the Empire

"The size of the defensive force is about one battalion, and a fire company has been strengthened at the same time. In the rear, it can also receive fire support from half a 75mm howitzer company. The attacking side is about 2 battalions, with fire support from a 75mm howitzer company. At your request, the attacking side will be under the command of the Prussian General Staff, while Colonel Schmidt will be in charge of the defensive side. The exercise plan will start at 8:00 a.m. The offensive side must capture the opponent's position within 5 hours, otherwise the offensive side will It will be judged as a failure."\u003c/p\u003eJust after the training exercise is over, it stands to reason that the rest of the offensive and defensive warfare exercises should just go through the motions. But I don't know if the Bavarian Legion was too aggressive and stimulated the opponent, or for some other reason. The originally planned exercise plot kill, turned into a pvp confrontation...  This made His Royal Highness somewhat unexpected. \u003c/p\u003eBut when Schlieffen agreed to let the prince choose the defensive side, the last trace of unhappiness in the prince's heart disappeared, defense! Defense in World War I! That is definitely a big advantage. Facing a well-constructed circular defensive position, it is no problem at all to easily block twice the attacking force. \u003c/p\u003eSince Schlieffen and others want to be hanged and beaten, it is natural to meet their needs. His Royal Highness said that additional supplies and units can be obtained at any time. If the troops of 2 battalions are not enough, 2 more companies can be added. The artillery can also be increased appropriately, as long as there are no weapons above 105mm howitzers, the prince said it doesn't matter. \u003c/p\u003eThe defensive side has 3 days to build a position, and the soil work is at least the master-level Guards officers and soldiers. The efforts during this period are still fruitful. Leaving aside anything else, at least the defenses of the core bunkers are strong enough, and the bunkers are only 0.6 meters above the ground. The upper floor is roofed with logs and has a thick layer of rammed earth, with additional supports at key points. In theory, it is no problem to block the top attack of the 105mm howitzer. \u003c/p\u003eThere are only two options to destroy this kind of bunker. The first is to use a 150mm howitzer. The second is a direct shot of a cannon similar to Miss 75, and don't even think about using armor-piercing projectiles, shrapnel and incendiary projectiles. \u003c/p\u003eBefore World War II, the offensive troops needed to have enough direct-pointing fire support in the face of strong defensive areas. The damage performance is relatively strong. Take the second battle as an example. Except for the BT-level defense of the fortification area, few units can block the repeated strikes of the 88mm artillery. After all, the normal penetration depth of this artillery also has a steel plate of more than 100mm. It is impossible to build a bunker to strengthen the front to the level of 100mm steel armor... . \u003c/p\u003eBut in this era, or before the World War I tanks came out, this link of direct firepower was missing. Although the 75mm level field guns have not exceeded the limit of manpower, their moving speed is slow enough, and Lack of protection, a grenade fired by an 82mm mortar can easily wipe out a battery. Direct firepower with no mobility and no defense is of very limited significance in attacking fortifications. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, if we talk about this exercise, the performance of the attacker will be even worse. The reason is very simple, at least the soldiers of this plane have not seen the large defense in depth system. The last time the prince and his uncle met was just for fun, there were too few troops to deploy in depth. But this time is different, at least, he has hundreds of people in his hands, and in order to deal with trench warfare, the prince also prepared a lot of gadgets. \u003c/p\u003e While the prince was preparing, Hindenburg and others were also studying this battle. Regardless of the conflict between Earl Schlieffen and Little Moltke, after this training exercise, both of them felt a little ashamed.

In terms of mobility alone, all infantry divisions in Germany are not up to the level of the Bavarian mobile division. If a person suddenly finds that his poor neighbors suddenly become taller, he must be unhappy. In order to have some fun, the German General Staff even directly ordered a regiment of Prussian soldiers to be transported to Bavaria by train. Of course, there is no need to bring weapons, just take them from the Bavarian arsenal according to the original organization. \u003c/p\u003eSince they were unhappy, Schlieffen and others decided to get back on the field, and also took a look at the combat effectiveness of the Bavarian Army, so they decided to propose a confrontation exercise. What Schlieffen couldn't imagine was that the other party actually agreed, and the commander in charge of the defense was not Prince Leopold, who had experienced many battles, nor Colonel Schmidt, who had commanded the Blue Army in the Far East. , but His Royal Highness himself. \u003c/p\u003e"What does this mean?" In the memory of Hindenburg and others, the prince does not seem to have directly commanded a large-scale confrontation exercise. They don't know much about the situation in Bavaria. Anyway, in Prussia, the prince can only observe it for a while, and then play a game of war games by the way. In terms of actual combat experience, it is almost zero. \u003c/p\u003e"The other party is a bit overbearing. He has a military rank in vain, but at most he doesn't even have command experience in a regiment-level unit." Schlieffen said with some disdain. \u003c/p\u003e"However, the fortifications of the other party are very characteristic." Xiao Maoqi said after carefully observing the defense system in the distance with a telescope. \u003c/p\u003e"The first line of defense is far from the main line of defense, and the setting is relatively simple. There are no gun positions for machine guns and mortars, but the zigzagging trenches make it difficult for our infantry to clear them in a short time after entering. Whether you use a grenade or a pistol, you have to clean it up little by little."\u003c/p\u003e"There is only a simple communication trench between the first line of defense and the second line of defense. It is almost impossible to infiltrate through the trench. After we successfully captured the After the first line of defense, there is still about 700 meters away from their second line of defense. This distance is just within the strike range of the opponent's machine guns and mortars."\u003c/p\u003e "It is very difficult for our howitzers to shoot Destroy those bunkers, and if you want to advance, even if you can push to the position of the first line of defense under the opponent's artillery fire, it will be very difficult to destroy them directly, because the opponent's position is low and our artillery depression angle is not enough." Little Maoqi said. \u003c/p\u003e "That is to say, if we want to completely destroy these bunkers, we can only use engineers to blast them?" Hindenburg thought for a while and said. \u003c/p\u003e"In theory, it is, but covering firepower is a problem. The machine gun produced by Rheinmetall is too heavy, and the sled-shaped bracket is stable, but the weight is too heavy. A machine gun squad needs at least 9 people. If To maintain enough ammunition and personnel, at least 11 people are needed." Xiao Maoqi said. \u003c/p\u003eThe thought of 11 people rushing together in a hail of bullets with hundreds of kilograms of various accessories and ammunition boxes, little Maoqi felt a little pained. This thing is cheating! Look how good the Bavarian machine gun is, and its weight is only a little more than half of the weight of the machine gun produced by the Rheinland company. Although it is a tripod, it can do enough. It is very easy to accompany the infantry to charge, and 7 people are enough. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to the book friends Yogurt Plus Fruit Haoci, Ye Zhong2015, bighill1982's \u003c/a\u003e~~~, and the book friend who was a cat in his previous life\u003c/a\u003e for their support~~~! The third one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e