The Rise of the Empire

The bearded man once said that artillery is the king of war. This statement was debatable during the Cold War. It was more than half correct in World War 2, but it was completely correct in World War 1 land battle! Why is the German Army strong? Isn't it because there are more than a dozen artillery companies in a division? The army level can also receive support such as 210mm heavy howitzers and k16 long-range artillery. Such army field artillery can be described as the world's first-class ah. Why can't the Germans move in the later stage? Isn't it because the quantity and quality of French and British artillery have increased? Why are the Russians cowards? No or because the artillery is not working? What about Austria-Hungary? This is a man-made disaster greater than a natural disaster, let alone him.... \u003c/p\u003eSo, in terms of investment, Ruprecht invested more in artillery than armored units, because artillery was the decisive force on the battlefield in World War I, and the role of armored troops in breaking through and outflanking in World War I was relatively limited . Because during World War II, the German armored forces were able to quickly advance hundreds of kilometers, but this plane is not good. The lack of armored unit technology is one aspect, and not enough motorized infantry to follow the breakthrough is another aspect. If the former can still be used. , if the latter builds a large-scale motorized army in large numbers, the vehicle production capacity and the prince's pocket will not be enough. \u003c/p\u003eIt is unrealistic and uneconomical to build a large and complete artillery force with Bavaria's national strength. Is the train gun okay? Naturally good. But this thing is too expensive, and the logistical maintenance and maneuvering are also very troublesome. As the name implies, train guns and train guns are operated by not only artillery, but also a large number of railway soldiers. Among other things, you need to lay a circular railway when you need ring radiation. And if you want to move forward, you have to lay a narrow-gauge railway. Bavaria doesn't have so many railway soldiers to serve these things. \u003c/p\u003eAnd it is really unnecessary, because there are not so many solid bunkers and long-range artillery on the Eastern Front that you need to use train guns to deal with. Even if there are, just let the Austro-Hungarian Empire equip them. The necessary equipment, and if it is not possible, you can also ask Prussia... . \u003c/p\u003eAs early as the beginning of the plan, the prince had decided that the maximum weight of the Bavarian artillery equipment should not exceed the limit of the largest crawler site. And what was the maximum weight limit for crawler sites during World War I? The prince reckoned, more than 30 tons is still possible. After all, the British's over-the-top crawler series tanks MK have this weight, and they still cross trenches and obstacles in front of the battlefield. The long-range artillery vehicle does not have to work so hard, it is still ten kilometers away from the front line. Being able to bring the artillery over is a victory! \u003c/p\u003eAnd if you want self-propelled artillery, then you have to mention the gpf self-propelled cannon modified by the French with a 194mm naval cannon. The power of this self-propelled artillery is not due to his 194mm naval gun. In fact, the performance of this gun is average. It can shoot a 78.83kg shell at a muzzle velocity of 725 meters per second, and the maximum range is over 20 kilometers. What is really powerful is that this artillery is self-propelled. Under the load of a huge crawler site, the total combat weight of this artillery reaches 29.6 tons! But under the traction of a 120 horsepower engine, the artillery can maneuver at a speed of 8 to 10 kilometers per hour. Although the speed is not fast, but fortunately the ability to pass through the terrain is strong. And it can keep up with the speed of the tanks on this plane. 8 kilometers per hour. It is impossible for a division-level unit in any country to have this speed. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, it is impossible for all artillery to use tracked sites, because tracked sites are complicated in structure, troublesome in production, and tanks can compete for production capacity. Therefore, most of these self-propelled artillery using tracked sites are accompanied by armored troops. Used to provide direct fire support. The artillery of the large corps, such as the artillery belonging to the infantry division and the group army, is still carried by tractors, cars and horses,

Of course, this is the distance from the station to the battlefield. \u003c/p\u003eIn the end, the prince set the composition of the German heavy artillery in this way. The 150mm howitzer will be the backbone of the division-level firepower. The weight of this level of howitzer is generally around 3 tons. The range is about 10km, and the weight of the shell is about 42 to 50kg. It can be towed by the current 1.5-ton truck or directly placed on a 3-ton truck as a truck gun. \u003c/p\u003eGenerally speaking, at the beginning of the war, a German division had nine 77mm rapid-fire artillery companies, three 105mm light howitzer companies and two 150mm heavy howitzer companies. In World War II, if you look at the firepower of the first-level units of the Japanese division, it will not exceed this level too much (the division is larger than the German division.)\u003c/p\u003eBut in the Bavarian Army, because a large number of cars were used instead of horses, The number of horses and grooms and the consumption of food and grass have plummeted, but the number of available horsepower is on the rise, so you can have more artillery with larger calibers, and the artillery is more mobile! \u003c/p\u003eConsidering that there is almost no need to encounter tanks on the Eastern Front except for armored vehicles. Idea, from 1904, all division support artillery units of Bavarian divisions will cease to be equipped with 77mm rapid-fire guns. All 14 artillery companies in a division are 105mm howitzers and 150mm heavy howitzers! \u003c/p\u003eOf the 14 companies, 10 companies are equipped with 105mm light howitzers, and 4 companies are equipped with 150mm heavy howitzers. Quantity of truck guns. However, what the prince did not expect was that this plan was rarely resisted by the Bavarian military. Of course, this is something to do later, let's not mention it for now. \u003c/p\u003eThe artillery at the military level is composed of 210mm heavy howitzers and 150mm cannons. The m10 210mm howitzer and m16 210mm howitzer in the history of the Germans played a huge role in the early days of the war, but in fact the performance of this artillery is really average, and the projection volume is indeed large. A shell weighs 110kg, but the range is too high It's close, the range of the m16 artillery is 11 kilometers, and the range of the m10 artillery is only 9400 meters! \u003c/p\u003eAlthough Maozi does not have any ultra-long-range heavy artillery, there are still some large-caliber artillery with a longer range. For example, the M1910 107mm heavy artillery has a barrel length of 2.9 meters and the elevation angle is not very large, only 37 degrees, but there are still The range of 12.5km is enough to suppress the 210mm heavy howitzer. \u003c/p\u003eIf this kind of howitzer is used on the front line, it will undoubtedly take a greater risk, so it is more important to increase the range, at least to more than 12km. This range increase may not be meaningful on the Western Front, because France The Chinese and the British have too many heavy artillery that can hit this distance, but it is different for Russia, because Russia's heavy artillery that can reach a range of 15km is simply rare! If you can meet it, the odds of winning 5 million in a lottery ticket are the same level...  \u003c/p\u003eThanks to the book friend Wang Yao for the young guard rabbit, blue bubble hot spring, slowly traveling k, the first guard tank brigade, the sea is bounded, and the fat cow king\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And the support of book friends Xiaozhan Tiantian, neilkuo, I don’t really like it, ztz130198228, Haihaiの食\u003c/a\u003e~~~! In the next few chapters, the author has also put in a lot of effort, please subscribe\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e