Chapter 106: Firepower is king

　　 "Mr. Major, Liu Shengxiu's Mingjun has already expressed willingness to fight with us." When Schmidt made the final adjustments to the combat deployment in the headquarters, Mackenson finally brought good news. The first good news these days!

　　 "There was no fire merger, right?" Schmidt looked at Mackensen and said with some worry. Before Nie Shicheng went to suppress Liu Shengxiu, Mackensen strongly demanded that he go too. After Schmidt agreed, Mackensen took a group of colleagues from the Death Hussars to press. Schmidt was also worried that the two sides would fight, but things seemed to go smoothly. At least one night he didn't hear a few gunshots!

"You look at them too highly. Liu Shengxiu is a coward. We easily controlled him. After promising him to act with us, this guy decisively gave the order to fight. Then we controlled the horses and food. They wanted Walking is almost the same as looking for death, and Nie Shicheng still has some prestige. In the end, he overwhelmed these guys." I have to say that Mackensen’s methods are still good, knowing that it is not good to be hard, and knowing to control the high-level first and leave him behind. As for the road, Liu Shengxiu cares more about his own safety in plain terms. As for his troops, he must stand in the back!

"Russian reinforcements will soon return. If we simply count the strength of the army, we will not suffer at all. The Qing army has 8,000 people. Even if it is calculated based on the combat effectiveness, it will be calculated by two doubles, and the combat strength of 2000 will be calculated. A regiment of the army and the 1,500 cavalry attached to us, at least about 4,000, plus us, a fight with the Japanese army is enough!" Mackensen is still very confident in this battle, although the Russian army now The infantry regiment has not come yet....

　　 "This...." When Oshima Yoshihide got outside the city of Jiulian, the trenches outside the city wall made Oshima Yoshihide bigger! It’s not that he has never seen a trench, but the one in front of him is completely different from what he sees. It spreads in all directions like a huge spider web and spreads quickly around the city of Jiulian. The Qing army generally resists the city and defends. It seems that the Germans did not play cards according to common sense, and the depth of the entire line of defense has been extended by more than 800 meters! This puts the pressure on the infantry to charge up!

"Or, let's follow the script once! Let's blast off the artillery at the head of the city!" Although the Japanese army began to learn from France, it still knows how to concentrate its firepower. As a brigade, although it is only a part, it can also concentrate 12 Of artillery. According to his thoughts, a 2,000-man troop does not have independent artillery, and the maximum is 4 to 6 guns. He has twice the number of artillery. Even if the opponent occupies the ground and can fight farther, he can win. Right? Moreover, the artillery at that time was all direct fire, and there was very little research on curved shooting. Everyone used artillery as a large rifle. The effective range is like that!

As a result, a whole two company, about 12 artillery artillery teams were deployed in front of the Germans, they step by step, under the watch of the Germans, untied the artillery from the carriage, and then arranged artillery positions and placed the artillery in the artillery position. The artillery crew removed the ammunition from the ammunition cart, and the commander began to measure the range and prepare for the bombardment. The training in Japan was good. The whole process only lasted about 15 minutes!

　　 "Well, let's fire! Hurry up!" Schmidt said with a slight pity, looking at the Japanese artillery who was preparing outside the city. In order to protect this city well, Schmidt removed all the things that might affect the shooting range within a few kilometers, and all the terrain was used as a reference for the shelling. As long as you stand at the head of the city and see the Japanese army, the German artillery can clearly know the distance and position of the opponent! Even school shooting can be saved!

　　How do you say this era? On the eve of firepower completely dominating the battlefield, although there are high-explosive bombs, smokeless gunpowder, various artillery, and some early machine guns, the theory of long-range heavy artillery and indirect shooting has not been fully formed. There are not a large number of machine guns and submachine guns, so in some cases the war can be solved by infantry, especially in the relatively backward battlefield of the Far East.

The Japanese's tactics are not complicated. It is artillery plus infantry onboard, and at most some flank circuitous tactics. In the face of the Qing army who ran more times than fought in battles, the reason why Japan was able to win 70% was because the opponent was too weak. The quality and tactics of the Japanese army in the Russo-Japanese War were indeed quite powerful, but now, it can only be described as huh!

　　 "The details are too bad, not as good as the prince." If Ruprecht was here, Baron Schmidt would not dare to say that! The prince's tactical level at the time said that he was a little bit too late, but some ideas were really good. After learning Ruprecht's advanced combat posture, Schmidt felt that the Japanese army's tactics were too rough! To put it bluntly, the artillery fired, and then a wave of rhythm...

　　 Infantry charges have a distance. Running for a kilometer and then playing is obviously nonsense. Minimizing the impact distance is the key. However, under the current circumstances, Jiulian City was very exposed, and it was not easy to find shelter. What's more, the Japanese think that their firepower is superior. According to past experience, under normal circumstances, they are ready to harvest as soon as the cannon is fired. Under normal circumstances, another nail is hit on the flank, and then the cannon is sounded and waits for the harvest... ..

It’s wrong to say that the Japanese are still in a intensive formation and queuing to shoot them~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But it’s impossible to say how many smart skirmish lines, three or three teams, etc., local work industry. It is even more limited. At least unlike the Germans, each person is equipped with an engineer shovel...

　　 The Japanese artillery is preparing, and the infantry is gradually approaching the German defense line. In this era, apart from artillery, rifles, machine guns are almost less than pandas, and 80% are similar to hand-cranked Gatling... Therefore, in addition to artillery, there are almost no weapons in this era that can threaten the enemy 400 meters away. Those who can hit the target with a rifle 400 meters away are special shooters, and there are no sufficiently advanced optical sights in this era, let alone What's wrong with the wind, the distance depends on guessing!

　　 The Japanese began to build the proposed starting position, and the forward troops also began to move. The troops began to take their positions one by one, waiting for the artillery to be ready to start shelling. According to past experience, since it is a siege, let's smash the city wall first, and then take a look at the situation.

　　 And when the Japanese were busy, the Blue Army was also preparing for the final battle. Let alone the 4 75MM rapid-fire guns on the front of the city, they were naturally suppressed from a long distance. The remaining machine guns and mortars have been deployed in the machine gun nests and artillery nests placed in advance, and the troops are deployed with machine guns and mortar positions. Although the number of people is small, but the firepower is really strong, relying on nearly half of the semi-automatic rifles, the melee firepower of the Germans is not comparable to the single-loaded rifles of the Japanese.

　　 And in order to make up for the shortage of troops, some Russian cavalry were also transferred to infantry and defended some positions under the leadership of the Russian Army. A big battle is about to break out, and the whole battlefield is filled with an atmosphere of killing!

　　 The second one is more~~~, ask for collection, ask for reward~~~.