Chapter 517: Exercise two

The 1.5-ton truck pulled the artillery to a predetermined position, and then with the cooperation of a group of gunners, the 105mm light howitzer weighing more than 1 ton was removed from the truck. This new type of artillery is a model of the Lefh16 105mm light howitzer in German history, but it uses a larger chamber in order to obtain a longer range. In the end, the muzzle velocity of this artillery was increased to 475 meters per second. With a maximum elevation angle of 40 degrees, the maximum range of this artillery reached 12 kilometers! It can hit farther than the average 150mm heavy howitzer. It has obvious range advantages for general artillery.

All the artillery was deployed in place within fifteen minutes, and then began to set up ammunition accumulation points next to the artillery. Generally speaking, in a field situation, there must be a certain distance between the artillery ammunition cart and the artillery, otherwise, once it is destroyed, it will be a battlefield. But this time, the Germans boldly piled the artillery shells next to the artillery, because the siege troops who accompanied the troops this time carried bulldozers. With the help of mechanical power and huge shovel, soon, a few were made of logs and soil. The parapet wall composed of layers was built.

The long-range artillery force began to deploy, placing ammunition. The vast majority of infantry and armored troops continued to advance. When approaching the enemy's distance of 3 kilometers, all the infantry began to disembark, the vehicles were placed around for concealment, and the infantry needed to walk the last section of the road to enter the position on foot. At any time, it would be completely deadly to go directly to the position in an unarmored transport vehicle.

Think about it, later generations will let the infantry practice armed cross-country 5 kilometers all day. Really just exercise? That has a tactical purpose! Generally speaking, non-armored vehicles will stop at a distance of 5 kilometers from the opponent. If you get closer, once the opponent's long-range artillery finds out, a quick shot can wipe out the infantry in the vehicle. So, if you don’t want to die in the last part of the journey, you should finish it with your feet honestly and practically!

At a distance of about 500 meters to 1000 meters from the opponent’s position, the battalion command post and the support artillery belonging to the battalion began to deploy. However, considering that all mortars in this attack can be carried by half-track vehicles, this step is avoided. . The half-tracked vehicle directly advances to a place 800 meters away from the opponent's front line for concealment. And the armored vehicles began to start a battle formation. But the infantry in charge of the front-line attack needs to move on. They need to choose and build a starting position in order to shorten the attack distance to less than 400 meters!

Of course, this distance is quite close to the opponent, and even has entered the rifle's kill range. Unless you rely on the terrain, you will have to use some other means if you want to pass. The 120mm heavy mortars deployed on the two wings began to release smoke bombs. At the same time, engineers began to place a large number of smoke cans near the assembly area. Soon, in just a few minutes, a thick curtain-like smoke wall was covered. After the entire assembly hell, under the cover of the smoke, pairs of infantry began to expand from a dense formation into a skirmish formation, and under the leadership of the squad leader, a line of skirmishers was drawn.

"This skirmish line is very characteristic." Although part of it was obscured by the smoke, the sharp-eyed little Maoqi still noticed that the skirmish line drawn by the Bavarians was different from that drawn by the general German army! With the advent of machine guns and rapid-fire cannons, the firepower of this era became more and more fierce. When the Prussian army also attacked, it also gave up the dense formation and opened the skirmish line in units of squads. On the surface, the Bavarians do almost the same as the Prussian Army. The soldiers are separated by 2 to 3 meters. One squad is a line. The attacking front is about three squads. At the same time, the attacking troops start room is composed of 5 layers of skirmish lines. constitute. A distance of about 50 meters is maintained between the front and rear floors.

But from the overall point of view, there is a problem. The entire offensive force forms an inverted trapezoid formation. The front offensive force has three squads on each tier, but there are five squads at the back. In addition, several columns are interspersed in the skirmish line, which is an offensive formation in which the columns and the horizontal teams cooperate with each other.

Although there was smoke to cover, the defender had already sensed the danger, and various support firepower began to suppress fire, and some machine guns at the support points also began to use migratory locust-like bullets to cut the attacking team's formation. The first wave of firepower contest between the two parties has begun!

Finally, the 105mm light howitzers deployed in the rear began to take off. These artillery gave full play to their range advantages. With the howling rain of bullets, the 14kg shells crossed the frontal positions of the two sides and fell 2,000 behind the enemy's positions. The artillery position about meters! The straight-line distance is about 7.5 kilometers, this distance is almost the limit range for a 3-inch rapid-fire gun, but for the l22 light howitzer, it is just a handy shot!

Relying on the help of frontline observation posts and wired telephones, the 105mm howitzer seemed to have eyes, and the dense shells fell in the predetermined area. The artillery of the defending side was sentenced to be useless under the referee's ruling. But everything can have accidents, and now it seems that an accident has happened....

"Why are the distant 3-inch rapid-fire gun positions still firing? Shouldn't they be destroyed?" Xiao Maoqi whispered to the staff nearby.

"This time, there was a semi-buried cannon nest on the pre-selected position, so they directly used this cannon nest as an artillery position. These bunkers have a relatively wide range of fire and are topped with large logs, and there are 1 The soil layer behind the meter is ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ so it cannot be destroyed by using 105mm artillery," the staff officer explained.

"Then this artillery position will be a very big trouble for the attacker." Xiao Maoqi said with a frown. Little Maoqi has a new understanding of the prince's tactical rigor and harshness. This is simply too serious! Actually set up a semi-permanent offensive in this encounter, and haven't fired up 150mm heavy artillery! This is really starting from actual combat. The exercise of the Prussian army can only be called an act in comparison with the exercise of the Bavarian Army!

And is this the prince deliberately causing trouble for himself? Obviously not! If the prince is the defender, he has at least 20 ways to abolish the immature armies in front of him. The easiest way is to add a few flat guns, not to mention directly cutting off the spear of the attacker, at least attack. The difficulty has risen geometrically....

The reason why the prince left these cannon nests was actually to highlight the power of the tank's flat-fire artillery! Although the civil engineering works are strong, they may be able to block one or two 75mm artillery shots, but the continuous attacks, let alone the civil offensive, can't stop the reinforced concrete! How many concrete boxes were not destroyed by the heavy howitzers, but they were dropped by repeated strikes at close range after the direct firepower approached!

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