Chapter 666: Start
"Are you ready?" Xiao Moqi glanced at the pocket watch in his hand. The time is now 6:30 in the morning. After another 30 minutes, the exercise will officially begin. This is an exercise without any plans. Both sides will do their best. To defeat the opponent, and for this day, the Prussian General Staff has been busy for two and a half months!
"Everything is ready. There are only three areas suitable for large-scale offensives in the entire exercise field. We did not choose the defense method of evenly distributing 75MM rapid-fire guns. This will make our defense line full of loopholes. We finally adopted it. The way the three-layer defense line is arranged in depth." Hindenburg used the last time to review the layout of the entire defense line.
"We did not deploy war defense artillery in the outermost line of defense. We completely used mines and light howitzers to delay the adversary’s advancement. This is a cordon used to determine the direction of the opponent’s attack. After the opponent breaches the first cordon, the overall length of the front It will shrink quickly, and the three lines will become two lines. We have deployed 12 75MM rapid-fire guns on each line of defense. In this case, we have 36 75MM rapid-fire guns, half of which are mounted on trucks for mobile defense. The other half is ready to cooperate with our commando to launch a counterattack. The third line of defense deploys most of our reserve and mobile corps."
"Where is our artillery?" Xiao Maoqi asked.
"We have a total of 2 companies, a total of 8 150MM cannons, these guns are located relatively behind. There is also a company of 4 210MM heavy howitzers and 3 150MM heavy howitzers. We will deploy them in the second layer of defense. Ministry, between the two lines of defense is their most likely breakthrough point. Therefore, we decided to deploy a pocket here and deploy the most powerful heavy firepower here."
"The remaining 6 companies of 105MM howitzers are generally assigned to various fronts, and are generally temporarily hidden for use as mobile artillery. These reserve artillery are deployed behind the third line of defense." Hindenburg is responsible for the overall defense, and ultimately Little Mochi’s army has a total of 120 artillery pieces, which is less than the expected 140, but it has increased the number of heavy artillery pieces.
"The mobile corps under my command consists of a complete tank battalion, 3 cavalry regiments, and a towed artillery battalion. It is unrealistic to use this force to break through Prince Ruprecht’s defense line. So we decided to move in the opposite direction. When the second line of defense launches an attack, the main attacking force is wedged as the line of defense, and the rapid corps detours from the flanks to attack the back of the opponent’s offensive force.” said Mackensen, who is in charge of the mobile corps.
"What then? Should I just take advantage of the situation to intersperse and encircle, or return to the mode of positional warfare? How do you choose?" Xiao Maoqi asked.
"If the Quick Legion has spare power after cutting off the opponent's armored spearhead, we will continue to intersperse, but it is not realistic to completely divide all the opponents' troops, because our artillery is too far behind, and most of the artillery cannot reach it. Their rear, after all, we do not have a system of accompanying artillery." Hindenburg said. The 75MM artillery of the towed artillery regiment that accompanied the Mackensen operation only solved the problem, but it was too naive to use the 75MM artillery to knock out a division's defense.
"Well, this is not a good ending, but it is the most realistic, isn't it?" Xiao Maoqi said. "Now it's up to the Bavarian Army to act."
"The Prussians chose a very good position. Their first line of defense is about 12 kilometers long, but what is certain is that this line of defense is imaginary and will be broken by a poke. The real line of defense is the second line, and the front is reduced. Up to 8 kilometers. There are mountains on both sides and the newly formed swamp, which cannot pass. If they concentrate all the rapid-fire guns here, it will be difficult to fight, and the defense density is a bit high. Moreover, the opponent has sufficient reserves. Therefore, it is impossible to hit the end with one sword, but fortunately, we are well prepared."
"Although the opponent has strong forces, the exercise is ultimately an exercise. He can simulate the battlefield situation but cannot simulate the entire war situation. For example, the opponent has such a small strength and there will be no additional reinforcements, and our opponent's military strength is very well understood. , So, I really understand what I mean, slowly kill them! We don’t have to race against time. First we use bombers to solve their artillery positions, then use our long-range artillery to suppress their artillery, and then use the mobile corps repeatedly Attack the opponent's front. In short, time is on our side." Ruprecht personally arranged the entire battle. Compared with the tactics of Xiao Moqi and others, the plan made by the prince can be described as a rogue.
If you change the image point of view, it is to continuously take advantage of technical advantages. The continuous bombing in the air and the short assault on the ground make them unable to find the main attack direction, and finally force the opponent to take the initiative when the opponent can't bear it. This belongs to using a blunt knife to slowly cut the opponent. In fact, it is contrary to the idea of blitzkrieg, but there is no way, because the enemy is a bit strong...
Immature Air Force and Immature Armored Forces, what should we do in the face of an opponent with high defense density and strong firepower? It's hard to say whether you can win if you plunge into it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The little Maoqi light-speed gun on the opposite side has prepared 60 guns! I feel terrible when I think about it! So many artillery pieces are deployed on shorter fronts. Isn't this rushing to find death?
But it’s okay. There is no time limit for this exercise. The 36 bombers in the hands of the prince can explode slowly! According to the bomb load of an aircraft of 500KG, then a wave of bombs was 18 tons in the past. By the way, someone has to ask, why is the bomb load of this aircraft so large? The willingness is simple, the distance is close, the distance from the airport to the battlefield is between 75 and 90 kilometers. In other words, the combat radius is only 80 kilometers...
This distance is far from qualified even in the late stage of the first battle. Not even as far as the Paris Cannon! After all, the latter has a range of 132 kilometers! But now, this is the fighting power that crosses the age, thinking that before these aerial death gods went into war, no weapon could reach a range of 80 kilometers! Of course, if the combat radius is enlarged, it is nothing more than loading fewer bombs.
"When will the aerial reconnaissance be expected to produce results?" Prince Ruprecht asked.
"Our reconnaissance plane has already taken off. It is estimated that by 8 o'clock in the morning, the first batch of strike targets will be locked, and there will be no problems with navigation. We have special guidance and reference coordinates here, and the enemy is relying on the terrain. . The exercise site was originally small, and there will be no major deviations.” said Colonel Harrel von Hallerstein, who is in charge of air force liaison.
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