The Rise of the Empire

Using support points to defend is an important part of the new defense concept brought by the prince. Regardless of the gains and losses of non-key defense lines, it is stuck on a few key points. Limited forces are pooled to offset the numerical advantage of the attacker. \u003c/p\u003eHis Royal Highness the Prince, who had visited the Prussian General Staff, shared this tactic with his Prussian counterparts, and was endorsed by the latter, but it is a pity that Hindenburg and others only learned some superficial. The real essence has not been comprehended. \u003c/p\u003eThe way Hindenburg ordered the heavy weapons unit to fight in the front is to rely on firepower to crush those important support points, at least to be able to suppress these firepower points, and provide opportunities for approaching blasting and dividing encirclement. After all, the core of battalion-level defense is machine guns and mortars, and these weapons are few in number. Considering a certain attack direction, it is not difficult to suppress these firepower points. \u003c/p\u003e But what Hindenburg didn't expect was that the cover position built mainly with semi-automatic rifle firepower could undertake the blockade task when the main firepower point was suppressed! The time for strong firepower suppression is limited. After all, there are only so many ammunition. If you can't break through before the fight is over, you can only withdraw. \u003c/p\u003eHaving anticipated this situation, Hindenburg decisively arranged a flank detour. However, due to limited heavy weapons and mobility, the support firepower of the flank was much weaker, but Hindenburg still believed that he could Open a gap, because the opponent's strength and equipment are even more lacking! \u003c/p\u003e"The composition mode of the opponent's frontal defense line is centered on the firepower points of machine guns and mortars. A large number of double and three-man bunkers are interspersed among them to make up for the lack of firepower points. According to the distribution of the opponent's equipment, it is impossible for them to Maintaining this configuration on the flanks, they don't have that much equipment," Hindenburg had said before the attack. \u003c/p\u003eOn the flanks, the prince used another defensive posture to block the opponent's attack. The support points established by the squad replaced the mode of firepower points and foxholes working together, although there were not enough machine guns and mortars , but relying on the firepower of 4 semi-automatic rifles and a grenadier in each squad can still suppress the same lack of firepower on the front and make them unable to move.\u003c/p\u003eDifferent from the multi-layer defense mode on the front, the troops on the side are almost all concentrated In one line of defense, the original three lines of defense became two as a whole. When the force is greatly enriched, relying on stronger infantry firepower allows the defender to have better control over the battlefield. \u003c/p\u003e"If we drag it on, there will be no results. The position they chose is too good. The heavy firepower can only be deployed on the front, and there is not enough space on the flanks. Therefore, the opponent does not need to judge our main attack direction." An officer was a little dissatisfied Said. \u003c/p\u003e"Even if we launch an attack on the side, even if the opponent misjudges our attack direction, the result will not be too big. The flank attack distance is relatively far, and the opponent's concentrated defense will eventually cause some trouble for our breakthrough , They will also be blocked by the opponent during the stage of seizing the trench. This time is enough for them to reconfigure their heavy weapons and then suppress our backup."\u003c/p\u003e"In all fairness, the opponent is also very careful, and has not arranged minefields and Barbed wire, this saves us a lot of trouble in moving forward. Let’s just leave it at that, and there will be no results if we continue to fight.” Little Moqi came out to smooth things over. When the strength gap is not too great, if the attacking force cannot break through the line of defense in a short period of time, then time will be on the opponent's side. \u003c/p\u003eIf you just look at the ratio of the exchange of troops, you are not too disadvantaged on your side. The other side saves face, and you don't need to stalk to the end. But in general, the future chief of staff of the German Army is aware of the transposition of offensive and defensive advantages and disadvantages in the war. Before the emergence of powerful, high-speed breakthrough units,

Facing the defender with sufficient depth and a large number of artillery, the difficulty of the attacker is getting more and more difficult! \u003c/p\u003eHowever, Hindenburg still wants to give it a try. The Prussian Legion also has a commando team composed of similar elite personnel, although it is not as highly integrated as the storm commando team of later generations. The latter integrates elite infantry, engineers and artillery. Together, and after the artillery turns a certain position into an island, these elite infantry will open the gap. \u003c/p\u003eAn infantry armed with a trench mine thrower began to sneak in from the flank under the cover of firepower. They successfully found the dead angle of the opponent's firepower, and crossed the blockade line in a place that was definitely not wide. Relying on their excellent individual qualities, they got close to the trenches and cleaned up the remaining enemies in the trenches with the pistols they carried with them. \u003c/p\u003eThey even formed a breakthrough on the front line, but it is a pity that they turned around and fell into the siege of superior opponents. After this elite force broke into the wedge, the follow-up troops did not keep up. The attackers on the frontal battlefield have shown signs of decline, while the defenders have more reserves that can be deployed to the flanks. The last troops that Hindenburg put in were like sharp arrows, successfully piercing through the outer steel armor of the knights. But at the same time the arrow is also broken. \u003c/p\u003eThe final result of the exercise was as expected by the prince. The attacker failed to break through the line of defense within 5 hours, and even failed to drive two nails into the core position. was pulled out. With the advancement of science and technology, the offensive and defensive situation on the battlefield is gradually changing. And because of the prince, the high-level German army also has a certain understanding of what will happen in the foreign war situation. \u003c/p\u003e"I am becoming less and less optimistic about the situation on the Western Front. Our strategy of quick fixes cannot be realized due to supply problems. If we do not have only one enemy, France, then we can still rely on a strong Industry and a huge population base crush the opponent, but if the opponent becomes France and Russia, then we can only defeat one of them, and then reach an agreement with the other that is more beneficial to Germany.\u003c/p\u003eIn the exercise After the end, even Little Moltke admitted that the situation facing Germany in the future is far more difficult than expected. The French cannot beat Germany, but relying on distance and defensive advantages can still delay for a long time, and the Russians' terrifying war The potential made Germany feel hopeless. At least the Prussian staff did not think of any way to crack under the existing system.\u003c/p\u003e "War is not an end, it is just a tool, not even the only tool. If I don't If I want to win, then apart from the blood and fire on the battlefield, I have no other means. Let the fortress collapse from within by some means. The probability of this happening in France is not high, but the Russians are different. Their ethnic problems and social conflicts are no less than those of Austria-Hungary. There may be problems without the breakthrough I was looking for at the beginning. "\u003c/p\u003eWhen Schlieffen asked the prince what he thought about the prospect of Germany fighting on two fronts, the prince decisively stated his plan. For more than ten years after crossing, the prince has been thinking about what to do if The problem of how to fight the First World War broke out, and now he can finally tell his ideas to the top German army, and gradually exert his influence, and finally implement it.\u003c/p\u003eThanks to the book friend who loves the boy who reads historical novels, xiaotang246 , bighill1982's \u003c/a\u003e~~~, and book friends who were cats in their previous lives, gray and domineering people, Linhai Guyan's \u003c/a\u003e support~~~, the second one is here~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c /div\u003e