The Rise of the Empire

His Royal Highness really has no way to explain to Little Maoqi those steel giants that only appeared after World War 1! If one has not experienced World War I, it is difficult for people to imagine how far human beings can go on the road of killing under the pressure of life and death! You know, when the war started, the Germans only had 4 large Belsa howitzers to kill the Liege Fortress. After arriving in Verdun, even if more than 30 artillery pieces of 15 inches or more were fired for a full 10 months, Verdun was not solved! Both sides went to great lengths to produce more powerful artillery to overwhelm their opponents. \u003c/p\u003e"The western front is too cruel, let's go to the eastern front." His Royal Highness said to himself more than once. \u003c/p\u003e"We need artillery with a longer range and more powerful artillery. Simply relying on the close-range attack of large-caliber howitzers will not allow the German Army to maintain its advantage." Xiao Moqi deduced on the huge sand table by himself Said after a while. \u003c/p\u003e"The 305mm heavy siege guns we ordered from Krupp may no longer meet our needs. The Liege Fortress is no longer the standard. If we want to win this war, we must use The fortress on this sand table is the standard! So we need more powerful heavy artillery!" Little Mao Qi said with a long breath, throwing away the pencil in his hand. \u003c/p\u003e"Our field troops also need long-range heavy artillery when facing non-fortress areas. Simple cannons can no longer meet our needs." The prince nodded and said. \u003c/p\u003eInvisibly, the prince has changed the tactics of the German army in the future. Historically, the German army has been trying to end the war through quick battles. It's a 150mm heavy howitzer. There will be 210mm heavy howitzers at the first level of the army or the first level of the group army. These weapons are characterized by a huge amount of projection, but a relatively short range. The range of the German sfh13 150mm artillery is only 8600 meters. And the 210mm heavy howitzer is only 9600 meters. The artillery is not heavy, and the 210mm heavy howitzer weighs just over 7 tons. \u003c/p\u003eBut soon, after this war, which was destined not to end quickly, entered a stalemate, the Germans suddenly found that their artillery range was insufficient... So they came up with three large-caliber long-range cannons one after another, the earliest of which was the 150mml40 cannon, which was born in 1915. \u003c/p\u003eThe performance of this kind of artillery is actually quite good, the weight is only 5360kg, but it can shoot 44.2kg shells 18.7km! It is very satisfying both in terms of weight and range. Of course, this satisfaction is only temporary, and soon, in 1917, the Germans produced the pinnacle of the 6-inch army cannon in the first battle-the K16 long-range artillery! \u003c/p\u003eThis 10.87-ton heavy artillery has a 6.41-meter-long barrel, which can shoot 51.4kg shells 22 kilometers away, and has a terrifying rate of fire of three rounds per minute! This artillery is so good that until the beginning of World War II, some German troops still used this artillery as a long-range suppression artillery. \u003c/p\u003eHowever, there is no end to the pursuit of advanced weapons by soldiers. Although the 155mm gpf Dafeilu artillery of the same level produced by the French is worse than the K16 in terms of projectile weight and range, (the projectile weight is 43kg, and the maximum range 19,500 meters) but still made the Germans feel great pressure. \u003c/p\u003eSo the Germans decided to remove the 17cm artillery on the former dreadnought and use it. This is the 170mm skl/40 artillery with the longest range and the most powerful artillery owned by the German Army Field Artillery in history. This cannon can be used not only as an ordinary cannon for the army, but also as a train cannon, and many so-called 170mm train cannons are just throwing the army cannon on a flatbed car.

Then it gets stuck and becomes a train gun.... This heavy artillery with a maximum range of up to 24km is the king of ordinary artillery in World War I! Except for some train guns with long barrels, few can threaten his existence! \u003c/p\u003eIn fact, a certain amount of long-range artillery was indeed needed as anti-battery firepower in the First World War. If it is simply a comparison of the projected volume, the Germans and the British and French must be at a disadvantage. The prince will make the future chief of staff of the German Army invisible. Noticed the role of the long-range cannon, although it may not be able to turn things around, but it is still possible to gain some tactical advantages. \u003c/p\u003e"If everything is as you said, it is really difficult for us to win a quick battle. In order to overwhelm our opponents, we need heavy artillery with a longer range, and if we equip a large number of these heavy artillery, it will naturally give us weak logistical supplies It brings huge pressure. I personally feel that the 150mm long-range heavy artillery is already the limit of large-scale land transportation. If you want to get stronger and bigger artillery, you must rely on railways!" Xiao Maoqi said. \u003c/p\u003eXiao Moqi doesn’t mean that long-range artillery over 150mm cannot be transported. Historically, Skoda’s 12-inch siege gun and the German’s Big Belsa can be transported by road. Xiao Maoqi meant that, but the number of these artillery pieces is relatively small after all. The number of siege cannons with this specific function is far less than the number of artillery pieces like k15 or 150mml40. Units are attached, and the addition of these equipment will definitely increase the difficulty of troop marching, and will further slow down the troop's breakthrough speed. \u003c/p\u003eSo, at this time, the German Army fell into an endless loop. To overwhelm the opponent, heavier artillery was needed, and heavier artillery made it difficult for the Germans to make a quick decision. In the end, it will become a stalemate in the trenches. This is a dead end, a dead end that cannot be resolved in the first battle! \u003c/p\u003eBut this is also what the prince needs, because only by making Little Maoqi realize that the western front cannot be solved quickly, can the eastern front start to get more resources. Only then will the German high-level leaders seriously consider the protracted war issue. In fact, Germany did a very good job after entering the protracted war in World War I. Whether it is the integration of resources or the allocation of materials, it is much better than the mustache in World War II, but the only The problem is that there is no preparation, and there is no real establishment of a national strategic resource reserve system with the standard of protracted war! \u003c/p\u003e"From the very beginning, I thought that any quick-fix plan was impossible to achieve, and then I realized that when Germany and Britain and France played against each other, we simply could not have an overwhelming advantage. The two sides will enter a long battle on the Western Front. The stalemate stage, and this kind of continuous consumption is not good for Germany, so I hope that after the Eastern Front is resolved, the Western Front can stop in time. But unfortunately, many people do not see the seriousness of this problem Sex, they fantasize about victory, fantasize about solving the problem once and for all, until they bring the empire into the abyss!" The prince said helplessly. \u003c/p\u003e"I'm 70% convinced of your speculation now. We really need to make some strategic preparations to deal with the protracted war, but at the same time, wouldn't it be better if there is a glimmer of hope to win quickly? And What you just said is just a solid line of defense and lack of vitality, I believe that if we have a powerful train gun, we can completely solve the problem!" Mo Qi said a little unwillingly. \u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! Please subscribe please~~~! ! ! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003ePrevious chapter

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