The Rise of the Empire

The 1.5-ton truck pulled the artillery to the predetermined position, and then with the cooperation of a group of gunners, the 105mm light howitzer weighing more than 1 ton was untied from the vehicle. This new type of artillery imitates the lefh16 105mm light howitzer in German history, but 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, and with the maximum elevation angle of 40 degrees, the maximum range of this artillery reached 12 kilometers! It can hit farther than ordinary 150mm heavy howitzers. It has a more obvious range advantage for general artillery. \u003c/p\u003eAll the artillery was deployed 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 ammunition vehicle of the artillery and the artillery, otherwise, once it is killed, it will be a position that is finished. But this time, the Germans boldly piled the shells next to the artillery, because the siege troops who accompanied the troops this time carried bulldozers. Layered parapets were erected. \u003c/p\u003eThe long-range artillery unit began to deploy and place ammunition. The vast majority of infantry and armor continued to advance. When approaching the enemy at a distance of 3 kilometers, all infantry began to get off the vehicle, and the vehicles were placed around for concealment, while the infantry had to walk the last part of the way to enter the position. No matter at any time, it is completely courting death to go directly to the front of the position in an unarmored transport vehicle. \u003c/p\u003eThink about it, later generations let infantry practice armed cross-country 5 kilometers all day long. Is it really just exercise? That's for 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 burst of artillery fire can completely wipe out the infantry riding on the vehicle. Therefore, if you don’t want to die on the last stretch of the road, you should walk it with both feet honestly! \u003c/p\u003eAt a distance of about 500 meters to 1,000 meters from the opponent's position, the battalion command post and the supporting artillery belonging to the battalion began to deploy. However, considering that all mortars in this attack can be carried by half-track vehicles, so the This step is omitted. The half-track vehicle directly advanced to a place 800 meters away from the opponent's front line for concealment. And the armored vehicles began to form battle formations. But the infantry responsible for 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! \u003c/p\u003eOf course, this distance is already quite close to the opponent, and it has even entered the killing distance of the rifle. Unless it depends on the terrain, otherwise, if you want to go there, you have to use some other means. The 120mm heavy mortars that had been deployed on both wings began to release smoke bombs. At the same time, the engineers began to place a large number of smoke canisters near the assembly area. Soon, in just a few minutes, a thick smoke wall like a curtain covered the entire area. After the entire assembly hell, under the cover of smoke, pairs of infantrymen began to expand from dense formations to skirmish formations, and led by the squad leader to draw out skirmish lines one by one. \u003c/p\u003e"This skirmisher line is very characteristic." Although it was partially covered by the smoke, the sharp-eyed little Maoqi still found that the skirmisher line drawn by the Bavarians was different from that drawn by the general German army! With the advent of machine guns and rapid-fire guns, the firepower of this era has become more and more brutal. When the Prussian Army also attacked, it also gave up the dense formation and spread out the skirmish line in units of squads. On the surface, what the Bavarians do is similar to the Prussian Legion. The time interval between soldiers is between 2 and 3 meters. One squad is a line. There are about three squads attacking the front. constitute. There is a distance of about 50 meters between the front and back floors. \u003c/p\u003eBut on the whole, there is a problem,

The entire offensive force forms an inverted echelon formation. There are three squads on each floor of the offensive force in the front, but there are five squads in the back. Moreover, there are several columns interspersed in the skirmish line. This is an offensive formation in which columns and horizontal teams cooperate with each other. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough there is smoke for cover, the defenders have already sensed the danger. Various support firepower began to suppress and shoot, and the machine guns at some support points also began to use locust-like bullets to cut the offensive formation. The first wave of firepower contest between the two sides has begun! \u003c/p\u003eFinally, the 105mm light howitzers deployed at the rear began to show their power. These artillery gave full play to their range advantages. With the roaring bullet rain, the 14kg shells fell over the frontal positions of the two sides and landed on the enemy On the artillery position about 2 kilometers behind the position! The straight-line distance is about 7.5 kilometers. This distance is almost the limit range distance for a 3-inch rapid-fire gun, but it is just a handy grasp for an l22 light howitzer! \u003c/p\u003eRelying on the front-line observation posts and wired telephones, the 105mm howitzers seemed to have eyes, and dense shells fell in the predetermined area one after another. But accidents are possible in everything, and now it seems that an accident happened... \u003c/p\u003e "Why is the 3-inch rapid-fire gun position in the distance still firing? Shouldn't they be destroyed?" Mo Qi whispered to the staff next to him. \u003c/p\u003e"This time, there was a semi-buried gun nest on the pre-selected position, so they directly used this gun nest as an artillery position. , and there is a soil layer behind 1 meter, so it cannot be destroyed by simply using 105mm artillery.” The staff officer explained. \u003c/p\u003e "Then this artillery position will be a very big trouble for the attacking side." Xiao Maoqi said with a frown. Little Mao Qi has a new understanding of the rigorous and harsh tactics of the prince, which is simply too serious! He actually set up a semi-permanent offensive in this encounter, and hasn't added a 150mm heavy artillery to himself! This is the real starting from actual combat. Compared with the exercises of the Bavarian Army, the exercises of the Prussian army can only be called acting! \u003c/p\u003eAnd is this the prince deliberately making trouble for himself? Obviously not! If the prince is on the defensive side, he has at least 20 ways to abolish this immature army of various arms in front of him. Difficulty rises geometrically.... \u003c/p\u003eThe reason why the prince left these gun nests is actually to highlight the power of the chariot's flat-firing artillery! Although the civil fortifications are strong, they may be able to block one or two shots of 75mm artillery, but the continuous attacks, let alone civil offensives, can't be stopped by reinforced concrete! How many concrete bastard boxes were not destroyed by heavy howitzers, but were taken away by repeated strikes at close range after direct firepower approached! \u003c/p\u003eThank you for the first guard tank brigade, Membrane Legend, good books are hard to find, after the moon rises at dusk, Wang Yao's young guard rabbit, fat cow king's\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And \u003c/a\u003e support from book friends such as Xiaoyu in the toilet, youbo, Song of the Lost, My Favorite Eyes, halseisen~~~! ! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e