Chapter 879: 10. The State Burns (6)

When it comes to the essence of defensive warfare of the Defence Forces, aside from a large number of professional terms, it can be summarized in one sentence.
-Drown the opposite side with shells.
Both fixed defense and mobile defense are just forms. In fact, the elves are not particularly particular about which mode to use. Because they lost their wandering memories of the country in their early years, they were quite paranoid about the "land", but under the guidance of the extremely realistic top leadership, the nationals were also acceptable to give up their land in exchange for victory. Therefore, compared with their counterparts in other countries, the defense army has more flexibility in the tactical choice of defensive warfare and more room for maneuver. Therefore, they only need to consider how to deal with the weakness of the military, effectively save themselves, and kill the enemy as much as possible. The best way to achieve this goal is to shoot artillery and explode the enemy with enough black and hard to attack.
At a strategic level, the main force of the Yalfheim ground forces is armored forces, which are more suitable for mobile operations rather than positional operations. The basic operational idea of ​​the Defense Force is to rely on fixed positions for mobile operations. It is an ideal choice for the elf camp with the natural weakness of the number of soldiers. Under the effect of pursuing the ultimate national character and pre-tech in all things, these two modes of operation In the hands of the defense forces are pushed to the pinnacle of exquisite perfection.
At present, the trench tactics of various countries generally remain at the level of single-layer positions. In order to avoid the dispersion of forces and the concentration of firepower, soldiers are often concentrated in a single layer of positions. Charlemagne basically followed this approach at the beginning of the war, and in order to carry out the offensive spirit, he often used villages as a defensive stronghold for gathering troops, and he did not pay much attention to the strengthening of the village's defense. As a result, the Defense Force didn’t play cards according to the routine. As soon as the elves came up, they directly washed the ground with artillery shells, destroying the obstacles and foxholes in front of the position, and causing heavy casualties to the concentrated Charlemagne army, and even reinforcements behind the trenches. The troops were unable to move because of barrage shooting, and the assembled troops were quickly surrounded by the infantry of the Defense Forces. Before the reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the stronghold was captured.
In contrast, the Defense Force built a multi-layered position and multi-layered depth defense line from the beginning. Its depth can sometimes reach 25oo meters, and the trenches can be as many as 12 lines. Moreover, instead of simply distributing the forces evenly among the trenches, the Defense Force will determine a main line of defense, and then dig a large number of outposts, scattered trenches, auxiliary trenches, anti-slope positions, artillery positions, etc. before and after it. The support, after careful calculation, creates a barrage zone with various kinds of light and heavy fire near the barbed wire barrier, and no one can pass this death barrier.
"The forefront is the outpost. This area is only equipped with a small number of security forces. When the attacker spends a lot of shells to weaken the outpost, the defense will use the mortar deployed on the anti-slope position and the heavy artillery/field artillery set of the artillery position. The fire shoots at the infantry unit that impacted the outpost position, and when it approaches the cover position, it uses the cross fire of the infantry and machine gun positions to counterattack and knock it back."
Roland left a mark of suspected mortar position on his notebook, shook his head and erased it with an eraser.
"Forcing... Mortar?"
Hearing that the second-class soldier of Yunshan Mist Hood almost passed out, he had been studying various military postures and steps before. Every day, he listened to the sergeant "extend his right foot first, his right foot is in front of his left foot, and the distance between them is 24 inches. 17 inches directly in front of the right toe." The roar, constantly repeating 76 steps per minute, 1oo steps per minute overtime, 2oo~25o steps per minute when running... and so on. For this big-headed soldier, what Roland said was incredible.
Fortunately, Roland did not ask him to understand, but also explained the easy-to-understand parts.
"Mortar, you can understand it as a light mortar. Most of the shells are loaded from the muzzle, the shells slide down, hit the needle at the bottom of the barrel, and the bottom fire is ignited. The mortar shell is fired and pushed out of the muzzle. The recoil device, the recoil force is directly transmitted to the ground by the seat plate. Therefore, the weight is very light and the structure is simple. One person can complete the disassembly. The five-member gun group carries the components and the shells to accompany the infantry unit. It only takes a few minutes to withdraw the shot. position."
Lafayette swallowed a spit, he had never seen a cannonball that accurately fell into the trench, and his robes were blown off. With a personal experience, he could reveal from Roland The information that comes out roughly complements what advanced gadgets it is.
A simple, light-weight mortar with almost one tube and two racks is more accurate and deadly than its bulky counterparts.
"The high-throwing trajectory of the mortar was originally suitable for bombarding trenches, but it was generally heavier, the battlefield was inconvenient to maneuver, and the firing was relatively slow. The mortar had no such problems, and it could be transferred at any time to accompany the infantry and attack. Enemies assembled on the reverse slope. The most terrifying thing is shooting, the maximum firing of 81mm mortars can reach 25 per minute, and the 45mm light-weight mortars that use a clip can maintain a maximum firing of 3o per minute. The light from the crater is no way Determine the number and location of these things. As for machine guns...I think I see clearly."
Putting away the pencil and closing the notebook, Roland exclaimed a little helplessly.
Based on the information collected, he can already assert that the Charlemagne...No, it should be that any country’s army is now attacking the fortifications in front of it. Regardless of its motive, this behavior can be characterized as murder.
In general, elves are hardworking and hardworking warriors. With sufficient civil engineering equipment and materials, they have built a defensive zone that is much more practical and sturdy than the Machino line in a short time.
In order to occupy a favorable defensive zone and have wide vision and shooting range, the elves chose a high ground as the tactical support point of the main defensive zone. In addition to the aforementioned artillery, machine gun positions were also carefully designed. Two sets of high-end general machine gun positions formed a cross-fire coverage on the barbed wire zone, and large caliber heavy machine guns were deployed on the top of the high ground. In addition to air defense, parabolic trajectories were used to cover the barrage. zone. Any infantry group charge can only be overwhelmed by the whole army under this fire attack. Those machine gunners who can be trained to hit targets 12oo meters away will not let anyone leave alive. The elves had a high degree of confidence in their machine gunners. In order to protect them, each firepower point was carefully selected and reinforced, and some even used concrete and armor plates. There are as many as 12 machine gun firepoints counted on the front of Guang Luolan, and there are only more hidden firepower points that are difficult to find.
Finally, although it is invisible from here, based on his knowledge of the defense forces. He judged that due to the high terrain, there is almost no limit to the trench digging depth. The trench depth of the defense army is likely to reach 3 meters, the underground bunker is 12 meters underground, there are several emergency exits, and the dark road directly connects to the next road behind. trench. The bunker has complete lighting, ventilation, and drainage systems, and may even be equipped with running water.
This can no longer be called a defensive system. It is almost the same as saying that it is a long tomb. To fill this tomb, it takes a lot of "war gods"...
"Can't you use tunnel blasting?"
Lafayette asked in a low voice as he bowed and followed Roland.
Underground blasting has become a "magic trick" for various teams to deal with trenches repeatedly. When no effective progress could be made on the ground, the generals turned their attention to the underground. The ancient method of digging tunnels and siege was turned again, and everyone began to dig each other to let each other take a plane.
"The trenches on the opposite side are quite deep. If they are to dig under them, the amount of work will be quite large. Besides, most of them have also made preparations. As long as the general direction is determined, a large-diameter shell with a delayed explosion can bury the people in the tunnel alive. ."
The conclusion is clear. It is impossible to break through the trench with the technical equipment and tactics of the current countries.
Conversely, if it is Yalfheim's technology, or imitating Yalfheim's technology and tactical thinking, is there a chance to break through?
The answer is-very slim.
There is no doubt that to break the barriers of trench warfare, the chariot is the best choice. The indestructible mobile fortress, sweeping all the powerful firepower, is enough to crush the barbed wire, and the motive power to cross the trench-these are the abilities necessary to break through the trench. But the problem is that the tall 6-battle equipment, such as the chariot, is a non-sale product exclusively managed by Alfheim, and it is impossible for the enemy Charlemagne to obtain it. Imitation... that would be even more tragic.
Thanks to the excellent intelligence system left by Richelieu, Charlemagne can still fully grasp the movements of countries other than Alfheim, including technology developments. This allows Charlemagne to make "technical lessons" while exhibiting his tank.
After "The Night of the Long Swords", all countries are deeply impressed by the image of the chariot that has made a splash in this incident. Especially in the face of a tank destroying a whole company of cavalry with zero casualties, the granite head who always holds the old ideas of "mechanical equipment is squeamish, not as reliable as the war horse" and so on has to carefully examine the tank. Exist, under the background that the stalemate of trench warfare cannot be broken, everyone naturally thinks "can you use the chariot to break through the trench"...
The stimulation of the technology exhibition by the needs of war is direct and obvious. The parsimonious financial sector in peacetime is always particularly generous at this time, and it needs people to give people and money to pay. There is no shortage of talents who dare to innovate and endure hardships. With ready-made references, it is reasonable to say that the progress should be soon. The actual situation is totally different.
There is no in the road of technology exhibition, some are just a barrier called "science".
Due to the smooth technological accumulation process of Yalfheim and the comprehensiveness of the relevant industrial system, the chariot has taken more than ten years from the conception to the trial production to the final mass production. So far, how could the countries that failed to make the seamless steel tubes for the mortars and the rifles with the rear rifles be able to complete the chariot overnight?
Although tanks are not as extensively involved as shipbuilding, they are also systemic projects involving a large number of technologies and supporting processing enterprises. Even though the Defense Forces Compassion provides detailed complete drawings, even without the corresponding materials and expertise, even rough imitations cannot be produced. Not only can they fail to meet the design requirements, they often have to use the blood and life of the soldiers to pay for the tuition.
Countries are now drawing on the drawing board, which is a series of works with a lot of brain holes. Each one has a different shape, the bones are amazing, and most of them are evil works that implement the "multi-rivet steaming steel" idea.
For example, Albion’s diamond-shaped car body and
water tank
with over-crawler track;
For example, the "unicycle" where Albion’s car body and wheels are integrated;
For example, the code of the United Kingdom of Ross is "big warship" and nickname is "Czar chariot". It has two front wheels with a diameter of 9 meters and a ma with a rear wheel of 1.5 meters in diameter;
For example, the son of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, the alchemist of the United Principality of Ross, designed by Vasily Mendeleev is as heavy as a rat-type heavy tank and installed with
fashionable
oil and gas Hanging "automatic propulsion gun";
...
Well, Chutchev, the famous poet of the Principality, has long confessed to his compatriots: "Rose cannot be understood by reason, and it cannot be measured by general standards. There are special things in it." What can outsiders say? They haven't come up with a staggered load wheel.
Charlieman’s military engineers are more rational than their foreign counterparts, but the trial tanks
Schneider
and
Saint-Chamon
they produced are really...to use Roland’s harsh words to describe, that is,
long "Elephants with antelope legs", "Writing chariots read as freaks of assault guns". These wonderful designs are not even optimistic about the crown prince, but the reason for this disrespect is that these two tank design indicators cannot meet him. His Royal Highness the Prince, stimulated by a rat-type heavy chariot in Courmayeur, believed that it could only deal with sharp-eared armored monsters of the same kind, and it had thicker armor and thicker tubes than the opponents. The best caliber is 152mm...
Crown princes and designers obsessed with large-caliber artillery may not know what monsters they can eventually produce according to their requirements. But Roland has foreseen that even if they really succeed ~EbookFREE.me~ Most of them will eventually appear in front of everyone's eyes will be a walking hut.
Thinking seemed to be a little too loose, Roland withdrew his thoughts and shook his head.
Based on his understanding of the gap between the two sides, he knew that even if the toys on these drawings could be produced immediately and went to the battlefield, Li Lin's animal legion and open space assault were still vulnerable.
(...Yeah)
Roland looked thoughtfully at the other end of the trench.
The Defense Forces can break the deadlock at any time, but they have not done so. Why? Why did they choose a positive attack instead of a surprise attack? Why stop here to build fortifications?
In order to clarify these issues, he deliberately came to the front line as a naval investigator, looking for clues.
The long line of defense and strong firepower of the Defense Force made any close-up observation impossible. Even so, the information about the changed troops, firepower configuration, constantly changing artillery positions and artillery types, etc. was enough for him to speculate on this. Some outlines of "Sitting War" and "False War".
The unusual behavior of the defense force is likely to be "waiting for an opportunity."
In the shortest time, completely defeat the opponent and avoid falling into the quagmire of attrition battles-this is the basic strategy of the defense army. Nowadays, it has stopped because of its full advantage. It can never be because the top leadership misjudged the situation, nor is it a technical reason. It is purely a tactical arrangement made to cooperate with the next step.
The calm is only temporary, and even this temporary calm may be a gold coin placed on the trap. Whoever can take the gold coins before the trap starts, who will have an advantage in the next battle and even win the war.
Suddenly, Roland stopped and stared sharply at the chalk wall, as if to penetrate the soil layer and the battle line. (To be continued.)