Chapter 6： The road is tortuous, and the result is certain! (1/2)
Generally speaking, the prince still has an advantage. No matter how far-sighted the prince is, he has a certain limit. He can think of machine guns and trench defense systems because these things have appeared. And such things as rapid-fire artillery have never appeared on land! If the prince can think of this, Ruprecht is very willing to ask for his mobile phone number.
The first wave of suppression of the firepower of the prince was the first to have an accident. When the German artillery fired the first empty bullet, before the artillery had time to reset, the series of guns on the opposite position really shocked people! ”This is at least the firepower of an artillery company!” A series of loud noises came from a distance, making His Royal Highness a little at a loss. And Earl Schelling next to him a minute later reminded. ”Your artillery position has been destroyed. In actual combat, at this distance, it is impossible for your artillery to survive such a fierce shelling!” Lord Earl faithfully performed the duties assigned to him by the Prince and said seriously.
”I really got something!” His Royal Highness, who had lost the two artillery pieces, immediately adjusted the deployment. He required all artillery pieces to be arranged behind the shelter and forced the elevation angle of the artillery to be raised. The muzzle velocity of the old artillery using maroon gunpowder itself is relatively low, and the ballistic trajectory is relatively curved, and the bunkers constructed hastily succeeded in the opponent's shooting dead angle! ”When the cavalry launched a charge, at least two artillery guns were left to release smoke bombs! In order to reduce the killing effect of the machine gun, the prince specially ordered.
What is it called? Not afraid of godlike opponents but piggy teammates! And this time, Ruprecht would add another sentence: Don't be afraid of the opponent's god-like weapon, just be afraid of the reliability of your own coffee table! The new rapid-fire gun that was originally intended for acting finally had a problem under the exercise close to the actual combat environment! After one artillery fired 8 shells in one minute, there was a problem with the hydraulic equipment! TM is leaking again!
At this time Ruprecht had to sigh for a powerful historical inertia. In the history of the rapid-fire gun, we encountered a series of problems before the birth of the rapid-fire gun, and none of us passed through it! People in later generations know that the famous French M1897 rapid-fire gun, almost the longest range and largest projection of its kind, makes Miss 75 proud of the world. However, this artillery was not the first rapid-fire gun. In 1889, the French developed a 57MM rapid-fire gun with a short recoil, which was not too successful due to immature reasons in various aspects.
At the same time, a German engineer was also studying rapid-fire guns, and this was Annadenhauser, who had just become a Viscount. In history, he designed the first long recoil rapid-fire gun, which was patented in 1891. The hydraulic back seat equipment is used. But at the same time, he couldn't solve the leakage problem in a short time and missed Krupp. The traverser successfully found the designer, and at the same time successfully restored this set of rapid-fire guns that had appeared later. But in the end it succeeded in inheriting the technical problem of this immature artillery-liquid leakage!
If it weren't for this technical problem, the traverser would also like to have a friendly discussion with his uncle. Could it be so much? But from now on, it seems that the result is even worse!
There was a problem with the first door, and there might be a problem with the second door. The fierce and fierce artillery left a deep impression on the prince. But then the artillery of the two gun nests actually misfired. He was a little surprised, but in line with the principle of going up if you had the chance, under the cover of artillery, a company of Bavarian cavalry launched a charge! At this time, there is only one artillery that the traverser can use to intercept the opponent's attack! Originally there were 4 artillery pieces, of which 3 artillery pieces could be fired in any direction. However, after the two artillery had problems, the traverser found sadly that he could only rely on one artillery to resist the impact of a company of cavalry! What's more sad is that this cavalry company also has a battery of artillery cover!
However, the comprehensive performance of the M1897 rapid-fire gun imitated by the traverser is really good. In addition to the firepower and range, another advantage is that it is lighter. The gun of more than 1 ton is barely within the range of manpower, which is considered to have a ”certain”. The battlefield mobility! After abandoning the historical monopod mount, the artillery with the bipod mount reached 25 degrees! Far beyond the original 6 degrees! And these designs finally won a chance for His Royal Highness!
The so-called two fists are hard to beat by four hands. When a battery of artillery fired on the still-usable rapid-fire gun for 10 minutes, Earl Schelling announced that the gun had lost its effect. Subsequently, the prince’s cavalry decisively launched a charge! Just when the cavalry were no more than 700 meters away from the trench, the last artillery had moved to a suitable position, and the frightening artillery sounded again! This artillery fired wildly at a rate of 6 rounds per minute. At the same time, the machine gun on the front began to roar!
”Your cavalry will suffer heavy casualties under this kind of firepower. In theory, even if your cavalry can break through this line of defense, the remaining personnel and horses will not exceed 30%.” Earl Schelling's crow mouth spoke again, honestly Said that he was still satisfied with the performance of the little prince. Although the result is certain. ”If you withdraw your rear cavalry, then you can retain some strength.” The count suggested.
Although he invested a company of cavalry on the offensive, the prince’s formation was still very open, and he had seen the power of the machine gun, so he wanted to find places with weak firepower to assault, but he had to say that the opponent’s crossfire was arranged. Very good, there are not many weaknesses on the attack surface.