Chapter 282： Cant beat it? (1/2)

”The size of the defensive force is about one battalion, and at the same time, a firepower company has been strengthened. At the rear, it can also get fire support from half a 75mm howitzer company. The offensive side is about 2 battalions with fire support from a 75mm howitzer company. At your request, the offensive team is under the command of the Prussian staff, and Colonel Schmidt will be in charge of the defense. The exercise plan starts at 8 a.m., and the offensive team must conquer the opponent’s position within 5 hours, otherwise the offensive team Will be judged as a failure.”

Just after the zipper exercise is over, it stands to reason that the rest of the offensive and defensive warfare exercises are just a cutscene. But I don't know if the Bavarian Legion pushed the bar too high to stimulate the opponent, or other reasons. The originally planned plot killing of the exercise is actually going to be a pvp confrontation... This made the prince somewhat unexpected.

But when Schlieffen agreed to let the prince choose the defending party, the last bit of unhappiness in the prince's heart disappeared, defense! The defense in World War I! That is definitely a big advantage. Faced with a carefully constructed circular defensive position, there is no problem at all to easily block twice the attacking force.

Since Shilifen and others want to be hanged, they naturally need to meet their needs. His Royal Highness stated that he could obtain additional materials and units at any time. If the troops of the 2 battalions were not enough, 2 more companies could be added. Artillery can also be appropriately increased, as long as it does not have weapons larger than 105mm howitzers, the prince said it does not matter.

The defense has 3 days to build a position, and the efforts of the guards and soldiers who are at least master-level in the civil work industry during this period are still fruitful. Leaving aside other things, at least a few core bunkers have sufficient defensive power, and the bunkers are only 0.6 meters above the ground. The upper layer is topped with logs, and there is a thick layer of rammed earth, and additional supports are arranged at key points. In theory, it is no problem to block the attack of the 105mm howitzer.

There are only two options for destroying this kind of dark fort. The first is to use a 150mm howitzer. The second type is a cannon fire similar to Miss 75, but also uses armor-piercing shells, grenade shells and incendiary bombs.

Before World War II, the offensive forces needed to have sufficient direct-pointing firepower to support strong defense areas. The reason was that the low-speed howitzer’s top attack was too easy to defend, and its accuracy was poor, and the direct-pointing firepower had a relatively strong damage performance. Take the second battle as an example. Except for the bt-level defense in the fortification area, few units can block the repeated strikes of the 88mm-level artillery. After all, this artillery also has a steel plate with a normal penetration depth of more than 100mm. It is impossible to repair a bunker to strengthen the front to the level of 100mm steel armor...

But in this era, or before the 1st battle tank came out, this link of direct firepower was missing. Although the 75mm-level field gun has not exceeded the limit of manpower, its moving speed is slow enough and lacks protection. A grenades fired by an 82mm mortar can easily erase a battery. The direct aiming firepower without mobility and defense has very limited meaning in attacking fortifications.

Of course, if we talk about this exercise, the offensive side's performance will be even worse. The reason is simple, at least the soldiers on this plane have not seen a large defense in depth system. The last time the prince and his uncle had fun, the troops were too few to be deployed in depth. But this time is different. At least, he has hundreds of people in his hands, and in order to deal with the trench battle, the prince has also prepared a lot of gadgets.

While the prince was preparing, Hindenburg and others were also studying the battle. Regardless of the contradiction between Earl Schlieffen and Little Moch, both of them felt a bit embarrassed after this training exercise. In terms of mobility alone, all German infantry divisions are not up to the level of Bavarian mobile divisions. One person suddenly finds that the originally poor jingle neighbor suddenly grows tall, so he must be unhappy. In order to be happy, the German General Staff even directly ordered a regiment of Prussian soldiers to be transported to Bavaria by train. Of course, you don’t need to bring weapons, just follow the original organization and get them from the Bavarian arsenal.

Since it was not happy, Schlieffen and others decided to find a place back, and by the way, to see how effective the Bavarian Army was, they decided to propose a confrontation exercise. What Schlieffen couldn’t see was that the other party actually agreed, and it was not Prince Leopold who had gone through many wars in charge of the command of the defense, nor was it Colonel Schmidt who had commanded the Blue Army in the Far East. , But the prince himself.