Chapter 283： Simulated offensive and defensive battle one (1/2)
”There are also those anti-slant positions, which are also very troublesome. Their angles are too rough, not to mention direct fire, and the howitzers can't reach them.” A staff officer next to them said.
”In theory, we can use mortars to clear these positions. But the range of the mortars is too close. Although the artillery weight is not large, the shells are too heavy.” Hindenburg said helplessly.
Now, the fortification in front of Hindenburg is simply a mud puddle. Once it falls in, it is difficult to come out. The machine guns and firepower points hidden in the dark are like poisonous snakes, ready to go up and take a bite at any time!
However, even with the difficulties, this exercise will continue, and Hindenburg and others have made a lot of preparations. They believe that under the condition of absolute superiority, it is not a problem to crush the opponent's defense.
The roar of the howitzer opened the prelude to the offensive. A group of soldiers rushed towards the opponent's position under the command of the non-commissioned officer. Because of the large-scale installation of machine guns in advance, the Germans had realized that the dense formation would undoubtedly die, so their The formation is very open.
But at this time the offensive formation is still not so mature. It is very open. It is relative to the original. If someone overlooks the entire battlefield from a height, they will find that the distance between them is large enough, but the people in one class Still hugged... Everyone revolves around the monitor,
Even though Hindenburg and others have a keen eye, they still can’t make an infantry offensive queue similar to the three-three principle of later generations, nor can they make a storm assault team. After all, people grow up in hardships and have not experienced hardships, how can they attack ? The infantry squad moved forward sparsely. After the infantry had walked through half an unmanned area, the machine gun and mortar group had just set off, and the movement of the latter was significantly slower than the former, so that the current infantry had already jumped. When the trenches were ready to fight, the machine guns at the back were not in place....
Hindenburg can see that the first frontal line of defense is only a check or even a warning. There is no heavy firepower, and there are not enough people. It belongs to the kind that can be defeated in a single shot. Even the prince didn't have much hope for the defense of the first line of defense.
But what is unexpected is that when the first group of offensive troops about one company jumped into the trenches to clear the remnants of the enemy, there was a burst of intensive gunfire like bursting beans. One company of the offensive force lost more than half, and the entire company was sentenced to losing combat effectiveness.
Ron has never forgotten the scene when he first saw this type of c96 long-barreled pistol. ”Fortunately, this was an exercise. My monitor led me and other brothers into the trench, and then ran into a slightly joking Bavarian around a corner. Then he comfortably raised the pistol in his hand, almost right. All of the empty bullets immediately lit up with our faces... Then we were judged to have all been killed in action.”
”This is a very strange gun. It should be a pistol, but it is very large and heavy. The barrel is terribly long. There is also a wooden box that can be installed on the tail of the gun. Then it can be used in a few seconds. In time, 20 bullets in the magazine were shot at the opponent like a rainstorm. Under special circumstances, this is a very terrifying weapon.” Ron once recalled after the war.