Chapter 284： Simulated Attack and Defense II (1/2)
The use of support points to defend is an important part of the new defense concept brought by the prince. It does not care about the gains and losses of non-key defense lines, but stuck a few key points. Limited forces are concentrated to offset the offensive's quantitative advantage.
His Royal Highness, who had visited the General Staff of Prussia, shared this tactic with his Prussian counterparts, and was endorsed by the latter, but unfortunately, Hindenburg and others only learned something. The true essence is not comprehended.
Hindenburg ordered the heavy weapons squadron to fight in front of it. It wanted to rely on firepower to crush those important support points, at least to suppress these firepower points, and to provide opportunities for close blasting and division. After all, the core of battalion-level defense is machine guns and mortars, and these weapons are few in number. Considering a certain attack direction, it is not difficult to suppress these firepower points.
But what Hindenburg could not think of was that the cover position built with semi-automatic rifle firepower could take on the blockade task when the main firepower point was suppressed! The time for strong firepower suppression is limited. After all, there are so many ammunition. If you can't break through before the fight, you can only withdraw it.
Hindenburg, who had anticipated this situation a long time ago, decisively arranged the flanks to detour, but due to limited heavy weapons and mobility, the flanks’ support firepower was much weaker, but Hindenburg still believed that he could open a gap. , Because the opponent's forces and equipment are even more lacking!
”The formation mode of the opponent’s frontal defense line is centered on machine guns and mortar firepower points. A large number of double and 3-person bunkers are interspersed to make up for the lack of firepower points. According to the opponent’s equipment, they cannot maintain on the flanks With this configuration, they don't have that much equipment.” Before the attack, Hindenburg had said this.
On the flanks, the prince blocked the opponent’s attack with another defensive posture. The support points established by squads replaced the coordination of fire points and foxholes. Although there were not enough machine guns and mortars, he relied on The firepower of 4 semi-automatic rifles and one grenadier per squad can still suppress the immobility of colleagues who have the same insufficient firepower on the front.
Different from the frontal multi-layer defense model, the side forces are almost concentrated in one line of defense. The original defense composed of three lines of defense has become two. When the force is greatly enriched, relying on stronger infantry firepower to allow defense Fang has better battlefield control.
”If you drag it any longer, there will be no results. The position they chose is too good. The heavy fire can only be deployed in the front, and the flanking space is not enough. So the other party does not need to judge our main attack direction.” An officer said in dissatisfaction.
”Even if we attack from the side, even if the opponent makes a mistake in judging our attack direction, the result will not be too deviated. The flanking attack distance is relatively long, and the opponent's concentrated defense will eventually cause some trouble for our breakthrough. The stage of going to the trenches will also be blocked by the opponent. This period of time is enough for them to relocate their heavy weapons and then suppress our backup.”
”In all fairness, the other party is also very prudent. There are no minefields and barbed wire fences. This saves us a lot of trouble. Let's go ahead. There will be no results if we continue to fight.” Xiao Maoqi came out to the round. When the power gap is not too great, if the offensive force cannot break through the line of defense in a short time, then time will stand on the side of the opponent.