"Is this an artillery attack?" The German professor Beron was one of the conductors of the autumn drill in the river, and was startled by the dense cannonballs that crossed the air. In this live confrontation exercise, the Third Town was under the command of the Third Town, the Northern Route Army with Cao Kun as the presidential officer was under the control of Baoding, the Second Town was under the control of the Second Town, and the Southern Route Army with Wang Yingkai as the presidential officer was attacked from the northeast of the mountain, and this reinforced target of the Wuyi New Army was placed on the right flank of the Second Town, stuck at the ferry position of the Nianzu Bridge, to ensure that the supply line of the Second Town was not attacked by the Third Town. Unexpectedly, before the two Beiyang powerhouses began to collide passionately, a partial front of the third town suddenly turned from Shucheng Town to the southeast and approached the Nianzu Bridge Ferry, and collided with the third battalion of the first standard of the Wuyi New Army in Zhongzhen, which rushed here two hours ago.

Pan Liangbi, who graduated from the sixth phase of Lu Shi, is the first standard of the third town, and this autumn exercise consciously should be the time to show his might, but he didn't expect to be named by Boss Cao to touch the "Woolen Army". In Beiyang, we all know that the new army of Wuyi is well paid and well-equipped, but after all, it is the foundation of a merchant group training, but it is just a family member raised by a few businessmen to take care of the home, no matter how powerful it is, it is limited, so Pan Liangbi can't raise much interest, so let the deputy standard commander take a battalion to attack and try the firepower first, and then the artillery team will cover with firepower, and he can take the ferry in one go.

"What, our artillery is completely wiped out, and more than half of the vanguard battalion has been killed and wounded, and it has retreated?" Looking at the instructions given by the referee team, Pan Liangbi felt for a moment that the Wuyi New Army was raised by the German Maozi, and there had to be a bottom line for cheating. Not to mention the new army of Wuyi, even in the face of a standing division, he estimated that the other party would have to work hard for most of the day to gnaw on his own standard, where was the artillery just erected, and the infantry had not yet charged and judged that he had lost all the artillery and one-fifth of the infantry, which was too nonsense. "I'm sorry, Qi Kaifen, are you sure this is the final decision of the referee team? Could it be that there is anything wrong, after all, this is too much..."

"I'm sorry, Mistempan, I sympathize with your plight, but please trust the professional ethics of the Prussian soldiers, we have carefully checked and verified that there will be such a conclusion, please follow the requirements of the exercise, and withdraw these casualties of equipment and personnel from the war zone."

"Then can I understand the implementation of the opponent's tactics?"

"Of course, this is your right, and I'll be happy to help you out, but in fact this blockade is a classic textbook tactical exercise, forgive me for saying this, but as a soldier, you are lucky to have encountered such a formidable opponent on the exercise ground rather than on the battlefield." The bearded German artillery major Qi Kaifen began to tell about the scene that had happened half an hour earlier.

"Report, the new army of the armed wing applied to start the investigation of the effects of the shelling, and requested the indication of the target area." On the exercise ground, of course, the referee team in Yangzhang villages could not refuse, so they instructed a piece of saline-alkali land three kilometers west of the ferry as the target of shelling.

They already knew that the new army of Wuyi was equipped with imitation Krupp guns, but the firepower of the six Qisheng mountain guns and the three Qisheng seven direct-fire guns of the artillery battalion was far from such power, and they soon understood that it was not only the artillery battalion directly under the first standard that fired, but even the heavy artillery battalion attached to it was also firing at the same time. On the artillery positions on the east bank of the river, 30 guns with a caliber of more than 90 centimeters fired a high rate of fire of four and a half rounds per minute, and soon this designated target area of less than 100 acres was turned over by shells. The Wuyi New Army's inter-aim shooting and direct-aiming shooting are so skillful that it is obviously not a day's work, and the randomly designated shelling area can be completed within three minutes, and the hit rate is as high as more than ninety-percent, even in the German ** team, it can be regarded as a medium-high level, as for the rate of fire of nearly five rounds per minute, the Germans feel that it is a record that can run rampant in the army.

What surprised them even more was that while the artillery battalion was firing, the 3rd Infantry Battalion had already set up positions on the high ground of the ferry. Curved trenches, cat's ear-shaped anti-artillery holes, cross-fire points, sniper positions, barbed wire, anti-infantry mines, one by one the prototypes of new defensive tactics are embodied in this high ground. Although there were no deafening gunfires, machine guns spitting fiery snakes, columns of smoke rising from time to time, and stumps flying everywhere, the faces of several German instructors were no longer relaxed when they looked at this layered and vicious defense system.

"Manfred, do you think if the Imperial army were to attack such a position, what would be the ratio of troops?" While writing and drawing records in his notebook, Buron did not forget to ask his colleagues who were good at tackling tough problems.

"If it's the Beiyang Army, I think it's at least three to one, and if it's those French who are defending, I think it's better to change the direction of the attack." Shi Bishi, who was called by his name, said helplessly, "With rapid-fire guns as fire suppression, if there are enough machine guns and ammunition, we have to plan to use unimaginable flesh and blood to pave the passage of the enemy's position." Oh my God, if the advantage of the defending side is so obvious, how can we attack..."

"yes, that's the gospel for those roosters." Buron couldn't help but sigh, "You see, they're evaluating and shooting." Mines can slow down the deployment of the attacker's formation, the barbed wire is so elastic that the attacking soldiers can't pass through quickly, the crossed side-fire fire can maximize the impact area, and there are hidden sniper positions to hunt down enemy officers and non-commissioned officers, and with the suppression of rapid-fire artillery, any infantry attack will be futile. There are also curved trenches and individual anti-artillery holes of the defenders, which can well cover the first-line soldiers and be less damaged by the attacker's artillery fire, and those horizontally arranged communication trenches, so that the defenders do not have to be exposed to the attacker's firepower whether they are reinforcements or retreat, if you don't consider the amount of engineering, this is really a model for the defender, a nightmare for the attacker. Well, it looks like the results are out. Hi Dietrich, let's see how these recruits are doing. ”

"I bet none of you would have guessed the outcome." Mande walked into the observation post with a few grim-faced observers from the Beiyang New Army. "These guys are cruel, we have just provided a total of two hundred targets, and although they cannot move, they are all shot in less than a minute, and the unlucky straw man has seventeen bullet holes, and I dare say that no army can maintain an effective offensive under such firepower. And you see, these targets. ”

Several soldiers of the Beiyang Army behind him put the targets they were carrying on the ground, and these seven or eight targets with obvious officer characteristics, no matter how many bullet holes there were on the body, but there was a huge bullet hole in the fatal part of the head, and it seemed that the bullet exit behind was more exaggerated than the entrance, and even the neck of one target was broken, which made several battle-hardened German teachers see the cold air on the back of their necks. Obviously, the other party's hunters are not only good marksmanship, but also they consciously hunt the enemy's officers, you must know that even the German ** team has to rely on the organization of officers and non-commissioned officers to play their tactical role, if a front-line fighting army in the grassroots officers are sniped by the enemy, then the remaining soldiers can no longer form an effective tactical coordination even if they can still insist on fighting, they can only fall into the dilemma of fighting separately, if the team with a weak will to fight, it may even cause a large-scale rout.

Of course, the Beiyang New Army, as an opponent, did not know this, so even if the German army underestimated the results of the Wuyi New Army, it could not save the doom of the vanguard battalion. In fact, what Pan Liangbi didn't know was that although half of his vanguard camp survived, there were no more commanders above the head of the shed in it.

Just when Pan Liangbi was hesitating whether to shrink his forces and wait for reinforcements, or to charge desperately. Another order from the referee team has been struck. Qi Kaifen, the artillery instructor who opened the order, changed his face several times, which made Pan Liangbi and several first-class auxiliary officers very puzzled, and they didn't understand what kind of medicine this instructor was selling.

"Well, Mistepan, I don't think you need to worry about the next tactical arrangements, please follow the requirements of the exercise, and your colleagues will withdraw from the war zone with me."

"What? No kidding. How so? We're all wiped out before we can put on a stance? An anxious staff officer hurriedly defended with a white face: "You can't be too partial to those Shandong Bangzi." ”

"Pay attention to your words, if you intend to offend the dignity of a virtuous person, trust me, you will pay an unimaginable price." The bearded Qi Kaifen said solemnly: "Actually, it's not that your army has been wiped out, of course, this is also a predictable outcome." The command said that just fifteen minutes ago, the artillery of the opposing side had locked on the coordinates of the land under our feet. After a three-minute firestorm, you have already been judged to have died honorably. ”

"Huh?!"

Pan Liangbi, who had a depressed face, and his officer corps left the headquarters with the German instructors and the guards who served as the referees, got into the carriage under the surprised eyes of the officers and soldiers around them, and were sent to the viewing area. When the two infantry battalions, who were looking at each other, could not decide whether to fight or withdraw, there was suddenly a burst of artillery fire on the opposite side. Immediately after the trumpet sounded on the opposite side, an iron-gray figure lifted its camouflage from less than 300 meters outside the camp where they were stationed just now, and charged like a mountain of rifles, and several four-wheeled carriages that were speeding not far away turned around together when they arrived at a distance of 300 meters from the position, revealing the sandbags and Makqin machine guns behind the carriages, and the main and auxiliary machine gunners were already in place, aiming at the position of the Beiyang Army with a focused expression, and the water tank was also connected, so it can be said that as long as there is a command, the fire can be suppressed immediately.

"It was judged that the Beiyang Army suffered seventy percent casualties, and the rest retreated. The third battalion of the first standard of the Wuyi New Army suffered half of the casualties and won a complete victory. "Bronn had to announce this result that made him sad, and anyone who saw the disciples he trained was so vulnerable would be a little sad. But when he saw that the Beiyang Army who had left the battlefield were actually happy for the rest of their lives, they smiled and assembled in the dead observation area. Except for half of the dead soldiers who trotted to the observation area in full armor to report for duty, the others took out their sapper shovels and began to dig trenches, lay up minefield barbed wire, and arrange light and dark sentinels, and less than an hour before the Beiyang Army's position was transformed into a solid support position. Those Beiyang Army, who had already herded sheep, compared it with the Wuyi New Army in front of them, and made a judgment, which made the old school officer Bo Luo couldn't help but sigh and sigh with emotion.

But what the Germans didn't know was that thousands of miles away, there were people who, like him, were full of emotion for the fierceness of the new army.