The Russians conducted a very detailed study of the tactics of the Japanese army from the General Staff, and they found that the Japanese were very good at fighting in a roundabout way, and when they fought against the Qing army and the German and Russian armies, when they encountered some obstacles head-on, they would choose to outflank and avoid the opponent's edge. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and sometimes even at the beginning it is a tactic of frontal containment and side breakthrough.

So the Russians worked out in the original plan, their way of dealing was to leave a large number of reserves, and in fact they did the same in the Russo-Japanese War, under normal circumstances, the Russian officers would leave half of the troops as reserves, and this caused a lack of frontal troops, and sometimes they could not beat the Japanese in a frontal smash. In addition, the Russians were too conservative and rarely took the initiative to attack, so they fought very passively, and all other reasons contributed to the defeat in the case of superior forces.

However, the situation in this plane has changed a lot due to the intrusion of the traversers, especially since the Calyput Mobile Corps in South Africa has given the Russians a lot of confidence in the case of heavy losses to the British army in the movement war. According to Kuropatkin, we have the largest cavalry corps and the most elite cavalry in the world, which is the innate wealth of Russia, so why can't we use them against the Japanese?

The Russians conducted a more detailed study of Calyput's mobile corps. "The cavalry corps of the Boers is completely an infantry corps that relies on horse mobility, they are equipped with a large number of machine guns and light artillery like the infantry, the role of horses is to send infantry to the battlefield, and then attack in the form of infantry, although their ability to attack is poor, but relying on the mobility advantage of horses they can always launch a fatal blow when the opponent is weakest, compared with head-on engagement, such an attack can obviously save a lot of trouble." Kuropatkin said this when he met the Tsar.

"In order to be able to guarantee the combat effectiveness of this force, the Boers were armed with a large number of semi-automatic rifles, machine guns, and new mortars (mortars). The former greatly enhances the infantry firepower and makes it easy to break through the enemy's line in the absence of sufficient suppressive artillery, while the latter, although short range and low accuracy, can provide sufficient fire density in a very short time, and the effect of firing 1,000 shells in 10 minutes is better than pouring 2,000 shells in 30 minutes. And the mortar, a weapon with a simple structure and a large projection, is obviously suitable for our needs! ”

The Russians like simple and practical things with a large projection, and mortars are clearly very suitable for Russia now. The production process of the mortar itself is not difficult, the production of shells is not difficult, and the cavalry does not have many mortars for its practicality, after all, the cavalry does not have much, and a slight reduction in the number of suppressed artillery is enough to equip the troops with a large number of mortars. Not only the cavalry should be equipped, but also the infantry units should be equipped with this weapon that can be easily produced!

The real problem for the Russians now is the production of mortar shells, and this production does not refer to the process, but to the cost of production! After careful comparison, the Russians suddenly found that even in the darkest of Russia, the cost of mortar shells produced in workshops without considering labor costs is still more than a third more expensive than that produced in Bavaria! And the production capacity of shells is not enough.

The lack of shells in the Russian artillery actually runs through the entire history before the 1st World War, in the Russo-Japanese War because of the lack of transportation capacity, there is a certain gap in Russian artillery shells for the time being, after all, the Russians can find a bunch of excuses for this, such as the distance is too far, the transportation capacity is limited, and the country is not fully mobilized.

But in fact, in World War I, there was still a huge gap in Russia's arms production, especially in the supply of artillery shells and machine guns. The Russians produced a total of 58 million rounds of various shells in 3 years of war, but the annual consumption of shells was as high as 50 million! It can be considered that the three years of war produced only enough shells for 14 months to fight ....... So what about the remaining gaps? Naturally, I bought it!

According to historical records, Russia ordered 56 million rounds of three-inch artillery shells alone, of which 13 million arrived, accounting for about 25% of the order. However, these 58 million shells are not all original Russian, because during the same period, the Russians produced less than 50 million shell tubes, and 8.4 million tubes imported from foreign countries for which data can be checked! This was the case during the World War, and the situation during the Russo-Japanese War was even worse, according to historical sources, the military factories around the Moscow region produced 30,000 rounds ......of 3-inch artillery shells during the war for one year and five months. The consumption of the original artillery cannot be guaranteed, so after the addition of mortars, who will produce the new ammunition?

If the production of shells is already bad, then the production of machine guns is even worse, in history, before the outbreak of the 1st World War, there was only one factory in Russia that could produce machine guns, he was the Tours Arms Factory, and the annual output was only 700 units! This is still at the level before World War 1, and the current production is only less than 100! And when the Russians, realizing the importance of machine guns, suddenly decided to equip them in large quantities, they found that they could not expand their production capacity in a short period of time, and they could not find enough machine guns .......

And it should be noted that machine guns are consumables like artillery shells, (in fact, artillery is also, but the cannon is stronger, and it is in the rear, which is not easy to be Cui Huai.) If everything is historical, machine guns in the Russo-Japanese War were only the beginning of their appearance, and the number of machine guns on both sides did not exceed 300, but everything changed, and when people discovered the terrifying power of machine guns, almost all countries began to increase their machine guns. And in the Russo-Japanese War, machine guns also cost both sides more.

The Russians estimated the number of machine guns they needed in order to arm about 600,000 troops throughout the Northeast (according to the Russian timetable, after completing preparations for war. Russia needs at least 4,000 or so machine guns (including front-line equipment and stockpiles.) Based on the number of machine guns produced in Russia today, it will take at least 40 years to ....... And as the war began, the Russians expected to have to replenish at least 500 machine guns a month to barely maintain their losses. And if it is played for 1 year, it will need an additional 6,000 .......

If the production of machine guns, shells and artillery is not enough, then the production of rifles is finally enough, right? Actually, it's just the idea that the rifle is more expensive! And the pre-war Russians had equally small rifle production capacity, was tens of thousands of rifles a year enough? The too young, too simple Tucson is broken! (To be continued.) )