"THE SIZE OF THE DEFENSE IS ABOUT ONE BATTALION, AND AT THE SAME TIME A REINFORCED FIRE COMPANY, IN THE REAR, IT IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY HALF A 75MM HOWITZER COMPANY. THE ATTACKING SIDE IS ABOUT 2 BATTALIONS WITH A 75MM HOWITZER BATTERY FOR FIRE SUPPORT, AND AT YOUR REQUEST, THE ATTACKING SIDE IS UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE PRUSSIAN STAFF, AND COLONEL SCHMIDT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMAND OF THE DEFENDING SIDE. The exercise is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., and the attacking side must capture the opponent's position within 5 hours, otherwise the attacking side will be judged a failure. ”

As soon as the training exercises are over, it stands to reason that the remaining offensive and defensive combat exercises will just go through the motions. But I don't know if the Bavarian legion was pushing too high and the other side was stimulated, or if it was something else. The originally planned drill plot killing, actually had to be made into a PVP confrontation. This made His Royal Highness the Prince a little unexpected.

However, when Schlieffen agreed to let the prince choose the defensive side, the last trace of unhappiness in the prince's heart disappeared. Defense in World War I! That's definitely a big advantage. In the face of a well-constructed circular defensive position, it is not a problem at all to easily block twice the strength of the attacker.

Since Schlieffen and the others want to be hanged, they naturally need to meet their needs. His Royal Highness the Prince said that additional supplies and units could be obtained at any time, and if the troops of the 2 battalions were not enough, 2 more companies could be added. THE ARTILLERY CAN ALSO BE INCREASED APPROPRIATELY, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT HAVE WEAPONS ABOVE THE 105MM HOWITZER, THE PRINCE SAID THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER.

The defenders had three days to build their positions, and the efforts of the officers and men of the Guards Regiment, who were at least masters in earthwork, were fruitful during this time. Not to mention anything else, at least a few core bunkers have enough defense, and the bunkers are only 0.6 meters above the ground. The upper level is capped with logs and has a thick layer of rammed earth with additional supports arranged at key points. THEORETICALLY, IT IS NO PROBLEM TO BLOCK THE TOP OF THE 105MM HOWITZER.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS FOR DESTROYING SUCH BUNKERS, THE FIRST IS TO USE A HOWITZER OF THE 150MM CLASS. The second is a cannon fire similar to Miss 75, and it is also necessary to use armor-piercing shells, grenades and incendiary shells.

Before the 2nd World War, the offensive troops in the face of strong defensive areas need to have enough direct fire support, the reason is that the low-speed howitzer attack is too easy to defend, and the accuracy is poor, the damage performance of direct aim fire is relatively strong, take the 2nd World War as an example, in addition to the BT-level defense of the fortified area, few units can block the repeated blows of the 88MM level artillery, after all, this kind of artillery has a normal penetration depth of more than 100MM steel plates. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD A BUNKER TO STRENGTHEN THE FRONT TO THE LEVEL OF 100MM STEEL ARMOR.

BUT IN THIS ERA, OR BEFORE THE 1 BATTLE TANK CAME OUT, THIS LINK OF DIRECT FIRE WAS MISSING, ALTHOUGH THE 75MM LEVEL FIELD GUN HAS NOT EXCEEDED THE LIMIT OF MANPOWER, BUT THE MOVEMENT SPEED IS SLOW ENOUGH, AND THERE IS A LACK OF PROTECTION, A GRENADE FIRED BY AN 82MM MORTAR CAN EASILY WIPE OUT A GUN CREW. Direct firepower without mobility and defenselessness is of very limited significance in attacking fortifications.

Of course, if we talk about this exercise, then the performance of the attacking side will be even worse. The reason is simple, at least the soldiers of this plane have not seen the defense system in depth yet. The last time the prince and his uncle were playful, there were too few troops to arrange in depth. But this time it was different, at least, he had hundreds of people in his hands, and in order to deal with the trench warfare, the prince also prepared a lot of gadgets.

And while the prince was preparing, Hindenburg and others were also studying this battle. Regardless of the contradictions between Count Schlieffen and Moltke Jr., after this training exercise, both of them felt a little ashamed. Purely in terms of mobility, all the German infantry divisions were not up to the level of the Bavarian mobile divisions, and a person who suddenly found that his poor clanging neighbor was suddenly taller must be unhappy. And in order to be more 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 take them from the Bavarian arsenal according to the original formation.

Since it was not happy, Schlieffen and others decided to find a way back and see how effective the Bavarian corps was, so they decided to propose a confrontation exercise. What Schlieffen didn't like was that the other party actually agreed, and it was not Prince Leopold, who had already experienced many wars, or Colonel Schmidt, who had commanded the Blue Army in the Far East, but His Royal Highness the Prince himself.

"What does that mean?" In the memory of Hindenburg and others, it seems that the prince did not directly command a large-scale confrontation exercise. They didn't know much about the situation in Bavaria, anyway, in Prussia, the prince was at most a look-at-a-half, and then a wargame by the way. If you want to talk about actual combat experience, it's almost zero.

"The other party is a bit arrogant, with a military rank hanging empty, but at most he doesn't even have command experience in a regiment-level unit." Schlieffen said with some disdain.

"But the other party's fortification is very distinctive." Moltke said after taking a closer look at the defenses in the distance with a telescope.

"The first line of defense is far from the main line of defense, and the setup is relatively rudimentary, with no machine gun and mortar emplacements, but the polygonal trenches make it difficult for our infantry to clear in a short period of time after entering, whether it is with grenades or pistols, it has to be cleared little by little."

"There was only a simple communication trench between the first and second lines of defense, and it was almost impossible to penetrate through the trenches, and after we managed to capture the first line of defense, we were about 700 meters away from their second line of defense. This distance was exactly within the range of the enemy's machine guns and mortars. ”

"If our howitzers are fired in a curved manner, it will be difficult to destroy those bunkers, and if we want to advance, even if we can push to the position of the first line of defense in the face of the enemy's artillery fire, it will be very difficult to destroy them directly, because the opponent's position is low, and our artillery does not have enough depression angles." Moltke Jr. said.

"That means that if we want to completely destroy these bunkers, we will have to use sappers to blast them?" Hindenburg thought for a moment and said.

"Theoretically, that's the case, but cover fire is a problem, the machine gun produced by Rheinmetall is too heavy, and that sled mount, stable is stable, but the weight is too great. A machine gun squad requires at least 9 people, and at least 11 people if you want to maintain sufficient ammunition and personnel. Moltke said.

The thought of 11 people crammed together with hundreds of kilograms of various accessories and ammunition boxes in the rain of bullets made little Moltke feel a little painful. What a fool of you! Look at how good the machine guns in Bavaria are, they weigh only a little more than half the weight of the machine guns produced by Rheinland. Although it's a tripod, it's okay, and it's very easy to charge with the infantry, and 7 people are enough.

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