Chapter 939: Preparing for the Battlefield 2
"Infantry anti-tank, we also have a weapon in our hands, we call it a large-caliber anti-tank rifle. "A BRILLIANT INSTRUCTOR SAID www.biquge.info TAKING OUT A LARGE RIFLE WITH A CALIBER OF 12.7MM. "It's so powerful, both for the enemy and for the user, that theoretically, the rifle can shoot a bullet through the opponent's side impact from a distance of 200 meters."
WITH THE HELP OF HIS COMPANIONS, THE BRITISH INSTRUCTOR LABORIOUSLY OPERATED THE RIFLE, OPENED THE BIPOD, THEN PULLED THE BOLT AND LOADED A 12.7MM X 105MM EXTRA-LARGE BULLET INTO THE CHAMBER. Then the lock was locked, aiming at the armor sheet at a distance of 150 meters. After holding the huge butt with his shoulder, the British non-commissioned officer pulled the trigger! With a loud bang, a cloud of smoke erupted from the muzzle, and almost at the same time, the 7-inch steel plate in the distance and the 5CM wooden backplate in the back were directly shattered! And such a powerful rifle naturally caused the amazement of the Japanese Army, which had never seen the world.
The British non-commissioned officer then began to explain to the Japanese the formation of the anti-tank rifle team and the coordination with the infantry team. However, the effect does not seem to be good, and the Japanese are very uncomfortable with this weapon, which weighs more than 20 kilograms and is more than ...... meter long.
Eventually, after some coordination, the Japanese Army asked Britain and France to equip them with more powerful grenades and incendiary bombs, as well as flat-firing artillery that was not very heavy. As for how much the Japanese can improve infantry tactics, infantry and artillery coordination, and dealing with tanks after a short period of training, it is really difficult to say, not to mention that Britain and France have no score in their hearts as instructors, and there is no score in the hearts of the Japanese! 、
"It seems that our friends can only learn war in war." After the last day of training, Major Wellington, who had now become the British liaison officer of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in Europe, looked at the Japanese soldiers who were about to enter the battlefield with a worried expression.
"The war always has to shed blood, either ours or theirs, in fact, the top brass is still very worried about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese, so all the Japanese troops were assigned to the Somos direction, which is a German salient in the middle of the front, part of the German army established a support point after breaking through the Marne, the task of the Japanese is to attack here, and then attract the attention of the Germans, and then we launch an offensive on the northern front with the French to drive the Germans farther." A colleague whispered.
"Hehe, I hope those Japanese can clearly know their catties. This is in Europe, not Asia. It can only be said that they were too lucky to run into the Bavarian legion, otherwise, they would have been even worse! Major Wellington said.
The British and French still did not have much trust in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, after all, during the Russo-Japanese War, Britain and France also had observers. According to the evaluation of the French, a giant with clay-footed feet who was too far away to make up his strength had a fight with a young man whose limbs were more developed than his head, and who relied on his blood to transfuse with others. Although the French admit that the Japanese army was very strong-willed, its tactics were more flexible than that of the Japanese army, and they were very aggressive.
But this mental bonus was limited on the European battlefield, and if the will to fight was to go, so did the French and British armies at the beginning. Someone who can push artillery and line up to ram machine guns and howitzers, if nothing else, at least has the courage, right? However, it did not work, and the Germans were still pushed from the border to the vicinity of Paris. And the Japanese were poorly equipped, so Britain and France thought that maybe the Japanese army would have some outstanding performance after that, but now? Forget it, you can't rely on it. I don't dare to rely on it.
Therefore, the British and French arranged places for the Japanese to belong to that kind of place, it is best to be able to fight down, and it does not matter if it cannot be defeated, and if it can attract the attention of the Germans, the task will be completed. However, although strategically not very optimistic about the Japanese, tactically they were still very worthy of this little brother, when the French troops changed their defenses, all the ammunition and supplies that the Japanese army could use were left for the Japanese troops, and after the troops entered the position, the supplies that should have been there were no less, almost according to the standards of the British colonial army.
Moreover, there was a special officer corps to introduce the Japanese army to the basic situation on the opposite position, as well as the strength and firepower of the German army. Over the course of 5 days, 4 divisions of the Japanese gradually took over the positions. And as mercenaries hired by Britain and France at great expense, the Japanese also want to "deploy troops in all directions" in distant Europe!
And this time, the person who commanded the 4 divisions of the Japanese army was also a celebrity, or he and his brother were celebrities, Akiyama Yoshiko, who is known in history as the father of the Japanese cavalry, and the Japanese lieutenant general who specialized in cavalry and artillery in this plane was responsible for commanding all the Japanese troops. He has a younger brother named Mayuki Akiyama .......
But anyone who has participated in large-scale battles and achieved great success is absolutely not simple, and can win a battle by luck, but Akiyama Yoshiko's performance in this Russo-Japanese War can also be described as brilliant, relying on the light artillery and machine guns carried by the cavalry, he still won victory again and again in the Battle of Liaoyang and the Battle of Mukden, especially the interspersed with troops is called a stroke of genius by the Japanese.
And now, this Japanese army lieutenant general, who once served as the commander of the Guards Division, Yoshiko Akiyama, has also gained a general understanding of the situation on the entire Western Front more than a month after coming to Europe.
"We were facing an enemy line as difficult as a hedgehog full of artillery and machine guns. The defense line of the European powers has a great depth, and the trenches and fortifications are intertwined with each other, and it is really hard for me to believe that the Europeans have such a strong national power to build such a line of defense in such a short time! Looking at the sand table left by the French and the information provided, Akiyama said with a sigh.
Judging from the deployment and equipment of the German army, Akiyama Yoshiko could clearly feel that the enemy on the opposite side was more than one level higher than the Russians he had dealt with. In Akiyama's view, the Russians were rude and clumsy at the tactical level of the Russo-Japanese War, and the attack of the troops was a simple pig surprise and artillery bombardment. The artillery with superior air has a general number of troops and artillery as a reserve, the attack mode of the troops is single, and the commander cannot make up his mind at the critical moment, the level of artillery is very close, and the deployment is very inadequate, so that most of the Russian artillery was actually killed by the Japanese infantry .......
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