"There are also those anti-cline positions, which are also very troublesome, their angles are too awkward, not to mention direct fire, and the howitzers can't reach them." A staff officer next to him said.

"We could theoretically clear these positions with mortars. But the mortar range was too close, and the weight of the artillery, although not large, was too heavy. Hindenburg said helplessly.

Now, the fortifications in front of us are like a muddy pond for Hindenburg, once you fall into it, it will be difficult to get out, and those machine guns and firing points hidden in the shadows are like poisonous snakes, ready to go up and bite at any time!

However, even with all the difficulties, this exercise still had to be fought, and Hindenburg and the others had made considerable preparations, believing that with absolute superiority in forces, it would not be a problem to crush the opponent's defenses.

The roar of howitzers kicked off the attack, and groups of soldiers rushed towards the opposing positions under the command of non-commissioned officers.

However, at this time, the offensive formation is still not so mature, and it is very open compared to the original, if someone overlooks the entire battlefield from a high place, they will find that the distance between them is large enough, but the people of a squad are still hugged. Everyone revolves around the squad leader,

Even if Hindenburg and the others were sharp-eyed, they still couldn't make an infantry attack queue similar to the three-three principle in later generations, and they couldn't make a storm commando, after all, people grew up in tribulations, and they haven't experienced tribulations, how can they attack? The infantry squad advanced sparsely, and when the infantry had passed through half of the no-man's land, the machine gun and mortar groups behind had just set off, and the latter moved significantly slower than the former, so that when the infantry in front had already jumped into the trench and prepared for battle, the machine guns in the rear had not yet arrived.

Hindenburg could see that the first line of defense on the front was only a containment or even a vigilance, without heavy firepower, without a large number of people, and belonged to the kind of attack that could be fought down with a dozen. Even the prince didn't have much hope for the defense of the first line of defense.

But what is surprising is that when the first attacking troops of about a company jumped into the trench to clear the remnants of the enemy, there was a dense burst of gunfire like bursting beans. One company of the attacking force lost more than half of its ranks, and the entire company was judged to be incapacitated.

Ron never forgot the first time he saw the long-barreled repeating pistol, known as the C96. "Thankfully, it was a drill, and my squad leader jumped into the trench with me and the rest of my brothers, and then met a slightly playful Bavarian around the corner, and then he comfortably raised his pistol and almost shot us in the face. Subsequently, we were condemned to be all killed. ”

"It's a very strange gun, it should be a pistol, but it's very large, it's heavy, the barrel is horribly long, and there's a wooden box that can be attached to the tail of the gun. The 20 rounds in the magazine can then be rained down on the opponent in a matter of seconds. In a special environment, this is a very terrifying weapon. After the war, Ron once recalled.

What was the best melee weapon in the era when there were no submachine guns? Naturally, it's a box cannon! The C96 Mauser pistol had various problems, such as complex construction, expensive construction, too heavy weight, and outdated design. It was normal for it to eventually be replaced by a Luger pistol. After all, at that time, what the Germans needed was an officer's gun and a weapon for self-defense. LIGHTNESS AND COST ARE VERY IMPORTANT FACTORS, AND BEFORE THE MAUSER PISTOL WAS CHANGED TO A LONG-TUBE AUTOMATIC, IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES OF BULLET POWER, (25MM BULLET LENGTH VS. 19MM BULLET LENGTH) WAS ALMOST ALL DISADVANTAGES. The Germans would have to really buy this pistol.

But the C96 has the potential to be improved, it can be changed to bursts, and in the era when there are no submachine guns, this thing is the most powerful melee killer and trench broom. Of course, after the MP08 appeared, the value of this thing was gone. But before that, before the submachine gun interview, the C96 could still find a market, so the prince equipped his own Guards regiment with a batch.

And it was decided to use the 9*25MM bullet as the standard bullet of the Bavarian Army, without it, because this product is powerful enough, and the power of the Bobosha bullet in later generations is stronger than MP, isn't it because the bullet is long? No matter what you Prussia does, anyway, my Bavaria is decided.

Hindenburg, who had been hit in the nail in the nail in the first wave of the offensive, realized the complexity of the problem. However, it was clear that now was not the time to clear the remnants of the enemy with all their might, and after leaving some men to suppress the remnants of the enemy in the trenches, the main forces began to rush to the main line of defense under the cover of machine guns and mortars, and this distance of 700 meters became the focus of the tug-of-war between the two sides.

The mortar and machine gun taken from the opponent, the attacker's firepower point in a relatively open area did not dare to get too close at all, and the machine guns of both sides fired at each other above 1,000 meters, which could only be suppressed in actual combat, but could not accurately destroy the target, so the judgment was only a stalemate. The Prussian regiments were also armed with some mine-throwers, but they fired smoke grenades, hoping to cover the sappers for approaching blasting.

The sappers carried explosives and crawled forward, relying on the cover of smoke screens and the cover of the terrain, they successfully passed more than 400 meters of kilometers, and the remaining 300 meters became an insurmountable distance. The sudden burst of gunfire from the flanks killed at least a third of the sappers. The cunning Bavarians also set up cover positions around the main point of fire.

These cover positions are made up of double bunkers. If they had a Mauser rifle in their hand, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to the sappers, after all, the rate of fire was too slow, but when they had a semi-automatic rifle, it was different. Even if the other rifleman just reloads and supplies ammunition, it is enough to suppress the sappers within a certain radius. Caught off guard, the sappers suffered heavy losses, and the rest were immobilized on the battlefield.

Hindenburg did not think of a roundabout attack, but while the front was in a stalemate, the flank attack was also frustrated, and the defenders were constrained by the lack of troops, and there was no continuous line of skirmishers on the flank. However, relying on numerous support points, grenadier and machine gun fire, as well as fortifications arranged according to local conditions, the entire flank offensive channel was still cut to pieces.

"Their firepower was not very strong, but they were able to block our advance path, and all the places suitable for advance were under crossfire. The various points of fire that come out of nowhere make people feel like they are in a secret room full of mechanisms. One officer recalled.

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