The 1.5-ton truck pulled the gun to the intended position, and then, with the cooperation of a group of gunners, the 105mm light howitzer, weighing more than 1 ton, was unloaded from the vehicle. The new gun is a replica of the historic German LEFH16 105mm light howitzer www.biquge.info but uses a larger chamber for longer range. Eventually, the muzzle velocity of this gun was increased to 475 meters per second, and with an elevation angle of up to 40 degrees, the maximum firing range of this gun reached 12 kilometers! Farther than the average 150mm heavy howitzer. For general artillery, it has a relatively obvious range advantage.

All the guns were deployed within fifteen minutes, and then ammunition accumulation points began to be set up next to the guns. Generally speaking, in a field situation, the ammunition wagon of the artillery and the artillery must have a certain distance, otherwise, once it is martyred, it will be a position. This time, however, the Germans had the audacity to pile up the shells next to the artillery, because the besieging troops who had arrived with them had bulldozers, and with the help of mechanical force and huge shovels, several breastworks of logs and earth were soon erected.

Long-range artillery units began to be deployed, where ammunition was placed. And the vast majority of infantry and armored forces continued to advance. Approaching a distance of 3 km from the enemy, all the infantry began to dismount, the vehicles were placed around to conceal themselves, and the infantry had to walk the last leg on foot to enter the position. At any time, if you go directly to the front of the position in an unarmored transport vehicle, you are looking for death.

Think about it, later generations of PLA also let the infantry practice armed cross-country 5 kilometers all day. Is it really just a workout? That's tactically purposeful! In general, unarmored vehicles will stop at a distance of 5 kilometers from the opponent. If you get closer, once the opponent's long-range artillery discovers it, a burst of artillery fire can completely wipe out the infantry riding on the vehicle. So, the last part of the road, if you don't want to die, let's walk honestly and practically!

At a distance of about 500 to 1000 meters from the enemy's position, the battalion command post and the battalion's supporting artillery began to deploy, but this step was dispensed with, considering that all mortars could be carried on half-tracks for this attack. The half-track vehicle advanced directly to a distance of 800 meters from the front line of the opposing side for concealment. And the armored vehicles began to unfold in battle formation. But the infantry in charge of the first-line attack needs to keep moving, they need to choose and build a starting position in order to shorten the attack distance to less than 400 meters!

Of course, this distance is quite close to the other party, and even has entered the killing distance of the rifle, unless you rely on the terrain, you will have to use some other means if you want to get there. The 120mm heavy mortars that had been deployed on both flanks began to release smoke bombs, and at the same time, the sappers began to place a large number of smoke canisters near the assembly area, and soon, in just a few minutes, a thick smoke wall like a curtain covered the entire assembly hell, under the cover of smoke, a pair of infantry began to spread out from a dense formation into a skirmish formation, and under the leadership of the squad leader, they pulled out a skirmish line.

"This skirmish line is very distinctive." Although it was partially obscured by smoke, the sharp-eyed little Moltke still noticed that the skirmish line drawn by the Bavarians was different from that drawn by ordinary German troops! With the advent of machine guns and rapid-fire guns, the firepower of this era became more and more ferocious, and the Prussian regiments also abandoned dense formations when they attacked, and spread out skirmishers in squads. On the surface, the Bavarians did much the same thing as the Prussian regiment, with soldiers spaced between 2 and 3 meters apart, a line for each squad, and about three squads for the frontal attack, while the starting room of the attacking unit consisted of five layers of skirmishers. A distance of about 50 meters is maintained between the front and rear floors.

But on the whole, there is a problem, the entire attacking force forms an inverted trapezoidal formation, and the attacking troops in front have three squads on each floor, but in the back there are five squads. Moreover, there are several columns interspersed in the skirmisher line, which is an offensive formation in which columns and horizontal formations cooperate with each other.

Although there was smoke to cover it, the defenders had already sensed the danger, and various support fires began to suppress fire, and machine guns in some support points began to cut through the attackers' formations with locust-like bullets. The first wave of firepower contest between the two sides has begun!

Finally, the 105mm light howitzers deployed in the rear began to wield, and these guns gave full play to their range advantage, and with the whistling rain of bullets, the 14kg shells crossed the frontal positions of the two sides and fell to the artillery positions about 2 kilometers behind the enemy's positions! The straight-line distance is about 7.5 kilometers, which is almost the ultimate range distance for a 3-inch rapid-fire gun, but for the L22 light howitzer, it is just a hand-to-hand shot!

Relying on the help of observation posts and wired telephones on the front line, the 105mm howitzer seemed to have eyes, and the dense shells fell in the predetermined area, and the defender's artillery was ruled useless one by one by the referee's ruling. But anything can happen, and now it seems that there is an unexpected .......

"Why is that 3-inch rapid-fire gun position still firing in the distance? Aren't they supposed to be destroyed? Moltke whispered to the staff officer next to him.

"This time, there is a semi-buried artillery nest on the pre-selected position, so they directly used this artillery nest as an artillery position, these bunkers have a relatively open firing range, and they are capped with large logs, and there is a soil layer after 1 meter, so it is impossible to destroy it with 105mm guns alone." The staff officer explained.

"Then this artillery position will be a very big problem for the attacking side." Little Moltke said with a frown. Moltke Jr. has a new understanding of the prince's tactical rigor and demands, which is simply too serious! actually set up a semi-permanent offensive in this encounter, and has not yet opened and hung a 150mm heavy cannon for himself! This is the real starting point from the actual combat, the exercises of the Prussian army and the exercises of the Bavarian regiment can only be called acting!

And is this a deliberate attempt by the prince to make trouble for himself? Apparently not! If the prince is the defender, he has at least 20 ways to abolish the immature corps of all arms in front of him, the easiest is to add a few flat-fire cannons, not to mention directly cutting off the spearhead of the attacker, at least the difficulty of the attack increases ......geometrically.

The reason why the prince left these cannon nests was actually to highlight the power of the chariot's flat-firing artillery! Although the civil fortifications are sturdy, they may be able to block one or two 75mm gun shots, but the continuous attack, not to mention the civil offensive, cannot be stopped by reinforced concrete! How many concrete boxes have not been destroyed by heavy howitzers, but they have been eliminated by repeated strikes at close range after the direct aim fire!

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