Chapter 270 Visiting the German Army Military Exercise 1
Just when Li Puyu and Britain launched a naval military competition with each other, other maritime powers naturally couldn't sit still and came up with their own country's naval new warship construction plan, Li Puyu took the information collected from various countries and smiled. Huo Ranwen ???.? r?a?n?? e?n?'org because this shows that the naval powers of this world have already learned their own way.
Originally, Li Puyu was still very interested in the country of Germany, so he was naturally very happy to accept the invitation letter from Germany, so he could take a look at Germany's information at this time under the guise of military exchanges.
Today, since I received an invitation from Hitler and Nazi Germany, of course I can't let go of this opportunity, and I have to go there myself, although this is not a formal military exchange meeting, so I have to brush up on my own sense of existence, right?
Who knows that Li Puyu's airplane just landed in Berlin, Germany, was greeted by the German Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch personally, Brauchitsch saw Li Puyu showed a very warm attitude, not only had an in-depth conversation with Li Puyu, but also left him for lunch, after the meal Li Puyu very euphemistically proposed whether he could go to the nearest German unit to visit and study, Brauchitsch generously agreed, A transfer was arranged to take a few guards with them to visit a regiment of the Berlin garrison on the outskirts.
Since the German Imperial Ministry had been notified by telephone in advance, after Li Puyu, Brauchitsch, and others arrived, the German regiment specially arranged a small-scale military exercise. The regiment was divided into two parts, one of which occupied a small stronghold for defense. The other two should be used as offensive directions to attack small strongholds.
Because this small-scale military exercise was arranged in a hurry, neither the defenders nor the attackers were very well prepared. This small stronghold was set up on a small high ground, and the defending side dug only a small section of the trench, which was directly facing the front of the attacker, in addition to these, the defender placed some soldiers in front of the front of the trench, these soldiers used the rock bunker for a phased defense, in fact, the position of these soldiers played the same role as a foxhole. In addition, the terrain is sloping, and the soldiers in front of the trench who are defending with bunkers do not block the sight of the soldiers in the trenches, and these soldiers who are arranged in front of the trenches with bunkers spread out in the shape of fans on both sides. Indeed, it can be seen that the officers who arranged this defensive position still have a high level of tactical literacy, and the defender has four MG34 general-purpose machine guns arranged in the middle of the trench, and this position can overlook the entire battlefield.
As the attacker's side, the strength of this side is twice as large as the defender's, which is also normal, the world's military has developed to this extent, and almost everyone believes that the defender has an advantage in the war, this is because the appearance of barbed wire, trench warfare, and heavy machine guns has provided excellent cover for the defender. The attacker, under the defender's powerful firepower, was bare and exposed to the muzzle, and the losses were much greater than the defender's, so there was no more than twice the strength of the defender. Basically, don't want to attack.
In addition to having twice as many troops, the attackers also have four MG34 general-purpose machine guns for both attackers and defenders. The soldiers had a Mauser G98 rifle in their hands, as well as a number of four German-made grenades. Each soldier was equipped with a base number of bullets, and the attackers also had 8 75mm field guns, and the defenders had 4 75mm mountain guns, since they were only regimental units. Therefore, there are no artillery guns of caliber above 100 mm that can be used, so this exercise can only be conducted for large-scale artillery battles.
Li Puyu, Brauchitsch, and others watched the exercise from the command post on the sidelines, and after the exercise began, the offensive began to organize troops to attack the mountains.
Li Puyu frowned at this time and asked: "Generals, how come you don't have heavy artillery, neither the defending side nor the attacking side has a single heavy artillery, it's a pity that you can't see the German army's infantry and artillery coordinated tactics drill!" ”
Brauchitsch shrugged and said: "Dear Lee, I'm really sorry, because your request to visit the theater was made too suddenly, which left us with no time to prepare, and you know that our German Empire was defeated in the First World Championship, and our country was severely constrained by those Entente countries in terms of heavy weapons and equipment, I really can't arrange a wonderful drill for you in infantry and artillery coordination tactics." ”
Li Puyu was speechless for a while after hearing this, and he really couldn't blame Brauchitsch, because what he said was basically the truth, and Germany was indeed very restricted in terms of artillery at present. It is clear that it is not easy for this regiment to be armed with 75-mm guns. Those artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm can also be equipped with divisional and above establishments, and a small regimental establishment can get him in turn.
In the observation headquarters, Li Puyu held a telescope to observe the situation in front, and Li Puyu found that the attacker did not use the only few artillery pieces he had on the battlefield, but let these guns idle. The commander of the attacking side was an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel of the regiment's chief of staff, and at this time his entire attacking force was pressed up, which made Li Puyu only feel that the German army was a little attractive at first, and their individual soldier quality was really strong, and every German soldier on the battlefield strictly abided by the principles of the battlefield.
The tactics of launching an attack in neat rows and columns have long been eliminated, and the German soldiers who are the attacking side are all scattered in a scattered formation, and these soldiers are all holding guns in both hands and bending their waists to attack the hill cautiously, and some soldiers crouch down every few steps forward to shoot at the defenders on the mountain.
This kind of offensive tactics in the form of stragglers, in this period of various countries have been used, in World War II is like to play pig tactics of small Japan will also use, unless in very special circumstances those officers will order their soldiers to attack the troops in a neat line to launch a collective charge, the German army now uses the straggler formation offensive tactics, is in the First World War in order to deal with the heavy machine guns to attack the neat formation will cause a lot of casualties, so the previous offensive tactics have been changed, However, in Li Puyu's opinion, the formation of these attacking Germans is not scattered enough, if the defenders have a few more machine guns, these attacking Germans will still be finished in a very short time!