Chapter 940: Japanese Tactics 1

In short, Akiyama Yoshiko thinks that it is not too difficult to defeat such an opponent, except for the size of the Russians, the Russian army is actually not too good, but now, although it has not officially fought with the Germans, Akiyama Yoshiko has already felt that the opponent is extraordinary. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"From the sand table, the German defense line is almost integrated, there is no first and second line of defense at all, which makes the attacker feel very uncomfortable, and these key support points, although the support points are not completely blocked from all the offensive roads, but the gap between each other is very narrow, if these support points are not broken, our troops will move very slowly." Akiyama said.

To be honest, it is not difficult to make the defense line thicker and get a few more defense lines, and anyone with time, labor, and materials can do it well, isn't it just digging pits and building houses? What's so hard about it? It's not too difficult to choose some suitable lots to set up support points, preset some pockets or something, this kind of thing belongs to a commander with a little experience, and you can see it, people can also see it, this level of defense is set at a higher level than the original one, but the high level is limited.

And the layout of the German general on the opposite side has surpassed the former, in the opinion of Akiyama Yoshiko, the most superficial line of defense is indeed very ordinary, a very simple warning point, and then a cordon. But after arriving at the main position, the problem came, the German defense line was connected to each other by horizontal communication trenches, so that the originally scattered defense line became a whole. These well-placed lateral communication trenches made the support of the troops behind very smooth, which meant that even if the opposing troops broke through the first line of defense, they would not be able to stabilize the breakthrough, and they would be counterattacked by the Germans in the second line of defense.

It's a headache to become a system of defense in this way, but what makes Akiyama feel the most uncomfortable is that in addition to those bunkers that have obviously been reinforced N times and become difficult to destroy, he can't find too many firing points for the Germans, according to the information provided by the French, the Germans' machine gun firepower is not weaker than that of the French army, that is, a good guy has more than 9 MG light machine guns. But it was not marked on the intelligence and the sand table, and after questioning the French legion, the French also said they did not know. Because some of the conditions of this line of defense are different from other places.

The so-called great enemy is invisible. What you can see, even if it is terrible, you can always have some precautions, and then some countermeasures, but now, it doesn't seem to work, Akiyama Yoshiko can figure out that the opponent's machine gun crew will definitely change positions frequently, which will cause great trouble for the attacking side, and the Germans undoubtedly have a great advantage in the mobility of firepower. And in terms of artillery. According to intelligence analysis, the Germans' small- and medium-caliber mortars were dispersed to the company level, while large-caliber mortars and body-barreled artillery seemed to be concentrated. This is undoubtedly also taking advantage of the mobility and flexibility of light mortars and the concentrated firepower of long-range artillery.

At least on the surface. As for what will happen if you start fighting, it's really uncertain. In short, after a superficial analysis, Akiyama felt that it was difficult to entangle the other side.

"Who is the commander on the other side? Terauchi-kun? Akiyama asked, rubbing his somewhat wooden-haired temples.

"It should be Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Of course, the other side is the commander of an army group, and as for the commander of the two divisions to which it belongs, if the intelligence is correct, it should be Hans of the 15th Army. Feng. Major General Seckert, the other party was from a noble family, and his father was a general. It's a military family. Shouichi Terauchi said.

"That's it? Are there any tactical features? Akiyama Yoshiko's brows furrowed slightly, expressing great dissatisfaction with such simple information.

"How so? According to the French, the military training of the Germans is relatively solid, and in general it can be divided into two categories, one is Prussian-style tactics, to which most of the German army belongs, and they are proficient in the use of artillery and infantry. The other is Bavarian, the latter is even more terrifying, their prince is a tactical genius, successfully mixing tanks, artillery, planes and infantry like a cocktail! Then launch an offensive that you can't stop. The Russians failed, and the French and British were equally beaten enough. Shouichi Terauchi said.

"Well, we are not familiar with German tactics, especially the current Germans, so let's fight according to our own tactics, and the war will always accumulate lessons and lessons, although the cost may be a bit large!" Akiyama Yoshiko rubbed his face, shook his spirits and said.

Although I don't know what the Germans have in mind, Akiyama Yoshiko is still clear about the hardware of his army, although the various equipment and weapons provided by the French make the Japanese feel extremely luxurious, but in fact, the overall equipment level is still lower than the average level of the French army, not to mention compared with the Germans on the other side, and from the current situation, the German army on the opposite side does not seem to be an ace army, which makes Akiyama Yoshiko feel a little lucky. But if you want to fight for firepower, you can't beat it.

"In terms of troops, we have twice as many personnel! BUT IN TERMS OF FIREPOWER, ON THE CONTRARY, THERE WAS NOT MUCH SUPERIORITY, WE ONLY HAD A TOTAL OF 32 105MM HOWITZERS, WHILE A GERMAN DIVISION HAD AT LEAST 24 GUNS. Although some of our gunners experienced the Russo-Japanese War, the situation has completely changed, and most of them have no experience in attacking targets beyond 7 kilometers. In the absence of supporting firepower, it would be a terrible thing to rely solely on the courage of infantry to penetrate the enemy's minefields, barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns. ”

"Since, the advantage of the Germans is artillery during the day and a large number of automatic firearms, then well, wouldn't it be okay for us to simply abolish their advantage? So I decided to launch a night raid! "Akiyama's idea is very simple and effective, that is, to directly choose a night attack!

Although there will be some troubles in the night attack, but in general, there are very few night battles in the battlefield of World War I, especially the large-scale division-level attacks are almost non-existent, and the night vigilance of both sides is more used to defend against small-scale harassment of the other side, and the so-called large-scale night attacks are also fought at dawn. In addition, Akiyama Yoshiko believes that the Japanese army may not be as good as its opponents in terms of gunnery, infantry firepower and tactics, but at least there is one point that is absolutely the best in the world, and hand-to-hand combat is at least worthwhile!

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