Chapter 705: The Turkish Army Counterattacks

The sniper rifle has thus entered the field of vision of the Germans, as an army power, Germany also has marksmen, for every army, there are some accurate marksmanship, after getting some army training methods in the northwest, the Germans also used them intensively, in the operation below the battalion company, the marksman has a very important role, in the small-scale battle, there may even be a decisive approach.

However, at the regimental level, the role of the sniper is limited, and the general regimental level has a certain amount of fire support, no matter how powerful the sniper is, it can't block the cannon, and the effective range of the gun is also within 500 meters, and the effect of the sniper is limited when there are many people.

After seeing the Chinese in Turkey, the German instructors understood that the previous understanding of snipers in the northwest should be somewhat biased, and to exert the power of these marksmen, it is necessary to use special equipment and even special tactics.

In the army, artillery is the king of the army, not only because of the power of artillery, but also because of the range of artillery, rifles and heavy machine guns, the maximum range is a few hundred meters, the rifle will not even exceed 300 meters, the heavy machine gun is 500 meters away, and even 800 meters away has lethality, but the accuracy of shooting can no longer be guaranteed, in this case, it cannot be used as a conventional force.

The northwest is different, a rifle that can shoot 1500 meters, "can also ensure accurate shooting, what does this mean, the killing radius has been increased almost several times, and the preparation time has also been increased a lot, if it is supplemented by the tactics of the specialized level against the low-level officers. Something wrong with this marksman would be very scary.

Germany is a traditional army power, the first in Europe in the field of land forces. Very clearly, in an army. The most important thing is always the low-level officers and non-commissioned officers, who can be said to be the absolute core of a team, perfectly combining ordinary soldiers with the entire army into a whole. In the wars of the past few hundred years, as long as the team is not completely wiped out and a part of the essence and seeds are left, the strength will be restored much faster, but once the low-level officers and non-commissioned officers are lost too much. It is necessary to mobilize personnel from other units, otherwise it will be very difficult for the contingent to build up combat effectiveness.

The reason why the sniper's tactics are powerful is because of this, and the targets they target are these low-level officers and non-commissioned officers, as long as they kill these people, even if it is a strong German army. It is absolutely impossible to have the original combat effectiveness, and Germany needs to learn such tactics, and even more so to prevent them.

Even if there is no serious understanding. Or reading the war report, it is already conceivable that the German officers used their brains. But I can only smile bitterly, and it really looks. It is also more difficult to prevent, first of all. Officers or something, can not wear obvious signs, this should not be difficult to solve, will bring inconvenience to the command, relative to the overall collapse, but not unacceptable, but more importantly, can not have obvious command or gathering, this is difficult, if the officer does not even have this role, how can it be called an officer? And how does it work, on the battlefield, as long as someone looks at you, or gives some orders, let the soldiers surround you, you will usher in the sniper's aim, 1500 meters of range, which is enough for the sniper to fire many bullets.

The northwest didn't expect that it would make the Germans so misunderstood, of course, later the Germans knew that generally trained snipers, their range is only 1000 meters, only a special shooter like Wang Erniu, can guarantee a range of 1500 meters, at that time I was relieved, don't look at 500 meters, this is definitely two different concepts for tactics and defense.

Not to mention the Germans' concern about AWP12, the new tactics of the combination of sharpshooters and artillery gave Turkey a chance to breathe, in the face of such a large number of marksmen, maybe Britain, France and Russia such a first-class power can have a way to deal with it, in fact, it is very simple, just bombard it with large-caliber artillery, even if it is a bastion, large-caliber artillery has huge damage.

The sniper in the northwest can maintain such a strong lethality in the defense line of the fortress of Ioannina, the strength of the sniper rifle is only one aspect, the lack of artillery on the Greek side is also an important aspect, the artillery of about 100 mm, and it is not an armor-piercing shell, it may have a certain effect on ordinary unprotected targets, and for a large fortress composed of stones, if you want to completely break through him, a gun of about 100 mm is not of much use, and at least 150 mm, or even larger artillery is needed, which is for, Greece, In the case of Serbia and Romania, some are too demanding. There is a complete set of tactics in the northwest, the selection and reinforcement of the sniper's position gives the sniper sufficient protection, and the lack of snipers in the position basically poses no threat to anyone.

Greece lost a division by a sudden attack, and a few days later regrouped, attacked again, tried several charges, and the result was without exception, the loss of troops was broken, and it was basically impossible to rush through the death zone between 1200 meters and 800 meters.

Knowing that it will not be possible to break through, and it will also lose a lot of living forces, the Balkan Alliance is not Turkey, let alone Russia, and it can use crowd tactics, but the Balkan Alliance led by Greece has only been established for a few years, how many people are there, and do they dare to consume it like this.

The two sides were at a stalemate on the front line with the three lines of defense as the core, and the Balkan alliance did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and such a strategic situation was extremely beneficial to Turkey, which stabilized its military morale, pulled down the troops that had suffered heavy losses on the front line, and reorganized them, and flooded them with a large number of new soldiers to restore their combat effectiveness. The Baghdad Railway in the rear transported the northwestern arms and truckloads of ammunition, so that the chips in Turkey's hands gradually rose, and the three fulcrums and the 10 or so divisions prepared in the rear were settled down, integrated and trained, and once the time was ripe, they would immediately start to counterattack the Balkan Alliance.

The Balkan Union was at odds with Turkey, which wanted to acquire these lands in the European part of Turkey, but Turkey was willing to make them independent. Especially Albania, which became independent in 1912, Turkey had to reclaim it. Serbia and Montenegro could even be recovered, if it were possible.

The situation in the Balkans. Under such a premise, the stalemate was settled, and the Northwest Intervention Army did not take the initiative to attack, after all, there were too few personnel, and it was relatively single, only snipers, and it did not have much effect in the field.

The staff officers in the rear, who understood this very well. also took the initiative to guide Turkey, first stabilize the current defense line, accumulate strength, and the trade of materials for 7 divisions was converted into Turkish divisions, which were almost 14, almost 200,000 armed men, enough for Turkey to do anything, if it weren't for the reminder of the Northwest Staff Officer. The standard weapons in the northwest are slightly different from those of the previous German weapons, so let's stabilize them first. Maybe Turkey will have an immediate attack.

It didn't take long for the fortress of Ioannina, which was supposed to fall in March, to stand until March. And it is getting more and more stable, when Turkey recovers its strength. The 15 divisions were divided into three parts, with 5 divisions in each place. Sixty or seventy thousand people, they began a counteroffensive against the Balkan Union, the northwest had no attachment, gave up the position of the first line, and 500 marksmen finally returned to the rear after staying at the front for half a month.

After a new look, after being completely familiar with the weapons of the northwest, Turkey's combat effectiveness has been completely restored, especially the division-level weapons in the northwest, the proportion of artillery fire is more than that of ordinary European armies, and the Turkish army, which has an advantage in the war situation, began to press the Balkan alliance to fight, especially the Greek side, which is already a tired body of lost soldiers, facing the wolf-like Turkish army, one and a half divisions were surrounded by one and a half divisions, and in the face of superior firepower, the Greek side resisted for 3 days, and one and a half divisions were completely annihilated. Coupled with the loss of more than one division before, it is equivalent to the casualties of more than three divisions, which is an impossible burden for Greece, which is a small country and weak country.

On the frontal battlefield, the excellence of the weapons in the northwest has been confirmed, not only more powerful, but also extremely reliable, and the officers in the front have asked for additional arms, especially those from the northwest.

The Baghdad railway has been opened, and Turkey is currently facing the northwest passage has been opened, and the three Pasha are very satisfied with the arms provided by the northwest, because of the help of the northwest, Turkey has stopped the biggest crisis, and then as long as the lost territory is gradually recovered, more arms are needed, and then Turkey ordered 10 more divisions of arms. In this regard, the Northwest is extremely welcome, arms can be said to be the most profitable of all products, the Northwest has already been transferred to the preparation of war, the arms reserves are not small, casually mobilized a part of the resources, through guò water to the Turkish side.

Turkey has placed an order, Germany has also tentatively placed an order, mainly in terms of sniper rifles and some light weapons, for this, the northwest side did not block, sniper rifle as a complex and sophisticated weapon, the cost is 20 times that of the ordinary AK11, and the price is as high as 100 times that of AK11.

The situation in Turkey has stabilized, and even with the situation of counteroffensive, the Chinese Observation Mission has lost its role, Turkey was a little confused by the Balkan Alliance in the early days, and the time when the Young Turks came to power was a little shorter, and under the chaos between the front and the rear, even basic supplies were inconvenient, so they were defeated and retreated, and the previous phenomenon appeared. Now there is no need to worry about munitions, there are weapons from the northwest, which are used in the war, and the Turks have discovered that the weapons in the northwest are absolutely good, even if the price is a little higher, but the quality is excellent, and the reliability is quite strong, which is even better than the German weapons.

It is also because of this Balkan War that the name of the northwest has begun, and some people who have a demand for weapons have begun to notice the light weapons in the northwest, mainly some small countries in Europe and South American countries, and their orders together are not as many as those from Beiyang and the revolutionary party, but they are finally exported, and the weapons in the northwest have suddenly entered the world arms market, and they are still very weak, but the light weapons of some squads and platoons, the core, the best weapons, have not yet entered the world market, but this is a good start. (To be continued......) R1292