For the first time since the outbreak of the war, Rudolph. Kittel felt that he was underestimating his adversary, the Chinese army, but more importantly, its carefully constructed American-style defense system seemed far more powerful and troublesome than he expected. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Up to now, the battle had been fought for three hours, with four charges and 2,000 shells fired, but the Chinese forces still held their first line of defense and would continue to hold on; In the beginning, Kittel and the senior officers of the expeditionary force also wanted to see a rapid breakthrough that the German Army was very good at, like the Battle of Sedan in 1870.

But the battle has turned into a stalemate, a tug-of-war that needs to be fought over and over again, and it is rapidly losing its original containment significance: everyone in the expeditionary force, the colonel himself, his chief of staff and two lieutenant colonels, junior officers, ordinary soldiers, will not end the battle until they have broken through the first line of defense of the Chinese army.

To a large extent, at least for soldiers and junior officers, the meaning of the battle has become how to defend the honor of the Imperial German Army, a game of cards that had to be played - it would be a shame for every German soldier if the German army was helpless in front of the Chinese positions, but no one wanted to accept it. But in addition to defending honor, Kittel and several high-ranking officers had deeper intentions.

They wanted to find out the flaws in the defense system of the Americans, use it, break through the positions. This is a scientific experiment with obvious tactical significance, a necessary means to study and perfect the mode of combat. Of course, they all wanted to achieve the final victory in this experiment with a strong smell of blood.

After all, the costs and sacrifices must not be wasted, they must be made meaningful; Even if you can't guarantee that you will get more than you give, you need to balance the two.

It's just that it's quite ...... to accomplish this goal Some are difficult and require more skill, careful arrangement, and preparation than before...... It takes time.

Kittel had already spent twenty minutes carefully observing the positions of the Chinese army, looking for its weak points, and if nothing else happened, he would use another twenty minutes, if not longer, to do so. Unfortunately, the longer he stared at that position, the more frustrated and agitated he became.

The colonel came to believe that there were no flaws in his target that he could find: the Chinese positions consisted of a series of seemingly completely independent ring fortifications, and at their core, a machine-gun fortress reinforced with sandbags and logs, low and difficult to hit by shells, surrounded by three jagged trenches, and barbed wire between the outermost layer of the position, the two trenches, and between the trenches and the fortress - although these had been destroyed by artillery fire in the previous battles, at least for the most part, These machine-gun forts and trenches were all connected by trenches.

That is, it was very bad for the soldiers of the expeditionary force, and the Chinese soldiers did not need to climb out of their trenches at all, they were free to reach any position along the entire line of defense.

What the hell! The colonel could not help but curse in his heart: if the Chinese soldiers stayed in their trenches all the time, the bullets would not be of much use to them, unless some unfortunate fellow happened to block the path of the bullets when he poked his head out to shoot; The shells were no better.

The largest caliber artillery the expeditionary force possessed was only 77 mm field guns[Note], and the grenades they fired had only a fairly limited lethal effect even against exposed targets, let alone a group of cowards hiding in trenches. As for the fact that if someone wishes to destroy those reinforced machine-gun bunkers with them, then he better start praying immediately, he is just dreaming.

Only in a dream, only a 77-mm grenade is possible to destroy the machine-gun bunkers of the Chinese army, but in the real world, even if a shell hits directly, at most it will blow up the position where it hits, and such insignificant damage can be quickly repaired in the intervals of battles.

To destroy them, you can only use large-caliber artillery, or something else.

The Colonel looked at his colleagues, wondering if they already had a method, or a revelation.

But the judgment of the other three senior officers was no more different from his. "If you want to break through such positions, the most reasonable thing is to use large-caliber artillery," the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner, agreed, with Kittel, only more specifically, "infantry guns of at least one hundred and fifty mm caliber." ”

But this is a method that any officer in his right mind can think of, and it is not yet an innovation. What Kittel needed was one or more tactics that were appropriate to the situation. He shook his head. "You'll have to think bigger, Alfred." Then he turned to the next one, "Carl? ”

Lent turned to look at him. "Let the soldiers carry the bomb ......"

"It's not a proper approach." Before he could finish speaking, Kittel was already shaking his head, "Using a bomb means that the soldiers have to get close to the machine gun fortress, but the problem now is that they don't have a chance to get close to it." ”

"And if a soldier uses a bomb that can be dropped?" Lunt added.

"Still not, Lieutenant Colonel." This time it was Wagner, "If the bomb is too light, it still won't be able to destroy the fortifications, but if the weight of the bomb is increased to the point where it can destroy the fortifications, I don't think a single soldier can throw it." ”

"If you design a simple tool that can launch bombs...... Oh, no, considering the accuracy of shooting, it is better to use an infantry gun with such a tool. "Lunt vetoed his new idea, and instead of further refining it, he shifted his hopes to Rohr." What are your plans? ”

"Perhaps, we should concentrate our forces on the ring fortifications on both flanks of the position......" Rolle hesitated, unsure whether his proposal was feasible.

On the surface, the ring fortifications on both flanks were the weak link of the whole position - they could not form a crossfire with other fortifications, but relying only on the Chinese soldiers in one fortification, they could never prevent the expeditionary force from breaking through the defensive line - but who knows if the Chinese army had designed any precautions? For example, a large area of minefields that cannot be breached, or some fire points that have not yet been exposed.

Who can be sure? Chinese army ...... At least Nie Shicheng's troops were extremely cunning and unpredictable, and the Japanese had encountered backfire points that were fired from their backs, and perhaps only God knew what new tricks the general and his officers, who had been trained as American advisers, had not used. The only thing that is certain is that these tricks that have not yet been used must be more dangerous than those that have been used.

"We should be careful with our battle plans." Rohr said.

Kittel nodded, turning to the other two lieutenant colonels. "However, we can send an infantry company for a tentative attack."

Another tentative attack. No one objected.

"Yes." Wagner suggested, "You can also add Xu Jin's barrage cover." ”

"Create a barrage for an infantry company?" Kittel thought for a moment, then agreed, "I think that's the only thing our artillery can do...... Convey my order and start attacking in ten minutes. Rohr, this attack is in the hands of your troops. ”

"Understood, Colonel." Rohr replied, then turned to repeat the order to the herald, who immediately left.

Kittel turned his gaze back to his goal, hoping to find more. But he found nothing, found nothing, and saw no human figure - the Chinese soldiers had repaired the damage they had done to their positions in the last battle, and now they were all huddled in the trenches, waiting for the enemy to attack again - and as in the four battles that had ended, this time the battle would still break out in silence.

Ten minutes to go. The Colonel thought to himself, and then began to worry that perhaps his time was running out. Once Wiesenberg's assault team captured Taiyuan and captured the Empress Dowager and Emperor of China, the experiment ended immediately, but perhaps at that time, he still failed to come up with a new tactic......

Kittel didn't know that Wiesenberg's commandos were about to be wiped out.

And half of the soldiers. The captain counted the survivors alive as quickly as he could—as quickly as he could, for the numbers could change at any time—and only half of the soldiers remained, and many were wounded, and Wiesenberg realized that it was impossible for him to escape the trap.

No! Wiessenberg shook his head secretly. In fact, when he led the assault team to set off, the result was already doomed, and the Chinese did not intend to let go of a target in the first place. The forces they put into their hands were strong, and the soldiers' will to fight was far greater than any before, and if it weren't for the fact that their shooting skills were still as bad as before, the battle would have ended the moment it began.

"Maybe I should be glad." He thought to himself, raised his right hand, and fired a shot quite casually, not to hit anything but to prove to the Chinese that he was still alive, and they still needed to continue to work hard. Then he put his hand down and continued to think about his current situation.

However, in fact, there is nothing to think about, he has only three choices: be killed by a Chinese bullet, surrender and be executed by the Chinese, or shoot himself in the head with a pistol. Wiesenberg thought for a moment and aimed his gun at his temple. Perhaps this is the most appropriate solution.

The Chinese cannot be given a chance.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkeys." The captain finally said, and then pulled the trigger.

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Note: Both FK96 type 77 mm field gun

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