At this time, not only John, but also several officers who followed behind John had a shocked expression on their faces. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Their shock did not surprise Yang Xingguo.

You must know that although the formation of the Liaodong Army was very short. However, the various training methods of the Liaodong Army were all copied by Yang Xingguo from later generations. Compared with the way countries train their armies today, it is at least 50 years advanced.

This is also an important reason why the Liaodong Army has been able to rapidly form combat effectiveness since its formation, and why Yang Xingguo has demanded that all units must conduct closed training, and no one can pass on the training methods without permission.

After seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of these Germans, Yang Xingguo immediately proposed: "Mr. Colonel, this is just some basic tactical movements and physical training. If you want to confirm whether a unit is really combative, offensive and defensive drills are a good method. Why don't I gather the troops, Mr. Colonel, you can pick two companies at random and practice them in front of everyone......"

"Can ......" After seeing the new training method, what John wanted to see most was what kind of troops were being trained by this training method. So, Colonel John replied without thinking.

"Dididi......" Immediately, a series of whistles for an emergency assembly sounded at the training ground.

The thousands of Liaodong troops who were still training in companies just now, in John's opinion, just played kung fu blindly, and turned into a pack of hungry wolves.

In the midst of the shouting and scolding of their respective officers, they quickly found their weapons and rushed towards their positions, very fast.

John specially used his pocket watch to calculate, and it took less than a minute and a half from the whistle to the gathering of nearly 5,000 soldiers.

As a colonel officer in the German army, Johann considered himself the most disciplined and combat-ready German army in the world. However, if the 5,000 German troops were scattered over such a large training ground, John thought that the German army would not be able to assemble in a minute and a half. “

Seeing this, John was already sure that the army in front of him. It is definitely a well-disciplined and combat-ready army.

Just when John was more and more frightened the more he looked at it, the weapons and equipment of the five thousand soldiers once again attracted John's attention.

An infantry platoon was armed with two Madsen light machine guns. An infantry company was armed with two heavy machine guns. In terms of small arms, such firepower can already be called luxurious. If you look at all the German armies, the Imperial Guard can meet this standard. As for the ordinary army, the number of light and heavy machine guns in each company was only two-thirds of that of the Liaodong Army.

"How could the Liaodong Army equip the troops with so many light and heavy machine guns......" Colonel John thought to himself.

However, he did not say it. but at the signal of Yang Xingguo. I randomly ordered two companies and prepared to see their offensive and defensive drills. At the same time, we can also see through offensive and defensive drills whether so many light and heavy machine gun configurations are useful on the battlefield.

Soon, the commander of the guard brigade ran to Yang Xingguo and reported: "Commander, let's first drill an infantry company of our army to attack an infantry company of the Russian army, and an infantry company of the defending army will be equipped with a heavy machine gun according to the standards of the Russian army......"

"The whole exercise was all empty cartridges, and as long as they were hit by bullets, they would withdraw from the battlefield......"

After listening to the translation, John nodded directly to Yang Xingguo in agreement.

Subsequently. Yang Xingguo ordered: "Then fight as you say, and strive to occupy the opponent's position in half an hour." ”

As soon as the drill began, the defender's heavy machine guns fired a dense barrage of fire at the attacking troops, and the ordinary riflemen were not far behind, firing bullets at all suspicious targets in front of the position.

Seeing the scene of bullets raining down in front of the defenders' position, John frowned and said: "The defenders' firepower is too fierce, and even if the attacking troops can take the defenders' positions, they will suffer heavy losses." ”

After Yang Xingguo heard this, he only shook his head and did not speak.

At this moment, the attacking forces moved.

Two heavy machine guns arranged separately. Quickly fired two crossfire at the defenders' heavy machine guns.

As soon as the two heavy machine guns were fired, the defenders' heavy machine guns stalled due to the heavy machine gunner's reload.

And this was only the beginning, under the fire of two crossfires, no matter which heavy machine gun the defenders chose to fire from. Another heavy machine gun immediately fired a barrage of bullets at it.

As a result, the heavy machine gun fire of the defenders immediately became intermittent and could not play a role in suppressing fire. As for their heavy machine gunners, each person who goes up and holds for a maximum of three seconds will be hit by a bullet.

Seeing this, John's face immediately became serious.

In his opinion. Once the defenders lose the heavy machine gun as a defensive weapon, the defenders' defensive ability will be reduced by at least 30%.

Faced with the surprise that the attacking troops of the Liaodong Army brought to him at the beginning, John was shocked, and immediately stared at the attacking troops, wanting to see if the attacking troops had any new tricks that he had not seen.

Soon, the offensive of the attacking forces began.

Six Madsen light machine guns, in groups of two, covered each other to fire bullets at the defenders' positions.

Because there were three fire houses constantly sweeping the defenders' positions from beginning to end of the battlefield, many of the defenders who showed up to block the attack were hit by bullets one after another.

As a result, the defenders' blocking firepower was immediately minimal.

The attacking force, with more than a hundred infantry, immediately seized the opportunity and rushed out.

Even at this time, the attacking Liaodong Army still did not line up as John imagined and launched an attack on the defenders.

Rather, it was a three-person battle team, armed with rifles, alternately covering the attack.

Once one of the three is attacked, the remaining two will be able to fight back immediately, taking them out with two bullets before the enemy can react.

In the face of this novel and sharp attack, the defenders only held out for five minutes before losing more than half.

By this time, the attacking troops had rushed to a position less than fifty meters away from them.

Just as John had once again judged that the attacking troops were going to storm the defenders' positions and end the battle with bayonets.

Dozens of riflemen who rushed to the front actually took out an iron lump and threw it into the defenders' position, and then dozens of puffs of black smoke rose from the defenders' positions, and the attacking troops successfully entered the defenders' positions almost without encountering any resistance, completely annihilating the opponents and ending the battle.

Faced with this result, Colonel John, whose mouth was open because of shock, took a full minute to react.

Subsequently, he directly sighed to Yang Xingguo: "I have to admit that the combat effectiveness of your army is far beyond my imagination, and even in many aspects, our German army cannot compare with your army......

"Commander Yang, if you don't mind, I want a copy of your army's training methods...... Of course, we in Germany will never treat our friends badly, and we will definitely exchange something of equivalent value for ......"

"In addition, I would like to know what weapons were used in the final phase of your army's offensive. Why was it that as soon as this weapon fell on the defenders' positions, the defenders were almost wiped out......"

After thinking about it, Yang Xingguo pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "Mr. Colonel, this is the key to why our Liaodong Army has been able to defeat the Japanese army and the Russian army again and again, and it is given to you, so the Japanese army and the Russian army will not ......."

John hurriedly replied: "You have to believe us in Germany, Germany's secrecy measures are definitely stricter than you think......"

"In addition, as long as the conditions you offer are reasonable, I believe that we in Germany will definitely agree to you." (To be continued.) )