Chapter 535: Drill Again
Bordeaux took the order and prepared to go to China, the order of 45 million marks is just a preliminary, and it can be regarded as a preliminary contact between Germany and the northwest resume, which is a good start, for Bordeaux, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to enter the vision of Moltke Jr., and can go further.
When he was sorting out all the documents and preparing to set off at any time, Moltke Jr. suddenly gave him a notice that there were some problems in the military, and he still needed to solve them personally, in a sense, no one knew more about the Northwest than Bordeau. The trench is just one part, and the firepower arrangement is the most important, and in a certain way, the automatic firearms need to be arranged more intensively, which is the real key part.
Germany is an industrial country, barbed wire is just a concept, a little preparation, can be produced, the sapper shovel is a little more difficult, there is no time to make abrasives, can only be a little imitation, simply made into a shovel, plus Bordeau brought over, made up 100, with a small company-level position, the three-dimensional trench in front of everyone.
When Bordeau rushed to the exercise site, he found that the number of people was a little large, and those who participated in this small exercise, in addition to the personnel of the staff led by Moltke Jr., also some high-level officials of the War Department, and of course the logistics department were also present, and the specifications were so large that Bordeau did not expect, but there were as many as 40 generals, including three lieutenant generals and one general, and in a sense, one-third of the leaders of the entire German Army came to the scene of the exercise. The leader of the army is Alexander? Crook, who was born in the General Staff. He currently serves in the Seventh Military Region and is a prominent figure in the German Army.
Because well prepared. It perfectly demonstrates the role of the three-dimensional defense system, a company of troops. From arrival to the construction of a three-dimensional defense system, it took only an hour and a half, and then, only one company of soldiers, in the face of the charge of a brigade of troops, firmly held the position, the opposite brigade is not an ordinary army brigade, he has enough artillery configuration. In the face of 36 75 guns and 12 108 guns, they actually held on to the death, leaving a brigade of heavy soldiers with no choice.
The General Staff had long been reminded by Moltke Jr. that they had already prepared for the outcome of this battle, and some of the personnel had even watched the last exercise, but the War Department was taken aback, and in order to convince them, the directing department went to the Army attackers. They were all sent by them, and they knew very well that the army of a brigade was really using all its strength, even deliberately intensifying the artillery fire. Under such intensive artillery fire, even a company of the Praetorian Guard may not be able to withstand half an hour.
But this is an ordinary company. Under intensive artillery fire, specially arranged defensive positions. For artillery fire, for troops in a dense charge. It had great lethality, and in the end, the exercise command determined that the defenders of a company held for 12 hours, and after killing and wounding 10 times the enemy, they finally ran out of ammunition and food and broke through the position.
Those who were able to participate in the exercise were all clear-sighted people, and they knew very well that this set of defensive tactics was powerful, and the position built in an hour and a half, and a few tenths of the defense, caused ten times the number of casualties, but more importantly, it used less than one-thirtieth of the number to block the wanton bombardment of thousands of enemy troops for 12 hours, and this has a very strong effect on large-scale operations; if in the middle of a war, in a special place, a company or a battalion is deployed to resist part of the opponent's military strength, a local advantage can be formed. What a wonderful thing this is for the commander of the war.
Perfect defense and the use of Makqin, so that Crook's eyes lit up, he climbed up from the bottom, participated in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War officer, spent decades, standing in the high-level position of the War Department, he saw from the middle, the importance of equipping automatic firearms, Makqin from the appearance, known for its powerful firepower, heavy weight has always been an important factor restricting his use, especially the division as a unit of the army, equipped with a large number of automatic firearms, will have a huge impact on logistics.
Crook directly spent this problem, Moltke also secretly admired, he spent two days of research, only under the reminder of the staff officer, found this problem, for modern warfare, logistics problems are almost the focus, said that Germany is fighting on the inside line, this is not a problem, Germany's strong productivity, enough to withstand the consumption of arms several times more, but the future war in Europe, passive defense is definitely not what Germany wants to see, several battle plans are all attacks, then most of them are fighting on the outside line, Extending to Europe as a whole, this is a big problem.
"With a car!" The young voice retracted in the middle of the exercise field, and Crook frowned slightly, and then saw a young face.
Little Moltke secretly said that it is not good, this Bordo is usually very steady, but he didn't expect to be so reckless, because of the appearance of Crook, he organized such a drill, but it was just a drill, and it would take time to promote the next plan, this is just a stepping stone.
Little Moltke didn't cross the river and tear down the bridge, Bordo's cousin and current location made Little Moltke find that it could be focused on training, and interjected: "Bordo is a military attache stationed in China, and it was on the Northwest Battlefield that he discovered this tactic of the Northwest Army, and he came back to report." ”
"China, China still has such tactics!" Crook said with a little disdain that since a few decades ago, China has lost its status as a great power and has become a paradise for the great powers, from Britain, France, Russia to Germany, from the original emphasis gradually became disdainful.
"China is China, the northwest is the northwest, and now on the battlefield in the Far East, the northwest has annihilated at least 50,000 Russian regular troops, and there are 50,000 death battalions." Bordo said a little angrily, Crook raised his eyebrows, and was about to have a seizure, and the little Moltke next to him said helplessly: "Your Excellency Crook, I know that China is not very good, but the northwest is really different from China, and the information sent back by the intelligence officers here can take a look!" ”
In just a week's time, enough for Moltke to make targeted arrangements, Germany attaches great importance to Russia, before it was just because it didn't pay attention, but now with Bordo's mention, a little attention, Russia's sieve-like intelligence protection, can not stop Germany's exploration at all, there is no exact number of losses in the Far East army, but more than 40,000 people of the death battalion and the division commander of four divisions were taken down, and the news that they were imprisoned back to Petrograd, plus the cancellation of the number of the 199 brigade, this is all undisguised, from which it can be inferred, At least 4 divisions were heavily damaged, the division commander was dealt with, plus the 199 brigade, the regular army almost reached 50,000, close to more than a month of war, it is impossible to lose only 4 divisions, other losses can be there, Bordo said 50,000 people, can not be an exaggeration.
Crook didn't care about Bordo's identity, but Moltke, as the chief of staff of the German Army, controlled the intelligence department, and what he said could not be said casually, Crook took the intelligence and looked at it carefully, and said with a little surprise: "The northwest has really hit Russia hard." ”
"Yes, not only did it hit hard, but Russia used 210,000 troops to prepare to intervene in Mongolia, but unfortunately, until now, it has been almost 50 days, and it has still not crossed the border between Russia and Mongolia, but from this point, you can see the strength of the Northwest Army, you know, this time the Northwest Army only used less than 100,000 people, and the regular army of the Northwest Army is at least 250,000." Moltke continued.
Crook was slightly moved, even if he was conceited, the example in front of him could not help but believe it, annihilating nearly 100,000 Russian troops, including 50,000 regular troops, blocking 210,000 Russian troops, unable to advance an inch, in this sense, the northwest has surpassed Turkey in the role of containing Russia.
Crook looked at Bordo and said calmly: "How do you say to solve the logistics problem, what is that car?" ”
Bordo glanced at little Moltke, little Moltke did not speak, did not oppose or support, he boldly said: "This war between the northwest and Russia is carried out 2,000 kilometers outside the sphere of influence, especially the last 350 kilometers, all of which are grasslands, and the reason why the northwest can hold on is because of the appearance of cars, to be precise, trucks!" ”
"A motorized petrol car?" Crook was a little moved, he knew that this thing was also being done by the German Mercedes company, but those things could only be driven on smooth cement roads or asphalt roads, could they be driven under cluttered terrain?
Bordeaux briefly introduced the role of a heavy car, especially mentioning the storage of shock absorption, with shock absorption, even on uneven roads, you can go relatively quickly.
What kind of ability the truck may have, for the time being, Crook and Moltke Jr. can't see it, but the things that Bordeaux temporarily demonstrates, especially the automatic fire and three-dimensional defense system, are real, and after Crook got the battle report summarized by Bordo, he sent Bordo away, and even the other officers left, leaving only Moltke Jr. and Crook, two military high-level officials who are also army generals, don't know what the secret talks were, in short, Bordo was notified that night and left Berlin, Or take a warship, go to China, this time, on a cutting-edge destroyer, the speed can even reach 30 knots, which will greatly save time on the road, the next trip to China, he will no longer go to Beijing and Shandong, will always stay in the northwest, and even the German War Department and General Staff, directly gave him a secret contact band, for close contact between the two sides. (To be continued......) R1292