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When artillery was first born, it did not attract attention.

There was a popular saying in Europe at that time: infantry needed rigorous training, while artillery only needed temporary hiring.

From the Napoleonic era, artillery became an independent branch of the army, achieving the same status as infantry and cavalry.

In 1897, the French produced the Schneider Mle 189775 mm field gun, which used a variety of the latest technologies and was the first gun in the world to use a reinforcing and regression system, which made its performance far ahead of its contemporaries. The rate of fire of the artillery reached an astonishing 15 rounds per minute.

Because the performance of this artillery is so good, that the French affectionately call it "Miss 75" as a way to express their affection for her.

TempleGale is a big fan of Miss 75.

"The use of artillery to repeatedly shell enemy positions, this type of strike has long existed, the Germans have already been prepared, and the effect is not very good. It was more dangerous to use infantry as a decoy, because infantry commanders were used to following the plan, and they always started charging as soon as the artillery fire was extended, and it was probably not a good idea to let them charge half the way and then stop. As for Qin Zhiyuan's plan, Templegay did not approve.

"It is no longer the time to release pigeons to convey military orders, and the advent of telephone calls has made communication more convenient and fast. The order of the rear command, which can be communicated to the commander of the front in a second, I don't think how difficult it is. It is still a matter of rigid thinking, and Qin Zhiyuan somewhat understands why the French were defeated in World War II.

In fact, at the very beginning of the First World War, Paris would have been in the pockets of the Germans had it not been for the weakness of the German offensive. Before the Battle of the Marne, the forward troops of the Germans were only 70 kilometers from Paris. If it weren't for Joseph Gallieni, then commander of the city's defenses, who organized the famous "taxi transport", the French would have tasted the fall of the capital.

"No, no, no, the infantry in my impression does not have such execution." TempleGale still disagreed.

"Mine can! Early tomorrow morning, we can test it first. Qin Zhiyuan insisted.

"Well, if you insist." Before coming, Templegale received an order to cooperate with the Sixth Regiment to fight, so Templesgail did not resist Qin Zhiyuan's insistence.

Then give it a try.

The test was a matter of the second day, and that night, Qin Zhiyuan had other things to do.

A batch of military supplies produced in the United States arrived at Kapi, which was requested by Qin Zhiyuan.

The shipment consisted of 1,000 pump-action shotguns, 18 mm caliber, firing a special deer-hunting bullet, each containing 12 steel balls and having an effective range of up to 100 meters.

This is a sharp weapon prepared by Qin Zhiyuan for trench warfare.

The shipment also included 50,000 Mills offensive grenades, which were suitable for attacking enemy pillboxes or buildings, as opposed to using fragments and steel balls to kill enemies after an explosion. After the grenade explodes, a large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure gas (i.e., shock wave) is generated to achieve killing and destructive effects.

In order to make this kind of grenade quickly turn into a defensive grenade, Qin Zhiyuan customized a steel ball bag from Renault Company, as long as this kind of steel ball bag is put on the Mills grenade, when the grenade explodes, 800 steel balls will be produced, which will be used to kill and injure the attacking enemy's living force.

The biggest difference between a defensive grenade and an offensive grenade is the range, after the offensive grenade is thrown, the person using the grenade will continue to charge, so it cannot use fragments to kill the enemy. The radius of the defensive grenade may be greater than the throwing distance, so after throwing, you must hide in cover, otherwise it may lead to accidental injury.

When shotguns, bullets, guns, and grenades were in place, Qin Zhiyuan regrouped the troops involved in the attack.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, before the start of the war, scouts led by Hu Tingfeng and Kim Tae-ho would be sent to the rear of the Germans, cut off the Germans' telephone and telegraph lines, and snipe the Germans' communication personnel. In order to resist a possible attack by the Germans, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Greif to select a part of the soldiers and join the scout team to strengthen the combat strength of the scouts.

The armament of this part of the population is mainly Lewis light machine guns and 98A rifles, taking into account both continuous fire and precision strikes.

A total of 2,000 troops participated in the frontal attack, mainly the battalions of Chen Kangjian and Liu Zizheng, and Zhang Tianshou's troops as reserves.

Frontal assault units are primarily armed with shotguns, bullets, and grenades, supplemented by a number of Lewis machine guns and MG15 machine guns. These MG15 machine guns were additionally equipped with a tripod, and once the German positions were captured, the MG15 would be transformed into an MG08 heavy machine gun to defend against possible German counterattacks.

After the new weapon is issued to the troops, it will take a certain amount of time to familiarize itself with the weapon's performance in order to form combat effectiveness. Fortunately, shotguns, bullets, and guns are not difficult to use, and they only need to take a rough aim to kill enemies with the projectile coverage, and the warriors only need to get familiar with reloading bullets, and it doesn't take too long.

In addition to weapons, Qin Zhiyuan also prepared other things, such as large pliers to use to break down the barbed wire, small explosive packs to use to destroy anti-tank trenches, smoke bombs to use during the attack, etc., not afraid of too many things, but afraid of insufficient preparation.

It is expected that the preparations will be completed by about the next evening.

From the next day, Dempsgale and Zheng Dali organized artillery to start a fire strike on Elbekul.

TempleGale's artillery brigade had 12 155-mm guns, 48 75-mm guns. The number of 75mm guns was about the same as that of the Sixth Regiment, but the 155mm guns were the envy of Zheng Dali and Cheng Feiming.

Artillery is divided into two types of suppressive artillery and infantry accompanying artillery according to its use, and both 155 mm guns and 75 mm guns can be used as suppressed artillery, and in terms of power, 75 mm is obviously inferior to 155 mm.

Zheng Dali looks at artillery, nothing else, only the caliber. The barrel of the 155mm gun was nearly three times thicker and nearly twice as long as the barrel of the 75mm gun, Zheng Dali was simply dazzled when he looked at the thick barrel of the 155mm gun, and decided to ask Qin Zhiyuan for it after this battle.

The kind of begging that hangs if you don't give it.

When nearly 100 artillery pieces were deployed, the artillery position covered an area of nearly 1,000 square meters. When all the artillery was ready to be fired, Dempsgail gave the order, and the heavy artillery roared in unison, which was deafening, and the ground under his feet trembled violently, as if he were standing on a war drum.

"I'm ...... It's spectacular. Li Fayun, an officer of the Beiyang Department, was stunned by the scene in front of him. In his impression, a unit with 10 guns can be regarded as fierce, and nearly 100 guns are fired together, and this spectacular scene can only appear in dreams.

"How? The French are wasteful! You're not going to reason with them? Zheng Dali laughed at the stunned Li Fayun.

The two were locked up in a small dark room for two days because of a quarrel, but the relationship is much closer, and the friendship between men is sometimes incomprehensible.