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The Germans were known for their rigor and resoluteness in their tactical execution, in other words, dogmatism. The French, on the other hand, were known for their stiffness and rigidity, and the Germans were the perfect opponents.

At the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, the direction of the French 6th Army's offensive was a weak part of the German defenses, and the Germans did not anticipate the French attack here before the war, so the defenses were weak.

On 3 July, the French 6th Army broke through the defensive positions of the German 17th Army with a fierce assault, inflicting heavy casualties on the Germans.

In order to avoid the total annihilation of the 17th Army, the German High Command transferred the reserves of the 2nd Army to take over the defense, and the 17th Army withdrew to the third position to rest and replenish.

However, the German 17th Army retreated in such a hurry that when the 17th Army retreated, the 2nd Army had not yet made up for it, and as a result, some positions and support points were left undefended, which caused a gap and many gaps in the front of the German defense, giving the French an opportunity to take advantage of.

On 4 July, the advance detachment of the French 35th Corps discovered the situation and immediately went out to occupy the undefended city of Balle without engagement.

At this time, other troops were also preparing to advance towards the Somme, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to attack and extend the victory.

However, Fayol, commander of the French 6th Army, did not agree to do so.

His reasoning was that, according to the doctrine of "step-by-step action" of General Foch, commander of Army Group North, the capture of new positions would only allow the attack to continue if the occupied areas had been consolidated, the second echelon had taken over the battle, and strong artillery preparations had been prepared.

As a result, in accordance with this instruction, the troops preparing for the attack had to withdraw to their original positions and make new preparations, resulting in a delay of two days and two nights.

On the battlefield, the fighter plane is fleeting.

While the French were preparing for an offensive according to the theory of "gradual action", the German 2nd Army had discovered a hole in the front, and they asked for five elite divisions from the high command to take over the defense of the 17th Army, fill all the gaps, reorganize the defense system, and plug the gap.

Two days later, the French army was ready to resume the attack, but the Germans did not expect to have invested fresh forces here, and the French attack encountered unprecedented fierce resistance and heavy casualties.

The Battle of the Somme had been going on for more than three months, and the French command structure was still the same stiff.

Artillery Brigade Colonel Dempsgay also had a different opinion: "After going around to the German lines, the ambush was behind the German positions. So, when the artillery fire is extended, will it cause an accidental hit on friendly troops? ”

"Don't worry about this, in our plan, the artillery fire will not be extended, and the fire preparation will be based on blowing up the barbed wire at the front of the German position, as long as the barbed wire is blown up, our fighters will rush directly to the German position along the channel opened by the artillery, and there is no need to worry about the rest." Qin Zhiyuan has his own views on the use of artillery, which will have to wait for private communication with Demps Gale after the meeting.

TempleGale shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless "this has no precedent" expression.

"Gentlemen, with the development of weapons, tactics are also evolving, and progress cannot be refused on the grounds that there is no precedent. Please let me finish, sir. Qin Zhiyuan raised his hand to stop Hunttle, who wanted to speak, and continued his speech: "Half a month ago, the British just used tanks on the battlefield, and now the Germans have dug anti-tank trenches ten meters wide and five meters deep in front of the position, so are we no longer using tanks?" No, we will continue to use, we will use things like blasting canisters, small explosive packets, etc., to destroy anti-tank trenches so that our tanks can smoothly rush to the positions of the Germans. ”

Fighting a war is the same as a competition between two people, just see the moves, and to put it bluntly, that's what it is.

"When tanks come along, is it necessary for us to use linear tactics? The answer is no! Our infantry should accompany the tanks in sorties, the infantry protects the tanks, and the tanks cover the infantry. So is linear tactics useless? Again, the answer is no. When the terrain is not conducive to the deployment of tank troops, the infantry still has to use linear tactics to continue the charge. In order to smoothly execute the plan, Qin Zhiyuan didn't mind taking a tactical lesson.

"It's kind of interesting." Hunter made a gesture to continue.

"In my country, more than 2,000 years ago, there was a great warmaker who said: Water is controlled by the earth, and soldiers are defeated by the enemy. Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods. The translated meaning of this sentence is that the use of troops should be like mercury pouring into the ground, and we should formulate our own tactics according to the enemy's situation, and we should not stick to precedents. I would like to ask, if you refuse to change because there is no precedent, then how did those 'precedents' come about? Was there a 'precedent' for them when they were born? Qin Zhiyuan brought "The Art of War" to help.

This is actually a chicken-and-egg and egg-and-chicken problem, not to mention Hunter, Qin Zhiyuan has no answer.

"Uh...... For more than 2,000 years, that's really powerful. Hunter couldn't argue with that.

Fast-forward 2000 years, when Europe was in the shadow of ancient Rome, and the concept of France did not exist.

"So, forget about our 'precedents', which are also 'old precedents'. It doesn't matter what method we use, as long as we defeat the Germans, then it's a good idea. In another 100 years, our way will become a 'precedent', and you definitely don't want your children and grandchildren to use your way to go to war, and God knows what the world invented at that time, maybe you can just ask God for help." Qin Zhiyuan made a real joke.

For people at the beginning of the 20th century, the war of the 21st century is a myth. The farmer who went up the mountain every day with a firewood knife to cut firewood could only imagine that the emperor's firewood knife was made of gold.

"Okay then, we can give it a try." Hunter reluctantly agreed to Qin Zhiyuan's suggestion, as he said, Qin Zhiyuan's Sixth Regiment attack was an experimental operation.

"Well, what about artillery? How do we use artillery? Dempsgale raised his own questions, and he was also eager to get some advice from Qin Zhiyuan.

"I don't have much to say about the use of artillery, because if I were to do it, I wouldn't have a soldier with the gunner's mark on it." Qin Zhiyuan was silent for a while, and also put forward a few small suggestions: "I have some opinions on firepower preparation. Our current fire preparations, as soon as the artillery fire begins to extend, the infantry will charge, and in this time of charge, the Germans have already resurrected the point of fire. Because our fire preparation did not work as well as it should, and the Germans hid in the tunnels, where there were strong anti-artillery holes, there was not much to gain. ”

TemplesGale nodded repeatedly, and TemplesGale knew this question.

"So why can't we change the way? Send a battalion of soldiers to cooperate, and whenever the artillery begins to extend, the soldiers are ready to attack, but do not charge, and when the Germans enter the trenches to prepare to resurrect the fire point, we will bombard it again with artillery, just like whack-a-mole. "Qin Zhiyuan doesn't look down on the French artillery, their quality is really good, but the command system is as stiff as their artillery.