.Chapter 412 Hundred Days of Fierce Force (Central)

After Yan Youbing put down the phone, the two artillery officers who had just been transferred from the National Defense University to internship were just a little surprised, because they found that these old officers had cancelled the artillery preparation step in the first battle!

Doing this would not have caused much concern two years ago, because the long-range firepower and infantry squads of the National Wehrmacht were stronger than those of the opponent, but now... a standard German platoon had three squads, one Maxim heavy machine gun and three grenade launchers, supplemented by one 80mm mortar, each company was equipped with two 37mm war defense guns, and after arriving at the battalion, there were 6 75-speed guns and 4 80-mortars to assist, so the firepower was slightly stronger than that of the Expeditionary Force.

I have been to France for more than three months. I am no longer a rookie when I set out and a passionate novices. Just look at the number of shell consumption in each battle on the Western Front, you can calculate how important the time and intensity of artillery preparation is!......How can I destroy these fire points without artillery preparation?

Yan Youbing did not answer the confusion of the non-commissioned officer student. Anyone who is familiar with him knows that this young artillery colonel is definitely an ice and fire monster! The calmness in training and combat, the fanaticism of artillery is all reflected in him. And everyone knows that he was one of the officers who received special guidance from the commander-in-chief in the early days. He never thought that other officers would take the initiative to explain tactics without necessity, but let everyone experience it for themselves. They would explain in detail unless they really don’t understand it. Of course, this also means that the artillery officers who received the explanation will be severely punished to copy the tactic table hundreds of times. So the two young officers immediately squeezed into the staff and carefully checked the operational chart to search for the required answers.

Their performance made Yan Youbing slightly curl up his lips. As early as the Qing Dynasty, military academies across the country had offered courses such as cardinal algebra and geometry. After more than ten years of training, the Chinese officials were not much worse than those of Western military officers at the same level, but they were much worse in application and understanding. The main reason for this was the difficult gap in equipment and tactics. It was not until the commander-in-chief spent more than a year to write a book and tactical shooting table that this situation began to slowly reverse.

However, a simple rote memorization cannot become a qualified officer... Yan Youbing took a deep breath and nodded to the staff when he saw the pocket watch reaching the last square.

fire......!

With a roar, the two ** heavy artillery brigades that had been opened with 5 kilometers of 120 203mm, 155mm and 105mm howitzers suddenly exploded, sweeping 10 kilometers away like a hurricane sweeping from the Atlantic Ocean! The artillery regiments of the 8th Division, which was responsible for the offensive mission at the same time, and the artillery battalions of the brigades also sang in unison. The dense shells and hedgehogs gathered together to extend to the enemy. At the same time, the long-range firepower composed of 12 105 and 12 155 long-range cannons began to suppress the German position that Xue Muhua had just discovered, and the mortars were responsible for suppressing the various support points of the German trench.

The attack of nearly 400 types of artillery was definitely chaotic to the outsiders, but the two French liaison observers who had been following the infantry operations of the 8th Division frowned fiercely.

"Peter, is this..."

"They combined the three tactics of Xu Jin, support point destruction and Sui Jin cover!" The French lieutenant named Pitt clenched his fist hard, his face turned red and excited: "God, Yasen! How did they do it? This requires complex calculations and requires a gunfire table that is accurate to the meters!"

"Look...I'm going to attack without preparation!" The officer named Yasen widened his eyes because he saw that the artillery had just started the infantry and launched an attack. Moreover, the fox lines of these Chinese soldiers wearing military uniforms closer to the surface were very wide, and each of them was about 35 meters apart, which was nearly twice as wide as the French standard fox lines! Such a large gap... How to exert the advantage of firepower? As doubts arose in their minds, the German shells on the opposite side also tilted down.

Without artillery fire preparations...will you see a massacre?!

When the French observers and liaison officers at various observation points all raised this doubt, two cheerful shouts came from Yan Youbing's artillery command center: "I understand, I understand!"

"Tell me." Yan Youbing looked at the non-commissioned officer student four or five years younger than him.

The two little guys looked at each other. After saluting the black-faced man who was obviously a few years older on the left, he clenched his fists and ran to the big map to express his answer: "Give up the artillery fire and prepare to start with barrage Xu Jin. He directly covers the infantry to the first trench and stops the artillery for 20 minutes. Then he extends to the second trench at a speed of 100 meters every three minutes. When he arrives at the second trench, he stops the shooting. At this time, the infantry should have entered the first trench and the artillery fire

Support from the second line can be blocked! The subsequent artillery attack requires the speed of the infantry's attack. It is expected that the infantry can complete the clearance of the first trench within 2 hours and then advance towards the second trench. Therefore, after the infantry completes the clearance, the artillery fire will extend to the third trench again, and so on, gradually compress until the second trench occupation is completed, and it is quickly changed to block artillery attacks on the enemy's wings and rear routes. At this time, the main infantry force follows up and quickly completes the infiltration into depth to complete the occupation of the target area!"

"It's right, but you didn't say why you didn't prepare for artillery fire."

"Report, because of inertia!" Faced with Yan Youbing's questioning eyes, the non-commissioned officers not only did not retreat but raised their chests: "From the beginning of the war, both Britain, France and Germany will launch a long-term preparation for artillery fire before attacking, from half an hour to a few days and nights. After two years, they have developed the habit of retreating into the second and third lines of solid bunkers when they encounter enemy artillery fire and waiting to enter the position after they are over! This is not something that tactics can solve, but a decision of thinking inertia! Because of this inertia, they will think that we are just preparing for artillery fire, so the first trench at this moment is the most empty! Even if there are enemies to guard, most of them hide in the attack bunker waiting for the end of the artillery fire. When our infantry arrives... they are not prepared enough! In this way, our infantry can quickly take the front line and gain a foothold!"

Yan Youbing nodded with relief. Although the little guy said it a little simpler and did not consider the physical strength and speed of the infantry, the artillery part was said! So he smiled and waved to the guards: "Send them to the front line to observe the infantry operations! Remember... protect them!" After saying that, he turned his eyes and told him: "The core of infantry artillery tactics is not artillery, but infantry...! A good artillery commander needs to understand the tactics and abilities of the infantry you are covering."

"yes!"

When the two little guys put on their helmets and gas masks, the fierce battle ahead had already begun!

“Come on…”

"Pay attention to distance and speed..."

"Slow down... it's falling behind!"

On the entire assault line, officers shouted, whistled and explosions one after another. The three regiments serving assault were in battalions in a staircase-shaped stride across a 5-kilometer-long front. Hundreds of infantry wore gas masks and bent down to lower their heads and followed the shells slowly. As the two young officers said, the German army did not expect the 8th Division to jump off the artillery fire to prepare for this step, so when the shells fell, they naturally hid in the solid second- and third-line bunkers waiting for the artillery fire to end before entering the battle position. So they realized that the danger was rushing forward one after another. But at this time, the shells of the two artillery brigades had been blocked, and the dense artillery fire instantly caused heavy casualties and injuries to the German army who were fighting to the death.

The second-line trenches in Du Zishan's eyes were already in a sea of ​​fire, but his target was the first trenches! He gasped hard, and he could clearly hear his violent heartbeat under the gas mask. Because it needed to be sudden, the distance of this assault needed to be three times higher than normal! He had already consumed a lot of physical strength but was stuffed in the mask. This feeling was really uncomfortable! But he didn't dare to take it off, because no one wanted to be poisoned to death here by the poison gas that could appear at any time. Seeing that the flames in front were still 300 meters away from the first German trenches, the flames suddenly spurted out, which made him subconsciously fall to the ground, and the newly issued Winchester 1912 shotgun stock in his hand pulled a trace in the mud.

The bullet flew over the scalp, but the hit was not too high, because almost all of the comrades behind him crawled down. He took the opportunity of crawling and took a few breaths to recover his strength, then pulled the bolt to continue crawling forward. He liked this new gun very much, because the 16.83 mm bullet of this gun contained 36 leads, and four or five people would be unlucky if they shot one shot! The only regret was that the range was too short and could only hit 40 meters, so he could only be distributed to the trench commando.

The light machine gun in the squad opened fire, and then the grenade launcher began to suppress the enemy machine gun, but the most powerful one was the two 12.7mm fanged heavy machine guns in the company. This heavy machine gun that requires five people to operate with a tripod is definitely a suppression weapon! They can shoot opponents outside the range of Maxim, and even if the enemy is hidden in infantry fortifications, it is difficult to survive.

Sure enough, Maxim, who blocked the road under the suppression of the poisonous fangs, was quickly killed. Seeing the enemy's firepower appear, Du Zishan suddenly jumped up and ran continuously. When the trench was right in front, the grenade that had been prepared was quickly thrown out, and then the smoke covered the gunpowder and rushed to the edge like a sharp sword.

At this moment, two German soldiers suddenly appeared in their pupils. Without thinking, the shotgun in his hand blasted a bullet. He rolled around on the spot for a few times, then pulled his left hand and swept the second shot out.

The two German soldiers fell down with blood all over. He also took the opportunity to roll to the edge of the trench, but he did not stand up and jump in directly, but followed the tactical action and supported his left hand to "roll in" horizontally. Several German soldiers in the trench obviously did not expect him to come in with this action. The muzzle he had just raised was pressing down immediately, but the shotgun had already fired! The tube-type 5+1 bullet casing could not bear the battle with too high intensity, but because the German infantry on the second line was blocked, there were not many soldiers in the front line trench. After one shot, all the German soldiers who gathered together fell down.
Chapter completed!