Switzerland may be focusing on the safety of the military observation group, but it is more likely that the hilltop where they are located has no strategic value.
The Swedish army only deployed reconnaissance forces in this direction and did not use it as the main attack direction.
The generals of the military observation group can leisurely observe the confrontation between the two armies.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State picked up his telescope and observed the battle ahead.
He gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother Qi Long is not famous, but his strategic level is really high.
Most of us believe that the Swedish army will launch an attack tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Only Brother Qilong could judge the situation correctly. It was only 2:40 in the afternoon, and the Swedish army decided to risk launching a war when they were not fully prepared.
Large-caliber artillery has not yet arrived at the front line, so attacking well-defended fortifications requires paying a huge price.
When I was in America, I led more than a thousand people to escort supplies.
They were besieged by more than 30,000 natives, and with only ten machine guns, they killed the natives to a pulp.
The machine gun can be king on the battlefield, and the cannon is the absolute king.
Only artillery can suppress artillery.
Previous wars have shown that when the two armies are of equal strength and similar fighting will.
Whichever army has sufficient firepower will be in an advantageous position on the battlefield and win the war.
Now the Swiss army attacks the Shu army's defense line with inferior firepower.
Even if the Swedish army has more troops, I'm still not optimistic about it."
The generals present were either veterans on the battlefield or top students of the Imperial Military Academy, and most of them were both.
As domestic candidates, they can be sent to visit this war and summarize the war experience between Rui and Shu.
They are all generals who are good at using industrial advantages to fight.
I have observed the current situation on the battlefield very clearly.
It's just that their relationship with Ruishu and Shu was very ordinary, and they were worried that their words would affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so they didn't say what they really wanted to say.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State had no such worries at all.
No matter what he said?
It will not affect the relationship between Cao and Ruishu.
When General Qi Long of the State of Wu heard the compliment, he cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "General Hou is so complimentary.
I just heard the news that General Niu Feng accidentally revealed.
It is believed that Rui State took advantage of the window period when Shu State was short of artillery shells to attack.
During this period, the greatest results can be achieved.
After the Shu Kingdom has replenished a large amount of ammunition, it will have to pay more if it wants to achieve the same results.
After considering it comprehensively, Rui Guo will not let go of such a good opportunity.
But I also think that Switzerland is a little too eager to attack now and may not be able to achieve the results they want."
Qi Long just made a casual analysis. It was impossible for him to tell the blending between the royal families of various countries and the royal families of the empire.
The royal family of King Wu was already in a state of turmoil, and now it had to deal with the attacks of the Four-Nation Alliance.
It is impossible for him to bring hatred to the Wu royal family.
As soon as General Qi Long finished his answer, the situation on the battlefield had changed.
The Swedish army did not take out their guns, but instead took out their engineering shovels. They prepared to use soil work to dig a trench and approach the Swiss defense offensive.
Imperial General Wang Shangfu reminded everyone: "Everyone concentrate, the Swedish army is about to enter the optimal firing range of the Shu army's fort."
After he said these words, everyone concentrated their attention and prepared to observe the most violent bombardment from Shu Kingdom.
However, they discovered that the Shu Army's fort located on Peak No. 1 did not make any movement and simply sent a large number of Swiss troops forward.
This behavior of the Shu army caused everyone to scream in surprise.
General Zhang Wentai of the Fujian Kingdom frowned: "I can clearly remember the range of the 350 mm caliber fortress gun.
This is another fortress cannon on the fort, and Zhu Yuan has already planned the firing.
As long as the enemy moves to a designated position, the artillery staff does not need to recalculate the ballistics. They only need to look at the firing table to quickly complete artillery coverage.
The Shu army is weaker, so it should use a large amount of artillery fire at this time to destroy the Swedish army's will to resist.
Now the Shu army is indifferent, I really can't understand it.
Could it be that there really aren’t many artillery shells in the Shu army’s inventory?”
The Vietnamese general Ke Bei shook his head, his eyes showed confusion, and he took a strong puff of the cigarette he had just lit.
"The Shu army does not have many artillery shells, but it is still no problem to fight a local war.
If the Shu army lacks shells for the fortress cannon, there is no need for them to defend the forts where the fortress cannon is located.
You must know that the No. 1 mountain peak is where the fortress cannon is located, but the field of view for bombardment is wider.
There are no supporting points around this mountain peak, which is not conducive to defense."
A glint flashed in the eyes of Imperial General Niu Feng, and he laughed: "The defenders of Shu are so bold, they are not afraid of screwing up."
Everyone hates the Riddler the most. He keeps half of his words and half of his words, which makes him unhappy as a human being.
But there was nothing they could do about Niu Feng.
The generals of the empire naturally have a higher status than others on this occasion.
They all clasped their fists and saluted Niufeng, which was already a very solemn etiquette.
Bowing is from a subordinate to a superior, and from a person of lower status to a person of higher status.
Military salutes are even more inappropriate on this occasion. They all represent their respective countries, so how can they give military salutes to others.
Niu Feng didn't continue to whet everyone's appetite. If he did, he would offend people.
He also counts on these people to place more orders from him.
"Look at what military services the Swedish army has now entered within the range of the fortress artillery?
It's just the most common infantry, and it's infantry made up of mostly indigenous soldiers.
They were only equipped with some old rifles, and I saw that they also had automatic rifles that used paper shells.
The cost price of a fortress cannon shell, even if it is made by oneself, is at least three thousand taels of silver coins.
The purchase price of the Shu Kingdom was as high as ten thousand taels of silver coins.
Use fortress artillery shells worth ten thousand taels of silver coins to attack the indigenous troops who were digging trenches.
Considering the value alone of this approach, Shu suffered a serious loss.
I believe that when the Swedish army enters the range of the 120 mm caliber army artillery, they will be bombarded by fierce artillery fire."
General Niu Feng's explanation made many people realize that when fighting a war, we should not only consider how to win the war, but also consider economic issues.
It is best to use the least cost to cause the greatest damage.
General Hou Dayou of Cao State clasped his fists: "What General Niu said makes sense, let's see what Shu will do next.
I think the two countries will only conduct exploratory attacks today.
The offensive team needs to test the defensive firepower loopholes.
The defender needs to test the attacker's troop deployment.
The scale of today's war is not large, nor is it too tragic.
After the test between the two armies is over, the next war will be brutal.
Our Cao State fought a big battle with the Wei State, and we know how much casualties wars in this era can cause.
The previous wars in Europe were completely petty and did not show the cruelty of war.
Even the previous Red Clay Ridge War was only as intense as a child playing house."
Niu Feng agreed: "That's true. When you read about the horrors of war in books, you just brushed it off.
Only when you are actually in the middle of a war can you truly understand how tragic the war is.
War involves the survival of a country, and there will never be a gentleman's style of being gentle, respectful and thrifty.
Some of you think that the bottom line on the battlefield is the Jianye Convention.
He is actually the highest standard on the battlefield, and the military that can achieve this is already the elite of each country.
You people have some opinions, but you are still a little naive."
General Niu Feng couldn't help but preach. He had been in contact with these people for a long time.
I found that these people have very solid theories, but they have never actually fought an evenly matched war.
What many of them do is as if their own army is crushing the natives with ease.
If these people really show up on the battlefield, sooner or later they will suffer.
He only hoped that after these people experienced the battle of Jishan Town, they would learn from the mistakes of the two countries and change their own habits.
Everyone was very grateful to General Niu Feng for his teachings, which were his insights based on his experience.
General Niu Feng selflessly shared with everyone, this behavior is worthy of admiration.
They soon observed that the Swedish army's geotechnical excavation had entered the range of the army's artillery.
There was a sound of artillery, and a shell quickly fell on the Swedish army's position.
This was like lighting a fuse, and the forts on the mountain peaks and the cannons in the bunkers on the ground fired at the Swedish army's position.
The battlefield was soon filled with a lot of smoke.
General Qi Long could no longer see clearly what was going on below because of the clouds and mist formed by gunpowder smoke.
He could only count the speed of the Shu army's volley, and roughly estimate how many shots the Shu army fired in this round of shelling.
The Shu army's artillery bombardment ended in stages. It was speculated that the gun barrel was overheated and could not continue to fire.
General Qi Long said in surprise: "I roughly estimate that at least 5,000 shells were fired in this round of shelling.
This is a consumption of just a few minutes, if it lasts a whole day.
Even including the rest time for both armies, nearly 100,000 rounds of artillery shells are consumed in one day."
General Qi Long calculated the economic accounts and found that the financial resources of Wu State were simply unable to support the consumption of ammunition for a war of this scale.
Yue General Ke Bei waved his hand: "General Qi is joking. This scale of artillery bombardment is an unconventional artillery attack at first glance. It uses salvo fire to cover enemy targets on a large scale.
It is hoped that in this way, a large number of casualties will be brought to the enemy.
Most of the bombardments will not be covering bombardments, but will look for valuable targets."
After the two of them finished talking, the smoke from the battlefield had dissipated.
There were bomb craters everywhere on the battlefield, and the trenches dug by the Swedish army were very quiet.
Some trenches have been directly opened by artillery shells, and the entire trench has been swept by a huge shock wave, making it look clean.
They thought that in the areas covered by the shelling, all the Swedish troops had been wiped out.
However, they discovered that the sound of mortars was heard from the Swedish army's position.
Mortar shells cannot hit the forts on the mountain, but they can attack the bunkers ahead.
General Qi Long said in surprise: “Accessing the fortifications by digging trenches can effectively reduce casualties.
In an artillery attack of this scale, if there were no trenches for protection, at least half of the people would die.
Now it's only 30% dead. This effect is amazing.
The biggest role of trenches is not to reduce the casualties of the attacking army, but to effectively prevent the collapse of the attacking army.
A normal army will be in danger of collapse when the number of casualties reaches a mountain.
The army is now in the trenches and divided into small groups.
In this way, panic will not spread and cause the entire army to collapse.
There are soldiers at the rear to replenish the troops at any time, which can dispel the fear in the army.
As long as the army does not collapse, even if it is at a disadvantage, this war can be fought."
Zhang Wentai, the general of Fujian, wondered: "What can Rui do? It should be brought out now.
Otherwise, this attack will have no choice but to retreat in despair.
They couldn't let the soldiers crawl to the fortress with explosive packs in their arms and blow up the fortress in front of them.
I don't believe that Switzerland can cultivate such elites.
Even if there are such elites, it would be a pity to waste them in offensive and defensive battles."
General Zhang Wentai's doubts did not last long before the situation on the battlefield changed.
The Rui army learned about most of the Shu army's firepower and immediately brought out their hidden trump card.
A huge mortar, several times the size of an ordinary mortar, appeared in the trench.
After comparing large mortars with small mortars, General Niu Feng exclaimed: "The Swedish army brought out a 150 mm caliber mortar.
This caliber is larger than the mortar's ancestor, the mortar.
This kind of unique equipment is not available in the empire.
For battlefield support weapons like mortars, there is no need to make the caliber so large."
After Niu Feng finished speaking, he saw the performance of large-caliber mortars on the battlefield.
Large-caliber mortars can be loaded with large-caliber shells.
The more charge the cannonball has, the longer its range and the more powerful the cannonball will be.
The mortar's ballistic trajectory is still a curved trajectory. Its firing distance is a bit short, but it can hit high targets and targets hidden behind.
On today's battlefield, large-caliber mortars perform extremely well.
It can be hidden in a trench and dig a gun emplacement in the trench to attack targets on the ground.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Unless the fort on the ground can be accurately hit, the shells will directly enter the trench, otherwise there will be no way to use the mortar.
The artillery on the fort are all direct-firing artillery, and their ballistic trajectories are relatively small, making it very difficult to hit trenches with a small width.
The ballistic curve of the mortar made it easier for him to hit a certain bunker.
The situation on the battlefield immediately reversed.
As soon as the large-caliber mortar was launched, part of the Shu army's bunker was blown up.
The Vietnamese general Ke Bei was pleasantly surprised and said: "This kind of large-caliber mortars are very easy to use, and it is not difficult to make them.
Large-caliber mortars combined with trench digging tactics achieved unexpected results.
I originally thought that the Swedish army would always be at a disadvantage, but now it seems that war is really the best teacher.
The first two lines of defense of the Swedish army were difficult to defeat. They were wondering how to defeat Jishan Town?
Now it seems that it really made him figure something out.
What should the Shu army do now?
It was impossible to abandon fortifications such as bunkers and send people to attack the Swedish army's positions.
This resulted in the Swiss army waiting for work, killing and injuring the Shu army in large numbers through machine guns and artillery.
The Shu army is originally small in number, and once it chooses to do this, Jishan Town will definitely not be able to defend it."
All the generals in the military observation group are thinking about ways to break the situation.
"Use airship bombing method."
"It's impossible. In the early days of the empire, hot air balloons and airships were used for bombing. That was bullying the enemy because they didn't have machine guns or cannons.
Nowadays, there are machine guns and cannons with ultra-long range, which can have a range of more than a thousand meters.
There is no need for precision, just multiple doors forming a crossfire to block high-altitude targets.
If you drop a bomb from a distance of one thousand meters, it will not be accurate at all."
The generals thought of several methods, but were refuted by others one by one.
They are more looking forward to how the Shu army will solve this crisis?