When the British and French forces launched a counterattack, they used the new 400mm-caliber cannon and Xujin barrage shooting technology for the first time.
To put it simply, Xu Jin's barrage shooting technique means that when the infantry is charging or advancing in large quantities, the coordinated artillery fires in a certain order and always hits the artillery shells hundreds of meters in front of the infantry. This provides the infantry with an effective
covering fire.
However, Xu Jin's barrage shooting cover tactics are very difficult. This is a highly difficult infantry-artillery coordination tactic. Under the use of powerful artillery power, it is accompanied by the attack of the ground brigade infantry. Generally, the artillery barrage remains within the infantry.
At a safe distance in front of the attack line, gradually extend the shooting to kill the enemy troops blocking the infantry attack.
First of all, the artillery's shooting requirements are high and a sufficient supply of ammunition is required. Secondly, the Xu Jin barrage shooting is divided into two types: single layer Xu Jin barrage shooting and double layer Xu Jin barrage shooting. According to the single layer Xu Jin barrage shooting,
Barrage shooting is usually fired at the rate of one salvo every 7 minutes, which can provide a certain defense rate and defense width for charging and assaulting ground troops.
Such a defensive width must not exceed the front width of the reinforced troops, otherwise comrades will be accidentally injured. As for the double-layer Xujin barrage shooting, two layers of barrages generally provide fire cover for the infantry, and the latter layer of barrages mainly
The lethality must avoid the first layer of barrages and directly penetrate the defensive positions of the enemy infantry.
It is also fired at the speed of one salvo every 7 minutes. Compared with the single-layer advancing barrage fire, the defense rate provided is doubled, but the width of the defense is directly halved. In this Battle of Verdun, the German army's
Artillery fire once formed a moving barrage in front of the attacking infantry, which was used to cover the advancing German infantry.
The Far East Army has long been proficient in this artillery technology. The Far East Army generally uses Xujin barrage shooting as a method to support continuous infantry attacks. It was later taught to European countries little by little, mainly because these countries purchased it from the Far East Group over the years.
A large number of large-caliber howitzers.
The reason why the Battle of Verdun is called the meat grinder of war is that first of all, the strength of both sides is almost equal, each with more than 1 million troops, and secondly, whether it is artillery or other new weapons, they are completely equal.
After three months of hard fighting, in October 1906, the British and French forces recaptured Fortress Douaumont. In November, the German army voluntarily abandoned Fortress Vaux. In December, the German army completely retreated to the front line at the beginning of the battle, because after the counterattack at the Battle of Verdun,
The Tsarist Russian Army also began to cooperate with the offensive and rushed directly from the other side of the Western Front. Therefore, after the Battle of the Sum River in the West began, the German army never invested new troops in the Battle of Verdun Fortress.
At that time, all the offensive operations of the German army were only to contain the British and French forces on the front. However, because they failed to achieve the purpose of the battle, the German Chief of General Staff who directed the battle was dismissed and Field Marshal Hindenburg took over. At the same time, Kaiser Wilhelm II approved
The offensive was stopped, and after the British and French forces launched counterattacks again and again, they gradually basically recovered all the positions captured by the Germans. At this point, the Battle of Verdun was completely over.
However, during the 10 months of full-scale fighting, both sides invested more than 2 million troops, fired approximately 40 million artillery shells, and caused nearly one million casualties. This was enough to create a new war history, and Verdun became a horrifying
It is a hell on earth, especially in the summer months, when the corpses on the entire battlefield of Verdun were not disposed of in time, and the stench emitted can affect the surrounding environment for hundreds of kilometers.
However, as they faced off against Hu again, both the British and French forces and the German army completely exhausted a lot of energy in this battle. The French army lost about 550,000 people, while the German army lost about 430,000 people. This was a decisive battle.
Said to be the first turning point of World War I, the German Empire had gradually moved towards its final defeat.
The German army brought more serious losses to the French army, but it did not reach the 2:1 expected by the German army. Although the Battle of Verdun brought France to the verge of collapse, everything did not collapse immediately, but all this happened in the Far East.
Before the Legion takes action, because after this battle, the Far East Legion, which has been quiet for too long, will begin to reap the benefits.
In the battle of Verdun Fortress, French Field Marshal Pétain insisted that the army troops on the battlefield must rotate regularly, resulting in more than 80% of the entire French army participating in this tragic battle.
However, only 20% of the German army participated.
In the face of the cruel battle, it can be said that most French soldiers had a certain psychological impact, which almost led to a large number of mutinies in the French army during the battle. However, later, because Pétain promised the French soldiers that they would never attack the German army again in the future, no need
After participating in harsh battles, the final large-scale rebellion was gradually controlled.
However, from then on, a large number of French soldiers completely refused to engage in offensive battles and were only willing to stay in the trenches for defensive battles. Therefore, in the battle for the Verdun Fortress, the French army always used machine guns in the fortress bunkers to force
Fire artillery and grenades against the incoming German troops.
According to the historical trajectory after this battle, the British and French forces gradually recovered a large area of land east of Verdun. The German army was forced to retreat steadily. After exhausting their forces, the two camps of Germany and Austria declined day by day, and were finally defeated two years later.
Surrender and World War I would end immediately.
Li Ningyu has no interest in changing this result. The only question he considers is what the Far East Army can gain from this great opportunity. However, everything is based on relatively not harming many people.
, so just as the Battle of Verdun Fortress was coming to an end, a Far East Navy patrolling in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf and three aircraft carrier battle groups finally received a new mission and immediately pulled anchor and set sail for the Mediterranean.
This time it is not only the action of three aircraft carrier battle groups, but also the Far East Fleet. Although the Far East Fleet is not the largest in terms of tonnage and the number of warships it has is also very limited, the combat effectiveness of the Far East Fleet is not bad at all.
, after all, the name of this fleet represents the entire Far East Navy. At the same time, the fleet commander sent by Li Ningyu this time is Liu Qinghui, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Navy.
And all of this starts with the entire World War I. Germany’s naval fleet ranked second in the world, and Britain’s was first. However, after the declaration of war, both sides continued to look for each other’s main force to fight, but neither of them formed a major battle.
It was a large-scale naval battle, so the naval strength of both sides was almost intact.
But this time, according to Li Ningyu's battle plan and ultimate goal, he wanted to eat up the naval strength of the two major European groups at once, so that the Far East Navy would directly succeed in offside, and a new maritime overlord would emerge.
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