Chapter 475 The Prussian Army Seeking a Fight (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
This was the Prussians' old way of fighting. Their rifles were inferior to those of the French, and even more so than those of the South China Army. The Prussians were good at using artillery to make up for their own disadvantages. Unlike the previous artillery attack, their artillery now even accompanied the infantry attack, right behind the infantry, and fired directly and accurately at the South China Army.
When they were fighting the French, they implemented this tactic more than once, using artillery to accompany infantry offensive bombardment to provide direct and accurate fire support.
Several shells landed on the position of the company next door not far away. The shells were so close to Wang Taisheng and his men that when the shells exploded, the dirt they raised directly hit their bodies and helmets...
"Ah, ah, whose arm is this, whose arm is this..."
Li Mingdou was screaming in fear not far from Wang Taisheng, holding an arm in his hand.
"Damn it! You idiot, are you scared? Keep shooting! The shells didn't hit you!"
Wang Taisheng rushed over, kicked him in the butt, and cursed him viciously. The temporary trench was not deep, only one meter high, and even with the breastwork, it was only chest high. Wang Taisheng was standing there straight, which was definitely risky. He dragged Li Mingdou to the edge of the trench and said viciously.
"Hurry up, keep shooting, in a moment..."
Just then, he heard a dull whistling sound flying overhead.
It's a cannon!
It's their cannon!
The mortars opened fire!
When the Prussian army approached to within 500 meters, the artillery opened fire. Unlike the slow bombardment of the Prussians, the mortar attack was swift. In just a dozen seconds, hundreds of shells fell with a hissing sound. Those shells weighed 15 kilograms or even nearly 30 kilograms, falling at a vertical angle. At the moment of the explosion, cast iron fragments whistled across the battlefield like a storm mixed with smoke and dirt.
But in just a moment, the blue figures and the green earth were completely covered by smoke. In the violent explosion of smoke, the Prussians were blown into the air like rag dolls, and then fell...
Unlike the Prussian bombardment, the South China Army's bombardment could be described as earth-shattering, just like a summer storm, coming quickly and going away quickly.
The bombardment lasted only ten minutes. After the bombardment ended, when the black smoke was slowly blown away by the wind, the people who were originally standing upright were blown into the sky. Only some people who lay down in a hurry survived.
They looked around in panic under the fierce artillery fire. Everywhere they looked, they saw broken arms and limbs. This rapid and intensive artillery fire was irresistible to the flesh and blood. This was also the most adept fighting method of the South China Army over the years, which was to use rapid mortar fire to deliver the most deadly artillery fire.
Liang Shan sneered as he watched through the telescope that the Prussian troops began to retreat after suffering heavy losses.
"This is why we use mortars. Maybe its range is not far, and its accuracy is not high, but its rate of fire is definitely far greater than any breech-loading rifled cannon!"
The South China Army has always been a supporter of mortars. Even though they have the best KRU field guns, they prefer to use 100mm and 120mm mortars rather than those slow-firing field guns. Especially after smokeless propellant increased its range exponentially, mortars have become their favorite.
Great power and high rate of fire!
So what if the accuracy is not enough?
Isn't it enough to just take the numbers? Besides, today's earth-shaking bombardment itself is a heavy blow to the soldiers' psychology.
In South America, Chileans and Argentines collapsed more than once under intensive mortar fire. Even the division of the United States was largely due to mortars.
"The Prussians' attempt has been defeated. They will definitely attack our defense line again today. Order the troops on the front line to pay attention to the Prussians' movements. Hmm..."
After thinking about it, Liang Shan said.
"Send a telegram to His Majesty, and tell the Marshal that the Prussian Fourth Army has taken the bait!"
As he finished speaking, Liang Shan struck a match, lit a cigar, took a puff, and muttered to himself while exhaling the smoke.
"This fish is so big, I don't know what pot your majesty used to stew it!"
This “fish” is really big!
Standing in front of the battlefield situation map, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but have this thought in his mind as he stared at the map.
The Fourth Army was formed by Prussia after the outbreak of the war. It looked like a newly mobilized army, but in fact it was also the elite of the Prussian Army - the Prussian army was well-equipped, the soldiers were well-trained and disciplined; all Prussian men had received at least primary compulsory education, they could understand tactical templates, tactical deduction diagrams and maps, and the military education that the instructors had always instilled in them, "A soldier's duty is to defend the motherland, resist foreign enemies, and also defend domestic order." It also took root in the hearts of the Prussians, giving rise to a strong sense of discipline and patriotism.
Such soldiers are a truly modern army - an army supported by discipline and patriotism.
Not to mention the French who had lax military discipline, even the South China Army could not catch up with them in many aspects. The general education level of the South China Army was just literacy, and their patriotic sentiments... South China was not even a country!
Once again, Zhu Xianhai's heart began to call for his empire! It was not that he wanted to be an emperor, but the call of the times, the necessity of mission, and the voice of the people... If there is any reason that can make people die generously, it is the country and the obligation of citizens!
But it is too early to talk about these things now. The most important thing right now is to eat this big fish.
"Spend 28,000 yuan to eat 80,000 yuan..."
Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but want to whistle. This was simply too arrogant! And they were facing the Prussian army.
But he doesn't think so!
"Strength can defeat skill. Now you fight me, and I fight mine..."
What does "one force defeats ten skills" mean? It means crushing by strength. Maybe the Prussians have this and that advantage, but the advantage of the South China Army is beyond the reach of the Prussian army.
The Type 70 rifle was not only the world's first rifle to fire smokeless gunpowder, but its 5-round clip and 10-round magazine gave it epoch-making firepower. Of course, on the battlefield, the performance of the rifle was not the key. The French Chassepot rifle was more advanced than the Prussian Dreiser rifle, but their cannons were not good enough. As a result, the French goddess equipped with a muzzle-loading gun was ravaged by the cannons of the Prussian man.
But Nanhua is different. Not only does Nanhua have advanced rifles, but its cannons are also as good as those of the Prussians. After all, Nanhua was the first country to be equipped with breech-loading rifled guns. After years of improvements, Nanhua's Krupp artillery is now among the best in the world.
"Artillery battle..."
Muttering these two words, Zhu Xianhai picked up a cigar and talked to himself.
"How dare you start an artillery battle with Nanhua? You're asking for trouble!"
This is not self-boasting. After all, compared to Krupp, Nanhua not only has better machines, but also better steel and more advanced artillery technology. It's just that because it is located in the New World, Nanhua's cannons are not very famous in Europe.
Now is a good time to use the Prussians to promote Nanhua's artillery...
(End of this chapter)
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