C358 Austria finally woke up (2/2)
”Please take a moment, don't waste your time, you can state now!”
Wen Sente did not say anything further and took out a white piece of paper from his robes. Opening the paper, people saw that it was a simple cut view of the enemy's trenches.
”Seniors, this is the style of the trenches dug by the Prussian army across us. We suffered because of this strange two-meter-deep trench …”
”We all know that cannons can be divided into two categories according to their trajectory. One is a straight shot artillery, and the other is a curved shot cannon. ”The heavy cannons and howitzers that our division has assembled are all direct fire cannons …”
”Look carefully, it's precisely because our cannons are powerful flat-range cannons, so most of the cannons just grazed the sky above the trench and exploded on both sides of the trench. Unless they happened to explode in the sky above the trench, otherwise, the shrapnel and shock wave would not be able to hit the enemy in the dead angle of the trench …”
”Sir, we need a cannon, we need a mortar! ”Only by striking the ground vertically with those cannonballs can the damage to the trenches be improved. We were deceived by the spectacular scene of the cannonball, so most of our ammunition was wasted …”
The Old Count got his strength from who knows where and jumped up from the chair to grab the simple cut map. He followed Wen Sente's train of thought and used his fingers to draw on the map.
Although there were many popinjays in the thornbush gardener nobles, it was undeniable that these people had received a very high level of education. They understood the theory that Wen Sente was talking about just by listening to it.
After all, they were living in an era of great development in military science and technology. It was inevitable that there would be some omissions when new and old ideas clashed with each other.
Let alone them, in reality, in all of history, up to more than fifty years after the First World War, when the Mann River was at war, and when the humans were at war with their trenches, the old ways of thinking still existed.
At that time, the commander of the English and French had more than once discovered that after her crazy bombardment, the German Army in the trenches on the other side did not have many casualties.
The commander of the English and French, who could not come up with anything, gathered a large number of artillery experts and even mathematicians to analyse the situation. In the end, she discovered that the crux of the problem lay in the gunfire trajectory of the cannons.
In a trench more than two meters deep, the side facing the enemy was the so-called blind spot. As long as the enemy hid in this blind spot, the broken pieces and shockwaves above his head would hardly harm him, unless the artillery shell coincidentally exploded in the sky above the trench, and only then would there be a certain number of casualties.
It was from that moment on that the army began to popularize field cannons, known as mortars. The howitzers and cannons aimed directly at them were mostly used to destroy the fixed structures on the battlefield.
”Instructor …” We can't waste ammunition like that. If our cannon's quantity were to double, we might be able to plow the battlefield with our unreasonable strength. However, we don't have that many cannons … ”We don't have the time to move the mortars back now...”
”How?” Since you are able to find the key point, I believe you must have a solution! ” Old Count asked anxiously.
”Yes, of course I have a way …” Let our cavalry go back to the battlefield and let the most primitive grenadier return to the battlefield. Since we are unable to change the trajectory of the cannons, we will use manpower to throw the explosives in … ”
”Let's let the artillery fire at the trench, and the enemy will definitely continue to hide in the corner of the defense wall. At this point, let the cavalry carry the explosive package close to the battlefield, and blast them to death without any warning …”
After that, let's not only send out the infantry, but also the battle trenches to the east and west for the cavalry. What we need now is time, and we can't afford to take into account the casualty rate, we've already wasted more than an hour in these three waves of attacks, we have no time left …
Ta Bulisibojue looked at him with gratitude, ”Good, good, good, your name is Wen Sente right? I accept your suggestion that you now take charge of this attack... ”If I succeed, I will reward you to the imperial army. I guarantee that at the very least, I will give you the position of captain of the artillery …”
Wen Sente's eyes immediately lit up, he then gave a military salute, ”I will resolutely complete this mission, Sir, please do not worry!” After saying that, he turned around and left the headquarters.
At this time, Ta Bulisibojue's face finally regained some color, and he looked at the high ground in the distance and sighed, ”Xiao Letian right? ”I admit that I've underestimated you Chinese. Your performance really surprises me. Not only did you rely on advanced rifles to fight us, but the tactics in your brain are exceptionally advanced as well …”
”I really don't understand. How can you soldiers who come from the battlefield of China, where cold weapons are the protagonist, possess a more advanced concept of war than us Europeans?”
”I definitely do not believe that digging out this kind of trench to fight is due to an impulsive action by your brain. Since you can come up with this kind of defensive method, then your brain must have a set of mature tactical experience …” This really makes me curious. Who exactly are your teachers? Or could it be that you are a talented genius who has studied everything by yourself? ”
Thinking about that, Old Count hurriedly shook his head, ”No no no, what happened to me? Facing a group of Chinese people, how could there be such an outstanding talent in that backward nation? ”Heh heh heh …”