Australian Storm 1876 - Chapter 1067

Chapter 1067 Chapter 1074 Air-Land Integrated Strike Battle

In the frontline headquarters

The real-time information from the battlefield is quickly transmitted back and presented on a very intuitive sand table. The staff officers can change the situation of the enemy and allies at any time, and will display the blue flag of their own side and the small white flag of the German army at any time. Stand in front of the sand table Look at a glance.

Marshal Li Shuanzhu raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was 12:17 noon, and the battle to attack the second German line of defense had been going on for more than 1 hour and 50 minutes.

on the sand table showing the situation of the enemy

The imperial army has expanded the attack gap to more than 15 kilometers. The British Fifth Army and the French Tenth Army have also made breakthroughs in the attack, and the entire German front-line defense position is about to collapse.

However, the German army was able to persist on the Somme front line for 6 months, and it was inextricable to fight against the British and French allied forces. Naturally, it was not a good match. They deployed the main force on the second-line position, the light and heavy firepower allocation was reasonable, and there were many hidden fortifications. The machine gun platoon is a unit, and dozens of air defense heavy machine gun positions are mainly deployed, which poses a serious threat to dive bombers and low-altitude strafing fighters.

Fight so far

Although seventeen or eight German heavy machine gun positions were destroyed, more than 40 fighter planes have been lost successively. The hidden German artillery positions behind the front line suddenly opened fire, causing certain losses to the attacking tank and armored units. Several tanks were destroyed, and several successive attacks were repelled by the Germans.

These hidden German artillery positions were in units of artillery companies and were destroyed soon after they were discovered, but how many German artillery positions remained undiscovered, no one knows?

Admiral Bian Chunsong raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, “Commander, there are still 2 minutes and 40 seconds before the full-line shelling.”

“Have the orders been communicated to the front-line troops?”

“Yes, 40 minutes of shelling started at 12:20, paused for 15 minutes, then repeated the shelling for 25 minutes, and then launched a full-line attack. All orders were clearly communicated to the front-line regiment-level combat units.”

“Very good, this time, let the Germans taste the power of the “air-ground integrated strike tactic”.” Marshal Li Shuanzhu nodded with satisfaction.

In terms of tactical innovation, the imperial army has come to the forefront of the world’s strongest military, especially after having advanced “artillery calibration machine”, the artillery in the rear has eyes, and the artillery fire is more accurate and deadly.

The trench warfare on the Western Front in Europe is indeed a defensive weapon. It is very difficult to break through under the conditions of today’s weapons and equipment, but it is not impossible.

Before going to Europe to fight

In view of the current situation of the European battlefield, during the martial arts training period, each unit of the Royal Army carried out coordinated training on targeted innovative tactics, and achieved quite dazzling training results.

For example; flag soldiers, mid-altitude suppression bombing tactics, lined up low-altitude dive bombing tactics, trench clearance tactics, alternate cover tactics, armored infantry coordination tactics, infantry artillery coordination tactics, etc., which greatly enriched the Royal Army’s tactical system.

However, the most complex one is the “air-ground integrated strike tactic”, which is the highest-level multi-arms joint tactic of the Royal Army. It tests the high-quality Army combat command system.

Without a high-quality tactical command system, leading communication level, well-trained officers and soldiers, it is impossible to talk about multi-arms joint operations, and the power of “air-ground integrated strike tactics” cannot be shown.

Although many large-scale live-arms and live-fire drills have been organized, this is the first time that a big girl gets on a sedan chair when it is applied on the battlefield.

“The two-minute countdown is ready…” More than two dozen staff officers held telephones, and at the same time gave orders to the British and French artillery division and regiment commander on the other end of the telephone.

The main body of this artillery bombardment is the German second-line defense position, which is also the most fiercely contested battlefield. After the reconnaissance and calibration of the artillery calibration machine, the relevant azimuth and precise position data have already been issued to the artillery divisions, and they are gearing up to work hard. .

Now in the German second-line trenches

The German soldiers carrying out air defense operations and counterattack operations are full of pits and valleys, and they are fighting to the death, and the battle is very fierce.

The main armored tank unit was only five or six hundred meters away from the German trenches. They were suppressing the heavy German firepower with tank artillery fire, and the directional machine guns were shooting frantically.

If you do something wrong, you have to put yourself in it.

Looking at the situation of the enemy and our army on the sand table in front of him, Marshal Li Shuanzhu was full of anticipation and said with a rare smile; “Deputy Commander, this time the 1st Army can eat fat or bite hard stubble, just look at it horizontally and vertically. Son, what do you think?”

“Commander, in my humble opinion, the German army is indeed a powerful enemy we have never seen before. The officers have high command efficiency, the soldiers have strong combat ability, and the execution is unprecedentedly good. Even I have to envy the high quality of these soldiers.” Having said this, Admiral Bian Chunsong smiled slightly with a proud look on his face.

He pointed to the German position on the sand table in front of him and said;

“Our face-to-face enemy is the main force of Admiral Galwitz of the German 2nd Army, which has gathered more than half of the elite of the German 2nd Army, and more than 70% of the artillery and heavy weapons, forming a situation of confrontation.

And this is exactly what my 1st Army intends to do, which will help us gather and wipe out the main German troops and make a beautiful breakthrough.

My idea is to implement the first “air-land integrated strike tactic”, depending on its effect, choose the opportunity to implement the second and second “air-land integrated strike tactics”, using ground artillery and aerial bombardment to greatly weaken the German army’s effective strength.

Then, with our 303rd Division (Armored Tiger Cavalry Division) as the attacking arrow, attacked from the left, targeting the Karl Hills, and achieved a breakthrough in this area in one fell swoop. The German 2nd Army carried out encirclement and annihilation. ”

“Brightly building the plank road and keeping the Chencang in the dark is indeed a good strategy for “sounding the east and attacking the west”.” Marshal Li Shuanzhu listened to his eyes with excitement. After thinking about it, he nodded solemnly; “This plan is feasible, just do it like this.”

The Karl Hills area is located about 7 kilometers to the left of the current main assault direction. It is an area composed of dozens of hills with a height of 30 to 50 meters. The Karl village behind it is also one of the transportation hubs of the German army. more important.

Once breakthrough here

The tank and armored troops can quickly move forward along the road behind the German front, forming an offensive trajectory of a left hook, interspersing and encircling the rear of the 2nd Army in a large area, gathering and destroying the heavy German army group, and winning the final victory of the Battle of the Somme.

(end of this chapter)