Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 241

Regarding the characteristics of the Modern Warfare mode, everyone has been unanimously agreed that the defender has an advantage. Therefore, Wladyslaw’s words made everyone nod and say yes.

After hearing the reminder from Wladyslaw, Emanuel, Chief of the General Staff, said after deliberation: “The trenches Colonel Wladyslaw mentioned reminds me that the nearest major war will be counted in days. The Battle of Port Arthur took place in the Russian War (1904

“At that time, the large-scale modern offensive and defensive war between Japan and Russia around Lushun, both sides invested a lot of advanced weapons, Maxim machine guns, howitzers, grenades, radio equipment, technical equipment, this war and the war that just happened in Macedonia are very different. resemblance”

“Moreover, when the General Staff was studying the data of this war, the defenders had already begun to build a joint defense system consisting of barbed wire, machine guns, and artillery positions, as well as trenches. Large casualties, combined with the experience and lessons of the 1912 war, we have ample reason to believe that the pattern of modern warfare has changed,” Emanuel said solemnly.

“For those countries that advocate offensive operations, this is probably a situation they don’t want to see.”

Armament Minister Giannis raised his eyes and said with emotion, “Maybe I can explain this phenomenon from a technical point of view.”

“This phenomenon occurs because of advances in weapons technology.”

“In terms of rifles, the invention of smokeless gunpowder and the emergence of metal fixed bullets have greatly increased the rate of fire of rifles, and the emergence of rapid-fire guns, mortars, and Maxim machine guns has greatly improved the rate of fire of these weapons. , which means that the density of firepower on the battlefield has been greatly increased.”

“And this situation is extremely unfavorable for the attackers, because the soldiers of the attackers are bound to get out of the bunker and advance in the face of the enemy’s bullets, and the casualties can be imagined.”

“The defense is different. They have trenches to cover their soldiers. Soldiers can use bunkers to shoot. Moreover, artillery is not a good way to deal with soldiers hiding in trenches.”

“The traditional infantry tactic, which is nothing more than the first artillery to destroy, and then the infantry to occupy, but now this tactic seems to have failed.”

Constantine watched everyone communicate one after another, and was also thinking about the trench warfare information in his mind.

At present, the mainstream view in the European military circle is still to advocate a quick solution, just like the Franco-Prussian War, in a few months, the war in the main battlefield will be over.

Even though trench warfare had already begun to emerge in the Russo-Japanese War and the Balkan War, it still did not attract the attention of European military circles.

European militarists still believe that the essence of modern warfare is offense, not defense.

Such as the German Schlieffen plan, which advocated the defeat of France within a few weeks, and then went to the east to attack Russia.

As for France, the current French army (in 1913) madly worships offense, “war is a contest of spiritual will”, the first line of France’s new “Field Regulations” is “The French Army has resumed its traditions, and from now on it will no longer be offensive. Besides, I don’t know other laws and regulations”

Therefore, it is naturally a cowardly act to let soldiers dig trenches and then conduct defensive operations.

“Everyone, it is obvious that due to the advancement of technology, the situation of the war has undergone some obvious changes. The Greek army must adapt to this new situation of war. I hope that the officers of the General Staff can study this war trend more in the future. Then make adjustments to the deployment of the Greek army, such as the revision of the infantry regulations,” Constantine summed up looking at the crowd.

After the meeting, the intelligence chiefs of the General Staff, Chavelas and Emmanuel, remained motionless.

Both of their eyes were focused on Constantine, who immediately realized the problem.

After everyone left, the footsteps were getting farther and farther from the conference room. Constantine looked at the two people who were still in their seats and asked, “What happened? My intelligence chief?”

After looking at Emmanuel, Chavelas nodded and said: “His Royal Highness, our spies in Bulgaria have discovered a series of intelligence, which is not intended to prove that the Bulgarian army is rapidly mobilizing , not at all like restoring peace, disbanding the army, and, according to the latest movements and deployments of the Bulgarian army, it seems”

Constantine was confused and continued to ask, “What does it seem?”

Chavelas is very cautious, because he understands that as the intelligence chief of the General Staff, they are the eyes of the Greek army. Once the judgment is wrong, there will be an oolong incident, and he fumbles: “It seems that there is a war against Greece. signs”

Seeing that Constantine was silent, thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not believe the news, he hurriedly said: “According to common sense, the Bulgarian army is a sign of a large number of soldiers entering the army during the war. Now that the war is over, there should be a large number of retired soldiers. Yes, but our intelligence officers found no such sign”

“I also got a report~www.mtlnovel.com~ Recently Bulgaria has increased its troops to the border of Baoxi. According to Samaras, the staff officer of the Macedonian Army, the Bulgarian troops stationed in Western Thrace are frequently mobilized, and it is estimated that the number has reached 120,000 people, even so, Bulgaria is continuing to increase its troops in this direction,” Emmanuel said with a serious look.

Constantine first signaled Chavelas to go out, and after only the chief of staff was left in the conference room, he said, “It seems that Ferdinand (the King of Bulgaria) has made a decision.”

“However, we are not unprepared. We are also prepared for this situation, aren’t we? How about the recruited Congolese soldiers?”

During the war, after seeing the large number of soldiers in Bulgaria, the senior leaders of the Greek army have been sending black soldiers to Europe one after another.

Constantine stood up, walked to Emmanuel’s side, pulled out a high-back chair, sat down near Emmanuel, and whispered: “As chief of staff, Emmanuel, If you evaluate the war between the two sides in the near future, how will the outcome be?”

After a moment of silence, Emmanuel said in a deep voice, “I still think Greece has a better chance of winning.”

“As for the reason, the Bulgarian army used too much force in the last war. With a population of less than 4 million, the Bulgarian army recruited nearly 400,000 people. This ratio is almost astonishing.

“Because it means that Bulgaria has brought almost all men of school age to the battlefield”

“If Bulgaria still follows this mobilization model, the Greek army only needs to firmly resist the onslaught of the Bulgarian army at the beginning, adopt the mode of delay, and wait until the Bulgarian side is in trouble before launching a counter-offensive.”