Just as Lord Hamilton was considering how to fight the Balkan War Zone, the Allied Powers also learned about the situation on the battlefield through various channels. The Bavarian Legion once again appeared in front of Britain and France. Like the last time, the Bavarian Legion's strong combat power, superb strategic and tactics, and the top technical equipment once again left an indelible impact on the Allied Powers. Not only did the competition at the strategic level, this time the Bavarian Legion once again brought great shock to the opponent on the technical level! Madan, this is simply not a way out! Not only did the Allied Powers curse like this, but even the engineers of Britain and France were racking their brains to break the newly built technical barriers of the other side.

The prince was right. The service of the new tank did pose a great challenge to the armament system between Britain and France. The largest inventory of artillery on the Western Front was proved to be useless. The French had tens of thousands of 75mm rapid-fire cannons depreciated in large quantities. It was difficult for front-line troops to find cannons that could destroy this tank. The British also did the same. You should know that in history, the 18-pound cannons also produced tens of thousands (including those produced after the war). The British had the largest number of equipment in the British. Although the power was larger than the 75mm cannon, it was also very unpowerful!

Well, the problem now is what Britain and France do if the number of tanks like Germany increases! If this problem cannot be solved, it is very likely that the future front will collapse as a result! After all, strategy and tactics are one level, but in the end, the equipment and personnel quality must be implemented. If the equipment is too poor, then there is really no need to fight.

(Perhaps some people asked, don’t the various tanks have their own advantage period in the second battle? I have not seen the front shock due to the service of a certain kind of tank. When T34 was just in service, the German army did not reverse the entire battle situation when the tiger was in service. How to say this? I won’t talk about the issue of national strength for the time being. From a tactical point of view, when T34-76 was in service, the German army still had a large number of weapons that could destroy T34. For example, when T34 was in service, the Germans’ 88

The mm anti-aircraft gun and the pak38. Although the latter is a 50mm gun, it is enough to deal with the 34 with the front window. When the tiger was in service, it was indeed awesome for a while, but please look at the production of the tiger... And the Russians also have 85mm anti-aircraft guns, A19 howitzers can pose a serious threat to the tiger. After all, the 102mm vertical part on the front of the tiger is not washed... and the output of the 85mm anti-aircraft gun is also tens of thousands.)

But what about the French and British troops now? Take the French as an example. There are only two types of artillery equipped with a large number of artillery items below 155mm. One is the m1897 75mm rapid-fire gun, and the other is the m1913 105mm artillery... What is the historical output of the latter? A total of 1,600 artillery pieces, together with gun mounts, plus 400 barrels... Although the French military industry has also improved in this plane, after a year of operation, with huge consumption, the number of m1913 105mm artillery retained by France on the front line is even less than 4,000! On average, it is less than 40 pieces per division!

As a country far inferior to Germany, France has a limit on its industrial production capacity. For example, in history, the French devoted a lot of energy to the m1916 155mm howitzer, and produced 3,000 units in two years! The French could naturally tilt their resources towards cannons, but the suppression of firepower in infantry has become a problem...

Compared with the British, the French have another very serious problem, that is, there is not enough quantity, and suitable naval artillery is used to make up for the gap in army artillery. In fact, how did the British maintain the combat effectiveness of artillery in World War 1? It doesn’t matter if there is not enough land artillery. Just remove some of the naval artillery and replace it with an army artillery mount? Anyway, dozens of large front dreadnoughts and a large number of cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers in the British Empire. Whether it is the front-line inventory or inventory, it can meet the needs of artillery. For example, the 6-pound cannons of the MK series tanks, such as the 4.7-inch cannons and 6-inch cannons that played the land artillery.

But unfortunately, the French did not have such artillery. Yes, the French could indeed take out the GPF 194mm self-propelled long-range artillery and 240mm train cannons. However, what you need to know is that the number of these long-range artillery is not large, and the number of anti-tank artillery is very large! According to the current estimates of the French technical department, if we want to ensure the frontal destruction of the wolf tank, at least 100mm level cannons were needed, and the French's only 100mm level cannon was the 1891 naval gun...

If you want to say the power of this gun, it is definitely enough. However, as an early naval gun, the gun has a large weight, with a light barrel weighing 1,700kg... and the French 75mm rapid-fire gun weighing only about 1,500kg. If you add another gun stand... the weight is simply unimaginable! Of course, you can make do with it if you just make a convertible one, but this gun also has problems, that is, the number of cannons that can be used is not large.

One thing that can be explained is that the absolute number of these artillery is still OK. After all, from destroyers to the front dreadnoughts, you can see this 100mm artillery. But the problem is again. If these artillery are removed, who will give the anti-lightning strike mission to be carried out? The British can dilute this number with a huge naval base, but the French Navy? Let's save money! The Germans can dismantle a large number of 88mm guns or 105mm guns to enrich the army, and the British can even more, but the French Navy is absolutely not possible! The tonnage gap between the First Navy and the Second Navy is huge, and the gap between the German Navy and the French Navy can only be described as a huge one compared to the former!

"We are not without suitable artillery. The m1913 105mm cannon can completely solve the problems we are facing at present, but this will inevitably affect the current military production and the suppression firepower intensity of the frontline. We need to reduce the production capacity of a large number of 75mm artillery to convert 105mm artillery, which will lead to a large decrease in the number of artillery ownership on our frontline. If the production of 155mm heavy howitzers is reduced, it will be a tragedy, because this is the most important suppression artillery at the military and division level at the moment!" The Minister of Military Affairs wrote in a report to the senior management.

The problems of the French senior executives are not limited to this, because the front-line generals have also put forward requirements for the performance of this cannon, that is, unless the cannon can be equipped with a self-propelled chassis, the weight must not exceed 2 tons! Because this is almost the upper limit for easy movement. Think about the mud on the Eastern Front, and then think about the placing of cannons with a weight of more than 2 tons, how many people will need to help move the position!
Chapter completed!