His Highness the Prince really has no way to explain to Xiao Moltch about the steel monsters that appeared after the 1st War! If you don’t experience the 1st War, it is hard for people to imagine how far humans can go on the road of killing under the pressure of life and death! You should know that at the beginning of the war, the Germans killed the Liege Fortress with only four large Belshas. After arriving in Verdun, even if more than 30 artillery more than 15-inch guns were fired for a full 10 months, Verdun was not solved! Both sides tried their best to produce more powerful artillery to overwhelm the opponent.

"The Western Front is too cruel, let's go to the Eastern Front." His Royal Highness said to himself more than once.

"We need artillery with a longer range and more powerful artillery. Relying solely on the close-range attack of large-caliber howitzers cannot keep the German Army's advantage." Moltke said after deducing it on the huge sand table.

"The 305mm-level heavy siege cannon we ordered in Krupp may no longer meet our needs. The Liege Fortress is no longer the standard. If we want to win this war, we must use the fortress on this sand table as the standard! So we need a stronger heavy cannon!" Little Moltke threw away the pencil in his hand and said with a long breath.

"Our field troops also need long-range heavy artillery when facing non-fortress areas. Simple cannons can no longer meet our needs." The prince nodded and said.

Invisibly, the prince has changed the tactics of the future German army. Historically, the German army has been trying to end the war with quick battles at the beginning, so except for a very few siege guns, the largest artillery of a general military unit is the 150mm heavy howitzer. There will be 210mm heavy howitzer at the first level of the army or the first level of the army. The characteristic of these weapons is that the projection is huge, but the range is relatively close. The German SFH13 150mm gun has a range of only 8,600 meters. The 210mm heavy howitzer is only 9,600 meters. The gun is not heavy, and the 210mm heavy howitzer is only weighing more than 7 tons.

But soon, after the war that was doomed to end quickly entered the stalemate stage, the Germans suddenly found that their artillery range was insufficient... So they developed three large-caliber long-range cannons, the earliest of which was the 150mml40 cannon, which was born in 1915.

This kind of artillery has a really good performance, weighing only 5360kg, but it can shoot 44.2kg shells at 18.7km! ​​It is very satisfying in terms of weight and range. Of course, this satisfaction is only temporary. Soon, the Germans made a peak work of the 1-battle 6-inch army cannon in 1917 - the K16 long-range artillery!

This heavy artillery weighing 10.87 tons has a 6.41-meter-long body tube, which can shoot 51.4kg shells for 22 kilometers away, and has a terrifying rate of fire of three rounds per minute! This artillery is so excellent that until the early stages of World War II, some German armies still used this artillery as a long-range suppression artillery.

However, the soldiers' pursuit of advanced weapons has no end. Although the 155mm GPF Dalifer cannon of the same level produced by the French, although the weight and range of the projectiles were worse than the K16 (the bullet weight is 43kg, the maximum range is 19,500 meters), it still made the Germans feel huge pressure.

So the Germans decided to remove the 17cm cannons on the former dreadnought. This is the 170mm skl/40 cannon with the most powerful range that the German Army field artillery has in history. This cannon can be used as both an ordinary army cannon and a train cannon. Many so-called 170mm train cannons throw the army cannon onto a flatbed car and then get stuck and become train cannons... This heavy cannon with a maximum range of up to 24km can be said to be the king of ordinary cannons in battle! Except for some long-barreled train cannons, few cannons that can threaten him!

In fact, a certain amount of long-range artillery is indeed needed in the first battle as anti-artillery firepower. If you simply compete in the projection, the German and British and French will definitely suffer a loss. The prince invisibly made the future chief of staff of the German Army pay attention to the role of long-range cannons. Although it may not necessarily turn the situation around, it is still possible to gain some tactical advantages.

"If everything is like you said, it is indeed difficult for us to fight quickly. In order to overwhelm our opponents, we need heavy artillery with a longer range. If we equip these heavy artillery largely, it will naturally put huge pressure on our fragile logistics supply. I personally feel that 150mm long-range heavy artillery is the limit of large-scale land transportation at present. If we want to obtain stronger and larger artillery, we must rely on railways!" Xiao Moltke said.

Little Moltke does not mean that long-range artillery over 150mm cannot be transported. Historically, Skoda's 12-inch siege cannons and Germans' big Bellsha can be transported by road. Little Moltke means that, after all, the number of these artillery is relatively small. The number of siege cannons with specific functions is far less than that of artillery like k15 or 150mml40. These artillery that serves long-range anti-artillery missions are assigned as conventional units, and the addition of these equipment will definitely increase the difficulty of the troops' progress and further drag down the troops' breakthrough speed.

So, at this time, the German Army was trapped in a vicious cycle. To overwhelm the opponent, heavier artillery needed, and heavier artillery made it difficult for the Germans to fight quickly. In the end, it would turn into a trench stalemate. This is a dead end, a dead end that cannot be solved in Battle 1!

However, this is what the prince needs, because only by making Moltke realize that it is impossible to quickly resolve the Western Front can the Eastern Front start to obtain more resources. Only then will the German senior management seriously consider the issue of protracted war. In fact, Germany did a good job after entering the protracted war in the first World War. Whether it is resource integration or material allocation, it is much better than Xiaowang, the only problem is that it is not prepared and has not truly established a national strategic resource reserve system based on the standards of protracted war!

"From the beginning, I thought that any quick decision plan would not be possible, and later I realized that when Germany and Britain and France fought, we could not have an overwhelming advantage. The two sides would enter a long stalemate stage on the Western Front, and this continuous consumption would be unfavorable for Germany. Therefore, I hope that after solving the Eastern Front, the Western Front could stop in time. But unfortunately, many people could not see the seriousness of this problem. They fantasized about victory and solved the problem once and for all, until the empire was brought into the abyss!" The prince said helplessly.

"I believe your speculation now 70%. We do need to make some strategic preparations to deal with the protracted war, but at the same time, if there is a glimmer of hope to win quickly, wouldn't it be better? And what you just said is just a problem of solid defense and lack of vitality. I believe that if we have a powerful train cannon, it can completely solve the problem!" Xiao Moltke said unwillingly.
Chapter completed!