In short, Akiyama Yoko believed that it was not too difficult to defeat such an opponent. Apart from the Russians' large size, the Russian army actually did not have much excellent points. However, although it has not officially fought with the Germans yet, Akiyama Yoko had already felt the extraordinaryness of his opponent.&1t;/p>

"From the sand table, the German defense lines were almost integrated, and there was no distinction between the first and second defense lines, which made the attacking side feel very uncomfortable. There were also these key support points. Although the support points did not completely block all attack paths, the gap between them was very narrow. If these support points were not broken, our troops would be very slow." Akiyama Yogu said.&1t;/p>

To be honest, it is not difficult to make the defense line thicker and make more defense lines. This is actually not difficult. If you have time, labor, and materials, you can do it well. Isn’t it just digging a hole and building a house? What’s the difficulty? Choosing some suitable locations to set up support points, preset some pockets and other things is not difficult. This kind of thing is something that commanders with a little experience can do, and you can see it clearly, and others can also see it clearly. This level of defense line setting is higher than the initial one, but the higher ones are limited.&1t;/p>

The layout of the German general on the opposite side has surpassed the former. In the eyes of Akiyama Haogu, the most superficial defense line is indeed very ordinary, a very simple warning point, and then a warning line is behind. But after arriving at the main position, the problem arises. Several German defense lines are connected to each other with horizontal traffic trenches, making the originally scattered defense lines a whole. These just-arranged horizontal traffic trenches make the support of the troops behind very smoothly, that is, even if the opponent's troops break through the first line of defense and have not yet stabilized the breakthrough, they will be counterattacked by the German army.&1t;/p>

This is a headache to become a system's defense line, but what makes Akiyama Haogu the most uncomfortable is that, except for those bunkers that are obviously difficult to destroy after n reinforcement, he could not find too many firepower points for the Germans. According to the information provided by the French, the firepower of the Germans' machine guns is not weaker than that of the French army. In other words, a mg light machine gun with at least 9 mg at least. However, it is not marked on the intelligence and sand table. After asking about the French army, the French also said that they did not know. Because some of the situations of this defense line are different from other places.&1t;/p>

The so-called enemy is invisible. Even if you can see things, you can always have some defenses and some countermeasures. But now, it seems that it is not possible. Akiyama Haogu can figure out that the opponent's machine gun team will definitely change positions frequently, which brings great trouble to the attacking party. The Germans undoubtedly have a great advantage in the maneuverability of firepower. In terms of artillery. According to intelligence analysis, the Germans' small and medium-caliber mortars were scattered to the company level, while large-caliber mortars and body-barrel artillery seemed to be concentrated. This undoubtedly takes advantage of the maneuverability of light mortars and the concentrated firepower advantages of long-range artillery.&1t;/p>

At least on the surface, this is the case. As for what will happen from the real fight, it is really hard to say. In short, if you analyze it briefly, Akiyama Haogu feels that the opposite side is very difficult.&1t;/p>

"Who is the commander opposite? Guru of the Temple?" Akiyama asked, rubbing his somewhat wooden temples.&1t;/p>

"It should be Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Of course, the other party is the commander of an army. As for the commander of the two divisions to which he belongs, if the information is correct, it should be Major General Hans von Seckert of the 15th Army. The other party is from a noble family and his father is a general. He is considered a military family." said Soichi Teraunuchi.&1t;/p>

"That's it? Are there any tactical characteristics?" Akiyama Yogu frowned slightly, expressing his dissatisfaction with such simple information.&1t;/p>

"How to say it? According to the French, the military training of the Germans is relatively solid. Generally speaking, it can be divided into two categories. One is Prussian-style tactics, which most Germans belong to. They are proficient in the use of artillery and infantry. The other is Bavarian-style, which is even more terrifying. Their prince is a tactical genius. He successfully combines tanks, artillery, aircraft and infantry together, like making cocktails! Then he acts an offensive that you cannot stop. The Russians failed, and the French and British were beaten to death." said Soichi Teraunuchi.&1t;/p>

"Okay, we are not familiar with German tactics, especially with the current Germans. So we will fight according to our own tactics. Wars must always accumulate experience and lessons, although the price may be a bit high!" Akiyama Haogu rubbed his face and said with a refreshed spirit.&1t;/p>

Although I don't know what the Germans were thinking, Akiyama Yoko was still clear about the hardware of his army. Although the various equipment and weapons provided by the French made the Japanese feel extremely luxurious, in fact, the overall equipment level is still lower than the average level of the French army, let alone compared with the Germans on the opposite side. Moreover, from the current situation, the German army on the opposite side does not seem to be ace troops, which makes Akiyama Yoko feel a little thankful. But if you want to fight for firepower, it will not be able to beat.&1t;/p>

"From the perspective of military strength, our personnel are twice theirs! But there is no big advantage in firepower. We only have 32 1o5mm howitzers in total, while a German division has at least 24. Although our gunners have experienced the Russo-Japanese War, the situation has completely changed now. Most gunners have no experience in attacking targets 7 kilometers away. In the absence of support firepower, it is absolutely terrible to rely solely on the bravery of infantry to penetrate the opponent's minefield, barbed wire, trenches and machine guns to penetrate the opponent's defense line, which is definitely a very terrible thing."&1t;/p>

"Since the Germans' advantages are daytime artillery and a large number of automatic firearms, then good, can't we just destroy their advantages? So I decided to launch a night attack!" Akiyama Haogu's idea is very simple and effective, that is, directly choose night attack!&1t;/p>

Although night attacks will be a bit troublesome, overall, there are few night battles in the battlefield in the first battle, especially large-scale division-level attacks. Both sides' night vigilance is more used to defend against the opponent's small-scale harassment. The so-called large-scale night attack is also a battle at dawn time. With a mindful calculation but no intention, this is an advantage. In addition, Yogu Akiyama believes that the Japanese army may not be as good as the opponent in artillery, infantry firepower and tactics, but at least one thing is definitely the best in the world, and hand-to-hand combat is at least not worth it!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!