The Rise of the Empire

Generally speaking, the prince still has an advantage. No matter how far-sighted and sharp the prince is, there is a certain limit. He can think of machine guns and trench defense systems because these things have appeared before. And things like rapid-fire artillery have never appeared on land! If the prince can think of this, Ruprecht is more than willing to ask for his mobile phone number.

An accident occurred in the first wave of suppressing firepower of the prince. When the German artillery fired the first blank shell, before the artillery had time to reset, a series of artillery sounds from the opposite position really shocked people! "This is at least the firepower of an artillery battery!" A series of loud noises came from a distance, making His Royal Highness a little at a loss. A minute later, Earl Schelling reminded him. "This artillery position of yours has been destroyed. In actual combat, at this distance, it is impossible for your artillery to survive such fierce shelling!" The Earl said earnestly, faithfully fulfilling the duty entrusted to him by the prince.

"It's really something!" His Royal Highness, who had lost two cannons, immediately adjusted the deployment. He asked that all the cannons be arranged behind the shelter, and forced to increase the elevation angle of the cannons. However, the muzzle velocity of the old-style artillery using maroon gunpowder itself is relatively low, and the trajectory is relatively curved. With the hastily constructed bunker, it is successfully in the opponent's shooting blind spot! "When the cavalry charged, leave at least two cannons to release smoke bombs! In order to reduce the killing effect of the machine guns, the prince specially ordered.

What is the saying? Don't be afraid of god-like opponents, but pig-like teammates! And this time, Ruprecht would like to add another sentence, don't be afraid of the opponent's god-like weapons, but be afraid of the reliability of your own coffee table! The new rapid-fire gun that was originally intended to act in a play finally had a problem under the exercise close to the actual combat environment! After 1 artillery fired 8 shells in one minute, there was a decisive problem with the hydraulic equipment! Another TM leak!

At this time, Ruprecht had to lament a powerful historical inertia, a series of problems encountered before the birth of rapid-fire guns in history, none of our traversers were left behind! People in later generations know the famous French M1897 rapid-fire gun, which has the longest range and the largest projection volume among similar guns, making Miss 75 stand out from the crowd. But this kind of artillery is not the first rapid-fire gun. In 1889, the French produced a 57MM rapid-fire gun with a short backseat. Because of immaturity in all aspects, it was not too successful.

At the same time, a German engineer was also researching rapid-fire guns. This was Arnadenhauser, who had just become a viscount. In history, he designed the first long-recoil rapid-fire gun and applied for a patent in 1891. The hydraulic anti-recoil device is used. But at the same time, he was unable to solve the leakage problem in a short time and missed Krupp. The traversers successfully found the designer, and at the same time successfully restored this set of rapid-fire guns that appeared later. But in the end, it also succeeded in inheriting the technical problem of this immature artillery-liquid leakage!

If it wasn't for this technical problem, the traverser also wanted to have a friendly discussion with his uncle, so why so many things? But judging from now, it seems that the result is even worse!

If there is a problem with the first door, then there may be a problem with the second door. The fierce and fierce artillery made a deep impression on the prince. But then the artillery of the two gun nests misfired one after another. It made him a little surprised, but based on the principle of going up when there is a chance, under the cover of artillery, a company of Bavarian cavalry launched a charge! At this time, there is only one cannon that the traverser can use to intercept the opponent's attack! Originally there were 4 cannons, and 3 of them could be fired in any direction, but after two cannons had problems, the traverser found out sadly that he could only rely on one cannon to withstand the impact of a company of cavalry! And what's even more tragic is that this cavalry company also has a company's artillery cover!

However, the overall performance of the M1897 rapid-fire gun imitated by the traverser is really good.

In addition to firepower and range, another advantage is that it is lighter in weight. The artillery of more than 1 ton is barely within the range that can be pushed by manpower, and it has "certain" battlefield mobility! After abandoning the historical single-legged gun mount, the shooting range of the artillery with the double-legged gun mount reached 25 degrees! Far beyond the original 6 degrees! And these designs finally won a chance for His Highness the Prince!

The so-called two fists are hard to beat with four hands. When a company of artillery fired on the usable rapid-fire gun for 10 minutes, Earl Schelling announced that the gun had lost its effect. Subsequently, the prince's cavalry launched a decisive charge! Just when the cavalry were less than 700 meters away from the trench, the last cannon had moved to a suitable position, and the frightening cannon sounded again! The cannon fires wildly at a rate of 6 rounds per minute. At the same time, the machine guns on the front also began to roar!

"Your cavalry will suffer heavy casualties under this kind of firepower. In theory, even if your cavalry can break through this line of defense, the remaining personnel and horses will not exceed 30%." Earl Schelling's crow mouth opened again, honestly He said that he was satisfied with the performance of the little prince. Although the result is certain. "If you withdraw your rear cavalry, you can still retain some strength." The count suggested.

Although a company of cavalry was invested in the attack, the prince's formation was still wide open, and he had seen the power of machine guns before, so he wanted to try to find places with weak firepower to attack, but he had to say that the opponent's crossfire arrangement was poor. Well, there aren't many weaknesses on the attack surface.

"Push half of the artillery forward." Although there were huge "casualties", the cavalry used their speed to quickly advance to the final distance. If there is no accident, the result of this exercise has been determined, but it is safe However, the prince still ordered some artillery to approach!

The cavalry quickly crossed the first trench and passed the artillery. According to the rules of the exercise, this line of defense has been breached and the artillery position has also been destroyed. The core line of defense. And at this moment the roar of the machine gun came from behind! The side attack and reverse attack positions arranged by the traversers on the flanks finally played a role!

"Too cunning!" The prince also had to admit that his nephew was really too insidious and cunning! The sudden attack of the machine gun team was on the side of the cavalry attack line, and in this case the lethality of the side fire was too strong! If this is actual combat, this side shot can kill a platoon of cavalry!

All the cavalry of a company "fallen" on the way to attack. The prince lost half of his troops, but Ruprecht, as the defender, also played all the cards in his hand! 2 artillery pieces were unable to be used due to malfunctions, 1 artillery piece was destroyed by the opposing artillery, and the other was destroyed by the cavalry. Naturally, the artillery position could not be maintained without the machine gun position, and when the last side attack position was exposed, the defender lost the last one machine gun! And the opponent also has a cavalry company and a company of artillery! The result is already obvious!

"Let's go, go see my good nephew!" After Earl Schelling signaled the end of the exercise, the prince led his entourage to the defensive position, and was greeted by Rupre with a livid face. Prince Hitt and his bodyguard, Viscount Schmidt.

"If you have two more cannons, it will be hard to tell the outcome of the battle. I have twice the number of artillery, but I don't have the firepower to match the superiority in numbers." The prince said calmly.

"The two cannons had a little technical problem." Ruprecht almost found a crack in the ground and got in. The reliability problem he tried to avoid was completely exposed in this actual battle. The prince felt so cool in his heart! The resentment in my heart can be imagined.

"It's a good thing, its flaws can't conceal its merits." The prince walked around a problematic cannon and said after looking at the leaking hydraulic cylinder. In fact, the prince is also tangled in his heart! If under normal test conditions, a cannon has a problem after firing more than 20 shells, I absolutely cannot tolerate it!

But the situation has changed a bit now. During the exercise, the firepower of a new type of artillery almost suppressed the artillery of a company of his own! And let yourself suffer heavy losses. This kind of performance comparison has reached the point where it can overwhelm certain flaws. The equipment of the new artillery will definitely raise the combat effectiveness of the German army to a higher level.

Such a high rate of fire made the prince, who was once the commander of the artillery regiment, very excited. What's more, after all, we are a family. It would be great if we could use the new artillery produced by ourselves instead of buying the artillery of an upstart living in Essen. And a few simple words express the prince's final conclusion. The general direction is good and can be supported. Let's deal with the technical issues first at that time.

Afterwards, the prince walked in front of a machine gun, but the prince was really surprised by its ultra-small size and weight! A simple tripod replaces the original gun mount, and the volume of the entire machine gun receiver is much smaller than that of the Maxine machine gun. In the bunker, the probability of being destroyed by artillery is reduced. After optimization, this is definitely an epoch-making infantry weapon!

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