What should you do if you want to break through a line of defense? Concentrate your efforts, open a gap in the line of defense with superior fire support, and then use follow-up troops to support and expand the results. This is almost the choice of any attacker. But this seems to apply to everyone.

An accurate tactical nose is not easy to use in some situations.

This situation is not suitable for situations where the attack surface is narrow and the opponent has strong suppressive firepower. The narrow attack surface prevents the attacker from giving full play to its strength advantage. The opponent has strong suppressive firepower, which makes the attack crowded together.

The side suffered huge losses, especially on the attacking side’s long range

This is especially true when the firepower cannot cover the long-range firepower of the defender. What is even more tragic is that the Japanese army, as the attacker, lacks infantry rapid fire weapons and attacks from above! Faced with the clearing force supported by the trench system, infantry rapid fire weapons and long-range firepower

The Japanese army suffered no loss at all from its defeat.

Yamachi Motoharu can be called the Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army and he does have his own uniqueness in commanding a division. After the failure of concentrating his forces to attack the Mudandai Highlands, he was keenly aware that his plan to occupy the highlands and then defeat the Qing army in Pyongyang from a high position has been

Unable to implement

Now. For the present, the best choice is to give up the quick victory plan... and fight a war of attrition with the Qing army. The Japanese army has more long-range artillery than the Qing army, and the number of troops is also greater than that of the Qing army. Therefore, Shanchi Yuanji will be the next one.

New tactics will be used in the battles of each stage.

From a campaign level, Shanchi Yuanji decided to carry out a full-scale offensive and open up new fronts to increase the attack surface. Reduce the defense density of the Qing army and find openings for possible future assaults. The current situation is the north and east of Pyongyang City.

It's already a battlefield.

Therefore, Shanchi Genji decided to mobilize some troops to the west and south to form an encirclement. As long as the supply line from the mouth of the Datong River to Pyongyang can be cut off, even if the Qing army in Pyongyang can fight, it will run out of ammunition and food.

It is only a matter of time before the situation collapses.

But this plan... is also somewhat difficult. The Japanese army has a strength advantage, but its individual firepower is incomparable to that of Beiyang. Without artillery reinforcements, a small Japanese army has no chance of winning in a battle with the Qing army. From 500

From the beginning of rice's light machine gun suppression, the Japanese army had no advantage until the face-to-face close combat. Therefore, when the individual firepower suffered, the Japanese army could only use the number of soldiers and a large number of light artillery to make up for it.

Therefore, these complex, roundabout and interspersed troops are the elite of the Japanese army, and are equipped with 37

Cannons, 2-pounder Green cannons and other small army artillery were pulled by horses to accompany the troops. The cavalry troops also made their debut here. Their mission was to continuously attack the supply lines of the Qing army and cut off the connection between the Qing troops in Pyongyang and the Qing troops in Kaesong.

Riy believes that in open areas, the Japanese army with more horses and artillery will have an absolute advantage against the Qing army that has broken away from the trench system. Even if the Qing army has better infantry weapons, no matter how good the guns are, they are not as good as artillery.

opponent.

On the main battlefield, the Japanese army also spent a lot of effort to break through the Qing army's trench system. After several bloody battles, the Japanese army realized that even if they pushed the artillery forward and used direct fire to support the infantry charge, they would still be defeated.

Due to factors such as the opponent's artillery fire suppression and poor maneuverability, the artillery was unable to maintain continuous suppression, let alone accompany the infantry attack. Therefore, the seemingly powerful Japanese artillery was actually unable to perform its due role in the appropriate place.

power.

In terms of light weapons, the Japanese Army has also strengthened them to a certain extent. First of all, in order to ensure close combat effectiveness, the Japanese Army specially formed melee units equipped with pistols. The task of these new units is to rush into the trenches under fire cover and then use pistols for close combat. Although it is still not comparable to the Beiyang box gun in terms of firepower sustainability, it is still much stronger than the original bayonet and rifle.

Secondly, a large number of "hand grenade-like products" are equipped with. In fact, the grenadier profession has appeared on the European continent since the 1st century. Although there are no standard grenades like Beiyang, it is still possible to make a batch of them temporarily for emergency use. These various types of throwing weapons were quickly equipped in the Japanese army. Although they were not up to standard, their melee firepower was significantly improved.

Of course, in the eyes of the Japanese army, the meat bombs that appeared in the bloody battle of Mudantai, because this weapon has various advantages such as "high intelligence", "flexibility" and "high power", are full of power and deterrence. Therefore, they continue to recruit The "meat bomb" plan continued.

The third is support artillery and machine guns. From the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle at Yuefeng Mountain to the Mudantai Meat Grinder, the Japanese army suddenly discovered that the artillery force, which originally had an advantage in quantity and caliber, could not play its expected role in actual operations. The power of the artillery. Even if part of the artillery is advanced for firing, it will be greatly reduced because the artillery vehicles are too heavy and have poor maneuverability and the targets are too obvious and easy to be destroyed. It is simply impossible to provide timely fire support with the infantry.

After being beaten to pieces by the Qing army's mortars and machine guns, the Japanese army also hurriedly looked for similar weapons. Forget about machine guns, whether they were lightweight Maxin machine guns or light machine guns, they were all Italian. Other countries such as Tianjin Machinery Bureau have not paid attention to the production, so there is no stock at all. This makes the Japanese army unable to buy it even if they want to buy it.

But fortunately, there is no lightweight one.

The original machine gun can still be obtained, but the main point is that the headquarters is not strong, and the hand-cranked Gatling gun has been pulled out of the arsenal again. In short, it has been pieced together to form a machine gun unit.

As for the mortar? It’s similar to the machine gun. Don’t even think about the standard machine gun. But fortunately, the Japanese army can get a similar product, which is the 80mm bronze mortar. Although it has less power, range, speed and accuracy It cannot be compared with a real mortar in terms of aspects. But after all, it is a light artillery that can move with the infantry. Therefore, the Japanese army specially concentrated and allocated it to the attacking troops.

What's more, based on the principle of waste utilization, the Japanese army collected some artillery pieces with damaged gun mounts but intact barrels, and then shortened them and used them as curved artillery. However, from actual tests, due to the lack of necessary aiming The power is greatly reduced, but it is better than nothing.

Afterwards, the Japanese army made corrections for a period of time, and finally launched the offensive again a week after the Battle of Mudantai. Several regiments simultaneously launched centripetal attacks on the Qing army's positions from the northwest, north, and east.

It makes people feel that it is impossible to tell the main direction of the Japanese army's attack. In order to ensure the continuity of the front, Beiyang must evenly distribute its troops.
Chapter completed!