Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Army on the South Ridge could only see the North Ridge and the livestock farm with their naked eyes, as well as the treetops to the north of the North Ridge, but they could not see the topography and specific conditions below the treetops.

Behind the distant hillside is covered.Are the defenders mobilizing reserves?Where are you preparing to fight back?Are there cavalry standing by out of sight?The North Ridge, despite its low elevation and gentle slopes, is deceptive.It can give defenders a great advantage.

However, this information advantage is greatly weakened by the observation of drones.

Then it has to be reversed again - weakened, but not completely weakened.

The fire companies of the infantry battalions of the Taila Civilian Army are equipped with light large-caliber machine guns with anti-aircraft capabilities, and the regimental fire battalions have anti-aircraft machine gun platoons, which are effective weapons against drones.At the same time, gadgets such as drone jamming guns are also distributed, which can emit electromagnetic waves to interfere with the data link and navigation link of the drone, forcing the drone to automatically land or drive away.Therefore, the UAV can be raised high on one's own side to observe the distance, but it cannot swagger and fly over the heads of others.Moreover, these gadgets are extremely expensive to manufacture, so only the artillerymen who desperately need instant information have this kind of equipment, and they really can't afford to lose it.

When the enemy's drones began to appear in the sky, Comand was also in his command post, looking at the image of his own drone on the screen of the command computer, to understand the enemy's situation behind Nanling.

The black river meandering from the horizon split open on its own, turning from the road into the wasteland, forming battalions in horizontal lines.

He said to Tallulah next to him: "It's very interesting, like a super large song and dance troupe, isn't it?"

Tallulah agrees with this point of view: the military flag as tall as a person is fluttering in the wind; the black and gray uniforms have a good design and gorgeous accessories; medals, bayonets and other metal parts are shining, commanding the marching Bugles and drums kept beating, and they just went through several kilometers to get into this ear.

But that doesn't matter, she cares more about another issue:

"Wait...why are they still lined up side by side across the entire camp after a large number of breech-loading rifles have been deployed?"

In the military theory class, the relationship between rifles and infantry tactics is the main case where Comand introduces "weapons and equipment determine tactics".

"Shooting in line" seems stupid, but it is actually an improvement compared to previous tactics, because there is always a kindling on the arquebus, and it is impossible for musketeers covered in gunpowder to line up side by side and must keep a distance.Otherwise, the frequency of accidents can be imagined.The emergence of flintlock guns allows musketeers to have a denser formation to obtain higher firepower density.

The front-loading infantry must maintain a dense formation, because only in this way can the front-loading smoothbore flintlock guns with low firing rate and low range ensure the firepower density in a certain space, and at the same time improve the combat effectiveness of the troops-the troop density is high at When the bayonet is red, it can form an advantage in the local area.At the same time, the skirmishers were limited to the performance of their muskets, and could not stop the enemy troops rushing in dense formation with the same number of people.

The inherent rate of fire and accuracy advantages of breech-loading rifles are enough to liberate the infantry from the situation that "the whole company has hundreds of people lined up in two or three rows side by side no matter what the situation is". And prone shooting becomes possible.

however……

"It's different from rapid technological progress. You can manufacture and issue new guns in a short period of time, but tactical thinking, written regulations and training systems still need time to change.

"For the officers and soldiers of the Ursus Empire Army, they are still using theory and a few exercises to verify how the new rear-loading gun will affect tactics, and it is far from being fully understood. In order to maintain battlefield discipline and Command, the imperial army largely continued the tactical doctrine of the front-loading rifle era.

"Therefore, with the new weapons in hand, in order to avoid the decline in combat effectiveness caused by the adjustment of tactics and equipment, the Ursas army let the infantry with the new weapons continue the outdated tactics. As a result, the command and control system of the troops is indeed as a result. can continue to function…”

Command glanced at the Ursus infantry who were still standing side by side when they entered the starting position of the attack on the screen: "And when they face a large number of enemies equipped with automatic weapons and holding their positions, hum."

"My confidence has improved a bit." Tallulah smiled reluctantly.

Before the words fell, a deep roar suddenly sounded.

"Ah, the concert-cum-fireworks show has begun." Comand looked at Tallulah, "Will your newly-increased confidence be frightened back?"

"You're almost done!" Tallulah's nervousness disappeared without a trace when she was furious.

The sound of the cannon was followed by the first sharp and then dull sound of shells breaking through the air.But it was too late to hear all the movements made by a shell from its discharge to its impact, when the roar of other artillery came one after another.The storm of artillery fire was violent and dense, and the sharp whistling sound was intertwined with the loud explosion sound, one after another.

"Time?" Comand asked Tallulah.

"05:30 am!"

**

Years later, in the documentary "The Great Revolutionary War" produced by the Integrationist Republic of Ursus, the studio gave an admirable literary expression to this moment.

In the soothing music, the narrator recites in a low voice:

"It was early Saturday morning, and the schools in the Northwest Tundra and the Ursus Empire had just experienced the joy of the holiday the night before.

"Farmers in the base area went to their greenhouse vegetable fields as usual

"The emperor and the speaker of the empire have just finished their work for the night and have just fallen asleep.

"Professional body collectors at Castle St Junker look for frozen beggars in the streets

"At 5:15 in the morning, the sun was already high above Chernoborg"

——In the above content, the music is soothing, and the picture is blue sky, morning glow, and landmark buildings.

The deep voice continued to read:

"At this time, the warships and artillery of the Empire are aiming at the target (the music fades out, the Ursus Empire land ship and field artillery close-up, the color of the picture changes from bright to dark)

"15 minutes later, with an order, the shells roared like raindrops and landed on the Kursk North Ridge (close-up of the shells, the music drum beats faster, the volume crescendos, the color of the picture continues to darken, and the saturation drops to the minimum)

"——The Great Revolutionary War has begun!" (After the first artillery shell blasted a column of dust on the battlefield, the picture completely changed to black and white, and the music entered a climax. The flashback pictures included explosions, fires, collapsed buildings, displaced people Civilians, downed fighter planes, close-ups of soldiers on both sides, corpses, wreckage of various weapons, soldiers’ backs)

However, the parties involved did not have such strong feelings at this time, they just performed their duties nervously in their own positions.The staff officers in the command post were busy in front of the radio, sand table, and map, reporting the situation: "The enemy land liner is preparing for firepower!"

"Enemy field artillery is entering position!"

"The [-]rd and [-]th Infantry Regiments, the shield guard company reported, they were attacked by enemy artillery fire!"

At the same time, "Patriot" Bozhuo Kasti was in the underground shelter of the livestock farm, using a periscope to observe the enemy land ships and artillery on the distant mountains.

Up to now, after repeated deployments, the black powder with a certain level of performance has become the main propellant and explosive for the armies of various countries in the Terra continent by virtue of "large quantity and cheap price".

The Ursus land-ships were sparsely distributed and evenly placed on the top of the six-kilometer-long mountain ridge. Several gaps between the warships were filled with field artillery, artillery carts, ammunition carts and draft horses.As the first round of artillery fired, the top of the mountain was immediately covered by a billowing smoke screen - that was the enemy's artillery smoke.

Solid bullets whizzed past, bouncing continuously on the ground, smashing out earth springs; flowering bullets exploded into a cloud of white smoke in mid-air, or suffocated into the ground for a moment at one end, blasting out a pillar of soil wrapped in gunpowder smoke; The explosive bomb exploded into a puff of smoke precisely at the moment it hit the ground.

The patriot counted the shells that fell around his livestock farm with great interest: they were all high-explosive shells.

It seems that the enemy has made money...

Originium technology is really a wonderful existence.When not relying on Originium skills and various things, the things created by the people of Terra are quite classic; when it comes to Originium technology, among other things, the original fuze for exploding shells is only the fuse. The technical level of bombs is no different from that of firecrackers, but now they can produce trigger fuzes and time-delay fuzes, and produce serious high-explosive bombs.

However, products that rely on Originium technology often have a damn problem: expensive!So in the end, most of the field guns and naval guns in the Ursus army still rely on old-fashioned ammunition to fight.Focusing on shooting high-explosive bombs at a certain target like this can only show that they regard this place as a key target.

However, compared to the advanced fortifications of the Terra Conservation Army, these shells with black powder charges are not enough.

As a very important tactical point, when dealing with livestock farms, the engineers of the People's Federation achieved "the outside looks unchanged, but the inside has been changed all over again."The bullet shelters, ambulance stations, material storage points, and weapon concealment points are all moved underground, supplemented by prefabricated components for reinforcement, and prefabricated fortification kits are used in all important positions.In terms of sturdiness, even if the density of artillery fire reaches six large-caliber grenades per second, it cannot effectively kill.

The artillery fire of the Ursas army seems fierce, but it can barely be compared with the "American 105" and "American 155" howitzers of the year. Only two light cruisers have a total of four double-mounted 152MM turrets.As for the row of small guns in the side gun shells of the light cruiser, as well as the naval guns and field guns of small ships, they can only listen to this kind of fortification.

It is precisely based on the full understanding of the above information that the Patriots stood very calmly in their company command post, even though the shelling was fierce one after another, and they did not take it seriously when they hit the company headquarters several times.

The portable light on the ceiling swayed for a while, and the sand fell straight down.But even if a helmet is poured with sand, the Patriots still don't blink.Instead, he was busy using radios and command terminals to keep in touch with his subordinate squad at all times.

After ordering the cooking squad to continue to remain concealed and to prepare support firearms as soon as possible, he received a communication from the headquarters.

Chapter 34 "Typhoon" Coming

"The stronger the firepower, the deeper the fortification, and the smaller the casualties.

"No matter how small the caliber of the weapon, and no matter how small the number of weapons, always support the infantry attack with fire."

——Erwin Rommel

In the shelter of the National People's Army headquarters, shells exploded overhead like thunder, and the shock wave penetrated the soil layer and directly shook the stomach.Tallulah jumped up instinctively, keeping as far away from the shock wave as possible.Among the staff officers of the headquarters, the rookies of the Terra Guards Army were also like this.Only the veterans of Comand and the People's League were firmly poking at their positions, completely treating the shelling of the imperial army as fart.Comand could even speak loudly into the microphone.

There was the roar of shells exploding overhead, but Comand's voice almost overpowering the platoon came from Bojocasti's earphones: "Hello? Daddy! How are you doing?"

At least twenty shells exploded overhead at the same time, and the shock wave smashed fiercely into the ground, causing the livestock farm's bullet shelter to shake violently.Fine sand poured down the joints between the prefabricated protective panels, and the patriot in power armor stood firmly with his legs spread apart, took a deep breath, and answered with the highest volume: "No! People! Injured! Dead!"

Command put the handheld radio on the table before the Patriots could answer.The people in the command post watched in horror as the various gadgets on the table trembled slightly amid the Patriot's roar.Comand's enamel cup bounced all the way to the edge of the table, and was caught by the master's hand and put back in place.

"Very good!" Comand roared—otherwise it would be hard to hear.Simultaneously nods to Frost Star in the corner, then switches communications.

"Fourth Master!" He called loudly to his old comrades in another command post, "How's it going?"

The fourth master in the artillery command post was busy dragging the dust-proof mouse on the steel-cased notebook with one hand, and replied with the microphone in the other hand: "The work of locating the enemy's artillery positions is coming to an end! It's a big exhibition of antiques, as long as you give an order, Guaranteed to blow them up all over the place...but it will take some time to open the can of the land speeder!"

"Very good!" Comand looked at the time display, and the shelling had lasted for an hour. "Wait for the enemy to invest in the infantry attack, and then we will nail some of them to death. When some troops cannot withdraw, so that they cannot turn around and leave, then wipe out their artillery..."

Commander stopped talking suddenly, realizing that his volume seemed to be too loud.Similarly, everything in sight no longer trembled, and the sand and soil that kept leaking down like thin threads also stopped.

**

The army of the Ursas Empire is nominally the private army of the feudal monarch, but in fact only part of the standing army directly under the emperor can be counted as this.For the remaining ones, the debuff of "high degree of warlordization" should be added, and its disadvantages can be imagined.

Various bad habits such as rigid thinking, clumsy tactics, seniority ranking, keen interference in politics, contempt for technological progress, excessive worship of spiritual power, emphasis on blood background rather than ability, and leadership by the privileged class are spreading throughout the military.

However, the generals of the Ursus Empire still regard ensuring and improving the combat effectiveness of their troops as the top priority.

Although they can always pick out new weapons: the cost is too expensive, the maintenance is too cumbersome, the soldiers are familiar with it for a long time, a new production line needs to be built, the fast rate of fire leads to increased ammunition consumption, and a 57 cm long short saber needs to be added to the barrel Bargaining with a variety of slightly reasonable or nonsensical shortcomings such as bayonets.

However, when encountering idiots who mutter "what new guns... you have to eat through your mouth! The ones that come later are called enemas", the big bosses of the Ursas Empire military will only let these idiots X is soothed by a spiritual infusion stick.

Therefore, as an elite corps that can be fully staffed in peacetime and serve as the combat readiness mobile force of the Fourth Army, the weapons and equipment of the Sixth Army of the Fourth Army are all cutting-edge and advanced.

The various breech-loading rifled guns equipped by the Sixth Army Field Artillery are typical representatives of the new generation of weapons.In layman's terms, if a smoothbore gun hits a barn 1000 meters away, then at the same distance, a rifled gun can easily blast open the barn door.

In addition, the Army Artillery Regiment and Division Artillery Battalion of the Sixth Army are also equipped with many mortars, mainly 24-pound (caliber 144MM).These mortars were a trench-works nightmare.Due to the slow flight speed, mortar gunners generally set the delay fuze very long.If the ground in the landing area is not soft enough, the shells will often bounce up and roll around after landing.Field fortifications that could have been protected from direct artillery fire would also become unsafe at this time. If a shell rolled into the trenches or shelters commonly used by the Terrans, it would often lead to a tragedy.Coupled with the naval guns of the land-ship task force, this powerful artillery force with a total of nearly [-] fired at full fire for a full three hours.

It stands to reason that the enemy's position should have been forcibly blasted into cheese full of holes, but when the time came to 0800, after the Ursus artillery ceased fire, the actual effect made everyone from the lieutenants on the front line to the generals in charge of the overall situation feel cold half.

Thanks to the advanced field fortification technology of the Terra Conservation Army that completely surpassed the times, this seemingly powerful artillery group has very poor effect on these strong fortifications and underground bunkers.

Artillery shells based on blooming bullets or even solid bullets completely lack the ability to break obstacles.Solid bullets are only suitable for hitting crowds, and the fuse information error of exploding bullets is too large.If the shell exploded even a fraction of a second earlier, the scattered full-metal storm would miss the barbed wire; if the fuse detonated too late, the shell would explode directly in the soil, unable to damage the barbed wire at all.The effect of the bombardment on the barbed wire zone can be imagined.The precious and expensive Originium technology triggers fuse shells, and it is too luxurious to use them in large quantities to break obstacles.

The cannonball did show a good sound and light effect, which once caused many people to have beautiful fantasies.When the fog cleared and the real battlefield was in front of everyone, the most daring Ursus officer couldn't help but gasp.

In the valley and the opposite hill, there are wooden fences and interlaced barbed wire. Some places have been blasted with several openings, and most of them are intact.In the visible enemy trenches, there are very few collapsed locations, let alone destroyed pieces.Only the still impenetrable barbed wire fence and intact enemy fortifications can be found.

But when Lieutenant General Wrangel asked the liaison officer of the land-ship task force stationed in the headquarters and the artillery commander of the Sixth Army to continue shooting, both of them clasped their hands: the Sixth Army of Lao Shi's expedition was preparing for a sweep. The shells are not carried excessively, so the consumption rate is a bit fast.I'm wasting too much now, I'm afraid later...

Wrangel glanced at them silently, and from the command post on the south slope of the South Ridge, he glanced at the land ships and guns displayed on the top of the ridge.

Finally, he turned around and shouted an order to Chief of Staff Colonel Petrov: "Start as planned!"

When the mid-level and senior officers of the [-]th Infantry Division of the [-]th Army of the Fourth Army of the Ursus Empire rode their horses and ran in the ranks of the entire division, every company they passed cheered:

"Ula!"

"Sir, we love you!"

"Sir, please lead us to get the medal!"

The last sentence expresses the true feelings of everyone.

Cheers rang out from all directions, and these voices became louder and louder, converging into a deafening roar.When the division commanders, brigade commanders and regiment commanders rode horses to the military flags of their respective units, the military band played a short and soothing "Salute to the Eagle Flag" to remind the soldiers to get ready and the battle was about to begin.

The noisy sound stopped abruptly.

Then came the shout, delivered by officers, sergeants, and orderlies: "Everyone!"

The military band played "Ready to March" to remind the soldiers to get ready and the battle is about to begin.

According to the general organization of the infantry unit of the Ursus Empire Army, each infantry company consists of 3 officers, 5 non-commissioned officers, 1 drummer, 1 flute player, and about 120 soldiers.At this moment, all the company squad leaders and non-commissioned officers shouted orders, and the infantry battalions of the [-]th Infantry Division began a rapid formation change.The six to ten infantry companies of each battalion are arranged in a battalion column with a horizontal width of two companies-the infantry company is the most basic tactical unit, as long as the battle formation is maintained, it is in a horizontal formation of two to three rows.

"Attention all!" The officers and non-commissioned officers shouted in succession, "Reload!"

The sound of hundreds of rifles turning their heads merged into a noisy wave.The soldiers took out cardboard shells or metal fixed ammunition from the leather ammunition box at their waists, pulled the bolt at the end of the rifle barrel, stuffed the thick bullets into the open chamber, and pushed the bolt to complete the lock.Then the rifle was fitted with the bayonet and placed on the left shoulder.