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    Due to Scrooge's influence, trench warfare is already an old trick in the great powers, but in China, it is definitely still a new thing.  Several important things that constitute trench warfare are still very lacking in China, such as barbed wire and landmines.  Because of the lack of steel, it is no longer a matter of course to lay out hundreds or even thousands of kilometers of barbed wire like the Europeans did.  In fact, Xu Xilin and the others could not find even one meter of barbed wire in the New Army's arsenal.  So there is no need to think about setting up barbed wire or anything like that.  In fact, when building the new army and ordering weapons and other things from foreign countries, some knowledgeable officers also asked Enming to order barbed wire.  However, in Enming's opinion, at least dragging out the guns and the like is so majestic that it can scare a lot of gangsters. As for the barbed wire fence, there is no difference between seeing it and not seeing it if you don't know how to do it. It is not a deterrent at all.  No strength at all.  With such limited funds, wouldn't it be a waste of money to buy that thing?  Novel In short, good steel should be used on the blade So there is no such thing as barbed wire in the arsenal of the Anhui New Army.  For the same reason, there is naturally no procurement of landmines or anything like that.  There are also crucial grenades, which have not been purchased.  Well, it is said that another consideration in not purchasing this was that it would be stolen by people looking at the arsenal and sold to the revolutionary party.  Because this thing is really suitable for the Revolutionary Party to carry out assassinations.  Therefore, several sharp weapons in trench warfare are gone.  However, there are still remedies.  If the barbed wire fence is not enough, just use horse-barrel fences. Of course, if all the barbed wire fences are used, the cost will be much higher than that of barbed wire fences.  Therefore, we can only place Juma in key locations, and in other places, we can only use simple wooden stakes tied with ropes made of rattan or bamboo to pretend.  ¡°Other than that, it¡¯s just digging trenches honestly.  Digging trenches seems simple, but it can very well reflect the level and combat effectiveness of an army.  In the history of war in modern times, it can basically be said that an army that digs trenches well can fight no war.  Because digging trenches is a very boring and tiring task. If the organization of the army is not high enough, it is easy to be lazy when digging trenches. Therefore, once the trenches are dug, they will always not be so organized.  It meets the standards.  Originally, according to the level of the Anhui New Army, their defensive strategy was still to defend on the city wall.  In their view, there is no difference between modern warfare and ancient times, except that bows and arrows have been replaced by rifles, and trebuchets have been replaced by cannons.  In the original history, this backward practice even continued until the War of Liberation.  During the War of Liberation, kt's army also tried to drive tanks onto the city wall to use as firepower points. When they were defeated, they had no place to run, so they gave them to tg.  Of course, this is not necessarily due to stupidity or ignorance, it may also be a sign of communism. After all, from military logistics expert Chang Kaishen to ordinary soldiers, as the saying goes, there is no one in the world who does not share communism.  But in fact, the city wall lacks shelter and the people are concentrated. Once it is bombarded, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.  The Hubei New Army not only has ordinary artillery, but also has the support of gunboats on the river. If they rely on the city wall to defend themselves, they are simply seeking death.  Therefore, the Guangfuhui people who had received primary training from the Americans also knew that they could not do this. With their efforts, the Anhui New Army finally got out of the city, and the Lion Mountain Generation outside the city dug trenches as required.  There is not much skill involved in digging trenches, but there are still a lot of things to pay attention to.  The first is that the trench must not be a straight line.  The trench must be zigzag, with large serrations and small serrations.  The large serrations are used to form crossfire, and the small serrations are used to defend against shells falling into the trenches to ensure that one shell or grenade does not blow over a large row of people.  So when digging trenches, you have to turn the direction every few meters to form a corner that can block shrapnel.  Every time you dig more than one meter, you need to make a big turn so that there is an angle between the two sections of the trench, which can form cross fire.  In addition, there are certain requirements for the depth of trench excavation and the thickness of the bunker pile in front of the trench.  The amount of work required to do it exactly as required is not small. Before they experienced battle, the soldiers who dug the trenches, as well as the labor force temporarily hired by the Liberation Association with Kuyin, inevitably wanted to be lazy when digging the trenches. They were not digging the trenches.  If the depth is not enough, we should try to reduce the transitions as much as possible to reduce the workload.  Even after digging trenches for two days, even some of the Liberation members started to be more or less lazy.  But when the battle officially began, this very laborious trench immediately showed its role and power.  After arriving near Lion Rock, the Hubei New Army did not immediately launch an attack on the revolutionary army's positions. Instead, they first set up camp and defended it. After that, both sides carried out some tentative attacks. Until the fourth day, the Hubei New Army  Only after the artillerymen followed up did they attack the revolutionaries.The Ming army's position launched its first decent attack.  The offensive process of the Hubei New Army was quite standardized. First, a dozen cannons were deployed in a row to bombard some targets on the revolutionary army positions.  There is a saying on the battlefield that "new soldiers are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns."  This statement is indeed very reasonable. When being bombarded, recruits are particularly likely to panic, make wrong moves, and be killed by artillery.  According to American statistics, in positional warfare, many recruits will develop behavioral disorders when being bombarded, and do things like jumping out of the trenches and escaping behind.  And when they are suddenly bombarded, it is often difficult for them to respond correctly, resulting in huge casualties.  This is also reflected in this attack by the Hubei New Army.  Although the Hubei New Army's shelling was not very violent at all. There were only a dozen or so cannons on the ground, plus the four cannons on the two gunboats. In fact, the firepower density was quite limited. In addition, the Hubei New Army's artillery caliber was also very limited.  It is relatively small (of course this is compared to the great powers) with only a caliber of 75 mm, so the power of the artillery shells is naturally limited.  In addition, the artillery shells are limited, so it is impossible to prepare for an hour of artillery fire in one go, like in the battle between Western powers.  Therefore, if the trenches are dug well enough and some anti-cannon holes are prepared, and considering the training level of the Hubei New Army, they will definitely not be able to do anything like barrage Xu Jin. In fact, such shelling is more about scaring people.  That¡¯s all.  However, the level of the Hubei New Army is not high, and the level of those who are mostly members of the Revolutionary Army of the Anhui New Army is actually even lower. Even the members of the Liberation Army who have been trained by Blackwater, due to training funding issues, they do not have  I have received a lot of training in being bombarded, but the most I can do is squat in a bomb-proof cave and listen to the explosion of the preset bombing point outside.  It's nothing like a real bombardment.  So when the Hubei New Army's artillery bombardment started, panic immediately arose among the revolutionary army, especially when a shell fell into the trench and killed two soldiers. Some soldiers nearby suddenly lost control. Several soldiers were killed.  A soldier screamed wildly, threw away the gun in his hand, jumped out of the trench and ran back. Then he was blown over by a shell or knocked to the ground by the gunners in the second set of trenches.  Qiu Jin was squatting in this trench. Beside her, a soldier stood up and wanted to jump out of the trench.  Just as he jumped out, Qiu Jin stretched out a hand and pulled him. He immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground.  "Do you want to die! If you want to die, I'll help you!" Qiu Jin roared, putting the McDonald's automatic pistol in her hand on the head of the frightened guy.  The cold, black muzzle of the gun suddenly made the soldier sober up.  Before the war, the squad and platoon leaders of the Liberation Army who had received basic training warned the soldiers more than once that running around during shelling was courting death.  If the artillery bombardment by the Hubei New Army can continue for a while, more recruits may be in trouble. However, even if the Hubei New Army has the Hanyang Arsenal as its back, artillery shells are still useless to them.  Very expensive things, so their artillery fire stopped, and then the infantry attack began "Mr. Tao, Mr. Tao, Mr. Xu and Mr. Qiu sent telegrams back from Anqing, and they fought back Hubei.  The attack of the New Army" Fan Ainong said as he handed a telegram to Tao Chengzhang.  Tao Chengzhang took the message and read it.  According to the description in the telegram, the revolutionary army successfully repelled the first attack of the Hubei New Army, but the ammunition consumption was very high. The ammunition in stock in Anqing may not be able to withstand the consumption for a long time, so they hope that Tao Chengzhang  We can help them get some ammunition supplies as soon as possible.  "How come the ammunition is used up so fast?" Tao Chengzhang was surprised, because according to their previous calculations with American consultants, Anqing's ammunition can still last for a considerable period of time.  But now it seems that the situation on the front line exceeds the expectations of American advisers.  "With so much ammunition, it must be because the fighting was extremely fierce, right?" Tao Chengzhang thought.  However, according to the standards of the great powers, this battle was not considered fierce at all.  The high consumption of ammunition was largely due to the fact that the soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time were overly nervous and fired randomly.  In this battle, the revolutionary army suffered less than 200 casualties, of which less than 60 were killed.  The casualties of the Hubei New Army were only about 400, but they died in more battles, as many as 150. This is because although there is no barbed wire on this position, the crossfire from the trenches is still very powerful.  Although most of the Revolutionary Army soldiers were firing their guns randomly, those more or less trained members of the Liberation Army were still shooting seriously.  Such casualties would be worthless if placed in a battle between great powers, or even in a battle between second- and third-rate countries like Russia and Turkey.Yes, but the organization of our Qing army was not enough for them to continue fighting with such casualties, so the Hubei New Army withdrew and did not launch any large-scale attacks for the next three days.
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