Chapter 414 Tactics

"Otto!" After observing the high ground for a while, Major General Allen said to the staff: "Give the coordinates to the artillery and the air force, it's time for them to play a role!"

"Yes, sir!"

With a call, the sky soon rang with the whistling of artillery shells. One after another, artillery shells exploded in radiating dust and smoke on the top of the high ground and the positive slope, plowing back and forth for ten minutes.

Then another twelve bombers came down from the sky with the roar of the motor and dropped a row of bombs on the reverse slope.

Such a bombing intensity was a bit shabby for the US military, so Allen cursed when the artillery stopped: "Damn it, why stop? Let them continue bombing!"

"General!" The staff replied: "We don't have enough ammunition, and they have to leave the shells for other troops!"

Allen knew this. The US military could only use a small port, and this small port needed to serve the 2nd Armored Division, so the artillery shells could only be transported back and forth by transport boats, which meant that the US military could not transport much ammunition ashore and put into battle.

"Okay!" Major General Allen said, "Let the mortars prepare for fire cover. It's time for us to take this high ground!"

After a mortar shell, Major General Allen sent a company of troops to attack the high ground.

Qin Chuan, who was looking down with a telescope on the top of the mountain, found it hard to imagine this scene...these Americans only sent one company to take this high ground! !

This fully shows that the British army did not tell the US army relevant intelligence, that is, how the Germans would use these mountains to fight.

But this does not seem strange. From the British point of view, the more casualties the US army suffered on the battlefield and the less successful the attack was, the more beneficial it would be to Britain's international reputation, because they could tell the world...Look, war is not as simple as you think, and the British army performed much better than the US army.

This is also one of the reasons why Montgomery left the offensive direction with bad terrain and poor supply to the US military. At the same time, Montgomery did not explain the details of the tunnel tactics to the American soldiers. All the American soldiers knew was some verbal warnings from Eisenhower, a general who had never been on the battlefield or seen a tunnel.

Of course, the arrogant American soldiers would not take these verbal warnings to heart.

More importantly, Major General Allen was always worried about the German armored division... Because he was worried about the armored division, when he encountered infantry and there were only dozens of scattered infantry on the top of the mountain, he would naturally relax psychologically, thinking that they were just some German "shrimp soldiers and crab generals", so he naturally underestimated the enemy.

This was beyond Qin Chuan's expectations. He let the armored division hide just to let the armored division launch a counterattack at a critical moment, but he didn't expect that it would also play a certain deterrent role in the Allied forces... Several Allied forces, including the British army, were all worried that the German armored division would suddenly appear in front of them.

As a result, everyone had a kind of fortunate and underestimated the enemy when encountering German infantry.

"Let the enemy get closer before fighting!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Don't let any of them go!"

"Yes, Captain!" Kuhn responded, and then passed on Qin Chuan's order.

Qin Chuan then took his rifle and observed the group of American soldiers through the scope.

Although the US military has no combat experience, their tactics are still quite practical on the battlefield... This is mainly because the United States is an industrial and technological power. Once a country becomes strong, the next thing to consider is the people-oriented issue, that is, how they will think about how to minimize casualties on the battlefield.

Of course, the military of any country will consider this issue. But some countries are thinking in the wrong direction, such as France's absolute defense theory, the Soviet Union's human sea tactics theory, Britain and Japan's decisive battle tactics theory, etc.

Needless to say, France's absolute defense theory has been proven to be a joke from the beginning, and France has paid a painful price for this wrong theory.

The Soviet Union's human sea tactics cannot be said to be wrong. It can only be said that it has certain value for countries like the Soviet Union during World War II.

The decisive battle theory of Britain and Japan believes that as long as the enemy and us win a key battle in the battle, we can force the other side to the negotiation table and win the final victory. This is essentially the idea of ​​World War I. Therefore, Japan often achieved tactical victories in World War II but completely failed in strategy.

Obviously, these are relatively weak tactical theories.

Throughout the entire World War II, there are actually only two countries with relatively advanced tactics.

One of them is Germany... He almost encompasses all modern advanced tactical theories, such as armored tactics, special operations, etc.

Even modern sea, land, and air coordinated tactics are actually derived from Germany's "blitzkrieg"... "Blitzkrieg" requires armored forces to be highly coordinated with intelligence collection, air reconnaissance, infantry, paratroopers, etc.

The United States uses the "superior firepower" doctrine, which simply means using superior firepower to suppress the opponent so that it can achieve the greatest results with minimal casualties.

Therefore, the United States pays more attention to individual rifle firepower and logistics transportation... "Superior firepower" can almost be said to be based on bullets and artillery shells. Once the logistics can't keep up with the US military, it can only be slaughtered. This is also the reason why the Volunteer Army retreated immediately as soon as it implemented interspersed encirclement of the US military on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

At this time, the American troops in front of Qin Chuan were the ones with insufficient logistics. Although they were holding M1 semi-automatic rifles, their individual firepower was much stronger than that of the German army.

The American company was divided into several parts, covering each other and leaping towards the high ground... Compared with the British army, their formation was more dispersed.

This actually conforms to the characteristics of their respective equipment: what matters in combat is unit firepower. The British "Enfield" rifle has a lower firing rate than the "M1 Garand" rifle, so British soldiers need more people per unit area to form enough firepower to attack the enemy, while the US army can be more dispersed to reduce possible casualties.

Kuhn may have noticed this. He looked at Qin Chuan and whispered: "This is a test of shooting skills!"

Kuhn is right. If the firepower is not as good as that of the US army, the bullets fired by the soldiers must be accurate enough.

However, Qin Chuan is not worried, because most of his subordinates are elite soldiers who have rolled down the battlefield, and they are not something that these American soldiers who just came out of the training ground can deal with.