If the efforts of the French have found the advantages of the German Legion in armor to a certain extent, then the British have made up for the shortcomings of the Allied Legion in heavy artillery! The reason why the British did this was because of battlefield experience, and on the other hand, it was because of waste utilization...

The British Legion is now the legion with the richest practical experience before the war begins. Some people may argue that the war between Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War was larger. However, the British fought in South Africa for a full four years, including positional warfare, mobile warfare, attack warfare, and defensive warfare.

If we look at the combat effectiveness of troops of the same size, the Boers who have been trained by Bavarians for several years and have all adopted German equipment are obviously much stronger than the Russian and Japanese troops of the same size. Not to mention anything else, one man and two horses. The division-level 150mm heavy artillery is enough to make the Japanese and Russian troops jealous!

In the vast area of ​​millions of square kilometers in southern Africa, fighting with such a highly mobile and well-equipped unit is also a challenge for the British. Although the British army is large in overall scale, every time they arrive at a local battlefield, the British army's strength and equipment are actually disadvantages. After being beaten more, the British will also summarize the experience and lessons. After paying hundreds of millions of pounds and tens of thousands of lives, the British actually established a world-leading mobile artillery force!

In order to completely suppress the Boer artillery and to make up for the shortcomings of the army artillery, the British decisively removed more and more naval guns from the warships, then pressed the previous army artillery mount, and followed the infantry troops to fight guerrillas. These are all naval artillery. In terms of performance, any 4.7-inch secondary gun used by a third-class cruiser can crush the 150mm heavy howitzer used by the Boer in terms of range.

Then, when attacking some fortresses and strongholds, the British even removed the 7.5-inch naval guns from first-class cruisers and then used tractors or trains to transport them. Used as siege cannons, think about it, a 7.5-inch l45 gun weighs 14 tons alone! A 15-degree elevation angle can produce a range of 13 kilometers. This level of artillery has exceeded the scope of military-grade artillery, and can even be regarded as a train cannon!

After more than a year of war training, the British finally filled the technology books on the armyization of naval guns! After the end of the Boer War, the artillery that was removed from the warships and then truncated did not return to the navy or abandoned, but was directly stored in the army's arsenal for use in the next war.

Don’t underestimate the potential of any great power. When the British started cars and cannons, they were also top-notch. Relying on their strong national strength, they even created a model that could make the 7.5-inch cannon quickly maneuver without a train! Of course, this kind of cannon is still somewhat different from the famous GPF194mm self-propelled cannon in France during the war, but during this period, it was quite powerful.

The British used this method. The entire 7.5-inch artillery convoy consisted of 4 heavy tractors and 8 trucks. First, the 7.5-inch l40 artillery was placed with a trailer. (The artillery was cut short) Secondly, the artillery mount was fixed on a flatbed tractor. This tractor has undergone special transformation, with a jack around the body, which can lower the hoe. The third and two tractors are equipped with cranes and engineering equipment for the installation of artillery, while the last tractor is responsible for transporting large accessories. As for the remaining 8 trucks, they are responsible for transporting shells, personnel, oil and other various supplies.

Although this cannon is not self-propelled, although it takes two hours from entering the position to being arranged, relying on shells weighing more than 90 kilograms and a range of up to 24 kilometers at 45 degrees, this cannon has become the most NB mobile cannon of the Allied Powers on the Western Front in the early stage of World War 1! What’s even more powerful about the British is that they consider that this cannon will be deployed on the Western Front, and the most important thing about artillery maneuvering is that they rely on vehicles. They even purchased a batch of French vehicles as the vehicle for this cannon, which solved a large part of the logistics problems.

Because of such a series of efforts, after the war started, the British had already deployed 36 such artillery in France during the first large-scale battle between the two sides, the border battle. It posed a great threat to the attacking German army.

As for the 6-inch gun that is much smaller than the 7.5-inch gun, the 4.7-inch gun is even more amazing. Some British expeditionary forces even used the land version of the 6-inch naval gun as army-grade guns, and the 4.7-inch rapid-fire gun was even transferred to the division level when necessary!

As for smaller artillery, for example, there are more 12-pound cannons and 15-pound cannons. Although these are a bit bulky, they have a long enough range, which is much easier to use than the 77mm rapid-fire cannons and 105mm light howitzers equipped by the Prussian Legion. In the early days of the war, when the number of British corps was not large, their firepower caused great trouble to the Germans.

However, the only thing that made Ruprecht feel relieved was that the air forces of Britain and France did not develop much, not that Germany's confidentiality to the air force was really enough to be leaked. But because, whether it was armored vehicles or long-range motorized artillery, things such as armored vehicles and long-range motorized artillery, had some experience in actual combat inspections.

Whether it is the Russian armored vehicles that rush around during the Russo-Japanese War or the heavy artillery that massacred cities and destroyed countries during the Boer War, their effects are visible and tangible, but the aircraft? Well, it can also be called a flying bookshelf. Who knows what the effect is? Is there a practical test? And the biggest difference between an aircraft and an artillery armored vehicle is that it is a new type of technology. Unlike artillery and armored armored vehicles, it can produce good products through simple integration. The direction is wrong and there is no strict scientific theoretical guidance. I really think that an aircraft is something that can be made by an engine?

Therefore, Britain and France's attitude towards the air force was mainly to reconnaissance. The design concept of aircraft is actually not much higher than in history. However, after obtaining relevant information, Ruprecht believed that even so, the possibility of Germany killing the Allies directly on the Western Front had dropped to less than 20%. The only difference was to see where the front could be stabilized.

"I hope that Moltke can pay attention to this information and make the attack more stable." Ruprecht thought for a while and decided to write another letter to Moltke to pay attention to the changes in the British and French army. As for whether the changes in Britain and France will affect the Russians? Ruprecht didn't mind because he knew that the Russians did not have the ability!
Chapter completed!