Cavalry;

Chariot;

This is not the first time that the two have clashed on the battlefield.

In the city, in the forest, in the desert, in the trenches, on the plains, on the railroad.

Encounters, blockades, ambushes, surprise raids.

It can be said that cavalry and armored troops have always had a wonderful bond, and there is a certain degree of inheritance between the two, and there are many battles on the battlefield. Overall, most of the cavalry ended up being crushed into a bloody mud by the steel tracks. For example, in the Battle of Odessa in 1944, the Soviet 4th Guards Cavalry Corps raided a railway station and killed a large amount of equipment, including two Tigers, and even an armored train! Although the equipment was still on the train and had not yet entered the combat state, the combat effectiveness of the fighting national cavalry was indeed a bargain. From Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk to Berlin, the Red Cavalry can be said to be the perfect curtain call for the cavalry in the era of mechanized warfare.

At this time, Charlemagne's cavalry had the courage and enthusiasm of the fighting race, and even surpassed the fighting race with the glorious tradition of hitting planes, warships, and tanks to the extent that they regarded death as home, and they were chasing the Japanese who were "100 million jade pieces", and even the official organization of large-scale suicide attacks and mass production of special attack weapons were quite similar.

Charlemagne's situation today is very similar to that of Japan at the end of World War II – lack of resources, lack of air supremacy, lack of experienced combatants and technicians, and it is not surprising that something similar has been created in a similar context.

"Charlemagne's anti-tank weapons and tactical use were developed on the premise of 'ambush'. ”

Holding down the throat receiver, Nona's voice traveled throughout the battalion.

It stands to reason that after receiving a report on the enemy's situation, staff officers and company and platoon commanders should be organized to discuss the next move, and then the company and platoon commanders should return to their respective units to implement the arrangements. But now there is no such leisurely leisure.

"If the enemy takes Libramont ahead of schedule, they will have an excellent anti-tank position, and our troops will have to waste time and forces to clear house by house. There is no doubt that during this period the enemy forces may destroy road facilities, trying to make adjustments at the strategic and tactical level. The well-planned offensive of our army will turn into a joke that no one can laugh at. ”

As Nona said, Charlemagne's anti-tank weapons are essentially weapons for "ambush" and "defense". This is not surprising, the chariot is an offensive weapon in the first place, and the anti-chariot weapon is inherently defensive in nature. As for why Charlemagne developed the anti-tank weapon into a suicide weapon, in the final analysis, it is due to the weak technical foundation and backward industrial production capacity.

Until the mid-to-late stages of World War II developed a series of individual anti-tank rockets, the infantry had little to do but rush to a near-suicidal distance and use various throwing weapons in the face of the threat of the tank. The anti-tank rifle, which had been pinned on high hopes, was now able to use its might against the enemy infantry in addition to the thin-skinned bean tank and armored vehicles. This situation is particularly prominent in Japan, which has weak industrial strength, even if it got the "tank killer" from the Germans and imitated the "trial production of the four-type seven-gun jet gun (the Japanese tube rocket launcher called the 'jet gun')", because the hollow shaped charge was not up to standard, the armor-piercing thickness of the 74-mm rocket armor-piercing projectile was only a pitiful 80 mm, and the hit rate at a distance of 100 meters was less than 60%. You must know that when the Germans' "tank killer" .4322 armor-piercing bullet is a real armor-piercing bullet, the armor-piercing thickness is a real 200 mm, not to mention the "lighter" that hits Sherman and the like, even the Loving Father series can also give you a piercing ......

The Japanese are still like this, and the Charlemagne, whose industrial foundation is thinner than the Japanese, is even less optimistic.

Originally, Roland planned to imitate the "Iron Fist" anti-armor rocket equipped by the Defense Forces, and Roland was still confident in coming up with this kind of individual anti-tank weapon with a low technical starting point and low price. Even if the range is a little closer, it doesn't matter if the armor piercing thickness is a little lower.

However, this optimism soon ran into a series of technical obstacles. For example, the seamless steel pipe used to make the launch canister, Charlemagne couldn't figure it out. Another example is the armor-piercing shell, which was pressed out of mild steel plates, and Charlemagne couldn't get it. Another example is the medicine cover of the hollow shaped charge warhead, which is made of copper, which is not available in Charlemagne's territory...... The only thing that can achieve mass production is the inertial instantaneous fuse at the bottom of the bomb, but with Charlemagne's current state of lack of skilled workers, the quality is also uneven, and the fuses produced do not explode or explode early, accounting for the vast majority.

In the face of the wall of science, Roland had to retreat and abandon the imitation of the "Iron Fist" in favor of trying to create an "anti-tank slingshot" similar to the "infantry anti-tank launcher", that is, the PIAT. Since it's difficult to fire an armor-piercing grenade with black powder, it's always okay to shoot it with a slingshot, right?

Still won't work.

Charlemagne's explosives production and quality can't go up, and now they can't even meet the needs of the front line, who will supply high-quality explosives in large quantities to the fourth class of people? What? Do experiments? Anti-tanks? The battle is about to be won, are you stupid to engage in such superfluous things?

As a result, Charlemagne's army could only continue to use that bunch of strange weapons with big brains, relying on the soldiers to pile up poor and suspicious results with flesh and blood.

Still, if you encounter a suitable situation, such as a preset anti-tank trench, or a street with a complex environment-

You know, the vehicle has a lot of firepower and thick armor, but its field of vision is very narrow. Several observation windows, periscopes, and detectors are the only channels for the crew members to observe the outside world. In the open area, the view deteriorates dramatically as you enter the town, and the buildings not only provide cover for the enemy, but also serve as excellent fortifications. Attacks from flanks, rear, and directly above – even Molotov cocktails and grenades – can leave the vehicle paralyzed or destroyed.

Of course, combat doctrines usually explicitly prohibit chariots from acting alone, and must be coordinated by infantry to attack, but even then they are not guarded against. This is something that will be difficult to solve even in the 21st century.

The equipment sequence of the defense forces also has equipment dedicated to urban street fighting, and it is not impossible to use chemical weapons to slaughter cities and villages in a hurry, but fighting street fighting is exactly what the enemy is looking forward to, and using the geographical advantage and flesh and blood to drag down Army Group B is exactly what they want.

"Bidian Felt. ”

"Stand by, Major!"

"Listen, Lieutenant Colonel Balk has transferred a company of Panzergrenadiers to operate with you. Be sure to take Libramont before the enemy arrives, and by doing so, our victory will be unshakable. ”

As Nona's majestic command spread, similar words were passed among the horsemen galloping on horseback.

"As long as we take Liber first, we will be halfway done!!"

Colonel Lazareth's eyes were fixed on the road, and his roar of arrogance even drowned out the thunderous roar of horses' hooves.