Chapter 1169 Battlefield Inquiry
The East African National Defense Force is relatively happy. After all, the development of the East African National Defense Force today is almost one step at a time.
In the beginning, the enemies of East Africa were wild beasts and indigenous people, then they became the relatively advanced Arabs, finally the Portuguese colonies and the Boers, and finally the two world powers, Britain and Portugal.
This was also Ernst's sound idea for colonizing Africa. After all, he faced the Portuguese colonial government from the very beginning, so there was no possibility of survival for the East African colonies.
After all, the Portuguese have been operating in Africa for hundreds of years, and they are still very capable. At least many other countries have suffered. The East African National Defense Force was developed from the colonial army. It was easy first and then difficult along the way. .
However, the East African Defense Force is not without regrets, especially for the army. The navy has at least fought against the British Royal Navy, and the British Royal Navy is definitely the strongest navy in the world.
Among the world armies, there is no doubt that Germany and France are in the first echelon. Germany defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War, establishing its reputation as the top army, while the French Army has always been considered the most powerful combat force in Europe. The most powerful army, even before the outbreak of World War I, the French Army was advertised as the No. 1 Army in Europe.
The East African Defense Force Army, the British Army, the United States Army and other powers are naturally classified into the second echelon.
Although East Africa has a record of defeating the British Army, Britain has never been strong in its army. What's more, during the South African War, the British army had a large number of colonial troops and Indians.
So defeating the British Army is not something worth showing off. Of course, this is only limited to a few of the most powerful countries.
In fact, some countries can be proud of being able to defeat the British colonial army, but after all, there are only a few countries that can do this.
Take the United States as an example. Once upon a time, the United States also challenged the British colonial army, but was beaten by the British Canadian colonies and the White House was set on fire.
The most outstanding achievement of the United States in recent years is its defeat of Spain. However, although Spain is a member of the great powers, its military strength is not comparable to other great powers. To put it bluntly, the Far East Rookie Japan's military strength far exceeds that of Spain.
Calculated in this way, East Africa's defeat of the British army is not enough in terms of record, but it is more than enough. Unfortunately, it still cannot get rid of the shackles of the second-rate army, unless it has a battle with the German and French armies.
Obviously, East Africa does not have this opportunity now, so it can only go to the European battlefield to "learn lessons". After all, the East African Army has actually embarked on a different development path from the armies of other countries, and needs more reference.
Major General Kuyinman said: "Today, the development of our country's army is very different from that of other countries in the world, and there is no opportunity for actual combat exercises. Therefore, it is particularly important to judge and discover our problems by observing the situation on the European battlefield."
"Cabriel, please first talk about the differences between the current development of European wars and the construction of our country's army, as well as the correlation between the two." Kuyinman asked directly by name.
Faced with the veteran's questioning, Cabril was still a little nervous. Although Kuyinman's age was not too old for the top military commanders, he was in his best years.
After sorting out what he saw and heard on the European battlefields, Cabrill said to General Kuyinmann: "Today's war patterns in European countries can be said to be in the process of change. , all of which are due to the development of industry and social form, which have caused major changes in the battlefield situation. "
"For our country, these changes have shown the correctness of our country's idea of building an army. Of course. "There must be some problems that cannot be discovered through the European battlefield." "For example?" Kuyinman asked. Although Kuyinman is a veteran, he has never stopped on the road of learning, so he has some knowledge about today's war. The change is not unexpected.
Cabrier said: "For example, as a means of reconnaissance on the European battlefield, we have actually noticed that the French army has begun to use aircraft as a means of battlefield reconnaissance."
"And This also fully proves that our military is correct in using aircraft as war vehicles. Of course, our application of aircraft is obviously further than the warring parties. However, as the war develops, I think the two major military groups will also Continuously broaden the application of military aircraft, so we should focus on collecting relevant intelligence , thus accumulating a large amount of relevant data for the development of our country's military aircraft and avoiding being surpassed by other countries."
Kuinman nodded and said: "Yes, aircraft are now used very frequently on the battlefield, and the two major military groups have done so. A considerable number of them have been prepared Aircraft are used for reconnaissance and other military activities. "
At least for the Western Front battlefield, especially the Marne River front, there were quite a lot of aircraft sorties between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. After all, before the war started, the number of aircraft from the warring countries was very high. There are already about a thousand.
“This also shows that our country is forward-looking in the field of aircraft research and development. However, war is the best accelerant for the development of military technology. You must always be vigilant and pay attention to the updates and iterations of military technology in various countries around the world, so as to provide better solutions for our country’s national defense security in the future. Lots of reference material. Cabrill, go on," Kuinman said.
Cabriel said: "Other aspects, such as cars, artillery, machine guns, rifles, etc., are also very eye-catching in battlefield applications. Both Britain, France and Germany have used new means of transportation such as cars. The rear quickly transports materials, troops, weapons, etc. to the front line, which shows that our army’s mobility is the right idea.”
The mobility of the East African army can be said to be the best in the world. After all, East Africa has the best mobility. The Army is equipped with a large number of mobile vehicles. Even though the German army and the British and French forces currently at war use a large number of vehicles, many of their military vehicles were hastily imported to East Africa after the war.
This kind of process of chasing ducks to get on the shelves is naturally impossible to surpass the East African Army at once. After all, the East African Army still has enough drivers, maintenance personnel, parts, and factories...
In short, The military vehicle system is quite large and complex, which cannot be solved by Germany, France and other powers in a short time.
Taking the simplest gasoline as an example, East Africa is now the largest country in the supply of vehicle gasoline to both sides. Needless to say, Germany lacks oil and gas resources in its own country and has always been a customer of East African refined oil products. France does not have much in this regard. Although France has many colonies, its oil field surveying and refining equipment are relatively lacking, even inferior to those of Germany.
French colonies include many areas in North Africa. Among them, Algeria, which France attaches most importance to, was an important oil producer in the past. If it can be developed and utilized, France will not be dependent on countries such as East Africa and the United States now.
And even if the fuel and vehicle problems can be solved, Germany and France still lack enough drivers, which is very fatal. Therefore, although cars shine in battlefield transportation, the German and French clever women It is difficult to build something without rice, and the application of automobiles on the entire European battlefield is limited.
Cabrier continued: "Now the European battlefield is rapidly evolving towards trench warfare. As for the Marne River battlefield, France has greatly delayed the speed of Germany's attack through a large number of fortifications. This is different from ours. Predictions before the war were about the same, so we must pay attention to trench warfare, especially some heavy I think we didn’t pay enough attention to the importance of artillery to the battlefield in the past.”
German heavy artillery can be said to be very powerful on the battlefield and played a huge role in the German army’s attack. This naturally caused the East African military. With the attention of personnel, especially for the tortoise style of trench warfare, the importance of artillery becomes more and more important.
It can be said that when there is not much difference in the weapons between the two sides, the tactics of trench warfare are enough to cause headaches for both sides of the war. Therefore, how to break through this tactic has been included as the focus of future research by Cabrill.
(End of this chapter)