This is not the six-character secret formula for the Ming Dynasty’s military to fight, but a truth that is universally applicable!
No one would doubt this.
Especially after the invention of the mortar in the Ming Dynasty, it simply changed the way of war for hundreds of years. The tactic of queuing up to kill was simply a death in front of the mortar.
Artillery bombardment and infantry attack.
It is currently the most typical army tactic.
However, Alexander was not satisfied, he shook his head and said.
"Major, our siege artillery has been shelling the fortress, but we all know that Pleven Fortress is a very large fortress, and there are a large number of trenches and barbed wire outside the fortress. Even now we have not been able to break through the perimeter.
position, and Pleven is surrounded by valleys and hills, which is more conducive to the defensive side. They only need a small trench and a few machine guns to prevent tens of thousands of troops from attacking, and even if we use siege
We can only attack point by point with artillery, and we need to end the battle in Pleven as soon as possible."
Why should it end as soon as possible?
Because Russia needs money!
Although Russian bonds are still very popular in the markets of European countries, one thing is certain, once the offensive is frustrated, Russian bonds will collapse immediately, and all banks will refuse to buy Russian war bonds.
By that time, it will be difficult for Russia to continue the war.
Facing the Tsar's question, Li Bin fell silent. How could he conquer the fortress quickly?
"Your Majesty, we can also use airships."
General Skobelev suggested from the side.
"If we use heavy bombs, we can destroy their fortress just like the Ming army did!"
"Things are different."
Li Bin shook his head and said.
"When we entered Uruguay, we encountered a masonry fortress with no defense depth at all. As long as the fortress itself was destroyed, the Brazilian defenses would collapse. Their defenders had less than 3,000 people. In Pleven, Turkey
There are 50,000 people, and their defense is ten kilometers deep..."
What is the Russian army facing now?
It is a trench fortification somewhat similar to the trenches of World War I. Barbed wire, trenches and fortresses form a deep fortress defense system, but it only has machine guns and slightly less cannons.
Even in World War I, it could withstand 12-inch cannons, not because of how strong the fortress was, but because the fortress's peripheral system was large enough.
If you want to win, you have to use your life to chew it up bit by bit.
After thinking for a while, Li Bin thought of the air cannons and incendiary bombs that had been used during the war with the Argentine army. The incendiary bombs seemed to have a very good effect on trench fortifications.
"Your Majesty, maybe we can consider using incendiary bombs!"
"What? Molotov cocktails?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I know we don't have many incendiary bombs, but we don't necessarily have to use standard incendiary bombs."
Li Bin walked to the map table, held the map table and pointed at the outer positions of the fortress and said.
"We can use oil barrels as incendiary bombs. This is very easy. Since airships can airdrop bombs, of course they can also airdrop oil barrels. We only need to put a few pieces of white phosphorus in the oil barrels as fuzes. The oil barrels are dropped from the airship to the ground.
After it is broken, the white phosphorus loses the water seal and will spontaneously ignite in the air, thus igniting the flowing oil. I think it is best to use waste oil after extracting kerosene. It is more viscous than gasoline and kerosene and can continue to burn. The water goes down.
The same goes for oil wherever you go. It will flow into the trenches and pour into the fortifications. I think it should be able to play a certain role!"
Li Bin's suggestion made Tsar Alexander II and other generals shine.
Oil!
Russia has a lot of them!
Hundreds of thousands of tons of waste oil are thrown away in Baku every year. The waste oil that has been extracted from kerosene and gasoline has no use at all except extracting asphalt. If it can be used on the battlefield, it will be simply
It's just perfect!
Even Li Bin, who made the suggestion, didn't know what changes his suggestion would bring to the war. But in the next few days, thousands of tons of waste oil were sent to Moldova and then loaded onto airships.
, In the past five years, Russia has established a huge airship force composed of 116 airships through imports from Ming Dynasty and self-made methods. However, they did not play much role in this war.
The use of airships is still at the level of the Franco-Prussian War - throwing aviation darts or using Gatling to straf ground targets.
This time, at Li Bin's suggestion, wooden oil drums were loaded into the cabin one by one. Each oil drum contained 158 liters of waste oil. These oil drums seemed very simple, even when loaded onto the airship.
, the airship crew doubted its usefulness.
"God bless them, they actually work!"
While praying, the captains of the airship even cursed loudly.
"Damn it, I said, throw away all your matches and tobacco. If the oil drum ignites, we will all be burned to death..."
Soon, the airship formation consisting of fifty airships left the airship field. They flew towards Pleven Fortress from an altitude of 1,000 meters. A few hours later, they arrived at Pleven Fortress.
"Get everyone into bunkers, the Russians are starting to bomb with their airships!"
After the Russian airship was discovered at the observation post, Osman Nouri, the commander of the Ottoman army, came to the top of the fortress and observed the airship troops in the distance from the top when he issued the order.
"It would be great if I had that many airships!"
Compared to Russia, Turkey only has twenty-six airships. Firstly, it is because of insufficient money, and secondly... after many tests, the Turks do not feel that airships are of much use at all.
That is to say, hitting cannonballs from the air and throwing nails, but the accuracy of the bombs is really not very high. Even in the face of bombing, the army can avoid the bombing by hiding in advance.
In short, airships are not as powerful as when they first appeared. Countries around the world have developed various anti-bombing tactics - to put it bluntly, just hide!
Of course, the Ming Dynasty's bombing of the Brazilian Navy changed the world's views. It can only be said that any new weapon needs time to test after being put into the battlefield.
Just when Osman Nouri was envious of the Russian airships, he saw through his telescope that the airships stopped over the "Eagle Fort" on the left wing, 12 kilometers away from the main fortress.
"Pasha, they are hovering. As long as the airship can be aimed at the fortress, stationary or moving slowly, the bombing accuracy will be increased by ten times."
Muhammad Ali was a German who converted to Christianity. He was no stranger to airships. He had seen the power of airships as early as the Franco-Prussian War, but the airships did not seem to be as powerful as he imagined.
"However, this does not seem to mean much. They should lower it to about 500 meters, so that the accuracy will be further improved. Of course, at this time, we can use rifles to shoot the airship. Although this is of no use, it certainly has
A certain effect...what?"
Suddenly, Ali's eyes widened in shock, and he even put down his telescope in confusion.
