Because the culture on the island has always been more praising hard work and resenting unintentional pretentiousness, so after a simple banquet, the dwarf named Adolf took the summer engineers and Lawrence to Xinshao.
Went to the entrance of Ergang Harbor to explore the installation status of firepower points.
"Your fortress is well built." On the ship, the dwarf raised his telescope and looked at the small fortress built at the entrance and commented. "At least the firepower is arranged very scientifically. I can be sure that the attacking party will not be willing to pay unless they are willing to pay.
The cost is 5-10 times, otherwise it would be impossible to break through to the port from here."
"But there is a small problem." After the ship got closer, the dwarf put forward his opinion after seeing some details of the fortress clearly. "Why does this fortress lack some infantry fortifications on the front line? If I read it correctly.
You have only prepared some defensive obstacles in front of the fortress, and maybe some mines. But why are there no ancillary fortifications that can be used for infantry defense or counterattack?"
"Because we really don't have enough manpower to defend this fortress." Lawrence also looked helpless. "The previous designer actually arranged small branching forts and a series of trenches around it during the design.
But if no one is guarding them, those things will serve no purpose except to hinder the enemy's positioning attack and provide cover."
"I see that the town on your side looks quite prosperous, and immigrants are constantly coming to the island." The dwarf Adolf said, "At least I see that the people on the island look obviously better than I did on the lake.
The people I saw in the city looked much better, and it didn’t feel like there was a shortage of labor.”
"But the problem is that the stall I built is really too big, so these people have a lot of work to do." Lawrence explained. "In this case, I can only choose those who use the smallest armed force possible.
To achieve the strongest defense effect, I certainly know that this will definitely cause a lot of loopholes, but this is already the optimal solution under the current circumstances."
"Ah, that's it." The dwarf scratched his head and said, "It seems that different places have different problems, but to be honest, I have been to so many places before and your place has the lowest unemployment rate. So,
The problems you encountered here are also very new to me, at least I have not encountered such problems before."
"But don't worry, I just have a solution here that can solve your problem." When talking about his professional field, the dwarf immediately became excited. "You must know that there are not many dwarves among us, so when we are underground
There is a set of special plans for dealing with those attacking barbaric creatures and evil civilizations, and some of those methods can be used on your island to help you maximize your combat effectiveness."
"Thank you very much." Lawrence smiled and thanked him. While they were talking, the small steamboat they were riding on also docked at a small wooden pier next to the fort, and then everyone connected to the pier along the way.
A small path led to the inside of the fort and they dispersed to deal with their own affairs.
Several engineers led by the dwarf Adolf began to inspect the structure of the artillery and the fort, while Lawrence went to every fighting position and the attached dormitory of the fort to express condolences to the soldiers stationed here. Of course, in addition to condolences, he
I also took the opportunity to check on the situation of the troops stationed here.
After the inspection, Lawrence found that the overall level of the fort was very good: the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, and all the weapons were well maintained. Most importantly, the entire fort's internal accounting records were very clear, and the material management was also in order.
This proves that this fort strictly abides by all disciplines.
For an army, especially a modern army, discipline is very important. It can even be said that an army that lacks discipline has no combat effectiveness. In addition? Another good news is that he discovered that this
There was no racial discrimination within the army, which was composed of humans, ratmen and tauren, that he worried about.
Although the various civilized races in this world generally get along fairly well, the problems of racial discrimination have never disappeared. Fortunately, there is no involution problem due to lack of jobs on this island? In addition, Lawrence and
The intentional guidance of several other racial leaders? So the overall atmosphere on the island can be said to be very good.
"The entire fort is well built on the whole, and the firepower distribution is also very scientific." Half an hour later, everyone ended their tasks and came to the top of the fort. Then the dwarf Adolf said. "But I think you should still make up for it.
Is the surrounding firepower insufficient? When defending, a single defensive point is actually very easy for the enemy to break through."
"I have also prepared a number of field fortifications and permanent fortifications on the surrounding peninsula. In normal times, field troops will take turns to garrison and train in these fortifications. In wartime, these professional soldiers will lead the militia to protect these fortifications.
A line of defense." At this point, Lawrence pointed to the mountains on the peninsula. From the top of the fort, they could vaguely see many man-made buildings hidden in the vegetation and rocks.
In addition to the strength of the island, the construction of these fortifications also received support from various churches. For example, the plants around the fortifications were re-arranged by the people of the Agricultural Church after the fortifications were built. This can make the field fortifications better
Concealment? Make the attack more sudden.
Now it seems that this kind of concealment is very effective? At least the dwarf next to him realized that there were many more fortifications on the mountain than he had observed after Lawrence reminded him. Many of them he thought were just large rocks or clumps.
The bushes actually hide bunkers or trenches reinforced with wooden sticks.
"Okay, I take back what I said before. The repairs here are pretty good." The dwarf took out his telescope and looked at it carefully before admitting his mistake, "But to be honest, your field fortifications should be better now.
Strengthen it? For example, add some mobile heavy firepower."
"Are those meter gauges and trolleys you brought here this time?" Lawrence also reacted at this time. "What if I laid a narrow-gauge railway along the peninsula, and then added firearms and weapons to the trolleys running on it?
The hedgehog grenade launcher should be able to deliver firepower in a flowing manner."
After all, the militia is completely different from the ordinary army? Although the firearms configuration is relatively neat, it lacks a lot of heavy firepower. In addition to the issue of funding, training a person to use a rifle and training an artillery are two completely different levels of difficulty. At least.
Lawrence only trained less than ten artillerymen in the militia. They could only support four mortar batteries at most.
In order to deal with this situation, Lawrence led people to build a simple passage on the peninsula last time and prepared two carriages equipped with wooden inlaid iron baffles and hand-cranked machine guns as mobile firepower points. But obviously? If only
If this is the case, the firepower is still obviously lacking.
Therefore? Lawrence is very interested in this meter-gauge railcar that can be laid on the entire peninsula. He feels that if this railway can be repaired, the overall firepower on this defense line, which is mainly used for a delay effect, can be at least doubled. And there are
After installing the rail car, the troop deployment speed of the entire defense line will also be greatly improved.
"I'll leave the rest of the work to you," Lawrence said to the dwarf. "After you finish setting up those things, show me. I think if there are no accidents, we will start building these new facilities as soon as possible.
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"Don't worry, leave it to me." Adolf said seriously. "Just give me three days and I will submit a complete plan to you."