Chapter 970: The Earliest Radio
Chapter 951 – The Earliest Radio
Outside the city of Turin, hundreds of heavy artillery had converged at this moment. The smallest of these guns, the caliber also exceeds 150mm, coupled with the shortest several meters, the longest ten or twenty meters of the barrel, the power can be imagined.
Especially the two giant cannons are the most special, whether it is the 24.7 meters long barrel, or 380mm caliber, as well as the 600kg shells, all make them become the brightest pups on the field.
Undoubtedly, these powerful artillery have a common feature – inconvenience. Not only are they troublesome to transport, they are equally troublesome to operate.
But compared to the power of the artillery, these minor flaws were not worth mentioning. After all, these guns themselves were not prepared for the army; their real mission was to act as shore defense guns.
In order to capture Turin as soon as possible, Morquez got these big guys over here, specifically to deal with the French fortresses and forts.
“Fire!”
With the commanding officer’s order, the booming sound of artillery fire resounded once again. Only this time it was different, along with the sound of cannon fire there was also the sound of buildings collapsing.
Time was still too short, in just a few months, it was still too difficult to create a fortress city.
Perhaps it was to meet the deadline; perhaps it was because the Italian workers did not cooperate and added material to the construction, or perhaps it was both.
After all, at the outbreak of the war, the French government was quite optimistic and didn’t think Turin would be threatened by war at all. Reinforcing the city’s defenses and building the fortress was itself a means for bureaucrats to make money.
In this context, naturally, the capitalists could not be expected to be temperate. If the French win, Turin won’t need to suffer; if the French lose, the government will not be able to protect itself, and no one will come to take the blame.
If the construction was carried out by Italians, it would be a shame to publicize the independence of the organization if they didn’t sabotage it.
When the front line battle failed, the military began to pay attention to the city fortifications, has long been a boat, the following people can only be hard to cover the lid tightly.
Perfect city fortifications, can not withstand the attack of giant artillery, hurry up the tofu dregs of the project is even more needless. Especially by the 600kg special giant bullet hit, basically a piece of rubble.
French command headquarters, heard the loud noise of the building collapse, personally sitting in command Marshal Adrien hurriedly asked: “Send someone to see, what happened outside?”
After half a minute’s work, the valet replied, “Marshal, the enemy used heavy artillery. The buildings inside the city could not withstand the attack and collapsed, including part of the fortress as well.”
Obviously, the young officer had avoided the issue as much as possible, but the final result was still hard for Marshal Adrian to accept.
Buildings collapsed as well, after all, ordinary buildings themselves were not bulletproof, and it was expected that they could not withstand the enemy’s artillery strikes.
“Fortifications” is different, this is Marshal Adrian ready to let the Austrians dry blood of the weapon, but the result is the plan before the beginning of the end.
After all, siege warfare is different from other, the Austrian army does not need to deal with all the city’s defenses, as long as you tear open an opening to kill in on the line.
According to the plan in advance, the French army is ready to use these fortresses to delay at least a month, and consume a large number of enemy troops.
From the current situation, not to mention a month, can not last until tomorrow is a question mark.
Looking at the map, Marshal Adrian sighed helplessly, ”Pass the order down, ordering all units to advance into alley mode. At the same time, send someone to investigate the cause of the fortification collapse.”
Plans don’t change as fast as they should, and since the city fortifications didn’t manage to achieve the purpose of delaying time as expected, the alley battle would have to start earlier.
War was a matter of pulling one hair to move the whole body, and the early start of the alley war likewise meant that the alley war would end early. A million French troops have not been able to stop the enemy, Marshal Adrian does not think that a city of Turin will be able to go against the heavens.
Anyone with eyesight knows that the war has been carried out so far, the defeat of France is only a matter of time, Adrian also did not have the confidence to win the war.
The choice to hold Turin, in addition to the strategic needs, more importantly, in order to stall for time. Not only for France to delay time, but also for himself to delay time.
Failure of the war always needs someone to be responsible for, the emperor and the government is certainly not enough, the military should be equally important people to come out to take the blame.
No one wants to take the blame for incompetence and waste, and Marshal Adrian is no exception. Now the situation is very obvious, that front is the first to collapse, the officer in charge of command is the first responsible person.
It was not necessary to be able to reverse the defeat, as long as it could be supported a little longer than the friendly forces. It was best to be able to support the start of negotiations, that would be perfect.
As for investigating the cause of the fortress collapse, that was just routine. The French army also had a perfect system, and when a problem arose, it was definitely necessary to find the cause, and those who should be held accountable should likewise be held accountable.
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The nature of war is that some people are happy and some people are sad, the French army inside the city is sad, the allied forces outside the city will naturally rejoice.
The French have more than one line of defense, but it does not matter, the outer fortifications can not withstand the artillery attack, the back of the line of defense also can not withstand.
In modern warfare, the power of “street fighting” has been greatly weakened. Unless it is a specialized fortress city, ordinary cities can be bombarded with artillery as long as they can let go.
Buildings are the best cover in a street battle, but unfortunately, they are not the best defense against artillery, and may not be as effective as trenches.
The most suitable for street fighting is either the city itself is designed for war, the building has the ability to resist artillery; or because of political needs, the attacking side can not let go.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example: the defense of Stalingrad in the original time period broke this common sense. With the facts proved: as long as the sacrifice of human life to fill up, even if the city into ruins, the same can continue to hold on.
There is no doubt that Turin had none of these. Although Turin is politically, economically, historically and culturally significant, these things have nothing to do with Austria.
It is estimated that binding the Italians can not be done, after all, now to drive away the French is the first priority, as for the damaged buildings big deal after the war to repair.
The only uncertainty is whether the French army will spare the lives of people to fill it. But this is no longer important to the Austrian army, which already has a lot of cannon fodder.
In order to get a closer look at the battlefield, Admiral Morquez had already boarded the airship, and was currently holding binoculars to admire the artillerymen’s masterpiece.
Seeing a fortress collapsing, Morquez revealed a satisfied smile, “Send power to the Italian Corps and launch the attack in an hour.”
Wireless telegraphy, this was another black technology in the continental war. Of course, the practical value of wireless telegraphy these days was not high. It was just that the signal was unstable, the key was that the transmission distance was still very limited.
If it is not a whim to think of watching the battle on the airship, wireless telegraphy would not have appeared so early in the military.
The backward development of radio is not unrelated to Franz’s attribute of being a scum. Only know that radio uses electromagnetic waves for signaling, but do not know what electromagnetic waves are.
He himself is confused, so he can only mention the demand. Specifically what to rely on to realize wireless electricity, that can only let the scientists slowly make attempts.
Progress is to prove n many methods do not work, until 1883, the Royal Academy of Sciences in a guy called Hertz discovered electromagnetic waves, the situation has changed.
A propagation medium was found and radio technology was really taking off. From the initial more than two hundred meters communication distance, has been developed to the present one hundred kilometers communication distance, can be said to have undergone a qualitative change.
Unfortunately, this one hundred kilometer communication distance is only a theoretical communication distance. Obstacles, bad weather, electromagnetic interference and a series of other factors can affect the transmission of information.
With so many problems, the value of radio communication technology is naturally greatly reduced, popularization is even more remote.
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(End of chapter)