How to Break the Trenches (7)

When Roman presented "destroying trench effectiveness through overwhelming scale warfare" as an imperfect solution to trench warfare.

Nikolai, who had expected horrors no less than the Western Front in the East, had long ago proposed new weapons as a solution.

Though lacking in engineering knowledge and unfamiliar with weapons history, he prided himself on having some useful knowledge for trench warfare.

However, it didn't take long for that illusion to shatter.

"So, you're saying to put armor on tractors? Apart from whether the engine could handle it, wouldn't that make them unusable for reconnaissance?"

"No, not for reconnaissance. This is for destroying enemy machine gun positions."

"Then it needs to withstand not just machine guns but shells... Your Majesty, unless using a train engine, it can't bear such armor weight. The tractor frame itself won't hold up."