1890 King of Southeast Asia

On January 20, the German First Army made a big turn less than 20 miles from Paris and began to rotate southward, exposing its flank to the French.

On the surface, this was the German army's change of strategy after attacking Paris and finding it a tough nut to crack, adopting a strategy of leisurely destroying the French army's manpower.

It was only because of the problem of coordination between the German armies that the Germans launched an attack without cover, exposing their flank to the French.

But in fact, this was a conspiracy of the Germans and their original plan.

That is, using a main army as bait to attract the main force of the French army to attack, stick to the main force of the French army, and then the surrounding millions of troops rushed in and wiped out the main force of the French army outside Paris.

If this strategy succeeds, the French army will definitely not have time to defend Paris after losing all or part of its main force, and the German army will easily take over the city of Paris, and the war will stop (maybe).

Unfortunately, the French were really fooled.

On January 21, at the urging of the Paris defense commander, the Paris government, military generals and the British allies, Joffre ordered the Sixth Army to leave a division to defend the position, and the rest of the army moved to the Ninth Army line, which is the west bank of the Marne River.

At noon on January 21, about half of the German First Army had passed the Ninth Army line, and the encirclement was gradually closing. Joffre did not dare to give up one and a half armies in the encirclement and ordered an attack.

From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the French and British troops concentrated 400 cannons and carried out a three-hour artillery preparation on the east bank of the Marne River.

In this artillery preparation, the British and French coalition forces tilted 400,000 shells towards the Germans in just three hours, and the intensity of the artillery attack was unprecedented.

All the British and French coalition generals, including Foch, were optimistic that the Germans would be defeated by the fierce artillery attack, and they only needed to conduct an armed parade to take down this army and change the strategic situation.

At 4 p.m., 120,000 French troops and 60,000 British troops launched an attack on a 200-kilometer front.

By 6 p.m., the British and French forces had advanced ten kilometers, encountering only sporadic resistance along the way, which further confirmed their guess.

(Not close, after all, they were advancing in battle formation, not a real armed parade.)

It stands to reason that it was late, and the British and French forces should prepare to camp and have a good rest.

But the French army, which had been suppressed for too long, and the British army, which had won the victory as soon as they entered the battle, were so excited that they couldn't stop at all and continued to advance.

"They shouted incomprehensible slogans, wore ridiculous red pants, and walked into my shooting range without any defense. This is the stupidest opponent I have ever seen." After the battle, machine gunner Sebastian said to Luke.

At 6:30, with the help of the afterglow of the setting sun, Sebastian clearly saw the French army advancing eastward two hundred meters away.

This is a regiment under the French Sixth Army, half of which are reservists and half are veterans. They are lined up in high spirits, hoping to spend the night in a village two kilometers away.

The company where Sebastian is located was not affected by the shelling, and was stationed on the southeast side of the road to rest, waiting for the French army to arrive.

It was almost dark, and the whole company thought that the French would not venture forward again, and began to relax, but was suddenly attracted by the singing of the French army.

At 6:24, Sebastian rushed into the machine gun position with a German sausage in one hand and a box of bullets in the other.

This company has three MG08 heavy machine guns, firing 92*57 Mauser bullets, with an effective range of 2000 meters, a maximum range of 3500 meters, a rate of fire of 450 to 500 rounds per minute, and a 250-round belt for ammunition, a true infantry killer.

Sebastian stuffed the sausage into his mouth twice, released the safety, and loaded the ammunition belt. Two ammunition handlers and the assistant gunner arrived at this time.

Sebastian stared at the French soldiers in red pants who were less than 300 meters away from him.

"They may have a battalion."

"I think there is more than one battalion. There are too many and they are densely packed."

The two ammunition handlers quietly discussed the number of French troops.

"They have artillery. This should be a regiment." Sebastian saw the cannon towed by two horses. The battalion-level troops would not be equipped with such artillery.

"They have artillery?! Can we defeat them?" The assistant gunner had just sorted out the maintenance tools so that he could repair them as soon as possible if there was a malfunction. He was shocked when he heard it.

"The company commander will not agree to let them go. It will be dark soon. The main force should be setting up tents. If we let a French army go, he will be court-martial." Sebastian drank a sip of water carefully.

"Don't worry, the view here is wide and the distance is close enough. When the fight starts, we will focus on the artillery and artillery. They won't have time to fire." Sebastian looked at the direction of the French army and then at the sky, which had turned light blue.

The moon hasn't come out yet, but there are few clouds in the sky. It won't be too dark tonight.

Bang!

A gunshot suddenly sounded on the quiet plain. Sebastian subconsciously put down the kettle and operated the machine gun.

Their position was on a small mound of earth two or three meters high. The mound was not high, but it provided a wide enough view and shooting range.

Boom, boom, boom...

There was a sound of machine guns on his right wing. It was the adjacent machine gun position that opened fire.

The French responded a little panic. Some people stood at the place blankly, at a loss, and some people lay down to find a cover on the spot. Some people were lined up into an offensive formation and ready to launch charge.

Sebastian knew that he couldn't wait at this moment. He aimed at the back of the French army and dragged his horses.

…… 咚 ...

Three heavy machine guns, although there is no transaction firepower, but because the location of it happens to be on the southeast side of the French army, the side wings are formed, and the damage is still considerable.

Kaka ~~

"Pretend! Hurry!" Sebastian took the opportunity to observe the results.

The horses who dragged the cannon fell to the ground, and the artillery was missing. Maybe the corpse was blocked by the pickled horse.

The bullet is not difficult to destroy the cannon, but the artillery and artillery obviously are not as strong as the cannon. A few soldiers were fell around the two cannons, and the artillery car was also a mess.

…… 咚 ...

After installing the bomb chain, Sebastian pulled the trigger again. The goal this time was the infantry, shaking left and right, and splashing the barrage on the side.

Because it did not release the trigger, it was only a few tens of seconds after playing a bomb chain. When the second one was finished, Sebastian once again observed the condition of the cannon.

Several French people were unbuttoning the connection between artillery and horses or artillery cars. They were ready to use artillery. As long as the cannon was turned over, the gun shield was enough to block the bullet attack, and the Sebastian had to find a way to escape.

As a result, Sebastian's target returned to the cannon, the bullet hit the hard body of the cannon, rubbing a lot of sparks, leaving traces on the artillery body or gun shield.

"The French are charging! Sebastian, left on the left, shooting towards the left!" The deputy shooter shouted while the bullet.

"Know, pay attention to observing the direction of the cannon. If anyone approaches, tell me immediately, otherwise we will know it?" Sebasta looked at the left side, and a team of about hundreds of people was crazy.

Dare not delay, Sebastian turned the muzzle, and the French winged wing was hit for a while, and the machine gun had not stopped.

At 6:30, the two sides began to fight. At seven o'clock, the French army lost more than 600 people. Even if they were fighting, there were many woundeds in it.

At 7:12, the head of the French army saw that the offense was invalid, the artillery was suppressed by the machine gun, and the soldiers could not approach, and they had to order the French army to retreat.

"Huh ~ finally stop, if the French will go so crazy, we have no ammunition to fight." The deputy shooter trembled with both hands.

On the side, the two ammunition players are exactly the same.

There is no shortage of bullets, but the MG08 belongs to the Mark Qin heavy machine gun. It requires a bomb -to -bombs. There are only four bombs prepared in advance, and Sebastian was killed twelve.

At this time, the bullets on the bullet chain were not mechanically helpful. They could only be manual. As a last resort, Sebastian even slowed down the rate of fire and waited for ammunition to fill in the new bullet chain.

"We won, isn't it?" Sebastian shouted loudly and hit the machine gun for so long. He felt buzzing and his ears were not good.

This scene took place on the entire front. The backward Germany First Army did not expect that the French army would attack overnight. The tired German army stopped to rest and hit the attack on the attack.

In the evening of the day, the British -French Allied Forces's offensive forces were nearly 10,000. Only six positions in the Germans were broken and the casualties were less than 4,000. After all, not all places suppressed the French artillery.

From the perspective of exchanges, German is the winner, but Luke doesn't think so.

"Damn, the sky is dark, isn't that group of French people even a little military knowledge?!" Luke patted the table angrily.

At first, Luke was really ready to block on the east bank of the Marian River, and then the overwhelming shell made him understand what it means to be.

Without sufficient defense, hard resistance to large -scale shelling is to find death. The price of nearly 10,000 people pays for the loss.

After checking the casualties and supplies, Luke found that his troops were unable to launch an attack, so they retreated and sent reports to the Second and Three Army, asking them to intersperse south.

The lack of sufficient cannonball has greatly reduced the offensive power of the First Group Army.

Luke himself was ready to continue using the First Group Army as a bait, attracting the French army offensive, and gradually expanding the scope of the battle, attracting the main force of the French army, and setting up the battle.

According to the expectations of Luke and the First Group Army's staff, the French army will not take risks to attack at night. After all, the uncertain factors of night warfare are too large, and the French also need to defend Paris.

So at 5:30 in the afternoon, Luke ordered five kilometers again, leaving the buffer space without too far.

Tomorrow, Luke is ready to withdraw ten kilometers, and then sticks.

However, he did not expect that the French took advantage of the night to launch the attack and hit the blood flow. Luke was worried that it would suspend the attack on the French.

If this is done, all the movements of the First Group Army are very ridiculous.