Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 585 Prussian Defense Line

Spring is coming, everything is recovering, and the Prussian farmers are sowing seeds. As the Prussian Grand Duke Frederick William continues to open up more rights to the Junkers, the exploitation of the farmers by Junkers has become more severe.Although the new agricultural technology and the use of chemical fertilizers have increased production, the same Junker has more to take away.

Their lives are very difficult. In fact, the whole of Europe is like this. The lives of ordinary people have not improved much compared to before. Farmers in the countryside and workers in the cities have to work long hours, endure difficult working conditions, and only get very meager wages. income.The profits are taken away by the landlords and capitalists and become the accumulation of capital. With the accumulation of primitive capital, they can continue to invest in new technological equipment and purchase more production materials, such as land and factory buildings, so as to gradually complete industrialization. , a little bit closer to Daming.

While the farmers were busy, they heard the screams of fellow villagers in the distant farmland.

"Run, hurry up!"

The farmers bent over to work straightened up and looked up into the distance.At the end of the farmland, several tanks swaggered over and ran over their farmland.The farmers in the fields ran for their lives in panic, trying to avoid these terrible and huge iron chariots.

These farmers have never seen such a terrible thing. The dusty and muddy chariot still has a cold texture of steel, and the thick muzzle is disturbing. The dragon shape painted on the body of the car shows that they came from Another country - the Western Qing Empire.

Following these tanks, there were several military trucks, and the soldiers on them were all staring at each other, obviously ready to fight.

Just a few hours ago, on the border between Prussia and Poland, Xiqing suddenly launched an attack on the Principality of Prussia without warning.

In order to defend against the Western Qing Dynasty, Prussia built a very solid line of defense during these years. The Prussians conscripted the people and refugees from Poland, dug a large number of trenches on the border, and built underground facilities and permanent fortifications. This line of defense was known as It is named after Prussia, which shows the pride and trust of the Prussians.After Xi Qing made some moves, Prussia stationed troops here and deployed a large number of machine guns and artillery, hoping to stop Xi Qing, but a line of defense would not make Xi Qing change his mind.

At the frontline command post of the Qing army, Cheng Lin, who was reactivated, commanded the battle calmly.

"...The Left Army and the Right Army made breakthroughs respectively to attract the Prussian troops with a feint attack. The Central Armored Army will then directly break through to the weakest point of the Prussian defense line and advance in depth."

The generals are solemn. Although Cheng Lin has not directly commanded the troops for nearly 20 years, this general was the number one hero in the process of moving west that year. His strength is beyond doubt.This time the attack on Prussia was planned by Cheng Lin alone.

"General, the Prussian line of defense is very strong. There are several fortifications every kilometer in the front. They also have various trenches and tunnels, and they have enough troops. Should we consider bypassing this line of defense?" A Cossack said this General Krasnov was also one of the Left Bank Cossacks who defected to Xiqing very early.

Generals from other ethnic groups now account for nearly half of the Qing army.Unlike Bai Mingxiu, who has a series of system mercenary officers available, in fact, the Manchus in Xiqing are basically too muddy to support the wall, and basically those who can do it are sent to the army .After all, Xiqing now has a diverse ethnic composition, so many bannermen from other ethnic groups who are considered to be more loyal are now recognized, and some have become relatively high-ranking generals like Krasnov.

Cheng Lin said at this time: "There is no need, the Prussians can't stop our armored corps."

Krasnov choked a little. He wanted to say that the Prussians had united the armies of the German states, with a strength of more than [-], which was comparable to them.

However, Cheng Lin's prestige is extremely high, especially those who have been in the army for more than ten or twenty years. Many of them have received Cheng Lin's teachings, and they are what he says.

And so the battle begins.

The left legion and the right legion organized by the Qing army carried out a feint attack. Although they were called legions, the Qing army actually participated in the attack, which was the size of one or two brigades.However, Fei Yanggu spared no expense in building the Qing army, and the Qing army did have a certain advantage in military equipment compared to European countries. The left and right legions of the Qing army were separated by tens of kilometers, and they each launched a large-scale bombardment at the same time.

Fei Yanggu's memory of the heavy artillery of the Ming army is still fresh, so his Qing army is also equipped with a lot of artillery.

After a round of shelling, the Prussian army suffered a lot of damage. Although they also had their own line of defense, after all, their engineering skills were limited, and the fortifications they built were not particularly good at defending against the heavy artillery of the Qing army.The heavy artillery pulled out by the Qing army was 180mm. The Ming army generally equipped 155mm howitzers at the first level of the group army, so Fei Yanggu wanted to overwhelm the opponent in terms of caliber, so he came up with something like 180.

Cheng Lin asked: "Did the Pu army go forward to fight back?"

"Hui Linshuai, no."

Cheng Lin smiled and said: "The Prussians are still a little bit cowardly."

"Then, according to the original plan, continue shelling according to the time slot."

The feint attack arranged by Cheng Lin was mainly shelling and attacking the position, and he would attack once in a while. He also hoped that the left and right armies could fight as hard as possible, such as capturing the position and then being snatched back by the Prussian army.His purpose is to create a kind of main attack direction, so that the Prussian army is willing to continue to invest troops in it.

Not long after, the second round of shelling by the Qing army began again. This time, more Qing troops attacked positions.

An hour and a half later, the third round of shelling also began, and the scale of the Qing army's attack expanded again.But this time, the Prussian army was more prepared, and the bilateral fights continued back and forth.

There was no fourth shelling, and the armored corps in the middle of the Qing army suddenly stepped forward.The place where they attacked was far away, and the Prussian army had no idea where such a large armored force was hidden. A large number of tanks, accompanied by a small number of armored vehicles, and a large number of infantry began to attack the Prussian defense line under the cover of artillery.

The trenches that were originally insurmountable for infantry are not a problem for tanks at all. The trenches of the Prussians are not even the kind with a higher back and are more difficult for tanks and infantry to climb. Rolled over.

The Prussian defense line was not defended for a day before being breached by the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)