The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 1634 Before dawn (1)

The French will take longer. Imagine French soldiers awakened from their sleep, dressed in confusion, picked up weapons, gathered in the raps of officers, and prepared to use their 11th road to rush to the battlefield. They suddenly found a problem, that is, where are the German troops? !

First of all, don't expect the night reconnaissance ability and instant communication of this era, even if some people cleverly pat their foreheads and directly attack the roar of the artillery, but at the same time there are simply too many places to fight, where do you go? Even if you determine a certain direction by tossing a coin or throwing a dice, you don't even know the composition and combat effectiveness of the opponent's troops and just plunge straight in? If this were the case, it would be a miracle that these French officers and soldiers could survive 3 battles.

Secondly, there are indeed some French reinforcements that have successfully arrived on the battlefield, but being able to arrive and being able to win are two different things. There is no RPG here, and the infantry lacks specialized anti-tank guns. The so-called individual anti-tank weapons are just one. In the era of grenades, the infantry facing the tank in the wilderness was a one-sided slaughter! Coupled with the large number of infantry accompanying the tank troops, the German machine guns and submachine guns shredded the last trace of the French luck! The French soldiers of Chenglian joined this doomed battle. They were brave and dedicated. They were the elites of the Western Front. But in this situation, even the fearless fighters could not stop the torrent of steel with flesh and blood.

The steel Teutonic knights of the new era shred the defense line of each other as easily as their ancestors in the heyday, setting off a wave of blood among the groups of soldiers. Like a tsunami, the French defenses like a castle on the beach were easily broken into pieces.

The French are not without rapid-fire guns, but most of the artillery that use horses to move can hardly reach the battlefield in a short time. There are even many artillery companies that were hit by German tanks during the movement, and they didn’t even have time The example of being bombed directly from the carriage.

Therefore, it is impossible for the French army, which is dominated by infantry and artillery towed by mules and horses, to block an armored unit in the dark. Compared with the French blockade, the officers and soldiers of the Bavarian Army generally believed that Logistical and mechanical failures are the biggest enemy. Therefore, before dawn, the Bavarian Army conducted a temporary battlefield maintenance on its equipment in order to deal with tomorrow's battle.

In tomorrow's battle, almost all tanks, as well as most infantry and chariots, will still be active in the area about 10 to 30 kilometers behind enemy lines. The Bavarian Command has no clear orders for them. Just as Count Schmidt confessed before he set off: "Like a Cossack cavalry, kill every Frenchman you can meet, destroy every artillery and every box of supplies! Try to ensure your own safety, you As long as you survive one more second behind enemy lines, it will be very beneficial to the entire battle!"

After some fighting, at least the remaining 4 regiment-scale armored units, mechanized infantry, and artillery will meet the French encirclement and suppression units during the day and win with mobility and quality of troops. At the same time, a small number of battalion-sized troops will go straight to the rear of the French. Although their most powerful weapons are only a few 40MM machine guns or 82MM mortars, they are almost unarmed for the French army. For logistics units, railway stations, and military depots, these weapons are also deadly enough! They have rushed far beyond the boundary of the French theater and entered the real rear. They call the French Red Devils the nightmare of the French army like the British Red Devils who crossed the North African desert in the second war!

Of course, the offensive of the Bavarian Legion can’t just be the force of a few regiments. No matter how high the combat effectiveness of the German regiments are, they are still not enough to look at when facing a group-level French army, as long as they are given to the French. Time, then troops drawn from other fronts can finally extinguish the German forces that infiltrated the French army, because they are scarce in number and carry limited supplies.

When dawn comes, the real ultimate move of the Bavarian Army will begin. At least 3 reorganized divisions and 2 independent armored brigade will launch a large-scale attack under the cover of 500 aircraft and 700 artillery. And the spearhead of the attack will be directed at the scattered breaches that have been hit by night assaults!

Ruprecht is tired of fighting a time-consuming battle with the French. He has too many things to do now. First, he must kill the French army commanded by Xiafei, and then the British army in the south. After that, it is estimated that it will be the end of October and the beginning of November. At that time, both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the domestic struggle in Germany will enter a critical period. Who has the time to care about the Balkan theater?

Therefore, the Bavarian Legion under the command of the prince was like a lion, and it did its best to launch a general attack in less than 12 hours after the start of the battle! Clean up the opponent! And when the prince was planning a lore against the French, Xiafei had calmed down from the initial chaos, and he began to use the last few hours before dawn to deploy tomorrow's battle.

He already has a deep understanding of the terrible situation on the front line. The situation is terrible and the consequences are serious. In the current situation, although the loss of front-line forces is not much, (because the German army is eager to pass ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and has not expanded the breakthrough.) But the heavy artillery and the reserve team supporting the entire front have been in a mess. Report from the following According to the data, in the entire breakthrough area, the 105MM and 155MM heavy howitzers close to the main defense line have been processed almost. After all, they are too close to the defense line. The Germans don’t even use tanks to directly attack. They can use mortars and howitzers. These defenseless artillery positions were destroyed.

The 120MM and 152MM British marine artillery units that were actually assigned to the frontline also suffered heavy losses. At least 6 companies have been removed from the military sequence. The remaining artillery was also suppressed. Who knows if there is a German army next to him? These artillery are generally deployed at a depth of 5 to 7 kilometers in the main defense line and are also within the threat range of the Germans. If you dare to fire at this time, maybe a few minutes later, the German self-propelled artillery and tanks will come to your door. ! Therefore, in this way, the combat effectiveness of the long-range suppression artillery is at least reduced by more than half!

So in this way, the French artillery not only lost the advantage, but became the weaker side. The form of firepower on the battlefield, whether from the front-line infantry unit or the tank, the rear artillery, and the air force, will be overwhelming. Advantage!

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