The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 1636 Before Dawn (3)

While the assault forces messed up the French rear, the main German forces were also using the night before dawn and the chaos caused by the attack to make arrangements for the attack tomorrow. In order that the main force can quickly and thoroughly shake the entire French defense line after dawn, the German offensive plan is also unique.

After the second wave of attacking troops penetrated the line of defense, a large number of German howitzers and mortars began to move forward along the road opened by the previous attacking troops. Under the cover of night, these relatively close-range artillery positions were in a night. It moved forward about 3 to 5 kilometers in time. After the movement, as many as 300 mortars of 120MM and above were aimed at the Russian second line of defense, and the range of hundreds of howitzers was also Covers the French's main line of defense and the rear.

Before the artillery moved, the range of the howitzer could reach the French main line of defense, and the mortar could hit the first line of defense. After all, the range of the 120MM mortar of this era was 3000 meters. Between 4000 meters.

In order to ensure that the marching troops can obtain reliable accompanying fire support, Earl Schmidt has concentrated a large number of tracked and wheeled self-propelled artillery. They will form independent fast artillery battalions to support the marching armored forces. In order to ensure these self-propelled artillery Each artillery battalion also deployed an additional transport company to provide them with ammunition.

The armored forces are still the spearhead of the attack, but this time, for a large number of troops, the Bavarian Army has no way to equip enough armored vehicles to provide them with infantry. In desperation, some infantry can only "hang" on tanks. In order to ensure that the attacking tank can obtain a certain amount of infantry fire support.

Behind the tanks, there are a large number of horseback infantry. Most of these horses are recruited from Turkey. As a means of transportation for the German infantry, according to the German idea, these horses can run 50 thousand with their men. Even if Mi completes the task, these temporarily increased cavalry and the original cavalry together will have about 12,000 people, which will be one of the most important aids for the armored forces to attack. (For what to see, in the history of the second battle, Russian tanks and cavalry are very common.)

The Air Force also responded this evening. Among the 500 various aircraft that will be put into operation tomorrow, there are a total of 300 K-4 and K-6 bombers, of which 220 bombers will be responsible for suppressing the French depth. Artillery positions, as well as blocking the reinforcements of the French army, and another 80 bombers will suppress the French airfield. There are a total of 150 fighters, of which 50 fighters from two elite squadrons will form 15 safari squads responsible for freely attacking British fighters entering the battlefield, and another 100 will cover the bombers entering the battlefield. In addition, 50 aircraft are responsible for liaison, reconnaissance and artillery correction tasks.

"If we succeed in smashing the French line of defense tomorrow, what will you do next?" At this time, in the Bavarian Army Front Command Headquarters, looking at the planned attack line composed of dotted lines on the map, black Old man Pan Xing asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, according to the Bavarian Army's approach in the European battlefield, you will order the troops to attack on both sides after penetrating the opponent's defense line in order to expand the results." Pershing said.

"However, this is Asia Minor, and the initial tactics of outflanking the enemy's rear after the breakthrough were more used on the Western Front and the Polish theater of the year. After we occupy Poland, there is no need to deal with the Russian army. We just need to continue to make breakthroughs in depth."

"The fundamental reason for this tactical gap lies in the different forms of battlefield maneuvering. In the Western Front and the Polish Theater, both sides have intricate railway and road lines extending in all directions. If the other side finds that the front line is irretrievable, they will quickly follow. The road is evacuated to the rear. Therefore, in line with the principle of destroying the other's vitality, we must continuously encircle and annihilate the enemy forces that are ready to evacuate after the breakthrough."

"But it’s different in Asia Minor. The road traffic in Turkey is very poor, and the French have not established a complete network of military stations. Once we have penetrated their battle lines and destroyed or controlled the main traffic nodes, their Troops can only move in the wilderness. They move very slowly and cannot carry heavy weapons. In this case, if they choose to evacuate, then they will be dead. They will eventually be caught up by our fast troops and stutter. Drop." Count Schmidt explained.

"So when the front-line French army is defeated, is it possible for the French to deploy reinforcements from the rear? After all, compared to the British army located outside Ankara, the French army is not far from the landing point, and they are not without troops in the port. "Pershing asked.

"Hehe, if it is a mobile warfare in the plains, the Bavarian Legion is not afraid of any opponents. Even if the offensive is French and has twice the strength of troops, we can still use speed and tactics to easily break their offensive. "Schmidt doesn't really value the French reinforcements. After all, in the previous battles, whether they faced the British or French who puzzled the Japanese, their so-called elite troops, if they played against the Bavarian Legion in an open area, there would be no good results~www.wuxiaspot .com~ In the command post of the Bavarian Army, in addition to the Bavarians and Americans, there is also a group of people who seem to be a little maverick. This is the battlefield observers of Falkingham and Prussia. Since the incident happened. , Falkingham ended up in Saint Sophia as the deputy representative of the Prussian Army in Bavaria. The prince was not embarrassed by the former tycoon who had almost bid farewell to the political and military circles. The environment was relatively relaxed, and some purely military mobilizations, he wanted to watch and just watched.

Before this battle, Falkingham made an application to the prince who was willing to go to the front line, and the prince also agreed to this request. After all, as a member of the Prussian delegation, I would like to see why the battlefield is not allowed. And this decision made Count Caliput dissatisfied, he had always suspected that this old guy was still hostile to Bavaria.

"Farkingham only needs to see what we want him to see. Everyone in the Prussian delegation is the Kaiser’s eyeliner. If an important eyeliner can’t see anything, how can the Kaiser do? Don't worry? We want Farkingham to tell the position of all the elite troops in the Kaiser Bavarian Army!" That's how the prince replied.

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