Expedition to Europe

Two hours after the battle began, Crown Prince William confirmed that the opposing troops had changed personnel.

In fact, Crown Prince William should have confirmed it when the first attack failed, but perhaps because he was unwilling to accept it, Crown Prince William organized another attack, which completely gave up.

In two attacks, the troops of four battalions, let alone attacking Hill 185, lost their ability to attack due to heavy casualties before they even touched the edge of Hill 185, and could only return to the starting position in a mess.

It was really tragic. There were quite a few troops of more than 2,000 people who returned, but only one-fifth of them were intact at most. The rest were either killed directly by heavy machine guns or injured during the charge and forced to withdraw from the battle sequence.

Among them, almost all the grassroots officers who led the team to participate in the charge were killed, and they were "named" not long after the charge began. This seriously affected the coordination and command between the troops. When officers were needed to make judgments and make timely adjustments, the death of officers caused the soldiers to fall into chaos, and the attack was eventually forced to end.

At this stage, the tanks of the 6th Regiment had not even come up...

The combat effectiveness was really poor.

Faced with such a defense, Crown Prince William looked at his chief of staff Fritz Rosenberg with an ugly face, wanting to get some advice from the chief of staff.

Crown Prince William was destined to be disappointed. Fritz Rosenberg looked at the direction of Hill 185 with dull eyes, muttering subconsciously.

Crown Prince William listened attentively, and Fritz Rosenberg said: "How is this possible? A large number of precision shooters, with strong fortresses, heavy machine guns, and tanks protecting the positions, and artillery can't help... How to attack? How to replicate this?"

Crown Prince William was not in a hurry. At this time, Crown Prince William could only pin his hopes on Fritz Rosenberg. If Fritz Rosenberg couldn't do anything, then anyone who came over would be helpless.

After a while, Fritz Rosenberg retracted his gaze: "Your Highness, retreat. Although I am reluctant, I still have to say that it is not suitable to continue the attack now."

"Not suitable now? Then when is it suitable?" Crown Prince William was in a bad mood. He did not want to hear the advice of retreat from Fritz Rosenberg.

"Maybe next time, when we are more prepared. We can force them to leave their positions, and then find opportunities to defeat Qin in mobile warfare." Fritz Rosenberg was not arrogant. He only used "defeat" instead of more thorough words such as "annihilate".

Fritz Rosenberg meant to concentrate a large number of troops, and then press forward as a whole to defeat Qin Zhiyuan's left and right wings. In order not to be surrounded, Qin Zhiyuan had to leave his position on his own initiative. As long as he left the strong position, the Germans could find an opportunity to defeat Qin Zhiyuan.

This opportunity can only be in the future, not now. Now the Germans only have 6 divisions and do not have the ability to advance across the board.

Of course, this is just a possibility. For things that have not happened, everything is possible.

"Next time... then what about this time?" Crown Prince William had a complicated expression.

Crown Prince William sent troops to Ferien-Tadenois to rescue the German royal family from an embarrassing predicament. If he withdraws his troops now, it means that Crown Prince William's plan has completely failed. This will not only not ease the plight of the royal family, but will make it worse.

This is unacceptable to Crown Prince William.

"At least we know who our opponent is now." Fritz Rosenberg also had a complicated expression.

Fritz Rosenberg had fought with many French and British generals. Although they had won and lost, those people had never given Fritz Rosenberg such a powerless feeling now.

It was powerless. If Fritz Rosenberg was proficient in Chinese, he would describe it as "willing to kill the enemy, but powerless to turn the tide."

After all, Fritz Rosenberg was also a mentally strong adult, and he was not so easy to defeat. Unwilling to give up, Fritz Rosenberg looked at Hill 185 and swore secretly: Qin, I will definitely defeat you when I come back next time.

"If I admit defeat like this, how can I explain to my subjects at home..." Crown Prince William was worried.

"You don't need to explain to anyone." Fritz Rosenberg looked at Crown Prince William with expectation, and there was something unusual in his tone: "Your Highness..."

"Your Highness" seemed like a ray of light in the darkness, a feeling of enlightenment and seeing the sun through the clouds.

"Yes, I am the crown prince of the German Empire, and I don't need to explain to anyone." Crown Prince William felt like he had opened his mind. He was extremely eager for power at this time, and he was eager to ascend the throne of the emperor, which he had not felt so strong and urgent before.

Fritz Rosenberg stood quietly half a step behind Crown Prince William, his little eyes now flashing with expectation. Although it felt a little inappropriate, it was still very similar to the way a father looked at his son.

It was the kind of look that said, "My son has grown up", proud and expectant.

Ferentard Nova, Joint Command.

Pierre walked quickly into the combat command room with a telegram. Since the war began, Qin Zhiyuan and Bastien have been staying here, never leaving for a moment, and even sleeping on the sofa in the combat command room.

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"General, the German rear guard has taken action. They have dispatched about two regiments of troops, and the direction of advance is the Tadenois area. At the same time, the air force has intelligence that the German troops in Reims are dispatching, and the target is also the Tadenois area." Pierre's anxious expression is full of uncontrollable excitement.

The Tadenois area is the throat of Reims to Fer-en-Tardenois.

Here we need to explain the terrain near Reims and Fer-en-Tardenois. There are a lot of rivers in this area, such as the Marne River, the Aisne River, the Fer River, the Wehr River, the Vesel River, etc. In order to prevent the other side from attacking, the Germans and the French blew up a lot of bridges, and only a few places were available for passage, and Tadenois was one of them.

Since it is a throat, the Germans must have been prepared. Crown Prince William placed a regiment of troops in Tadenois to ensure the smooth passage of the rear road.

The Germans in Reims and the Germans in Fer-en-Tardenois are all dispatched, and the target is also Tadenois, so the Germans' intentions are obvious.

"They are going to run!" Qin Zhiyuan said.

"Thank God, we made it through, we won!" Bastien was so excited that he reacted after a long time.

"It's too early to say we've won now, let's see what we can get." Qin Zhiyuan's focus was different from Bastien's. Qin Zhiyuan wanted to achieve greater results: "Order the pagoda to move forward to Tardenois at full speed. At all costs, we must capture it. They won't pass."

"Yes, General, they!" Pierre's face flushed and his expression was excited.

"They won't pass!" This famous slogan inspired countless Frenchmen to rush to the battlefield one after another during the Battle of Verdun, pushing away the bodies of their fallen companions, lying on the blood-stained positions of their companions, and defending Paris and the honor of France with their lives.

Now, this slogan sounded again.