Expedition to Europe

Hutier did not have an impressive record in World War I, but the "Hutier Tactics" are widely known.

Qin Zhiyuan did not know when Hutier formed this tactical idea, but in the battle of Reims, Hutier did use this tactic of small-scale infantry infiltration and heavy infantry follow-up, and it was very successful.

Perhaps Hutier was inspired by Qin Zhiyuan to come up with and then perfect this tactic, because Qin Zhiyuan also used similar tactics in the Battle of Fer-en-Tadnois and won a great victory.

The initial stage of the "Hutier Tactics" was a short and fierce artillery bombardment. Due to the tight logistics of the German army, the bombardment was not intended to destroy the enemy's position, but only to suppress it.

Then sent out the elite infantry detachment called the "Storm Troops". After these "Storm Troops" infiltrated the enemy's position through the enemy's position junction, they used signal flares and signal rockets to guide their own artillery to attack the enemy's artillery position, or directly attacked the enemy's headquarters.

The "Storm Troops" are the core of Hutier's tactics.

Unlike ordinary infantry, these "Storm Troops" are well-equipped. They are equipped with grenades, short knives, and engineer shovels. If they are sergeants, they will also be equipped with light machine guns, grenade launchers, and light mortars. The main weapon of the soldiers is no longer a rifle, but a Berkman MP-18 submachine gun, which greatly enhances the firepower sustainability of the troops. A squad has good firepower output and can complete a certain scale of combat missions.

When the "Storm Troops" complete their tasks, the heavy infantry equipped with heavy machine guns, flamethrowers, heavy mortars, and light artillery will continue to bypass those enemy strongholds and go straight behind the enemy strongholds to cut off the enemy's retreat and prevent the enemy from continuing to reinforce.

Finally, ordinary infantry will clear these isolated strongholds.

When Hutier used the "Hutier Tactics", the 223rd Regiment of the French Army was caught off guard. The regiment headquarters was destroyed by the "Storm Force" sent by Hutier. The French command system fell into chaos and could not organize an effective counterattack. Then the position was occupied by the Germans, and about 500 soldiers were killed and 1,700 soldiers were captured.

Compared with the Germans, the French seemed to lack the will to fight to the death. Of course, when the Germans were in desperate situations, their performance was not much better.

The organization of the French army was different from Qin Zhiyuan's. Each infantry regiment had only about 2,250 people, which was more than a thousand less than Qin Zhiyuan's infantry regiment. The lack of more than a thousand people seemed insignificant, but when defending the position, there might be a battalion of reserves, which would make the position unable to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

After the news of the annihilation of the 223rd Regiment reached the headquarters, the headquarters almost fell into silence.

This was the first major loss suffered by the 17th Army after the start of the Battle of Reims.

If the whole front is enlarged, the loss of one regiment is insignificant, but for the 17th Army, it is enough to sound the alarm.

"Tell Harrison that if the position is not recaptured before dawn, I will send him to the military court!" Bastien was furious.

The 17th Army has always maintained a situation of three regiments defending side by side, a Chinese regiment, an Annan regiment, and a French regiment. This is a bit of competition between each other, and it depends on who can't hold on first.

As a result, the 223rd Regiment of the French Army was defeated first, which made Bastien's face really embarrassed.

If the pure French troops were not as good as Qin Zhiyuan's troops, Bastien would admit it, but now they can't even compare with the Annan people, Bastien really can't swallow this breath.

As the commander of the 35th Army, when Bastien is angry, his subordinates will be unlucky, so Harrison, the commander of the 56th Division who lost the position, is responsible for this defeat.

Qin Zhiyuan did not interfere with Bastien's combat arrangements in principle. After all, Bastien also had to maintain his prestige in the army. If Bastien wanted to send troops to attack, then go ahead. Anyway, it was not the Chinese who died.

But now Qin Zhiyuan had to interfere.

The human resources of each regiment were important, and perhaps related to the final victory or defeat. Qin Zhiyuan stopped Bastien's behavior of ordering the troops to line up and commit suicide in time: "Wait, send out scouts first to see what happened there, and then formulate the next combat plan."

"Scouts? I don't have this organization in my army." Bastien was worried.

"I have it." Qin Zhiyuan took the responsibility.

It was like sending food to act rashly without knowing the strength of the German army. Qin Zhiyuan did not want to make such a low-level mistake, although it was a normal phenomenon in the early 20th century.

...

Fligny, the junction of the positions of the former 223rd Regiment of the French Army and the 9th Regiment of the Foreign Legion, a small team of more than ten people wearing German uniforms was advancing in the mountains in a scattered line.

The leader had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a handsome appearance, and a majestic demeanor. He was Liu Shuangxi, a sergeant major of the military scouts under the command of Qin Zhiyuan.

Liu Shuangxi, who had won the Grand Officer Medal, was originally eligible for promotion, but Liu Shuangxi refused the opportunity to receive short-term training at the military academy, even though the invitation was from the world-famous Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and stayed in the army quietly as his sergeant major.

Sergeants majors who have won the Grand Officer Medal are not common. Liu Shuangxi has become an idol of all soldiers of the Allied Powers, and to some extent, he is more famous than Qin Zhiyuan. After all, for ordinary soldiers, Qin Zhiyuan has already entered the ranks of senior generals, which is too far away from them.

"Living Legend" Liu Shuangxi touched the tip of the gun on the military helmet, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Maybe Yang Feiyi would like it. He practiced iron head skills, and with this thing, it was like adding wings to a tiger.

Liu Shuangxi couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Yang Feiyi was a scout under Liu Shuangxi. He was responsible for operating the Lewis machine gun in the team. Other machine gunners needed ammunition hands to carry 10 magazines. Yang Feiyi carried the Lewis machine gun alone, and he could carry 15 magazines in the backpack behind him.

This is a human arsenal.

"Brother, you are also uncomfortable. Since I put on this helmet, I feel like I was shot in the head..." Wang Wenchang came to Liu Shuangxi and muttered.

"Hmm, hmm..." A soldier in front obviously heard it and nodded hurriedly. The tip of the gun on his head swung back and forth, which was very conspicuous.

"That's it, that's it..." The soldier behind echoed, touching the tip of the gun on the helmet and had the urge to poke it down.

"Silence..." Liu Shuangxi suddenly made a gesture and squatted on the side of the road.

"Hua La La..." No one spoke, but everyone hid on both sides of the road in an orderly manner, with their shotguns raised, their Mausers opened, and their Lewis machine guns opened.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the front of them, and there was also a troop that was doing the same thing as them.

"Who is it?" Liu Shuangxi tried to ask in German, which he only knew a few words.

"Puff..." Although it was so far away, Liu Shuangxi could still hear the heavy breathing over there.

"Pah!" A soldier risked turning on the flashlight in his hand.

The white beam of light hit the other party, a boat-shaped helmet, and a blue-gray uniform.

"Puff..." Liu Shuangxi also breathed a sigh of relief, this is one of his own.

Since it is one of his own, don't turn on the light, so as not to attract the enemy's attention.

Someone on the other side also turned on the flashlight, which flashed away.

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"Hey, what did you find?" Someone on the other side asked in French.

"Everything is normal. Nothing has been found so far." Liu Shuangxi put the shotgun on his back and stood up and walked towards the other party.

"Yes, everything is normal. God bless you." The man who answered the other party also stood up and walked towards this side, shadowy, followed by more than a dozen people.

"Have you reached their position? How did you come back so quickly?" The other party seemed to be chatting casually.

Come back?

Liu Shuangxi suddenly shuddered in his heart. They were the first batch of scouts sent out. Before them, no one went to the German position for reconnaissance.

So, who are those people on the opposite side?

The answer made Liu Shuangxi shudder.

"The defense is very tight, there is no chance..." Liu Shuangxi took off the shovel behind him and shook it at Wang Wenchang behind him in a hidden way.

While talking, the distance between the two was only a little more than one meter, which was enough to reach out.

"Have a cigarette, you've worked hard." The other party handed over a cigarette.

"Thank you." Liu Shuangxi reached out his hand, and suddenly reached out like lightning halfway, grabbed the opponent's wrist, which was clearly holding a cigarette and a dagger in the palm of his hand, and swung the engineer shovel to chop at the opponent's head.

"Clang..." A spark flashed in the air, and the two engineer shovels hit each other in the air.

Hot...

They all have ulterior motives.

"Fuck!" Liu Shuangxi roared, raised his leg to block the opponent's black foot that was silently kicking at him, and chopped at the opponent's neck with his backhand.

If this chop was successful, the opponent's neck could be cut directly.

The opponent rolled up and crashed into Liu Shuangxi's arms, and bent his elbow to hit Liu Shuangxi's face.

Liu Shuangxi's helmeted head suddenly hit the opponent's hideous face like a devil, and the opponent's body suddenly leaned back to avoid it.

Liu Shuangxi hooked his foot and tripped the opponent to the ground, and the two rolled on the ground.

In just a few words, the two groups of people had already collided and fought.

Because they were all infiltration missions, they would not shoot unless they had to. Both sides used cold weapons or fought with bare hands.

Moans, low roars, low-pitched curses, muffled sounds of fists hitting flesh, sparks from weapons colliding, the "whoosh" sound of sharp blades entering the body, the "ssss" sound of engineer shovels cutting through limbs, and the unconscious "ho ho" sound before death...

All the sounds merged together to form a symphony of death.

Hand-to-hand combat was indeed cruel. In less than a minute, all thirteen members of the German "Storm Force" were killed; three scouts under Liu Shuangxi died and three were injured.

Not all Germans were as proficient in fighting as their captains, and almost all scouts, like Liu Shuangxi, practiced martial arts since childhood.

A little advantage is insignificant, but when all the little advantages come together, it is enough to change the entire battle situation.