The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 1589

Xiafei’s inference is actually correct. Although the German army caused great losses to the French army on the southern line and delayed the opponent’s offensive time, the French army’s advantage still exists from a strategic point of view, and the encirclement of the two lines is close in front of them. Mike, who won the tactical victory, had to immediately withdraw his troops to the north, and hurriedly organized a line of defense. After all, before Earl Schmidt’s other troops were in place, the only defensive force that could be relied on on the southern line was one directly under Major General Mike. Armored battalion.

In the afternoon, when Earl Schmidt brought another wolf tank battalion in place, the Bavarian Army was able to take the initiative to attack again. At this time, 90 wolf tanks and Various other vehicles. At this time, the Bavarian mobile reinforcements already have the capital to fight the French!

Then the question before Earl Schmidt is, should the concentrated Bavarian armored forces attack the French army on the northern front first, or attack the French army on the southern front?

Major General Mike, who rushed back to the headquarters that night, reported to Earl Schmidt about the fighting between the two sides this morning. Major General Mike confirmed that he had destroyed at least one battalion of French tanks, and he could confirm that the French had suspended their advance. Combined with the bombing of the Air Force, Earl Schmidt determined that it would be difficult for the French army on the southern line to launch an effective attack within at least three days. On the one hand, it was to repair damaged vehicles. On the other hand, because of logistical pressure, the French lost a lot of supplies and transport vehicles behind enemy lines, and they needed time to make up for their losses.

"I don't think it is a good choice to concentrate our forces on the French army on the southern front. After all, the distance between us and them is about 40 kilometers. Even if we take advantage of the night time, we can only approach covertly. And when it's dawn, we Just facing the French line of defense. From the side flank, only a few fast wheeled armored vehicles and half-tracks can do it, but they lack protection. The most critical problem is that it is difficult for us to quickly solve a defensive one in a short time , The unfolded French armored division."

"Major Mike will buy us three days, and the French army on the northern line has been entangled with our outer defense line. They can't go if they want to go. At this time, we should concentrate on defeating the northern line and then aim. Southern Front! We don’t have enough troops, so if we can temporarily avoid fighting on the two fronts, we naturally have to deal with the Northern Front first.” Earl Schmidt decided to attack the Northern Front first.

At the same time, the French Major General Daville commanding the northern line also received a telegram from Xiafei: A German armored unit appeared on the battlefield. They had already attacked the French army on the southern line, so he should be more careful. After seeing this information, Daville could only order the troops to contract to a limited extent and even withdraw from some unnecessary positions with a wry smile. Suddenly stabbed through by an armored force!

However, Major General Daville’s actions were slower. On the next morning, a complete wolf tank battalion commanded by Earl Schmidt had launched an attack on the French army, and behind them was a large number of truck guns. , Wheeled armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery.

One year later, the Bavarian armored forces once again appeared to the French in an organizational form! Both sides did not have strong long-range fire support, and because of the weather today, the air forces of both sides did not join the battlefield. Under the gloomy sky, the Bavarian armored forces once again launched the attack formation that once made the entire Europe tremble!

The 60 wolf tanks lined up in a neat wedge-shaped attack formation like ancient heavy cavalry. Every 20 tanks form an attack wedge. The three wedges are spread out over a width of 2500 meters in the front. In the dim sunlight, they are grayish yellow. The paintwork shone with chilling light, the slender main gun, and the thick frontal armor. This is almost a modern replica of the famous Teutonic Knights in the Middle Ages.

Behind the frontal attacking unit, various armored vehicles were put into battle one by one in order. Behind the tank is a support unit composed of a half-track conveyor and a self-propelled artillery. In a more rear position, there are some unclear vehicles. Hidden in the smoke. Simple but efficient offensive formation. And as the French army, which has fought countless times against the Prussian armored forces on the Western Front, the defense of the French is also tangible!

Generally speaking, the Bavarian armored forces are very advantageous. After the first-line forces are gradually washed into wolf tanks, the Bavarian tank forces have stabilized their opponents. The absolute French suffer from a frontal death, so even the French armored forces, unless absolutely necessary, will never fight a cavalry-style frontal death with the Germans in an open area! Therefore, in line with the principle of counseling when it should be counseled, the French armored forces decisively retracted to the back, and deployed a circle of war defense guns in front of the Germans!

"The formation of the Germans is very open!" The French anti-tank artillery hidden in the bunkers watched the Germans on the opposite side. Like the Germans, their tactical codes also require that they be pulled closer before they fight, and because of this The next time I faced a wolf tank~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the French gunner was limited to shooting at a distance of 500 meters. Considering that the first round of shooting is generally corrective shooting, the real hit distance may be within 350 meters. ! The close shooting range greatly reduced the depth of the French defense, and this time on the battlefield, the French found that they had encountered more problems.

The loose formation of German tanks made only a small part of the entire armored unit within the firing range of anti-aircraft guns. The opponent approached 600 meters. The French expressed silence. At a distance of 500 meters, there was only a wedge-shaped tank unit. Six or so wolf tanks were located within the shooting range. The others were patrolling beyond the effective range of the French. The French waited patiently until they found that half-tracked vehicles appeared in the field of vision, and Until you start to put down the infantry!

Da da da……. The Hatchkiss machine gun deployed on the front line finally fired. They absolutely cannot tolerate the penetration of German infantry! The methodical attacks and gradual oppression of the Germans caught the French off guard. Some of the machine guns that were almost touched by the German infantry could not help but fire! And the chain reaction caused by this directly detonated the battle! The intensive sound of machine guns broke the tranquility of the morning and also kicked off the **** battle!

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