Chapter 233: Start in advance

The plane circled over the woods and seemed to have discovered something. Bob's adjutant was worried and came in again to report: "Sir, the Chinese plane has been flying in circles. Do you want to drive it away?"

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Bob looked solemn and said without raising his head: "Where is our plane?"

The adjutant said: "I understand, sir."

In fact, the pilot didn't find anything. He was waiting for the German plane. The pilot's name was Mu En, an American overseas Chinese. His parents went to San Francisco to buy piglets. After building a railway, he saved his life and opened a shop in Chinatown.

Restaurants. It is difficult for Chinese people who have never stayed in the United States to understand the situation of Chinese people in the United States. Especially after the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the situation of Chinese people living in the United States is extremely difficult. Even in such an environment, the Chinese people

Persevere tenaciously and blossom.

The anti-Chinese incident that took place in Sishui Port and the subsequent events and trends made overseas Chinese feel the warmth of the motherland. Mu En also remembered the name Fang Jianxiong, so when he saw in the newspaper that Marshal Fang wanted to recruit pilots, he took the initiative

Sign up. In fact, at that time, he didn’t know how to fly a plane. In order to sign up, he rented a plane and practiced for a few days while trembling all over.

Mu En was lucky. Although his craftsmanship was very fashionable, the plane did not fall down. Mu En participated in the Battle of Qingdao, but unfortunately he did not make any achievements. This is all fate. Whoever made him choose to fly the Owl in the first place would have known to fly a bomber.

After going around in circles again, they still didn't get to the German plane. Just when they were about to shake their wings and get out, three black spots appeared on the horizon. Muen's eyes were very good, and he saw them at once, and his adrenal gland secretion suddenly accelerated.

The German army pays great attention to protecting secrecy in its mobilization and assembly, but it is difficult to hide the enemy from the large-scale assembly of troops. This time the German army did not intend to overturn the opponent's strategic intentions, but wanted to hide the tactics. Therefore, this tank group cannot be discovered.

There have been three German aircraft taking off from a nearby airport since then, which shows the degree of importance attached.

Mu En pushed the lever and rushed forward quickly, without any intention of running away. Seeing that the distance was getting closer, he suddenly pulled it higher. It was easy to make a judgment from below. One to three, the Chinese aircraft was completely inferior.

You have to run away. The German pilots also judged this way. If you want to run away, then chase them, or at least drive them out of this area.

The three planes accelerated to catch up, but soon found that they could not catch up because they could not keep up with the altitude. Just when the German plane was about to give up, Munn, who was high up, had already completed its movement behind the enemy plane. This is what happened.

Opportunity, push the lever hard and dive!

The swooping aircraft made a ghostly scream, which was so sharp that it made people palpitate. The three German aircraft had already realized that something was wrong. At this time, it was too late to turn around. The opponent's aircraft was too powerful. Ta Ta Ta, the latest Lewis machine gun installed*

*Tongues of fire.

"Get off here!" The ferocious-looking Mu En's hands were trembling with excitement. He was so happy. An enemy plane turned into a ball of fire right in front of his eyes. The Xiaolong, which had reached the speed, instantly surpassed the other two.

The enemy plane will pull up high, and then use its speed to fly behind the enemy's rear, repeating the trick from the last time.

This was an air battle that stunned the Germans and cheered the French. One against three, the result was 3 to 0. When the last German plane was hit and black smoke emitted, Muen waved his fist excitedly

, then turned around again like a demonstration over the German position, and then walked away. The German position and the French position were not too far apart, no more than two thousand meters, and the French soldiers on the position could see clearly.

Some soldiers jumped out of the trenches happily and cheered excitedly.

Of course, the Germans who had suffered a loss could not make the French too happy. In less than a minute, mortar shells came. How dare you jump like this? What do you think this is? Naturally, the French army was not to be outdone and quickly responded with artillery fire.

, after a wonderful air battle, the German and French armies engaged in an artillery battle.

Unexpectedly, the artillery battle became more and more intense. At first, it was just some small-caliber artillery. Later, the German heavy artillery joined in, and the French heavy artillery also opened fire one after another. Later, with an order from the German General Staff, the German army prepared for a large-scale artillery fire.

here we go.

It seemed to be a coincidence. When the news that three German planes were shot down reached the German command headquarters, the battle commander Ludendorff heard that it was Chinese planes fighting. He unexpectedly made a decision to launch the attack 24 hours in advance.

Battle. In fact, the main factor in making this decision was intelligence that the Chinese Expeditionary Force's 21 infantry divisions and a tank brigade were marching towards Saint-Meneuld. This intelligence led to Ludendorff's decision

The reason is very simple. From any point of view, it is definitely better to defeat and destroy the current French army before the more than 300,000 people arrive than to launch the attack according to the scheduled time.

It will only lead to the failure of the battle. More than 300,000 Chinese infantry troops are not a small force. Sometimes the key to a battle is the appearance of a few infantry divisions at the critical time and place.

Pilot Mu En never imagined that his act of looking for trouble would become the prelude to the battle codenamed "Iron Fist".

The purpose of Operation "Iron Fist" was not to use armored troops as the main assault force, but to prepare with fierce artillery fire, and then launch an attack with infantry. After opening a gap in the French position, the armored troops followed the

This gap is a deep assault. Bob's mission is to pounce on the French second line of defense as quickly as possible after the German army breaks through the first line of defense of the French army. After opening a gap, he does not stop and continues to move towards

They pounced on the flanks of Champagne in the direction of Reims, cutting off the connection between the French army and Champagne.

In other words, the purpose of this German military operation is not to capture Paris, but to encircle and annihilate the main force of the French army in the direction of Verdun and Champagne. The boldness of this operational plan is far beyond

It exceeded the imagination of the French army. You must know that the French army deployed 50 infantry divisions with more than 700,000 troops on the Champagne-Verdun line. Together with other troops, the total strength was close to 800,000. And the German army was

The strength of the troops on this front line was basically the same as that of the French army. To use a considerable amount of troops to surround and annihilate the opponent was an operational idea that ordinary people could not think of, but Ludendorff thought of it and did it.

The battle is divided into two stages. The first stage is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the French army on the Verdun front line, about 300,000 people. Bob's task is to rush through Saint-Ménéourde in the shortest possible time. This stage is based on armored

The main force of the commando group is 580 tanks, three cavalry divisions, and three infantry divisions running in cars. This is a bold attempt by the German army, and the person who proposed this attempt is none other than Bob

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How to use armored forces to carry out rapid assaults, divide and surround opponents, Bob has accumulated a certain amount of experience on the Eastern Front battlefield, so this battle is not a blind battle, but a very targeted battle.

The German army only had three hours to prepare for this artillery fire, but this time the artillery preparation was quite special. It concentrated on one point of the French army. At the same time, the German aircraft took off to find and bomb the French artillery positions. The German aircraft were at

Improvements were made on the basis of Chinese aircraft, especially the engine reaching 450 horsepower. From this point alone, the Germans are indeed very powerful. It is a pity that the German army has not yet realized the importance of fighter jets. In this time and space, although bombers have

The level has improved a lot, but there is no corresponding high-performance fighter. In this sense, Muen is just out of luck.

When the German army began to prepare for artillery fire, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had only loaded three corps. There were still four corps waiting to be loaded. At this time, Cai E received a telegram from the French Commander-in-Chief Xiafei, requesting the Chinese Expeditionary Force to

Assemble to Paris as quickly as possible.

This change was shocking, and soon Cai E received another telegram from Feng Hua of the Air Force. The telegram stated that the German army began artillery preparations at 9 o'clock this morning.

Cai E immediately realized that the German army had taken action and got ahead of the French army. Frankly speaking, Cai E was quite speechless at this time. The reason was that although the French army was a powerful force in Europe, after a period of contact, it was not difficult to find that the French army

The organization was very poor and did not fully demonstrate the combat effectiveness of the French army. Combined with the previous battles, the French army performed quite clumsily. If the German army had not also made mistakes, the war might have been over.

Let's put it this way, the French army is still very strong in defense, but not offensively. Of course, the French army at this stage is indeed relatively backward in tactics, but in the subsequent Battle of the Somme, the French army used barrages to

As a means, some achievements have been achieved. In parallel history, barrage Xujin was a tactic invented by the French, but in this time and space, barrage Xujin was the first to be used by the German army in Europe.

After three hours of artillery preparation, the German artillery fire extended and the infantry launched a charge. Just five hundred meters in front of the infantry line, the German artillery fire created a wall and slowly advanced. This is the so-called barrage advance.

The resistance of the French army cannot be said to be tenacious, but in the face of the full preparations of the German army, the French army could only be beaten passively. Before the fierce fighting continued until dark, the German army broke through the first line of defense of the French army and at a point on the French army's defense line.

A gap was cut in the sky. Although it was already dusk, the German tank troops attacked.

This is the biggest feature of Bob's tactics this time, full of suddenness. No one expected that the German tanks would attack at night. Using the cover of night, the German tanks rushed towards the predetermined target. The target of the assault group was on the map
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