Chapter 1,589 Confrontation 1
Chapter 1589 Confrontation 1
Xiafei's inference was actually correct. Although the German army caused great losses to the French army on the southern front and delayed the opponent's attack, strategically speaking, the French army still had the advantage, and the two-line encirclement was close at hand, so even if After winning the tactical victory, Mike had to immediately withdraw his troops to the north and hastily organize a defense line. After all, before Count Schmidt's other troops were in place, the only defensive force that could be relied on on the southern front was the one directly under Major General Mike. Armored Battalion.
And in the afternoon of that day, when Count Schmidt brought another Wolf tank battalion to the position, the Bavarian Army finally had the strength to take the initiative again. At this time, 90 Wolf tanks and 90 Wolf tanks were concentrated near the station. With various other vehicles, the Bavarian mobile reinforcements at this time already have the capital to fight the French army!
So the question now before Count 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 only rushed back to the headquarters that night, reported to Count Schmidt the situation of 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 situation of the Air Force, Count Schmidt determined that it would be difficult for the French army on the southern front to launch an effective attack for at least three days. On the one hand, it was to repair damaged vehicles. On the other hand, due to logistical pressure, the French lost a large amount of supplies and transport vehicles behind enemy lines, and they needed time to replenish their losses.
"I don't think it is a good choice to concentrate our forces to attack the French army on the southern front. After all, the distance between us and them is about 40 kilometers. Even if we use the night time, we can only approach covertly. And when it gets dawn, we Just facing the French defense line. If we detour from the flank, only a small number of fast wheeled armored vehicles and half-track vehicles can do it, but they lack protection. The most critical problem is that it is difficult for us to quickly solve a well-prepared vehicle in a short time. 's, French armored division deployed."
"Major General Mike bought us 3 days, and the French troops on the northern front have become entangled with our peripheral defense line. They can't leave even if they want to. At this time, we should concentrate our efforts to defeat the northern front first, and then target The Southern Front! We don't have enough troops, so if we can temporarily avoid fighting on two fronts, we will naturally deal with the Northern Front first." Count Schmidt decided to attack the Northern Front first.
At the same time, French Major General Davier, who commanded the northern front, also received a telegram from Joffre: A German armored unit appeared on the battlefield. They had attacked the French army on the southern front, and asked him to be careful. After seeing this intelligence, Davier could only smile bitterly and order the troops to shrink to a limited extent, and even withdraw from some unnecessary positions. After all, he could not imagine that while fighting the Germans frontally, he could not attack the Germans from the side. Suddenly pierced by an armored force!
However, Major General Davell's actions were still a little slow. The next morning, a complete Wolf tank battalion commanded by Count Schmidt had already launched an attack on the French army.
Behind them are a large number of truck guns, wheeled armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery.
A year later, the Bavarian Armored Forces once again showed themselves in full force to the French! Neither side had strong long-range fire support, and due to today's weather, the air forces of both sides did not join the battlefield. Under the gray sky, the Bavarian armored forces once again launched an attack formation that once shocked the entire Europe!
60 Wolf tanks lined up in a neat wedge-shaped attack formation like ancient heavy cavalry. Every 20 tanks formed an attack wedge. Three wedges were spread out across a width of 2,500 meters in the front. In the dim sunlight, they looked gray and yellow. The paint is flashing with a chilling light, the slender main gun, and the thick frontal armor. This is almost a modern replica of the Teutonic Knights who were once famous in the Middle Ages.
Behind the frontal attacking troops, various armored vehicles entered the battle in order. Behind the tanks were support teams composed of half-track transport vehicles and self-propelled artillery. Further back, some unclear vehicles Hidden in smoke. A simple but efficient attacking formation. As the French Army, which has fought countless battles with the Prussian armored forces on the Western Front, the French defense is also well done!
Generally speaking, Bavaria's armored forces are very advantageous. After the front-line troops are gradually transformed into Wolf tanks, the Bavarian tank forces have stabilized their opponents. The French will definitely suffer in a frontal confrontation. Therefore, even the French armored forces will never engage in a cavalry-style frontal confrontation with the Germans in an open area unless absolutely necessary! Therefore, in line with the principle of being cowardly when it is time to be cowardly, the French armored forces decisively retreated to the back and deployed a circle of combat anti-aircraft artillery on the front where the Germans were attacking!
"The Germans' formation is very wide!" The French anti-tank artillery hidden in the bunker observed the Germans on the opposite side. Like the Germans, their tactical training manual also requires that they close in before attacking, and because of this The first time they faced was a Wolf tank, so the French gunners were limited to shooting within a distance of 500 meters. Considering that the first round of shooting was usually a correction shot, the actual hit distance may be within 350 meters! The too close shooting distance greatly reduced the depth of the French's defense, and this time on the battlefield, the French found that they encountered more problems.
The too loose formation of the German tanks meant that only a small part of the entire armored force was within the firing range of the combat artillery. When the opponent approached 600 meters, the French expressed silence. At a distance of 500 meters, only a small part of the tank force in a wedge-shaped formation was within the shooting range. About 6 Wolf tanks were within shooting distance, and the others were patrolling outside the effective range of the French. The French waited patiently until they found half-track vehicles appearing in the field of vision, and Until you start putting down the infantry!
Da da da……. The Hotchkiss machine guns deployed on the front line finally opened fire. They absolutely could not tolerate the penetration of German infantry! The Germans' methodical attacks and gradual pressure caught the French off guard. Some machine gun teams that were almost touched by the German infantry finally couldn't help but fire! And the chain reaction caused by this directly detonated the war situation! The intensive sound of machine gunfire broke the tranquility of the early morning and kicked off the bloody battle!
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