Chapter 1652 Wilderness Rangers 2
Chapter 1652 Wilderness Rangers 2
"The scale of our target is very large. From past experience, it seems that it should be a division-level headquarters, and there should be at least one battalion of guard troops next to it. There seems to be an infantry regiment near the headquarters. . But there shouldn’t be any heavy weapons.” In the last reconnaissance, the Bavarian Legion had almost touched the garrison around the French.
"A division headquarters plus a guard battalion must have at least 2,000 people. As for an infantry regiment, although it is unclear whether it is fully staffed, the number of personnel will not be less than this number. The total force we can invest is about 70 vehicles All kinds of tanks and 2,500 infantry." Mike calculated the strength of both sides in his mind, and he had a clear advantage in firepower. Well, great, let’s do it!
In the next two hours, dozens of vehicles and more than 2,000 reinforcements participating in the battle began to deploy outside the French command post. After the vanguard successfully eliminated the peripheral reconnaissance posts, the leading troops of the Bavarian Army had already approached. A few hundred meters away from the target!
"Let's start!" After checking his deployment for the last time, Major General Mike finally issued the attack order. The mortars and the 75MM truck gun behind them launched the attack first. The roar of the artillery broke the silence of the night, and the French were unaware of the attack. Unprepared, the Storm Battle Group launched its first battle!
"Huh?!" The target seems to be such a weakling! After less than 20 minutes of fighting, Major General Mike felt that the attack was going unusually smoothly. The artillery shells carried by the troops were limited, and it was impossible to prepare for a full hour of firepower like in a positional battle. In fact, the suppression time of rapid-fire artillery and mortars was only ten minutes. Then, under the cover of armored vehicles, a large number of infantry tore through the French outermost defense line with a single charge. When he saw his armored vehicles rushing in, When we reached the French camp, it was only 18 minutes!
After looking around the battlefield, he was able to confirm that this time, the French were really weak! The size of the camp determines that once the French cannot hold back the front, there will be absolutely no chance to reorganize. As for the civilian personnel and logistics personnel of the division, you cannot count on their high combat effectiveness. The only thing that can really fight is a guard battalion. However, What can a battalion-sized unit have? There are no 75 rapid-fire guns!
On the armored vehicle, the fire net composed of large-caliber machine guns and machine guns successfully suppressed the French counterattack. With almost no cover, no matter whether the French charged, retreated, or lay down, they would not What's the difference? The bullets fired by machine guns of various calibers against the ground suppressed the Frenchmen, while the artillery shells exploding in the air swept thousands of steel balls across the entire battlefield. Groups of Frenchmen were blown up by flying shrapnel. of crushing. The German infantry who followed closely followed the situation and went up to replenish their guns.
The French troops next to the French headquarters realized that the headquarters had been attacked, and decided to support the attacked headquarters. However, their situation was even worse. When a large number of French infantry and a small amount of artillery rushed to the battlefield, they were ambushed on both sides. Armored vehicles and mortars suddenly launched an attack.
The flares rose into the air and illuminated the entire battlefield like daylight. When the French were panicking, dense machine gun bullets and artillery shells passed through the neat queue of the French. Needless to say, the result was that the long queue was directly Beaten into several pieces, the sudden attack instantly shattered the French's will to fight, and the casualties caused made the French army's support operations come to nothing.
"In the first few minutes of the war, we caused at least more than 500 casualties to the French. Even in the dark night, you can use the dim light to see the piles of corpses and burning vehicles lying on the road. Our first I realized once that a moving infantry unit was so vulnerable in front of a large number of armored vehicles." A soldier who participated in this battle recalled after the war.
The attack went unusually smoothly. It only took less than 50 minutes to kill the French division headquarters. No important personnel in the entire division headquarters were missed. Perhaps the Germans were more lucky. The third round of shelling covered the division. Headquarters command post, and all the personnel on duty that night were killed in this round of shelling, and other important personnel were unable to escape under the cover of darkness. After all, you can never run on wheels with two legs!
"Let's take care of that infantry regiment again!" Major General Mike, feeling unusually smooth, decisively launched the second wave of offensive. And this time, without the protection of armored troops, the combat effectiveness of the infantry is also unusually fragile! The entire regiment now has four 75MM rapid-fire guns. (Under normal circumstances in World War I, division-level artillery was owned by independent artillery battalions or companies, and ordinary infantry had very few artillery.) Hits in the dark are naturally beyond praise.
Although the Germans may not be that good at shooting, they have so many guns! Facing the unprotected 75MM rapid-fire gun, the 2-pound gun can cover the entire gun crew in one round. And after losing artillery support, facing hundreds of large-caliber machine guns and dozens of various artillery pieces, the French infantry regiment, which had lost too much blood, was finished without much jumping! And this victory greatly increased Mike's confidence.
"Perhaps, next time, our attack target should be set higher!" This time, Mike will no longer be satisfied with the strategy of secretly grabbing a wave and leaving. He is now really considering using a surprise attack to defeat a group of enemies. The possibility of supporting the main force of the French army!
"Let's attack this place tomorrow!" Major General Mike drew a big circle somewhere on the map. This is the march of another French division, which is 30 kilometers away from their current position.
"If we attack here, I'm afraid we can only fight after dawn." The staff officer next to him said.
"It doesn't matter, let's take a rest, and then after dawn, the entire army can arrive on the battlefield within an hour and a half at most, and then quickly enter the battle. At this time, the French should have just finished breakfast and are ready to set off." Major General Mike said.
"But this unit carries a certain amount of artillery." The staff reminded again.
"Then take out the artillery first. What's more, their marching column is too long. How can a few artillery take care of the entire army?" Major General Mike said nonchalantly.
So, after roughly cleaning up the battlefield and collecting some usable supplies from the French, the Storm Battle Group embarked on the journey again. This time, the Germans were so confident that they even claimed in Major General Mike's postwar memoirs that "I fought too conservatively in the first battle."
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