Chapter 1658 Destruction 2
Chapter 1658 Destruction 2
However, Major General Mike is still very confident in his combat effectiveness. The source of this confidence lies not in the armored vehicles and truck guns in his hands, but in the small half of a French divisional artillery he just picked up from the battlefield! Three 155MM howitzers and five 105MM artillery pieces plus relatively sufficient ammunition, this is no joke!
Although according to the latest intelligence, there are at least 1,000 garrison troops in the station opposite, and an infantry regiment is stationed next to the station, but for the strengthened Storm Battle Group at this time, there is still complete firepower on our side. Advantage!
"Get ready to attack! Don't save artillery shells. Suppress the opponent as soon as possible." In order to comply with Major General Mike's order, under the cover of night, the artillery position was specially moved forward to the front line. It was originally used for long distances. The suppressed artillery was directly pressed against the French's head. And at the darkest moment of the day, the third battle of the Storm Battle Group finally started!
"What is this?" A French sentry was staring boredly into the dark night. Suddenly, a sudden fire in the night caught his attention. About 4,000 meters away, a ball of flame rose from the ground. , a few seconds later, a huge explosion came from a bunker 500 meters away from me! A plume of smoke rose into the sky and blew the entire bunker to pieces. You didn't need to look to see that the 75MM rapid-fire gun hidden in the bunker and the gun crew on duty were completely destroyed!
"This is a large-caliber artillery! It's at least a 155MM-level artillery, and it's definitely not a mortar!" As a veteran of the Western Front, the sentry immediately judged the opponent's firepower level from the power of the artillery. From the opponent's range and the approximate flight time of the shells, he could tell that this was not a mortar. The mortar's range was not very far, and the shells flew very slowly!
An inexplicable fear came to mind. A unit with 155MM-level artillery must be at least a division-level organization. "Could it be that a German division just rushed into our hinterland?!" A terrible guess slowly emerged from the sentry's mind.
"Maybe a small German unit brought a 150MM self-propelled howitzer?" The soldier tried to comfort himself. After all, this time they were facing the Bavarian Corps, which had a very large number of self-propelled howitzers, so the small unit Is it possible to occasionally bring a large-caliber howitzer?
However, the subsequent roars of heavy artillery tore the French's last illusion to pieces! The fierce firepower of eight medium-caliber or above artillery pieces instantly covered the French positions hastily deployed outside the station. And then the sound of rapid firing of 75MM artillery, which was as dense as exploding beans, completely shattered the French's will to resist.
After all, not all French troops can persist in resistance under adversity. To be honest, the two groups that Major General Mike encountered before were still very strong in combat quality and will to resist.
Although the sneak attack at night is a crushing situation, it is based on the sneak attack and absolute firepower. How much firepower can a divisional guard battalion have? It is normal for the infantry regiment that came later to be defeated by an ambush exceeding brigade-level artillery. Although the battle during the day was won, it also cost the major general a lot of blood. Although the French lost, their performance was still above the standard.
But tonight, the major general had better luck. He encountered a unit with a low combat effectiveness and a small number of troops. The so-called garrison of 1,000 people, about half of which were railway soldiers and engineers. These people repaired The railway is a good player, but in terms of combat effectiveness? It's on the same level as the cooking class...
The fierce artillery fire instantly suppressed the few artillery and machine gun positions of the French. The temporary bunkers built with sandbags, stones and logs could not block the attacks of artillery of various calibers. The defense line established hastily by the French was destroyed by rounds of fire. The waves turned into ashes.
Under the cover of machine gun fire, the German infantry, which had approached more than 300 meters away from the French position, launched an attack. They used submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles to quickly harvest the lives of the remaining French troops between the ruins and trenches. The skirmisher lines were like The noose generally tightened gradually, and eventually the French wave was surrounded and annihilated.
The whole battle did not last long. The French infantry regiment next door began to prepare for reinforcements, but was beaten back by fierce firepower. This was just an ordinary infantry regiment. The number of 75MM rapid-fire cannons was not enough for 8, or even When the latter realized that the station could not be saved, they took the initiative to retreat to temporarily distance themselves. So, less than an hour later, Major General Mike and his staff set foot on the station.
"This seems easy," said an officer standing among the ruins.
"When you have six 75MM rapid-fire artillery batteries and two howitzer batteries, it will definitely be easy to attack a station with less than a thousand defenses. The French cannons helped us a lot." Major General Mike looked at it with satisfaction. Let’s look at the situation on the battlefield.
"However, our battle has just begun. Tomorrow, we will face the French coming like a flood! Therefore, we must build a breakwater immediately!" said the major general.
According to the conservation law of RP, although the German army quickly captured this vital station, there was not much heavy equipment and ammunition to replenish it. Most of what was transported in this wave was oil, food, various tents and the like. There was some ammunition, but not much.
But at this time, the German army could not care about other things. Using this last period of time, the Germans built a new position based on the French position. At the same time, they used the buildings, wagons, locomotives or anything else in the station that could be used. The things on it serve as obstacles and cover. At the same time, the Major General also sent a telegram to Count Schmidt stating that the plan was successful. A big net has been unfolded and will eventually be closed!
This was two consecutive nights when he was woken up from his sleep. Xiafei, who had just slept for less than 2 hours, was woken up from the bed again. The general who got up very angry originally wanted to find a punching bag to get angry, but when he saw the intelligence After that, I felt a stream of cold air rushing directly from my tailbone to my forehead, and instantly turned into cold sweat. My brain, which was still a little dazed, immediately woke up. Even the hand holding the telegram was trembling slightly.
"This is really bad!" A thought popped out of Xiafei's heart. Now he even regretted that he could not evacuate directly to the seaside. If he evacuated directly, at least some people could be saved!
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