Chapter 1663 The Final Battle 4
Chapter 1663 The Last Battle 4
"German bombers! They are coming! There are too many of them!"
"Where are our fighters?"
"Oh God, they almost flew over my head!" When the wings of death were in the sky, the fear of being dominated by flames falling from the sky on the battlefield once again haunted the hearts of the French. They prayed that British aircraft could provide help again, but little did they know that the British Air Force suffered even greater losses than the French army. Moreover, this battle broke out suddenly, and the British lacked preparation. In the first wave of hastily assembled fighter jets, After the group was repelled, the Bavarian Air Force began the most satisfying ground attack since entering Asia Minor!
boom! When the first group of 500KG bombs landed, earthquake-like vibrations instantly spread around. The Germans first targeted a heavy artillery position. Eight 152MM cannons were placed on this 700-meter-wide and 400-meter-long stretch. And 6 120MM cannons! Their arrogant spitting of firepower made them the first target to be locked. 10 K-6 bombers first flew over this area, and then tilted 15 tons of bombs towards the target in less than 5 minutes!
A few minutes later, continuous explosions rang out from the battlefield. The heavy artillery position that was so arrogant a few minutes ago was reduced to ashes amidst the flames and explosions! The plume of smoke from the explosion even shot up hundreds of meters into the air. Huge craters and radiating damage were connected together. Except for some wreckage on the ground that could not be seen at all, there was nothing left. Only the charred earth was left. The mixed attack of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs not only destroyed the entire artillery position, but even the area where vehicles were parked not far away was also blown into a white field. Viewed from the air, the artillery position that had just been cared for looked like a deep scar left on the ground.
However, this was just the beginning. After groups of bombers launched air strikes one after another, the originally fierce French artillery positions were either completely destroyed or suppressed. They were even hidden among the wreckage of houses and escaped the German tank guns. The anti-tank gun position of the grenade was not immune to this round of attacks!
If the collapsed houses had given the French some cover before, then now, the incendiary bombs falling from the sky were like death reminders! A single incendiary bomb can quickly burn out all nearby objects within thousands of square meters, and the French bunkers and artillery hidden under the wooden bunkers will naturally not be spared. Under the baptism of tons of incendiary bombs, the entire town was engulfed in the sky-high flames. The black smoke column could be seen clearly even on another battlefield dozens of kilometers away, but it was originally hidden inside. The result of the French is also conceivable. They may die from high temperature, poison gas or the collapse of the bunker. Of course, the greatest possibility is to be directly killed by the freed-up Bavarian Legion during the withdrawal.
The bomber's attacks are short and violent, and they are unstoppable when attacking like a heavy hammer. However, due to the limitations of the technological level of this era,
As well as the factors of too many ground targets, such an attack could not completely solve the problem. Then, another air force tactic that appeared in World War I appeared, which was to use small bombs and machine guns to continuously straf exposed artillery positions. Suppress your opponent. Historically, Germany's first attack aircraft carried out suppressive operations against artillery positions in the late stages of World War I. Generally speaking, the effect was pretty good.
But this time, not only did the K-6 bombers use their hedgehog-like machine guns to fire wildly at the ground, but even some fighter units joined the ground-clearing operation when they had nothing to do. They even lowered their level to At a height of about 50 meters, it flew almost over the heads of the French, and then poured hundreds of bullets from machine guns and large-caliber machine guns on the target. The whizzing bullets cleared the ground over and over again, and countless soldiers were cut in two by the flying bullets in the rain of bullets like death scythes. When these planes fly over, the friction of the air produces a harsh noise and the roar of guns in the ears. After endless rounds of strafing the ground. Part of the French army finally collapsed!
The Bavarian Army, which seized the opportunity, responded very appropriately. First, the howitzer troops, which had recovered from the intensive bombardment by the British, immediately launched a counterattack, relying on sound positioning equipment and aerial reconnaissance (there was equipment that relied on sound to locate artillery positions in World War I, and it was developed by the British). The self-propelled howitzers immediately aimed at the French artillery positions and began to suppress the artillery that the air force had not noticed for the time being.
After some rest, under the leadership of the remaining Wolf tanks, the attack mode was once again launched, with the tanks as the lead, the armored personnel carriers carrying infantry to follow, and the truck cannons providing fire cover. To be honest, although the French bombardment just now was fierce and caused a lot of casualties, it was still a little worse than hurting the bones.
The attack from the French's large-caliber cannon was indeed very sharp, and the first few minutes were terrifying. However, the tanks were mobile after all. Prior to this, the experienced Bavarian armored forces had also encountered many ambushes on the battlefield. One If the tank company commander has not survived more than 5 ambushes, he is basically not qualified to ascend. Therefore, although some people are slow, most people still release smoke immediately and take evasive routes to dodge.
The French's concentrated long-range artillery firepower is indeed good, but the most critical problem is that it does not last long... The German bombers are coming. The first wave of killing unsuspecting and exposed infantry on the battlefield is indeed very powerful, but it is not so good for the infantry in armored personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery with certain armor protection. So, to sum it up, the French had a good start, but the time was too short. This is why Count Schmidt still took the initiative when he realized that there might be problems on the front, thinking that today's air superiority was too great. .
And just as the frontal battlefield was gradually turning the tide of the battle, Xiafei's troops rushing out from the side also kicked the iron plate! Although Xiafei has prepared so much for the French army, the premise for the success of all this is based on the fact that his own armored forces can cut through the opponent's front line, that is, the opponent's armored forces are not strong enough to stop them. This wave of attacks. The so-called armored spearhead itself is not strong enough, it's just a hairy spearhead!
As a result, the French FT10 collided with the tank reserve in the hands of Count Schmidt.
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