Chapter 1665 The Final Battle 6
Chapter 1665 The Last Battle 6
The formation of the German armored forces began to stretch to both sides, forming a semicircular firepower network. Even if some French tanks tried to release smoke grenades, they could only cover a small area in front, and the sides could not be blocked, so ever , no matter what the French do, there will always be a German tank that can find a suitable attack angle and then deliver a fatal blow!
The French who had already been hit on the head rushed in without caring about the shells fired from all directions. Some French tanks tried to outflank them from both sides, but the equally fast-moving Rhino self-propelled guns and Wasp assault guns easily disintegrated. Despite being outflanked by the French, a Rhino self-propelled gun equipped with a 107MM cannon even easily penetrated an FT10 tank at a distance of 1,200 meters! Countless debris and flames spurted out from the breach, and then a huge fireball appeared on the ground.
"Okay, the overall situation has been decided, and all that's left is a massacre." Count Schmidt, who came to the front line in person, looked at the fighting battlefield in the distance, as well as the constantly beating firelight and sheets of gunpowder smoke, and put down his telescope. When the Saint-Montcha self-propelled artillery, the only French weapon that could restrain the Wolf tank, was temporarily isolated from the rear, the French armored forces' chances of winning were already very slim. How about a frontal impact of the FT10 tank on the Wolf tank? It's just like the T34-85 fighting a leopard head-on, and the difference in numbers is not big... Damn if you can win this!
After the armored forces on the front were torn apart, the French infantry and artillery in the rear were still in chaos and were exposed to the front of the German armored forces. As for the powerful Saint-Montcha? The combat effectiveness of this artillery is definitely not high when there is no MT that can stabilize the front line, because the 40MM machine gun and 50MM light artillery on the opposite side can easily destroy this huge tank. This is what Crispy is talking about!
With a slight advantage in the number of French tanks, the French armored forces did not even last half an hour in this confrontation! After the Wolf tank group plowed through the French lines, at least the wreckage of more than 60 French tanks were left on the battlefield, and more vehicle wreckage and countless French troops fell on the battlefield. The corpse even explains what it means to fall apart!
The rest of the battle can almost be described as cleaning the battlefield. This wave of side attacks by the French Army did not last long. After the front line collapsed, the French army behind them quickly lost their will to resist. With no chance of winning, , and couldn't escape, the French surrendered very simply. On the front, the French relied on a large number of artillery to resist for a slightly longer time, but before sunset, the last important support point of the French army was also destroyed. At this point, except for Xiafei and a small number of personnel who escaped, the remaining nearly 60,000 French soldiers The army was completely destroyed in the following days. The entire battle came to a successful conclusion.
By the way, there is one more thing that needs to be mentioned, and that is the Storm Battle Group that has been stuck on the French army's transportation artery. Although there are not many troops, relying on the large number of captured artillery and relatively sufficient ammunition, when the French do not have enough armored troops, a simple infantry and artillery attack will not put too much pressure on these veterans.
After all, the newly reinforced French troops do not have as many British naval guns as the French army at the beginning. They do not have a certain amount of army-level artillery like the French army that Xiafei belongs to. They are simply division-affiliated artillery. Coupled with the poor supply and the French army's own attitude, it is not resolute. Therefore, after experiencing After two days of unsuccessful attacks, they finally withdrew.
After Xiafei's last elite troops were killed, the French troops who remained on the original French defense line and had been surrounded by the Germans also chose to lay down their weapons when they realized that there was no hope of breaking out. In this way, the French troops in the encirclement were completely exposed. The army brought nearly 60,000 prisoners to the Germans! And if you include the last batch, the total number of prisoners will be nearly 90,000! At this point, the main French combat force in the entire Asia Minor region was almost completely wiped out. The best thing they could do was to defend the coastal areas with the support of naval guns.
As an ally of the French, the British suffered heavy casualties in this battle. At least 30 companies of naval artillery were destroyed, almost shaking the Allies' superiority in heavy artillery, and more than 240 aircraft were lost. The British aviation force in the entire theater suffered heavy blood loss. Now, even if the Bavarian Army has not chosen to go south to cut off the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force, the British have begun to retreat. In the eyes of some people, Ankara, which is so close at hand, is no longer the other side of victory but a bridge of no return!
The German Army, as the victor, admittedly paid a certain price, but most of the losses were recoverable. Even if the prince still had to go south to intercept the British, the collapse of the French allowed the Bavarian Army to come up with at least about 7 divisions. With nearly 120,000 mobile troops, these troops can be used to quickly kill the British, or they can be used in other places, such as Hungary or even Germany!
However, the prince specially allocated two divisions from the seven divisions to do something that more than 90% of people would not think of! These two divisions will be used to launch the Caucasus region outside the team when winter comes, to be precise, the attack on the Baku region! The troops will land in the Transcaucasus under the cover of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet, and control this most important oil field outside the United States as soon as possible! Of course, the specific time depends on when the Russian Revolution breaks out. When the Tsarist government collapses and the whole of Russia falls into chaos, it will be the signal to initiate action. As a time traveler, Germany's insufficient fuel supply has always been a shadow that haunts the prince's mind, and this time, he wants to solve this problem once and for all!
"If we can, we can deal with the British in the next month." Count Caliput once said privately to the prince at a military meeting.
"First hit them hard and make sure they can't cause any trouble. We need them. At least they should exist before New Year's Day next year." The prince thought for a while and said. The whole plan has entered the final stage. He must Let everyone, whether it is the Kaiser or the domestic bourgeois parties, think that the Bavarian Legion has no power to interfere in domestic affairs! This was a very important strategic deception. For this reason, the prince submitted an offensive plan for the Transcaucasus region to the Kaiser and the German General Staff two days after the meeting!
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