Chapter 206 This Is Charles' Style

Mortars suppressed German trenches. They had a short range and could coordinate closely with infantry and tanks.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the tanks and infantry slowly advanced towards the enemy's trenches.

The tank is a "Mark I" type. Its 17mm front armor is slightly insufficient, but this is not a big problem. Before the war, it can be dealt with by temporarily tying a layer of sandbags in front of its armor.

It doesn't matter if the barbed wire is not removed. The "Mark I"'s wide tracks can easily crush it or even carry it away.

But Browne took one thing into consideration: "The iron wire may get caught in the tracks and road wheels. There is no problem in breaking through the defense line, but it will need maintenance immediately after the war, otherwise it will not be able to walk more than ten kilometers."

Colonel Estini agreed: "We should spend some time dismantling the barbed wire fence, which will save more time for the subsequent battle!"

So there was a scene of engineers hooking away barbed wire before the war.

The gunfire suddenly stopped.

The German soldiers emerged from the trenches one by one and suddenly discovered that the enemy tank was right in front of them. The tall body was like a giant, and the black machine gun muzzle was its eyes, glowing with cold light in the rain. People shudder.

The panicked German soldiers tried to organize a defense, but the machine guns violently breathed tongues of fire at them.

The dense rain of bullets made them unable to raise their heads. Before they had time to react, another row of grenades fell from the sky and flew into the trench...

The French offensive and firepower were connected layer by layer: mortars, tanks, grenades, all coordinated perfectly with each other, leaving no chance for the Germans.

The German army lacked not only tactics but also equipment.

In principle, the best way to deal with mortars is mortars.

But the Germans had no mortars.

The best way to deal with grenades is to throw out a row of grenades to explode a barrage in front of the trench, but their grenades are still in their primitive stages and are not equipped in batches.

As a result, the German army was suppressed by the French army throughout the entire battle and was unable to fight back.

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Bazel escaped from a sea of ​​​​blood and corpses under the cover of his men. He thought that the enemy would expand the results from the breakthrough point and attack the entire defense line, but the enemy did not do so.

The battlefield became quiet again, and Bazel, who was on his way to escape, looked back in confusion.

No enemies, no tanks, and no grenades!

If it weren't for the mess on the battlefield littered with the corpses of German soldiers, Bazell couldn't even believe that the enemy had come.

what happened?

It came so quickly and went so quickly.

In less than twenty minutes, the enemy broke through the defense line and walked away, as if passing by to say hello to the Germans.

Colonel Avery, who had fled far away, panted heavily and turned back and asked doubtfully: "They, they didn't occupy the defense line..."

"They are going to reinforce the besieged French army!" Bazel replied slowly: "They are Charles's troops!"

Colonel Avery's face was filled with surprise for a moment.

Colonel Avery always thought that Charles was just a legend. After all, he had never experienced it on the battlefield with his own eyes. It was probably an image deified by the French.

But what happened today forced him to believe it.

Because it seems that only Ciel's troops can do this.

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General Staff Headquarters, Berlin, Germany.

Falkenhayn leisurely admired the heavy snow falling outside the window. He believed that the first major victory since taking over the command of the German army was about to come, just as unstoppable as the heavy snow.

Falkenhayn would hand over a perfect answer, and he planned to use it to convince the Eastern Front faction of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

The Eastern Front faction believed that the Western Front could not win in the short term, so the main force of the German army should be transferred to the Eastern Front, and then the troops would be transferred back to fully deal with France after the Eastern Front was victorious.

"These idiots!" Falkenhayn muttered to himself facing the snowy white outside the window: "There are no troops to deploy on the Western Front. Not only do we have no troops to deploy, we must continue to increase troops, otherwise there will be no Germany and there will be no Eastern Front! "

At this time, Colonel Moritz, who was guarding in front of the radio, suddenly raised his head and reported, his voice frightened, and it could even be said to be a scream: "General, Charles's troops have appeared, and they broke into our encirclement!"

Falkenhayn was startled and turned his head sharply to look at Moritz.

The people at the command center were also surprised when they heard this, and the movements of their hands visibly stagnated.

Falkenhayn rushed back to his desk, looked at the map, and asked anxiously: "What location? How many troops?"

Colonel Moritz took the telegram and walked quickly to his desk. Before anyone arrived, a voice came: "About two thousand people in the direction of Rhodes!"

Falkenhayn raised his head and looked at Moritz in shock, his tone full of disbelief: "Two thousand people? Two thousand people broke through the defense line of our infantry division with more than 10,000 people stationed?"

A force of more than 10,000 people should be able to block the attack of 20,000 or more enemies, but now it was broken through by 2,000 people.

Colonel Moritz read the telegram again and nodded firmly: "Yes, General, and it only took seventeen minutes. It was Charles' Mark I tank!"

Falkenhayn said "Hmm". This was Ciel's style and he shouldn't be surprised.

Falkenhayn turned his attention to the map again. He first found Rhodes, and then looked at Tram on its extension line. He immediately pointed at the map and ordered: "Deploy troops to reinforce these two places immediately. It is very possible that the Shire Break out from these two places!”

"But General!" Colonel Moritz reminded: "The French army is concentrating its forces to attack Cape Town. They plan to attack from both sides and break out from the front..."

"No!" Falkenhayn interrupted Moritz, his tone was very firm: "Charles will not break out from the front!"

Falkenhayn drew a line in the Cape Town area with his finger and explained: "If Charles's troops penetrate into the town of Lorca to rescue the two troops and then break out from Cape Town, the total route will be more than 30 kilometers!"

Colonel Moritz said "Oh": "The 'Mark I' tanks need to change tracks every 30 kilometers. They can't spend several hours changing tracks while breaking out, so they can only take the shortest route!"

"Yes!" Falkenhayn pointed his finger heavily at the town of Lorca: "Unless he loses the tank here! "

Colonel Moritz added: "Even if he is willing to throw away the tanks, it is not feasible. Without tanks, his troops cannot break through the reverse defense line of Cape Town!"

Falkenhayn smiled and nodded: "Charles is too arrogant. He only brought 2,000 people to break through the siege and fantasize about changing the situation! This time, I want to surround him too!"

"But General!" Colonel Moritz looked embarrassed: "We don't have any extra troops!"

Falkenhayn didn't think much about it, and really ordered: "Call the 4th Reserve Army and ask them to withdraw troops to reinforce the two wings!"

"Yes, General!" Colonel Moritz responded and turned to give orders.