The roaring artillery fire sounded, and the French troops, who had just arrived at the front, were taught a lesson by the anti-French alliance with artillery.

A shell that fell from the sky fell less than a hundred meters from the French front headquarters, and a wave of scattered shrapnel took away three officers who had come to the meeting.

Among them was Major General Andouin Urien, commander of the French 9th Division, who was the highest-ranking officer killed in the French army since the outbreak of war.

After receiving this bad news, Admiral Udino, who successfully snatched the former commander of the enemy, had a gloomy and terrible face.

"Colonel Rick, send someone to re-scout the enemy's artillery deployment, you must find out why the enemy's shells can be hit here?"

Oudino is also a veteran on the battlefield, and the choice of the command is also thoughtful, and it is impossible to put the command under the enemy's guns to die.

Whether it was an accident or something else, now they're moving again. Otherwise, when the meeting was held, the enemy's shell fell, and the French command system would be scrapped.

Colonel Rick replied affirmatively: "Admiral, there is no need to re-investigate, I have personally checked the results of the previous investigation, and it is impossible for the enemy to make large-scale adjustments in a short period of time."

Judging by the sound and the power of the shells, this is not an army field artillery.

It was not far from the Rhine, and it was supposed that the enemy had used the navy as a mobile battery. ”

The flow of water in the Rhine is not small, and small warships are already navigable. And the navies of Belgium and the German Confederation happen to be pocket-sized versions.

There was nothing to do against the French navy, so they could only hide in the harbor and shiver. Now that the war requires, it is logical to transfer part of it into the Rhine.

Even if a large warship can't get in, you can first dismantle the gun and use it as a fortress gun. It's a matter of life and death, and no one cares if it's a waste of smashing pots and selling iron.

The firing range and power of naval artillery are not comparable to that of army field artillery. Airship high-altitude reconnaissance, there is no way to distinguish so carefully, and it is normal for range estimation to be wrong.

Admiral Oudino cursed: "Damn it, send electricity to the rear, let them hurry up and bring the heavy artillery over!"

Don't stand one by one, immediately pack up your things, and move the headquarters back one kilometer, not three kilometers. ”

There was no way, the French advanced too fast again, and the heavy artillery units could not keep up with the speed and were left behind.

With only a few field guns carried by the forward troops, the firepower of the anti-French coalition forces is not at the same level at all.

In the midst of the panic, Admiral Oudino retreated his headquarters three kilometers and made sure that he was free from the threat of enemy artillery fire before continuing the unfinished military meeting.

In any case, the battle will still be fought. Even if the enemy's naval artillery had been ignored before, the French still had to attack.

It was now necessary to rush for time, and according to the intelligence from the spies, on average, an Austrian infantry division arrived at the front every day.

At this rate, it won't be long before the balance of forces between the two sides is reversed.

In the evening, the lights in the French headquarters were bright, and Admiral Oudino said with grief: "Major General Anduin Ureon died heroically, and now I appoint Colonel Founcy to take his place as commander of the 9th Division for the time being.

This was followed by an afternoon military session. Now that the situation on the battlefield has changed, we have to take into account the enemy's superiority in firepower, and the original battle plan is no longer in order. ”

Change the battle plan?

It's a joke, and no one except Admiral Oudino himself knows what the so-called battle plan is.

In fact, Admiral Oudino himself may not have had a battle plan. The battlefield is ever-changing, and making a battle plan without knowing anything is itself irresponsible.

Generally speaking, everyone's battle plan is made while fighting. That's a strategic plan, not a tactical plan.

It is a pity that the command system of the French army is not so advanced. The so-called strategic plan is usually made up by the commander with a pat on the head.

"Admiral, there's no need to be so troublesome. The artillery has no way to suppress the enemy's fire, and we can also send out airship troops.

As soon as the enemy's artillery positions are exposed, I will go over and bomb to see who can consume whom. ”

It was proposed by a middle-aged officer, a staunch supporter of the airship faction in the French army, as a result of the Franz butterfly effect.

Since the Austrian airship galloped in the Ottoman Empire, air supremacy has been released in advance, but this idea is not yet perfect.

At present, everyone admires the use of airship bombing to destroy the enemy's positions and fortresses and create an advantage for the ground forces to attack.

Oudino nodded: "Good suggestion, when the special ammunition for the airship unit arrives, send them out to give the enemy some color." ”

War is the biggest catalyst for the progress of military science and technology, and in the past decade or so, the European continent has experienced several wars in the past decade or so.

Today, airship units have become an important part of the armies of various countries. Some countries are even preparing to strip the airship forces and form separate services.

Since the airship unit is so important, the ammunition specially used for airship bombing naturally came into being.

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On November 11, 1890, under the orders of Admiral Oudinot, the French army launched an all-out attack on the anti-French alliance under the threat of artillery fire.

The trumpet sounded, and the heroic French loaded their bayonets and charged the coalition positions ahead.

500m, 300m, 200m...... Suddenly, at the time of one hundred and fifty meters, one after another fire snakes erupted.

The intertwined machine-gun fire, as soon as it appeared, brought heavy casualties to the French army, and many people fell in response before they could react.

The mechanical command system played a role at this time. The horn of the charge continued, and the soldiers could only rush upward.

The machine gun was familiar to everyone, but the French were familiar with the bulky Gatling, not the light and agile Maxin.

The wrong perception made the French military top brass underestimate the lethality of machine guns.

Seeing the words "heavy casualties", Admiral Oudino sneered: "These guys are simply a disgrace to France."

I wouldn't mind taking them all to court-martialed if possible. What is not good to learn, to learn from timid Italians, am I really a fool?

Pass the order down, give me an all-out attack at all costs. Let the Overseer go to the front line to keep an eye on it, and all the guys who cheat the corpse will have nothing to eat tonight. ”

There is no way, the Italians are already famous. With the French army recruiting a large number of Italians, the widely circulated battlefield survival manual also spread among the French army.

The purely French troops are fine, and some of the troops mixed with the Italians have already acquired the vice of fear of death.

In the previous battle, Admiral Oudino had seen with his own eyes that when a unit charged during the day, countless officers and soldiers bravely fell under the enemy's guns, for which he also left tears of emotion.

However, it was these brave and righteous fellows who came back to life one after another when the commander ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Since then, Admiral Oudino has had a new understanding of the words "heavy casualties".

"Yes!"

The herald's voice rang out.

No one knew what kind of disaster this order would bring to the French army on the front line, and at this time everyone was still imagining tearing through the defense line of the coalition army.

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It was not only the army that was in trouble, but also the French airship unit that had just appeared over the Austrians, and at this time they also encountered the greatest enemy of their lives.

Dropping a bomb on the airship, Haudeson suddenly exclaimed, "Tom, what kind of bird is that in front of you, and why does it look so weird?" ”

Tom, who was manipulating the machine gun, was not much better than him at this time, and he also looked ahead with a blank expression.

After flying in the sky for a long time, they can be regarded as well-informed, and they can't say everything, anyway, they have seen most of the birds in Europe.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and they could already roughly see the outline of the plane, and a young man suddenly reacted: "It seems to be the plane mentioned in the newspaper." ”

By this time, the bullets were already whistling. Those who realize it later also know that this is the enemy coming.

Tom, as a machine gunner, instantly became energetic. After waiting for so long, it was finally his turn to exert his power.

However, an embarrassing scene emerged. Compared to the big guy of the airship, the enemy's plane was so nimble that he couldn't aim at all.

There is no way, the French airship is equipped with a big killing weapon like Gatling. The power is enough, the rest is tragic.

Tom, who ran over them and was holding a machine gun, didn't know what to do.

This headache didn't last long for him to end, and it ended with the fall of the airship.

After realizing that something was wrong, panic spread among the French airship troops, but unfortunately it was too late to run at this time.

Like a meteor shower, the French airships kept falling downward. The officers and men of France and Austria who witnessed this scene knew that an era was over.

The new king ascends the throne, and the old one ends. The French airship unit used its life to draw a blood-red end to the end of the airship era.