"I want revenge, I must take revenge!"

This is the roar of the German crown prince in his headquarters, and there is no need to ask if this is the sequelae of serious injuries caused by Tang Yunyang's looting and blackmail against him last time.

"Yes, Your Highness, but our main force is now on the Verdun side, and we are facing the air force in which the Entente has the upper hand, although we have been fighting with them for several days, the strength of the flying team is still difficult to guarantee, and our attacking forces on the ground are not harmed by enemy aircraft."

Speaking of damage from the air, since the beginning of February at Verdun, the Germans have not launched a decent offensive on the entire front.

Because the two-engined and single-wing aircraft dominated the sky above the infantry, any German movement in any direction, even if it was only a small attack, would immediately be attacked by a considerable number of such aircraft, dispersing any attempt by the Germans to attack.

The French front, on the other hand, became stronger and more difficult to break through due to the reinforcement of the reinforced concrete fronts that were brought in by trucks and could be quickly assembled. The mere thought of the almost non-stop construction on the ground on the French side worries all the German officers, including Prince Wilhelm.

According to the reconnaissance of the planes and the high-powered telescopes on the balloons, the forts were built at a very rapid rate by the crawler bulldozers pushing a trench into the ground, and once they were finished, the French infantry would fill the small sacks with the earthwork pushed out by the bulldozers, and base them on the outside of the forts to make their protection stronger.

This is also the reason why Prince William felt that he had to attack, if the French army was allowed to build up like this, then it would eventually allow the French army to defend the front to get out, and then it would be the beginning of a nightmare for the Allied side that was short of human resources.

"And what about the anti-aircraft guns and planes I want, and when will their replenishment reach the front line?"

In the face of Prince William's almost roaring voice, the chief of staff, General Steiner, fell silent. The current situation is not optimistic, and without enough anti-aircraft artillery and flying teams, it is almost impossible to achieve victory in the ground offensive.

"Send a telegram to Berlin immediately, immediately send a telegram to the Chief of the General Staff, Falkenhayne, I want a large number of anti-aircraft guns and fighters, the more the better!"

That's what happened in the last days of February.

In fact, the German General Staff was quite serious about the requirements of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and although it was not so easy to transport weapons far away in Germany, it was still possible to strengthen the direction of the main attack by transferring other units on the front.

In mid-March, the German army on the Verdun side not only increased to 25 divisions, but also reached more than 400 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers alone, and the number of aircraft increased from more than 500.

On the French side, on the other hand, the advantage gained on the front line in February made Xia Fei a little fluttering.

There was no further increase in the number of troops on the Verdun side, and the strength of the three defensive lines established by the fast front already made him think that the Verdun side could rest easy. Even the air assault force, which was the main force to stop the offensive, was redeployed to other places for various reasons to contain German ground attacks in other areas.

The most important point is that, thanks to the "Voice de France Libre" radio station, other newspapers and other media outlets have been on the wrong side some time ago, not only their economic interests but also their public trust have fallen to the lowest point, and a considerable number of newspapers are even on the verge of closure. Therefore, a huge number of parliamentarians began to throw olive branches to him, after all, parliamentarians who have no voice are waste,

Therefore, Xia Fei did not launch an offensive by successfully stopping the failure of the German offensive at Verdun, which cannot but be said that his offensive spirit was really far worse than that of the Germans.

As for the commander of the Verdun fortress, General Pétain, was worried about the Germans in front of him, because the victory had made almost all the officers, including the French high command, addicted to it, and no one was paying attention to what the Germans on the opposite side were doing, so his request for reinforcements was put aside.

Especially in the days following March, there was a complete silence on all fronts, no ground battles for trenches, no air attacks and bombings. Everything seemed to be back to the pre-war period, and all the soldiers on the front line became happy, thinking that the air power, the fast front, including the 1st Cavalry Division, had enabled them to win the war.

The lower echelons, including the regimental commanders, have now begun to enjoy the field command vehicles purchased for them by the military department, and some even quietly hide women inside, so that life in the battlefield seems to be relatively happy compared with the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

However, the war was already unfolding imperceptibly, at least the Germans were not idle.

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"Your Highness, our front-line troops must do a good job of concealment, especially from their eyes in the air, otherwise those planes will completely blow up our artillery into waste, you know that good concealment means are necessary."

"Yes, General Steiner, we're going to concentrate our forces, this time we're attacking in the early hours of the morning, but before we do that, we have some important things to do. What I want to know is, are those planes converted? ”

General Steiner had been making this preparation since the crown prince returned from an embarrassing abduction, and it was already paying off.

"Yes, Your Highness, like the plane that brought you back, we have made a small hole in the belly of the albatross, in which two 12-kilogram bombs can be installed, and of course, the fighter with the bomb will become quite bulky and unsuitable for combat."

The "plane that brought him back" was the plane loaded on the "Hua", and although there was no landing gear, the large parachute allowed William to return to his headquarters after a false alarm. The German military industry, sensitive to new technologies, found an inexplicable cavity with a flap under the pilot's seat in the belly of this aircraft.

Although the equipment inside has been removed, it has been analyzed that it is supposed to be a bomb bay that can be loaded with light bombs without excessively affecting the aerodynamic shape of the aircraft. As a result, the German flying team, which has now begun to be massively equipped with albatrosses, had such a device.

"That's good, this time, we're going to give the French a taste of our awesomeness! If our plan comes to fruition, then I also have a chance to make that bastard suffer. ”

General Steiner was a little puzzled by the Crown Prince's feelings, and he could order the Imperial Intelligence Department to go to Batavia to procure weapons. But for the owner of this arms factory, it is clear that there is no good feeling.