Chapter 49: Victory and Defeat (Revision)
"Those bastards, what did they do?"
On the way back, the Red Baron and the others encountered a group of Benlei attack planes returning from low altitudes, and also saw armored clusters whizzing towards their airfield. But now, the "Albatross D", which has been fighting with the "Newburgh 11-F" drama and is short of fuel and ammunition, is regrettably unable to attack them.
The red baron glanced at the battle situation and didn't think much of it.
Just in the plane parity with Nancy, the Germans had the upper hand with their numerical superiority. Although the "Newburgh 11-F" was much better in maneuverability and speed, the young and inexperienced pilots were obviously no match for their old birds. Richhotfen lived up to his reputation as a flying genius, and when he returned with the German squadron, he had a record of three.
After a scuffle, at least 30 "Newburgh 11-Fs" were knocked down from the sky by the Germans, and probably twice as many were wounded and dragged back to Nancy with black smoke. But those sturdy bulletproof glass, in the face of 7.62 mm machine guns obviously have considerable protection capabilities, and the "Newburgh 11-F" has the advantage of fighting on the inside line, although it is not pleasant to be beaten down, but after all, they are back in the hands of their own people.
But the pilots of the victorious German flying corps were treated differently, and when they returned to their field airfields, he was dumbfounded by the scene on the ground.
The oil truck was enveloped in a large cloud of black smoke, and some crimson flames poked their heads out of the smoke from time to time like the mask of the devil.
"Oh my God, these bastards, what did they do to our airport, what did they do to our airport!"
Near the large flames of the ammunition truck and the oil truck were bomb craters like the dense craters on Mars, and large wreckage of aircraft and vehicles were scattered around. The survivors are now clearing the landing field of things that are in the way of landing.
This was an attack on a German field airfield by a group of attack aircraft of the "Benlei" type taking off from the Nancy airfield, and due to the suddenness of their attack, even the fighters defending the airfield did not have time to take off at all. Even if a few took off, they fell in the fire net formed by the 12.7 mm machine guns of the twin-engine "Benlei" attack aircraft.
The Benley attack aircraft could carry much more bombs than the "fighter-bombers" of the German modifications, and their 12.7 mm machine guns were not to be underestimated.
When the "Albatross D" landed on the ground in victory, they found that the hateful "Benlei" attack planes had turned their airfield into a garbage heap.
"Do we still have fuel and ammunition? Who of you knows where these things are still there...... Oh my God, I can't believe we don't have anything! ”
Above the airport, the terrified ground personnel covered in the smoke of gunpowder rushed back and forth, sending the wounded who seemed to be still alive to the nearby field hospital.
Richthofen ran around, pulling every ground crew he saw. All he wanted was to find a barrel of oil or a box of bullets, and then he would be able to get back into the air immediately.
It is a pity that the first target of the "Benlei" attack planes attacking the airfield is the air defense position, and the main targets are the fuel and ammunition depots. So it's quite difficult to survive these things in such a dense situation. Even if there is, it will be too late.
At this time, there was a dense sound of gunfire in the sky, and the hastily established protective positions guarding the airfield did not stop the attack of the armored cluster in the slightest.
"Oh my god, I know what these guys are going to do!"
Richthofen's face turned pale as he stared at the nearer and denser sound of gunfire.
The 75-mm vehicle-mounted gun easily tore through the bunker and blasted its soldiers into the sky along with the entire bunker. Large-caliber machine guns on armored vehicles spew dense tongues of fire, and infantrymen also fired heavily with light machine guns, shotguns and semi-automatic pistols with fast firing speeds. But under Zhu Binhou's order, no one got out of the car.
"The line of defense is handed over to the infantry behind, and we go straight to the airfield!"
Their target was also the group of German fighters that had fallen above the airfield, those "Fokker. E.III" and Albatross D were also their trophies. Zhu Binhou, who is dedicated to the development of the Chinese Renaissance Party, will naturally not let go of these treasures.
The armored cluster of the 1st French Assault Cavalry Division was undoubtedly successful for the German raid on the field airfield on the outskirts of Ponta Musong. Even those German pilots, except for the few who retreated in cars, all the rest became prisoners.
"Damn, let this guy run, this guy's luck is so good!"
Zhu Bin, who commanded the assault instead of Major Miller, waited in the command car, chasing the cars that were speeding into the distance with a telescope, thinking about whether he should send someone to arrest those guys back.
After thinking about it in my heart, I decided to count it. After all, the target has already fallen into the hands, and if it is pursued any further, a bad one will encounter a counterattack by the German garrison in Ponta Musong. In addition, at this time it was within the radius of activity of the field airfield in the direction of Verdun, Germany. If they are entangled by ground forces here and attacked from the air, the situation may be reversed.
"You bastards, listen, I'll be back, I swear, I'll be back!"
Listening to the rumbling of artillery on the field airfield, the red baron Richhottfen, who had been forcibly pulled into the car because of his trump card status, waved his fist and shouted loudly. Audible, their tone was full of unconvincing. The only pity is that this hero of the air is sitting in a bumpy car at the moment.
Zhu Binhou, who didn't care much about personal honor and disgrace, didn't "miss" this friend who knocked him down from the sky at this time, after all, he still had a huge ground armor cluster to take care of.
"Hurry up, we need to hurry up and bring the enemy planes back...... For those who can't fly, drag them behind armored vehicles, and if there are not enough armored vehicles, then hang two on one car. …… Then just get those Fokker E.III. aircraft engines down, and the planes will be gone! ”
Just as Thunder International and the French 1st Assault Cavalry Division were jointly conducting this successful assault operation at the end of the operation, the French Verdun front also launched a counterattack at the right time.
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This time, the Germans could not hold on.
The attacking troops to Nancy retreated, and the three infantry and cavalry divisions surrounded by the French were completely eaten. Fortunately, it seems that the French troops on the side of Nancy also suffered considerable losses in the previous attack, so the rest of the German divisions were safely withdrawn.
Of course, it's not that they really have to run.
The reason is that Tang Yunyang is just worried that if the French army breaks through the German front, will the war end too soon? That's not what he wanted.