Chapter 675: Tank Assault 2
It turned out that it was impossible to succeed in an open area with flat-firing guns alone against a large number of armored units with long-range artillery support. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info towed artillery is dead, combat vehicles are alive, and even if they temporarily use concealment to gain some advantage, they will be penetrated by more and more attacking forces. A rapid-fire gun hit a cricket tank 200 meters away, and the 37mm shell smashed on the turret, and then a wisp of red smoke filled the air, and the Bavarian soldier sitting in the cab stopped the tank with some helplessness. Then he used the signal light on the back of the chariot to signal to his colleagues: "Help us pay." ”
Another cricket tank behind it quickly adjusted its turret, and the 40mm gun landed a clean three-point shot at a false target next to the target's gun position. As the flames rose, the gun emplacement was cleared.
"Captain House, you and your platoon need to quickly withdraw replenishment ammunition." Through the commander's control tower, he saw a herald standing not far behind him, waving a signal flag to him, relaying orders.
"It's cheap, the boys in the back." House took out a flare gun at random, opened the hatch and drilled out, firing three red flares in succession, which meant that all the vehicles followed him, and the assault gun platoon that had been scattered began to reverse and retract the formation, and in the battle, he must make his hardest face the enemy, so the well-trained Bavarian armored troops reversed first even when retreating, and then turned to evacuate quickly after pushing to a safe distance.
The vehicle-mounted infantry and armored vehicles in the second attack sequence began to follow the positions given by the former into the battle line and continue to expand, and the entire rapid battle group had already tore a big hole in the front of the opponent's position, and from the depth of the attack, they had cut through the defensive line, and as long as they continued to attack, they could reach the rear of the Prussian corps, and several kilometers away, there were defenseless heavy artillery units and logistics units.
However, Prussia's anti-armor operations could not be said to be ineffective, except for a few gunners who could not overcome their fears and fired at a distance of 1,000 meters, most of the artillery crews fired at a distance of 300 to 500 meters, they either hid in shallow pits dug in advance, or hid behind obstacles, or removed the artillery shields, and then covered with a layer of camouflage nets.
The sudden attack did make it a little tricky for the fledgling Bavarian armored forces. Shells fired from all directions destroyed at least six Hu Feng or Cricket chariots. Fighting a war is not a dinner party, and the Bavarian legion, which tasted the power for the first time, has also begun to restrain itself, which is one of the reasons why Schmidt immediately transferred back to Haus, 7 of the 55 tanks were killed, and more than 20 various tanks were removed to continue to expand the results, and more than 10 were being replenished with ammunition. Schmidt no longer has enough troops in his hands, and he also realizes that the spread is a bit big, the enemy's main force has not yet appeared, and his own offensive is close to the limit.
"Let's prepare for the Air Force to attack, let the reconnaissance plane's reconnaissance range be expanded a little more, and our guests should have already come to the door." Ruprecht said as he threw away the pencil in his hand. Formally, Schmidt's troops had gnawed off about a third of the opponent's blocking line, killed at least 2 and a half artillery batteries and no less than 2 battalions of troops,
And they have succeeded in opening a gap in the entire position, as long as they breathe a sigh of relief, replenish it, and continue to expand to both sides, then there will be no problem at all in killing the other two-thirds of the troops, and the losses may not be so great in the future, after all, this is equivalent to splitting the upper part of the bamboo, and the lower part can be forced. If Mackensen doesn't come again, he won't have a chance!
Now is the time when Schmidt is adjusting his supplies, and it is also the time for the Bavarian follow-up army to follow up, and it should be the time when the attacking forces are most vulnerable, and this is the opportunity that Mackensen is waiting for! And all the bombers in the hands of the prince are waiting for this opportunity.
At the same time, the airship, which was constantly staring at the armored assault group on the ground, was also reporting to Mackensen what it had seen. "The offensive of the opposing side has come to a standstill, almost all the vehicles have stopped moving forward, and the supply convoys of horse-drawn wagons and trucks have been carrying supplies to the attacking troops along the roads that have been carved out, and they have even begun to shrink their formations in some areas. On the whole, however, a considerable part of their forces remain in our positions, and their forces are relatively scattered. ”
Moltke looked at the telegram in his hand, and there was still some hesitation in his heart, this is like playing poker, after Prussia threw Mackensen out, it was really the hole cards out, and the other party knew that there was an air force, although the armored car or something was not afraid of large-caliber machine guns and bombs to wash the ground, but the real fully enclosed protection can resist the large-caliber machine gun vehicles are a small number after all, whether it is a large number of trucks or temporarily modified truck guns, these things can't carry machine guns. These things will soon be judged destroyed by the Air Force.
"General Mackensen has called." A staff officer sent a telegram.
"We have already spotted the opposing side's reconnaissance aircraft in the air." The content of the telegram was very simple, but it made Moltke's heart rise to his throat! The result speaks for itself, you can't hide it, so let's start fighting!
Mackensen walked very carefully, very carefully, unusually carefully, and his troops were well hidden, but when the infantry units of the Bavarian Corps restored the frontal line, the aviation reconnaissance force was liberated after the Rapid Corps successfully gained a foothold in the second line of Prussian defense. And by this time, the massive legions on the ground could no longer hide. Mackensen now has only two options, one is to retreat, and the other is to move forward. Fight to inflict heavy damage on your opponent before the opposing bomber arrives!
"Attack!" With the order to attack, Mackensen's troops began to enter the battlefield, a team of armored vehicles and trucks passed in front of Mackensen's command vehicle, suddenly, there was a sound of metal colliding and twisting in his ears, not far away, a truck gun equipped with a 77mm rapid-fire gun suddenly fell into a mud puddle, it was nothing more than to use other vehicles to drag it over, as a result, the temporary installation of artillery increased the load of the truck, and at the same time increased the center of gravity of the whole car, and then the whole car directly overturned, Knocked another truck to the side.
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