After the capture of Amiens, four German armies marched in unison, and like a torrent of troops, rushed to the last line of defense of the French. However www.biquge.info with the extension of the supply line and the attrition of the troops, Kruger's original plan for a decisive battle on the Rouen-Paris line did not come true, and the two sides were already in a stalemate at Forgelesso and Beauvais, and the Germans would not be able to attack for a while and a half, but the French could not fight either.

More and more German troops were deployed on this line, and they were confronted by the Allied forces, which were no less numerous than their own. The French had preset positions, there was a large number of artillery supplements. The Air Force has a smaller combat radius and a longer time in the air. And on the contrary, the Luftwaffe can hardly be counted on. The number of army armored units is also very limited and can no longer support a full-scale offensive.

Kruger also tried to organize a large-scale assault, he concentrated the three most elite armored battalions of the First Army Group, and equipped with a full motorized infantry division and a large number of artillery, to attack the French-held Forgelesso generation, but this attack gave Kruger the feeling that it was extremely difficult.

"The density of the opponent's forces has increased by at least 2 times." This was the first sentence of the officers at the front in the telegram. As the density of troops increases, so does the density of firepower. Without the suppression of the air force, the long-range artillery of the British could completely compete with the German heavy artillery units, and even had a slight advantage. At this time, the German train guns were still ...... 100 kilometers away. There is no way, the railroad is gone, and the train guns can't maneuver.

In order to deal with the 2 army groups of the German Northern Front, the French had to throw armored clusters from the strategic reserve into the Northern Front. Although the French armored forces were heavily damaged, more than 300 tank and truck guns were also available. The mines in front of the position were scattered without costing money.

On the other hand, the German army, although the number of armored units is very large, but the number of people who can go to the front line is not large, and many vehicles need to be overhauled or replaced with engines. However, this time, it was not just because of the use of the problem, but also because some parts were damaged by heavy artillery fire during the battle, or the air filter caused the tank to not operate smoothly. In general, the level of firepower of the Entente countries was indeed several notches higher than that of the Russians!

The armored forces can barely advance, but the infantry behind them cannot. British and French howitzers were too lethal for trucks and massive infantry units exposed in the wilderness. Kruger's trucks only solved the problem of transporting infantry, but the problem of how to successfully deliver these infantry to the combat area could not be solved. "We don't dare to ride in a truck in a war zone, as long as a shot misses a bullet! One of our infantry squads will be reimbursed! The long-range artillery of the British and the howitzers of the French were too lethal, they constantly bombarded our reinforcements, and every soldier who tried to reach the front line had to shuttle through the rain of bullets, and an infantry regiment was often knocked out more than 2 percent before it reached the deep combat area! General Bock, who has become the commander of the division, wrote in his report.

Thus, the final result turned out to be this, with the support fire and the air force weak, the German armored forces successfully broke through the first line, then the second line, and then the infantry could not keep up, and the exhausted attacking force collided with the French armored reserves, and finally successfully ......withdrew back before the breakthrough was successfully closed.

"We are powerless to break through the adversary's line, at least for 2 months, the armored forces need to rest, all kinds of artillery and ammunition need to be replenished. We've already depleted about half of our reserves, so the best case now is to listen to the Bavarian prince's advice and see if we can win another big win before the campaign is over. In a telegram to the Kaiser, Kruger admitted the failure of the offensive operation.

At the same time, while the French were blocking the German offensive on the northern front, the troops drawn from the southern front had also reached the battle assembly area, and their task was to launch a fierce counterattack against the Third Army Group in the middle of the German route, and more and more numbers appeared on the radio waves, and according to the decipherment of the code, Ruprecht and his staff believed that on their flank, at least 16 divisions or so of the French corps had been concentrated!

"There are very few armored troops, and these troops should not have many heavy artillery, otherwise they would not have been mobilized so quickly, although the number is relatively large, but the weapons are at most machine guns and a certain amount of 75 rapid-fire guns." Calyput said.

"That's good, according to our defensive plan, the reinforcements from the northern front will arrive soon, and I need to make a trip to Amiens first. The final battle is about to begin. The prince said.

"Your Highness, this is the current situation of all the German Legions and the adjusted strength of the French Legions on the Southern Front, I hope you can see it before you go to Amiens." Calyput handed over a document marked top secret.

In this campaign, the entire German army on the Western Front used two-thirds of its forces! Only on the Southern Front, the two German armies stationed on the Alsace-Lorraine line did not launch a large-scale offensive. Although the ratio of tanks and planes equipped by these two armies is not high, they can still make up 500 tanks and more than 700 aircraft of various types. It is simply a crime for such a force to remain idle on the Southern Front in the eyes of outsiders!

However, was it really the German General Staff and the prince who made a mistake? Of course, not that the German army on the southern front did not attack, but one was looking for an opportunity, or in other words, as a backup plan after the failure of the plan to attack Paris!

The situation on the southern front can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. The western part of Alsace is hilly, and the whole of Lorraine is dominated by plateaus, and there are many valley floors that cut from north to south. This makes large-scale troop movements somewhat difficult. Historically, the French attacked this area unsuccessfully in World War 1. And it was the Bavarian regiment of Prince Ruprecht who acted as the defense, but at the same time, the prince's offensive was unsuccessful. So this is a zone where you can successfully defend with less cost, this is the objective environment, and it cannot be changed!

In other words, if the forces of the two sides are equal, in the face of the same two French armies, the two armies of the German Southern Front will not be able to penetrate the opponent at all! So the gain from the offense is very small! Rather than this, it is better to stand still! But Germany had another reason to take this area!

For a long time, the German army has never been able to cross the Alsace-Lorraine region into central France, and the southern gate is tightly locked, so the millions of German troops can only be deployed on the line from the English Channel to the fortress of Verdun, and the Entente can also concentrate a large number of troops here, a large number of troops are concentrated on a not wide front, the density of troops and firepower can be described as unprecedented, there is no room for detours, then the two sides can only fight hard! Use all kinds of means to consume the opponent's national strength.

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