Li Desen didn't know what the two British and French generals thought, he still held the idea that the US army defeated the German army and showed his face in front of them, and he had been in the joint command for so long, listening to what they said about the German army, he was simply afraid of the German army like a tiger, the German army was so terrible, the same army, if it was born afraid, how could it fight, the reason why the United States sent troops to Europe was because Britain and France were repelled by Germany again and again, and lost a large number of soldiers and equipment. It seems that this crisis should be saved by the Americans, and the arrogant British and the French, who only know how to play with women, should be seen and informed, and the power of American GIs is not bad for our American army.

Li Desen knew that the reason for the US military to enter the war was that in addition to the accident of obtaining actual gains, it was not to proclaim the glory of the United States throughout the world, because the United States has a powerful industry and a terrible industrial production capacity, but it does not have the social status of the United States compared with industry, and in the eyes of Europeans, Americans are nothing more than nouveau riche and hillbillies, and this view of the world must be changed.

Li Desen didn't know at all that when he was obsessed, the two British and French generals were making preparations, you must know that the 19th Infantry Division of the German Army on the opposite side was not an ordinary army, and it must have discovered the weakness of the 6th Division of the US Army, otherwise how could it be possible to risk attacking the heavily guarded position, not afraid of 10,000, afraid of what if, and must be prepared for the possibility of losing the position.

It was at night, in an era when the means of communication were not developed, and their telephone lines were not reliable, and what was even more coincidental was that the first round of shelling had already interrupted the telephone lines, which was also the reason why the headquarters could not contact the Sixth Division and did not have first-hand information. Many of the battlefield situations are provided by other friendly forces a few kilometers away. In the night when you can't see your fingers, you need to provide precise information. There was really some difficulty, they were only able to provide vague ones, such as the positions of the 6th Division were attacked, and the artillery fire was fierce.

In the dark night, there was not much they could do, their strategic artillery fire could only cover the German 19th Army defense area, and they did not even dare to approach the front of the 6th Division, for fear of being injured by mistake. But this played into the hands of the 19th Division, which had already approached the position of the 6th Division by taking advantage of the darkness of the night, and only a few troops remained in the rear, and of course it had no effect at all.

Both sides are in the first place, but the German side is relatively concentrated, with a strong purpose, and the sudden attack makes the US military miserable. Leeson cares about the American GIs who have made great achievements, and they are being attacked with unprecedented cruelty, whether it is artillery or sharpshooters. They had never experienced such a three-dimensional mode of warfare, and they suffered heavy losses in the first place.

Fierce cannon fire. Let the U.S. troops on the front line live like a year, and they can be regarded as having experienced several exercises. But where is there such a fierce and powerful artillery fire in a real war? As if there was no end, from the beginning of the bombardment, there was no stop, the shells did not cost money, even the artillery was ignored, such a continuous, long-term bombardment could easily cause permanent damage to the artillery, could the Germans be so rich.

Perfect civil fortifications, when unfamiliar people use it, easy to go wrong, this time artillery preparation, than ever before, killed more personnel, at least 3 regiments, more than 4,000 troops, lost in this artillery preparation.

Most of them, because they were not familiar with the fortifications, under the pressure of artillery, actually ran out of the range of the trench, or used it improperly, and did not hide in the special anti-artillery holes, especially when the German artillery was prepared, in 10 minutes, a little rest for a minute, they rescued the wounded and cleaned up the battlefield, completely unexpected, the marksman was waiting for them, a minute later, the artillery attacked again, and most of the casualties were caused in the second wave.

The Americans' division is still a small division, a division is only more than 15,000 people, how can such a large-scale loss be accepted, it would be good if there was no mutiny, where can they counterattack, but they don't know, this is just the beginning, when the third round of artillery fire stopped for 3 minutes, and the Americans thought that the attack had come to an end, the real attack began. The Germans steadily pressed, artillery and automatic firearms, suppressed the positions of the American troops, and the infantry with infantry and artillery began a fierce attack.

Infantry artillery coordination, known as the practice of artillery fighting bayonets, can only be used after strict training, when the accuracy of the artillery reaches a certain level, most of the main divisions of Germany can be used maturely, even if it is Britain and France, a part of the long-tested front-line troops can also be used to reduce casualties, for the attack to reduce casualties, but for the US military, this is a tactic that has never appeared in their concept.

If you are backward, you will be beaten, not to mention that you did not expect that the previous shelling made them lose almost a third of their troops, and when they were licking their wounds, the German attack had already begun, and the American army was blocked by the barrage, and did not expect that on the other side of the barrage, it was the German army that was attacking quickly, and when the artillery stopped and the smoke cleared, the German army had already attacked the doorstep, only less than 100 meters away.

One hundred meters, for a 100-meter flyer, may be within 10 seconds, for ordinary people, it is only ten seconds, even with the help of fire and faint starlight, you can see the mirror image not far away, but the vicious German army rushed up, most of the American army's first reaction, not with a gun to meet it, is it to turn around and run, is this a monster, appeared in the position out of nowhere.

The two armies faced each other, when the brave were fearless, the result of turning around and running, there was basically only one, the first-line position, which was occupied almost instantly, and it took less than 20 minutes, the first-line position, is the most heavily protected position, before the French army operated here for a long time, in the midst of the war, in the midst of constant losses, the balance on the battlefield formed, now because of the unfamiliarity of the US military, completely broken, this battle, in fact, has been lost seven times.

Even after occupying the forward positions, the German offensive did not stop at all, and after occupying the first positions, there was no rest at all, and they began to attack the second line positions.

The U.S. military did not expect the German army to be so fierce, after occupying the position, and set up the Maxim, and continued to suppress the position of the U.S. army, artillery and machine guns, the use of fire suppression to the fullest, how could the U.S. army have suffered such a fierce blow, the total number of light and heavy machine guns lined up in the front line exceeded 1,000, and there were an unknown number of mortars, to their firepower points and densely populated places, to carry out concentrated attacks, saturation attacks in a unit of time, it is the easiest to break the balance of the battlefield, the U.S. military was caught off guard, Immediately retreated again and again, and in less than 1 hour, three lines of defense were lost.

The entire position, but also only 6 lines of defense, with the front 4 is the most tight, lost three, already on the edge of the cliff, relative to the lost position, the loss of personnel is greater, 15,000 people The Sixth Infantry Division has lost 5 percent of its personnel, which is almost 7,500 people.

As a last resort, in the case of a telephone failure, the Sixth Division of the US Army sent a large number of personnel to make an emergency, which still relies on the rear to fight, after leaving the combat area, to find friendly troops, you can call the emergency by phone, emergency calls one after another, Li Desen in the command center was dumbfounded, he did not expect the strongest Sixth Division, so vulnerable, even so, such an elite army, can not be lost here, must find a way to rescue the Sixth Division, can not watch the Sixth Division be wiped out?

Li Desen bluntly asked the British and French generals to send reinforcements, but he was told that this was night, there was a German artillery blockade, not to mention that the reinforcements could not go up, and if they went up, half of them would die in the artillery fire on the way, and the Sixth Division could only hold on, and it would be sent over during the day tomorrow, and there would also be artillery support, and then it would even drag the opposing army's army and carry out a strategic counterattack.

In less than an hour, half of the personnel were annihilated, and the remaining remnants of the army were defeated, how could they hold on, Li Desen was in a hurry, tomorrow during the day, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold. In 1 hour, three lines of defense were lost, and the loss of personnel was fifty percent, such a loss has already made an army lose most of its combat effectiveness, and in one night, there is no scum left, how is this good, the two generals on the other side are all shirked, he is not familiar with the place, and there is no way, so he has to watch, looking forward to the dawn in his heart.

In fact, another hour passed, at 10 o'clock, the loss of the Sixth Division had exceeded 7 percent, and it was also the case that the Sixth Division was so elite that it was not right, and if it was replaced by other troops, the loss of 7 percent would have mutinied a long time ago, but after the loss of 7 percent, the Sixth Division could not resist it, which was equivalent to losing the possibility of victory, just waiting for the result. The loss of the fourth line of defense, the rest of which are hastily built defense lines, the protection capacity is not strong, and the casualties have also increased significantly.

At this point, the Americans could no longer hold on, because there was no point, the opponent's German attacks were wave after wave, wave after wave of fierceness, many times, he had to make a choice between retreat and sacrifice, and now, 7 percent of the personnel have been lost, and they must retreat, otherwise, the sixth division may be completely annihilated here.

I have the heart to hold on, but according to the news transmitted by the correspondent, in a short period of time, the reinforcements don't need to think about it, and it is impossible for the reinforcements to come up before dawn.

After resisting the German charge again, the Sixth Infantry Division was torn off the defensive line, no more than 2,000 people were intact, and more than 2,000 wounded were unable to carry and were thrown on the position. (To be continued.) )

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