"Was there an earthquake?" When the sun shone on the ancient city of Amiens again, the German shelling also began, bursts of sharp whistling came from the air, and after dozens of seconds, huge pillars of smoke rose up in the city, and the gray-black smoke columns up to nearly 100 meters high made the entire battlefield visible! More than a dozen kilometers away, a pair of Austro-Hungarian soldiers reopened the gun latch, loaded a grenade weighing nearly 200kg into the breech, and then the final lock of the medicine bag, after completing the locking, all the artillery operators would leave the gun a certain distance and then fire, and shoot the shell!

"This is definitely not a howitzer!" Looking at the position in the distance, which was already shrouded in smoke, Robert's worried tone was very obvious, in this battle, the Germans once again had an artillery advantage, in terms of number, caliber and range, the British and American 6-inch guns were completely incomparable. "The Germans won't pull all the guns up, will they?" A terrible thought arose in Robert's mind.

The British Field Marshal really didn't guess wrong! Before the start of the campaign, Germany and Austria-Hungary also took out the naval guns from the original stock and used them! It's just that because of the excessive weight, it can only be used as a train gun...... In the case of insufficient "chassis", a small number of guns that have been scrapped or are too old are sawn off and used as howitzers, disassembled during transportation, and then assembled on the battlefield. Originally, these things were used to prepare the fortress for storming, and because they were heavier, it was not convenient to maneuver, but in this World War that was related to the fate of Germany, Moltke still tried his best to transport this thing, and as soon as these tough guys arrived on the battlefield, the Entente* team felt great pressure! . …。

Adhering to the usual efficiency of the German Army, under the long-range suppression of train guns and howitzers, almost all the Allied support points that had been discovered were fatally hit in a very short time, a huge cannon rock mass was directly hit by a 220kg concrete armor-piercing projectile, and the upper layer of rammed earth and logs had almost no effect in the face of such shelling. The shell exploded and directly blew two 6-inch cannons stored in the gun nest to pieces. At the same time, the entire gun emplacement was completely removed. Seconds later, a large crater appeared on the ground, surrounded by various debris. All sorts of unknown things fall from the sky. It could be an artillery part, or it could be a piece of minced meat, which fell within a radius of several hundred meters.

Under the suppression of German train guns, the rest of the long-range guns of various calibers also began to be designed. Columns of smoke and explosions formed a barrage of bullets that kept rolling in front of the positions of the British and American troops, sweeping everything in the positions over and over again. Whether it is people, anti-aircraft artillery or even pre-arranged armored vehicles have suffered heavy losses in such a sweep, the combat vehicles exported from China to the Entente countries are taking into account anti-shrapnel, but any defense has a certain limit, and the close loss of heavy artillery will still cause serious damage to wheeled armored vehicles, and the attack of train guns is even more fatal! In the face of the absolute superiority of German artillery, Hindenburg even thought that the Entente* near Amiens could be completely wiped out with artillery alone, and he was just cleaning the battlefield in the past! …。

But it's a pity. Hindenburg underestimated the capabilities of the other side, or rather. This Army-born general has very limited knowledge of new technologies, especially those of the Air Force, or is it that the British are very bold? The Germans really didn't expect that the British would actually put in more than 100 heavy bombers to carry out ground support missions! The bombers flew from a base 300 kilometers away. Greatly surprised the Germans!

Was there a useful heavy bomber in World War I? Was World War I an effective ground bombardment? The answer is that it is technically possible, but the only problem is that by the time the Entente had this capability, the 1st World War was almost over! This is like most people in later generations knew that the Germans had ME262, but until the British Imperial Jet was relatively few, and in the late World War II, the British Meteor was much better than ME262 in terms of performance and stability, but because the jet aircraft had a short range at that time, they could not cross the strait to accompany the escort. And by the time of the Normandy landings, the Luftwaffe was already in decline, and it didn't matter if the meteor was not on it. So what comes out of the war is not necessarily the best. …。

Historically, Britain produced a bomber called the V1500 at the end of World War I, which was equipped with four 500hp or four 375hp engines, an empty weight of 15,000 pounds, and a maximum landing weight of 30,000 pounds. Wingspan 126 feet. Length 62 feet, height 23 feet. It is possible to fly 1 mile with a payload ton of 1300 tons on a load. Maximum flight speed 103 mph. This technology was definitely the best at the time. And the most unique thing about this aircraft is that although there are 4 engines, the two engines are connected in series to form a pull-and-push pattern, which is very similar to the later German DO335. The German Giant bombers were not only smaller than each other in all statistics. And the engine is only 4 pitiful 250 horsepower, which is significantly different from the UK. And in this plane, because of Xu Jie's existence, the development of various technologies is faster than in history, so that these giant eagles can show their might on the battlefield! . …。

The Entente paid a lot of money for this war...... All aspects are also considered as well as possible. The artillery superiority of the Germans had already been taken into account, and in the event that their own suppressive firepower was insufficient, the only cards the British could play were these huge heavy bombers! These giant eagles flew from the airfield 300 kilometers away like a shadow of death towards the German positions, and hundreds of heavy bombers were accompanied by a large number of British fighters.

Although the Germans were more efficient at suppressing than the French, it also needed to be counted in hours! When the British bomber group came over the German positions, almost all the firing points continued to attack. "Oh God! What are they? "The vast majority of Germans have never seen such a huge plane soaring in the air, and it is no wonder that this is the first time that the V1500 bomber has been put into actual combat on a large scale, and it is nothing if a bomber carries more than a ton of bombs, but if more than 100 bombers fly to a certain area at the same time, and then drop bombs intensively. The result can definitely be described as horrible!

It was not that Germany did not have an air force, but that it was simply not able to stop such a large number of fleets that suddenly arrived! As for anti-aircraft guns? Most of them are pulled to the front line as flat-firing guns and long-range artillery, once dispersed, it is undoubtedly foolish to want to shoot down these bombers, don't look at these bombers flying at an altitude of only about 800 meters, don't look at these things are huge and very bulky. But I just can't beat it!. …。

"Today will be the most glorious day for the Royal Air Force! We will stand in the clouds like gods and slaughter the Germans on the ground! A British captain who served as the captain of the plane said excitedly. After arriving at the combat area, all the bombers began to divide into small formations, and then lined up in a neat formation to carry out carpet bombing on the ground targets, and a 200-pound bomb fell like raindrops, forming a moving barrage with the movement of the bombers and sweeping the entire German artillery position. In particular, the heavy railway cannon could not move and became a dead target! Pillars of smoke rose one after another, and the flames and shockwaves from the explosion spread rapidly on the ground, and the furious energy and flames devoured everything they could touch, quickly harvesting the lives of the Germans like the scythe of death!

"These things are terrible, it only took a dozen seconds for them to destroy our positions! Oh my God, a gun group with 12 guns of 150 guns was discovered, and then about 10 Grim Reapers, the first time the comrades on the ground saw such a terrifying area, they even forgot to dodge, when these winged Grim Reapers, everything was over, like raindrops of bombs instantly swallowed the entire position, the whole 3 artillery batteries and a large amount of ammunition turned into a cloud of ashes, they actually used incendiary bombs in the woodland! The fire inevitably spread to the surrounding area, and even the positions that were not listed as targets were surrounded and engulfed by the fire, and the bombardment took less than 2 hours, causing us incalculable damage! In his diary, Hindenburg recorded the scene of the first large-scale bombing in human history. …………。

The Germans reacted quickly, and a large number of Fokker fighters began to arrive from various airfields, but because of the haste and lack of unified command, these Fokker fighters, although advanced, could not stop the British bombers because of their tragic refueling tactics. It was only from this moment that the Germans realized that the war had entered a three-dimensional era, and that the elite infantry, various tank mechanized equipment, and sophisticated artillery tactics that the German Empire was proud of were vulnerable to the air force.

It's a life-and-death battle...... The British were not satisfied with the victory of a sneak attack, this bombing would be continuous, uninterrupted! When the first batch of V1500 heavy bombers began to return, the second group of heavy bombers also left the airfield and flew towards the battlefield! This time their target was not only the German troops on the front, but also railway junctions such as railway stations in the rear!

This time, though, the British's good fortune came to an end. After receiving the information that the bombing had been carried out, the German front commander ordered all the planes to take off to carry out the interception mission, regardless of the formation, regardless of the target, as long as they saw the British planes going up to fight! At this time, the Germans were already red-eyed, and even Moltke thought that if it weren't for these bombers to stir up the situation, Hindenburg might have finished their artillery fire and was ready to attack! Thereupon. One of the largest air battles since the beginning of the war took place near Amiens, and countless planes flew into the air while countless warplanes also dragged their tails down. Quite a few planes were even directly disintegrated by a volley of powerful large-caliber machine guns, and there was no forgiveness or mercy at this moment. Both sides mercilessly attacked all targets in the air, fighters, bombers and even parachuted pilots! …。

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