The French finally moved! The French Army, under the command of Chauffeur and Pétain, pressed almost all the coffins, and the French invested all their armored mobile forces earlier than the Germans! Whether it's the Reynolds light tank, the powerful but slow-moving Dragon tank destroyer, and even the hastily improved truck guns have been pulled to the front line. In the eyes of the French, the British and American forces had already made a mess of the rear of the Germans, and the Germans had to push back the British and French forces even if they supported, while the two French armies faced nothing more than the exhausted Kruger Army and several broken armored divisions of Mackensen.

The wave of the French Army's drag is absolutely ferocious, maybe this attack is a return to the glory of the French Army's armored forces, maybe it won't last long, but for the equally exhausted German Army, such an attack is quite deadly! The French prepared for three days of artillery fire for this attack...... On the first day, the German artillery could also have a dialogue with the opponent, relying on accurate positioning and skillful skills to destroy several French artillery positions, but on the second day, the German army artillery could only send out sporadic counterattacks because of the tragic exchange and the shortage of ammunition, and on the third day, the French army's artillery fire had an absolute advantage! …。

Heavy artillery of various calibers roared day and night, knocking on the entire defense line of the Kruger Corps, and the fierce artillery bombardment sounded the prelude to the Entente's counterattack like a horn, and the war had reached the most critical time, and Moltke finally did not hesitate to hit the long-hidden armored reserves! Under the command of Hindenburg, the main force of nearly 5 armored divisions began to break forward, and they waited until the opponent's all-out counterattack before making a move, in order to completely break the backbone of the Entente in this main force duel! Germany is not afraid of a frontal collision with the other side, but only about the violent attrition brought by entering the trench confrontation!

But this time. The armored iron fist of the Germans, however, had a feeling of being overwhelmed, as if it had been hit in a circle on a ball of cotton. Not only did it not talk about the cotton being crushed, but it was scratched by the hidden blade in it! Given by the towed terrain and the high mobility of wheeled armored vehicles, the attack of the German armored forces did not go well! The British and American armies did not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, and adopted a hit-and-run strategy to constantly consume the German army's attack force. They are dragging their feet. Waiting for a frontal victory for France!

"The British and American troops have adopted a mobile defense, the focus of their strikes is our tanks, first of all, their tanks will be ambushed on the road they must pass, I have to say, these tanks that may be obtained from China are indeed a good assassin, as long as they dig a shallow pit, and then cover the vehicles with some camouflage, even if we are close to a distance of hundreds of meters, we can't identify these tanks, if there are some villages or woods around, it's even worse, sometimes the other side fires a few minutes later. None of us can find them! ”。 …。

"Definitely. In the face of the 50mm guns of our Bobcat tanks, the opposing tanks can only be described as fragile, as long as they hit, they will definitely not be spared, but our tanks are no less vulnerable in the face of the opponent's artillery. Their 57mm guns can easily penetrate our armor, they use a shell containing a large amount of tungsten alloy, this kind of shell has never been seen, Britain and France do not have enough resources to make such shells in large quantities, although Spain has enough tungsten ore, but under the pressure of the Allies, Spain's exports to France are still very restrained. Such shells could only come from China. He is one of the few countries in the world where he can ignore the pressure of both sides of the war! ”

"The opponent played very bravely, under the constraints of the terrain, we could not push on the first line, they relied on good terrain and preset positions to maneuver around us, although we tried to move forward, but the speed was never as expected. I'm worried that General Kruger will be eaten by his opponents before we join up with General Kruger! Hindenburg wrote in the report. …。

Thankfully, Hindenburg's fears did not come true! This is not to say that Germany's previous strategy was correct, much less that Hindenburg's inferences were wrong. But at the most critical moment, Kruger and Mackensen abandoned their original retreat plan, no longer pursuing a direct convergence with Hindenburg but a stable retreat, moving closer to the isolated German Army defense circle! In this way, they can replenish their losses more quickly, and the ammunition supply situation will improve quickly. Since far water can't quench your thirst, let's find some water to drink, no matter how little water is, it can save your life!. …。

At the critical moment, Kruger's troops began to retreat in cover for each other, and they did not choose the nearest and fastest route to join Hindenburg, because these places were already full of Anglo-American ambushes and minefields, and they first went to join up with the nearest isolated support point, and after receiving supplies, they moved to the next support point, slowly but steadily. The French Army did their best in this engagement, tearing apart the opposing lines again and again, smashing German tanks into burning smithereens, and driving German infantry out of rudimentary makeshift bunkers again and again...... But they were never able to crush their opponents!

"It was a chronic suicide, both for us and for the Germans. The time of the inventory of all the huge part of the troops involved in the front-line offensive can only be counted in minutes! I saw with my own eyes that a Renault tank was hit by a shell flying out of nowhere after destroying a 47mm anti-aircraft gun, it was lucky that it did not explode immediately, the members opened the hatch and struggled to climb out, but they were quickly beaten into a sieve by a machine gun fire point not far away, even the heavily armored Dragon tank destroyers were not spared, and the Germans' vehicle-mounted 88 guns and tank destroyers equipped with 75mm guns became out-and-out armored killers. ”。 …。

"These severed steel behemoths, hiding behind bushes or houses, attacked our attacking forces like ghosts, and in this engagement, no one had any choice to retreat, and many German tanks were destroyed or abandoned only after the last shell had been fired. Tens of thousands of man-hours produce weapons that may only last half an hour on the battlefield. This hard-fought battle greatly depleted the combat strength and reserves of both sides. The last armoured group of the French Republic went into battle, and although we repelled our opponents and saved Paris, we could not completely drive them out of France! This is how Petain recalls the scene on the battlefield.

While the French were struggling to advance step by step at a heavy cost, the British and American troops also launched the first head-on confrontation with the Hindenburg troops! Hindenburg, after receiving Moltke's orders, quickly turned around and abandoned the original route, instead went to rescue the other isolated troops and join up with Kruger. Although the wheeled armored vehicles were not suitable for a frontal conflict, once the troops of Kruger and Hindenburg converged, it was very likely to push the French army head-on, this result was really terrifying, and the British and Americans had to engage the armored forces of Hindenburg head-on for the first time in the hilly area of northeastern France ......... Hindenburg.

"General Kruger's troops have been withdrawn from Fort Thierry. They are evacuating in the direction of Compipin, where they will join up with the defenders and receive a certain amount of supplies, and then build a defensive line in the woods of Compige to hold back the French attack. Marckensen's subordinate and another unit withdrew to Krezer. The line was re-established, but it was clear that these two forces would not be able to stop the French attack with all their might, and we would need to break through Amiens and then support General Kruger. Hindenburg thought his subordinates ordered.

"It's not easy to capture this place, the Entente forces have captured this place, and built a relatively coherent defensive line, and they have begun to shrink their forces, a large number of armored troops and artillery have been assembled a lot, including the American * team, the Entente decided to fight us in the city of Amiens, whether we can rescue General Kruger on the front line, whether we can continue our offensive depends entirely on this battle, the battle of Amiens is the key to determining the direction of the entire war!" Hindenburg once again stressed that in this battle, the German armored forces would do everything to deliver a fatal blow, and Hindenburg did not believe that their tanks would not be able to defeat the opponent's wheeled armored vehicles! And Moltke did his best to hand over all the heavy artillery that could be found and shipped to Hindenburg! …………。

The British and American armies were not to be outdone, while concentrating almost all wheeled armored vehicles, they also put a large number of 6-inch cannons and 8-inch howitzers, although before the start of the campaign, Britain and the United States set a strategy of rapid assault and rapid cutting, but in order to deal with the possible offensive battle, Britain and the United States still prepared a batch of 6-inch and 8-inch artillery. And this time it really came in handy...... After a period of fighting, although the wheeled armored vehicles also suffered great losses, but for this engagement, Britain and France are still more confident, after all, Britain and France belong to the defensive side, and wheeled armored vehicles can also use mobility to outflank the two wings, Germany's armored strength is limited, if you want to take care of both wings under the premise of ensuring frontal offensive forces. That's almost possible.

But to the surprise of Britain and the United States, this time they need to face the Germans again with Thor's hammer! Thanks to the efforts of the German Railways, some of the damaged railways were rebuilt, and some of the larger-than-conventional ones were finally able to be transported along the railways. At the same time, a large number of anti-aircraft guns and infantry arrived. Before the engagement, these heavy guns can be deployed in place!

"I wish the Austrians had better artillery than their infantry." When he heard the news that the Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzers were in place, Hindenburg said with some pride..........

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