The decisive battle of Amiens surprised almost everyone, the Entente did not expect the Germans to have such a fierce artillery fire, and the Germans did not expect that the British Air Force could bomb themselves like this! In just one day, the RAF dropped no less than 400 tons of bombs on the battlefield near Amiens, covering a wide range of military targets, from artillery positions and logistics stations to railway junctions on communication arteries. For the first time, the war was fought from the third dimension, and the fact that the Air Force had just become one of the key players in the war showed its strength and ferocity! Of course, while achieving brilliant results, the RAF also lost hundreds of various aircraft in one day, including nearly 20 precious V1500 heavy bombers, which really made the RAF heartbroken!

"Can the Air Force guarantee that the other side's bombs will not fall on our heads?" Hindenburg asked anxiously.

"This is impossible, we never thought that the RAF would be so strong, they concentrated almost all their aircraft to attack us, and our fighter units will either suffer heavy losses in today's engagement...... Either still in the rear. More critically, we don't have enough jet gasoline, and although we have oil fields in Romania, our fuel reserves have been rapidly declining since China almost cut off exports of refined oil products to our country. And it is not known how long this situation will last. The staff officer beside him said carefully..........

"Damn, we prepared a lot of heavy artillery and stockpiled a lot of supplies to capture Amiens, but it all turned to ashes in yesterday's bombardment!" Hindenburg said with some discouragement. Just when he was thinking about what to do next, another unexpected thing happened, the British and French armies actually took the initiative to attack, they gave up the defense, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the German army being bombed to launch a counter-assault!

"The RAF said it would continue to maintain this intensity of attack until the Germans were completely destroyed!" When Robert received assurances that the RAF would continue to maintain the intensity of air strikes. The Allied top brass in Amiens finally breathed a sigh of relief that yesterday's performance of the Royal Air Force was just too good. After three waves of bombardment, almost all of the German Army's artillery was muted, destroyed, or in the process of shifting positions. Or forced ceasefire due to insufficient ammunition. And the British and American artillery began to bombard the German positions.

Britain and the United States counterattacked, a large number of wheeled armored vehicles rushed out of the position under the cover of infantry and artillery fire, the British Royal Air Force did not break its promise, before the British and American Army launched a counterattack, a large number of V1500 and O400 bombers and various fighters began to bomb and strafe the German positions, but today's situation seems to be very bad, after being blown unconscious on the first day, the Luftwaffe concentrated on defense, and even the bombers that originally carried out bombing missions were used as interceptions, The 13mm large-caliber machine guns equipped on it posed a great threat to the RAF. And that's not all, the German anti-aircraft artillery units, which have been reconfigured with anti-aircraft fire, also pose a serious threat to the bombing apparatus of the Royal Air Force. After all, if you want to be accurate, you have to fly low, and if you fly low, you will be hit by anti-aircraft guns! …。

Although a large number of bombers were dispatched, the effect today is obviously not comparable to yesterday. And today's losses are even higher, in just one morning, the losses of the RAF are almost as much as yesterday, especially the precious V1500 bombers, and the Germans even did not hesitate to attack this aircraft that poses the greatest threat to the ground by ramming! More than one German fighter could not handle the oversized clothes rack after using all its bullets, and then decisively crashed into the wings of the opposing side.

Battles in the air can be described as crazy, while battles on the ground can be described as tragic. For the first time, the Anglo-American army demonstrated the vulnerability of wheeled armored vehicles in frontal combat with real actions. The forum is not a crawler after all. The mere passage of trenches and minefields allowed these fast but fragile wheeled armored vehicles to shine in the face. Just after paying a certain price, with the assistance of artillery and engineers, the British and American teams cleared one passage after another, and the anti-armor fire of the Germans finally came into play. …。

In the roar of the anti-aircraft artillery, there was also a large number of muffled sounds, which were so small that they were almost inaudible in the background of the battlefield. But the British and American armies on the front line could not ignore these killers, and in the face of the British and American wheeled armored vehicle units, the German * team urgently strengthened a large number of 15mm anti-tank guns to the front-line troops! This heavy rifle using tungsten alloy hardcore armor-piercing shells could penetrate the side armor of armored vehicles at close ranges. Many M2 wheeled armored vehicles were plotted by this weapon, and one moment a US gunner was preparing to aim at a battle defense gun to attack, but at the next moment. A bullet from the side slammed into the side armor, and then a small hole was cut, and the slender bullet directly broke the gunner's body. And the residual kinetic energy even killed the loader ......... next to him.

Although the Luftwaffe tried its best to organize ground support for the RAF, a large number of ground attack aircraft repeatedly used machine guns and bomblets to cover and support ground force assaults. Even at the risk of being shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire from the ground. Anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, good 15mm large-caliber machine guns, weave a dense net of fire at low altitudes...... Among them, the 37mm rapid-fire gun and the 15mm machine gun are the most famous, these two anti-aircraft weapons turn quickly, and the concealment is excellent, even before the other side fires, the attack aircraft pilot does not know that there is a deadly killer hiding nearby, an aircraft has just suppressed the German in a trench with a machine gun, just as it pulled up and was about to leave, a long barrel suddenly protruded from the bushes behind it. A fiery snake bit the tail of the plane fiercely, and the powerful 15mm machine gun bullet directly smashed the entire tail fin, and the plane that lost control plunged into a bunker next to it, and the entire bunker and the plane turned into a huge fireball.

Although the attack was frustrated, the British and American forces still stubbornly launched the attack and the flames from the 75mm guns swept the exposed fire points one by one, and they were not in a hurry to advance, anyway, the heavy artillery of the Germans was desperately suppressed by their own artillery and the Royal Air Force, and it didn't matter if the attacking troops stayed longer, under the cover of the armored vehicles in front. A large number of infantry followed, and then set up machine guns, mortars and various light artillery to suppress the German defense line, keep a distance, give full play to the advantages of firepower and maneuver, slowly consume the opponent, like a grinding plate, slowly crushing the opponent has become the main task .........of the British and American forces at this stage.

Facts have proved that such tactics are still relatively effective, at a long distance the anti-tank gun can not penetrate the frontal armor of the armored vehicle at all, and once the Germans fire, the exposed fire is enough to destroy the anti-tank group, often the anti-tank gun just fired two bullets, there will be several tongues of fire to cover the entire target area, personnel want to evacuate has no chance, the Entente concentrated a large number of armored vehicles on the German army several key points repeatedly attacked, although the battle defense guns and half-track anti-aircraft guns can often achieve a record of more than 1 to 3, But with the huge numerical superiority of the Entente, the defensive forces of the breached areas were quickly depleted.

The front-line generals repeatedly demanded that Hindenburg put valuable armored forces into it. But in the face of the Entente* team, which had an advantage in artillery and troops, Hindenburg hesitated, because he knew that the armored forces in his hands were the last armored group that Germany could mobilize at present, and if it was gone, it would be really useless, not only could Kruger not be able to rescue, but the main German army that had lost its armored spearhead would probably be like a tiger that had lost its teeth. So Hindenburg rejected the proposal of the front-line commander to mobilize armored forces, and instead tried to counter the Allied offensive by maneuvering the deployment of anti-aircraft artillery.

But it is a pity that Hindenburg's efforts were once again disintegrated by the Allied artillery, when a German army dragged the anti-aircraft artillery with all its might, the scream from the sky turned the whole road into hell, first, a biplane found the German army that was crowded on the road, and then the pilot informed a long-range artillery unit that was on standby through the transmitter, and was knocked by the German artillery for so long, the Entente also learned a lot, not to mention anything else, At least the encouragement of the opposing positions was done in a good way, and the breaches were blocked by the long-range artillery of the Entente, like an isolated island under the smoke and flames in the sky, and the onslaught of the Entente* team in front of them quickly depleted the defensive forces on these isolated islands. …………。

However, although the Entente gained an advantage on the battlefield, this powerful offensive greatly overdrew the potential of the Entente. The irreparable loss of a large amount of technical equipment plunged Britain and France, which had just made great progress after a winter of replenishment, into a violent attrition again. After two consecutive days of high-intensity combat, the RAF bore the brunt of the losses...... One fighter squadron after another was disabled, and the V1500 bomber, which had the highest hatred value, suffered heavy losses, and there was even a situation where a heavy bomber squadron did not have a single aircraft to continue to use after a two-day mission. And the rest of the bomber squadron was not comfortable, looking at the fuselage cockpit covered with bullet holes and bloodstains, and then looking at the battered wings and fuselage, you can see how terrible the two days of engagement were.

The second is the armored forces of Britain and the United States. The next day's assault caused more than just massive losses of vehicles. At the same time, a large number of trained crew members were lost, and the survival rate of the crew members of the wheeled armored vehicle under the blow of anti-armor weapons can really be described as tragic, and the small cockpit with unprotected sides simply did not prevent shrapnel from killing and injuring the personnel in the cockpit. Often, when a car is hit, it is a sign that all four people inside have gone to God to report. If the vehicle is damaged, it can be pulled back for repair. Or a new car, the people are gone, and there is no ......... that can be replenished on the battlefield.

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