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Armed with machine guns, machine gunners on tanks and armored vehicles are wantonly killing German soldiers who appear in front of them. In the face of hundreds of never-before-seen steel monsters, the Germans in the position had no choice but to abandon their weapons and escape. It wasn't that they hadn't tried to resist, but the fragile resistance had no effect, and the machine guns that had terrified the Entente forces had no greater effect than a string of sparks splashed on the bodies of these iron monsters...

And the only damage that this can cause to the expeditionary force is probably to make the maintenance personnel of the armored forces spend more money on paint...

Compared to them, the soldiers of the expeditionary force in armored vehicles are much more relaxed. On the armored vehicle, soldiers in the machine-gun tower were armed with machine guns, tearing any German soldiers who came into their sight to shreds. The tanks that accompanied them were aimed at the muzzles of the guns, which were not strong fortifications. For some strong fortifications, the machine guns on the tank may not be useful, but they are still relatively light against those made of sandbags...

Dozens of machine guns opened fire together, causing heavy losses to the German soldiers who were still hiding behind the fortifications to resist. Even if the guns could not kill the Germans in the fortifications, it would be fine to knock out the machine guns that the Germans were using to resist.

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In this period, no one yet had experience in the fight against armored forces.

If it is two or three years in the future, because the experience is already relatively rich, and there are more tanks in front of people. People naturally know how to resist with anti-tank guns, anti-tank guns, or Molotov cocktails and cluster grenades. But at this time, in the face of hordes of tanks, the Germans had nothing but blank resistance. The only way to do this is to turn your back and run away.

In the Battle of the Somme, the Germans faced the tanks of the British for the first time, but they also fled in a hurry when resistance was ineffective.

Naturally, it was only the Germans who fled directly to face the armored forces, but although the Germans on other positions did not flee, they were only dumbfounded when they looked at these unprecedented big guys, and they didn't even have the idea of reinforcements...

But they soon came to their senses. Because the infantry group, which was following behind the armored forces, had already rushed up. Following the openings torn by the armored forces, the infantry groups attacked in the direction of the flanks.

In the face of the armored forces that appeared for the first time, the Germans were already panicked, plus tens of thousands of expeditionary forces poured in. In the end, when the resistance was ineffective, in the face of the iron hooves of the armored forces, the Germans could only keep retreating, and the expeditionary force was very light and completely captured the positions that the British and French forces had spent countless hours before and failed to capture...

The entire battle took just over an hour. In just over an hour, the positions were filled with tanks, expeditionary officers and soldiers, corpses, and German prisoners of war who had surrendered with their hands raised...

And even when they raised their hands in surrender, these brave Germanic warriors were still staring at the tanks at their sides with awe.

Such a result not only surprised the allied generals such as Fuxi and Haige, but also surprised Cai Yi and others. Although they also knew that these troops that cost tens of millions of dollars to build could not be useless at all, they did not expect that they could play such a big role. It was possible to capture the enemy's position so lightly. And it took just over an hour.

They have also seen the battle situation in the past few days, in the face of the strong German defense line, although the coalition army has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, it is still helpless, but this time...

"When it comes to casualties, I'm afraid there aren't even a few thousand," he said, looking at the battle ahead with a telescope. Wu Peifu said with a wry smile, in his sight. In the distance, the Wehrmacht was driving away German prisoners of war.

I thought it was a vicious battle, but how could I have thought that it would end so lightly, this result was really beyond Wu Peifu's expectations.

Hearing Wu Peifu's words, Liu Guangyuan, who was standing next to him, shook his head. "Maybe less—" he said, looking in the opposite direction again, but his eyes were more focused on the tanks, obviously surprised by the power of the weapon.

Seriously, there were not many casualties during the assault phase, and it can even be said that there were no casualties at all, because the Germans were equipped with weapons other than mortars, which could not hurt the soldiers in the armored vehicles at all.

Of course, cluster grenades are possible, but in a hurry, the Germans may not be able to think of this solution, not to mention that even if they do, it is difficult to say whether it will be too late. After all, the degree of these armored vehicles is still relatively fast compared to the degree of human legs.

And when the British first put in tanks in history, they only put in 49 tanks, and for various reasons (presumably mechanical failures or something), only 18 of them were actually put into battle...

A front of more than 1o kilometers is equipped with more than 1o tanks, which is equivalent to 1 or 2 tanks within a kilometer. Although the first appearance with a tank can indeed be very shocking, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect.

Historically, these tanks did have a strong psychological shock to the German infantry on the defending side, forcing them to abandon their positions and retreat without a fight. However, due to the fact that the technology and equipment of the tanks have not yet been perfected, and the battle front is wide, these tanks still have not achieved the combat goal of opening a breakthrough.

However, this time it was different, this expeditionary force invested an armored regiment, a full 15o tanks, plus the development time was more than a year earlier than the British, the technology was relatively much more bearable, and there was Yan Shao on the side to carry out some technical enlightenment, and its own motivation was led by the most technologically powerful Yushi Group in this era, which was naturally much more mature than the British.

Although at least a few dozen tanks were paralyzed in the middle of the road, the number of tanks that eventually rushed to the local positions still exceeded 100―――――― although only a few more than a few more than 100.

However, more than 100 were obviously more impressive than 18 tanks, and the armored vehicles were loaded with many infantry, who came down through the rear door after the armored vehicles rushed into the German positions. Armed with weapons began to clear the Germans from the trenches.

In this process, the hand-held Madsen light machine gun and pump-action shotgun wielded a great effect, and the hand-held Madsen machine gun was extremely powerful. The pump-action shotgun is one of the most suitable weapons for complex situations in trenches.

This weapon, historically known as the trench sweeper, was extremely useful in clearing the German troops from their positions. Coupled with the fact that the German troops in the position were in a state of panic at this time, the attacking troops encountered almost no effective resistance.

Naturally, even though the vast majority of the German army has no intention of fighting, there are still those who are sworn to resist.

In fact, most of the casualties were at this stage, and there were follow-up 6 armies that caught up and lived.

After all, in the face of the threat of tanks. It is impossible for every German to turn around and run away, there will always be a few who will resist resolutely. If they were in a desperate situation, they would have fled, and the Germans would not have the ability to start two world wars...

As a result, while fighting on many positions is easy, it is also very difficult in some locations.

Fortunately, the casualties were not very large, and the results were significantly more dazzling than the casualties...

After all, they had a few thousand casualties. took the German positions that the coalition forces had failed to take with more than 100,000 casualties. Such an achievement alone is enough for all the officers and soldiers of the expedition who participated in the expedition to hold their heads high in front of the coalition forces and show off for a lifetime...

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Standing in the headquarters, looking at the officers and soldiers of the expedition who were waving flags and cheering on the German positions in the distance, Cai Ye and the others were speechless. Compared with the joy of victory, the most shocking thing for them at this moment is probably the power of the armored forces.

After all, even Cai Ye himself. I also felt that if I wanted to take the German position on the opposite side, even with the support of tank troops, I am afraid that I would need to pay a price of at least 30,000 people. Who would have thought that now he only paid only one-tenth of the price, and won the position very lightly.

And perhaps the same shock was given to the power of the armored forces, in the case of positions that had already been grabbed. The German commander in the rear did not let the artillery shell the position, but this also gave the expeditionary officers and soldiers who had just taken the position enough time to rest and deal with the prisoners of war...

There are now many prisoners of war in the trenches who have surrendered. Most of these prisoners of war were taken by the deterrent power of tanks, so they chose to surrender when there was no hope of resistance. And how to properly solve this problem has become the most important thing at the moment...

At least for now, Bai Chongxi on the other side is scratching his head about this question. Although he has also experienced a lot of wars in Shandong. But the extreme temperament of the Japanese, even if they are defeated, few prisoners can stay, not to mention that this time it is not the Japanese who are facing it, but the Germans who have a relatively good relationship in the past, Bai Chongxi is still a little young after all, so he will naturally look some...

Just when Cai Ye and the others were still deeply shocked, Fu Xi and Haig on the other side had already sent a telegram to congratulate them. However, while congratulating, the two also raised some questions about Cai Ye, wondering why, when they had the advantage, the expeditionary force that had rushed to the position did not continue to attack...

At present, the German army is in a state of panic, if we can take this opportunity to continue the offensive, we will definitely be able to achieve excellent results, and maybe even directly increase the degree of victory of the allied forces in this war...

"These foreigners are really a little anxious..."Listening to the content of the telegram, Wu Peifu on the side couldn't help but sneer. Wu Peifu's personality has always been a little unruly, which also makes his personnel in the army not very good, but Yan Shaozhi doesn't care much about this, in his opinion, as long as he is talented, and his character is not too bad.

Is there talent, Wu Peifu must have it, as for character, Wu Peifu rejected the Japanese in history, which has been more or less proven, as for the rest, to be honest in that era, there were really few warlords who were good, so Yan Shao couldn't ask for anything.

What's more, in Yan Shao's view, that situation is mainly caused by the environment, if the environment is changed, Wu Peifu may not dare to do this...

Of course, the most important point is that although Wu Peifu is not inferior, he still respects Yan Shao very much. If this weren't the case, I'm afraid even Yan Shao wouldn't be able to bear him...

After all, Yan Shao is also a little temperamental, although talented subordinates are indeed important, but Yan Shao still hopes to have some talents. In terms of personality, it is more satisfying...

"It's not surprising..."For Wu Peifu, Cai Ye is still relatively tolerant. Like Yan Shao, he also values this talented young man, not to mention that Wu Peifu still respects him, so he doesn't have much ill will towards Wu Peifu. "Reply to Commander Haig and Commander Fuxi, saying that the vast majority of our army's armored forces have mechanical problems and are unable to continue the attack, and at the same time ask them to send reinforcements up to resist a possible counterattack by the Germans..." It's just that he never thought that it would be a useful opportunity.

"Yes!" Not knowing this, the officer nodded, and then left with the notebook in which Yan Shao's words were recorded.

After receiving Cai Yi's reply, Fuxi and Haig were speechless in the headquarters.

By this time, the British had already built the Nomad tank, and the French had begun to build the Schnader tank. Although these two things are not under the jurisdiction of Fuxi and Haig, the two are high-ranking generals after all, and they still know a little bit about it. It's just that I don't know much, and there are no people here who understand these things at the moment, no matter how you explain it, naturally you can only rely on Cai Yi and them...

"Cai, he shouldn't lie about such an important matter..."After being speechless for a while, Fu Xi smiled bitterly.

Haig nodded silently, not saying anything more...

But they don't know. Cai Ye actually told the truth, but even he didn't expect the truth.

Perhaps because the scene of hundreds of tanks was too shocking, the Germans did not rush to counterattack before they came up with a solution, but tried their best to strengthen the positions they were currently holding. In this way, Cai Ye and others had enough time to get the tanks on the front line back. It's just that after the tank came back, Cai Ye learned about a situation that surprised him.

That is, after capturing the positions of the German army, the armored forces no longer have the ability to continue the offensive. Because at that time. Of the 150 tanks that came out, only about 30 were able to move in the end, and all the others were paralyzed in the distance due to various malfunctions.

Fortunately, most of the tanks were paralyzed on the German positions, and then with the machine guns and machine guns loaded on them, they supported the 6th Army that followed suit, otherwise it is really difficult to say whether they would be able to gain a foothold...

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After learning of this situation, both Cai Ye and the others were stunned, after all, they never thought of such an ending.

"Couldn't we make it more reliable?" After a deep groan, Cai Yi frowned and asked.

Since seeing the power of tank troops, Cai Ye has already come up with many ways to use them. But if the reliability of the tank is only so little, then most of the methods may not need to be used, and the only remaining methods are almost all the same as the current army-wide assault type, and can only assault a short distance, and some are similar to disposables...

It's a bit similar to the heavy knights of the Middle Ages in terms of method, but the heavy knights can still rush several times, but these are...

"There's really no way..."Bai Chongxi smiled helplessly, he had just been called back. This is mainly a problem of technology, at the moment the technology is not very mature, so this is already the limit, if you want to improve reliability, you can only wait for the domestic progress in technology..."

Hearing Bai Chongxi say this, Cai Yi, Wu Peifu and others were speechless.

But at this time, Liu Guangyuan on the side interjected. "Okay, don't talk about that, it's always better to be victorious..."

"yes..."

Hearing the word victory, the faces of the people present were filled with joy, even Cai Yi.

Because apart from the problem of tank troops, the losses in this battle were very small, but the results obtained were very large. After the whole battle, the expeditionary force only paid more than 3,000 casualties, of which only more than 500 were killed, and the rest were wounded...

Although this is not a small number, one only has to think about the casualties paid in the past few days to imagine how valuable it is.

And this rare victory soon spread to the world with the end of the battle.

Almost all the world's media reported on this new weapon, especially its power, which did not pay much attention to the significance of this battle. In the eyes of many, even if there was some meaning to this battle, it was only the background to the emergence of armored forces.

At the same time, the uncrowned kings who accompanied the army also quickly dug up a lot of precious news from the expeditionary force, such as these things were secretly sent to Europe, in the name of 'tank', so these iron lumps were also called tanks...

On the other hand, after learning the news of the victory, there was also a carnival in the country.

In comparison, the high cost of this army has become a matter that no one cares about. After learning about the combat effectiveness of the tank troops, some people in the army even proposed to build 10,000 tanks, but people such as Yan Shao or Fu Xiuming scoffed at such words.

The figure of 100 vehicles is already equivalent to 10 million yuan, and 10,000 vehicles is not equivalent to 1 billion...

Although China's fiscal revenue has reached the point of one billion yuan, I am afraid that few people have done this kind of stupid thing to invest all the fiscal revenue in one year in something, let alone one-tenth of the fiscal revenue in a year.

For Yan Shao, building three or five hundred vehicles a year is enough, after all, financial issues must always be considered...