In the end, Moltke the Younger kept this vital force and handed it over to Hindenburg, who had just returned from the front. The German armored units on the front were poorly supplied, so several units with heavy losses were combined into makeshift battle groups to fill the forces of the various base units and increase efficiency. While the Germans were busy consolidating the resources at hand, the British and American forces in the Entente were already ready, and they were aiming at the fragile right flank of the Germans! And in this battle, it will be the first time that the U.S. Army has fought against the enemy in an area thousands of kilometers away from the homeland. The entire U.S. government takes this war very seriously.

"General Pershing, we have put one of America's most elite troops into your hands. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO TANKS, THE UNIT HAS 120 M1 WHEELED ARMORED VEHICLES (AMERICAN NUMBER OF HUAXIA PRODUCTS) EQUIPPED WITH THESE 75MM HOWITZERS AND CANNONS, AND 150 M2 WHEELED ARMORED VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 50MM CANNONS. In addition, there were a large number of reconnaissance vehicles and supply vehicles, as well as 6-inch guns. We've brought over almost all the chariots that can be transported, and the rest is up to you, whether you become a hero or a sinner in the United States depends on your performance. President Wilson wrote in a telegram to Pershing.

Originally, according to the Americans' plan, they planned to equip Pershing with tanks, but the British transport ship transporting the tanks was sunk by a German submarine in the middle of the road, which was undoubtedly a blow to the US Army, which was too thin. The War Department immediately said that it would not send homegrown tanks to Europe until an effective escort system was established. As a result, almost all the chariots in Pershing's hands came from China. After several months of emergency assault training, the Pershing Division, which was composed mostly of American officers and men on active duty, had considerable combat effectiveness. And at a critical moment on the Western Front, the Americans finally threw this force into the battle on the front line!

On February 28, 1917, when the first rays of morning light fell on the earth, Pershing's independent assault division and the British army finally moved! Riding in various wheeled armored vehicles from China, they attacked the broad and fragile right flank of the German army along their pre-set assault routes. Although the Germans were relatively tight, they still made some precautions after realizing the danger of the flanks, but they did not expect to come so quickly. The attack is so fierce!

Faced with a wide flying front and undulating terrain, the long-range heavy artillery power of both sides was weakened. The density of fire has decreased, and the total number of artillery pieces is not comparable to when the attack was first launched. Therefore, what determines the outcome of the battle is all kinds of direct fire and first-line fighting. And these were precisely the weak points of the German Army, whose most elite armored forces were facing off against the French. And the rest of the motorized troops are actually a group of infantry in various trucks, one in charge of transporting and the other in battle. As soon as the two sides touched, the situation was naturally clear at a glance.

The same as the Germans. The high-speed assault force of the British and American forces formed a spearhead that quickly cut and tore apart the German positions, while the main forces in the rear were responsible for destroying those isolated enemies. In order to adapt to the battle in the hilly areas, Pershing, after tearing through the outermost German defensive line, divided his troops into several assault groups, and then attacked further in depth in this combination of small speed and strong combat effectiveness. In the face of this kind of play, extremely flexible and fast and full of firepower, the Germans were instantly stunned.

A German motorized army regiment on the march received an order from the top to plug a breach. They carried anti-aircraft guns, heavy mortars, and even several half-tracks carrying 88MML45 anti-aircraft guns for fire support and anti-heavy armor fire. And it's on the march. Suddenly, an earthy yellow shadow appeared from the side of the hill. The sentries on either side spotted the peeping guy, but didn't pay much attention to it, and according to previous estimates, it would take a considerable amount of time for the British and French troops to be engaged in battle after discovering the target, as the troops were too slow to move and not very strong.

THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE GERMANS SEEMED TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED A DIFFERENT ENEMY, AND IN JUST FIFTEEN MINUTES, 120MM MORTAR SHELLS FROM BEHIND THE HILL BLOSSOMED IN THE FORMATION OF THE GERMAN ARMY! "It's coming too fast, isn't it?" A thought arose in the minds of all German officers and soldiers at the same time. AT THE COMMAND OF A JUNIOR OFFICER, THE GERMANS BEGAN TO UNLOAD THEIR HEAVY GUNS AND OPENED THEIR LARGE RACKS READY TO FIRE, WHILE HOWITZERS AND 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AIMED AT THE OPPOSING ARTILLERY IN THE DISTANT COL IN AN ATTEMPT TO COUNTERATTACK.

"No, the other side is in our dead end, only mortars can hit it, but the range of our 80mm mortars is not enough." Just as the artillery officer reported this terrible situation to the regimental commander, a group of chariots rushed from both flanks, and the speed of their charge was so fast that in just a few minutes, they rushed through a distance of thousands of meters, and the two sides fired wildly at a distance of less than 800 meters!

"There are too many other parties, and the speed is too fast!" UNDER THE COMMAND OF AN OFFICER, AN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN LABORIOUSLY ROTATED TO KEEP UP WITH A HIGH-SPEED MOVING ARMORED VEHICLE, AND JUST AS THEY HAD JUST LOCKED THEIR TARGET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCOPE, THE 50MM GUN OF AN M2 ARMORED VEHICLE RUSHED FROM THE SIDE OPENED FIRE! ALTHOUGH THE 50MM GUN MAY BE ALMOST COLD AGAINST A TANK, IT IS STILL EASY TO FIGHT THIS HALF-TRACK VEHICLE, WHICH CAN ONLY DEFEND AGAINST SHRAPNEL AND MACHINE GUNS. Half of the sparse anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns were destroyed before they could deploy in such a sudden situation, and the rest were smashed to pieces by the larger number of vehicles behind them after blowing up a few unlucky vehicles.

And having lost the few anti-armor forces, the remaining German infantry was almost helpless in the face of wheeled armored vehicles armed with large-caliber machine guns, medium-caliber howitzers and mortars, as well as various machine guns! The machine gun fire, which the Germans relied on the most, could only leave shallow holes in the opponent's armor plates, and even if they were replaced with special armor-piercing shells, it was useless. The Americans have always kept a suitable distance from the other side, which is about 600 meters away, most of the German weapons cannot reach the opponent, while the machine guns and artillery equipped by the Americans can easily slaughter the opponent!

In less than 45 minutes, a German infantry regiment was beaten to pieces, and these ghostly swift and deadly hunters did not clean up the battlefield, but stepped on the gas pedal to the next battlefield. "Germans, we don't have time to capture you, there will be British people coming later, just raise your hand and take a picture of them!" An American officer shouted.

Soon after the Anglo-American Army attacked, the German right flank was thrown into disarray, and although it was caught off guard, the Germans quickly reacted. New countermeasures began to be taken, the already divided forces began to shrink and establish circular defensive positions, while the rear troops also suspended their advances, began to group and temporarily increased a large number of small and medium-caliber anti-tank guns. THE GERMANS ALSO EXPERIMENTED WITH THIS SIMILAR VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE IT COULD NOT RESIST THE 47 OR 57MM FLAT-FIRE GUNS THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE EQUIPPED WITH IN LARGE QUANTITIES, AND THE OFF-ROAD PERFORMANCE WAS NOT GOOD, BUT IF IT WAS TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF THING, THE GERMANS STILL HAD SOME EXPERIENCE. A large number of 50mm cannons are equipped at the same time, steadily advancing step by step, as well as pre-setting ambushes and so on. After all, the battlefield is so small, and the density of troops on both sides is really high, so it is easy to figure out where the other side is. Of course, all kinds of false positives are still more inevitable, but in line with the idea that as long as there are more pits, sooner or later they can be caught. The Germans began to design ambush positions in general, and a large number of troops who were supposed to go to the front were pulled back.

"The scene is very chaotic, the battle lines of the two sides are intricate, the dogs and teeth are intertwined, the mobility of the British and American troops is too strong, although the attack is insufficient, but they still try to advance towards the predetermined area, for small forces and troops on the move, they can eat it, and for those positions that cannot be occupied in a short period of time, they choose to bypass, from the scene, the opponent's attack front is already very deep, but they can not fully control the area behind them, Some key points are still firmly in our hands. Although the British and American attacks were very sharp and swift, Hindenburg was not too nervous about it. Moltke the Younger left the remaining armored reserves to him, that is, to guard against the attack of Britain and the United States from the flanks. And now, in the face of these enemy forces, who were more than mobile and inadequate, Hindenburg did not think that they could stop their attack.

From a tactical point of view, Hindenburg was completely sure that he would take out his opponent with heavy troops, but in Moltke's view, strategically the German army was already at a disadvantage of being flanked from both sides, and more importantly, because the flanks were a mess, the supplies of Crook and Mackensen's troops on the front line plummeted! And under the continuous consumption of the French army, the amount of ammunition and equipment has dropped to a dangerous level, and at this time, when Germany needs to use the backup force to flank the enemy, I am afraid that the French will have to act, right? Moltke said worriedly as he looked at the map in front of him.

But this time the Entente did much more than the Germans thought! When the German right flank was gnawed with holes and a few teeth were broken at the same time, the top brass of the British and American armies decisively began to shrink their forces, and transferred the most elite mobile units and a large number of anti-aircraft artillery to the east, preparing to block the German armored reserves layer by layer. The main force of the infantry began to move towards Kruger's rear, preparing to cooperate with the French army that was about to attack the general attack to completely eat the German advance, and both sides were racing against time to prepare. And all the hard work and hard work will be seen in a few days.

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