The failure on the first day did not scare Nivelle, who soon launched a second large-scale attack.
There is only half the time left for Nivele.
As early as when he was trying to persuade Raymond to agree to Nivelle's battle plan, Nivelle proposed that if the French army did not make progress within 48 hours, Nivelle would stop the attack.
One day has passed now. So Nivele needs to hurry up.
The next day's battle also started at six o'clock in the morning.
Nivele and his staff discussed it all night and came up with a new tactic.
In Nivelle's new tactics, the French troops responsible for the offensive were divided into two groups and launched a pincer-like attack on the Germans. One of them was led by Nivelle's confidant Mangin, and the other was led by his predecessor.
Force commander Alfred led.
Since the outbreak of World War I, Alfred has been Nivelle's chief of staff, and they have cooperated very well. But when Nivelle proposed a plan to attack Shermandedam, Nivelle
Alfred's plan aroused strong opposition from Alfred, who even threatened to resign.
Nivelle, who had already become the commander-in-chief of the French army, naturally would not accept such a threat, so Alfred was sent to the front line by Nivelle to personally lead the army to carry out the attack that Alfred said would never become a reality.
Unlike Alfred, the commander of the other group, Mangin, was a murderer. As early as the Verdun period, Mangin and Nivelle were accused of wasting the lives of French soldiers at will. In order to calm the storm, Nivelle
, was forced to remove Manking.
But after Nivelle became the commander-in-chief of the French army, Mangin was immediately promoted and climbed to a higher position than before.
The troops commanded by Mangin were not only French, but also the 1234th Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion. These four regiments were mainly composed of Algerians and Moroccans, and were basically all black.
Mangin, who didn't care about the lives of pure-bred Frenchmen, was even more indifferent to the lives of these black people. In yesterday's battle, these four infantry regiments were all sent to the front line and suffered heavy casualties.
Get some rest.
Black people are also human beings, and they are not fools. They can naturally feel Manking's indifference. The commanders of these four regiments asked for a rest as soon as they heard the order, but were ruthlessly rejected by Manking. Manking was preparing for the meeting
He said some very bad things. He said that if the soldiers of these four regiments did not obey orders, then these commanders would be sent to military courts.
In fact, the commanders of these four regiments are all French, pure French whites. Although their skin colors are different, they have also developed certain feelings in the process of getting along with the soldiers day and night, so they want to replace the soldiers who are already full of anger.
Let's say something.
In the end, the commanders' request was ruthlessly rejected by Manjing. All foreign legionnaires, as long as they could still move, had to participate in the next day's battle. Niweiler seemed to want to vent all his anger towards Qin Zhiyuan on these foreign legionnaires.
The same goes for the soldiers, who are not prepared to leave any way for these people to survive.
Fortunately, Qin Yunpeng's troops were assigned to Alfred's command. Although they were also in the battle order, they were able to stay in the rear to rest because they suffered heavy casualties in the first day of battle.
Like the first day's attack, the second day's attack still made no progress.
After a day of fighting, the Germans have gradually become familiar with the new defense method, but the French have not yet found a way to break through the German defenses.
When the French start to launch an attack, the Germans will take the initiative to retreat and abandon their positions after giving the attacking troops a certain amount of blows. Then when the French are exhausted and stop attacking, the German reserves will come forward.
Drive the French back to their starting position and regain the lost position.
The two French armies, the one commanded by Alfred, moved northeast, hoping to join the other French army commanded by Mangin, and then work together to annihilate the Germans in the encirclement, or drive the Germans out of Chemandelda
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The plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
Both French armies failed to complete their tasks. Relatively speaking, Mangin completed the task to a better extent, but at the same time, Mangin's troops paid a greater price.
The four infantry regiments of the Foreign Legion have been basically wiped out in one day's battle. The total number of the four regiments now is less than 1,000. The remaining ones were ruthlessly squandered by Mangin in front of the German positions.
Not only the blacks in the Foreign Legion, Mangin's French troops also suffered heavy casualties. On this day, Mangin's troops suffered more than 110,000 casualties, of which 40,000 were killed.
In just two days, the French army paid a price of 270,000 casualties in Sherman-des-Dam, of which 100,000 were killed. The German army defending Sherman-des-Dam suffered a total of 163,000 casualties.
The casualties were so heavy that neither Germany nor France could bear it, especially the French, whose human resources were gradually depleted.
That night, Prime Minister Paul Panlevail rushed to the front line and went to see Nivelle himself, demanding that Nivelle stop the attack immediately.
At the same time, Qin Zhiyuan was waiting for Qin Yunpeng at Black Swan Castle.
After Qin Zhiyuan's engagement ceremony, they had only seen each other for a few days. The high-spirited Qin Yunpeng had disappeared. What came to Qin Zhiyuan was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a decadent face.
General Qin, you are right. The French do not regard us as human beings. Qin Yunpeng seemed to have drunk a lot of wine before. He was a bit drunk. He walked in a hurry and just entered the living room, half lying on the sofa and yelling.
I've reminded you that Nivel not only doesn't treat foreigners as human beings, they don't even treat French people as human beings. Qin Zhiyuan's face was gloomy, his tone was cold, and he showed no trace of enthusiasm.
Qin Yunpeng was quite smart and waited until Qin Zhiyuan's anger had passed before coming over. If it had been last night when Qin Zhiyuan had just read the battle report, Qin Yunpeng would not even be able to get in, let alone half lying on the sofa.
Obviously, not all French people are like Qin Yunpeng said, at least not Foch. Otherwise, Foch would not let Julie and Qin Zhiyuan get engaged.
It’s me who is confused, it’s me who is confused. Eight thousand of my descendants have allowed me to be buried in the wilderness thousands of miles away from my hometown. How can I explain to my fellow villagers when I go back? Qin Yunpeng burst into tears, and finally couldn’t help but burst into tears.
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Yesterday plus today, the number of Chinese killed on the spot or seriously injured has exceeded 5,000. Although Qin Zhiyuan sent some medics from the 1st Brigade to the front line to support the 2nd Brigade last night, there are still many seriously injured people.
Those who lost their limbs and were permanently disabled would have lost nearly 8,000 of the nearly 10,000 people the Second Brigade had before the war. It can be said that the entire army was close to annihilation.
Because of this, not only the family members of these eight thousand children, but also Qin Zhiyuan, they will never forgive Qin Yunpeng.
Of course, at the same time, there is Nivele who will never forgive. To be continued.
