Even if the scouts stopped harassing, the German army could not speed up.
For the Germans, Fernandez de Noir is a standard enemy battle zone. When traveling here, a battle may break out every minute, and the Germans cannot help but be cautious.
In fact, there are German reconnaissance planes flying back and forth in the sky, performing reconnaissance missions.
However, there were also French planes at the same time. The French's mission was to drive the German planes out of their own airspace and shield the battlefield as much as possible.
The battle in the sky broke out earlier and was more intense than the battle on the ground.
Just as the Seventh Army led by Crown Prince William was advancing, the battle in the sky was going on. From time to time, there would be planes dragging long black smoke and stalling and falling, or the German Albatross D-type, or the British
Sopwith Camel Fighter.
For the battle in the sky, the German infantry marching in the hills below could not help. They could only give moral encouragement. Whenever a camel driven by a French pilot fell, it would win cheers from the ground troops. And every time a German
The human albatross is shot down, and the ground always falls silent.
Below the air combat area is French land. If a German plane is shot down, even if the pilot can barely control the plane and make an emergency landing, most of the pilots will not be able to escape.
Although the French also joined the International Red Cross, there was no guarantee how strongly the relevant provisions of the Red Cross would be implemented during the war.
Although the scouts of the First Division stopped frontal harassment, the number of bombs buried on the roadside and the mines in the middle of the road remained unabated, and the Seventh Army's marching speed was not much faster.
Now the forward force of the Seventh Army is no longer the 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment, but has been replaced by the 35th Bavarian Rifle Regiment. The 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment has been replaced by other units due to excessive casualties.
Although Hu Tingfeng only counted 320 effective results, the actual casualties caused to the 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment were three times that number. After all, there were many casualties caused by explosions that Hu Tingfeng could not count. The specific number was only in the war.
You'll know after it's over.
One thing that is certain is that after this battle, the scouts will receive many military medals. They have annihilated at least three times as many Germans as themselves. This is great news for the French and is enough to wipe out all laws.
There are rumors that the combat effectiveness of the army's troops is far inferior to that of the German troops.
Although the First Division is Chinese, the Foreign Legion is also a French army, and the French can justifiably promote it.
In any case, even if the speed is relatively slow, the Seventh Army is unswervingly approaching Fernandadenoy. They can only go in this direction because they want to attack Paris.
Wa is the only way to go.
At this time, the role of the staff was reflected. The staff of the 1st Division judged that the Seventh Army would arrive at Fernandez de Noir around 5 p.m. on May 4th.
This time was very precise. The German Seventh Army only advanced 17 kilometers on the first day before being forced to camp. It was getting late at this time and marching at night was not conducive to searching and advancing. Crown Prince William did not want to take risks.
However, what Crown Prince William did not expect was that this night camping would be unsettling.
Just after nightfall, the ghostly three-wheeled motorcycles began to wreak havoc again. They shuttled around the German camp, stopping from time to time to make a shuttle in the direction of the German camp, and then immediately disappeared into the darkness before mg08 could react.
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After all, the Lewis machine gun was just a light machine gun. It had little lethality at long range, and the scouts did not dare to get too close. Therefore, it could only be regarded as scratching the surface, and it was insignificant.
But in the second half of the night, the self-propelled artillery that the 1st Division had just equipped before the war joined in the harassment.
Well, this is no longer harassment.
The self-propelled artillery equipped by the First Division is a 194 mm caliber giant gun with a projectile weight of 81 kilograms and a firing speed of two to four rounds per minute or one hundred rounds per hour. When a heavy artillery of such a caliber began to roar, no one
Able to sleep soundly under the threat of shells.
What is sad is that Crown Prince William has no means of counterattack.
The range of this huge cannon reaches 20 kilometers. It can be said that even if it only stays in the preset position, it can easily deliver the artillery shells to the German camp. Of course, in order to achieve a higher hit rate, the artillerymen still move forward.
point, conducting artillery bombardment only 10 kilometers away from the German camp.
The artillery bombardment was not blind. Scouts acted as artillery sighting radars. The gunners used only three rounds to identify the German camp, and then launched a salvo of 20 self-propelled artillery.
The 194mm caliber giant cannon has a killing range of about sixty or seventy meters. The killing range of the fragments can reach 350 meters. It also has shock wave damage. Basically, with one shot, all creatures within half the size of a football field will be harmed.
, even if you can't die, you will definitely lose your combat effectiveness temporarily.
It is basically no problem for 20 artillery pieces to fire together to cover a division-level camp.
However, that is only a theoretical killing effect, and this killing effect may not be achieved in actual operation.
Even if the actual damage was not as high as the theory, it was still unbearable for the Germans. After only one round of salvo fire, the German camp began to become noisy. Countless trucks and motorcycles rushed out of the camp and began to search endlessly for the scouts who acted as informants.
We, the mg08s and mortars in the camp also began to fire at all possible hiding places of the scouts.
The Germans didn't care whether they could find the scouts. As long as they could drive the scouts far away, they would have achieved their goal.
What's more, when the running group has been calibrated to shoot at Zhu Yuan, it is the most correct reaction to quickly escape from the place to avoid the subsequent firepower.
As for finding the artillery group of the 1st Division to fight back, there is no need to think about it.
The attack range of large-caliber heavy artillery is extremely long. Without prior reconnaissance, it is impossible to counterattack. What's more, the artillery unit cannot act alone. There must be infantry accompanying and protecting the position. If the army is sent out to attack in the dark and midnight
, the possibility of being ambushed is much greater than the possibility of finding an artillery position.
Crown Prince William will definitely not make such a mistake.
But staying where you are and being beaten passively is not an option. Not to mention how many casualties there will be if this continues, the morale of the troops will probably get worse and worse, and the troops may collapse directly before dawn.
In desperation, Crown Prince William ordered the advancing 17th Division to temporarily retreat and move closer to the main force of the Seventh Army three kilometers behind.
It doesn't matter if you retreat, half the afternoon's efforts during the day will be in vain.
Qin Zhiyuan was not surprised at all by this result. Using the tactics of the mid-20th century against the army of the early 20th century, the battle was too simple.
