When the day's offensive ended, Crown Prince William was in a very bad mood.
Crown Prince William's initiative to attack this time was originally intended to free the royal family from its predicament, but after a day of fighting, Crown Prince William found that he had now fallen into a bigger predicament.
Regarding how to deal with the French tanks, Crown Prince William's troops have accumulated some experience in the spring offensive launched by the French some time ago. But that is limited to the attacking tanks. When the tanks maintain a defensive posture and do not leave the French position,
Crown Prince Wilhelm's soldiers were helpless with their tanks.
This was also the first time that Crown Prince William felt the difficulty of tanks.
Previously, because the French had not figured out the correct way to use tanks, Crown Prince William did not think tanks were very powerful, but the battle during the day changed Crown Prince William's view of tanks. At that time, the German army had actually captured the French army.
At the protruding part of the defensive position, with the addition of four tanks, the balance of power between the two sides was fundamentally overturned.
Like those little bugs hiding in the dark for sneak attacks, tanks have become a worry for Crown Prince William. He has never been in such urgent need of a tank force. Even with only ten tanks, Crown Prince William is sure to open the road to Paris.
But that is an assumption after all, and Crown Prince William knows that it makes no sense.
In fact, Crown Prince William no longer thinks about attacking Paris. Because of the unexpectedly strong defensive strength of the defenders and the endless harassment since leaving Reims, Crown Prince William now only thinks about the six methods that can bring him out.
The master was satisfied when he brought Lance back.
It is no longer possible to bring it back completely, because just now, the statistical battle report has come out. If the losses on the way to Fernanda de Noir, as well as the shelling last night, and the sacrifices made during the day today are added, William
The crown prince's troops had lost more than 10,000 men.
God, this is already close to one-tenth of the troops in the hands of Crown Prince William.
And it’s only been two days since I left Reims
If the losses continue at this rate, I am afraid that the troops controlled by Crown Prince William will collapse before the day after tomorrow.
That would be a disaster for the German royal family, which was already in turmoil.
Crown Prince Wilhelm did not dare to imagine that that situation would arise. If it really came to that point, I am afraid that he, the crown prince, would never have the chance to ascend the throne, and he would also become the gravedigger of the German royal family.
Thinking of this, Crown Prince Wilhelm sent his aide-de-camp to Fritz Rosenberg and Count von Schulenberg.
Fritz Rosenberg was Crown Prince Wilhelm's chief of staff. He was the planner of the Hindenburg Line and Ludendorff's new defense strategy. Although this man was not well-known, he had a high status in the German Army. Von Schulenberg
The count is an old subordinate of Crown Prince William, and he now commands half of Crown Prince William's troops.
Count von Schulenberg went to inspect the troops and would not be back for a while. Fritz Rosenberg quickly arrived at Crown Prince Wilhelm's headquarters, and the two had a brief exchange first.
I don't think it's a dilemma. Fritz Rosenberg's eyes are not big, but his eyes are extremely sharp. Perhaps it is because of such a pair of eyes that can see the subtleties that he can make up for Falkenhayn's shortcomings: the French are not lacking.
The courage to attack lacks the ability to attack. The army on the opposite side is Chinese and is the army commanded by Qin, so it has completely different morale and fighting spirit from the French army. In today's battle, I pay attention
Qin's troops are very good at defending. If we can persist for two more days, we may learn something from them and make our position stronger.
It seems that Fritz Rosenberg admires Qin Zhiyuan's defense very much. If Qin Zhiyuan were here, the two of them might be able to exchange their experiences.
Defense is no, it is not just defense. Qin's attack will probably be very vigorous. Since we left Reims, the troops have been harassed endlessly. It has been two days. It is estimated that our soldiers have not had a good night's sleep.
I feel a little dangerous. Once Qin thinks that our troops are exhausted, he may not always stay in the defensive position. Crown Prince William looked worried.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Crown Prince William had not slept well in the past two days. Qin Zhiyuan's scouts harassed him frequently, leaving Crown Prince William's troops unprepared. Crown Prince William had a vague feeling that he might not be able to sleep well tonight.
Qin's defense is a flexible defense. His troops have tanks and obviously have offensive capabilities. From the battle during the day, it can be found that Qin's soldiers do not lack the determination to attack. Once the time is right, they will definitely attack
Will attack. There is a precedent for this at the end of last year's Battle of the Somme. General Heimer must have felt deeply. Fritz Rosenberg also felt deeply.
Heimer is the general who was driven away from Elbecourt by Qin Zhiyuan last year. Now Heimer has been transferred to the German General Staff. Perhaps Heimer will never get the opportunity to lead the troops to fight alone in this life.
Chance.
So what should we do now and wait for the worst to happen, or start retreating now? Crown Prince William is undecided.
If you retreat now, you can of course avoid the worst situation, but it will also make the royal family, which is already in trouble, even worse. But if you insist on attacking, the situation may become irreversible, and it may be a war.
Great rout.
Now it is estimated that we will not be able to leave, if we do not teach the Chinese on the opposite side a lesson. I suggest that we continue the attack for one day tomorrow to let the Chinese see our determination, and then we retreat overnight. At the same time, Lance should be ordered to continue sending troops to ensure that we
For the security of the back road, there is intelligence that Qin does not have many troops in his hands, which is good news. Fritz Rosenberg raised the threat to Qin Zhiyuan to a new level.
As an expert in defensive warfare, Fritz Rosenberg did not want to leave now, but Fritz Rosenberg was also Crown Prince William's chief of staff, and he had to make his own suggestions for Crown Prince William's reference.
The two were chatting when the attendant came to report that von Schulenberg was ordered to come and see him.
Von Schulenberg had just gone to the camp ahead. Before he could take a breath, he came directly to see Crown Prince Wilhelm.
I was worried that those sons of bitches would continue to use despicable night bombardment tactics, so I went to the front line and arranged the troops for defense. Von Schulenberg explained this.
Crown Prince William is interested in how you did it.
There is no good way, because those son-of-a-bitch cannons are hiding too far and are beyond the attack range of our artillery. I had people set up two fake camps and set up two fake artillery positions at the same time. I hope
Can fool those sons of bitches. Von Schulenberg was so tired that he forgot to maintain his grace in front of Crown Prince Wilhelm.
False positions are a common tactic used by both the Germans and the French, originally to prevent aircraft reconnaissance, but now to fool elusive scouts.
Well, speaking of scouts, there are similar units in the German army, but they are not taken seriously. But after this battle, the status of scouts will definitely rise to a new level.
War really makes people grow.
At this time, Crown Prince Wilhelm and Count Fritz Rosenberg von Schulenberg heard the continuous explosions, and the Chinese shelling finally began.
