Expedition to Europe

The scouts spotted the Germans as soon as they left Reims.

However, the reconnaissance team did not rush to launch an attack, but summoned their companions.

Qin Zhiyuan equipped the scouts with a considerable number of Lewis light machine guns, all of which used 97-round drums. There was one on almost every two or three-wheeled motorcycles, and only two people were on a three-wheeled motorcycle, a driver and a machine gunner.

On the seat behind the driver, there was a special ammunition box, which was filled with drums of bullets, a total of fifty.

The scouts patrolled around Reims in groups of two three-wheeled motorcycles. When they found that the Germans were starting to set off, one motorcycle would return to Hu Tingfeng's temporary headquarters to report, and the other motorcycle would continue to monitor.

Hu Tingfeng's temporary headquarters was set up on a large armored vehicle with a large compartment, which could hold a temporary meeting with four people. Of course, if you don't care about seats, you can also have more people attend.

The armored vehicle has basic defensive power, with an armor thickness of ten millimeters. When running at full speed, it can run at a speed of nearly 20 kilometers per hour. The offensive force is equipped with five machine guns in the front, back, left and right, two in the front, and one on the left, right, and rear.

Such an armored vehicle, if it is to play its full role, needs about eight to ten people. It looks a lot, but in fact it is not a lot at all. The tanks that the Germans are currently studying have a crew of 18 people, which is a real behemoth.

The scouts have three similar armored vehicles, and there are fifteen trucks to provide them with support.

This is the first real mechanized unit of the First Division, the kind where everyone sits in the car.

After receiving the report of the departure of the German vanguard, Hu Tingfeng immediately ordered Jin Taihe to carry out harassment according to the original plan.

That's right, it's harassment.

Although the scouts are mechanized troops, considering that they have less than 500 people, they can only undertake harassment tasks in the confrontation of large troops.

From Reims to Fer-en-Tadnois, there is only about 30 kilometers. Hu Tingfeng's task is to delay the Germans as much as possible, so that the First Division and the French 32nd Division have more time to build defensive positions.

The Germans moved very quickly. When the scouts gathered their manpower, about a regiment of the vanguard had left Reims.

The Germans naturally also had scouts. Their scouts still used war horses, and some used motorcycles, the kind of three-wheeled motorcycles. It is not a three-wheeled motorcycle with a sidecar, but a three-wheeled motorcycle with one wheel in front and two wheels in the back.

The motorcycle was invented by the Germans, but because of the appearance of Qin Zhiyuan, the motorcycle has made a leap forward. Combined with the American Harley motorcycle, the motorcycle equipped by Qin Zhiyuan's troops uses pneumatic rubber tires, ball bearings, clutches and transmissions, front suspension shock absorbers, spring seats, etc., which are almost a collection of all the advanced technologies in the world.

The German motorcycles are not very good. They are now only using some advanced technologies. In terms of speed, riding comfort and stability, there is a world of difference from the motorcycles equipped by the First Brigade.

The first to be encountered were the scouts of the two armies, and the exchange of fire also started between motorcycles.

When the first German motorcycle appeared in front of the scouts of the first division, the scouts were installing roadside bombs.

This bomb is a simple earth bomb. First, dig a slanted hole on the roadside, aim the hole in the direction where the enemy is coming, then put a special iron barrel in the hole, put the explosives connected to the detonator in, and then stuff a bag of pre-prepared steel balls in it, cover the top with soil and rocks, and a simple roadside bomb is set up.

This bomb is extremely powerful. When it is detonated, the killing range can reach nearly 50 meters. Because there are many steel balls and they have been specially treated, once they are hit, they will basically lose their combat effectiveness.

The fifteen trucks were basically loaded with this stuff except bullets and food.

When the eight scouts who were installing explosives heard the sound of the motorcycle engine, they didn't care. The sound was so familiar that they felt it was their own people.

But when the motorcycle was only fifty or sixty meters away from them, the scouts finally found something wrong.

The German scouts wore the helmets of the former dragoons for easy identification. This helmet has a feature, with a gun head decoration on the top that reaches the sky. You can tell it is the German army from a distance.

The German scouts also found the scouts of the first division. Although the scouts of the first division have their own uniform style, the color is still the blue-gray color of the French army, which is completely different from the iron gray of the German army. In addition, the four motorcycles with sidecars on the side of the road have become the standard of the first division of the Foreign Legion.

"Enemy attack..." A scout of the first division shouted loudly, half-knelt on the ground and pulled out the Mauser pistol from his waist.

The German scouts also found something wrong. The knight's driving skills are still good. He stopped with one foot, pinched the brake and swung the front of the car. The rear wheel drew a perfect semicircle on the ground, and stepped on the accelerator and wanted to run.

It's too late!

Bang bang bang...

Continuous gunshots rang out, and the German scouts fifty meters away fell to the ground.

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"Hurry up, hurry up, get it done." Squad leader Liu Shuangxi casually arranged, ran to the motorcycle, picked up a Lewis machine gun, and trotted over to check.

Fortunately, there were no Germans nearby, but since the gunshots were heard, it would not be long before the Germans came to check.

Liu Shuangxi's attention was on the German soldier who was in a dying state. Although the soldier was shot several times, he did not die immediately. His body was still twitching, and it was estimated that he would not live for long.

Bang...

Liu Shuangxi did not dare to be careless. According to his habit, he still shot first and then went to check the body.

Sure enough, the German scout was holding a grenade in his hand, and the safety was already on. As long as the spring sheet bounced, the grenade would explode.

"Hehe..." Liu Shuangxi sneered twice, took the grenade first, and then began to collect his spoils.

The German scout still had a lot of good stuff on him, including rings, watches, binoculars, military medals, P08 pistols, Berkman MP18 submachine guns, etc. These were all good stuff. Especially the P08 pistol, which was very popular in the souvenir exchange market that had slowly emerged within the First Division. Many people wanted to get a P08 pistol at all costs.

This German scout was equipped with an improved model that could fire 32 rounds of drum magazine. This model was the most popular, and now there were no more than fifty in the entire First Division.

Liu Shuangxi took away all the valuables on the corpse, and then stuffed the grenade with the safety pin pulled out under the still warm corpse.