Expedition to Europe

When the day's attack came to an end, Crown Prince William was in a 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 was now in a bigger predicament.

Regarding how to deal with French tanks, Crown Prince William's troops accumulated certain experience in the spring offensive launched by the French some time ago. But that was limited to attacking tanks. When the tanks maintained a defensive posture and did not leave the French position, Crown Prince William's soldiers had nothing to do with the 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 salient of the French 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 and making sneak attacks, tanks have become a worry for Crown Prince William. He has never had such an urgent need for a tank force. Even if there are only ten tanks, Crown Prince William is sure that he can open up 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 William did not dare to imagine that situation. 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.

With this in mind, Crown Prince Wilhelm sent his chamberlain to find 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. Count von Schulenberg is an old subordinate of Crown Prince Wilhelm, and he now commands half of Crown Prince Wilhelm'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 William's headquarters, and the two had a brief exchange first.

"Dilemma? I don't think so." 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 do not lack the courage to attack, but what they lack is the ability to attack. The Chinese are the troops commanded by 'Qin', so they have completely different morale and fighting spirit from the French troops. In today's battle, I noticed that Qin's troops are very good at defending. If they can do it again. If we persist for two days, we may learn something from this and make our position stronger.”

It seemed that Fritz Rosenberg admired Qin Zhiyuan's defense very much. If Qin Zhiyuan was here, the two of them might be able to exchange their experiences.

"Defense? No, no, it's not just defense. Qin's attack will probably be very intense. Since we left Reims, the troops have been harassed endlessly. It's been two days. I guess our soldiers haven't slept yet. A peaceful sleep, I feel a bit 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, making Crown Prince William's troops unable to defend themselves. Crown Prince William had a vague hunch that he might not be able to live 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 There will definitely be an attack. There is a precedent for this at the end of the Battle of the Somme last year, and 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? Wait for the worst to happen, or start retreating now?" Crown Prince William was hesitant.

If we retreat now, we can of course avoid the worst situation, but at the same time it will make the already troubled royal family even worse. But if we insist on attacking, the situation may become irreversible, and it may be a huge defeat.

"Now we probably can't leave if we don't teach the Chinese a lesson. I suggest that we continue to attack for one day tomorrow to let the Chinese see our determination, and then we retreat overnight. At the same time, we should order Lance to continue to send troops to ensure the safety of our retreat. Intelligence shows that Qin does not have too many troops, which is good news." Fritz Rosenberg raised Qin Zhiyuan's threat to a new level.

As a defensive warfare expert, Fritz Rosenberg did not want to leave now, but Fritz Rosenberg was also the chief of staff of Crown Prince William, and he had to make his own suggestions for Crown Prince William for reference.

The two were chatting, and the attendant came to report that von Schulenberg was ordered to meet.

Von Schulenberg had just gone to the camp in front, and he didn't have time to catch his breath, so he came directly to see Crown Prince William.

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"I was worried that those sons of bitches would continue to use despicable night artillery tactics, so I went to the front line and arranged the troops to do a good job of defense." Von Schulenberg explained.

"How did you do it?" Crown Prince William was interested.

"There is no good way, because those damn cannons are too far away and beyond the attack range of our artillery. I had people build two fake camps and set up two fake artillery positions at the same time, hoping to fool those damn cannons." Von Schulenberg was so tired that he forgot to keep his demeanor in front of Crown Prince William.

Fake positions are a trick used by both Germans and French. Originally, they were used to prevent aircraft reconnaissance, and now they are used to fool the elusive scouts.

Well, speaking of scouts, there are similar troops in the German army, but they are not valued. But after this battle, the status of scouts will definitely rise to a new height.

War really makes people grow up.

At this moment, Crown Prince William, Fritz Rosenberg, and Count von Schulenberg heard continuous explosions, and the Chinese artillery bombardment finally began.