Expedition to Europe

While maintaining pressure on France, Germany is constantly winning on other battlefields.

In mid-May, Germany and Romania signed the Treaty of Gallest.

In this treaty, the Germans continued their short-sighted greed when signing the treaty with Russia and also cruelly exploited Romania.

The Romanians were forced to lease their oil fields to Germany for 99 years. In this treaty, the Romanians got almost no benefits, so you can imagine the anger of the Romanians.

After the signing of the Treaty of Gallest, Ludendorff's next plan was finally released. This time Ludendorff's target became Reims and Soissons.

Unfortunately, these two places were within Qin Zhiyuan's defense range.

Ludendorff's goal was to threaten Paris and at the same time attract the French troops in Flanders to the Reims area, so that Ludendorff could continue to launch an offensive in Flanders to break the deadlock.

In order to ensure the achievement of tactical objectives, Ludendorff made careful preparations, which took as long as a month. Not only did he have to prepare artillery shells, but he also had to mobilize infantry divisions. The troops in the hands of the Bavarian prince soon increased to 50 divisions, and they would launch a powerful attack on the front line responsible for the foreign legion.

In the choice of targets, Ludendorff made a mistake again. If Ludendorff did not set the target as Reims or Sussomwa, but Verdun, then the Germans would be unstoppable.

The troops currently responsible for defending the Verdun area are the French 7th Army. This army is a patchwork force. Many soldiers have not received sufficient training, and there are even troops composed entirely of men over 40 years old.

Perhaps it was because Qin Zhiyuan's record against the German troops was too brilliant that Ludendorff could not ignore Qin Zhiyuan, which prompted Ludendorff to take the foreign legion led by Qin Zhiyuan as the next target.

In early June, the Germans completed all tactical preparations and the offensive was about to begin.

While the Germans were preparing for war, Qin Zhiyuan was not idle either. Almost every day, there were military trains arriving in Reims from Paris, loaded with artillery shells and food. Foch also had a premonition of the German attack, so he increased the supply to Reims.

Throughout May, Qin Zhiyuan stockpiled 7 million artillery shells, nearly 260 tons of various foods, and more than 400,000 bottles of various wines in Reims.

The supply of wine exceeded Qin Zhiyuan's expectations, so Qin Zhiyuan had to send a telegram to Bruno Abel Garcia, who was responsible for the allocation of supplies, asking him to replace the wine with diesel.

Garcia has not yet realized what fuel means to the tank troops. Qin Zhiyuan's troops have stockpiled 45 tons of diesel, which may sound like a lot, but in fact, if all the tanks are in motion, it will only be enough for two days.

On June 10, the Germans almost simultaneously launched artillery attacks on the defense lines of Laon and Champagne-Chalons. Including Reims, which was silent in the middle, the width of the German offensive front reached 80 kilometers, and the second Reims Battle began.

The Germans had a clear goal, which was to use their usual pincer attack to break through from both sides of Reims, and then attack Reims from both sides, open the door to Paris, and threaten the safety of Paris.

When Paris felt threatened, Foch would withdraw troops from Flanders, and Ludendorff could successfully annihilate the isolated British troops.

Unfortunately for the German army that was about to launch an attack, from Laon to Champagne-Champagne, the Foreign Legion was responsible for the defense, which was a hard bone to chew.

Fortunately for the German army, the overly optimistic 84th Brigade of the US Army, which had just arrived at the front line, was responsible for defending the Amifontein area, which was the focus of the German attack.

And the two Senegalese divisions with less strict management were responsible for the defense of the Champagne-Champagne area.

Shortly after the Germans began shelling, the air forces of both sides fought in the sky first.

Qin Zhiyuan had nearly a hundred fighters in his hands, which sounded like a lot, but in fact it was far less than the number of fighters owned by the Bavarian prince.

Foch discovered Qin Zhiyuan's predicament in time and sent the British and French coalition fighters to help.

The battle was extremely fierce. There were fighters flying back and forth in the air. From time to time, fighters disintegrated in the air, and more fighters were shot down with black smoke. In either case, it was difficult for pilots to escape.

Bao Deshui, the biggest ace in the Chinese Air Force, also attacked with the team and encountered the famous Red Baron over Reims.

There was no way. The Red Baron's plane was too conspicuous. The glaring red represented death to cowards, but to Bao Deshui, this red represented challenge and passion.

In the past two months, the Red Baron had won 50 victories, and his total record has now reached 92.

This greatly stimulated the Allied pilots, and the Allied pilots painted their noses red, indicating that they would definitely shoot down the Red Baron.

During the truce, Qin Zhiyuan designed a set of tactics for the fighters of the Foreign Legion. In each attack, two planes of the Foreign Legion were dispatched at the same time. One plane was responsible for attracting the attention of the enemy plane. When the enemy plane began to fight with the first plane at low altitude, the other plane dived from high altitude and dealt a fatal blow to the enemy plane.

This combat method, which was popular in World War II, was invincible in World War I. In just two months after the war, eight ace pilots were born in the Chinese Air Force.

Bao Deshui is still the most dazzling one. Now Bao Deshui's fighter plane has 37 victories, and even his wingman has become an ace pilot.

It is precisely because of the threat of the Chinese Air Force that the Bavarian prince has maintained a high degree of caution. He wants to retain an air force to deal with the Chinese Air Force.

The Red Baron did not die in the Somme River area because of this.

But in the Reims area, the Red Baron's life is not easy.

On the 10th, the Red Baron led his hunting brigade to fly over Omenancourt, preparing to drive away the Allied fighter planes in the area.

The Bavarian prince has enough intelligence to prove that Qin Zhiyuan's headquarters is in Brillmont, and Brillmont is only five kilometers away from Omenancourt.

In Omenancourt, the hunting brigade led by the Red Baron met the First Air Combat Group led by Bao Deshui.

Now there is no radar. If pilots want to detect enemy aircraft, they can only rely on visual observation, and the pilots' eyesight is abnormal compared to ordinary people.

Red Baron and Bao Deshui discovered each other almost at the same time. Like Red Baron, Bao Deshui also sprayed his plane red, and not just the back half, but the entire fuselage, including the huge wings.

So all the fighters began to climb at the first opportunity, intending to occupy a more advantageous position to launch an attack.

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Unlike the German army that flew biplanes or triplanes, Chinese fighters were almost all single-wing, thanks to the advancement of materials and the development of more powerful engines. Qin Zhiyuan now has an aircraft factory, and the aircraft he built must give priority to his own troops, which is not under the jurisdiction of the French Army Department.

Monoplanes have a great advantage over biplanes, especially after the aircraft surface has been optimized, the various bumps and bumps are minimized to minimize the air resistance to the aircraft. At the same time, the machine guns installed on the two wings have stronger firepower, more than twice that of the German army.

From the beginning of the climbing phase, Chinese fighters have a clear advantage. They climb faster and climb higher in the same amount of time, so that when the war starts, Chinese fighters can have a greater advantage.

This advantage is reflected on the battlefield, and the result is that German fighters are shot down one after another.

The Red Baron was not shot down at the first time, but he was also targeted by Bao Deshui, and had to try his best to get rid of it, which was embarrassing.

When fighters are fighting in the air, low-altitude performance is very important.

The streamlined Foreign Legion fighters are actually not as good as biplanes in the low-altitude combat field, because they are too fast and will fly over and miss the attack position if they are not careful.

This is not helpless. You can open the spoiler to increase air resistance and make the aircraft more precise. You can also choose the light cavalry tactics, touch and go, and don't give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

Bao Deshui chose the light cavalry tactics.

The light cavalry tactics simply means using the faster speed of the fighter plane to repeatedly harass the enemy, just like the "Mangudai" of the Mongolian light cavalry, relying on high speed to occupy the top of the target and carry out dive attacks on the enemy plane. If the enemy plane is destroyed, it will look for the next target. If it is not destroyed, it will quickly detach at high speed and circle at the far end to continue to occupy an advantageous position and dive.

The foreign legion fighter planes with better fighter planes and better tactics are almost invincible with this tactic. In the past few months, the German fighter planes have suffered enough, and now it is finally the turn of the Red Baron.

Bao Deshui's air combat regiment has 48 fighter planes. In the first wave of attacks, they shot down 11 German fighter planes, and two of them were shot down, and two were injured at the same time.

Then there was a chaotic air battle. At this time, there was no need to pursue any tactics or formations. No matter what method was used, it was enough to beat the enemy plane.

After Bao Deshui found the Red Baron, he made a gesture to his wingman Dou Yongyi, then lowered the nose of the plane and rushed in the direction of the Red Baron.

Dou Yongyi and Bao Deshui have been working together for more than half a year. They understand each other and understand Bao Deshui's intentions. Therefore, seeing Bao Deshui dive, Dou Yongyi continued to climb and prepare for a second dive.

Red Baron is a big target. At the same time as Bao Deshui dived, three fighter planes were charging at Red Baron's plane. No one wanted to let go of this big piece of fat meat.

Red Baron's flying skills are really amazing. He was unscathed in the first wave of attacks, but his good luck ended there, because soon, the wingmen also began to dive, and the main planes had already detached at high speed, ready to seize a favorable position and continue to dive.

Repeatedly, without a moment's rest, until the tactical goal is achieved.

This is the tactic of Bao Deshui and his team. If they can't beat you, they will also exhaust you.

The members of the hunting brigade under the Red Baron discovered the commander's dangerous situation. They rushed to support him without hesitation, but it was useless. The other fighters of the air combat regiment were not idle. They were also conducting skilled double-plane formation operations and soon shot down the fighters of the hunting brigade one by one.

The hunting brigade - this devil that made the pilots on the Western Front tremble with fear finally became someone else's prey!