I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France

The subsequent battle benefited from the counterattack of the main force of the French 5th Army.

Major Browne's troops only had more than 300 people. Even if they chased thousands of German soldiers, they would not be able to eat them all in a short time, and they would be choked to death if they were not careful.

In particular, this tactic of "tanks" covering the infantry advance has a weakness:

Once the German soldiers are determined to launch a counterattack against the "tank" troops and strangle them in hand-to-hand combat, the "tank" will become a decoration.

Fortunately, the German soldiers did not understand this at this time. They were purely worried and afraid of being approached by these "monsters", and finally chose to flee even if there was a dead end behind them.

Then the main French force arrived. They were the ones who advocated attacking, attacking, and attacking again. Their usual training habits made them cross the "tank" defense line and rush towards the German soldiers in front without any hesitation.

When passing the "tanks", many people looked at them with curiosity and fear. After confirming that they were their own equipment, they rushed towards the enemy with confidence.

Shouts, fighting, whining, and sporadic gunshots.

Bayonets, gun butts, stones, everything was used!

There were French and German soldiers fighting each other everywhere. They were easy to distinguish because the French soldiers wore eye-catching red military trousers.

Charles was surprised that the German army still had fighting capacity. The momentum of the main French force was obviously stalled as if it was blocked by a gate.

This is not a force to be insulted. Without the support of "tanks", France would have to pay ten times the casualties to defeat them!

But it's still useless.

The German army could only hold a few hundred soldiers in the trench line, while the French soldiers numbered tens of thousands. They were constantly added, and the red crowd soon submerged the German army and disappeared.

The French soldiers who rushed to the river bank raised their rifles again. While suppressing the firepower of the German troops on the other side of the river, they shot at the German deserters in the middle of the river.

Gunshots rang out, and the German soldiers fell into the cold river water. Most of them did not even have time to scream, because their mouths would be filled with river water immediately when they fell to the ground after being shot. The river was surprisingly quiet. No one knew whether they were killed by bullets or drowned by the river.

Then the French army set up machine guns again, and the bullets floated on the river, bringing out streaks of blood. Corpses floated on the river, drifting with the current like dead fish, and the blood dyed the surrounding river water into clouds of smoke. Shape of red.

Kluck looked at all this with a livid face. He originally thought that the victory of this battle was certain. The victory or defeat was decided when the first regiment successfully captured the bridgehead.

However, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. Before Kluck understood what was going on, the German army had collapsed and was completely defeated.

"What happened?" Kluck asked doubtfully, "Have the enemy's reinforcements arrived?"

Kluck did not notice the "iron cans" on the riverbank defense line.

The staff didn't know what was going on, but they knew what to do.

One survivor was brought before Kluck, the highest-ranking officer the staff could find.

This was a lieutenant. His face was stained with mud and blood, and he seemed to be injured. Because of fear, he was shaking uncontrollably like a sieve, and his mouth was gasping for air.

Kluck frowned and looked at the lieutenant with disdain. Is this an officer of the First Steel Regiment?

"What happened?" Kluck asked coldly, resisting the urge to pull the lieutenant down and shoot him.

"General!" the lieutenant replied with a trembling voice: "The enemy has a new kind of equipment. It is invulnerable. We...can't penetrate it, but it can shoot at us with machine guns..."

The lieutenant glanced at the other side of the river with lingering fear. At this time, an "iron can" happened to come into view. The lieutenant quickly pointed in that direction: "There it is! That's it, that monster!"

Kluck raised the telescope and looked in the direction indicated by the lieutenant, and sure enough he saw a strange guy in the aperture.

Kluk's expression changed, what was that? Can he actually turn things around at the last moment?

After thinking for a while, he ordered the staff beside him:

"Take him down and let him tell you everything he knows, every detail, word for word!"

"Yes, General!" The staff officer responded and winked at the two soldiers. The latter understood, and they controlled the lieutenant who was on the verge of collapse and going crazy.

The French soldiers on the other side of the river had completed the final touches. They cheered and waved to the last few German deserters, as if to say goodbye, more like to show off.

In stark contrast, there are the gloomy faces of the German soldiers on the north bank.

This was the first time the German army had suffered such a defeat since the beginning of the war. The river beaches, bridges, and rivers between the two armies were littered with the corpses of German soldiers. A conservative estimate was that they lost four to five thousand people, just in this moment.

What made them feel even more humiliated was that the French 5th Army stationed on the opposite side was being chased by them all the way!

These former defeated generals finally let them taste the taste of failure!

…

Charles and Joseph rushed to the battlefield immediately, fearing that Matthew would be one of the "tanks" trapped in the trenches.

If you were trapped in a trench, there was a high risk of being shot through the flanks by German soldiers with rifles at point-blank range, and that was no joke.

But Charles and Joseph soon felt relieved because they saw Matthew walking out of the "tank" amidst the cheers of the soldiers and proudly waving to the French soldiers!

Matthew is always so high-profile, he will show off and magnify every achievement he has achieved.

But he deserves it!

"He's fine!" Charles breathed a sigh of relief. If something happened to Matthew, he really didn't know how to explain it to Joseph.

Joseph seemed to see through Ciel's thoughts, and he was quite emotional:

"Even if something happens, I will not take my anger out on you, Master Charles!"

"He is fighting for France and has nothing to do with you!"

"And you saved us all!"

Suddenly a soldier shouted:

"Hey, that's Master Charles, he invented this iron guy to help us win this battle!"

Everyone turned their attention to Ciel, and then there was another wave of louder cheers, and soldiers rushed up from all directions to shake hands with Ciel.

"It's an honor, Master Charles!"

"Thank you so much, you saved us, you saved this battle!"

"You are our savior!"

…

The soldiers' requirements are simple. They respect whoever can lead them to victory, because this often means they can survive.

Charles saw Major Browne in the crowd, and they exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

Before the war, Charles had made an agreement with Major Browne, and Major Browne would be responsible for training, command and operations.

Major Browne was reluctant at first.

"You clearly did this!" Major Browne said with anger on his face, "I won't take your credit!"

Charles asked, "What do you think will happen if they know what I did?"

Major Browne was stunned for a moment and immediately realized the problem: "They may draft you, even though you are underage!"

"Yes!" Charles said: "I don't want this, so..."

Major Browne nodded helplessly: "Okay, I will do it! But if necessary, I will return these honors to you!"

After a pause, Major Browne added: "I will tell my subordinates to have a unified voice!"

That's why some people shouted at Charles: "He invented this iron guy!"

Compared with the aura of inventing the iron guy, Ciel's military talent seems insignificant.

At the same time, Charles was also willing to accept the title of "inventor", especially since this invention helped the military win the war.

This will give Charles a good reputation in France, which will in turn help Charles gain a place in the French military industry.