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Text Chapter 431 Fighting on the Western Front!  (twelve)

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    In the early morning of May 3, blood and fire covered the small town of Bazangkur on the Aisne River.

    In a small town full of rubble, a messenger bent over and ran quickly, but no matter where he went, he could no longer see any complete buildings, corpses, explosions, gunpowder smoke, blood and fire balls, which were rarely seen in peacetime.  What I saw became the main theme, but anyone who watched it for three days would probably be left with nothing but numbness and numbness.  "Captain Li" The messenger shouted as he rushed to the church in the small town. The German troops resting in the distance immediately fired more than a dozen bullets at them. At the same time, the expeditionary force position near the church also fired a series of bullets back at them.  Seeing that they were in trouble, the ordering soldier quickly closed his mouth and jumped into the nearest short trench. A lazy donkey rolled into the trench and found that Captain Li, who had been searching for a long time, and a dozen soldiers were smoking cigarettes and squinting at him.

    After shooting at each other for a while, both sides quickly stopped this meaningless action.  The ordering soldier breathed a sigh of relief, put on his skewed steel helmet and saluted: "Captain Li, the commander asked you to withdraw to the woods to the west." Commander Li is actually Li Yuguo, who went south to Jiangxi with Yang Qiu.  The Guangxi regiment leader who defeated the Gan Army with his backhand never expected that one day he, a dignified regiment commander, would lie down in the trench and fight with his buttocks raised like an infantryman. But last night, because the reserve team was exhausted, he could only take it personally.  All the personnel of the regiment supported the position. Fortunately, the night was too dark and the Germans had to temporarily stop the attack after suffering heavy casualties, and finally withstood this wave of attacks.

    "Commander Yue is here! Why are you retreating?" Now everyone knows that the siege battles in the Shire Valley and Rennevale in the east have begun, and it seems that they will win as long as they persist for two or three days.  So he was puzzled by the sudden retreat to the forest area and asked: "What, something happened to General Zhang?"

    "They arrived in the middle of the night last night, and they brought two reserve divisions in the woods to the west. There was no problem with Riniwell, and they said everything went according to plan. They also said that the fighting was very fierce last night.  , has successfully narrowed the encirclement." The messenger said: "The reconnaissance plane found two German freshmen divisions coming from behind, and they will arrive in half an hour at the latest. So the commander asked you to withdraw and temporarily avoid the limelight."

    Two divisions?

    Li Yuguo¡¯s face changed!  They didn't even ask about Yue Peng's arrival at the front line.  There are already at least 6 German divisions on the opposite side, and now 2 more are comingare the Germans crazy?  But just as he jumped up, a distinctive scream broke through the air.  Having participated in the Battle of Qingdao, his expression suddenly changed.  Heavy artillery over 200 mm?  !

    In the distance, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky on Zabar Mountain, which had been fought over for three days. After being unable to attack the mountain, the Germans finally used all their strength.  Heavy artillery began to be used to clear the road.  When Li Yuguo's expression changed drastically, he quickly gave the order to retreat. At the same time that the infantry were retreating like a tide, four Haidongqing reconnaissance/fighter aircraft formed a single-wing formation in the sky and flew over them and headed north.  .

    Xue Muhua¡¯s face in the cabin was gloomy. If he hadn¡¯t been flying in this generation for a long time, he probably wouldn¡¯t have been able to imagine that the shapeless pile of rubble was the beautiful town on the Aisne River.

    The war eagle passing by at low altitude suddenly trembled, as if something was holding its wings and quickly climbed dozens of meters high.  Xue Muhua controlled the plane and looked down. He saw a 100-meter-high black smoke rising from Zabar Mountain in the north of the small town. The rapidly upward hot air even affected an altitude of 2,000 meters!  Looking further into the distance, an armored train with a long barrel protruding from the railway looked ferocious.  This was what they had to destroy early this morning.  A German armored train equipped with a 240mm siege howitzer.  This kind of trains and siege guns should have been used to attack fortresses, but now they were used to bombard low-value hills. This shows how anxious the German army is!

    The more anxious the enemy is, the closer victory is.  But the question is, can the army comrades below who have fought for two days and three nights still hold on?  The tens of thousands of corpses covering the war zone undoubtedly told them about these pilots.  The fighting on the ground was brutal, bloody and even horrific.  He hated it every time he faced this. Although the air force has repeatedly undertaken small tasks such as sky interdiction and ground bombing, neither the twin fang heavy machine guns nor the 50 kilogram small bombs can really change anything unless  To find the enemy's headquarters among hundreds of thousands of troops But this is just a delusion.  On the contrary, as both warring parties began to equip specialized anti-aircraft guns, the aviation fleet lost many fighter planes in just a few days, including several ace pilots.

    fine.  Today is different!

    He turned around and saw 12 large aircraft appearing in the white clouds behind him.

    Yu Lei didn¡¯t know that the captain had pinned all his hopes on himself. In fact, he didn¡¯t even dare to look at the battlefield below because his bombers were fighting against the airflow.  The wide wings, which are several times longer than Haidongqing, make the Dapeng bomber, which was officially installed in 1915, very susceptible to airflow. What's more, there is a 500-kilogram large bomb hanging under the belly of the aircraft at this moment, as if it is in a different posture.  A heavy ox cart.

     In fact, the Dapeng bomber is already considered the best bomber of this era, but it is rarely dispatched after arriving in France.  The reason is ridiculous, because Britain and France could not find large bombs for it to use.  In fact, hanging small bombs is also possible, but after many years of research, everyone found that even if the whole body is hung with 50 kilograms of small bombs, it is not cost-effective for a large bomber. Only large bombs of more than 100 kilograms are suitable for it.  As for the bombs ordered later, they were shipped from the United Kingdom, but along with them came a large number of British and French experts and designers who surrounded Dapeng. In addition, the expeditionary force had already ended its hundred-day battle, so it had been  No tasks.  The British and French experts came because they found that the Dapeng bomber was very similar to the German Gota bomber. In fact, the two are really the same thing, but the appearance has been slightly modified. If there is any difference, it is that the Dapeng uses two.  The 280-horsepower V8 water-cooled engine also has a modified propeller to make it more efficient. The Gota uses two 260-horsepower engines. Not to mention the small power, it also uses a four-person cabin. The Dapeng has a three-person cabin.

    Britain and France did not purchase the Dapeng bomber patent after referring to it. Instead, they had a special liking for Haidong Qing and the V8 engine and purchased the manufacturing patent. The price is said to reach millions of pounds.  But fortunately they did not buy Dapeng bombers.  Because there are currently only 50 of this bomber in the country, in addition to the difficulties caused by the small number of pilots, the main reason is the lack of domestic need to use it, so the newly formed Chongqing is already working on higher-level aircraft.

    Yu Lei is not thinking about what new aircraft he can get after returning to China. He only hopes to drop heavy bombs on the Germans as soon as possible to help his army comrades.  The buzzing roar attracted the attention of the German army, and some shelling sparks began to appear on the ground. He was also a little nervous after creating the "Yu Lei Turn" that shocked the world.  Because the 12 Dapeng bombers had no evasive ability before dropping the bombs.

    Fortunately, the German field anti-aircraft firepower was not good, at least not as good as the expeditionary force supported by a large number of fang heavy machine guns, so Yu Lei led the team and quickly flew to the top of the German armored train.

    Rap the bomb

    The 500-kilogram bomb roared and hit the ground.  But as soon as he took one look at Yu Lei, he knew that he was going too far.  Sure enough, the bomb landed 500 meters away to the left of the train. Although the power of the 500 kilogram bomb was several times greater than the largest caliber naval gun in the world, it instantly devoured dozens of German soldiers near the explosion point.  But he was still dissatisfied with not destroying the main target, so he could only pin his hopes on his teammates.

    The second Dapeng also missed the target, and the third one didn¡¯t even explode!  The fourththe fifth one, bombers dropped bombs from an altitude of 2,000 meters, blowing up the surroundings of the train but not hitting the main body.  Just when everyone was extremely discouraged, the ninth Dapeng was suddenly affected by the explosion airflow and its nose sank into a low-angle dive attitude.  The Dapeng bomber cannot dive, because it is very easy to disintegrate in the air, so the pilot had to barely throw the bomb out in order to save the plane, but this bomb accidentally drew a wonderful arc and landed on the left side of the train.  5 meters away.

    "Booma violent explosion."  The German armored train that was emitting black smoke and preparing to evacuate seemed to have been hit hard by something. The steel plate on the left side was instantly twisted. Hundreds of artillerymen operating siege guns were overturned by the air waves. The ammunition truck in the middle also quickly derailed. As for  The bracket of the siege gun also appeared to be skewed.  At least until it's fixed, this guy can't threaten his fellow infantrymen.  After completing the mission, the bomber began to return. Only Yu Lei continued to make a few turns. He was still thinking about the scene after the fighter suddenly dived. He secretly wondered if there was a fighter that could dive and drop bombs. Would it have a higher hit rate?  He later wrote a report with the pilot who dropped the bomb hastily due to the turbulence. It was because of this report that the aircraft body was stronger.  More powerful forward support bombers appeared in the Wehrmacht's lineup and evolved into the famous dive bombers many years later.

    "Report, the troops in the town have withdrawn, and the bombers have also killed the armored train!"

    In the frontline command post, the staff clenched their fists and looked excited. It could be seen that everyone was frightened by the 240mm siege cannon.  Think about it, a shell fell and dozens or hundreds of people were reduced to nothing. No matter how strong the troops were, they couldn't withstand such a heavy bombardment.  But the answer to him was three words: "I know."

    Yue Peng waved his hands, his face not only lacked any joy but became more solemn.

    Last night, when he learned that the 88th Armored Brigade and the 103rd Division were turning around and heading south, he and Cai E split up.  The latter and Foch went to the most critical area of ??the Shire Valley to supervise the battle, and he came here to take charge personally.  After arriving, it was found that the situation was better than expected. The German army later only added one division. After a hard battle, five interceptor divisions finally blocked the attack.  However, the situation worsened two hours ago. Xue Muhua, who ventured deeper, brought back news that two German infantry divisions were coming here, and about 100 A7V tanks had also arrived at the train station 15 kilometers away.

    This means that in one hour at most, 8 German infantry divisions and 100 tanks will appear in front of you!If you want to be a good general, you must first understand the capabilities of both the enemy and ourselves.  In fact, he knew very well that except for a few main domestic divisions, the soldiers in his hands who had only received half a year of training could not compare with the German troops who had fought for nearly three years.  The advantage of the expeditionary force lies in tactics. Once it is separated from its favorite tactics, it is a completely different army!  The fact that the Renivere-Shire Valley was able to encircle the German First Army and take the initiative was entirely due to repeated mobilizations and being caught off guard. Even so, he had to ensure twice the strength of the troops before he dared to make up his mind to besiege.

    But Bazangkur is different. To the north is the Aisne River, which is full of swamps and cannot be crossed.  To the south is the Reims Siegfried Line of Defense. After the two German divisions were crippled in the Avila Mountains, the remaining ones have fled to the east of Reims to build a new defense line. After so many days, the defense line should have been completed, and there are no more roundabouts.  possible.  As for a large-scale retreat, it is even more impossible. Letting an exhausted force take the initiative to retreat will cause chaos.  Now that the bombers have used up all their trump cards, they can only survive this once.  Thinking of this, he stood up and looked around at Su Xiaohu and other generals standing around, but suddenly smiled: "It's a dragon or a snakeit depends on today!"

    As the words fell, the ground shook, and countless cannonballs began to be thrown down from the west.

    (To be continued)

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