The Third Reich: The Return of the King

The French did not know that the Germans had already brought black technology from the future, and at this time they were ready to continue to bombard the German positions with heavy artillery according to the tactics discussed before, destroy the German defense line, and then let the troops continue to attack!

At half past eight in the morning, the lazy French soldiers were busy with a lot of chores and slowly began to enter the position, preparing to continue the bombardment of the German army.

In the previous battles, the French army scattered their artillery positions very far apart because they were worried that their artillery positions would be attacked by the Germans, and the positions were not equipped with many shells.

The reason for this is that in the First World War, they were frightened by the German artillery counterattack, so they kept the cautious habits of the First World War to the present day.

However, after the start of the battle, the French realized that something was wrong, and the German artillery was very weak and almost did not pose any threat to their artillery positions.

After thinking about it for a while, the French army suddenly understood what the situation was!

It turned out that during the First World War, the German army was not in the current state of castration, so their artillery was very fully matched, with small-caliber field guns and anti-aircraft guns, as well as large-caliber heavy artillery and howitzers, etc.

, in the face of that kind of large-caliber, long-range heavy artillery, the French artillery naturally had to deal with it carefully, not daring to concentrate too much, if they were careless, the German heavy artillery group only had to rain shells on their artillery positions, and their artillery would be finished!

In this case, the French army was unusually cautious.

However, the German army they are facing now is no longer the German army of the past, limited by the Treaty of Versailles, the German army at this time did not have a heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 105 mm, and without this heavy artillery, the German artillery firepower was very weak and could not threaten them at all!

After understanding this, the French army immediately breathed a sigh of relief, since the German artillery could not threaten itself, there was no need to continue to be afraid!

Moreover, the order given by the French commander was to carry out the most intense artillery bombardment of the enemy's positions, and in order to achieve the best effect of the shelling, the French army concentrated the artillery positions together, so that it was convenient for the logistics troops to transport artillery shells, and it was also convenient for unified command.

Boom Boom!

At 8:45, the French artillery, after corrective firing, began a heavy bombardment of the German positions!

"Hey, Hans, get a taste of our cannonballs!"

With a mocking smile on their faces, the French soldiers seemed to see the German soldiers shrink into a ball, hiding in the dirty, narrow trenches, facing the indiscriminate bombardment of the French artillery, and their faces were pale and trembling with fright.

As soon as they thought of this scene, the French artillerymen were very proud in their hearts, and under the excitement, the frequency of firing artillery became faster and faster, and there was a tendency to go crazy!

Woohoo!

The dense shells rubbed against the air in the air, made a sharp whistling sound, swept through the sky at great speed, and then plunged headlong into the German positions!

Boom Boom!

The explosion of the landslide destroyed everything on the position, and large areas of trenches were blown up under the blow of artillery bombardment, and countless earth were blown into the sky under the action of the explosion.

Although the shelling lasted only five minutes, such a fierce and intensive shelling had never been seen before!

In the French front headquarters, the French army with binoculars was very satisfied with the shelling effect!

He said to the chief of staff beside him: "Good job today, the German troops on the opposite side have been completely bombed, you look at their positions, the fortifications on the positions have been almost completely destroyed, and those poor Hans who are hiding in the trenches are probably already cannon fodder under the bombardment of artillery fire!"

"Hehe, yesterday we got the support of five 200mm cannons, plus our original 120mm and 150mm heavy artillery groups, more than 200 cannons fired together, even if the Germans had the cover of trenches, at least half of them would be killed, and when our infantry rushed up, I thought, the soldiers were afraid that they would not even find the corpses of the Germans, and they must have blown up under the shelling!"

The same optimism permeated the entire French position, and the French soldiers in charge of the attack were relieved to see their own artillery bombarding the enemy positions so vigorously.

"According to this method of bombing, by the time we rush forward, we probably only need to collect the corpses of the Germans, right?"

"Well, almost, it's definitely not like those people yesterday anyway!"

Thinking of the tragic situation of those friendly troops yesterday, the French soldiers on the position couldn't help but shudder collectively.

Yesterday, when the French soldiers were attacking, they were swept into a large area by machine guns before they could rush to the enemy's position, and then they were bombarded by shells in turn, and by the time they withdrew, there was not one in ten!

But today the enemy's defense line has been blown up, and they probably won't be hit like this.

Different from the general optimism of the French army, the German side, including Moder and the newcomer Kruger, saw that the French artillery bombardment was so fierce and terrifying, and everyone's faces changed slightly.

"Fortunately, Moder ordered everyone to withdraw to the second line of defense, otherwise, we are afraid that we will be stewed by the Gauls in the position now!"

Stewed soup?

Seeing the dense shells of the French army exploding on the German positions, the scene was really a bit similar to the splash of water during the stew.

Kruger's analogy amused everyone, and although the intensity of the French artillery bombardment surprised everyone, no matter how strong the French artillery bombardment was, it did not cause any damage to them.

On the contrary, their counterattack at this time was really killing the French army.

Moder ignored Kruger's joke and asked the commander of the artillery regiment: "How is it, have you determined the location of the enemy troops?"

Even before the start of the previous French shelling, two German counter-battery radars were on standby, ready to monitor the enemy's position.

The French army's unreserved and indiscriminate bombing was equivalent to a great help to the German artillery, which made it easier for them to determine the location of the French artillery positions and provide accurate shooting for their own artillery strikes!

"Report to the division commander, the range of the enemy's artillery has been determined, and a fierce counterattack is requested!"

Seeing the French artillery showing off their might in front of them, the German artillery units from top to bottom can be said to be holding back their fire, and at this time, when they have the opportunity to hit the enemy, or even completely destroy the enemy, the German army will naturally not let go of this opportunity!

"Use all the 100mm and 75mm guns, give me a hard blow, and throw all the shells on the French artillery positions in the shortest possible time!"

Moder was also rarely held back from his anger, and his teeth were clenched when he gave the order, obviously, he also hated the French artillery that had inflicted a lot of casualties on the Germans!

At 8:55 a.m., there was movement on the German position, which had been silent for a long time!

Woohoo!

In a very short time, the Germans used rapid fire to send two base shells to the sky above the French positions!

The French were completely confused by such a precise strike by the German artillery, and in order to pursue the density of firepower, they concentrated all the artillery, and in order to facilitate the rapid fire of the artillery, they also piled up a large number of shells on the position.

These hidden dangers, which were originally left by underestimating the enemy, have now become their most fatal loopholes!

Boom Boom!

Careful mushroom clouds and bursts of earth-shattering explosions came from the French artillery positions!

200 artillery pieces were completely destroyed in just fifteen minutes under the blows of the army and the detonation of their own shells!

And the French troops, who had lost the help of heavy artillery groups, in the subsequent attack on the Germans, faced with the impregnable defense of Model, they had no choice but to break their heads and bleed!

The defense line on the right flank of the German army is as steady as a rock!

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