"From now on, you will command the second half of the entire campaign. The troops drawn from the First and Second Army Groups and the troops from the Third Army Group will form a southward corps. With your direct command, Xiao Moltke will immediately go to Nancy. He will cooperate with you to complete this clamp attack." As the German Emperor finally signed the offensive order, the battle code-named Kamachi kicked off!

"I need to remind Your Highness that although we have tried our best to draw the best division, these troops have experienced at least three consecutive days of battle, and their personnel and equipment have suffered some losses. The most important thing is transportation capabilities. We cannot let these troops advance as quickly as possible." Hindenburg, who was in charge of contact, said to the prince. What he said was the fact. Although elite troops were drawn as much as possible, it has to be said that these troops are not in good condition, especially their logistics transportation capabilities, which may have declined greatly.

"So, we will use a brand new tactic. We have 4 days to adjust and replenish. You will get a document from my staff with the lowest equipment and personnel standards for the troops I need, and do what I said." The prince said.

This battle is indeed a challenge for the prince. Without sufficient number of tanks to open the way, the air force cannot have too much hope. The situation of the war has become infantry machine guns and artillery again. The maneuverability has also become a large number of horses and a certain amount of cars. Even in the smooth situation, the first-level division troops advance no more than 25 kilometers per day, and it would be thankful that the attack speed can be half of this.

Just as the German army was preparing for the final battle, the more than a dozen divisions transferred from the men's line and the remnants of the Third Army were repeatedly fighting and fighting with the German Third Army Group along the Marne River. Although the prince had ordered the troops to garrison on the spot before the arrival of the French army, he could not establish a complete defense system in a hurry. This time the German army retreated without any retreat, because the retreat was the Marne River. If there was no bridgehead, then there was no way to start this battle.

"We cannot retreat. Behind it is the surging river. Under the suppression of the superior French firepower, we and the pontoon bridge in the rear are intermittent. The reinforcements must seize the time and pass within 4 hours after the pontoon bridge is built. Because after this period, the French can discover and mobilize enough artillery to destroy or suppress the pontoon bridge." Bolaochic, commander of the 25th Division of the Third Army Group, recalled the situation at that time.

The French organized the remaining armored troops to launch an attack, but fortunately the scale was not large. The French concentrated less than 200 tanks on the two fronts, including half of the FT10 tanks with certain attack capabilities! As for Renault, they can use firepower to penetrate 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns equipped with firepower to break through at close range, or at mid-range, causing internal collapse and injured personnel through continuous shooting.

So in the end, the battle became a war between infantry and field artillery. The French had not had many heavy artillery numbers, and they were not skilled in indirect shooting. They received a limit on the range of 75mm rapid-fire guns. The French's main firepower was within 5 kilometers, so the French filled as many machine guns and artillery as possible at the forefront, which also made the battle between the two sides more intense.

"The French are attacking again." Blauchici said, looking at the two rapid-fire gun positions that were constantly spraying with flame tongues not far away. On this line, the French gathered two 75mm rapid-fire guns on each of the wings. They pushed the guns to a distance of about 3,500 meters. At this distance, the mortars could not reach, and they could also follow up with the infantry.

At the beginning of the battle, Blauchichi tried to use 77mm rapid-fire cannons to attack the French, but unfortunately, the French had an absolute numerical advantage. When the German artillery company used bait or sneak attack to kill a French artillery company, a new artillery company would jump out from somewhere, and then suppress or destroy the exposed German artillery company with more than 8 rounds of rapid fire per minute. After defeating more than 30% of the artillery in the division, Blauchichi decisively gave up this tactic, and the remaining artillery could only be temporarily placed in places where the opponent could not hit or behind a solid bunker. The French troops that gained the firepower advantage were even more rampant!

After several months of war baptism, although the French still regarded these rapid-fire guns as large rifles when using artillery, they have to say that their artillery skills have also improved to a certain extent. The rapid-fire gun positions on both sides of the attacking troops formed a cross-fire network, constantly suppressing the firepower points of the German positions, and hundreds of shells fell on the positions almost every minute.

The French will first concentrate their firepower to shoot the exposed support points or suspected firepower points, and then the barrage will extend backwards. After completing the cleaning, the two artillery companies will have one complex cover and the other advance. Before the infantry starts a charge, they will try to connect one of the artillery close to the position.

"We just need to walk over and occupy their positions. We have an absolute firepower advantage. Within half an hour, we tilted dozens of tons of ammunition towards the target! Brothers, follow us!" French officers took the lead in jumping out of the trench. Half a battalion of French troops formed a dense wall of people, and the bright bayonet shone cold in the sun. They raised their chests and walked towards the battlefield calmly like ancient knights. Even when passing near the artillery position, some people would wave their hands to express their gratitude to the artillery.

When approaching about 600 meters, the accompanying light machine gun group and mortar group will choose a suitable place to deploy. They form a new support firepower on both sides of the troops. The shells fired from the mortar cannons drifted through the air and thought of trenches. The light machine gun group blocked the opponent horizontally.

The dense bullets and barrage almost formed a rolling wall of flames, rolling back and forth on the surface positions like a hurricane. In the case of severe insufficient heavy weapons, German soldiers could only curl up in the anti-cannon hole before the opponent entered the effective killing distance of their weapons, and covered their ears with their hands. Even so, the violent vibration would still cause some people who accidentally approached the hole wall to be damaged by the vibration caused by the explosion. Many soldiers' ears, noses and mouths.

Ross held the submachine gun in his hand tightly and the platoon leader in the anti-cannon hole diagonally opposite him gestured to him. The falling soil hindered his vision. The battlefield environment, which was countless times noisy than the downtown area and the eardrum that had been broken, made him half a deaf person. He could only judge the situation on the battlefield through the other party's vague statement.
Chapter completed!