"His Excellency Commander, the French tanks are coming up. This position may be broken through at any time. You should go to the command center first." A staff officer said to Kruger anxiously.

"No, I'm here. I want to see how the French and British broke through my position!" Kruger said stubbornly. This was not a simple act of impulse. He really wanted to know what was going on in the front line, why did the attack, which originally thought there was no difficulty, failing again and again and again, how did the French's simple tactic of infantry pig burst speeding and gun follow-up become more powerful? Without understanding this problem, the German offensive would not be successful. Moreover, this time Kruger came prepared and brought a complete armored battalion. Even if the opponent broke through the defense line, the armored battalion could quickly block the gap.

The French finally started attacking. The whistling sounds that passed through the horizon made Kruger's face change. As a commander of the German army, he was at least a qualified artillery officer. Judging from the sound of shells flying in and the damage effect caused by landing and explosion, this is definitely the power of a super long-range heavy artillery. If you shoot one shot, there is no living thing within a diameter of 100 meters! A large pit with a depth of about 4 meters and a radius of more than 20 meters is blown out! This tm is a train cannon?!

This is really a crime of war. Using field guns to fight train guns is a terrible thing to win! The Allies' ultra-long-range guns are not fast and the number is not too large, but they still put huge pressure on the German army. The heavy shells flying from time to time fall into the ground every time are a catastrophe. The violent vibration makes people hundreds of meters away feel deeply afraid. Under the long-range heavy guns, most of Germany's 150mm and 210mm howitzers dare not stay in the same place for a long time.

Although the German Army is equipped with the K09 150mm long-range cannon, this kind of thing is too lethal for train cannons with perfect position protection. And it is too small in number and has no advantage in range, so it is very difficult to fight.

Fortunately, in addition to the relatively limited number of train guns, the French artillery was mainly 75mm artillery, and the tactics were basically bayonets and close-range rapid shooting. This tactic seemed to be very powerful. At least so far, from the morning to now, the two rounds of attacks of the French have been easily shattered. Although the heavy howitzer troops must always be wary of the attack of train guns, as long as the artillery in some reverse slope positions or dead-angle positions can be used, it is enough to block the French insidious gun attacks.

But soon, the real test came, "The French also equipped a lot of tanks, and the quantity and quality of their tanks were pretty good. This is our biggest threat." Looking at the Renault tanks and FT10 armored vehicles appearing on the horizon, a front-line officer's face turned slightly pale.

More than a dozen ft10 armored vehicles and more than twenty Renaults armored echelons launched a straight attack line. Behind them were a large number of French infantry, and some 75mm rapid-fire gun groups were accompanied by. Compared with the French army in history, the French tactics did not seem to have changed much except for adding some armored units, but that was the case, which made the Germans unable to take it!

The offensive side always has the lead over the defense side. The offensive side can choose the attack time and attack location, and can concentrate its forces. When the situation is wrong, you can slow down and change the configuration and then attack. In places where there is no danger, the defense side has very limited advantages, especially when long-range artillery is suppressed, the various military replenishment divisions on the front line can only use their own equipment to deal with the French.

At a distance of 600 meters, the German Army's 77mm rapid-fire cannons began to fire, and one shell flew towards the advancing French tank. One of the Renault infantry tanks was hit directly. The violent explosion directly restored the tank with a weight of no more than 6 tons into a bunch of parts. However, soon, the exposed replenishment position was attacked by the cross-fire power of the Reno Tank's 37 guns and the ft10 tank's 75mm rapid-fire cannon. The French's rapid-fire cannon's advantage in the speed-fire cannon was fully utilized at this moment. Within one minute, dozens of shells fell on the exposed gun positions. After a flash of flames, the entire artillery position was wiped from the position.

Everything that happened later was repeated this process. The hidden 77mm rapid-fire gun had the opportunity to use the first to kill several French tanks, but it would soon be killed by the French armored troops that reacted. After the short answer, the Germans replaced the same number of tanks with almost the same number of anti-tank guns. The exchange ratio was not ugly, but the problem was that the number of 77mm rapid-fire guns on a defense line was too small. The anti-tank guns on their own were gone, and there were still a lot of tanks on the opposite side!

The remaining battle was one-sided. The bullets fired from the machine guns were weakly hitting the French tank's armor plate to shoot a little bit of Mars. Then they were easily fired off by the 75mm cannon. Some mortar positions lived longer, but they were only alive and had no big impact on the battle situation. When the German machine guns and artillery, the German army was at the same level as the French in tactical terms...

"Let the 7th Armored Battalion attack. Since I am here, I cannot let this line of defense be broken." Kruger thought for a while and said.

Armored vehicles and tanks No. 1 produced by Krupp and Rheinmetall appeared from the rear of the position. This was the first time the French saw the German armored units appearing in such a large scale. The French breastplate cavalry and the German Teutonic Knights finally had the first large-scale armor collision.

The sound of 37mm rapid-fire guns sounded, unlike the Bavarian armored forces, German armored units generally emphasized speed and lightness. After all, they needed to cross the entire Belgium to fight in France, so the so-called cannons equipped on tanks are also 37mm guns, which are almost the same as the French Renault tanks. This kind of tank has no problem dealing with infantry, but it is a bit difficult to fight the FT10 armored vehicle.

There were no armor-piercing bombs in this era, and armor-piercing also relies on kinetic energy. However, the initial velocity is only about 300 meters. It is almost enough to describe a grenade to deal with the Renault tank. However, the front armor thickness is 15mm, with a certain inclination angle, and the ft10 tank with additional steel plates is hung. As for armored vehicles? These things with only machine guns may only be used to fight soy sauce in armor battles.

This was the first armored confrontation in World War I. The tactics of both sides were extremely rough. Almost all the armored troops of both sides pointed their weapons at the nearest opponent and fired vigorously. From time to time, one tank after another was hit and caught fire. In this battle, the French Renault performed better than the No. 1 tank. At least they used a long-barrel 37 gun, with a higher initial speed and better penetration depth! The 37mm gun equipped by the No. 1 tank is almost the original British 1-pound gun, and there is no drum installed. Because space does not allow it.

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