The French army did not know that the German army had brought black technology from the future. At this time, they were still preparing to continue bombarding the German army's positions with heavy artillery and destroy the German army's defense line according to the previously discussed tactics. Then let the troops continue to attack!
At 8:30 in the morning, the lazy French soldiers finished a lot of chores and slowly began to enter the position, preparing to continue bombing the German army.
In previous battles, the French army dispersed their artillery positions widely out of fear that their artillery positions would be attacked by the Germans, and there were not many artillery shells on the positions.
The reason for this was entirely because they were frightened by the German artillery counterattacks in World War I, so they retained the cautious habits from World War I until now.
However, after the war began, the French army discovered that something was wrong. The German artillery was very small and hardly posed any threat to their artillery positions.
After thinking for a while, the French army suddenly understood what was going on!
It turns out that during World War I, the German army was not in the emasculated state it is now, so their artillery was fully equipped, including small-caliber field artillery and combat anti-aircraft artillery, as well as large-caliber heavy artillery and howitzers.
Faced with such large-scale artillery, The French artillery must be careful to deal with heavy artillery with large caliber and long range, and not dare to concentrate too much.
If they are careless, the German heavy artillery group will just rain down shells on their artillery positions, and their artillery will be destroyed.
Ruined!
In this case, the French army acted extremely cautiously.
However, the German army they faced now was no longer the German army in the past. Restricted by the Treaty of Versailles, the German army at this time did not have heavy artillery with a caliber exceeding 105 mm. Without such heavy artillery, the German artillery firepower was very weak. , there is no way to threaten them!
After understanding this, the French army immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Since the German artillery could not threaten them, there was no need to continue to be worried!
Moreover, the order issued by the French army commander was to carry out the most violent artillery bombardment on the enemy's positions. In order to achieve the best artillery bombardment effect, the French army concentrated the artillery positions together, which made it easier for the logistics troops to transport artillery shells and unified command..
Boom boom boom!
At 8:45, after calibrating firing, the French artillery began a violent bombardment of the German positions!
"Hey, Hans, come and taste our shells!"
The French soldiers had a mocking smile on their faces, as if they saw the German soldiers shrinking into a ball, hiding in a dirty, narrow trench, facing the indiscriminate bombardment of the French artillery, their faces pale and trembling with fear. Scene.
Thinking of this scene, the French artillerymen felt very proud. In excitement, they fired faster and faster, almost going crazy!
The dense shells were violently rubbing against the air! , made a sharp whistling sound, flew across the sky at extremely fast speed, and then plunged into the German position!
Boom, boom, boom!
A landslide-like explosion destroyed everything on the position, and large areas of trenches were bombarded. It was blown up by the blow, and countless pieces of soil were blown into the sky by the air waves of the explosion.
Although the bombardment lasted only five minutes, such a violent and intensive bombardment had never happened before!
In the army's frontline headquarters, the French army with binoculars was very satisfied with the bombardment effect!
He said to the chief of staff beside him:"You did a good job today. The German army on the opposite side has been completely bombed. Look at their position. The fortifications were almost completely destroyed. Those poor Hansies hiding in the trenches may have been turned into cannon fodder under the bombardment of artillery fire!"
"Haha, yesterday we received the support of five more 200mm cannons. Coupled with our original 120mm and 150mm heavy artillery groups, more than 200 cannons fired together. Even if the German army had the cover of trenches, they would at least Half of them were killed. When our infantry rushed forward, I thought that the soldiers were afraid that they would not even be able to find the corpses of the German soldiers. They must have been blown up to pieces by the shelling!"
The same optimistic mood permeated the entire French position. The French soldiers responsible for the attack were relieved when they saw that their artillery was bombing the enemy's position so powerfully.
"According to this explosion method, when we rush up, we probably only need to collect the corpses of the Germans, right?"
"Well, more or less, it will definitely not be like those people yesterday!"
Remembering the tragic situation of those friendly forces yesterday, the French soldiers on the position couldn't help but shudder collectively.
Yesterday, when the French soldiers were attacking, before they even rushed to the enemy position, they were swept away by machine guns over a large area. They were bombarded by artillery shells again and again, and by the time they withdrew, they were no longer alive! However, the enemy's defense line had been blown to pieces today, and they probably would not suffer such a blow, as was the general optimism of the French army.
It was different. On the German side, including Model and the newly arrived Kruger, everyone's faces changed slightly when they saw the French artillery fire being so ferocious and terrifying.
"Fortunately, Model, you ordered everyone to withdraw to the second line of defense before. Otherwise, we would be stewed by the Gauls on the position now!"
Stewing soup?
Seeing the dense French artillery bombs exploding on the German positions, the scene is really similar to the splash of water when stewing soup.
Kruger's metaphor amused everyone, although the French army's The intensity of the bombardment surprised everyone, but no matter how strong the French army's bombardment was, it did not cause any harm to them.
On the contrary, their counterattack at this time really killed the French army.
Model ignored them. He was joking, but asked the commander of the artillery regiment:"How are you, have you determined the enemy's position?"
Before the French artillery bombardment began, the German army's two anti-artillery radars were already on standby, ready to monitor the enemy's position at any time.
The French army's unreserved bombardment was quite serious for the German artillery. This helped a lot, allowing them to more easily determine the location of the French artillery positions and provide accurate shooting elements for their own artillery strikes!
"Report to the division commander that the range of the enemy's artillery has been determined and requests a violent counterattack!"
Seeing the French artillery showing off in front of them, the German artillery troops were filled with anger from top to bottom. At this time, when they had the opportunity to severely attack the enemy, or even completely destroy the enemy, the German army naturally could not Will miss this opportunity!
"Use all the 100mm and 75mm guns, hit me hard, and throw all the artillery shells at the French artillery position in the shortest possible time!"
Model was also rarely able to hold back his anger. He clenched his teeth when issuing orders. Obviously, he also hated the French artillery that caused a large number of casualties to the German army!
8:55 a.m. At the same time
, the German army, which had been silent for a long time, began to hear movement! The German army used rapid fire to send two shells over the French army's position in a very short period of time!
Such a precise strike was completely confusing. In order to pursue firepower density, they concentrated the artillery. In order to facilitate the rapid firing of the artillery, they also piled up a large number of artillery shells on the position.
These hidden dangers originally left by underestimating the enemy. At this time, it became their most fatal vulnerability!
Boom boom boom!
Careful mushroom clouds and earth-shattering explosions came from the French artillery position! Under the explosion, they were all destroyed in just fifteen minutes!
And the French troops, who lost the help of the heavy artillery group, faced Model's iron-clad defense during the subsequent attack. Apart from a bloody head, there is no other way!
The German right-wing defense line is as solid as a rock!