Chapter 1576： Like a broken bamboo

Chapter 1576

"The French are on the offensive!" At this time, located 50 kilometers west of Bursa, the German officer Colonel von Crestein picked up the telescope in his hand and began to observe the French legion that was gathering in the distance. He came from the Western Front, and the French attacked more. The two sides fought back and forth between the trenches. It stands to reason that Colonel Crestein should have become accustomed to it, but this time, standing high and seeing the distance After the French army, he felt a little uneasy!

"It's really unscrupulous." After synthesizing all aspects of intelligence, Crestein shook his head helplessly. The French deployed their troops almost in front of the German-Turkish Army. The front was equipped with at least 3 armored battalions. In the back were a large number of cavalry and infantry. On the two wings of the frontal attack were towed artillery units. According to the reconnaissance news, the French offensive force is equipped with a large number of 150MM cannons. This is the kind of ultra-long-range strike firepower that can almost channel Bursa at the forefront. In dense armored units, There seems to be some armored vehicles that have never been seen before.

"The French seem to be planning to use Turkey as their training ground. They have put in a lot of new things, giving people a feeling of slaughter." Colonel Crestein suppressed the anxiety in his heart and gave it to von Sang. Des wrote in the telegram. As if he had realized that he could not hold the entire line of defense, before the French attacked, Colonel Crestein gave his German troops a key defense order. That is, when necessary, the integrity of the front can be abandoned to ensure the safety of the main strongholds to delay the French offensive!

"Your Excellency Commander, our troops are already deployed and ready to attack." A French officer reported to Xiafeihui.

"Very well, tell our soldiers, at the end of this month, we will celebrate our victory in Constantinople. I will lead them to visit the Domabahce Palace along the Bosporus. We will be in the famous Drink freely beside the crystal stairs!" Xia Fei said vigorously. He was already thinking about his victory, and he did not pay attention to the German-Turkish coalition forces in front of him.

After all, Xiafei is a famous French general, and there is a reason for his self-confidence! This time, the French can be said to be fully prepared, almost flawless in terms of materials, troops, or strategy and tactics. And the enemy on the opposite side? If the opposite is the German Western Front Army, then Xiafei will take it seriously, but the opposite is the Turk who is several grades worse than the European army! Even the Russian army is inferior. In this case, Xiafei thinks he has nothing to worry about!

The first prelude to the campaign was the 50 artillery companies that the French concentrated on the front, a total of 240 artillery pieces! Among them, the number of artillery above 100MM is as high as 120! This firepower is not as good as even a local battlefield on the Western Front, but in Turkey, the frontal artillery group composed of more than 100 artillery with medium caliber and a large number of 75MM artillery can be described as invincible!

Accompanied by the firing order, the long-dormant French artillery began to suppress the German-Turkish defense line for 40 minutes! More than 200 artillery pieces roared into the sky. Every minute, more than 8 tons of artillery shells roared towards the enemy’s defensive position. The entire battlefield trembled with the long roar of heavy artillery. The dust raised by the storm even covered the entire artillery position. Looking from the air, the French artillery position was covered with thick dust. German reconnaissance planes could only see the orange flames occasionally exposed when the artillery was launched. It is difficult to determine the location and size of the French artillery.

Tons of rain of destruction poured on the battlefield. On the hastily constructed positions, the Turkish Army had never expected that they would encounter such fierce firepower. Many troops collapsed before the shelling was over. The dense shells Intertwined into a barrage rolling back and forth on the German-Turkish army's position, breaking all the bunkers, trenches and firepower that can be encountered. The entire row of soldiers turned into flying ash under the fierce shelling. When the French shelling ended, many places had been blown to white ground!

As a master of artillery use, the German artillery did not wait to die. Not long after the French artillery group was exposed, the 150MM and 105MM howitzers prepared by the Germans began to counter-suppress, but it is a pity that the artillery scale and performance gap between the two sides is too big. The Germans only concentrated about 24 artillery companies, and most of them were howitzers. The French had a large number of British naval guns, so there were a lot of medium-caliber cannons. The latter stabilized the German artillery in range. The artillery showdown between the two sides had already been decided 20 minutes after the start!

"Order all the undestroyed artillery to be immediately dispersed to the main support points!" Looking at the series of destroyed artillery records sent from the front line, Colonel von Krestein could only choose to break it up.

When the French bombardment reached a climax, the ground troops also began to advance. The French offensive routines were very close to their German counterparts. The well-armored FT10 and MK1 tanks were used as attack spearheads, forming a wedge formation. Sharp corners. On both sides are poorly defended but numerous Renault-type tanks, and under the smoke screen, there seems to be a larger tank in the rear. The huge body and the thick and long artillery on the body are looming~www.novelhall. The roar of com~ artillery just came to an end, and the roar of hundreds of engines came from a distance like the scream of death. It was the first time for many Turkish troops to see the armored assault formation of a European power. This posture is even Russia. No one has ever had it before! The remaining soldiers trembled and picked up the weapons in their hands. If there were no officers behind, they would probably have to escape for their lives.

However, even with the rebuke of the officers and the threat of pistols, most of the Turkish army was collapsed in the first place when facing the attack of the most elite French troops! The French opened fire at a distance of 1,500 meters. The dense shells and machine gun bullets formed a fire net to put the enemy forces in front of them on the ground. The French tank attack reached its peak when it was close to 800 meters. , 75MM and 37MM artillery easily blasted machine gun bunkers, bunkers or other things into pieces.

In less than 2 hours, the French armored forces broke through more than 80% of the Turkish positions. A total of about 23,000 Turkish soldiers were deployed on this line of defense. In less than one morning, 15,000 people were killed, injured or captured!

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