This makes Douglas. Haig was a little worried that today's offensive would become another war of attrition. However, Xia Fei's reaction was surprisingly strong, which surprised him.

"Nope! The offensive cannot be stopped, no matter what! ”

In the end, the gaze on Xia Fei Tieqing's face stayed on Douglas. Haig's face. The latter seemed to feel some kind of pleading look in his gaze, Douglas. Haig gritted his teeth.

"I will stand with you, my general!"

In the command post of the coalition forces, the atmosphere was extremely solemn. The voice of the staff officer or the officer in charge of each department is very quiet, whether it is in and out, or when it is discussing.

Now that they had to say goodbye to the once ubiquitous air support, almost everyone was starting to worry about the soldiers on the front lines.

Of course, Xia Fei noticed these cautious expressions out of weakness. But in his mind, it was entirely "that guy" who caused it, and he was sure that it was an act of revenge on that guy. For only his revenge is like the forest fire, which makes people have no way to hide and no way to avoid it.

Although he was certain that "that guy" would never do such an act as selling intelligence to the Germans. But he seems to have a magic power that can influence the course of war, and it seems that with just one word of his words, a new type of weapon, can fundamentally change the direction of the development of war.

There is no doubt that a change in the means of warfare will inevitably lead to a change in the course of war!

For example, just as tanks have just appeared, neither the country that invented them nor the countries that have been attacked know what kind of power this weapon will burst out if it is combined with an air attack, if it forms an armored offensive group.

While thinking about it, Tang Yunyang's often rather cold face sneered, causing Xia Fei's Santa-like face to glow with anger and grit his teeth. He understood that since he had taken a rash step, it was time to persevere.

"Mr. Sir, I think our offensive means are going to change a bit, and I will mobilize more anti-aircraft fire to reach the front line to protect the attack on the front line from those hateful aircraft. The offensive on the Jazz front cannot be stopped, and in any case we must break through the German lines until we can take their airfield! ”

Douglas. Hagrid's expression touched Xia Fei very much, and he instinctively thought that he should thank him in the future. And his following words made Xia Fei believe that the other party was a friend who was really on his side.

"General, in the past, we didn't have planes or tanks, and our army still fought for the freedom of the world. Believe me, General, our lads will continue to attack! And, too, I hope that your country will produce more aircraft for both of us! ”

"Haha!" Douglas. Haig smiled with an exaggerated expression: "I'm sure our arms dealers will be very happy to hear you, and I think because of that company's competition, many other companies also have quite a lot of inventory, and we can ...... I believe that in 10 days, our flight team will be re-established! ”

With the decision of the commanders of the two armies, more soldiers of the British and French armies advanced towards the German pillboxes and trenches that constantly spewed out tongues of fire. In the face of death, they were truly fearless.

At this time, there was no shadow of the British and French planes in the sky, and taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the German artillery balloon flew into the air. At this time, the German artillery group, which had been silent, seemed to be suddenly angry, and even the fire from which they fired could reflect the bright and worrying flash of light on the few white clouds in the clear sky.

The shells flew towards the British and French soldiers who were climbing up the hills, and they did not attack the armored vehicles that were parked there to provide cover for the attacking soldiers, after all, it was not the time to scare the British and French troops away.

With a roar like a landslide, a body was thrown into the sky with a violent explosion. The blood-soaked dirt was also kicked into fishy dust that drifted into the sky.

Although the flying teams of the British and French forces were almost completely wiped out by the German flying teams in World War I, the difference in strength between the two armies is self-evident.

The contrast of strength in the Somme War was that of three armies of the British and French armies against a German army group stationed in the fortified area.

Moreover, at this time it seemed that the German flying team made a tactical mistake. After destroying the British and French air fleets, they did not take advantage of the situation to launch a devastating blow to the ground forces of the British and French forces.

This led the ground commanders of the British and French forces to believe that the German air corps was either reluctant to immediately attack the ground air defense forces that had become formidable. If it is forced, they themselves will be hit quite hard. The Germans, on the other hand, were far less rapid than the British and French armies in terms of aircraft replenishment, and the war would have been fought as if neither army had aircraft.

When the German heavy artillery began to bombard, the British and French artillery were not willing to be lonely and returned fire.

Dark red ballistics streaked across the sky, but fewer shells fell in the midst of the infantry. This was due to the fact that the artillery on both sides began the kind of suppressive fire between the artillerymen, which was an inevitable scene after the launch of the infantry artillery attack.

It seems that the British and French artillery soon discovered that the Germans were deliberately protecting their artillery. The artillery of the British and French armies, which did not want to have a numerical superiority, was depleting their strength. After only two rounds of firing, the German artillery disappeared without a trace.

The British and French soldiers, who were not disturbed by enemy artillery fire, stubbornly climbed to the top of the hill. While the first group of infantry fell under German fire and machine guns during the attack, more troops began to climb up from the bottom of the hills. In the end, the Germans finally collapsed under the superior human resources of the British and French forces, regardless of losses.

"It's fallen! It's fallen! ”

One phone call after another, shouts came out of the mouths of the German soldiers who had been fighting for a long time, and they withdrew behind them along the underground passages.

"Victory, victory!"

The French, who sang Marseillaise in their mouths for both mission and joy, set foot on the positions that the Germans had just abandoned. The British, led by bagpipe-wielding musicians, panted and shouted forward.

Compared to the conscripts who had just been recruited by the British army under the new military service law, the French soldiers were slightly more elite. They landed on the positions that the Germans had just abandoned, and they were busy reinforcing them, arranging machine gun nests and mortar emplacements. There were also soldiers who were firing at the German soldiers hiding in the pillboxes.

They knew that only by eliminating these guys who were hiding in the holes, known as "rats", would they be able to say that the position had been completely captured. Otherwise, by night, they would have easily changed hands with a counter-attack after the shelling.

Before they had set up their machine gun nests protected by sandbags, they had not yet planted their mortars. The German artillery, which had just been suppressed by the British and French artillery, was revived in an instant.

Once again, ballistics filled the sky, and the smoke of the explosion obscured the sky.

Under the horrified gaze of the British and French soldiers, they were knocked down by the sudden German artillery fire. Whether it was the majestic Marseillaise, or the only melodious bagpipe sound on the battlefield, they all disappeared without a trace with their owners in the rumbling sound of cannons.

This time, the artillery of the British and French forces, which had an absolutely superior position, were no longer stingy with shells. Not only did they immediately suppress the German artillery, but this time they fired a large number of shells in the direction of the enemy gun positions.

While the British and French soldiers retreated to the bottom of the hills to escape the artillery fire, the German soldiers poured out of the deep caves again. Reinforcements were able to take their positions from the remaining British and French soldiers, and they were once again masters of positions that could inflict massive enemy casualties.

But under the blows of the artillery of the British and French forces, which were ruthless, they understood that it was becoming more and more difficult to be the master of this position. Soon after, under the assault of British and French soldiers attacking under the cover of artillery fire like a tidal wave, the Germans again abandoned their positions.

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During this retreat, not only did they completely destroy the weapons left behind in their positions and could not take them with them, but they also destroyed the tunnels to signal to the enemy that they would not return.

On the first day of the battle, a successful breakthrough of enemy positions was managed under the cover of armored spearheads, and such successes seemed to be enough to cover the defeat of the flying units. In the face of such a defeat, the French Minister of War did not blame Xia Fei. He also agreed to his request to urgently purchase more aircraft from other aircraft companies other than the MPM Military Industrial Group for front-line applications.

Of course, the Germans, who had abandoned part of their positions and made a small opening in their second line of defense, had reason to celebrate that they had finally completed the first step of their plan to "lure the enemy deeper".

There was no doubt that the immediate goal of the British and French forces was to break through the third and final line of defense, the strongest of the German army. And when the second line of defense has not been fully breached, the number of troops pouring in from a small breach is always limited.

This created a relative advantage on the battlefield for the Germans, who had a fairly small number of troops.

In addition, the German commander Falkenhain is proud of the fact that on this day, he destroyed the greatest threat in future operations - the main force of the Anglo-French flying forces.

In addition, in just one day, it has been confirmed from the communications of the British and French forces that the British and French forces lost a huge 70,000 men in one day's attack.

Falkenhein really had no reason to be dissatisfied with this result, after all, this time, the meat grinder was really spinning. At the same time, the German army lost almost 30,000 people, which is not a remarkable figure!