Chapter 1: The Battle of Reims
Germany's defeat in World War I was like repeating the fall of the Habusburg dynasty in Spain and Napoleon's First French Empire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated at the Battle of Almada, followed by four failed expeditions to England, but it was not until the defeat at the land war with France in 1648 that it lost its hegemony on the continent. The First French Empire's navy was wiped out at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1905, but by 1907 Napoleon had defeated the Prussian, Russian, and Austrian armies, and the First French Empire had established itself as the hegemon of the European continent.
For the great powers on the European continent, land power is the core of their hegemony, and sea power must be subordinated to land power. Because the balance of power among the countries of the European continent makes it impossible for any country to maintain the first place in the army and the first in the navy. The theory and performance of the existence of a fleet in the German Navy in World War I proved that the German Navy was a chicken rib, useless to eat, and a pity to abandon it.
For Germany, there were three strategies, the best strategy: agree with France on the lease of Alsace and Lorraine, return it at that time, Franco-German reconciliation, partition of Italy, attack Ottoman Turkey, acquire Albania, Libya and other regions, and do not touch the British sea power. Medium strategy: Anglo-German alliance against France and Russia, seizure of Romania, Ukraine. The next policy: build a navy, and form an alliance between Germany and Austria to oppose the alliance of Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. Germany's goal had to be to the east and south, and there was little need for a navy in these two directions, especially in the Baltic.
"Grass, why not Germany, but Poland?" Thinking about it, he took another puff of cigarette, and finally realized that the experience of his previous life on paper was useless, because he belonged not to Germany, which has a population of 60 million and an industrial output value of 15% of the world, but to Poland, which has a population of 25 million and an industrial output of less than 2% of the world.
It's really in vain that I spent a long time debating with others in the forum in my previous life, and now it's all useless.
Poland, let's take our time! After all, there are still 20 years of peace. Thinking of this, Victor is no longer entangled.
Picking up the Lebel M1886 rifle in his hand, an instinctive familiar feeling immediately appeared in the muscles of his body, and he quickly inserted the magazine, pulled the bolt back, and aimed at a lonely tree growing a mile away, and every leaf could be seen carefully.
Victor took aim, but still withdrew the bullet, after all, there is no enemy now, and indiscriminate shooting violates military law and will be punished.
It seems that this game has undergone rigorous military training, and thinking of this, Victor has some confidence that he can survive on the battlefield.
Carefully look yourself up and down, the body is about 1.80 meters, with a strong body, a tiger body and ape arms, and a wolf waist.
Picking up the periscope in the trench, the obsidian-like and dazzling black pupils in the mirror flashed with an awe-inspiring heroic aura, and the thick eyebrows rose slightly rebelliously, hiding sharp eagle-like eyes under the seemingly calm eye waves, with a resolute and strong, handsome face with a deep contour like a carving, which was even more imposing, reminiscent of a tiger pounced on its prey on the Siberian snowfield, full of danger. Only a few faint hairs on the chin betrayed the age of the owner.
looks good, Victor is quite satisfied with his new body, and secretly said: "If you go to Hollywood, maybe you can be a star!" ”
When night fell, Victor finally got used to his new identity after half a day of getting along, and he also got to know 10 people in the class. Most of them were Poles in the European diaspora. Because the Entente supported Poland's independence, they joined the French army.
One night in July 1918.
"Novak, it's 0 o'clock, go to sleep, I'll be on duty now." Victor woke up and said, while dipping a towel in a little water and wiping his face casually.
"Boom, boom, boom・・・・・・" At this moment, countless cannons rang out at the same time, drowning out Victor's words at once. Immediately afterward, the flames of the countless guns behind the line flickered.
Novak stared blankly, speechless in surprise.
Numerous sparks burst out at the same time from the positions of the French troops in front of the line, and shells fell on the German lines and in the rear.
"Call everyone up and hide in the anti-artillery holes, the Germans will take revenge soon." Victor leaned over Novak and shouted.
"Yes, sir." Novak replied excitedly.
After about ten minutes, the German artillery began to attack the French positions one after another, but because the French army first concentrated the artillery attack and dealt a great blow to the German artillery who were preparing for firing, the number and momentum of the German artillery were far inferior to the continuous ones on Victor's side.
Victor hid in the trenches, holding the trench periscope to carefully observe the situation outside, and from time to time shells fell on the ground in front of and behind the trenches. Although the German artillery fire was suppressed by the French army, if it was accidentally hit by the artillery, this second life would end before it was tasted.
"Boom!" Victor only felt that his ears could not hear the sound at all, and the entire ground shook, and countless dust filled the trenches.
Victor immediately covered his ears, opened his mouth, leaned against the trench, hugged his helmet, and shrunk into a ball.
After a while, countless stones and clods of earth fell from the sky like rain, and Victor's helmet clattered.
Cannons with a caliber of more than 200mm, Victor thought to himself in his heart: "Today's luck is so bad, such a short period of trenches will encounter the bombardment of large-caliber artillery, fortunately Lao Tzu is witty, otherwise he would have been blown into slag." ”
The two sides fired at each other like this, and Victor did not receive the order to attack, seeing that the French army had no intention of attacking. The Germans were probably stunned and did not respond.
By half-past four, Victor found groups of German troops attacking the positions held by the Italians in front. When he thinks of the Italians, Victor feels a little unreliable.
In just over an hour, the Italians retreated from above in groups of three or five.
"Get into the battle position, get ready for battle, the German soldiers are coming!" Victor stood up and shouted. Others, armed with weapons, bent down and ran to their respective positions, waiting for the arrival of the German army.
The initial gap in the Italians' defence did not face Victor's section. Groups of German troops rushed through the breaches in the Italian lines. This section of Victor was on the right side of the German offensive line.
Heavy machine guns rang out first along the entire line, followed by light machine guns, and the Germans had to disperse to reduce casualties.
At 800 meters, Victor stepped on the ammunition box, leaned on the trench, pulled down the bolt of the gun, pressed his shoulder against the butt, and gently moved the muzzle, and one by one the Germans ran under his gun. Perhaps because of the distance, the Germans did not run fast, but they still ran straight ahead. Victor chose a target, he looked so young, he didn't have a beard on his mouth, he was a little fatter, he ran a little more than the others, he ran with his rifle in his hand, and he was panting for breath, so that Victor instantly chose him as the target.
The wind speed was very low, and estimating the speed of his advance, Victor moved the muzzle of the gun forward slightly, held his breath, and pulled the trigger without hesitation. Two seconds later, he jerked and fell backwards.
Victor watched the young man die like this, and suddenly felt a sentimentality in his heart. He has no grudge against them, even if Germany once carved up Poland, it was more than a hundred years ago, and now it is fighting to the death here.
However, this did not affect Victor's killing efficiency, and he pulled the bolt of his gun back and continued to look for his next target. There may be a distinction between good and evil on a large level, but in every small battlefield, there is only victory and defeat, and there is no good and evil.
Even though Victor had missed several eight-round magazines in a row, it still could not slow down the pace of the German onslaught. The Germans poured in from the gap, pressing the Allied front into a V-shape. Victor was on the outermost side of the V, at least five or six hundred meters away from the German army, and he was the only one in the position who could accurately hit the target, and the others slowly aimed and shot, and it was a long time before I heard someone say that they had shot a German soldier.
However, at the bottom of the V-shape, the French fire continued to attack the Germans from three directions, and the Germans fell in groups in the V-shaped area.
After a hurried little Chinese food, he was busy dealing with the German attack. The Germans seemed to have gone mad, and rushed forward without fear of death, falling in batches in front, and the people behind kept pouring up. Just when the Germans were about to break through the defensive line, the artillery group in the rear of the French army suddenly fired a salvo on the road in the rear of the German army, and the German troops in front lost the replenishment of follow-up forces, and fell under machine gun fire in groups.
The Germans began to change their tactics and constantly launched attacks on the flanks of the V-shape. However, the artillery in the rear of the French army continued to bombard the German army's assembly areas and offensive routes, especially the rapid fire advantage of Miss 75 was vividly displayed, giving the Germans a great blow. Originally, the German army was hiding in the trenches, and the caliber of the 75MM gun was too small and the power was insufficient, and the performance was not as good as the artillery with a caliber of more than 150MM, but when the German army left the trenches to attack, its rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute far exceeded the rate of fire of ordinary artillery of 4 rounds per minute, and it was able to give full play to its power.
The two sides were at a stalemate, and the Germans no longer rushed forward in one go, but relied on obstacles such as stones and craters as cover, advancing alternately. Despite the defensive superiority of the Allied forces, the Germans still inflicted great casualties on them.
Perhaps Victor was too eye-catching, and a part of the Germans finally discovered his position, and the artillery kept falling near his trenches.
"I'm not French, so there's no need to fight the Germans." Victor hurriedly switched firing positions.
Next, he deliberately controlled his firing speed, not wanting to continue to attract German artillery fire. Otherwise, even if you can protect yourself under fire, others may die. Poland is about to become independent, and there is no need for the Poles to fight hard for the Entente, especially the 9 people under their command, everyone is a fighter who fought for Poland's re-independence, and there is no need to die here in vain.