The sudden airship caused a commotion below, but after the airship saw them, it slowed down and slowly descended to a distance of one or two hundred meters, although it was still high, but the clear French logo on the airship proved that they were allies, which made the British army below relax a little, as long as it was an ally.

The soldiers didn't think much about it, but the commander thought a lot about what the sudden airship was doing, but they would never have thought that it was not a friendly army, but an enemy. In the air of 100 kilometers, several people who were obviously Germans were looking at them below, not only their division, but also the two subsequent divisions.

"The British are really here, and there are quite a few of them!" An officer said calmly, "Drop the stuff!" ”

An object was dropped on the airship, and it was dropped from more than a hundred meters in the air, of course, it did not choose to smash in the team, but chose an open space. Naturally, there were British soldiers, and they picked this thing back, it was just a liaison letter, stamped with the official seal of the French side and the private seal of the commander, asking the French to go to a city not far away, where the war was going on and needed support, and at a distance of 12 kilometers from the city, there was a supply point that could replenish some supplies and food. Of course, this letter was forged, and that supply point was also the preset position of Crook, and it was a very suitable place for ambushes, and with a little preparation, it was a good place to achieve results.

The British officers did not suspect that now that the whole of France was in disarray, it would be nice to be able to communicate with airships. He also knew where the front was, if it was breached. Not only is France absolutely vulnerable, but the gates of the Paris defense zone will be opened. Even if they are Britain, there will be problems, isolated and helpless areas fixed on the coast, failure is only a matter of time, and both public and private need to fight.

The British army turned without hesitation, and the airship also watched the other two armies turn in the same way, and then turned around and returned to the airship at the headquarters, and reported the British numbers of the three divisions and the current situation. A smile appeared on Crook's face, and he gave an order to the adjutant, how could he let go of the delicious meal delivered to the door, he had to take it all.

The three most elite divisions of the Crook Legion were invited directly from the city to sweep the tail battle, and with all the means of transportation they could find so far, they were transported to that area to set up an ambush. Half of the entire army group was supported by heavy firearms and a large number of automatic weapons, and it was necessary to set up an encirclement at the location of the so-called supply point to wipe out the British troops who had entered that area. You have to give it your all in the first fight.

The distance of more than 30 kilometers may only be an hour for a car. Not even an hour, but an army on foot. Fully armed, even if it's a quick march. It would take seven or eight hours, not to mention that after Crook's misleading, the supply point they needed to go to, although it was a city, was not in a straight line with their location, either a detour or several mountains of several hundred meters in a row, which was not a good choice for a march on foot.

In order to get there as soon as possible, the British army was going all out, even if this was the case, in the afternoon, after a night's rest, and when they arrived at the supply point, it was already noon the next day, and they were out of breath, seeing the small city not far ahead, in the valley, and there was a trace of expectation in their hearts, maybe they could have a good rest today. Because the news was not smooth, and it was in the opposite direction of the French retreat, it was still calm here, even the three German divisions were secretly marching, and most of the idle people they met along the way were temporarily detained by them, in order to take them by surprise.

Such a surprise, in the next battle, played an excellent effect, 3 divisions of the British army, ignorant rushed into the encirclement of the German army, in the face of the strength of the same force, but the firepower is several times more fierce than the German army, and ambush, the result of this batch of British troops can be imagined, under the rapid march, most of the heavy firearms and even machine guns, are in the state of disassembly and storage, the other side is the preset battlefield, digging a large number of fortifications, even if the British army has defense, it can not change much, Finally, after resisting for 3 hours, the British finally surrendered in a desperate situation.

In this ambush battle, a total of 3 divisions of the British army were annihilated, almost 50,000 people, of which more than 15,000 were killed and more than 30,000 were captured. Crook received the good news, and did not care, with the combat effectiveness of the German army, the victory is certain, the difference is only that the loss is large and small, Crook decided to ambush this group of British troops, but also to see the combat effectiveness of this group of British troops, in fact, their combat effectiveness is too weak, and the German army is not at the same level at all.

In this case, it is always necessary to find a soft opponent, in the other two legions, has already begun to move in, according to Schlieffen's plan, the three legions, will complete the detour at the same time, completely press the French, not only destroy a French army in the way, but also directly encircle Paris, a quick victory over France. However, in Crook's view, what plan, what detour, is not comparable to the strength of the French and British armies, when the army is exhausted, no matter how powerful the fortress, it can't be defended, now a large number of French legions have been eliminated, and the rest are into the city or fortress, it is not easy to achieve results, rather than taking the initiative to mobilize these French troops, it is better to follow the footsteps of the British army to kill, these nearly a million British troops, if all annihilated, at least in a short period of time, It was impossible for Britain to support France any longer.

Crook is a decisive person, after thinking that his regiment can deal with the British army, he took the initiative to turn around, aimed at the British, and prepared to completely wipe out the British landing force, I have to say, Crook's idea is quite vicious, the British army at this time is at the weakest time, not to mention those British troops stuck in the landing field, in addition to the vanguard, there are at least 7 divisions of British troops on the way, they did not realize that the nightmare has come.

The Crook Corps rushed to the British landing ground at the fastest speed, the British army of 7 divisions along the way, the first few were defenseless at all, and were directly killed by the superior forces, and the rest, hastily fortified, generally resisted for three or four days, and in late November, when the weather began to be cold, the four important cities around the landing field were occupied by the Germans, and the British troops of nearly 700,000 were trapped in a small area 30 kilometers wide and 70 kilometers long, which can be said to be extremely dense.

Fortunately, the British army was relatively stable, and the troops that had just lost at the beginning did not know what was going on, but the German target was aimed at them, and they knew it, and after creating a German head-on attack, they began to reflect on it, and built a battle line on the spot, and in a small area, they built 12 lines of defense, and stood for reinforcements, without giving them any chance.

Crook's action, in the German base camp, still received a huge controversy, with a legion, more than 200,000 people, the continuous defeat of more than 20 divisions of the British and French army, is already brilliant, but he is still not satisfied, actually peeped at the main force of the British army, you must know that at this time the main force of the British army has 700,000 people, more than 3 times the Crook regiment.

It is a pity that the number does not represent the strength, in the special environment, it is more important to make a quick decision, originally received the comprehensive guidance of the northwest, after the popularization of barbed wire and automatic firearms, the defense capability far exceeds the attack ability, especially in the current situation, only carried light weapons, the British army, which was originally indifferent to the actions of Germany, found that the opponent's temporary defense, like an iron wall, organized several attacks, but did not break through the defense line.

The base camp did not approve too much of Crook's idea, and sternly ordered him to come back immediately to ensure the pressure on the Parisian side, but the results had been achieved in Crook, compressing the British army in a very small area, and firmly occupying the initiative, in this case, the base camp and the staff were even stupid, and it was impossible to let go of this opportunity, not only in a short time, to provide 17 divisions of support to the Crook corps, but also to support the heavy firepower and airship troops that were finally transported to Crook.

Airship troops, after several sorties, more than eighty percent of the large-caliber aerial bombs have been consumed, and there is not much left, but the base camp has allocated the rest here, and the more difficult positions cleared by the Crook Corps to help the Crook Corps, by the way, the remaining thousands of infantry anti-personnel bombs under 100 pounds have also been placed here, these supports are enough for Crook, especially the airships, in the face of the battle, may not play a big role, but for the breakthrough of the point, it is the best choice, Under the point of breaking the surface, it is easy to produce results.

Crook and other reinforcements all arrived, heavy weapons arrived, and the airships were all in place, and the attack began, although Crook's men, after expansion, were only 450,000 people, which was less than half of the current 670,000 British troops, but the environment in which the two sides were in was absolutely different, on the proportion of artillery above 150 mm, the ratio of the German army and the British army was 3:1, and the difference between 100 mm was even more, it was 5:1, plus the help of the airship, the Crook corps suddenly blinded the British army under full firepower, The first line of defense was completely lost in just 7 hours.

The desperate British army began to flee on a large scale, but they were compressed within 2,100 square kilometers, where could they flee, and finally, because of the urgency of the situation, they also transferred 4 battle cruisers of the High Seas Fleet, which avoided the danger of annihilation, but after taking inventory, the British army found that in just 7 hours, the casualties were more than 120,000, and the loss of weapons and equipment was at least 10%, and there was no morale and possibility to continue the battle at all. (To be continued......)