Eastern Front of the European War, from Feng? The brilliant achievements of the German-Austrian forces under the command of Hindenburg obviously also deeply stimulated General Falkingham, who was engaged in trench and pickaxe warfare with the British, French, and American forces.

In this regard, Admiral Falkingham can only sigh at the good fortune of Hindenburg, in the huge battle situation on the Eastern Front, it is now possible to face a Russian front without trenches and barbed wire, and Hindenburg's army group can even choose a breakthrough at will to break through the weak trench system of the Russians, but what he has to face is an amazing defense system built outside the French wine capital.

However, as the battle on the Western Front unfolded, he finally saw the hope of victory, which naturally benefited from the tactical recommendations of the Chinese advisers on combat engineers, and in the early morning of May 22, after nearly three months of careful preparation, General Falkingham personally came to the secret command post only 7 kilometers from the Bordeaux front line and personally gave the attack order to the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Biro.

Subsequently, 1,200 German heavy guns of various calibers, which had just been moved to a new position just two days ago, issued an earth-shattering roar against the rising sun in the east, and the smoke of gunpowder and the sky-high artillery fire completely submerged the entire Bordeaux-Garonne position east of the Baronne in just a few minutes.

In the past half a year or so, both sides have been desperately using pickaxes to create countless fortifications that delay the opponent's attack, and the shelling is undoubtedly just an exchange of greetings between the two sides, although the German artillery fire is a little fierce today, but the Allied positions on the east side of the Garonne River have long been densely arranged more than 100 key fortification groups. And it was quickly transformed into a permanent concrete position, and although the German artillery fire was fierce, it was able to destroy the surface position, and it was simply impossible to shake the bunker more than ten meters deep underground.

However, Lieutenant General Maurali, the Allied commander in charge of the defense of the entire Bordeaux, hurried to the former enemy post in the city of Bordeaux, only to find that the Germans had abandoned their previous all-out offensive strategy this time. It seems that the strongest defense area of the Willer Fortress is the one that hits the superior forces to assault one's own side, and although there are also fierce battles in the outer defense area, the artillery coverage is completely negligible...... This is a completely unreasonable tactic.

"General Maulali, I suggest that we send 8 divisions to prepare a counterattack on both flanks at once, and in the event that the Germans suffer a fatal blow in front of the Willle position, we can launch a surprise attack from both flanks, and if possible, advance the position east of the Garonne River by a few hundred meters!" Lieutenant General Pershing, who arrived a little later, was excited about the tactics of the Germans, who had suddenly become stupid.

You must know that the three German armies under Falkingham's command have always suppressed the main forces of the Entente that are constantly receiving supplies from the sea. Although the United States had already committed nearly 250,000 troops to the last position of Bordeaux in France as quickly as possible, and Britain had also committed 15 army divisions as best they could, the advantage of the Allies on this front had not been reflected at all, which made Lieutenant General Pershing, who was eager to give full play to the strength of the American army, naturally valued this opportunity very much.

Victory in the Jedi counterattack was clearly not the mind of Lieutenant General Pershing alone, the French had far stronger expectations, but the situation before the commander of the coalition forces, Lieutenant General Maulali, was far less rosy than the Americans had seen. Across the Bordeaux front, coalition forces built breathtaking fortifications. And the passion of the Germans in building fortifications was no less than that of the allied forces.

What's even worse is that the French Army has suffered devastating blows one after another, and now although Lieutenant General Maulali is under the command of the French Third and Fourth Armies, less than 30% of the soldiers in the regiment have really experienced the baptism of war, and a large number of recruits need to pass the baptism of artillery fire on the battlefield before they can grow into real soldiers. And this obviously takes time...... What's more, the offense is obviously much more difficult than the defense!

"General Pershing, we don't have enough reserves to launch a large-scale counterattack, so I still insist on fortifications to destroy the living forces of the Germans!" Lieutenant General Maulali considered for a moment and then vetoed the Americans' proposal. At the same time, he immediately pulled up Lieutenant General Haig, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, who was observing the sand table, "I think General Haig will inevitably agree with the decision of the Joint Command!" ”

Lieutenant General Haig, who has two beards, as the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, has always been unwilling to put his military strength into the meat grinder of Bordeaux's attack and defense, after all, although the British Imperial Army has been expanded for nearly a year, the army strength that can be mobile is less than 500,000, and the preservation of the 150,000 British troops invested in the French battlefield is obviously his primary concern. The Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar have become increasingly crucial.

Therefore, it was definitely the worst decision to let the British Army be consumed in a positional battle with the Germans, he immediately got up and came to the sand table in front of him, pointing to the Willle fortress on the east side of Bordeaux, "General Pershing, I also agree to rely on strong fortifications for defensive warfare, it has been proven that the Germans have done nothing in the past five months, their offensive will only quickly deplete their strength and will to fight, and what we need is patience ......"

Rumble...... With a loud bang, a 155mm grenade flew over the Garonne River and smashed into a bunker a few hundred meters away from the observation post, which unfortunately happened to detonate the 60mm mortar ammunition in the bunker, which immediately triggered a series of ammunition explosions, and the violent explosion immediately drowned out the discussion of several Allied generals, and a group of officers looked at the explosion point in the distance, which was quite far away from the line of fire, but they did not expect to be hit by stray bullets.

However, this little loss is obviously completely insignificant, and the Royal Navy, which controls the English Channel, is constantly working with the United States to import all kinds of lethal weapons into Bordeaux, the last strategic node in French territory, including even the new British tank MKII, and Lieutenant General Maulali has even secretly reorganized the coalition armored forces.

Lieutenant General Haig squinted at the artillery fire that obscured the sky in the distance, and then turned his head and reaffirmed that "it is impossible for the Germans to break through our lines, and the London side promised to assemble a tank force within half a year." will eventually help us defeat them! ”

Lieutenant General Pershing obviously did not approve of the decision of these two allies, and the United States had participated in the ******** including Munle, Boggs, and Povadier since entering the war, but in fact the American army had only one or two divisions of troops involved before, and never had a real opportunity to attack, and the Bordeaux Line finally fell into a state of war with a pickaxe, which gave the United States the opportunity to gather forces.

Originally according to the intentions of the US War Department. Lieutenant General Pershing proposed to launch an attack from Saint-Malo, near the English Channel, but because the strong German attack had made it difficult for the British and French forces to parry, he finally chose to enter the Bordeaux theater.

More importantly, the United States still has reservations about its determination to enter the war, and President Taft has no regard for how much military to invest. I didn't make up my mind at all, after all, this is a war in Europe, not the United States, and it is these senior generals in the military who are really looking forward to the war, but Lieutenant General Pershing can only command the 150,000 American troops who landed in Bordeaux.

Hearing the unanimous opinion of the Allies, Lieutenant General Pershing was clearly not satisfied. He is also clearly confident in the strong defensive strength of the Bordeaux front, which Germany has been doing for more than four months. No less than 20 large-scale attacks were carried out, but the Frenchman eventually managed to hold the line, but he was clearly not content to abandon his plans......

While several Allied generals were debating how to counterattack the Germans, two French staff officers suddenly ran in outside the door, "General. The commander of the Willer Fortress, Major General Miller, sent a report that no large-scale infantry movement in Germany had been found in the shelling so far, and asked us to send reconnaissance planes to reconnoitre! ”

This news immediately surprised a room full of Entente generals, you know. After the European war entered its second year, especially the specialization of trench warfare, the infantry maneuvered with a powerful artillery barrage and launched an assault after the artillery fire was covered, which was already the most effective assault method for both warring sides...... It's not a good idea, but it's the only way to go!

Today, the artillery bombardment launched by the Germans was of an unusual scale, and the fact that the old fellow of Falkingham, who had been attacking sharply, would certainly not have gone mad, and the fact that there was no large-scale infantry maneuver immediately aroused the alarm of a room of generals, but the mystery of which was obviously impossible for anyone to guess...... After a moment of silence, Lieutenant General Maulali apparently realized the crisis and immediately ordered the Air Force to conduct an emergency reconnaissance at any cost.

As the leading industrial country in Europe in terms of aero engines, France should have had the pride of aviation, you must know that although Britain, Germany, the United States, and France began to develop aero engines on a large scale after China took the lead in the Far East in the airship war, in fact, the country that made a breakthrough in the real sense was France.

The French Spandor's V-type liquid-cooled engine was the first to reach 200KW, far surpassing the United States, which was flooded with low-end industry in this era, and even Britain and Germany, which were known for their industrial strength, failed to produce similar products, so before the war, Britain and the United States hoped to purchase new engines and aircraft from France...... However, the sudden war had already swept the defeat of Germany across the entire French continent and completely destroyed France's nascent aviation industry.

However, the French Air Force is equipped with the most reconnaissance planes among the coalition forces, while the Yankees of Bitter B have no aircraft production lines in China at all, and they are equipped with early Pest models purchased from France, and Britain has not sent flight troops to France at all, after all, the Air Force is mainly responsible for reconnaissance missions, and with the French Air Force, there is naturally no need for the British Army to worry about it.

Ten minutes later, four "Pest" III biplane reconnaissance planes took off from the plain on the west side of Bordeaux, because it was an order from the army group headquarters, so this time sent an ultra-luxurious lineup, led by the French Second Army Air Force Captain Durand, when the plane flew over the front line position at an altitude of 1,200 meters, he waved to his teammates who were following and made a circle reconnaissance gesture, while he pressed down the nose of the plane, ready to lower the altitude to a position with higher visibility.

Because when he was staring at the ground, he found that there seemed to be an extremely violent movement going on in the dense German trenches on the ground, and it was not at all like he had heard the order conveyed before...... Since the Germans were moving, it was natural that there was only one purpose, that is, to attack, so he was eager to observe the direction of the movement of the German army on the ground, and the direction of the movement of the large German army was definitely the main attack position of the Germans.

However, to Captain Duland's surprise, after lowering the altitude, he immediately observed something that he could not explain, just in front of the powerful Willle Fortress, a large number of German infantry had obviously already entered the attack position, and a small number of German armored troops appeared on the periphery of the woods that were not hidden behind, which obviously meant that there were more German armored units hidden close to the fortress.

The Germans were going to attack the Willer Fortress...... What a foolish move, considering that before the construction of the Willer Fortress, Germany fought a positional battle with the Allied forces here for more than two months, and both sides threw down the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers, which finally led to the current standoff, and now the Germans are going crazy to attack the new fort with stronger defenses, which is absolutely unbelievable news.

He immediately flew around and reconfirmed his verdict and immediately pulled up to return to the report, but at this moment, Durand suddenly noticed that the Willer Fortress in the blazing sun was moving violently......

I'll you...... The huge fortress can also move, it is because he is dazzled, Captain Durand immediately rubbed his eyes, turned his head sideways to look at the huge fortress standing on the ground again, this time, he was finally sure that he was not dazzled...... A huge force that seemed to be released from the ground suddenly lifted the entire huge fortress upward!

Then, the sky-high smoke and dust swarmed from all directions, like a huge monster rising into the air, the huge Weller Fortress at this moment, it was like a boat in the stormy seas, trembling like crazy, looking down from the sky, the huge guns on the four 150mm fortress gun mounts located at the back of the fortress actually rose into the air like broken branches, and then, in the sky-high smoke, one after another like lightning-like hot flames rose into the sky......

The Willer Fortress is over!! (To be continued.) )