When the day's offensive was over, Crown Prince William was in a bad mood.

Crown Prince William took the initiative to attack this time in order to extricate the royal family from the predicament, but after a day of fighting, Crown Prince William found himself now in an even greater predicament.

Regarding how to deal with the tanks of the French, during the spring offensive launched by the French some time ago, the troops of Crown Prince William gained some experience. But that was limited to the attacking tanks, and when the tanks maintained a defensive posture and did not leave the positions of the French, the soldiers of Crown Prince William had no choice but to take the tanks.

It was also the first time that Crown Prince William felt the difficulty of tanks.

Previously, Crown Prince William did not think that tanks were very powerful because the French had not yet figured out the right way to use them, but the daytime battles changed Prince William's view of tanks. At that time, the Germans had actually captured the salient of the French defensive position, and the balance of power between the two sides was fundamentally upended by the addition of four tanks.

Like those "little bugs" who hide in the dark and sneak attack, tanks have become a heart disease for Crown Prince William, who has never been so desperate to keep tank troops, even if there are only ten tanks, Prince William is sure that he will be able to open the way to Paris.

But that's hypothetical, after all, and Crown Prince William knows that there is no point.

In fact, Crown Prince Wilhelm was no longer thinking of attacking Paris, because the defenders' defenses were unexpectedly strong, and the endless harassment since leaving Reims, Crown Prince Wilhelm was now content only to be able to bring the six divisions he had brought back to Reims.

It is impossible to bring it back in its entirety, because just now, the statistical battle report has come out, and if you add the losses on the road to Fairtadenoy, as well as the shelling last night, and the sacrifices made during the day today, Crown Prince William's troops have lost more than 10,000 men.

God, this is already close to a tenth of the troops in the hands of Crown Prince William!

And it's only been two days since I left Reims!

If the losses continue at this rate, I am afraid that the day after tomorrow will not be reached, and the troops under the control of Crown Prince William will collapse.

That was a catastrophe for the German royal family, which was already in turmoil.

Crown Prince Wilhelm did not dare to envision such a situation, and if he really came to that point, I am afraid that he, the crown prince, would never have a chance to ascend to the throne, and he would become the gravedigger of the German royal family.

Thinking of this, Crown Prince Wilhelm sent his chamberlain to Fritz Rosenberg and Count von Schulenberg.

Fritz Rosenberg, Chief of Staff to Crown Prince Wilhelm, was the mastermind of the Hindenburg Line and Ludendorff's new defensive strategy, a man of low reputation but high status in the German Army. Count von Schullenberg was an old subordinate of Crown Prince Wilhelm, who now commanded half of his troops.

Count von Schulenberg went to inspect the troops and would not be able to return for a while, but Fritz Rosenberg soon came to the headquarters of Crown Prince Wilhelm, and the two of them had a brief exchange first.

"Dilemma? I don't think so. Fritz Rosenberg's eyes are small but sharp, and perhaps it is because of these perceptive eyes that he can make up for Falkingham's shortcomings: "The French do not lack the courage to attack, what they lack is the ability to attack. The unit on the opposite side was Chinese, and it was the unit under the command of the 'Qin', so it had a morale and fighting spirit that was completely different from that of the French army. In today's battle, I noticed that Qin's troops were very good at defending, and if we could hold out for two more days, we might be able to learn something from it and make our position stronger. ”

It seems that Fritz Rosenberg admires Qin Zhiyuan's defense very much, and if Qin Zhiyuan is here, the two may be able to exchange experiences.

"Defense? No, no, it's not just defense, Qin's attack is estimated to be very dripping, since we left Reims, the troops have been subjected to endless harassment, it's been two days, it is estimated that our soldiers have not slept peacefully, I feel a little dangerous, once Qin thinks that our troops are exhausted, he may not always stay in the defensive position. Crown Prince William looked worried.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Crown Prince William has not slept soundly in the past two days, and Qin Zhiyuan's scouts harassed him very frequently, making Crown Prince William's troops unguardable. Crown Prince William had a vague premonition, and he was afraid that he would not be safe tonight.

"Qin's defense is a resilient defense, he has tanks in his troops, and obviously has offensive capabilities as well, and it can be seen from the course of the daytime battle that Qin's soldiers are not lacking in the determination to attack, and once the time is ripe, they will definitely attack. There was a precedent for this near the end of last year's Battle of the Somme, and General Hemmer must have felt it deeply. Fritz Rosenberg is also concerned.

Hemmer is the general who was driven out of Elbecourt by Qin Zhiyuan last year, and now that Hemmer has been transferred to the German General Staff, perhaps Hemmer will never have the opportunity to lead the troops to fight alone in his life.

So what should we do now? Wait for the worst to happen, or start the retreat now? "Crown Prince William is undecided.

Retreating now would certainly avoid the worst, but it would also add to the already troubled royal family. But if you insist on attacking, it may lead to an irreparable situation, and then it may be a big rout.

"Now I guess we can't leave, if we don't teach the Chinese on the other side a lesson." I propose to continue the offensive tomorrow for one day, so that the Chinese can see our determination, and then we will retreat overnight. At the same time, Lance should be ordered to continue to send troops to ensure the safety of our rear road, and there is intelligence that Qin does not have too many troops in his hands, which is good news. "Fritz Rosenberg has raised Qin Zhiyuan's threat to a new level.

As an expert in defensive warfare, Fritz Rosenberg did not want to leave now, but Fritz Rosenberg was also Crown Prince Wilhelm's Chief of Staff, and he had to give his own advice to Crown Prince Wilhelm for reference.

While the two were talking, the attendant came to report, and von Schulenberg was ordered to come to see them.

Von Schülenberg had just made a trip to the camp in front of him, and before he could catch his breath, he went straight to see Crown Prince Wilhelm.

"I was worried that those bitches would continue to use the vile night shelling tactics, so I went to the front line and arranged for the troops to do a good job of defense." Von Schülenberg explains.

"How do you do that?" Crown Prince William was interested.

"There's nothing too good to do, because those bitche-raised cannons are too far away, out of range of our artillery. I had two fake camps and two fake artillery positions set up at the same time, hoping to fool those sons of bitches. "Von Schulenberg was so tired that he forgot to be in front of Crown Prince Wilhelm.

False positions were a common tactic used by both the Germans and the French, first to guard against aircraft reconnaissance and now to fool elusive scouts.

Well, speaking of scouts, there were similar units in the German army, but not in a state of emphasis. But after this battle, the status of the scout will definitely rise to a new level.

War is really a growth.

At this moment, Crown Prince Wilhelm and Count Fritz Rosenberg and von Schulenberg heard a continuous explosion and the Chinese shelling finally began.

(To be continued.) )