Even if the scouts stopped harassing, the Germans would not be able to move faster.

For the Germans, Fairtade Noy was the standard "enemy war zone", where fighting could break out every minute, and the Germans could not be careless.

In fact, there were German reconnaissance planes shuttling back and forth in the sky, carrying out reconnaissance missions.

But at the same time there were French planes, and the French were tasked with driving the German planes out of their airspace and shielding the battlefield as much as possible.

The battle in the sky broke out even earlier and more intensely than the battle on the ground.

While the Seventh Army led by Crown Prince William was advancing, the battle in the sky was going on, and every now and then there would be planes dragging long black smoke stalls and falling, or the German Albatross D, or the British Sopwes "Camel" fighters.

For the battle in the sky, the German infantrymen marching in the hills below could not help, they could only give spiritual encouragement, and every time a "camel" piloted by a French pilot fell, it would win the cheers of the ground troops. And every time a German albatross was shot down, the ground was always silent.

Below the air combat area is the land of the French, and if the German plane is shot down, even if the pilot can barely control the plane and make a forced landing, the pilot will not be able to escape.

Although the French also joined the International Red Cross, it was impossible to guarantee how strongly the relevant provisions of the Red Cross would be enforced during the war.

Although the scouts of the 1st Division stopped frontal harassment, the bombs planted on the side of the road and the mines in the middle of the road did not decrease, and the Seventh Army did not march much faster.

Now the forward units of the 7th Army were no longer the 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment, but were replaced by the 35th Bavarian Rifle Regiment. The 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment had been replaced by other units due to heavy casualties.

Although Hu Tingfeng only counted 320 effective results, the casualties inflicted on the 10th Bavarian Reserve Regiment were actually three times that number. After all, there were many casualties from the explosions, and the exact number will only be known after the end of the war.

One thing is for sure, after this battle, the Scouts will receive a lot of military medals. They had already annihilated at least three times as many Germans as they were, which was great news for the French, and enough to dispel all rumors that the French troops were far inferior to the German ones.

Although the 1st Division was Chinese, the Foreign Legion was also a French unit, and the French could justifiably hype it up.

In any case, even if the speed was relatively slow, the Seventh Army was unswervingly approaching in the direction of Ferontadenoy. They could only go in this direction, because to attack Paris, Fér-on-Tad-Noy was the way to go.

At this time, the role of the General Staff was manifested, and the Staff of the 1st Division judged that the Seventh Army would arrive at about 5 p.m. on May 4 in Ferontadenoy.

The timing was precise, the German Seventh Army was forced to camp after advancing only 17 kilometers on the first day, and it was getting late, and the night march was not conducive to the search advance, and Crown Prince Wilhelm did not want to risk it.

It's just that what Crown Prince William didn't expect was that this night camp was also restless.

Just after nightfall, the haunting three-wheeled motorcycle began to wreak havoc again. They weaved around the German camp, stopping every now and then to shoot a shuttle in the direction of the German camp, and then disappearing into the darkness before MG08 could react.

After all, the Lewis machine gun was only a light machine gun, and the lethality at long range was not great, and the scouts did not dare to get too close. Therefore, it can only be regarded as an itch in the boots, and it is not a pain.

But in the second half of the night, the self-propelled guns of the 1st Division, which had just been equipped before the battle, joined the ranks of harassment.

Well, that's not harassment anymore.

The self-propelled guns of the 1st Division were 194 mm guns with a projectile weight of 81 kg and a rate of fire of two to four rounds per minute or one hundred rounds per hour. When heavy artillery of such caliber began to roar, no one could sleep soundly under the threat of shells.

Sadly, Crown Prince William did not have any means to fight back.

The range of this huge cannon reached 20 kilometers, and it can be said that even if you only stay in a preset position, you can easily send shells to the German camp. Of course, in order to have a higher hit rate, the artillerymen moved forward a little and shelled only 10 kilometers from the German camp.

The shelling was not blind, scouts acted as "artillery sight radar", and the gunners identified the German camp with only three shells, followed by a salvo of 20 self-propelled guns.

The 194 mm caliber cannon has a killing range of about sixty or seventy meters, and the killing range of fragments can reach 350 meters, and at the same time, there is also the damage of shock waves.

20 guns fired together, covering a division-level camp is basically fine.

However, that is only a theoretical kill, and this killing effect may not be possible in practice.

Even if the actual damage was not as high as theoretical, it was too much for the Germans to bear. After only one round of the salvo, the German camp began to be noisy, countless trucks and motorcycles rushed out of the camp and began to search for the scouts who acted as eyeliners, and the MG08 and mortars in the camp began to fire at all possible hiding places of the scouts.

The Germans didn't care if they could find the scouts, as long as they could drive them far away, they would have achieved their goal.

What's more, in the case that the running group has already marked the shooting elements, it is the most correct response to quickly flee from the spot to avoid the blow of the follow-up fire.

As for finding the artillery group of the 1st Division to return fire, then there is no need to think about it.

The attack range of large-caliber heavy artillery is extremely long, and if there is no reconnaissance in advance, it is undoubtedly impossible to counterattack. What's more, it is impossible for the artillery units to act alone, and there must be infantry accompanying them to protect the position. If an army is sent to attack in the middle of the night, the possibility of being ambushed is much greater than the possibility of finding an artillery position.

Crown Prince William certainly would not make such a mistake.

However, it is not a way to stay where you are and passively be beaten, not to mention how big the casualties will be if you continue like this, I am afraid that the morale of the troops will deteriorate, and the troops may collapse directly before dawn.

In desperation, Crown Prince Wilhelm ordered the 17th Division, which had advanced forward, to temporarily retreat and move closer to the main force of the Seventh Army three kilometers behind.

If this retreat is not tightened, half an afternoon's hard work during the day will be in vain.

Qin Zhiyuan was not surprised at all by this result, using the tactics of the mid-20th century to deal with the army of the early 20th century, the battle was too simple.

(To be continued.) )