Chapter 80: Countermeasures
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Morale is a thing that is drummed, then declined, and exhausted. When morale is gone, that's when the collapse begins.
This way of playing in the Foreign Legion is like a bullfight in Spain, and the Germans are the poor bull. After two rounds of shelling, the Germans did not say that their morale was completely lost, at least their morale plummeted, and the German soldiers were furious by the Foreign Legion's style of play, and they needed an outlet to vent this anger, and if the object of the vent was not the Foreign Legion, then it might be their own people.
The German commander could not do nothing and allow this negativity to continue to accumulate.
Being played like a dog walk, even a puppet has to go up and fight, let alone an army with extreme violence.
So the German commander gave the order, and the artillery hidden in the second line of battle removed its camouflage, took off its gun jacket, and prepared to respond to the provocation of the Foreign Legion with shells.
The artillery of the Germans was hidden in the woods, covered with camouflage nets, which were used to hide from the aerial reconnaissance of the French. The Germans even got a lot of artillery wagons outside the woods, with oak barrels on them, which were used to camouflage artillery positions and deceive the French reconnaissance. In the First World War, this means was often used, not only by the Germans, but also by the French and British.
Just as the Germans were preparing to bombard, the damned Foreign Legion retreated to its starting position, pretending to strike again. The commander of this unit is Chen Kangjian, Chen Kangjian is famous in the Foreign Legion for loving to take advantage and not suffer losses, he has a good habit, as long as he can take advantage, he is not afraid to toss a few more times. Therefore, to perform this seemingly unchivalrous task, Chen Kangjian has no psychological burden at all.
Chen Kangjian is Chinese, and chivalry has nothing to do with Chen Kangjian, Chen Kangjian followed Qin Zhiyuan and believed in pragmatism.
"Wha...... What do you think? We just slipped our legs for a while, and the Germans were blown up, isn't this more comfortable than us going up and fighting hard? Chen Kangjian is very proud, taking advantage of this kind of thing, he will wake up with a smile when he dreams.
"Battalion commander, high! It's really high! Wang Dingshan is now Chen Kangjian's right-hand man, and he will come over to sneak over when he has the opportunity.
"Hahaha...... It's not that we're tall, it's our head who is tall! I'm telling you, follow the head of the regiment and have meat to eat! "Being able to transform from a laborer to an officer, Chen Kangjian's gratitude to Qin Zhiyuan is indescribable.
"That is, Qin Ye is not an ordinary person." Qin Zhiyuan rescued Wang Dingshan and his laborers from the British, and Wang Dingshan was no less grateful to Qin Zhiyuan than Chen Kangjian.
Chen Kangjian met Qin Zhiyuan when he was still on the ship, and he got off the ship and was with Qin Zhiyuan all the time, with Qin Zhiyuan to protect him, Chen Kangjian and their group of laborers have not been bullied by foreigners. Wang Dingshan is different, there is no such figure as Qin Zhiyuan in Wang Dingshan's group, and he was assigned to the British, and in just one month, Wang Dingshan and they can be said to have suffered enough. After joining the Sixth Regiment, not to mention the daily salary, eating well, dressing well, not being bullied, and not being looked at with colored eyes. It is precisely because of the comparison that Wang Dingshan is more grateful to Qin Zhiyuan.
Rumble!
Chen Kangjian and Wang Dingshan were touting each other when suddenly a shell exploded not far from them.
"! Who the fuck did it? I almost hit the boys, can you fucking hit it on time? Chen Kangjian thought that the French had gone astray, and when he turned around, he was scolded.
"Master Chen, that's not right! This cannon was not fired by our people, it was fired by the Germans! "Wang Dingshan is also a person who practices martial arts, listening to the wind and distinguishing positions is a basic ability, and he can hear the direction of artillery attacks from the whistling sound of cannonballs in the air.
"The Germans fought?" Chen Kangjian's face was suspicious.
"Yes! Definitely! The damn Germans' ability to shoot artillery is also sparse, so they shoot a cannon, and it seems that they were scared to pee by our artillery! Wang Dingshan swore an oath.
"Scared to pee? Not necessarily! "People who love to take advantage are not willing to suffer, and they will ponder the gains and losses when there is a little wind and grass.
"Damn! Run, run, that's aiming. Chen Kangjian thought for a moment and came to a creepy conclusion.
Chen Kangjian saw the tragic situation of the Germans just now, and the flying stumps and broken arms left a deep impression on Chen Kangjian, the Chinese people pay attention to perfection and symmetry, even if they die, they will generally leave a whole corpse, the thought of dying is the same as the corpse of five horses, Chen Kangjian can't wait to have wings, he doesn't want to be sewn up with a needle before being buried.
"Run!"
"The wind is tight!"
"!"
Sure enough, it was a rabble, and even the black talk of the rivers and lakes came out in a hurry.
These people have all practiced 400 meters of hurdles, although it is painful to practice, but now you can see the effect. The terrain here is complicated, there are ditches, ridges and craters, but these people can run faster than rabbits, and they are like walking on the ground and the wind under their feet, which has a bit of "flying on the grass", which only makes the Germans who observe the landing point of the shells dumbfounded.
The Germans, who were using periscopes in the trenches to observe the landing point, were still very excited just now, and kept chanting as they observed: shameless Foreign Legion, damn Foreign Legion, you will taste the greetings from the Germans in a moment......
Just when the revenge was about to be avenged, the German observer found that the Foreign Legion was scattered and fled like a rabbit driven by a hunting dog, and the observer was immediately dumbfounded: Your sister, when she charged just now, she was slower than a tortoise, and now she runs faster than a rabbit, what the hell is this!
In the early 20th century, artillery units did not have artillery sighting radar and computer-aided computing, so they could only rely on the manual calculation ability of artillery to calculate the general orientation and then direct the artillery to carry out fire strikes. Before striking a blow, it is necessary to test fire, correct the bearing according to the landing point, and then carry out fire coverage.
Now that the deviation of the landing point has been notified to the rear, it is too late to revise it......
Boom Boom Boom ......
The intensity was not much worse than that of the French shelling, and the shells rained down, hitting nothing but stagnant water and mud on the ground.
Chen Kangjian: They ran too fast, and the only one who broke his foot was carried by three people, and there were people next to him who helped with guns and backpacks, leaving only a mess of footprints for the Germans.
"Quick, calculate the orientation of the German artillery positions and request aircraft reconnaissance." Now that the professionalism of the French artillery was shown, Templesgay reacted at the first opportunity.
In addition to fire suppression, artillery also has a role of fire countermeasures, that is, to use artillery to knock out the enemy's artillery, which is one of the advantages of French artillery, and compared with the Germans, the French are still outstanding in this regard.
Ten minutes later, before the German shelling had stopped, the French shells were fired at the German artillery positions.
It was a lively day.