The Chinese team has undergone about three months of training in Europe, the troops have thoroughly adapted to the European environment, and at the same time, the reorganization of the troops has also begun to show results, the soldiers who have experienced the test of war have been unreservedly taught to the recruits through their valuable experience, and the Chinese team has also actively learned tactics from Britain and France, and the two countries still have a lot of good things after three years of fighting.

Jiang Baili, as the commander of this army, his mission is to maintain the power of the [***] team as much as possible, and at the same time find a suitable opportunity to go to the battlefield, because the French [***] team has serious problems, and is now trying to appease the army, the burden of the battlefield falls on the British, of course, the British also suffered amazing losses in the Battle of the Somme, and it has come time to have to hand over part of the responsibility to the Chinese.

A total of more than 100,000 Chinese troops were organized into eight infantry divisions, as well as a tank brigade, after fierce consultations, Jiang Baili finally won the task of attacking the German positions in the Cambrai area by the Zhong [***] team, the main force of this battle was the Zhong [***] team, the British side only provided two more cavalry divisions, two tank brigades and air support, Jiang Baili became the commander-in-chief of the campaign.

This is also an important sign of China's status improvement, in fact, neither Britain nor France is willing to direct the Chinese command the battle, they simply do not want to believe that the Chinese can achieve victory, even if Lu Jianzhang and others have shown excellent military quality, they stubbornly believe that the Chinese [***] people can only carry out wars under the leadership of the generals of the Entente countries, once China reads the command, it will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat.

But some things are not what they want, now there are more than 700,000 Chinese laborers in the factories of the Entente, this is a group that Britain and France both love and hate, without them the Entente can not sustain, but it is they who kidnapped the Entente, forcing Britain and France to have to make concessions on many issues, although there are many suspicions, but Britain and France still want to import more labor from China, which has become a curse, tightly on the head of the Entente.

Jiang Baili, Lu Jianzhang, Zhang Xiaohuai, Shi Yi, Deng Xihou, Long Yun, Liu Cunhou and other major generals gathered together, and Jiang Baili personally arranged combat missions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time we will attack the southwest area of Cambrai, where the terrain is relatively flat, this time we have 1,200 cannons, 500 tanks, and we can also call on a thousand aircraft, this is a very large force, we must make good use of it, break through the German defense line, prove to the world China's strength, and fight for more rights and interests for our country, our enemy is the German [***] people who have been in a big war for a long time, and they can also get backup at any time, it is not very easy to break through the battle line, I hope that everyone will have the heart of killing the enemy and serving the country, fight bravely, and play the majesty of the [***] team! ”

After Jiang Baili finished speaking, he began to assign tasks, in front of the [***] team is a German position nearly ten kilometers wide, the German army has built a total of three positions, seven to nine kilometers deep, it is not very easy to break through, after careful discussion, everyone decided to change the previous tactics, not to carry out artillery bombardment in advance, in the war to adopt the tactics of air-ground cooperation, air power took the lead in air strikes, and then the tank troops began to impact the German defense line, artillery is to provide fire support, all arms of the joint operation, concentrate superior forces, In one fell swoop, smash the German defenses.

After the tactics were finalized, at dawn the next day, the air force took the lead in bombing the German positions, the German soldiers were not prepared at all, the British had never used the air force in this way, looking at the locust-like air force in the sky, dense bombs fell one after another, and the Germans had to hide in the fortifications and ask for support at the same time.

Just when the Germans were in a panic, rumbling in the distance came, and the black-pressed tank troops soon approached the positions of the German [***] team, this attack method surprised the Germans, they have become accustomed to the tactics of artillery bombardment, infantry approaching, and today's opponent has taken a completely different approach to attack.

First the air force, then the tanks, so that the Germans did not know how to deal with it, this hesitation is the most fatal, the tank troops have crushed the iron net, rushed through the trench, approached the German position, then the Germans hurriedly returned fire, but they were attacked by the Chinese artillery, the Chinese side regardless of the possibility of accidental injury, with artillery to provide cover, suppress the German firepower.

Immediately, the tank can also quickly crush the German defensive position, and the first line of defense was broken through by the [***] team in an instant, and the tank tactics of the [***] team are obviously more mature and sharper than in the Battle of the Somme, and hundreds of tanks form a torrent to easily break through the German defense line.

Jiang Baili and the others, who had been observing, were even more ecstatic, speaking of which Jiang Baili was also the first time to command such a large-scale battle, and it was still in Europe, it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous, and what was even worse was that it was still a new type of tactic adopted, Jiang Baili was not sure at all, although he seemed to be full of confidence, but Jiang Baili's nervousness was only known to him.

After the start of the war, it went so smoothly that Jiang Baili breathed a sigh of relief: "Everyone, our tactics have worked, but this is only the beginning, the German army still has two strong defense lines, and the German army is not ignorant of tank tactics, after a short period of panic, it must be stubbornly defended, telling commanders at all levels that they must strictly abide by orders and fight bravely!" ”

The order was conveyed, and Zhang Xiaohuai shook his head slightly at this time: "Brother Baili, in fact, we could have been more smooth this time, but the British air force did not cooperate well, and it was out of touch with the army's attack!" ”

Jiang Baili nodded, "That's right, it's the first time we've really used this tactic, and it's inevitable that there will be flaws, and the air force is not very mature, so we can only wait for the progress of technology, but I think we've found a way to break through trench warfare, and the form of war will change dramatically in the future, so it can be said that we are the initiators of this change!" ”

The squadron is still closely cooperating, marching forward, infantry, artillery, tank crews are like a whole, constantly moving forward, one by one German troops were bombarded into the sky by tank artillery, machine guns, artillery, fortifications are all useless, the German army is dead and wounded everywhere, the rest of the German army can only flee in a hurry, they never thought that the war could be so fast, so suddenly, there is no prior artillery preparation, only tanks coming from the sky, and more dense bullets, shells, life has never been so fragile, Even German soldiers, accustomed to seeing life and death.

They were very helpless at this time, they could only watch the other side crush their own defenses, there was no way, some soldiers who still had a trace of courage took the form of suicide attacks to destroy the tank, but it was obviously delusional, the armored car behind the tank, the infantry quickly beat these brave people into a sieve.

The first line of defense was breached, the second line of defense was still the same, and three hours after the attack, the strikers of the Chinese [***] team had already hit the third line of defense, and the Hindenburg defense line carefully constructed by the Germans was about to be punched out of a hole.

This kind of defense line looks impregnable, but in fact it is also the most vulnerable, as long as a gap can be opened, the next is a total rout, the German commander Demarwitz at this time still maintains a trace of sobriety, while asking the soldiers to fight desperately to block the attack of the [***] team, while asking for support.

The Germans were not without tanks, after the Battle of the Somme, the German army also realized that it was necessary to establish tank troops to be able to fight against Britain and France, but the German army was in a dilemma of resources, and could not produce tanks in large quantities like Britain and France, but in the hands of Demawitz, he still had more than 20 tanks, and now he didn't care about anything, and put all these tanks into the third line of defense, and at the same time mobilized a large number of vehicle-mounted field guns, and at all costs to block the momentum of the advance of the [***] team.

The German tanks finally appeared on the position, the two steel teams collided together, the number of German tanks was obviously not comparable to the Chinese, and the use was not skillful, and soon the first few tanks were beaten into a pile of scrap metal by the Chinese tanks, and the soldiers inside did not escape, and were burned to ashes.

However, in the face of the formation of a closed situation of the Chinese tanks, the German army did not retreat, but fought desperately, they also knew very well that they were a consuming force, and their only mission was to delay the crazy offensive momentum of the [***] team in the middle and buy time for the rear movement.

Many Chinese tank soldiers are still on the battlefield for the first time, the crazy secretion of adrenaline makes them forget their fear, forget that they may not even dare to kill pigs before entering the war, but now they have to harvest their lives, one shell after another was shot out, the tanks of German soldiers were beaten into piles of scrap metal, thick black smoke filled the battlefield, in front of the killing tools made of steel, the flesh and blood were too fragile, and the German tanks were all destroyed in less than half an hour.

However, this half an hour also gave the Germans a chance to breathe, they mobilized a large number of artillery to plug the gap, regardless of the sacrifice to the Chinese tank troops began to shoot intensively, several Chinese tanks were also affected, the destroyed tanks could not move, not only became a special target, but also blocked the way of the rear tanks, the offensive formation of the [***] team suddenly had a problem.

At this time, the German air force also rushed over in large numbers, they frantically threw white phosphorus bombs, because the British air force did not give enough air cover, many white phosphorus bombs fell into the Chinese tank troops, and soon more than a dozen tanks fell into the sea of fire, in addition to white phosphorus bombs, the German army began to use chemical poison gas even more frenziedly, and the purpose of the German army was also very simple, that is, to create a hell on the way forward of the squadron, and completely block the way forward of the squadron.

After Jiang Baili received the report from the front troops, he also knew that the German army was desperate, the Chinese [***] team was only going to Europe to help Britain and France, and they couldn't die for them, and the hatred between Britain and France was probably more than that of Germany, and the Sichuan group was able to develop, which was closely related to Germany's early support, so the Chinese [***] team couldn't make a dead move, Jiang Baili gave an order, and the tank troops began to slowly retreat!

The squadron once advanced more than six kilometers and eliminated nearly 15,000 German soldiers, while its own losses were less than 3,000, which is a dazzling casualty ratio.

Although this attack was desperately blocked by the German army, but also shocked the world, it turned out that the war should be fought like this, in the past, everyone was too stupid, Britain, France and Germany, who had fought for more than three years, did not find a way to crack the trench warfare, but was discovered by the Chinese, air-ground cooperation, armored assault is the key to victory!

(To be continued)