Chapter 261: Surprise
Just as the battle between the Panzer Forces and the 20th Infantry Division began, the side facing Feron Tadenuy also began to fight.
The Germans, who had just come out of the mud, were suddenly caught in another struggle.
It's just that compared to the fight with the sky and the earth just now, this time it was replaced with a fight with people.
The Germans may not be happy from it, but in Chen's view, they are undoubtedly happy.
In Chen Kangjian's view, the more Germans come, the better, and these Germans, who are like devils in the face of the French, are a moving military medal for Chen Kangjian's armored troops.
All are welcome.
Chen Kangjian is indeed not afraid of dying, even if he is attacked by the Germans on both sides, Chen Kangjian dares to divide his troops, and he is quite balanced on one side and half, which is really impartial.
At this time, the battle situation in Tadenoy is really a bit complicated.
Chen Kangjian's armored troops were flanked by the Germans on both sides, and Crown Prince Wilhelm's corps, which was attacking Chen Kangjian's armored troops on the side of Feron Tade Noy, was also flanked from both sides.
Liu Zizheng's group and Glif's group finally caught up.
When it comes to wallowing in the mud, the Germans are actually far less skilled than the Chinese. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, European countries have been renovating their domestic bridges, roads and other infrastructure, and to be honest, there are not many opportunities for Europeans to wallow in the mud.
For the Chinese, whose national infrastructure is relatively backward, wallowing in the mud is commonplace, so it can be said that it is easy to deal with it compared to the Germans.
The Chinese peasants had an artifact called the "stilt", which is said to have been originally born to pick wild fruits, but it was as effective as it was used against the muddy ground, and became a sharp weapon used by the Chinese to chase the Germans.
The soldiers of Liu Zizheng and Greif's regiment did not use original stilts, of course, but a shorter, more stable wooden tool, which Greif called the "mud machine", a tool used by the peasants of Greif's hometown to walk in the mud.
The clay machine is made of wood, with a board on it, about the size of a foot, two vertical wooden strips under the board, and then two horizontal wooden strips, small and exquisite, in fact, like a small bench. Such a gadget, first put on military boots, then step on one on each foot, tie it tightly with a rope, and when the person stands up, he immediately gets taller, and when he walks, because the stride becomes larger, he feels faster than walking in the mud than usual.
Who made the country poor and unable to build roads, and the peasants had to use all kinds of gadgets in their daily lives to increase the convenience of life. Of course, this little thing also has a drawback, wearing it because of the unstable center of gravity can not work, and because of this, the soldiers of the armored units do not need to carry the tank out of the mud pit, but it is the most suitable for the infantry who are advancing lightly.
It was such a small thing that even Qin Zhiyuan, a traverser, couldn't think of, that made the Chinese soldiers catch up with Crown Prince William's corps, which had set off for several hours early, at an astonishing speed, and many soldiers didn't even get their shoes wet.
Compared to the soldiers of Crown Prince William's legion, who were exhausted in mud, this was simply a miracle!
As a result, when the soldiers of Crown Prince William's corps, who were exhausted by the mud, stood in front of the Chinese soldiers who were neat and tidy, and there were not even many mud spots, they looked particularly embarrassed, and the pride of the foreigners for the Chinese accumulated for decades quietly disappeared, while the Chinese soldiers whose national self-confidence was gradually recovering were particularly proud.
Both psychologically and figuratively.
To be honest, the battle was not very fierce, the exhausted Germans who were tossing in the mud no longer had much strength in their bodies, and the battle between the 1st Division and Crown Prince Wilhelm's corps was more of a surrender operation than a battle, and many Germans surrendered helplessly with the whole regiment and battalion, and there was not much useless resistance.
Ordinary soldiers can surrender, but Crown Prince William cannot.
Crown Prince Wilhelm is a member of the German royal family, and he is also a member of the royal family with a very important status, as the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, if Crown Prince Wilhelm is captured by the Chinese on the battlefield, it will be big news, and it is big news enough to shake the world.
After receiving the news that the rearguard troops could no longer withstand the attack of the infantry of the 1st Division, and that the road ahead was blocked by the armored troops of the 1st Division, Fritz Rosenberg, the chief of staff of Crown Prince Wilhelm, proposed his proposal to the crown prince.
"Make-up and runaway? No! Never! I can't do such dishonorable things. Crown Prince William refused with a serious face.
"If Your Highness you are captured on the battlefield, then for the German Empire, this is the greatest dishonor." Rosenberg insisted.
"But what about the soldiers? What do you do? "Even at the last minute, Crown Prince William was worried about his troops.
"It doesn't matter, the soldiers don't matter, and I don't matter. Compared to you, Your Highness, we can all be abandoned at any time. "Rosenborg understands what's important.
By the time the war had been fought, Germany had already paid the price of millions of casualties, and Rosenberg had long been accustomed to it. From his first day in the army, Rosenberg knew that he would one day, and he did not resist being a prisoner, and for Rosenborg, it was just another life experience.
"Okay, take care, please." Crown Prince William agreed to flee in makeup, and he was never a stubborn man.
Soon, with the help of the attendants, Crown Prince William changed his lieutenant colonel's military uniform, changed into an ordinary soldier's uniform, and under the protection of several personal guards, left the Crown Prince's Guard, which was still struggling to form a defensive formation in the mud, and walked towards the misty hills.
Since it was a make-up escape, it was impossible to bring too many bodyguards, and a large number of people would not only be easy to expose their whereabouts, but also not conducive to concealing the truth, so Crown Prince William only had four or five people around him at this time, and the small but elite team was more sure to escape.
Rosenberg, who remained in place, would organize his defenses as much as possible, on the one hand, to buy more time for Crown Prince Wilhelm to escape, and on the other hand, to do his best to show the bravery of the Germans.
Even from exhaustion, Rosenborg wanted to show the brave side of the Germans.
Let's not talk about the German soldiers who lined up hard, but talk about Crown Prince Wilhelm, who had left the army and fled.
To be honest, the life of the 35-year-old Crown Prince William has never been so embarrassing as this moment.
At this time, Crown Prince Wilhelm's heart was full of frustration and pessimistic disappointment, he could neither see the future of Germany, nor could he see the road under his feet, the road of escape seemed to be endless, and Crown Prince Wilhelm was devastated.
If it weren't for the guards around him, I am afraid that Crown Prince William would have committed suicide by raising a gun now, and he really couldn't accept that he was in such a predicament.
Gunfire was already ringing in the distance, and it was the soldiers of the 1st Division who were exchanging fire with the guards of Prince William. The fierce gunfire was as noisy and messy as the drizzle in the sky, just like the heart of Prince William, and more like the mud spots on Prince William's body.
"Qin, I'll be back." Crown Prince William looked back at the place where the gunshot rang out, although he couldn't see anything except rain and fog, Crown Prince William secretly swore in his heart that when he came back, he would definitely give Qin Zhiyuan a "surprise".
"Don't move, raise your hands!" An accented French voice rang out, and Crown Prince William stiffened, feeling like a thunderbolt ringing in his ears.
Just ten seconds ago, Crown Prince William was still thinking about giving Qin Zhiyuan a surprise, but he didn't expect that just ten seconds later, Qin Zhiyuan's troops gave Crown Prince William a big surprise first.
(To be continued.) )