At the end of August, all preparations were basically completed, and Qin Zhiyuan launched another attack on Reims.

This attack was different from the previous ones, Qin Zhiyuan no longer took a step by step, but decided to carry out a large-scale assault operation.

Some time ago, the armored unit had to be equipped with a communication device and could not participate in the battle, but now that the modification has been basically completed, Qin Zhiyuan finally has a reliable assault force in his hands.

Tank units equipped with communication devices are absolutely different in terms of combat effectiveness compared with units without communication devices, and if a tank without communication devices is compared to a fist, then a tank with a communication device is a meteor hammer.

By the time the attack was about to be launched, Chen Kangjian's tank fleet had increased to 470, the largest tank force on the planet......

Nor is it the largest, just these days the British are also preparing an offensive in Flanders, and the British have also prepared an armored unit of 500 tanks for an offensive in the direction of Clairken.

The tank forces of the British developed rapidly, but they kept taking detours, running all the way down the road of diamond-shaped tanks, from the original "little nomads" to the current Mark IV, all of them were big guys.

In the course of the battle a while ago, although he had a large tank in his hand, Qin Zhiyuan had always deliberately put it away and did not let it go, so the tank unit only undertook auxiliary combat tasks and did not burst out with full combat effectiveness.

Qin Zhiyuan wanted to see how much combat effectiveness Chen Kangjian could give full play to if Chen Kangjian was allowed to let go now.

After several replenishments, the artillery unit is strong, with nearly 600 heavy guns of more than 120 mm caliber, which is not only owned by the Foreign Legion, but also equipped by Bastian's troops, but now they are all under the command of Qin Zhiyuan.

The first phase of the battle looked no different than before, with long fire preparations, endless shelling, seemingly endless death and darkness......

Compared with the losses and wins on the Reims side, the Germans seemed to be more disadvantaged on the Flanders side, so more fighters were transferred to Flanders to help Bavaria **** resist the British attack.

This gave the air force units in the Reims area an opportunity, and even the fighters dared to dive and use machine guns to strafe the German positions. The bomber unit seized the opportunity to make several sorties, destroying a German artillery position and two ammunition depots.

The bomber force was now very proficient, with about 40 all-Chinese bomber crews participating in the battle, along with more than fifty Chinese fighter pilots. So far, a total of four pilots have won the title of "trump card", and Bao Deshui's record has reached 11, which can be regarded as the best among the air forces of the entire Entente.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the tank units left their starting positions and divided into four echelons to attack the Germans.

This time the attack was not accompanied by infantry, only armored vehicles and trucks responsible for logistics, and everything was left to the tankmen themselves.

In the past battles faced with "elastic defense," tank units would always strictly control the attack distance, regardless of whether they had spare strength or not, and immediately stop attacking and construct defensive positions after achieving certain results. This time it was noticeably different, after breaking through the 1st Morrae Army defense, the tank units did not stop as the Germans expected, but continued to attack the German hinterland under the horrified eyes of the German soldiers.

Advance is the main body now, along the way, even if the German soldiers are found, as long as there is no threat, the tankers will not stop and exterminate, but continue to move forward, their task is to disrupt the German deployment, penetrate the German hinterland, and turn Lance upside down.

After the tank troops were dispatched, the infantry was also dispatched immediately, this time Qin Zhiyuan made a bloody investment, not only Liu Zizheng's division and Glifu division, but also Wu Yuanting's division and Ruan Juncai's division, and at the same time, there were six divisions under Bastian.

From May to now, Qin Zhiyuan and they have been fighting for three consecutive months, and now it is time to reap the results again.

At this time, the German command was already in disarray.

In the long-term confrontation, Hu Tier was already anxious, he had fully felt Qin Zhiyuan's difficulty, and although he tried his best to support it, he still felt overstretched. However, Hu Tier did not lose his self-confidence, he still firmly believed that he could withstand Qin Zhiyuan's attack, even if he couldn't defeat Qin Zhiyuan, at least he could maintain the current situation.

Of course, this must be based on the premise that Berlin will give him sufficient support.

Ludendorff did trust Hutier, and although Germany was in a bad situation now, Ludendorff still provided Hutier's support as much as he could, from soldiers to weapons.

Ever since the weather had cleared, Hu Tier had expected Qin Zhiyuan to attack. In order to increase the depth, Huttier extended his position to Beitney behind Reims, which was already more than ten kilometers away from the German forward positions, including Reims, and the huge area in between, now covered with German pillboxes and anti-tank trenches and barbed wire, awaited Qin Zhiyuan's troops to attack.

If it is estimated according to the previous progress, Qin Zhiyuan's troops want to penetrate the ten kilometers of defensive positions, and the war may last until 1918, and the thought of the difficult winter makes Huthier full of confidence.

The reality is always unsatisfactory, Qin Zhiyuan just launched an attack this time, and Hu Tier found that the situation was not good.

The first line of defense was to be defended as originally planned, and the Germans would return to the second line of defense, ready to launch a counterattack. But he didn't expect Qin Zhiyuan's tank troops to stop and broke through the poorly prepared second line of defense in less than half an hour.

Although the second line of defense is nominally a line of defense, the defenders are not prepared for defense, and in the exercises of the defenders, they are ready to launch a counteroffensive at any time, so although the defense line exists, it is in name only.

The third line of defense was followed by a breakthrough, as if because the tankers were more skilled, and this time it took only about 20 minutes.

The location of the third line of defense was at St. Brick, which was about six kilometers away and was already in the hinterland of the German army.

At this time, it was less than 3 hours before the beginning of the war.

The speed of the attack of the tank troops surprised Hutil, Hutil's headquarters was in Brimont, and it was only about eight kilometers away from St. Brique, if Hutil didn't do something, then before dark, Qin Zhiyuan's tank troops could hit the door of Hutil's headquarters.

More than three months earlier, Nivelle had used 120 French divisions, but none of them had achieved this tactical goal. Now that Qin Zhiyuan has only taken three hours, it seems that he is infinitely close to this strategic goal.

In ten minutes, Huttier gave five orders to move the mobile troops far away in Kofler to enter the field immediately, enter the German positions on the line from Petney to Kursi, and in any case resist the advance of the tank troops.

After giving the order, Hurtier suddenly remembered that Cofele was six kilometers away from Beatney, and St. Brick was only five kilometers away from Beatney, which meant that the tank troops would arrive at Beatney before Korfle's infantry units.

Five kilometers ......

The end of the world is just around the corner!

Huthir was not very human, after all, he stared at Petney for a full five minutes, and then ordered Kofler's troops to stop their advance and move to the rear of the Lipu River, which was then changed to the rear of the Aisne River.

The river is 15 km from Reims, while the river Aysne is 35 km from Reims.

This order of Huthier was tantamount to admitting that his Eighteenth Army had been completely defeated in the confrontation with Qin Zhiyuan's Seventeenth Army.

According to German custom, the Eighteenth Army might be disbanded after this battle, and the future of Hurtier himself would be uncertain.

Compared with Hu Tier, who was packing up his things and preparing to retreat, almost everyone in Qin Zhiyuan's joint operations command was in a state of excitement.

It was really euphoria, and from the very first moment of the battle, it was enveloped by everyone in the command, and the combat staff officers would even trip themselves over with excitement when they reported the state of the battle, and the messengers in the newspaper office would review almost every telegram, because the numbers on it were unbelievable.

"At 10:35, the 2nd Panzer Regiment broke through the German positions and continued to attack......"

"At 11:45, the 1st Panzer Regiment broke through the second line of German defense and continued the offensive in the direction of Tiruwa......"

"Xu Sheng's regiment attacked the second line of defense of the German army, and it is initially estimated that 3,500 German troops were killed, and now it continues to attack in the direction of Reims......"

"The 279th Regiment of the 35th Division entered the second line of defense to contain prisoners of war, and preliminary statistics numbered more than 40,000. The 280th and 285th regiments continued their offensive in the direction of Tiruwa......"

Attack, attack, all the news is an offensive, all the troops are moving forward, the troops of ten divisions are advancing in unison on a battlefield up to five kilometers wide, they have a clear division of labor, each has its own responsibilities, and the German troops on the opposite side are vulnerable.

"Qin, we're going to win......" Bastian blistered at the corners of his mouth, his eyes were red, and his expression was strange, and he couldn't tell whether he wanted to cry or laugh.

Bastian ...... We've already won! Maxim pursed his lips and looked at Qin Zhiyuan with an incredulous and exclamatory gaze.

Two months ago, Qin Zhiyuan played that shocking victory in Feron Tadenoy, if Maxim was not impressed with Qin Zhiyuan enough at that time, then now, Maxim has finally experienced all this. Now Maxim can be sure beyond a doubt that Qin Zhiyuan is already the top of the active generals in the French army, a unique one.

"Don't rush to send a telegram, let's see how much we can gain." Qin Zhiyuan is not in a hurry, anyway, the meat is rotten and in the pot.

"I'm going to get champagne, it's worth a drink." Bastian looked like he wanted to get drunk.

"General, you're ready." Pierre pointed in the direction of the corner of the house, where there were four or five large chests.

"The 1st Panzer Regiment has captured Kursi, and they are less than two kilometers from Brimont......" Armstrong, Bastian's chief of staff, stumbled over and shouted in a hoarse, high-pitched voice.

Almost instantly, everyone's eyes looked at Qin Zhiyuan, with a look that didn't know the meaning.

Brimont, which was the target of Nivelle's spring offensive, attempted to encircle Brimont, which ultimately led to a mutiny and a major earthquake in French politics.

Now, Brimont was in front of Qin Zhiyuan, and it seemed to be within reach. (To be continued.) )