On July 15, 1918, the German Fifth Offensive began!

The German High Command planned to concentrate the forces of three armies in the Marne area, namely the 1st, 3rd, and 7th armies, with a total of 48 divisions, 6,353 artillery pieces, and 400 aircraft, to break through the Allied defense lines from the Thieriburg and Aisne River areas, and then develop an offensive towards Paris to win the war.

The French 4th, 5th and 6th armies, with a total of 36 divisions and 3,080 guns, were deployed in depth and echelons to organize the defense, and were ready to switch to the counteroffensive at the right time.

At 0:30 on July 15, the French army unexpectedly carried out heavy artillery preparations against the German army that was about to attack.

At 4:50, the German 1st and 3rd armies launched an offensive east of Reims after more than three hours of artillery preparation.

And the place where the battle was launched was the strategic point captured by the skeleton commando:

Laner!

The German 7th Army, on the other hand, launched a strong offensive against the French 5th and 6th Armies at Zogorne and Saint-Everez.

is placed at the forefront of the Grim Reaper's striker:

Skeleton Commando!

From the first minute of the battle, the skull banner appeared on the battlefield!

At the forefront is the AV7 tank, a powerful battlefield force that has undergone a good improvement to make its marching speed greatly improved.

"Forward—forward—"

All the officers had such high-pitched and long cries out of their mouths. The commandos who accompanied the tank fired a fierce fire on the enemy on the opposite side with a variety of firearms in their hands.

The French troops returned fire no less violently. The dense network of light and heavy firepower blocked the advance of the Germans.

However, they are facing a skeleton commando!

With unstoppable momentum, the four A7Vs broke through the enemy's defense line one by one. The German soldiers leaped into the trenches, their bayonets flashing brightly, killing every target they could see

Advance on the corpses of your enemies!

In the same way, the Germans will pay the price for every step forward, and they fall one after another under the bullets of the enemy, and blood flows from their bodies. Slowly flowing on the battlefield

There are no tears here, and there is no need for tears here!

What is needed here is just - iron and bayonets!

Wang Weiyi still rushed to the front. On his side. It's a commando armed with a brand new weapon, the MP18 submachine gun!

This powerful individual weapon has completed the last piece of the puzzle for the trench assault team advocated by Wang Weiyi!

Each commando with a submachine gun carries several grenades on his body, and behind every two soldiers armed with submachine guns. Followed by a cart full of ammunition. Melee soldiers with pistols and sharpened sapper shovels followed closely, while behind them were machine gunners with MG08 machine guns, as well as flamethrowers

This is all there is to the Trench Commando Squad, and it is also the main combat method used by the Skeleton Commando in this assault battle!

The submachine guns spewed out fast and dense bullets, and the French soldiers who were using rifles, under such a stormy blow, fell under the muzzles of the submachine guns

When approaching the enemy trenches, several rows of grenades were thrown out of the trenches. In the "boom" explosion, the MG08 machine gun was erected in time. Then, a long string of terrifying tongues of fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun.

Under such a layered ferocious blow, the French did not have the slightest strength to fight back. The soldiers who had survived were trying their best when suddenly, several flames swept towards them.

The trenches were instantly overwhelmed in flames

The French cried out in mournful flames, but their strength seemed so small in the game with death.

Wang Weiyi was the first to rush into the trench, and the skull gun had been transformed into an MP18 submachine gun. Now, there's no need to hide anything anymore.

The submachine gun pulsed rhythmically, and bullets leaped out of the muzzle one by one, shooting at any target he could see.

Next to him was Guo Yunfeng, who was also armed with an MP18 submachine gun. This Chinese is all too familiar with this weapon.

On that occasion, with such weapons, with the assistance of three tanks, he created the miracle of the Somme together with Colonel Ernst.

There is nothing to fear from the British, there is nothing to fear from the French, they are facing a group of strikers of the Grim Reaper!

The sapper shovels smashed one French head after another, white brains and blood mixed together and flew everywhere in the air, and the corpses lay miserably in the position

It's a place of death!

In less than two hours, the Skeleton Commandos had broken through the enemy's three positions with astonishing speed and pulled the rest of the German attacking force far behind.

The Skeleton Commando's assault method is also very distinctive, and once they break through the position, they will never waste time cleaning up those remnants. They have only one goal:

Forward! Forward!! Moving forward!!

What the follow-up German units had to do was simply follow behind the skeleton commandos, occupy the positions where there was no resistance, and then gather the enemies who had surrendered

The 7th Army's von. Lieutenant General Kassel commanded the famous Skeleton Commando for the first time, and it was also the first time he saw the bravery of the Skeleton Commando in war.

One minute the Skeleton Commando was still attacking, and the next minute General Cassel received the battle report that the position had been captured by the Skeleton Commando.

And before General Cassel could react, Ernst. Colonel Bram had already rushed to the next position with his men

Such a fast and ferocious assault was unseen by General Cassel

"General, we've lost contact with the Skeleton Commando!"

"What? Lost contact? General Kassel was furious: "What are you doing? ”

"I'm sorry, General, they attacked so fast that our troops simply couldn't keep up with them!" The anxious voice of the front-line commander came from the other end of the phone: "However, the positions we passed through were only the dead, the wounded, and the French soldiers who surrendered!" Of all the assault units of the 7th Army, the troops under the command of Colonel Ernst were the fastest, but they were too fast! ”

"I don't want to hear that!" General Kassel roared into the phone: "I want to know where Ernst is now!" I want you to keep up with his charge! Hell, I don't want him to be alone! He had already fought alone once in Fanovi, and that was not possible in my 7th Army! "Keep up, even if you're tired!"

General Kassel threw away the phone in his hand.

What a good officer, what a good soldier, but it's a pity that he only has such a skeleton commando in his hands, and if he could have more, General Cassel swore that he would be able to win this offensive operation!

At this time, the skeleton commando team, but the speed of the assault is too fast. In a position, they never make a stop for more than ten minutes.

They have only one destination:

The next enemy position!

Assault of the whole team!

Crazy A7V tanks, crazy commandos, crazy skeleton barons!

For the sake of the dead brethren of Fanovi, for the sake of victory, and for the glory of Germany:

Assault!

Those who have only joined the commando team for a short time are actually some veterans with rich battlefield experience, but the commando's rapid and effective assault method still opened their eyes.

This group of commandos, once on the battlefield, simply turned into a bunch of crazy people.

There are only two things in their eyes: to kill and to be killed! Either kill the enemy under your own bullets or get killed by enemy bullets!

During a trench assault, a new commando veteran faithfully recorded what he saw in his post-war memoirs:

"The first detachment led by Colonel Ernst rushed to the front, and he and the Chinese named Guo or Huo (forgive me for not remembering his name) were strafing the French with MP18s in their hands, and at least twelve or fifteen Frenchmen fell under their guns Steck threw grenades hard, roaring loudly in his mouth, as if the French owed him a lot of money, I remember, he seemed to throw no less than thirty grenades in this battle, and the grenades on the cart were almost out of supply

Then, more commandos with submachine guns rushed forward, and the terrible and intensive blow, I still can't forget that when Captain Rommel's second detachment, Captain Manstein's third detachment, came up, the battle here was almost over I heard Captain Manstein complaining loudly that Colonel Ernst's charge was too fast, but the colonel did not say anything, but ordered Captain Manstein's tank detachment to immediately attack the next position

I was honored to be part of the Skeleton Commando, and I was honored to fight alongside the Skeleton Baron, which was the greatest honor of my life because I saw how miracles were born. Colonel Ernst is invincible, and the skeleton commandos are invincible. This is where our highest faith lies."

As written in the veteran's memoirs, Ernst. Colonel Bram never stopped his attack, and all the trenches were conquerable in his eyes.

In the shortest time since the start of the war, Wang Weiyi and his skeleton commandos have seen the Marne. (To be continued.) )