Machine gunners operating machine guns, tanks and armored vehicles are wantonly killing all German soldiers who come in front of them. In the face of hundreds of never-before-seen steel monsters, the Germans in the position had no choice but to abandon their weapons and escape. It wasn't that they hadn't tried to resist, but the fragile resistance had no effect, and the machine guns that had terrified the Entente forces had no greater effect than a string of sparks splashed on the bodies of these iron monsters...

And the only damage that this can cause to the expeditionary force is probably to make the maintenance personnel of the armored forces spend more money on paint...

Compared to them, the soldiers of the expeditionary force in armored vehicles are much more relaxed. On the armored vehicle, soldiers in the machine-gun tower were armed with machine guns, tearing any German soldiers who came into their sight to shreds. The tanks that accompanied them were aimed at the muzzles of the guns, which were not strong fortifications. For some strong fortifications, the machine guns on the tank may not be useful, but it is relatively easy to deal with those made of sandbags...

Dozens of machine guns opened fire together, causing heavy losses to the German soldiers who were still hiding behind the fortifications to resist. Even if the guns could not kill the Germans in the fortifications, it would be fine to knock out the machine guns that the Germans were using to resist.

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In this period, no one yet had experience in the fight against armored forces.

If it is two or three years in the future, because the experience is already relatively rich, and there are more tanks in front of people. People naturally know how to resist with anti-tank guns, anti-tank guns, or Molotov cocktails and cluster grenades. But at this time, in the face of the hordes of tanks, the Germans had no choice but to turn their backs and flee in addition to blank resistance.

During the Battle of the Somme in history. The Germans, when confronted with the tanks brought out by the British for the first time, also fled in a hurry when resistance was ineffective.

Naturally, it was only the Germans who fled directly to face the armored forces, but although the Germans on other positions did not flee, they were only dumbfounded when they looked at these unprecedented big guys, and they didn't even have the idea of reinforcements...

But they soon came to their senses. Because the infantry group, which was following behind the armored forces, had already rushed up. Following the openings torn by the armored forces, the infantry groups attacked in the direction of the flanks.

Faced with the first appearance of armored forces, the Germans were already terrified. Plus the tens of thousands of expeditionary forces that poured in. In the end, in the case of ineffective resistance, in the face of the iron hooves of the armored forces, the Germans could only keep retreating, and the expeditionary force was very easy to completely capture the position that the British and French forces had spent countless hours and failed to capture some time ago...

The entire battle took just over an hour. Just over an hour. The remaining tanks, expeditionary officers and soldiers, corpses and German prisoners of war who had surrendered raised their hands were left on the position...

And even when they raised their hands in surrender, these brave Germanic warriors were still staring at the tanks at their sides with awe.

Such a result not only surprised the allied generals such as Fuxi and Haige, but also surprised Cai Yi and others. Although they also knew that these troops that cost tens of millions of dollars to build could not be useless at all, they did not expect that they could play such a big role. It was so easy to capture the enemy's position in just over an hour.

They had also seen the battle in the previous days, and in the face of the strong German defense, although the Allied forces suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, they were still helpless. But this time...

"When it comes to casualties, I'm afraid there aren't even a few thousand," he said, looking at the battle ahead with a telescope. Wu Peifu said with a wry smile, in his sight, the Wehrmacht in the distance was driving away German prisoners of war.

I thought it was a vicious battle, but I didn't expect it to end so easily, this result was really beyond Wu Peifu's expectations.

Hearing Wu Peifu's words, Liu Guangyuan, who was standing next to him, shook his head. "Maybe less—" he said, looking in the opposite direction again, but his eyes were more focused on the tanks, obviously surprised by the power of the weapon.

Seriously, there were not many casualties during the assault phase, and it can even be said that there were no casualties at all, because the Germans were equipped with weapons other than mortars, which could not hurt the soldiers in the armored vehicles at all.

Of course, cluster grenades are possible, but in a hurry, the Germans may not be able to think of this solution, not to mention that even if they do, it is difficult to say whether it will be too late. After all, the speed of these armored vehicles is still relatively fast compared to the speed of human legs.

And when the British first put in tanks in history, they only put in 49 tanks, and for various reasons (presumably mechanical failures or something), only 18 of them were actually put into battle...

More than 10 tanks are equipped on a front of more than 10 kilometers, which is equivalent to 1 or 2 tanks in one kilometer. Although the first appearance with a tank can indeed be very shocking, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect.

Historically, these tanks did have a strong psychological shock to the German infantry on the defending side, forcing them to abandon their positions and retreat without a fight. However, due to the fact that the tank's skills and equipment have not yet been perfected, and the battle front is wide, these tanks still have not achieved the combat goal of opening a breakthrough.

However, this time it was different, this expeditionary force invested an armored regiment, a full 150 tanks, and the development time was more than a year earlier than the British, and the technology was relatively much more bearable, and there was Yan Shao next to some technical inspiration, and its own engine was led by the Yushi Group, which was the strongest in this era, so it was naturally much more mature than the British.

Although at least a few dozen tanks were paralyzed in the middle of the road after departure, the number of tanks that eventually rushed to the local positions still exceeded a hundred—————— although only a few more than a few were on the hundred.

However, more than 100 were obviously more impressive than 18 tanks, and the armored vehicles were loaded with many infantry, who came down through the rear door after the armored vehicles rushed into the German positions. Armed with weapons began to clear the Germans from the trenches.

In this process, the hand-held Madsen light machine gun and pump-action shotgun played a great role, the hand-held Madsen machine gun was extremely powerful, and the pump-action shotgun was the most suitable weapon for complex situations in the trench.

This weapon was historically known as the trench sweeper. The role played by the troops in the process of clearing the German troops in the positions was enormous. Coupled with the fact that the Germans in the position were in a state of panic at this time, the attacking troops encountered almost no effective resistance.

Naturally, even though the vast majority of the German army has no intention of fighting, there are still those who are sworn to resist.

In fact, most of the casualties occurred at this stage, and there were follow-up army catch-ups.

After all, in the face of the threat of tanks. It is impossible for every German to turn around and run away, there will always be a few who will resist resolutely. If they are in a desperate situation, they will run away, and the Germans will not have the ability to set off two world wars...

And because of this. While fighting in many positions was easy, it was also very difficult in some locations.

Fortunately, the casualties were not very large, and the results were significantly more dazzling than the casualties...

After all, they had a few thousand casualties. took the German positions that the coalition forces had failed to take with more than 100,000 casualties. That's just one result. It was enough for all the officers and soldiers of the expedition who participated in the expedition to hold their heads high in front of the coalition forces and show off for the rest of their lives...

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Standing in the headquarters, looking at the officers and soldiers of the expedition who were waving flags and cheering on the German positions in the distance, Cai Ye and the others were speechless. Compared with the joy of victory, the most shocking thing for them at this moment is probably the power of the armored forces.

After all, even Cai Yi himself felt that if he wanted to take the German position on the opposite side, even with the support of the tank troops, he would probably need to pay a price of at least 30,000 people. Who would have thought that now it has only paid a tenth of the price. It was extremely easy to take the position.

And perhaps the same shock was given to the power of the armored forces, in the case of positions that had already been grabbed. The German commander in the rear did not let the artillery shell the position, but this also gave the expeditionary officers and soldiers who had just taken the position enough time to rest and deal with the prisoners of war...

At present, there are many prisoners of war in the trenches who have surrendered, and most of these prisoners of war choose to surrender because of the deterrent power of tanks. And how to properly solve this problem has become the most important thing at the moment...

At least for now, Bai Chongxi on the other side is scratching his head about this question. Although he has also experienced a lot of wars in Shandong. But the extreme temperament of the Japanese, even if they are defeated, few prisoners can stay, not to mention that this time it is not the Japanese who are facing it, but the Germans who have a relatively good relationship in the past, Bai Chongxi is still a little young after all, so he will naturally look some...

Just when Cai Ye and the others were still deeply shocked, Fuxi and Haig on the other side had already sent a telegram to congratulate them. However, while congratulating, the two also raised some questions about Cai Ye, wondering why the expeditionary force that had rushed to the position did not continue to attack when they had the advantage...

At the moment, the German army is in a state of panic, and if we can take this opportunity to continue the offensive, we will definitely be able to achieve excellent results, and maybe even directly accelerate the speed of the Allied army's victory in this war...

"These foreigners are really a little anxious..."Listening to the content of the telegram, Wu Peifu on the side couldn't help but sneer. Wu Peifu's personality has always been a little unruly, which also makes his personnel in the army not very good, but Yan Shaozhi doesn't care much about this, in his opinion, as long as he is talented, and his character is not too bad.

Is there talent, Wu Peifu must have it, as for character, Wu Peifu rejected the Japanese in history, which has been more or less proven, as for the rest, to be honest in that era, there were really few warlords who were good, so Yan Shao couldn't ask for anything.

What's more, in Yan Shao's view, that situation is mainly caused by the environment, if the environment is changed, Wu Peifu may not dare to do this...

Of course, the most important point is that although Wu Peifu is not inferior, he still respects Yan Shao very much. If this weren't the case, I'm afraid even Yan Shao wouldn't be able to bear him...

After all, Yan Shao is also a little temperamental, although talented subordinates are indeed important, but Yan Shao still hopes to have some talents. In terms of personality, it is more satisfying...

"It's not surprising..."For Wu Peifu, Cai Ye is still relatively tolerant, the same as Yan Shao. He also values this talented young man, not to mention that Wu Peifu still respects him, so he doesn't have much ill will towards Wu Peifu. "Write back to Commander Haig and Commander Fuxi, saying that the vast majority of our army's armored units have mechanical problems and are unable to continue the attack, and at the same time ask them to send reinforcements as soon as possible to resist the possible counteroffensive of the Germans..." It's just that he never thought that it would be a useful opportunity.

"Yes!" Not knowing this, the officer nodded, and then left with the notebook in which Yan Shao's words were recorded.

Got Cai Yi's reply. Fuxi and Haig were speechless in the headquarters.

By this time, the British had already built the Nomad tank, and the French had begun to build the Schnader tank. Although these two things are not under the jurisdiction of Fu Xi and Haig, the two are high-ranking generals after all, and they still know a little bit about the Dao. I just don't know much. At the moment, there are no people here who understand these things, no matter how they explain it, naturally they can only come by Cai Yi...

"Cai, he shouldn't lie about such an important matter..."After being speechless for a while, Fu Xi smiled bitterly.

Haig nodded silently, not saying anything more...

However, they didn't know that Cai Ye was actually telling the truth, but even he didn't expect the truth.

Maybe it's because the spectacle of hundreds of tanks is too shocking before a solution is come up with. The Germans did not rush into a counteroffensive, but did everything possible to strengthen the positions they were currently holding. In this way, Cai Ye and others had enough time to get the tanks on the front line back. It's just that after the tank came back, Cai Ye learned about a situation that surprised him.

That is, after capturing the positions of the German army, the armored forces no longer have the ability to continue the offensive. Because at that time, out of the 150 tanks that set off, the number of tanks that could still move in the end was only about 30, and all the others were paralyzed in the distance due to various malfunctions.

Fortunately, most of the tanks were paralyzed on the German positions, and then with the machine guns and machine guns loaded on them to support the army that followed them, otherwise it is really difficult to say whether they would have been able to gain a foothold...

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After learning of this situation, both Cai Ye and the others were stunned, after all, they never thought of such an ending.

"Couldn't we make it more reliable?" After a deep groan, Cai Yi frowned and asked.

Since seeing the power of tank troops, Cai Ye has already come up with many ways to use them. But if the reliability of the tank is only so little, then most of the methods may not need to be used, and the only remaining methods are almost all the same as the current army-wide assault type, and can only assault a short distance, and some are similar to disposables...

It's a bit similar to the heavy knights of the Middle Ages in terms of method, but the heavy knights can still rush several times, but these are...

"There's really no way..."Bai Chongxi smiled helplessly, he had just been called back. This is mainly a problem of technical techniques, and at the moment technical techniques are not very mature, so this is already the limit, if you want to improve reliability, you can only wait for the domestic progress in technology..."

Hearing Bai Chongxi say this, Cai Yi, Wu Peifu and others were speechless.

But at this time, Liu Guangyuan on the side interjected. "Okay, don't talk about that, it's always better to be victorious..."

"yes..."

Hearing the word victory, the faces of the people present were filled with joy, even Cai Yi.

Because apart from the problem of tank troops, the losses in this battle were very small, but the results obtained were very large. After the whole battle, the expeditionary force only paid more than 3,000 casualties, of which only more than 500 were killed, and the rest were wounded...

Although this is not a small number, one only has to think about the casualties paid in the past few days to imagine how valuable it is.

And this rare victory soon spread to the world world with the end of the battle.

Almost the entire world of the world's media has reported on this new weapon, especially its power, but it does not pay much attention to the significance of this battle. In the eyes of many, even if there was some meaning to this battle, it was only the background to the emergence of armored forces.

At the same time, the uncrowned kings who accompanied the army also quickly dug up a lot of precious news from the expeditionary force, such as these things were secretly sent to Europe, in the name of 'tank', so these iron lumps were also called tanks...

On the other hand, after learning the news of the victory, there was also a carnival in the country.

In comparison, the high cost of this army has become a matter that no one cares about. After learning about the combat effectiveness of the tank troops, some people in the army even proposed to build 10,000 tanks, but people such as Yan Shao or Fu Xiuming scoffed at such words.

The figure of 100 vehicles is already equivalent to 10 million yuan, and 10,000 vehicles is not equivalent to 1 billion...

Although China's fiscal revenue has reached the point of one billion yuan, I am afraid that few people have done this kind of stupid thing to invest all the fiscal revenue in one year in something, let alone one-tenth of the fiscal revenue in a year.

For Yan Shao, building three or five hundred vehicles a year is enough, after all, financial issues must always be considered... (To be continued......)