The autumn offensive has quietly begun.

Not a single German soldier had any doubts about the success of the offensive. In the eyes of the German soldiers, they possessed strong force, confidence in victory, and unparalleled courage.

Once victorious, it will be able to completely crush the enemy's Somme offensive and intercept the strategic objectives of the Entente.

General Galwitz of the Second Army placed the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment at the forefront of the army's attack. In the general's opinion, the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment with Baron Alexon would be a force that could be relied upon.

The supplementary battalion was placed at the forefront of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment.

The officers and men of the Supplementary Battalion, like any German soldier, were full of confidence in victory, except for one man:

Baron Ernst Aleksen von Brahm!

Wang Weiyi did not show his worries on his face, since things could not be changed, he could only implement them firmly.

Moreover, this was an order not only from the German high command, but also from the base.

Although Wang Weiyi's adjutant Guderian had only recently arrived in the supplementary battalion, he was a very keen and attentive man, and he quickly noticed something not quite right with Captain Ernst.

"Captain, are you worried about victory?" Taking advantage of the rest, Guderian asked cautiously.

Wang Weiyi was silent for a while, then nodded and said frankly: "The rainy season is coming, which will increase the difficulty of our attack. ”

"Rainy season?" Guderian looked overhead: "Yes, the rainy season is coming, but at least half a month away, I think we can win in this half a month." ”

"What if the rainy season comes early?" Wang Weiyi suddenly asked.

Guderian was stunned, and then involuntarily looked at the sky. Will it? It's been several years since the rainy season arrived at the normal time, could it be earlier this time?

"Forget it, don't talk about that, William." Wang Weiyi smiled: "Whether God helps us or not, the battle must go on." Once the battle breaks out, I will take the third company with me as a commando. Gather all the officers from the rank of sergeant and above in the supplementary battalion. ”

After a while, all the officers of the supplementary battalion came to the temporary battalion headquarters.

Wang Weiyi briefly introduced the order he received, and then asked Guderian to hang up the map: "Gentlemen, this time in front of us is not the British, but the French. The 178th Infantry Regiment of the Tenth Army under the command of General Michelet of France. Hey, gentlemen, we're going to have to take a battalion against a regiment. ”

"One German can fight ten Frenchmen." Steck upheld the Germans' usual contempt for the French: "One battalion can defeat three regiments of French." Captain, the French will run away when they see the German flag. ”

The officers burst into laughter.

The Germans had always treated the French with contempt and never regarded them as real enemies. Not to mention that they now have Captain Ernst Brem himself in command here.

"Yes, one battalion of ours can take out three regiments of the French." Wang Weiyi smiled: "But obviously you can't underestimate the enemy." Of course, there is good news, given the excellent performance of the Replenishment Battalion in the previous battles, Colonel Kinglock has added a machine gun company and a new Spitfire squad to us, which will arrive in the afternoon. ”

There was a cheerful shout, and everyone knew what it would mean to be able to add a machine gun company. And the appearance of the Pyro is even more exciting. In previous battles, these flamethrowers had already shown their lethality.

"If it's defensive, I'll concentrate my machine guns." Wang Weiyi quieted everyone down: "But we're on the offensive now." Some adjustments had to be made, and I didn't want to have people lined up for enemy machine gun fire. The life of the Germans is much more noble than that of the French. ”

Another burst of laughter rang out, and the captain's words were simply relieving.

Wang Weiyi waved his hand: "So I'm going to organize a few trench assault teams." Each squad is equipped with three accurate marksmen, three grenadiers with grenades on their backs, eight melee soldiers with pistols and sapper shovels, and one MG08 machine gun shooter and ammunition driver per squad. And, of course, there are the Pyro, which, since there is only one squad, is given priority to the most combat-ready trench assault squads. At the same time, there will be an ammunition supply trolley carrying a cart full of ammunition. ”

This is a completely new mode of operation for the supplementary battalion, and indeed for the entire German army.

In past battles, as soon as the whistle sounded, the soldiers would rush forward in the face of the enemy's dense fire, until they captured the enemy's position or were killed by the enemy.

But now it seems clear that Captain Ernst did not want to do so.

Second Lieutenant Hall frowned, "Pardon me, Captain. We've never used this before, so shouldn't we ask Colonel Kinglock for advice? ”

"Second Lieutenant Hall, please note that now I am the supreme military commander here." Wang Weiyi's expression was serious, his dissatisfaction with Hall was not a day or two, although he admitted that Hall was a conscientious officer, but once his opinions were repeatedly opposed by his subordinates, no one would be unhappy in his heart.

Hall closed his mouth in amusement.

His class was inferior to Ernst's, his status was inferior to Ernst's, and he was even less valued by Ernst from above. Throughout the supplementary battalion, all the officers and men were led by Ernst.

Seeing that Hall shut up, Wang Weiyi did not pursue it excessively.

Sooner or later, such a trench assault team will appear, and it is just a matter of speeding it up to appear on the battlefield. The only fly in the ointment is that it would be nice to have a few MP18 submachine guns.

The MP18 submachine gun is much more useful in trench warfare than a simple rifle shooter.

You have to ask Xiao Ling for two more MP18 submachine guns and plenty of ammunition to fire the power of the trench assault team.

The first trench assault team was undoubtedly led by Wang Weiyi himself, Guo Yunfeng was his ideal assault fighter with a submachine gun, and Boncree was a good shooter with accurate marksmanship. The machine gunner, of course, is none other than Sean.

Adolf Hitler commanded the flamethrowers, and the three melee men with pistols and sapper shovels were under the unified command of Steck.

As for Guderian, the future German general had no choice but to resign himself to command the grenadiers first.

Wang Weiyi was convinced that the appearance of his trench assault team would bring a new method of warfare to the history of warfare.

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