Chapter 295: Victory in the first battle to break through the enemy's defenses
Just in the front line and rear of the French coalition army, as night fell, it was known that the air force would finally not appear, on the traffic arteries of the front and rear defenses. There is a group of East China officers and soldiers who have begun to work as coolies, desperately destroying this road. Presumably after dawn tomorrow, when they see this devastated road, the supply convoy of the French army will also want to cry without tears!
In the front-line troops of the French Coalition Army, they thought that they could finally sleep peacefully at night, but the artillery units of the East China Army arranged on the opposite side were in a busy scene. If an airplane appeared in the sky at this moment, it would definitely be able to see the lights on the artillery positions of the East China Army at this moment.
The artillery of the East China Army, which had rested for a day during the day, began to let the French allied troops feel the power of the god of land warfare at night, so that they could thoroughly understand that this was a protracted war, and there would be no day or night. If you want to sleep soundly, there is no door!
As the direction of the French border positions had long been figured out, the guns with their muzzles held high were quickly adjusted to the firing parameters. After the commander of the cannon and the command flag were waved, these howitzers, all of which were more than 150 calibers, let out an earth-shattering roar in the silent night.
Just when the officers and soldiers of the front-line positions of the French Allied Army heard this thunderous cannon sound and mistook it for thunder. Watching a few meteor-like objects that appeared to be somewhat bright in the night fall, they realized what they were.
It was not satisfied with the bombardment of their rear during the day, and at night this kind of blind cannon fire was carried out with artillery. Is the East China Army really confident, or does it feel that there is no need for money for shells? But in any case, as the first round of large-caliber shells fell, the soldiers on the front line garrison of the French coalition army were completely alarmed.
Looking at the shells that kept whistling and falling, they fell into their forward positions and trenches like eyes. The French officers in charge of the operation looked at the soldiers running around like headless flies. Began yelling for them to hide in the bomb holes. As for the positions, it is enough to keep a few observation posts where nothing can be seen. The consequence of running around the position at night is to be torn to shreds by those shells!
Looking at the front-line French officers and soldiers who were constantly blooming like fireworks on their own positions, hiding in the anti-artillery holes. It is clear what caliber of cannon this is, and the effect of shelling. They have always felt that the concept of poverty and backwardness in the country on the other side has been completely overthrown with the planes whistling by during the day and the shells whistling again at night.
Such a military level. What can a poor country do?
Even in the artillery positions that they have been almost completely destroyed today, the 150-caliber artillery on them is scarce, and more of them are 120-caliber howitzers in the main battle of their French forces. It was evident from the shells poured at their positions at night that the number of large-caliber howitzers possessed by the opposing side was simply beyond their imagination.
Although the officers and soldiers of the French coalition army understood. The real war in Daman Road should be fought in that dense jungle. The city outside the jungle can be lost. They will still lose a solid rear and strategic base. When the time comes. And how many of them can really adapt to fight in this tropical jungle?
The French forces who have fought in the jungle on this land know that the jungle that can be seen everywhere in Daman Road is the real deadly place. The poisonous snakes and beasts in there, no matter how careful they are, will inevitably cause battle damage. So who dares to guarantee it. The East China Army on the opposite side must be worse than them when they fight in the jungle?
You must know that the Guixi Army opposite them is also a place with a lot of jungle and mountains. Adaptability for jungle warfare. Presumably not much worse than them. Moreover, most of them were Europeans, and most of the people sent here to fight in the war were colonial armies formed by Indochina. These people have a very terrible feeling about the jungle!
Feeling that the outcome of the war seemed to be doomed before the actual hand-to-hand engagement, the French officers who were hiding in the anti-artillery trenches felt a little unpleasant in their hearts. As soldiers, they like to open up new colonies for their country, but that is based on the fact that the other side is not as strong as them and can give them the feeling of a winner.
But in the face of an opponent whose strength has surpassed them, and they still want to build a colony on the opponent's territory, isn't it an obvious rhythm of looking for death? It's just that they are all officers at the grassroots level, and they are really powerless to resist the things decided above. After all, in the eyes of the presidents and ministers of the French Commonwealth, can Longhua be stronger than the French Commonwealth that defeated the German Union in the European War?
When the French frontline began to become a wolf, several artillerymen deliberately diverted the remaining blind spots of artillery fire, and heavily armed camouflage units began to appear. The elite generals of these mountain divisions, guided by the light of artillery fire, moved very cautiously towards the positions of the French coalition forces.
When the troops of the mountain division lurked in the forward positions of the French army, the commander of the group informed the artillery in the rear that the shelling could be ended. In this way, he quietly stayed at the forefront of the defensive positions of the French coalition forces, and constantly participated in the infiltration of small forces. The officers and men of the French Union who were still hiding in the anti-artillery trenches and planned to wait for dawn to come out again were all blocked in the anti-artillery trenches.
In the face of these, the weapons in their hands were all specially modified to be too short and suitable for close combat. The officers and men of the French coalition army were captured in the trenches by the officers and men of the mountain division in a completely sluggish state.
For the officers and soldiers of the French Union who dared to resist, the mountain division would also make them understand that they were also no match for the mountain division in hand-to-hand combat.
Many French officers and men who were hiding in the rear heard the sound of artillery and were about to leave the position, but they heard the rapid sound of gunfire coming from the front of the position. By the time they realized that the blocking positions had been infiltrated, they were under the command of their respective officers. When they hurried to help, the places that seemed to them were like bushes of turf.
Without the slightest vigilance, they would spit out strings of fire that devoured their lives. When they realized that the enemy was hidden in the grass and trees that seemed to be very calm, they also fell completely in a pool of blood with this sudden regret.
So much so that the French troops on the front line, who were about to breathe a sigh of relief when the artillery was over, were surprised to find that their position had been captured by a strange group of troops who could blend in with the grass and bushes. What awaited them was the same unprepared attack, until they realized that the front-line positions had completely failed and remembered to flee. only to find that except for smearing the drill forest, they had no way to hide from the other party's attack.
Just drilling into the forest on such a big night is no easier than being shot. You know, in the woods on this site, there are also a lot of poisons at night. Be careful during the day, let alone at night? After getting in, you may be able to pick up a life, but more will leave no bones.
Even the officers and soldiers of the French Union, who were familiar with this area, did not dare to make a decision to drill into the forest easily, and these Indochinese affiliated troops, who were completely unfamiliar with this place, did not dare to drill into this completely unfamiliar forest. Of course, this does not include some soldiers who have no brains in order to escape for their lives.
In short, seeing that the positions were almost completely lost, these French officers and soldiers did not have a shame in obeying the defeat and being taken prisoner. I sensibly chose to abandon my gun and surrender, seeking the so-called prisoner treatment.
Seeing the appearance of their masters, as long as those attached officers and soldiers were not stupid, they all knew that they had lost their guns, squatted in place with their hands raised, and accepted these jungle ghosts who looked a little shorter than them, and took them all to one place to accept the post-war disposal of the East China Army.
After the mountain division won the first battle, the East China Army troops, who had been waiting to cooperate in their rear, immediately followed up to deal with the aftermath for them. The troops of the Mountain Division, accustomed to marching at night, began to cross the border to the next combat area to continue the fighting. As for these captured officers and soldiers of the French Union, they had their own people from the Guixi Military Region to deal with them.
The blocking positions along the line were opened wide, realizing that the entire line of defense was almost in danger. The rear command of the French army, which was itself chaotic, could not have imagined. In just one day and one night, the fighting on their front line festered to this point. If those deadly planes come back tomorrow after dawn, how can they continue this war?
Just when they were entangled in the disadvantage of the war, through the hole torn by the mountain division, Wang Zhongzheng immediately ordered the troops along the line to start attacking. One unit of troops, assigned to the mountain division advancing towards Daman Road, and part of the army began to attack along the torn blocking line to the line of Caiyun border.
As long as they waited until the White Palace Department stationed at the border of Caiyun also successfully advanced into Daman Road, waiting for the fate of the French coalition army. Either get out of Dammam Road completely and flee back to their country by boat. Either they can retreat to their entrenched colony of Indochina through the area currently controlled by the Eagle Army.
Compared with the Guixi Military Region, this time it is more to advance into the Daman Road, and the Caiyun Military Region is responsible for cutting off the supply line from Indochina to the Daman Road. Even in the Dammam Road and the western border with Indochina, effective forward positions were established.
After launching a reconquest operation against Xiyi in China, he used this strategic point as a breakthrough point to threaten the French coalition forces to supply materials to Xiyi through Indochina. Therefore, this reconquest war is more about the war to recover Xiyi. This is also Xu Bin's feeling that it is more beneficial for the East China Army to recover Daman Dao first than to recover Xiyi first.
As a result, by dawn the next day, the headquarters had been moved to the headquarters of the French army, which was located in the houses where ordinary people lived. It was found that they had lost contact with the front-line troops along the western part of Guangxi, which meant that overnight, the fortifications they had arranged along the western route had completely collapsed. With the door wide open, how can they meet the battle below? (To be continued......)