The roaring artillery fire sounded, and the French army, who had just arrived on the front line, was taught a lesson by the anti-French alliance with artillery.

A shell falling from the sky landed less than 100 meters from the French Front Command. The shrapnel flying in all directions took away three officers who came to the meeting.

It also includes Major General Anduin Wrien, commander of the 9th Division of the French Army. This is also the officer with the highest level of death in the French army since the outbreak of the war.

After receiving this bad news, General Udino, who successfully snatched away the enemy's commander, had a gloomy face.

"Col. Rick, if you send someone to re-spot the enemy's artillery deployment, you must figure out the enemy's artillery shells. Why can it be shot here?"

Udino is also a long-time general on the battlefield, and the choice of the command center was also thoughtful. It is impossible to put the command center under the enemy's muzzle and die.

Whether it was an accident or other reasons, they were moving again. Otherwise, when the meeting was held, the enemy's shells fell and the French command system would be scrapped.

Colonel Rick replied affirmatively: "Admiral, don't need to re-invest the investigation. I have personally checked the previous reconnaissance results. It is impossible for the enemy to make large-scale adjustments in a short period of time.

Judging from the sound and the power of the shell, this is not an army field artillery.

It is not far from the Rhine, and the enemy should have regarded the navy as a mobile turret."

The Rhine River has a large flow rate, and small warships can already be navigated. The navies of Belgium and the German Federation happen to be pocket versions.

The French navy was powerless to fight against the French navy and could only hide in the port and shivered. Now the war needs to be warned, so it is natural to transfer part of it into the Rhine.

Even if a large warship cannot enter, you can remove the cannons as fortress cannons first. It is at the critical moment of life and death, and no one cares whether it is wasted whether it is wasted.

The range and power of naval artillery are not comparable to that of military field artillery. There is no way to distinguish them so carefully when conducting airships at high altitude reconnaissance, and it is normal to make mistakes in range estimation.

Admiral Udino cursed, "It's damn, generate electricity for the rear and let them transport the heavy artillery here as soon as possible!

Don’t stand one by one, pack up immediately, move the command center back one kilometer, and don’t retreat three kilometers."

There was no way, the French army advanced too fast again, and the heavy artillery troops could not keep up with the speed and were thrown behind.

The few field artillery carried by the vanguard troops were not on the same level as the firepower of the anti-French coalition forces.

In a panic, General Udino retreated the command center three kilometers and confirmed that he had escaped the enemy's artillery threat before continuing the unfinished military meeting.

No matter what, the war still needs to be fought. Even if the enemy's naval artillery had been ignored before, the French army still had to launch an attack.

Now we need to grab time. According to the information sent by the spies, on average, an Austrian infantry division arrives on the front line every day.

At this speed, it won’t take long to compare the strength of both sides.

In the evening, the French command was brightly lit, and General Udino held back his grief and said, "Major General Anduin Urien died heroically. Now I appoint Colonel Fuxi to take over his job and temporarily act as the commander of the 9th Division.

Next, we will continue the afternoon military meeting. Now the situation on the battlefield has changed. We must consider the enemy's firepower advantages. The original combat plan is no longer appropriate."

Change the combat plan?

This is a joke. Except for General Udino himself, no one else knows what the so-called combat plan is.

In fact, Admiral Udino himself may not have a combat plan. The battlefield changes so much, and it is irresponsible to formulate a combat plan without knowing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone’s combat plans are formulated while fighting. Those who formulate in advance are strategic plans, not tactical plans.

Unfortunately, the French army's command system is not that advanced. The so-called strategic plans are usually created by the commander's head.

"Admiral, there is no need to be so troublesome. Artillery has no way to suppress the enemy's firepower, we can also dispatch airship troops.

As long as the enemy's artillery positions are exposed, I will go over and bomb to see who can consume whom."

The proposal was a middle-aged officer, a staunch advocate of the Franz Ferry faction, which was the result of the Franz butterfly effect.

Ever since the Austrian airship galloped in the Ottoman Empire, air supremacy has been released in advance, but this idea is not perfect.

What everyone currently advocates is to use airship bombing to destroy enemy positions and fortresses, and create advantages for ground troops to attack.

Udino nodded: "Good suggestions. After the ammunition dedicated to the airship troops arrives, send them out to give the enemy some color."

War is the biggest catalyst for the advancement of military technology. In the past decade, the European continent has experienced several wars in the past decade.

To this day, airship forces have become an important part of the armies of various countries. Some countries are even preparing to separate airship forces and form separate branches of the army.

Since the airship troops are so important, ammunition specially used for airship bombing has naturally emerged.

...

On November 11, 1890, with the order of General Udino, the French army launched a full-scale attack on the anti-French alliance against the threat of artillery fire.

The charge rang out, and the brave French army took bayonets and launched a charge towards the coalition positions ahead.

500 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters... Suddenly, fire snakes gushed out.

The intertwined machine gun firepower caused heavy casualties to the French army as soon as it appeared. Many people fell down without reacting.

The mechanical command system played a role at this time. The horn of the charge continued, and the soldiers could only rush up with their teeth.

Everyone is familiar with machine guns, but the French army is familiar with the bulky Gatlin rather than the light and flexible Maxim.

Misunderstandings made the French senior executives underestimate the lethality of machine guns.

Seeing the four words "heavy casualties", General Udino sneered: "These guys are simply a shame to France.

If possible, I don't mind sending them all to military court. What's wrong with learning? Do you really think I'm a fool when you learn from the timid Italians?

I will send the order and attack with all my strength at all costs. Let the supervisory team go to the front line to stare at all, and all the guys who are cheating will have no food tonight."

There is no way, the Italians are already well-known. With the French army recruiting a large number of Italians to join the army, the widely circulated manual on battlefield saving lives has also spread among the French army.

The pure French troops are fine, but many of them have become afraid of death in some troops mixed with the Italians.

In the battle ahead, General Udino had seen with his own eyes that when a unit charged during the day, countless officers and soldiers fell bravely under the enemy's gun, and he also left tears of emotion for this.

However, these heroic guys who died bravely resurrected their bodies when the commander ordered the troops to withdraw.

Since then, General Udino has gained a new understanding of the four words "heavy casualties".

"yes!"

The voice of the messenger rang out.

No one knew what kind of disaster this order would bring to the French army on the front line. At this time, everyone was still imagining the tearing of the coalition's defense line.

...

It was not only the army that was in trouble, but the French airship troops that had just appeared over the Austrian army, but also encountered their biggest enemy in their lives.

Haulerson threw a bomb down the airship and suddenly exclaimed: "Tom, look at what kind of bird is in front of you, why is it so weird?"

Tom, who was operating the machine gun, was not much better than him at this time, and he also looked ahead with a dull look on his face.

After flying in the sky for a long time, they are very knowledgeable and cannot be said to be all. Anyway, they have seen most of the birds in Europe.

As the two sides were getting closer and closer, they could roughly see the outline of the plane. A young man suddenly reacted: "It seems to be the plane mentioned in the newspaper."

At this time, the bullets had already roared. Those who knew it later knew that it was the enemy coming.

As a machine gunner, Tom instantly became energetic. After waiting for so long, it was finally his turn to show his power.

However, an embarrassing scene appeared. Compared to the big guy of the airship, the enemy's plane was so flexible that he could not aim at it at all.

There is no way, the French airship is equipped with a killer weapon like Gatlin. Its power is enough, and the others will be tragic.

Facing Tom, who ran over their heads and held the machine gun, had no idea what to do.

This headache did not make him worry for long, and it ended with the fall of the airship.

After realizing that something was wrong, panic spread among the French airship troops, but unfortunately it was too late to run away at this time.

Like a meteor shower, French airships continued to fall down. The officers and soldiers of France and the Austrian countries who witnessed this scene with their own eyes knew that an era was over.

The new king ascended the throne, and the old king ended. The French airship troops used their lives to put a blood-red end to the end of the airship era.
Chapter completed!