Holy Roman Empire

The end of the airship force happened in full view, and hundreds of thousands of people saw it with their own eyes, and the news naturally passed quickly.

In fact, there is no need to pass. Admiral Udino's command is not far from the front line. There are obstructions on the ground, and you can't see it in the command, but you can witness the aerial battle in the sky.

I personally witnessed the end of the airship force, and Admiral Udino lost his energy.

In order to build this airship force, the French military has spent a lot of money. Nearly one-tenth of the army's military expenditure is spent on this every year.

Now it's just a performance of a meteor shower in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and the curtain call is gorgeous. Admiral Udino doesn't know how to explain it to the country.

Of course, the loss here is not all the airship units of the French army, but the result of the air battle has proved to the world that the sky does not belong to the airship.

"General, it's meal time."

The voice of the guard sounded, pulling Udino back to reality from the confusion.

"No, I'm not hungry now."

"The order continues. A military meeting will be held this evening. In addition to leaving the necessary personnel on duty, all officers above the command center colonel will attend."

The airship force is over, but the war will continue.From now on, the sky will no longer belong to France, and Udino knows exactly what this means.

Not to mention the strategic bombing. Even the basic intelligence of the enemy cannot be detected. From now on, the French army will only be bombed.

...

The weather gradually dimmed, and the afterglow of the setting sun spread to the ground, reflecting the broken arms and limbs on the ground, ready-made horror movie sets.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the French camp was very strange. The horn to retreat had been sounded, but few soldiers returned.

Such fierce battles in the past have not never happened.However, according to practice, this time should be the climax of the resurrection of the corpse, but today, with the exception of today, there are very few soldiers rising from the ground.

Colonel Fuxi, who had just taken over as the commander of the Ninth Division, already had a bad feeling in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Speak to the Austrian on the opposite side, and we will send someone to collect the body.

By the way, send someone to tell the guys who are tantrums and don't have to come back if they don't.The supervising team will keep a record for me, and when I look back, I have to practice these guys."

Realizing the problem, Fu Xi couldn't imagine that those guys were all dead.After all, criminal history is very important. After seeing Dafa pretending to be dead, the top French army is no longer sensitive to the number of casualties.

We must know that the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Division now returning to the camp are only half of the total force.

During the offensive, half of the troops were destroyed within a day. If this kind of thing really happened, he, the newly appointed division commander, would also end up.

Fuxi only regarded his subordinates to have a temper. After all, the Ninth Division had been in a fleeting disadvantage recently, and the commander was killed before the battle began.

It was said that they launched an offensive under the cover of the airship troops. As a result, everyone saw the French ace troops rushing to the street. The cover did not play a role, but the bombings were not lost.

After all, it was only the French airship that was finished, and the airships and naval guns of the coalition forces could still perform normally. This kind of mental gap is still very devastating.

"Yes, Colonel!"

After speaking, the messenger rushed out.

Collecting corpses on the battlefield is also a tradition in Europe. No matter how you beat you to death during the day, everyone will not stop it when it comes to collecting corpses.

After all, there are many corpses on the battlefield, and it is easy to cause a plague if they are not dealt with as soon as possible. This is something neither side wants to see.

Sometimes, the corpse collection teams of the two belligerent countries met and would say hello, but each took the remains of their own soldiers and returned.

Today is a typical offensive and defensive battle. The Austrian army is mostly in the trenches. The first time it encountered the machine gun firepower net, the French army didn't know how to deal with it. It just rushed forward blindly. The result was naturally tragic.

The end result was that the French army corpses were all over the fields, and the Austrian army had very few dead.

Even if he died in battle, he would have died on his own position and had already been dealt with.So the only action now is the French Corps Collecting Corps.

Not long after the corpse collection operation began, a young officer ran over: "Colon, something has happened."

Colonel Fuxi frowned, and said very unhappy: "What's all the fuss about? Could it be that the soldiers on the front line mutiny?"

The artillery fire has stopped, and it is certainly impossible that the Austrian army launched a counterattack, so the biggest thing is the soldiers mutiny.

This is nothing new, that is, French-dominated troops like the Ninth Division rarely happen.

If it rests on the Italian division, if they are allowed to take on such heavy casualties as the main offensive task, there is a 90% chance that they will be emotional.

The emotional instability of the Italian soldiers was also an important factor restricting the combat effectiveness of the French army. Without this group of hindrances, the Luxembourg line of defense would have been torn apart.

People of insight in the French army have long realized this problem.Unfortunately, there is no alternative. France has limited human resources and has to recruit Italian soldiers.

"Colonel, go and see for yourself! I can guarantee that the situation is a hundred or a thousand times worse than this..."

Obviously, the young officer realized that the news he had brought was too shocking to be believed, so he let Colonel Fuxi read it for himself.

"Humph!"

After expressing strong dissatisfaction, Colonel Fu Xi walked out of the command post.

At this point in time, it is already the time for the corpse collection team and religious figures, and safety is still guaranteed.

Coming to the front line, looking at the floating corpses all over the floor, and occasionally hearing the wailing of the wounded, Fu Xi was stunned.

They are all dead, even if they are not dead, they are about to die now.

With the medical conditions of these years, he was injured on the battlefield for a few hours without receiving any treatment, and the possibility of being able to be rescued is close to zero.

With the number of medical staff in the Ninth Division, they couldn't be too busy just dressing up the lightly wounded who had been withdrawn from the front, so who could take care of these guys behind.

After a glance at the audience, Fu Xi returned to the headquarters in despair.The problem was indeed a thousand times more serious than the mutiny, and the entire Ninth Division was abolished.

Seeing such a cruel scene, the surviving officers and soldiers were all gone.

If the enemy launches an offensive now, it may only require a simple charge, and the Ninth Division will collapse.

After a moment of silence, Colonel Fuxi sighed and said helplessly: "If the order is passed on, all officers don't need to sleep tonight. All the troops will be given to me to soothe the army and guard against screaming."

Needless to think about it, the camp of the Ninth Division is destined not to be peaceful tonight.

If nothing else, this elite French army will not be able to go on the battlefield again for a long time to come.

...

Time passed, and the casualty report came out soon.In fact, the statistics are simple. Colonel Fuxi only asked to count the living people in the camp.

The rest are counted as killed, whether they are killed, missing, or captured.

There was no way, too many officers and soldiers were killed, and many people had their bodies separated.In a short period of time, it was impossible to piece it together, let alone identify the identity of the deceased.

In order for the soldiers who died in battle to receive government pensions, Colonel Fuxi can only be a bureaucrat once.

Looking at the shocking numbers of casualties, Fu Xi couldn't believe his eyes, but he was still stunned if he had prepared himself.

Only the Ninth Division created a record of 4,367 injuries and 3,816 deaths in the daytime attack.

Yes, this is the highest casualty record for the French army in a single day since the war began.

Behind our own tragic casualties, few results have been achieved.Even if the enemy's position was not touched, the Ninth Division was reimbursed for most of it. Colonel Fu Xi no longer knew how to describe the daytime battle.

Just when Colonel Fuxi was having a headache for explaining to the top, the reputation of the guard sounded again: "Colonel, there is an order from above, asking you to attend the evening military meeting."

Colonel Fuxi replied indifferently: "I see, I'll pass right away! The order goes on, and the number of sentries on duty tonight will double to prevent the enemy's sneak attack."

...

The headquarters of Admiral Udino is not far from the ninth division's station, just a few kilometers, and it takes only 20 to 30 minutes to ride a horse, which can be said to be quite convenient.

But at this moment, Colonel Fuxi hopes that the distance can be longer so that he can face it later.

It is not only Colonel Fuxi who is equally troubled. All the troops who participated in the offensive today have experienced the same tragedy.

Small tragedies come together to form a big tragedy.Admiral Udino, who was still crying for the death of the airship unit, was directly stunned by the numbers in front of him.

"Guys, is it April Fool's Day? This joke is not funny at all."

"Tell me, this is not true!"

...

After repeatedly confirming and getting the affirmative answer, Admiral Udino, who was surging in blood, fainted gorgeously.

After a turmoil, he was finally rescued.But for Udino personally, perhaps never waking up is the best ending.

The reality is too cruel. This fierce battle on the Rhine is a replica of the original space-time Som and the battle, and the French army has acted as the British army.

Starting today, Udino will leave a strong brushstroke in human warfare. In the future military textbooks of all countries in the world, he will be a villain.

In particular, his order to "attack at all costs" fixed him on the pillar of historical shame.

Butcher, executioner, idiot, idiot... all kinds of filthy words will be pressed on his head by later generations.

Udino, who was sober, said bitterly: "Everyone, do it. Today's battle is my personal command error. It has nothing to do with you. I will take responsibility.

The next battle is up to everyone. The front-line commanders will return to the troops to strengthen their guards and guard against the enemy's sneak attack tonight.

Felit, you are responsible for organizing the situation here and reporting them to the marshal and the country separately.Tell them, I failed the empire..."

The blow to Admiral Udino today is really too great, and now there is still a lot of "self-blame", and I don't even bother to shirk responsibility.

Of course, at this time, no matter how Admiral Udino shirks responsibility, he can't shirk the blame.

After this battle, the invincible momentum that the French army had finally accumulated was lost.Wanting to fight quickly and tear through the Rhine defense line in a short time has become a dream.