Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 421: The First Battle

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!After Citi’s protest was fed back to the cabinet, it also caused a lot of controversy. They were neither willing to offend the Qing Dynasty nor to make Citi dissatisfied.

In the end, they had to sacrifice the interests of Maozi and other small countries and give them a certain amount of consideration to allow them to use Citi’s equipment and materials. However, because John and the Gaul Army were facing the main battlefield of the Will Army, they were reluctant to use American equipment. Increased casualties.

Such an approach obviously cannot satisfy Citigroup.But they can barely suppress their dissatisfaction.

Although the production capacity of Citi-related strategic materials has been greatly increased, the Johns do not buy, and they have no way to buy and sell. After all, they are still the world hegemon, and Uncle Sam does not have the strength and shake their position.

Citi, of course, is very annoyed by Geely's decision, but there is no way.At the same time, they are even more angry with those who rob them of their business.It's just that, now, it is also not something that Citigroup can provoke at will.The powerful navy poses a serious threat to Citigroup's interests in the sea.In order to deal with it, Citigroup once again used the neon piece.Citigroup decided to provide an emergency loan to Neon so that Neon can regain its strength.

Citi finally vented its anger on Daqing. In addition to continuing to support Neon, they accelerated the speed of their armaments. Battleships began to launch and start construction, and the Lunjun also began to develop towards the million level. Capitalists have gradually begun to support the behavior, after all, their biggest competitor in the market now is Daqing.

The winter of 3906 in Huayuan quickly passed, and it was the season of recovery for all things, but for the Europa continent, the warm spring breeze expelled the chill, but brought killing.

At the beginning of 3907, in order to seize the strategic initiative, the Allies began to formulate a strategic policy. They planned to launch a large-scale offensive in the Somme and its tributary area of ​​the Anker River, completely defeating the main force of the Will Army in the northern Gaul.

Unlike other parts of the Europa continent, the Somme area is a hilly area with undulating terrain, forests and villages dotted.

The Army of the Will has built three positions in the area, the main positions are stepped trenches and tunnel fortifications, and the front positions are laid with multiple wire fences.The garrison was the 13th division of the 2nd Army under the command of General Balo (later increased to 67 divisions), with a defense depth of 7 to 8 kilometers, while the John Gallo coalition invested 39 divisions (later increased to 86 divisions, of which John’s Army 54 divisions, commanded by General Foch), 3,500 artillery pieces, more than 300 airships, and dozens of aircraft.

On the morning of July 1, after 7 days of artillery preparations, the Geely 4th Army carried out a main assault in the direction of Babom from Maricul to Ebitain 25 kilometers, and the Geely 3rd Army and the 7th Army took off on its left flank. Support operations; Gaul's 6th Army carried out an auxiliary assault in the direction of Peronne from the banks of the Somme north of Rosière.

On the same day, the right wing of the Gallic John Allied Force broke through the first position of the Will Army, but John’s left wing was blocked by the Will Army tunnel fortifications. John used a dense formation to attack and was killed by enemy gunfire, losing nearly 60,000 people.Seven Realms Novel Network www.7jie.com

Immediately after the coalition launched a fierce attack on the second-line position, the Gallic army even once occupied Baarle, Biash and other important German defense areas.However, because the coalition forces attacked in a centrifugal direction, and the organization was not coordinated, progress was slow, so that the Will Army was able to quickly mobilize reinforcements, and on July 19, the 2nd Army was divided into the 1st Army under the command of Bilo and M. Galvey. The 2nd Army under the command of Zütz strengthened the defense of the upper Somme area.

By mid-July, the coalition forces had only advanced a few kilometers and failed to achieve a battle breakthrough.Since then, the two sides have continued to increase their strength and weapons, and the combat operations have become a war of attrition.

On September 3, the coalition forces once again launched a large-scale offensive with the strength of 56 divisions, deepening the defense of the will force 2 to 4 kilometers.

On September 15, the John's Army used 49 tanks (only 18 actually participated in the battle) to cooperate with the infantry offensive, occupying several important support points in the third position of the Will Army.Although this is not the first time that tanks have appeared, it is the first time in the history of war that tanks have been used in combat.Shows a great effect.

But such so-called water tanks have long been opened by Daqing's tanks in terms of performance.The so-called water tank is not even the first-generation tank. Er Daqing's goal has been the Tiger and Panther tanks of the Will Army.

These two powerful tanks have huge flaws, but their power is huge. What Daqing has to do is to overcome these shortcomings and make them become the main tank of the Qing Dynasty.Of course, other tanks that can be manufactured in large quantities are also the objects of Daqing, after all, another time and space has proven their value.

It is a long process to develop and manufacture these things. This is also one of the three key projects in the next stage of the Qing Dynasty. The other two directions are aircraft carriers and airplanes.

Time came from late September to mid-November, 3907, when the coalition forces launched two offensives in tandem, but no decisive breakthrough was made. The battle was basically over.

This is another battle of unprecedented scale. The coalition forces lost 790,000 people (approximately 450,000 in the John’s Army and approximately 340,000 in Gaul) and seized 240 square kilometers of the Will Army’s position for the first time. The goal of capturing the position of the Will Army on a large scale.

Although the army of the Will Army lost only 538,000 people, their total strength was at a disadvantage and they were forced to shrink their defense lines and switch from a strategic offensive to a strategic defense.

After this battle, the scale of victory gradually began to lean towards the Entente Group. The Will Force Group’s disadvantages in terms of population and resources were enlarged. Even if the losses in the battle were far less than the coalition forces, they felt increasingly powerless.

This is the third year and seven months of the beginning of the war. The same situation occurred in the other Space-Time Will Army, almost a year later. This has to be attributed to the support of the early Qing Dynasty and Bismarck’s support. A few years of credit...