Chapter 482 Blocking, Gendarmerie

Night fell quickly, and under Dana's efforts, the U.S. troops finally withdrew from the battle and began to rest. In the battle just now, in less than two hours, they had already paid tens of thousands of people. Although the firepower of the French army is strong and the combat effectiveness of French soldiers is stronger than them, the most important thing is that after a long journey, the American soldiers are already very tired. In this case, letting them attack the French army is simply letting them die. If they were in their usual state, even if they couldn't break through the French defense line, they would definitely not pay such a heavy casualty.

After dinner, the tired American soldiers quickly fell asleep. Except for some sentries who needed to be on duty, the rest basically fell asleep. They are just too tired. As a result, many American soldiers fell asleep on the wet grass with their guns in their arms.

But at this moment, Richard didn't feel sleepy at all. In his original impression, the night was very short. However, now he discovered that the night turned out to be so long. He wished the night would pass in an instant. However, this is simply not possible. Everything is just his delusion.

Up to now, all communication between Richard and Mike has been cut off. It makes it impossible for Richard and the others to know the situation of Mike and his army. Was it completely annihilated by the French army or the radio station was destroyed? Nobody knows. However, Richard and the others deduced that Mike and his army should still be resisting, otherwise the French army would not insist on blocking them. If Mike and his army have really been wiped out by the French army. Then the French army that stopped them must have retreated long ago.

At two o'clock in the morning, although autumn has just entered at this moment, the weather is already a bit cold. Many American soldiers woke up from the cold, and then hurriedly found blankets, wrapped their bodies in it, and went back to sleep.

However, less than half an hour later, most of the American soldiers had just fallen asleep again. A huge explosion sounded on their hastily constructed improvised position. The artillery of the French army was constantly erupting with flames, smashing shells into the US positions.

Almost all American soldiers woke up at this moment. The French attacked. That was all of them thinking at the time. Although they were still very tired, they threw off the blankets, picked up their rifles and rushed to the position without the slightest hesitation.

However, they rushed to the position in such a mess, which happened to give the French artillery an excellent target. The field artillery and mortars of the French army were aimed at these "brave" American soldiers, and they were a burst of bombardment. The U.S. military who bombed were crying for their fathers and mothers.

"Damn it, the despicable French actually quietly pulled the cannon to the front of our position." Richard said through gritted teeth. Their position is several kilometers away from the artillery positions of the French army. With the range of 75mm field guns and mortars, they are simply out of reach. But now the French army's artillery shells are raining down on the US military. The only explanation is that the French army pulled the cannons not very far from the US military positions.

"It won't go on like this. Our casualties are too great. Order the artillery to launch a counterattack, and organize an army to launch an assault on the French artillery." Dana also said with a livid face. He also believes that the French army's style of play is really despicable. However, in war, you don't need to pay attention to these things. As long as you can defeat the opponent, then it doesn't matter whether you are despicable or not.

After nearly 20 minutes, the US artillery was finally ready. They began shelling the French. However, after their first shelling. The French bombardment stopped immediately. Obviously, the French artillery had all been withdrawn by this time. Because, their goals have all been achieved. According to the strategy of the French army, their main purpose this time is just to prevent the US military from taking a good rest, so that they will still not be able to cheer up the next day. In that case, it will be very useful for the defense of the French army tomorrow. As for how many US troops can be killed or wounded, it is not very important. However, their tactics have clearly been extremely successful. Not only did it turn the U.S. military positions upside down, but it also killed and wounded at least two or three thousand U.S. troops, and what they paid was nothing more than a bunch of shells. Such a deal is really a bargain.

After being disturbed by the French army, the sleepiness of most American troops has disappeared. Even though some people still wanted to sleep, they were all worried that the French army would launch a surprise attack again, so they had to keep their spirits up. In this case, I believe they will still be very tired after dawn.

This rogue tactic of the French army made Richard and Dana's teeth itch.

It will soon be daylight. U.S. soldiers with dark circles on their faces yawned uncontrollably under the urging of the officers. The quartermaster had also begun distributing breakfast. After breakfast, they had to attack the French again. It is still unknown how many people can survive the battle. Maybe, this is the last breakfast in their life. Therefore, the atmosphere is very depressing.

After breakfast, at eight o'clock in the morning. The U.S. troops started to set off. Nearly 90,000 U.S. troops began to advance towards the French positions. When they were out of range of the French artillery, the troops stopped. Dozens of cannons were also pushed to the front of the position. Before the infantry attacked, as a rule, the artillery had to shell first.

The American cannons fired continuously, and a large number of shells exploded on the French positions, blowing up clouds of dust. But what surprised the US military was that the French army did not launch a counterattack.

In fact, it's not that the French army doesn't want to fight back, but with their current artillery strength, they simply don't have the ability to counterattack the American artillery. The 10,000 French troops responsible for blocking the U.S. military only have eight 75mm field guns and 50 mortars in their hands. The infantry used to bully the U.S. troops is okay, but if they want to start an artillery battle with U.S. artillery with dozens of cannons, then Basically, I am waiting for my own life to grow. Therefore, the artillery of the French army chose to be silent at this time. Not only the artillery, but even the infantry withdrew from their positions in order to reduce casualties. Only a few observation posts remained. In this way, although the US military bombarded the French army's positions very violently, it basically caused no casualties to the French army.

After about half an hour of shelling, the US infantry launched an offensive. Nearly 20,000 U.S. troops attacked the French positions. At this time, the French soldiers entered the position under the order of the officer. Less than 5 minutes later, the French artillery fired. A large number of shells smashed into the U.S. troops who were hunched over and trying to advance slowly from the military position. The scattered shrapnel immediately took away the fresh lives. Although the mortars of the French army are not as powerful as the cannons of the U.S. military, they are many times faster than the cannons of the U.S. military in terms of firing speed. A large number of shells slammed into the U.S. military like rain, giving the U.S. soldiers the illusion that the French army had assembled at least hundreds of cannons. Thinking of this, the morale of the American soldiers was extremely low. In order to save their lives, many American soldiers lay dead on the ground, buried their heads low, and refused to take a step forward.

Finally, some American soldiers could not bear this strong pressure. With a scream, he dropped his weapon and ran back. The role of role models is infinite at this time. Someone took the lead, and other American soldiers followed suit. In less than 10 minutes, the U.S. military was defeated. The French artillery seized this opportunity and opened fire on the fleeing American soldiers, accelerating them. The speed of retreat of the US military is definitely countless times faster than that of attack.

Watching his army being defeated by the French army. Both Richard and Dana were a little angry and blushed at the same time. These are the 'brave' soldiers they usually value. But I didn't expect these brave soldiers to be so vulnerable after they went to the battlefield.

Disappointed with the troops, coupled with the urgent time now. You must know that the life and death of Mike and his army are uncertain now. Therefore, after discussions between Richard and Dana, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com decided to adopt the most severe method. That is to send out the military police and form a law enforcement team. Any U.S. soldiers who retreated would be shot and killed by the law enforcement team. Although doing so will inevitably arouse the soldiers' intentions, but now they have nothing to do.

Soon, a total of 500 military police came to the front of the position. They held up their guns, but unfortunately their guns were not aimed at their enemies, but at their comrades in arms.

The second round of the US military's offensive began soon. This time, Richard invested a total of 30,000 troops. He hoped that under the deterrence of the gendarmerie, the soldiers would be able to display a strong combat effectiveness, so as to break through the French defense line in one fell swoop.

However, reality is very far from expectations. Just like last time, when the American soldiers were hit hard by the French army, they hesitated immediately. It didn't take long for it to crash. At this time, they didn't seem to take the gendarmerie seriously. I always think that, no matter what, everyone is a comrade-in-arms. Although not a system. You will never beat your own people. However, the blood lesson made them understand how naive they were.

When the rout was about to enter the position, the gendarmerie opened fire one after another based on Richard's order. Dozens of American soldiers were killed on the spot. All U.S. troops were petrified. They didn't expect that the gendarmerie would actually open fire on them.