Chapter 124 Those are just flies

Soon, the German army's fears became reality.

As soon as Carter pressed the nose of the plane, the plane dived towards the front of the British trenches, where dense groups of German soldiers were chasing the fleeing British soldiers.

As Carter pressed the trigger on the controller, rows of dense bullets were fired crazily at the German troops on the ground. The German troops who were charging together were instantly swept down by two rows.

Flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and screams were everywhere!

The German troops that had been advancing like a tide just now were obviously stagnant. Many people were still lying on the ground and did not dare to get up.

This attack from the air, and it was also a machine gun, made them feel a wave of fear in their hearts. Not only did it make them unable to escape, but it was also struck from all directions and from all directions that they could not imagine, leaving them at a loss as to what to do.

At this moment, tens of thousands of elite German troops, who were about to gain victory and were about to break through the enemy's defense lines, felt that they were surrounded, and their high morale was instantly hit hard.

The British army took advantage of this moment to stabilize their position and reorganize their defense.

The British officer was originally a conceited young man who did not believe in the "Legend of the Shire", but at this moment, he happily shouted: "God, the Shire saved us!"

After all, German commander Cross was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for decades. Although he was shocked that the French planes carried machine guns, he still judged that these planes were actually insignificant to the battle situation.

"They only have six planes!" Cross shouted to the staff: "They can't carry many bullets. Order the troops to ignore them and keep moving forward!"

Soon, Cross's orders came to the front line:

"Keep going, they don't have many bullets!"

"Keep going, the planes can't stop us!"

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However, the soldiers did not believe it.

Soldiers are accustomed to interpret the officer's explanation as a "lie". There are too many such things on the battlefield. In order to motivate the soldiers to charge towards the enemy's defense line regardless of life and death, the officer always weaves one beautiful lie after another:

"The enemy is easily defeated!"

"We are going to gain military glory!"

"The enemy doesn't have many shells left, we are about to win!"

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By the time the soldiers discovered that this was not the case, they were often unable to come back to question the liars.

The veterans were fed up with this. This time, they judged that this was another "nonsense" spoken by their commander.

Therefore, when the two planes swooped down again and breathed tongues of fire at them, the German army began to retreat. At first it was orderly, but soon they were fleeing wildly under the pursuit of the planes, each one rolling and crawling in the mud. .

The battle in the sky continued, and more than a dozen "Avros" appeared in the sky. Under the cover of fighter jets, they flew into the desert like balloons flying to the German army.

If any German aircraft tried to crash into the "rocket plane", the fighter jets would be the first to shoot them down one by one.

"Boom!"

"boom!"

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Three reconnaissance balloons turned into a dazzling fireball in the sky, and they disappeared without a trace in a very short period of time.

One of the balloons was still landing. It may have sensed the danger and was recovering urgently. It was so close to the ground that the flames of the explosion spread to hundreds of German troops on the ground, causing chaos.

Cross rushed out of the headquarters angrily. While looking at the planes still flying in the sky, he yelled at the staff: "Those are just flies. Although we can't get rid of them, as long as they don't exist, they can't do anything." Go ahead and tell everyone about it!”

"Yes, General!" the staff officer responded, and immediately went to organize the manpower to reorganize the frightened soldiers.

However, when Cross was about to return to the headquarters, there was a sudden explosion behind him.

Cross turned around in confusion, and he heard that it was an explosion coming from the artillery position.

Then a communications soldier came forward to report: "General, enemy aircraft launched an attack on our artillery position, and the ammunition truck exploded!"

Cross was stunned and suddenly felt a chill coming from his heart. He finally realized that this was not a group of insignificant flies.

After returning to the headquarters, Cross sent a telegram to Chief of General Staff Falkenhayn:

"It is certain that the French brought the Maxim machine gun on the plane. This is probably another masterpiece of Charles!"

"They look insignificant, a few aircraft and not much ammunition!"

"However, flying in the air at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, they can attack any of our weak links!"

"Artillery positions, ammunition transport vehicles, field hospitals, warehouses, even my headquarters!"

"Nothing about us is safe. Please make sure to make up for this weakness, otherwise it will be a nightmare for our army!"

Falkenhayn didn't take it seriously after receiving the telegram. He simply replied: "Then let the infantry set up Maxim and knock them down. They are vulnerable!"

Cross looked helpless when he saw the call back.

The chief of staff may have been a brilliant strategist, but he was out of touch with reality at the tactical level.

If Maxim is set up at every weak point in the rear and every place that may be attacked by enemy aircraft, it means that the frontline troops do not have Maxim, which in itself is a failure.

But Cross didn't say anything. He knew from the word "vulnerable" that the Chief of Staff, like everyone else, still didn't pay attention to the aircraft.

Cross held the telegram in his hand and sighed solemnly: "The pattern of war is about to change, but only the blood of soldiers can make them realize their mistakes!"

He was the first officer besides Charles to deeply realize the importance of the air force, and perhaps the only one.

Because Albert I and General Charles thought it was a fluke.

"Charles knows how to scare off the enemy!" Albert I looked at the gradually darkening sky with a look of relief: "He bought us time!"

"Yes!" General Charles agreed: "It's hard to imagine what would happen if the Germans continued to advance regardless of everything. Those planes couldn't stop the German offensive at all!"

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At the Rodance Airport, fighter planes landed one after another.

The ground crew had received a telegram of victory from the front line, and they gathered to congratulate the pilots.

However, the pilots fell to the ground as soon as they jumped off the plane weakly. Some of them were pale and gasping for breath, and some bent over and vomited loudly.

Carter in particular, vomited and coughed painfully, his eyes full of bloodshot. He could never forget the scene of the planes swooping down to strafe the infantry, and the bodies shattered like garbage in front of his eyes, even though it was just a flash.

He couldn't believe that it was his hand, he felt like a murderer, a murderer... even though he knew they were enemies and knew it was right to do so!