Chapter 377 Is It Possible for Us to Survive?

Charles was commanding the battle at the police training base, but there was not much intelligence to deal with, and the staff, signalmen, typists, etc. were all a bit idle.

This was because the air battle was still in the stage of mutual testing, and the Germans had been conserving their strength and not using new fighters, so Charles was happy to continue to deal with it.

Secondly, Joffre forcibly separated the air-to-ground battle, and Charles only had a general understanding of the intelligence about the Cambrai battlefield.

But Charles knew Cambrai. There was the Battle of Cambrai in history, where the British army concentrated more than 200 tanks to launch the first tank cluster attack on the German army and won.

(Note: After the British won, the logistics could not keep up, and there were serious problems with communication. The troops urgently needed rescue, but the friendly forces not far away did not know about it. As a result, they were beaten back to the original position by the Germans, and both sides lost more than 40,000 people. Human lives were really worthless during this period. An attack with an experimental nature consumed more than 80,000 people)

(The above picture shows the Cambrai Burlon Forest, one of the main battlefields of the British attack.)

All Charles knew was the intelligence sent back by the pilot:

"German soldiers have arrived at Cambrai Town, and they seem to be launching an attack."

"Our army went out of the city to fight, and they deployed their troops outside the city."

"Our army blocked the enemy's attack, but suffered heavy losses. The heavy "Saint-Samon" was almost wiped out!"

...

Tijani listened to this ending, and said "hmm" in surprise. He turned his head and picked up the photo of "Saint-Samon M21" on the desk, which was taken by the pilot with a camera.

"It surprised me." Tijani said, "Can this thing actually stop the German attack?"

"It's not his credit." Charles replied, "It's the commander, Christine, who turned the offensive situation into defense in time."

Tijani thought for a while and nodded slightly: "In the defensive state, the disadvantage of the 'Saint-Chamond M21' without a turret is not so obvious."

Charles said "hmm". They were lucky to have saved their lives, otherwise the battle would be extremely tragic, and at least half of the French First Special Artillery Division would be lost on the battlefield.

Now, Charles got what he wanted to know:

The 37 gun can penetrate the new German tank from the front, and the known distance is 150 meters.

The new German tank has a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, and it may be faster.

The tactic of the German tank is to use machine guns to hit the enemy's side and rear armor.

...

At this time, Charles' phone rang. It was General Winter who called. He had been paying attention to this "remarkable" victory in Paris during this period. After all, nothing is more important than this at the moment.

"How is it?" General Winter asked, "Are you sure?"

"Almost done." Charles answered.

Tijani beside him was a little confused. What was almost done?

General Winter asked again, "How long does it take to prepare? One day? Two days?"

"Two days." Charles answered, but he asked again, "Do you have a way to transfer the command to me?"

Charles did not doubt General Winter's "ability". At this time, Britain's influence on France was still very strong. It was not difficult to transfer the command to Charles with the power of one country.

The difficulty was to transfer it without leaving any trace and without suspicion.

General Winter laughed, "The next step is the British reinforcements, Brigadier General, we have the right to choose our own allies."

Charles understood it instantly and agreed to the plan immediately.

When he put down the phone and looked up, he saw Tijani's inquiring eyes.

"What's the matter?" Tijani asked, "Is it something I shouldn't ask?"

"Nothing." Charles answered calmly, "It's time for the First Tank Brigade to go."

This seems to be fine, but what does "it's time for the First Tank Brigade to go" mean?

Could it be that all this was originally in Charles' plan?

Then Tijanyi thought about it more deeply, and combined with what happened before and after, he suddenly stood there staring at Charles blankly, and after a long while, he smiled and shook his head: "Good guy, they all fell for your trick, right? The Germans and Joffre..."

Charles turned his head and glared at Tijanyi, and Tijanyi immediately shut up and raised his hands in surrender: "No, that's not the case, I don't know anything."

He smiled meaningfully again, leaned close to Charles and lowered his voice: "I'm glad I'm not your enemy, Brigadier General."

...

In Cambrai, Christine has withdrawn his troops back to the town.

This is a helpless move, only in this way can the First Special Artillery Division be saved.

However, he had just returned to the command post in the town and had not yet settled down when Joffre called: "What's going on? Why retreat?"

"General!" Christine explained: "We suffered heavy losses, and the heavy 'Saint-Samon' was almost wiped out..."

"I know this." Joffre interrupted Christine impatiently: "But didn't they succeed in delaying the enemy? Don't we still have 'M21'?"

Then Joffre kept blaming Christine, his tone full of anger and ruthlessness:

"You missed a chance to win, Christine!"

"As long as you let go of the attack, you can win. The defense you organized can stop the German attack. This proves this point."

"All you have to do is to move forward boldly, forward, forward!"

"Isn't my order clear?"

...

Christine was speechless. Did they really not know what the "M21" was? Or even if they knew, they still emphasized moving forward and attacking?

Christian believed it was the former, because it only showed that they were not well-informed or did not understand war.

If it was the latter, it would be meaningless to push the soldiers into the fire pit!

At this time, Xiafei roared in the microphone and ordered:

"Now, attack immediately while the Germans have not stabilized their position!"

"Don't hesitate, the fruits of victory are in front of you, Christian, waiting for you to pick it up!"

"It's that simple!"

...

Christian did not answer, thinking in his heart that it should be us who failed to stabilize our position, you fool, the fruit of victory may also be a bomb!

He did not say it out loud because he knew that it would be useless to say it, and it would only lead to another reprimand.

However.

Refuse to obey orders? He will be shot.

Obey orders? He and the First Special Artillery Division are all finished!

Christian was in a dilemma. He frowned and said, "General, I will attack, but I hope to get the support of air force this time. So, I need to discuss it with Charles."

Joffre was eager to win, a remarkable victory, no matter what means, including Charles's air force.

So he nodded and agreed without thinking: "As soon as possible, the Germans will not give you so much time!"

Christian breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the signalman to send a telegram to Charles.

The content of the telegram was simple: "Is it possible for us to survive?"