Chapter 1598： Disaster is coming (1/2)
Chapter 1598
”How far are we from Beecher now?
”Our striker has encountered the Turkish army. The striker is only about 18 kilometers away from them, and our main force is about 30 kilometers away. If you want, today we can incorporate this city into our Within the range of the artillery strikes.” The staff officer raised his eyes and said.
”Forget it, it's tomorrow. We need to prepare well, after all, we have lost a lot of equipment along the way.” Xia Fei managed to suppress his plan to enter the city tonight, and he decided to let the troops rest well. Click, and then call tomorrow.
”Give the British people a telegram, saying that everything is going well in the plan, and let them prepare.” Xiafei added.
”But we are behind enemy lines.” The staff officer said embarrassedly. ”Radio communications need to be restricted.”
”We are facing Turks, not Germans, and even if Turkey knows it? Nothing will change in the end. Do what I say.” Xiafei said stubbornly.
Although there was no decent blockade and harassment along the way, Xiafei's troops still went very difficult. In this era, the reliability of tracked vehicles can be described as tragedy. After leaving the railway line, Xiafei walked a broken line in 10 days. Although the distance is not too far, the French tanks that can follow him to the present have changed their engines 2 times and 2 times on average. track....... At present, Xiafei's army tank possession is only about 30% of that before the war...
Fortunately, wheeled vehicles are still powerful in dry plains, so weapons such as towed artillery and truck guns still have to follow all the way.
”Perhaps, in the future, the French Army should be equipped with more wheeled armored vehicles.” Xia Fei said while looking at the caravan behind him. The load weight and off-road performance of the full-track chassis are indeed good, but the speed is too slow, the consumption is too large, and the maintenance is very difficult.
Although France is an industrial power, considering that it faces Germany, which is more than twice as powerful as itself. When the quality of the armored forces cannot gain an advantage, at least there can be no difference in quantity, right? Therefore, the tanks are not enough, the armored vehicles will make up... And in Western Europe, when the road environment is very good, the off-road performance of tracked tanks is not so important, while the speed advantage of half-tracked vehicles and wheeled vehicles is very obvious. Of course, these things are to be considered in the future, and it is a bit early to think about them now.
When the sun jumped out of the horizon the next day, the French army that had rested for the night began to attack Bichel. To be honest, as an important transportation hub and rear base, the Turkish army had a lot of strength. About 12,000 people. However, even if Xiafei's troops have lost too much heavy equipment, even if they have been running around for almost 2 weeks, this battle can still be described as Degu Laheng.
The French even saved fire support this time. In addition to despising the Turks’ combat effectiveness, the lack of shells is also an important reason. But this does not prevent the French Republic from playing their world-class tactical level!