I was a tycoon in World War I: Starting to save France - Chapter 606

At this time, Major General Eden and Lieutenant General Avis had rushed back to their respective headquarters.

Major General Eden’s headquarters was located in the center of the fortress group, which was the “Bueno” Fort that Charles had used as his headquarters before.

To be precise, it was not the “center of the fortress group”, but the center of the fortress group facing the German offensive line. Here you can have a more intuitive overview of the entire scene and can more conveniently command the surrounding fortresses to fight.

More importantly, it is not far from the underground warehouse where supplies are stored, only one kilometer away.

However, Major General Eden seemed unable to do anything.

A black mass of German fighter planes flew from the sky, almost covering the entire sky, whizzing over the fortresses without anti-aircraft firepower, and swooping down to shoot at the cars on the road.

(Note: When the fortress was built, airplanes had not yet been invented. Even if they were invented, no one thought it would become a weapon, so the fortresses of this period basically had no air defense)

At this time, the driver on the ground reacted belatedly and drove away in a panic.

But the road was so crowded that they couldn’t turn at all. After running around like headless flies, they either collided with other cars or got stuck in the snow and couldn’t move.

German fighter planes took this opportunity to attack.

Amid the dense gunfire, some cars were hit and smoke rose, and some cars overturned on the roadside because the drivers were dead. The ammunition and supplies on the cars were scattered all over the ground. Only a few cars successfully accelerated on the road, but they were still beaten to pieces by the fighter planes following them.

Finally, with a loud “bang”, the ammunition exploded, and the fire shot up into the sky. The car was instantly blown into pieces. Soon the fire spread to the surroundings, and the nearby drivers jumped out of the car and fled in a hurry.

However, the German fighter planes still refused to let them go. The fighter planes climbed, circled, and dived repeatedly, and then used machine guns to shoot bullet lines in the snow to chase and kill the fleeing drivers and soldiers.

There were pools of fiery red blood everywhere on the white snow, which was shocking.

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More than 20 minutes later, Lieutenant General Avis hurried back to the headquarters.

But he immediately found that it was better to stay at the front line than to return to the headquarters. At least he could see some of the situation at the front line, but he knew nothing in the headquarters.

Lieutenant General Avis’s headquarters was located in the city center, more than ten miles away from the front line. The front-line troops collapsed at the first time and could not send back any intelligence.

“Where is the enemy?” Lieutenant General Avis asked the map.

“We don’t know, General.” The staff officer looked terrified: “The troops are in chaos, and they were defeated before they could report the situation.”

“Where are the reconnaissance planes?” Lieutenant General Avis ordered: “Send the reconnaissance planes!”

“General.” The staff officer answered with difficulty: “All our reconnaissance planes have lost contact, and the airport has also suffered heavy losses from the enemy’s attack. We have nothing that can fly into the sky.”

“Then what do you know?” Lieutenant General Avis roared: “Do you only know that you are being attacked?”

The staff officer was speechless, and the fact was indeed so.

It was not until then that Lieutenant General Avis realized the importance of the aviation force.

Air superiority is in the hands of the enemy and communication equipment mainly relies on telephones. It is easy to have such a situation that you don’t know where the enemy is or where your troops are, and you can’t command at all.

After more than ten minutes, intelligence was gradually summarized.

But most of them were outdated intelligence, because they were sent by signalmen and were news from half an hour ago.

Or it was not very important intelligence, such as the convoy in front of the underground warehouse was attacked by German fighter planes.

Suddenly, the staff officer had a flash of inspiration: “General, why don’t we ask the Belgians?”

Lieutenant General Avis instantly became alert: “Contact Major General Eden immediately!”

The Antwerp fortresses are all in fixed locations and each fortress is equipped with a telephone. They obviously know the situation on the front line better.

Soon the call was connected, and Major General Eden reported worriedly on the phone:

“The situation is very bad, Lieutenant General.”

“Your army has retreated, and deserters are attacking our defense line.”

“There are deserters everywhere in sight. The Germans are likely to deliberately drive your troops away. Their tanks are almost running behind your army. If we open fire, we will inevitably cause accidental injuries.”

Lieutenant General Ives answered very straightforwardly and firmly: “Fire, Major General, don’t worry about accidental injuries, casualties are inevitable.”

If we don’t open fire, there will be greater casualties, and even the entire defense line will be lost.

“In addition,” Major General Eden added: “The German’s ‘Storm Commando’ has crossed the fortress defense line and is active in the rear.”

“Crossing the fortress defense line?” Lieutenant General Ives was shocked.

“Yes.” Major General Eden replied: “They must have sneaked into the defense line last night and lurked. I don’t know what method they used, but there are Germans everywhere.”

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Lieutenant General Ives lost his color in an instant: “Their target may be the warehouse, Major General, please ensure the safety of the supplies.”

“God, you are right.” Major General Eden exclaimed: “I heard that our fleet at sea suffered heavy casualties, and the Germans sent a large number of submarines to block the route?”

“Yes.” Lieutenant General Ives replied.

“This means that we can’t lose this batch of supplies in our hands!” Major General Eden emphasized: “If we lose them, we will be finished!”

The front line was instantly broken through and a large amount of supplies were lost. The sea transport line was blocked again. If there is a problem with the supplies in the underground warehouse again, all troops will be in a state of lack of supplies, and collapse is not far away.

At this moment, a staff officer ran to Lieutenant General Ives in panic: “General, the warehouse was attacked by the Germans. It should be the ‘Storm Troopers’.”

Lieutenant General Ives immediately forwarded the news to Eden: “They have attacked the warehouse. Can you send reinforcements?”

“Of course.” Major General Eden agreed immediately. After a pause, he added, “Tell your people not to blow up the warehouse. You would rather surrender than blow up the warehouse!”

Lieutenant General Ives thinks it makes sense.

There is still hope as long as the warehouse remains. Even if it falls into the hands of the Germans, the Belgian army may be able to recapture it.

But if it is blown up, the Antwerp defense line will inevitably collapse due to lack of supplies.

Lieutenant General Ives didn’t think much and responded: “I agree, Major General, please send reinforcements as soon as possible.”

Then he turned around and ordered to his staff: “We must protect the safety of the supplies no matter what, and we are not allowed to blow up the supplies even if we surrender!”

“Yes, General!”

What Lieutenant General Ives didn’t know was that Major General Eden on the other end of the phone was waiting for this. When he heard Lieutenant General Ives’ order, a disdainful smile appeared on his lips.

This idiot handed over the supplies so easily.

Do you still want to compete with Ciel?