Chapter 485 The First Armored Battle (3rd update, please subscribe)

On October 6, 1870, the battle that took place in the village of Charles, 17 kilometers away from Rouen, was destined to go down in history.

This is the first armored battle in human warfare history!

Before this fierce battle broke out, the world had never known about the existence of armored vehicles, but after this day, armored vehicles truly entered everyone's vision.

But on this day, when nearly a hundred armored vehicles of the 1st Cavalry Brigade rushed towards the 13th Army in three groups, they were still in some kind of chaos. The 4th Battalion where Zhao Quande was located attacked the Prussian army from all directions. Their strafing caused the marching column of the 13th Army to fall into chaos. The armored vehicles rushed directly onto the road and attacked the Prussian infantry along the road.

When the eighteen armored vehicles rushed into the enemy's position, they were like wolves pouncing on a flock of sheep. The moment they rushed onto the road, they turned into tigers and pounced directly on the Prussians. Under the machine gun fire, the road in front of the armored vehicles was full of blood.

Heinrich, who was hiding on the side of the road, picked up his rifle and shot at the armored vehicle, but the bullets only made a slight crisp sound when they hit it.

Staring blankly at the rifle, Heinrich looked at the green vehicle roaring forward and said in astonishment.

"This, this is...an armored vehicle..."

Now he had no time to think about why this strange-looking vehicle was not pulled by horses. The armored vehicle had already made him so surprised that he could not close his mouth.

The Prussian soldiers lying on the roadside continued to shoot at the armored vehicles, but their bullets only made a few crisp noises when they hit the armored vehicles, that was all...

The armored vehicles were recklessly running through the Prussian army on the road without any scruples. Even if hundreds of bullets hit the armored vehicles... so what?

Bullets, whizzing towards us!

But it's like tickling an armored vehicle, at most it just scrapes off a little skin.

But even so, the Prussian officers and soldiers still did not give up. They stared at the armored vehicles that were raining bullets on the road. Although their eyes were filled with surprise, they were not afraid. Some soldiers even rushed forward and tried to board the armored vehicles, but what awaited them was death.

"Outflank them from behind!"

An officer shouted and rushed towards the rear of the armored vehicle with a pistol in hand. Dozens of Prussian soldiers followed him, but what was the use?

As they rushed forward, several people tried to board the armored vehicle. Facing the surrounding Prussian soldiers, Zhao Quande directly ordered,

"Back up and hit it!"

The armored vehicle itself was a weapon. Although it was not reversing very fast, it managed to knock down several Prussians who were trying to surround it. The steel cannon wheels pressed directly on them, causing screams to ring out immediately...

Faced with the invulnerable armored vehicle, even these Prussian soldiers seemed extremely helpless. They could only let it run rampant on the road without any other means.

"Grenade, grenade..."

Heinrich seemed to have thought of something and shouted loudly that not every soldier in the Prussian army had grenades, only the grenadiers had them. As he shouted, several grenadiers ran over with their backs bent.

"Grenade, quick!"

Soon several grenades were thrown near the armored vehicle.

“Boom! Boom…”

A violent explosion sounded near the armored vehicle, and then the sound of machine guns tearing cloth stopped.

"I'm so embarrassed..."

Zhao Quande, who was a little dizzy from the explosion of the grenade, cursed angrily and shouted at the same time.

"How's everybody? How's everybody?"

"I'm fine,"

"fine……"

"What, what are you talking about..."

Everyone in the armored vehicle was dizzy from the explosion and couldn't hear clearly, but Liang Chengwu did not forget his duty. He shook his dizzy head and sat up again.

"It's not moving, it's not moving..."

"Bless God they can finally not move!"

Just when Heydrich and his men were about to cheer, they were surprised to find that the armored vehicle continued to move forward in the smoke and the deadly gunshots rang out again!

"Oh my God!"

Heydrich and the others looked in surprise at the armored vehicle that was moving again. Their eyes became a little desperate. They could even hear the sound of bones being broken when the wheels of the armored vehicle rolled over the bodies of the dead. What was even more terrifying?

They were the wounded who were knocked down by machine guns. Lying on the ground, they could only cry and wait for the armored vehicles to crush them. Those poor people just watched the armored vehicles press on their bodies and crush their bones...

"Click, click..."

Zhao Quande and others in the armored vehicle could also hear the sound of bones being crushed and feel the overturning of bodies as the wheels rolled over them, but at this time, mercy was meaningless.

For Liang Chengwu, a machine gunner, he just stared at the fleeing enemies. When he found a cluster of targets, he would send a string of bullets at them. The bullets whizzed through the bodies of those Prussians like iron skewers for lamb kebabs.

This was a desperate battle. Those brave Prussian soldiers who went to the battlefield inspired by patriotism had never fought such a war before.

This is a fight where there is no chance of fighting back.

"Oh my God! What kind of monster is this?"

Just as Heydrich and his men were looking in despair at the invulnerable armored vehicle spewing bullets and rampaging on the road, killing hundreds of Prussian soldiers, they were unaware that on the flank of the army, a larger armored convoy had already launched an attack on the Prussian 13th Army.

Ninety armored vehicles quickly spread out in the wilderness in three assault formations. The distance between the left and right wings even reached ten kilometers. They were scattered in the wilderness like this. Not long after they rushed onto the battlefield, they were discovered by Prussian cavalry. As soon as these cavalry found the speeding armored vehicles, they dutifully went to meet them. It was their duty to protect the infantry. The cavalry and armored troops met on this French land.

However, today they hit a wall, a real wall. And this wall will be deeply engraved in the memory of all of them, and will be unforgettable for the rest of their lives.

The armored group consisted of 30 armored vehicles, several of which directly confronted the cavalry and contained the Prussian cavalry's attack from the front, while the other armored vehicles used their high speed to attack the flank of the 13th Army. The armored convoy charged at full speed much faster than the horses, and they launched the attack without any regard...

(End of this chapter)