French Air Force suffered heavy losses, which also made Marshal Joffre give up the idea of competing for air supremacy with German military. With the battle loss ratio between the two sides being so high, even if French Air Force lost all its strength, it would probably not be German military's opponent.
Without the interference of French Air Force, German military Air Corps also fully joined in the bombing of the French position.
By the evening of March 31, the French defense line, which was one hundred kilometers long, was almost plowed by German military with artillery shells and bombs. There was almost no intact place in the entire position. There were bombed-down trenches and barbed wire everywhere. Many of the Landmine originally buried were detonated during shelling and bombing. In the subsequent battle, they obviously were of no use. The firepower points built by the French army on the position are even worse. Even many of the strongest bombproof caves built were destroyed by bombing. In the shelling and bombing of German military on this day alone, the casualties of Anglo-French Allied Forces along the entire defense line were as high as tens of thousands.
This is the reason why Anglo-French Allied Forces withdrew the main force from the frontline positions after the battle began. Otherwise, their casualties will definitely increase exponentially.
"The effect is pretty good. Anglo-French Allied Forces's defense line is already in dilapidated state. Even if they make a surprise repair tonight, they won't be able to build a solid defense line. Tomorrow morning, after another hour of shelling, they will be ready to launch an attack. General Bülow, General Hausen, Duke, it will be up to you tomorrow!" Oscar said.
"Yes, Your Highness." All three legions Commander replied.
German military spent a whole day preparing firepower and almost destroyed Anglo-French Allied Forces's defense line. This will undoubtedly reduce a lot of pressure on the offense tomorrow. Apart from anything else, the casualties of the troops can definitely be effectively controlled. Therefore, General Bülow and others are very satisfied.
Of course, in order to do all this, German artillerymen are exhausted. The pilots thought that they would be exhausted even if they fought continuously. However, after a night's rest, they would have to continue fighting tomorrow. At least they won't be able to really relax until German military breaks through Anglo-French Allied Forces's Marne Defense Line.
"Your Highness, Anglo-French Allied Forces's position opposite has been almost destroyed. Tomorrow we will definitely be able to defeat Marne River and tear apart Anglo-French Allied Forces's defense line." Duke of Württemberg said.
"Yeah, but we still can't take it lightly. After all, there are more than one million Anglo-French Allied Forces on the other side of the river." Oscar nodded.
If faced with more than one million Russian troops, Oscar would naturally not worry. But Anglo-French Allied Forces is different. Their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Russian army.
"Yes, Your Highness." Duke of Württemberg replied, but the expression on his face clearly didn't care. Duke of Württemberg is not only the Commander of German military 4th Army Corps, but also the grand duke of Kingdom of Württemberg. He holds a high position of authority in the entire German Empire. Even Wilhelm II treats him with courtesy. In front of him, Oscar, this Imperial Crown Prince, is just a junior. For Oscar to serve as the Western Front Commander, Duke of Württemberg is very disdainful. Of course, with Oscar's current status, Duke of Württemberg would certainly not offend him. However, it is an indisputable fact that he has a close relationship with Crown Prince Wilhelm.
"Everyone, everyone, get ready! Tomorrow's battle will be the real test for us." Oscar said.
"Yes, Your Highness."
April 1st, today is April Fool's Day. However, people in the middle of the war have no time to take care of this festival. The two warring parties are looking forward to using all their strength to defeat their opponents.
After daybreak, German military could observe that Anglo-French Allied Forces's position on the other side had been renovated. However, compared to the previous solid position, the position hastily constructed overnight is undoubtedly much cruder. Presumably, those Anglo-French Allied Forces soldiers didn't even sleep last night!
At 8 o'clock in the morning, German military's cannon began shelling again. More than 5,000 cannons once again used powerful artillery fire to pour shells on Anglo-French Allied Forces's position. Anglo-French Allied Forces The fortifications that were finally rebuilt were once again destroyed by German military's fierce shelling. I don't know how many Anglo-French Allied Forces soldiers will curse German military for this.
Everyone knows that after yesterday's fierce bombardment, German military will definitely launch an attack today. After those fortifications were destroyed, how could they resist German offensive?
"God! Damn Germany people, how many times are they planning to destroy our position!" Even Marshal Joffre couldn't help but cursed the Germany people. It can be seen that German military's fierce bombardment regardless of the cost caused them a lot of losses.
"Order all units on the front line to prepare for battle. This time, the Germany people's bombardment will definitely not last long." Marshal Joffre ordered.
After all, a high-intensity shelling like yesterday's consumption of shells would be very terrifying. Marshal Joffre doesn't believe German military can store so many shells. Besides, you can't just shoot out all the artillery shells at the beginning of the battle. In that case, how can the subsequent battle be fought? In addition, the artillery kept firing with high intensity, which was obviously unsustainable.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
In fact, without Marshal Joffre giving an order, front-line commanders of Anglo-French Allied Forces also know that German military is expected to launch an attack today. Therefore, they were ready for battle early in the morning.
Although, their defenses were destroyed. The soldiers were also very tired. But they are still very confident in resisting German offensive. After all, Marne River exists, and if German military wants to attack them, they need to cross the river first. A river surface that is tens of meters wide also takes a certain amount of time. During this time, it happened to be the time for them to give full play to their powerful firepower and cause great damage to German military. Maybe, we can take this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on German military and let their blood dye the river water of the Marne River red.
The bombardment of German military is still continuing, and the artillerymen are struggling to smash the shells one by one into the Anglo-French Allied Forces position on the other side.
On the frontline position of German military, the infantrymen had already had breakfast and were resting. The quartermaster has already distributed the ammunition, and soon it will be their turn to attack.
On the airport behind, the four Air Corpss of German military are ready to take off. They were about to take off to provide fire support for the attacking infantry.