After coming out of Paris and turning south, guderian troops attacked all the way along the French defense line. The most important thing for them was to find out and kill the French artillery positions. Those annoying cannons hiding in the bunker could pose a great threat to the troops crossing the river, but when their opponents were above their heads, they could do nothing.
If you find those hills on the top of their bunkers, they are not obvious from the point of view, but they are even worse from the point of view of the ground forces. Mr. Gu thinks that where the resistance behind the French defense line is the most intense, there are French artillery positions hidden, and his tank forces also clear them one by one according to this inference
At present, the establishment base of armored forces has continued the original model. Each tank division includes 25o tanks, 5o armored vehicles and 1oo truck armored divisions including 5o tanks, 2oo armored combat vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 1oo ordinary trucks and 5o large-caliber howitzers. The mechanized infantry division is composed of 2oo trucks and 3ooo motorcycles, and all the equipment is equipped in these armored forces. Each division has five regiments and a battalion directly under the division.
The vanguard of guderian Tank Division, 2o1 and 2o2 Tank Regiment, 1o3 tanks are displayed in a single line. Each tank is about 10 meters apart, followed by 20 armored vehicles and 4o full infantry trucks. They are like a big brush to sweep the depth of the French army.
In a dimly lit field, a hundred steel chariots are dragging smoke and dust for 20 kilometers per hour, which can stop these big guys with white iron crosses from advancing. They ignore the French people’s screaming and frightened eyes. The French traffic trenches, barbed wire, sandbags and even the French corpses can’t stop their progress. A string of dark red bullets are constantly spouting from the tank surface, like the same whip with strong penetrating power whipping everything around it. When a tank stops, the French are even more afraid because it is not powerful but it is close and accurate.
"Hey, guys, there’s a hill ahead. The French machine guns are so powerful that it must be another artillery position!" A conductor looked through the observation hole at the headlights to illuminate the place. The hills in front were like abandoned graves, but they were hiding inside, but they were going to be killed soon. The French and those French cannons that made German soldiers gnash their teeth.
Probably because the tank department was too noisy, others didn’t hear the long sound of the car, so he had to pat the gunner on the head and repeat it
The gunner nodded and then stuffed a shell into the gun bore.
In front of those hills, there is usually a mouth about half a meter wide and 1 meter long, that is, the French cannon shooting hole; Behind the hill is a long slope, from which the French push and pull the cannons out of the bunker. The shooting holes and slopes are covered with French dry green hidden gauze curtains, so it is difficult for German planes to show them from it, and it is even more difficult to hit the bomb than to win the first prize.
It should be because of those hills that German tanks have stopped one after another. During the journey, they can’t hit the target they want. Unless there are too many enemies in front to aim, the captains will still choose to stop and shoot guns. Obviously, there are many French infantry positions and machine gun fortress stars or a series of bombs flying from there from time to time.
Soon, the first tank was violently shocked, and after the shells were fired, the flames were ejected from the gun barrel, which was particularly clear in the dark, but the white smoke was not so conspicuous.
After the shell left the gun bore, it hit the target 100 meters away in the blink of an eye. Visually, the shell exploded before the red trail disappeared, as if a thick straight red light from the tank had directly detonated the target. From the auditory point of view, the shooting and explosion of artillery shells are like a double-sounding gun connected together, which is easy to make people mistakenly believe that the artillery shells exploded in the barrel.
One tank after another caught fire. Not far away, the French position was shrouded in flames and shrapnel. This scene was like a group of tough men. You punched me and punched a poor man. Brilliant blood flowers suddenly bloomed on that face. Fortunately, German tanks are now playing the role of big men, and poor French soldiers are being beaten around.
At one time, French soldiers ran out from those positions or hills, and the machine guns on the tank surface quickly killed them. When everything calmed down, the tanks started to move again, while the armored vehicles and trucks behind them jumped out of the cars. They followed the tanks and headed for the hills with rifles in their hands.
When the tanks are behind the hill one by one and the guns are adjusted horizontally, the German infantry rushed into those hills under the cover of tank guns and machine guns. There are often many remnants of French artillery. Most people choose to surrender under the double pressure of German tanks and infantry, and of course there are some stubborn weapons in their hands to resist. At this time, the German soldiers will simply withdraw from here. After the tanks retreat as far as possible, the tunnel behind the hill is a gun. After the earth-shattering explosion and a huge fire, the stubborn part disappears with their graves.
When the 201 and 202 tank regiments are cleaning up a French artillery position, the tanks behind them will become new vanguard troops. After the armored divisions and mechanics arrive, the 201 and 202 tank regiments have been cleaned up. After handing over the French artillery position and prisoners, these tanks will have a full meal, fill up the fuel and continue to move forward until they clean up another French artillery position in front of them and rush to the front again.
According to guderian’s tactical arrangement, his tank division moved forward alternately, thoroughly cleaned up the French artillery positions along the way, and the progress and fuel supply were also guaranteed. Before dawn, his tank division moved forward for 5 kilometers, while Olger commanded the 1st tank division to adopt the overall propulsion tactics and also moved forward for 45 kilometers, but the attack was temporarily stopped when his troops refueled.
The German follow-up troops kept coming from the pontoon bridge in Paris of the Seine River to other sections, and the Germans also continued to build pontoons to cross the river. By dawn, hundreds of thousands of German troops had crossed the Seine River and Xiafei was proud of the Seine River. The defense line of the Seine River had been crushed by the German steel torrent. From the German attack to the breakthrough of the Seine River defense line, it was only one night that Xiafei’s retreat order had not yet reached every defense force.
The next afternoon, when the communique was drafted and the name of the first regiment was laid out, the world was shocked. Many peace-loving people condemned the extremely unwritten behavior of the German army in destroying cultural relics and historical sites. Since the German first regiment called itself the "Beast Corps", those people were willing to agree with it.
After the defense line of the Seine River was broken, the German Emperor gladly awarded the title of "Royal Beast Corps" to Chentian Corps. From this day on, every officer and soldier of the East Prussian Corps was a member of this corps, and the main pattern of the flag of the Rong Corps was changed to a ferocious beast-a beast with tiger domineering, lion brave, leopard agile and fox wisdom.
Chapter 42 The Last Cavalry
In the morning light, drops of crystal clear water hung on the yellow-green grass leaves, and strange winds blew them down one by one, wetting the surface and drying the sand.
The ground crew is busy adding fuel and ammunition to hundreds of various planes in a wide grassland. These planes are large and small, and the biggest and most conspicuous is the double-wing "Owl" bomber. They have a 35-meter-wide wingspan and a 23-meter-long fuselage, two 3oo horsepower engines and a 25-ton heavy fuselage, which makes them stand like giants in a group of small planes. The smallest is the single-wing single hummingbird fighter. Compared with the owl, they have a 10-meter-wide wingspan and a 7-meter-long fuselage. A 15-o horsepower motive makes it have 17o kilometers per hour and two 792 mm parallel machine guns, which makes it difficult for an allied plane to escape from it. The largest and most common is that the two-wing single-plane "Tian" and "ostrich" trains constitute the main force of the German air force at present.
The grass has been shrouded in rumbling motivation and blue smoke. Many planes slide out of the neat queue one after another and then turn to the temporary runway in front, while other planes stay on both sides of the runway as if they were seeing them off.
Beside some planes that haven’t moved yet, teams of pilots either straightened their chests and listened carefully to the officers’ lectures and exhortations or gathered around the map to discuss something.
"It feels good to be back!" A young pilot murmured softly and waved his arm. It seems that the arm is almost better. Although the recovery period is scheduled for three months, it is only two months before he can’t wait to return to the battlefield.
"Oh dear baron, good luck! Don’t be hit by those despicable infantry again! "
Another pilot woke up enthusiastically, but Manfred didn’t seem ungrateful. In his view, the knight didn’t need sympathy and pity. He straightened his chest and the iron cross 1st class medal shone brightly in the sun. While most pilots were still accumulating meritorious military service according to their attendance, he had won this enviable honor for shooting down two British planes and being gloriously injured.
What Manfred wants to do now is to upgrade his rank as a second lieutenant by a few ranks, but I’m afraid he will be able to go to work as much as others if he doesn’t encounter an enemy plane. As he was planning, he walked to the red 11 hummingbird fighter next to his plane, and he kept it. It seems that he is the most suitable knight for this plane.
"Good luck!" After the inspection, the ground crew waved their arms enthusiastically.
Manfred took a deep breath. "I’m back in the blue sky!" "
At this time, in the long defense line on the west bank of the Seine River, the French ministries were already in chaos. The German armored forces seemed to be rubbing their backs for the French, and they advanced steadily along the artillery positions behind the French frontier positions. On the east bank of the river, the German regiments also crossed the river without French artillery fire to help the French infantry along the river, and they had to hold back their strength to avenge the German soldiers.
The battlefield is still German territory for shooting and observing huge airships flying slowly in the air, while German planes are shuttling low like hardworking bees. Wherever there are French soldiers, they are going to collect honey and flowers.
After all the plugging measures have been effective, Xia Fei has to admit that the defense line has been broken. He has no better way but to retreat to the southwest. At present, all he cares about is how many troops he can bring back to the south of France
"Marshal, there are still nearly half of our army’s various departments. Four infantry divisions at the southernmost end of the defense line have retreated, and seven infantry divisions at the northern end of the defense line have been completely blocked by German armored forces. The worst thing is that the British expeditionary force stayed in France and the last batch of troops were trapped there!" Staff member Xia Fei reported anxiously.
"The British … it’s too damn how can we deploy them there! Now we’d better get them out or the consequences will be very serious! The cavalry sent us cavalry to try! " Xia Fei was very upset and said that after the German armored forces rushed out of the Paris section of the Seine, he realized that he could save the opposite side. More than 200 German troops would flood into this stormy defense line from that breach like turbulent sea water, so he left the most precious cavalry at the end. Originally, they planned to contain a German pursuer by surprise attack and counterattack during the retreat, so it was possible for most French troops to retreat, but now it seems that the last batch of French and British allies will be left to the enemy. This result is very unfavorable to the military and political situation in France.
To be exact, without these hostages, the British are likely to take care of themselves to defend the British Isles.
Hearing Xia Fei’s words, the staff gathered around, but most people didn’t seem to approve of this dangerous action.
"Marshal, I’m afraid it’s a long shot! The sky has been dominated by the Germans, and the ground is three times that of our German Sixth Army. Although most of the German troops are still on the east bank of the Seine, they have already crossed the river online. Our defense line is like a broken dam that may be washed across by the Germans at any time. The number of our cavalry will be small, and I am afraid that the last cavalry will not be saved! "
"Yes, we can’t hide everything from the Germans!"
"The Germans have invested a lot of armored troops, and our cavalry is no match for them!"
"It’s daytime, and German planes will kill our cavalry in large numbers!"