Chapter 33: Death Trap (Revision)
Yes, it would be a strange thing for the French generals to understand the tactical purpose of the blitzkrieg at this time. Although they already had a large number of armored vehicles, no one told them the rules of the armored forces used in the blitzkrieg, such as "concentrate and concentrate, quickly and quickly".
Even Xia Fei did not think of this at all, he had read the full report of the battle of Nancy, but he clearly did not notice those preparations for air fire, and the narrowness of the front of the attack.
Those tactical principles were nothing more than the "wedge attack" that the Germans often used in World War II, where the main force and firepower were concentrated a little, and then the army drove straight in. Cut off the main supply channel of the enemy's logistics, and the battle will basically end.
Especially in the several battles at the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, it cannot but be said that the German soldiers at that time did fight impressively. In the first war of Kyiv alone, 600,000 Soviet dumplings were placed in the cauldron.
On the battlefield of the Somme, due to the severe urging of the French high command, the generals on the front line had to urge their troops to move forward bravely. And it is worth noting that at this time the second line of defense of the German army was not completely cleared, and the French army only had a few breakthroughs.
At the same time, due to the delay in the offensive, the German planes began an air assault when the Tomcat heavy air superiority fighters returned to replenish fuel, and the German heavy artillery had also been regrouped.
The death march of the French armored forces began.
At the urging of the High Command, the commander-in-chief of the front, Robert Brown. General Nivel had no choice but to order his panzer forces to divide into two lines, left and right, and pour in from the breach into the depth of the German front. He was counting on the fact that these forces would be able to cut off the German units on the second line of defense from their rear, and that would be his only chance of victory.
The torrent of armor poured into the breach, under the urging of a first-class officer, into the wilderness in front of the third line of defense on the German side. Except for Tang Yunyang and the Germans in front of him, no one knew what kind of death trap this was.
The advancing French infantry fighting vehicles encountered unprecedented resistance, and the first blow came from the almost numerous mines on the ground.
It's those anti-infantry mines, and they're now laid on top of those stakes. While their explosion is not enough to destroy the MPM, they are powerful enough to injure infantry in infantry fighting vehicles, especially those with only one shield to protect them.
In the "rumble" exploded were those large-caliber shells, which were massively buried in the ground and used as anti-tank mines, bombarding the tank from below. These large-caliber shells can turn the armored combat vehicle over, making it a pile of scrap metal.
There were also shells, which were simply in scrapped short barrels, which were mounted on some lateral mounds. When an armored vehicle is triggered as it passes by, a simple one-time firing device fires them. Such anti-tank mines can often blow up a tank within 20 meters directly into the sky.
The third line of defense of the German army is stronger than the second line of defense, not only the hills here are generally 50~100 meters higher than the hills of the second line, but also the anti-aircraft guns installed in the reinforced concrete pillboxes are almost twice as much as the second line, and their ultra-long range often becomes a nightmare for members of armored vehicles.
And when the attacking French soldiers were under artillery fire, finally approaching the German lines, and were expected to use their close-range weapons to engage them in close combat, something terrifying happened.
On the German front, flames erupted from the steel pipes. Along with the flames flew towards them were rockets used by the flying team to attack the balloons. Under the help of rockets, their range is not close, especially to deal with the sturdy hard airbags on the airship, (Note: The huge body on the outside of the airship is just the part that uses hot air, and those inside are protected by a certain amount of armor are the inner airbags, which should be noticed by brothers who have watched "Air Combat Heroes".) Most of these rockets are armor-piercing.
Among the foxholes, homemade incendiary bombs flew out. The thin magnetic bottle was filled with gasoline, and at the mouth of the bottle was the fuse of a grenade, and the impact and heat of their explosion were enough to cause the gasoline to burn violently.
Even with a variety of blows, the French armored fighting vehicle attack group, which was large in number, did not reach the point of retreat for these losses. Due to the coercion of the high command and the callousness of the front-line commanders, they had to take all kinds of risks to move on.
The melee weapons in the hands of the French assault infantry were finally put to use as they approached the German lines. The soldiers shouted to vent their fears, and they pounced on the German soldiers at close range. However, something to surprise on the battlefield is always everywhere.
The on-board bullets showed that the German soldiers, in addition to using a considerable number of Mauser pistols as melee weapons, also possessed repeating submachine guns.
These submachine guns, unlike the Stern submachine guns, had magazines mounted under the barrel. However, if a weapons expert takes it apart and examines it, he will find that there is not much difference in the contents. Of course, this does not cause problems for anyone, because as long as the weapon has been used on the battlefield, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be copied by others.
But the French soldiers who fell in the dense rain of bullets of the German soldiers would not think so, and the fallen corpses looked at the sky silently, about what they wanted to ask.
"How could the Germans make a mass imitation so quickly?"
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When the French soldiers at the front were entangled with the German soldiers in close-range combat, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically.
That is, General Falkenhay took advantage of the fact that the French "Tomcat" heavy air superiority fighter left the battlefield and launched a large-scale air assault.
In the sky, like the British "Camel F.1", the "Albatross DII-A" that can carry bombs appeared. As they appeared, the French soldiers were confronted with a hail of bombs, all of which, surprisingly, were anti-personnel bombs.
So what will be the tank against?
"Buzz ......"
When your Tomcat heavy air superiority fighter leaves here, it will be dangerous for the attack aircraft that have just appeared in the sky, especially when these planes are coming at low altitude. This is because the "Sparder S.7" fighters at high altitudes, which temporarily serve as battlefield jamming missions, cannot easily break through the barrier formed by the "Fokker Dr.1" aircraft.
The ultra-low-flying "Mosquito" land-based version of the "Mosquito attack aircraft" allows them to launch rockets that are more efficient than bombs due to their special sights.
The dense bombardment of 12.7 mm and 4 rockets was a heavy pressure that the French "MPM armored fighting vehicles" could not withstand, and their appearance completely reversed the situation on the battlefield almost instantly.
The assault force of 10 divisions of the French army was thus defeated in the face of heavy casualties.