Guderian and Manstein quietly climbed to the bell tower in a village at the forefront of the Seventh Army's defense. He was accompanied by his staff officers and communications officers, who were scrambling to install radio stations or other equipment needed for means of communication.

Looking down from the top of the bell tower, the assault guns are ready for assault. On the roofs of those houses, as well as in some bunkers, the searchlights they needed were being put to the forefront.

Guderian raised his binoculars, and Manstein pressed his eyes to the artillery mirrors, and they looked together at the French position. The trenches and bunkers on their side were all hidden in the night, and nothing could be seen. Except for the small area illuminated by the occasional flare fired by both sides, the rest was an unknown world under darkness.

"They've been completely surprised!"

The two looked at each other, and they could see the excitement in their hearts at the moment before the battle was about to begin, and they could even feel victory beckoning to them.

"Authorities are mindful and act as originally planned...... Action ......"

With Guderian's order, the artillery fire before the German attack immediately began.

The German 2nd Army, in the face of a desperate attack, did not have the same intensity of artillery fire as the French attack.

Since most of the positions occupied by the German Seventh Army were French villages or hills, they could see the French positions clearly. Therefore, those pillboxes and gun emplacements have long been marked on the map of the German artillery attack.

With an order, they often put several guns in a group, and try their best to kill them with one hit. The power of the 105mm howitzer, which is used as a battlefield support, is terrifying when firing in groups at night. The whistling of cannonballs flying through the air became like the sound of a strong wind blowing over a mountain.

The French position was immediately engulfed in a sea of fire like a volcanic eruption, and the ground shook as if it were about to overturn as soon as the large mass of grenades exploded. Neither the people inside nor outside the bunker could stand firm in this tremor.

All the French soldiers who did not react immediately and got into the bunker were all buried in this fierce and dense artillery fire.

Fortunately, the preparation time for artillery fire before the German attack was not long, only 20 minutes. As the soldiers in the bunkers got up from the ground one by one and put their eyes on the shooting holes to look out, they were stunned by what was happening.

"Captain Emer, do it!"

When Guderian said this, he gave a command into the microphone.

"Yes, sir!"

When Rommel replied, he was sitting in a wheeled armored car without the "Bullet and Cannon in One" system. The commander of his army in this vehicle was not only heavily armoured, but also equipped with a high-power radio system. Like Thunder International's armored units, other tanks and armored vehicles are only equipped with receivers.

At this time, the "Cheetah assault gun" also showed its majestic posture under the light of the dark night.

The 37-mm light cannon manufactured by the German company Krupp did not have a turret, and the fixed turret above the chassis was riveted directly from armor plates. In front of it opened a rectangular artillery firing port, which was protected by the shield of the gun itself. In addition, all of these guns were equipped with a parallel machine gun. This is not intended to be used against opposing infantry, it will be used in the dark for rough targeting of artillery.

Each assault gun, as well as those with three turrets, now has a feature with small flags of different colors on the radio antennas they erect, with each company being a color.

"Attention Units, start the action as planned......"

With Rommel's order, the total number of armored vehicles reached more than 700 and began to move. At the front are armored vehicles equipped with aircraft engines and propellers, followed by "Cheetah assault guns" with long barrels.

Under the cold moonlight, it seemed to be glowing with iron blue, forming a rolling iron stream, surging forward unstoppably.

When the German panzer group, led by Rommel, appeared on the flank of the French army, which was almost completely unsuspected, the entire flank of the French army was very alarmed. In such a night night, these infantry divisions defending in the "fast front" are simply not capable of confronting such a flood of armor.

Not to mention that they also have the "sapper expert" Erwin. Rommel came up with the equipment that could be called "vicious".

When the attack was launched, the headlights of all vehicles were turned on on a moonlit night, just like the searchlights installed on the tall farmhouses of the French villages behind. When they suddenly light up in the night sky, they can make all defenders who are accustomed to the eyes of the night become blind in an instant.

This is not the most "vicious" weapon.

In front of the assault guns were those modified "wheeled armored vehicles". The huge fan in front of them was fastening the roof of the armored vehicle, and the poisonous gas in the cylinders was blown into a "poisonous dragon", and the pervasive poisonous gas pounced on the faces of the French soldiers.

"Ahh My eyes! ”

"I'm going to suffocate, oh my God, it's over!"

"Poison gas! Poison gas ......"

The French officers in the bunker did not understand where the poisonous gases came from without warning. That is, the roar of the explosion of poison gas shells is not visible, and there is no figure of the opposing chemical troops.

But among the pungent smells, he knew that this was the poison gas that most easily caused fear among the soldiers. In a nervous scream, he reached for the satchel containing the gas mask.

However, it was night, and the soldier covered his eyes and crouched to the ground. Even the officer himself did not have time to pull out his gas mask, and his body slowly slid to the ground against the wall of the pillbox.

Outside the pillbox, there were headlights on for the assault cluster of the German armored assault brigade commanded by Rommel. For armored warfare, this future "desert fox" seems to have a natural understanding. He formed the same formation as the German armored troops marched in World War II.

In addition to some specially equipped units in the front, the main force is an assault gun lined up. Their armor is relatively thick, and they are a little more protective than those wheeled armored vehicles that use ordinary engines. In addition, in the bright light of the searchlights behind them, they could see the French pillboxes clearly.

The long 37mm cannon erupted from the muzzle of fire at each brief stop of the assault gun. The gunners of these assault guns, although they are still a little rusty in terms of combat coordination, are really very good in terms of shooting technology.

In the first row of assault guns, in the spread space, are lined up in the rear wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. Their twin 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns were particularly effective against soldiers who had to run to the ground due to the threat of suffocating gas.

The four-barreled rocket launchers erected on both sides of the turret can follow the bright trajectory of those anti-aircraft machine guns and concentrate their fire on one pillbox after another.

On the other hand, the French soldiers who were attacked by poison gas had no way to shoot accurately, either with machine guns or mortars. Even if they dodged the poison gas, the bullets and shells they fired were all chaotic and disorganized in the face of the intense glow of searchlights.

"Quick...... Fast...... Come on...... Team 1: Pay attention to the bunker on your right......"

Like all of his commanders, Rommel's head was outside the turret, and from time to time he held a telescope to look into the battlefield. From time to time, the other hand picks up the microphone that has been hanging under his neck and assigns tasks to the vehicles of his various squads or squadrons.

The defense line on the flank of the French army was originally due to the fact that Xia Fei did not go well because of the forward attack, so he transferred some troops and artillery. Although they are protected by the "fast front", their defensive capabilities remain vulnerable.

In particular, the abominable bright light and poisonous gas, which made them unable to see at night, forced them to leave the bunker and run as fast as they could.

Soon, the French line was broken through by troops of the armored assault brigade commanded by Rommel.

"Ignore the remnants of the French army, leave them to the cavalry behind, we must move forward, forward, do not entangle ......"

Rommel had only one thought in his mind, and quickly moved forward to cut through the opponent's defense, and kept advancing deep into the opponent's defense. Until the enemy's defense line is completely penetrated, and then the enemy's supply channel is cut off, and the enemy's heavy army group is divided.

"As their Emperor Napoleon said, if you break the balance of the enemy, then ......"

The situation on the battlefield did not give Rommel time to think about it, and his armored cluster had broken into the French position. At this time, he, the "poison car" of the "engineer expert", really played a role.

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The propellers of the aircraft blew the poison gas from the cylinders into the core bunker, which was blocked by 12.7mm machine guns and rockets. There, the French fired flaming machine guns, and the mortars quickly fell silent.

"If I had that kind of chariot......

Seeing this, Rommel thought of the power of the French army's vehicle-mounted flamethrowers, which should be the deadliest nemesis of the enemy's trenches and pillboxes. It's a pity that he didn't think of it before the battle.

The continuous attacks that continued all night made the French defense line unable to withstand the large number of troops and artillery drawn by Xia Fei. At its darkest before dawn, it crumbled!

The surviving French soldiers began to surrender in droves, or in all the vehicles they could ride, horses galloping to the rear. Behind them, there was an armored cluster commanded by Rommel.

As everyone knows, the so-called line of defense in the First World War was completely different from the line of defense in the Second World War. Once the defensive line is breached, then the rear is almost unobstructed.

Slightly worse training took some time for the German armored assault brigade to gather its troops. After quickly replenishing fuel and ammunition, the entire armored group rushed to the Compiègne area behind the French front.

It is the gateway to Paris.