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In the woods, Captain Thomas stared at the M1 semi-automatic rifle in his hand over and over again, then threw it to a herald who asked him to give it to Colonel Martin in the village of Stoney.

Receiving the statistics of the results handed over by the adjutant, Thomas was taken aback.

Seventeen Germans were killed and five wounded were captured, and the total result was twenty-two, but their own side paid the price of eleven dead and twenty-two wounded.

Biting his lip and staring at the battle report for a while, Captain Thomas put an ugly smile on his face, thinking that he would have to be happy if he had won the battle anyway.

With an insincere smile, Thomas ordered his men to return to the edge of the woods and continue to monitor movements on the D24 road, while radioing his superiors to inform them that their troops had been exposed and could no longer ambush the Germans.

Outside the woods, Sergeant Steiner was lying in the carriage while the health guard took out iodine and gauze and was bandaging his left arm.

Sergeant Steiner shouted to Meyer, "How many have come back in total?" ”

"Twelve, including you, four wounded." Meyer shouted back.

"How many in total?" Steiner asked.

"Thirty-four."

Steiner was silent for a while and then said, "They are at least three platoons, and God forbid that we can escape twelve." ”

"It's just that Lieutenant Pelpel hasn't returned, and now it's under your command." Meyer said.

Steiner raised his right hand to wipe the sweat that was still rolling down his forehead, closed his eyes and said, "Report to the company commander what just happened, and then decide what to do." ”

"What are we going to do next?"

"Stand out of the range of the French's machine guns and wait for the big force to come up."

Fifteen minutes later, seventeen Type 251 armored vehicles drove up to the north of the road, accompanied by four No. 4 assault guns.

After joining up with the remnants of the army led by Sergeant Steiner, the German unit watched the woods from outside the woods.

On Highway D6, east of Highway D24, the main force led by Major Schultz was galloping south.

After receiving the report from Sergeant Steiner, Major Schultz became even more determined to bypass the woods and attack the village of Stoney from the open to the east.

Bypassing the vast woods, Schultz led his troops to the village of La Bersas.

Garrisoned in the village of La Bersas were 10 companies of the 3rd Battalion of the 213th Infantry Regiment, and although they were reinforced by all six 25-mm anti-tank guns of the 213th Infantry Regiment, they were still terrified when they saw the German armored units for the first time.

Robert, the commander of the 10th Company, ordered his men to prepare for battle when he contacted Colonel Martin of the village of Stoney to inform him of the danger facing La Berthas.

Thinking that the village of Stoney would be directly exposed to German fire if La Berxas was lost, Colonel Martin immediately sent one of the only two remaining companies, the Twelfth Company, to reinforce La Bersas.

The 12th Company had just reached the halfway point when it saw the remnants of the French army running from the road from the east.

When the remnants of the 10th Company saw the 12th Company, they rushed into the march of the 12th Company in despair, shouting: "The Germans are crazy, run." ”

Babbling, they rushed through the ranks of the Twelfth Company and fled in the direction of the village of Stoney.

Captain Duran, the commander of the 12th Company, intercepted an ensign officer, and after giving the second lieutenant two slaps in the face, the second lieutenant came to his senses and told the story of the fall of the village of La Bersas.

After Schultz's troops turned into battle formation to the east of the village of La Bosas, without saying a word, he ordered his heavy weapons battalion to cover the village of La Bosas, and after three salvos of 14 tank destroyers and six No. 4 assault guns, half of the houses on the east side of the village of La Bosas were reduced to rubble, and Captain Robert, the commander of the 10th Company, who was hiding in a house in the southeast corner of the village to spy on the German movements, was also hit by German artillery fire and was seriously wounded.

As the German bombardment continued, the German soldiers began to charge, and they rushed towards the village in a semicircle in forty or fifty armored vehicles, centering on the village of La Bosas, and the machine guns at the front of the cars fired wildly at all the exposed French soldiers, and rushed into the village of La Bosas without stopping along the way.

The infantry of the 10th French Company had never seen such a ferocious way of fighting, and when they saw the armored vehicles rushing towards them like frightened bulls, the morale of the infantry and the anti-tank gunners collapsed together.

Captain Duran was about to ask again, when he suddenly noticed a commotion at the front of the marching procession, and then he heard someone exclaim, "Germans, Germans are coming, run." ”

Captain Duran was furious and hurriedly ran to the front of the group, trying to find out the guy who spread the word of failure.

Before Captain Duran could reach the front of the group, he saw the panicked soldiers turn around and run towards him, and when he saw the scene behind the soldiers, Captain Duran was speechless.

On the roads, on the grass, in the fields, countless armored vehicles were rushing towards them, and the tracks and wheels of the armored vehicles raised countless yellow soot, and even the color of the sky changed for it.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat." Captain Duran finally knew what kind of enemy the 10th Company's rout was facing, and under this torrent of steel, flesh and blood were completely unstoppable.

Captain Duran shouted as he ran west.

His faithful orderlies took his beloved horses and jumped on them, and Captain Duran threw off one soldier after another and fled back to the village of Stoney.

Standing on the dirt slope of the village of Stoney, Colonel Martin had a panoramic view of everything to the east, from the fleeing French soldiers to the charging German convoys.

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, Colonel Martin was speechless about what was happening in front of him, he originally thought that he would be able to hold out until dark after careful planning, but he didn't expect to lose so quickly and so miserably, he fought with the Germans for four years more than twenty years ago, and he was extremely clear about the combat effectiveness of the Germans, when did the Germans become so strong? Or is it ・・・・・・ we're getting weaker?

The village of La Bersas is less than three kilometers away from the village of Stoney, which is a short distance for German armored vehicles. Looking at the armored convoy that was getting closer and closer, Colonel Martin bit his lip, stomped his foot sharply and said: "Retreat, order the troops to retreat immediately, and we will go to the woods to the southeast." ”

After receiving the order of Colonel Martin, the French troops in the village of Stoney were pardoned, and they had a condescending and wide vision, and they had already spotted the charging German troops, and also saw the friendly troops in the rout. Although they had not yet fought with the Germans, their mental defense line was already shaky, and when they received the order to retreat, they hurriedly packed up their weapons and fled under the leadership of the officer.

Colonel Martin's troops left the village of Stoney on the front foot, and Major Schultz's troops rushed in on the hind foot.

Major Scholz shouted to the French routers who had been caught up along the way: "Get out of the way, go to Stoney and surrender to us." ”

Shouting, Scholz's armored vehicle passed the stunned French soldiers and followed into Stoney.

In the forest northwest of Stoney, the expression on Captain Thomas's face froze instantly when he heard the retreat order coming over the radio.

After the battle at La Bersas began, the Germans in the northwest of the woods also launched a simultaneous attack into the woods, and with the support of Assault Gun No. 4 and Type 251 armored vehicles, they quickly drove Captain Thomas's 9th Company deep into the woods, and then halted the attack.

Just after Captain Thomas wondered why the Germans had stopped the offensive, he received an order from Colonel Martin to retreat.

Before Captain Thomas could recover from the shock of receiving the order to retreat, one of the soldiers exclaimed, "Germans, Germans are coming up from the south." ”

Captain Thomas was startled and hurriedly ran to the exclaimed soldier, and before he could get to the soldier, another soldier shouted, "The Germans from the north are rushing over." ”

Major Schultz did not forget Thomas's troops after capturing the village of Stoney, and he sent a company of paratroopers to the south of the woods, then walked into the woods and flanked the French in the woods on both sides with the paratroopers northwest of the woods.

Confirming that his troops were in danger of being flanked on both sides, Captain Thomas, who was on the battlefield for the first time, immediately disorganized until an old orderly who had fought in the First World War reminded him in his ear: "The five German wounded are still in our hands, and we can use them." ”

Thomas suddenly realized, and then sent the old German soldier to shout to the approaching German troops: "Don't shoot, here are your wounded, we will not resist any more." (The novel "Eagle of the Third Reich" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )

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