22 tanks took the lead, followed by Type 251 halftracks. Chen Dao's Bandit No. 1 and Bandit No. 2 ran at the back of the field investigation team.

Chen Dao was followed by two companies of infantry from the 3rd Battalion of the Führer's Regiment, who followed Chen Dao's half-track with small bent steps and swooped down on the French position.

Crossing the trenches of the Führer's regiment and driving through the middle of more than a thousand meters, when the French positions were already visible to the naked eye, a gust of wind howled down from the sky and fell into the attacking German ranks.

"Lie down." The experienced officers let out a terrible scream, and then took the lead and threw themselves to the ground.

More than 30 rounds ・・・・・・of 75-millimeter shells exploded one after another, setting off countless bloody storms in the infantry group that followed up.

Some inexperienced recruits who lay down slowly and slowly, and some infantry who had already fallen down, but were relatively close to the landing point of the shells, flew flesh and blood under the ruthless shell killing, and from time to time there were stumps and broken arms flying into the sky, and the screams and voices of the wounded soldiers resounded one after another.

The moment the shells fell, Chen Dao shrank his neck and squatted in the carriage, opening his mouth wide to listen to the continuous explosions outside the carriage, and the shrapnel hitting the carriage with a clanging sound, and kept praying in his heart, the shells must not fall in the carriage, the shells must not fall in the carriage・・・・・・・ after chattering more than a dozen times, Chen Dao scolded violently in his heart, which bastard designed this kind of half-track car, fucking open-topped・・・・・・

After crouching in the car for a while, Chen Dao suddenly heard Major Schumacher shouting from the radio headset: "Prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Chen Dao stood up, quietly showed half of his head and glanced behind him, and found that the French artillery shells identified the infantry following behind, and all of them fell into the infantry group behind the Bandit No. 1, suppressing the infantry and unable to move.

As the track turned, the Bandit No. 1 was getting farther and farther away from the point where the shells would fall.

Chen Dao patted Captain Lorenz, who was also squatting in the carriage, and shouted to the paratrooper sergeant: "Le Sheng, prepare for battle." ”

The three of them immediately got up and stood behind the KWK40 tank gun at the front of the car, Chen Dao took out the binoculars as an observer, Captain Lorenz acted as an observer, and Sergeant Beethoven, who was called by Chen Dao as a saint of music, picked up a grenade and took over the task of loader.

Lying on the left side of the tank gun, Chen Dao saw that in front of the team, the German tank unit was getting closer and closer to the landing point of the German artillery fire, 400 meters, 300 meters・・・・・・ just when the German tank rushed to 200 meters away from the shell landing point, the artillery fire of the SS artillery regiment extended to the depth of the French position very tacitly.

The rear hatches of the half-track were opened one by one, and the paratroopers hidden in the carriage quickly slipped out of the car, and then followed behind the half-track with their guns in hand, and trotted towards the French position.

Chen Dao had just finished watching the paratroopers jump off the half-tracked car, when he heard Major Schumacher shouting in the earphones: "Enemy tanks have been found five hundred meters ahead, the tank company is ready to meet the enemy, and the paratrooper company is suppressing the infantry in the trenches." ”

Receiving orders, the paratroopers either used half-tracks or lay on the ground to use the terrain as cover to shoot at the French positions.

The M1 semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the paratroopers, together with the MG34 machine guns and 37mm anti-aircraft guns on the half-tracks, suppressed the French troops in the trenches. The French soldiers could only crouch in the trenches, listening to the bullets whizzing overhead, and let the splashed dirt fall on them, not daring to look up.

According to the landing point of the shells of the SS artillery regiment and the direction of attack of the Chen Dao armored troops, Danglaar, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately judged the direction of the main attack of the German army. He sent his only two tank companies, the 342nd and 343rd Separate Tank Companies, to prepare to counter the German tank attack.

The front armor of the H35 tank was only 30 mm thick, which looked like paper paste in front of the KWK40 tank gun. At a distance of 500 meters, a rotating 75 mm steel-core armor-piercing bullet easily tore through the front armor of the H35 and burrowed into the body of the H35.

The first salvo of the No. 4G tank company killed eight H35 tanks, three H35s were killed, and two were hit with mailboxes, and the bodies were blazing with flames and black plumes of smoke rising into the sky.

The seven surviving H35 tanks quickly returned fire, and at a distance of 500 meters, most of the shells missed. Two shells of the 37-mm L21 tank gun were hit, but they were bounced off by the 50-mm front armor of the Type 4G tank.

After the second salvo of the German tank company, no French tanks were able to move, and only 15 piles of scrap metal were left on the battlefield.

Chen Dao spotted the French tank before receiving the order from Major Schumacher, put down the binoculars, Chen Dao picked up the sapper shovel and knocked it three times on the roof of the carport, and the half-track car immediately stopped.

"There are enemy tanks ahead, it's the H35 type, on armor-piercing shells, fast." Chen Dao shouted.

Sergeant Beethoven then picked up an armor-piercing round and waited for Captain Lorenz's order.

"Aim done." Captain Lorenz shouted.

Sergeant Beethoven then stuffed the cannonball into the chamber of the cannon, and with a loud "boom", the body of the Bandit No. 1 shook, and the cannonball spun and flew out of the muzzle・・・・・・

"If you don't hit, come again." Chen Dao saw that the tank was unharmed, and shouted loudly with a frown.

A minute later, the second shell flew out, but only hit a pile of scrap metal.

Before Chen Dao fired the second shot, the H35 tank he was targeting suddenly emitted a puff of black smoke, and then it exploded violently, sending the turret into the air, and it exploded.

"Damn, I didn't even get a single result." Chen Dao angrily picked up the sapper shovel and knocked it twice on the roof of the carport, and the Bandit No. 1 continued to move.

At this time, Chen Dao suddenly noticed that figures in camouflage uniforms ran past both sides of Bandit No. 1 and caught up with the tank company in front.

It was the Waffen-SS, and Chen Dao turned his head to look behind the car and found that the French artillery fire had disappeared.

The French 7th Infantry Division had two artillery regiments, and in the previous artillery battle, the artillery regiment equipped with 155mm howitzers exposed the target and was killed by the German naval guns. The light artillery regiment, armed with 36 75-mm howitzers, did not open fire because of insufficient range, so it escaped.

After Chen Dao's troops attacked, Danglar ordered the light artillery regiment to open fire, and they succeeded in suppressing the infantry of the Führer's regiment, but they were exposed as a result, and then they were killed by the German naval guns, and the Führer's infantry was given freedom of movement and chased after them under the leadership of the officer.

Defeating the counterattack of the French tank company, Major Schumacher gave the order to continue the offensive.

Following behind tanks and half-tracks, the infantry rushed over a distance of 200 meters with a single charge. The non-commissioned officers and officers raised their MP38 submachine guns and swept back and forth in the trenches several times, smashing the French soldiers who tried to resist into a honeycomb, and the rest of the French troops either slipped through the trenches or surrendered with their hands raised.

Seeing that the infantry had successfully occupied the first line of French positions, Chen Dao had not had time to blame himself for not getting the results of the battle, when he suddenly heard Major Schumacher shouting over the radio: "French tanks have been found ahead, 600 meters away, and the tank company is ready to engage the enemy." ”

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