"De Gaulle is hiding in the town of Parse, just on our march, and we are going to kill him." Chen Dao said to Streicher.

Streicher didn't know why Chen Dao was so excited when he heard de Gaulle's name, but he still decided to cooperate with Chen Dao's action according to the orders of Major General Walsborn, the commander of the Fifth Panzer Division.

Twenty minutes later, the ghost battle group led by Chen Dao regrouped in the west of the village of St. Baran, which was reoccupied by the Germans, and Colonel Rosenberg also moved to the third battalion of the 25th Panzer Regiment to converge here, at this time the German forces gathered near the village of St. Baran, including the ghost battle group led by Chen Dao, the 15th Panzer Regiment led by Colonel Streicher, and the 1st and 3rd battalions of the 25th Panzer Regiment led by Colonel Rosenberg.

After a brief battle meeting, the three decided to split up, and Stleicher led the 15th Panzer Regiment and the infantry to take the city of Shossan southwest of the village of St. Baran and expand the area of the bridgehead.

Rosenberg led his troops from west to east from the village of Saint-Baran, then turned north and attacked north-east of the bridgehead, outflanking the left flank of the French troops fighting there.

Chen Dao led the ghost battle group directly to the northeast of the bridgehead and confronted the French army there.

To the northeast of the bridgehead of the 5th Panzer Division, the 2nd and 24th Battle Tank Battalions of the 4th Panzer Division of the French Army, supported by infantry from two battalions, launched a charge against the positions of the 5th Panzer Division, which had already been repulsed by the Germans. When the Ghost Strike Group arrived, the French had launched a second attack.

When de Gaulle learned that the 46th Combat Tank Battalion, which was fighting near the village of Saint-Baran, had been completely annihilated and the 4th Motorized Rifle Battalion had been routed, he personally rushed to the front line to direct the battle.

In order to be able to turn the tide of the war, he also brought with him the 19th Combat Tank Battalion, which served as the general reserve, which had twenty-one D2 medium tanks.

De Gaulle threw all of his D2 tanks and the 57 R35 tanks that had survived the previous battle into the charge, preparing to destroy the German defenses on the opposite side in one fell swoop.

In previous battles, de Gaulle had learned that the German units on the opposite side had only about thirty thirty-seven-mm anti-tank guns capable of posing a threat to their own tanks.

The number of German tanks was albeit large. There were more than 100 of them, but most of them were armed with machine guns and 20 mm guns, which were no different from toy guns in the face of the 40 mm thick front armor of the R35 and D2 tanks. It doesn't pose any threat.

De Gaulle mercilessly reprimanded Gaulland, the commander of the 8th Tank and a Half Brigade, who was fully responsible for directing the battle, since the German anti-tank fire on the opposite side was so weak. He also suffered a shameful defeat for which there are no words to describe it except incompetence.

In response to the defense of the commander of the 8th Tank Brigade and a Half, de Gaulle, who had only listened to the beginning, interrupted his complaint with a wave of his hand.

Excuses, all excuses, I knew you would put the blame on the black soldiers of the 2nd North African Division, saying that they were of low quality and could not support the tank attack well before they would be defeated by the Germans.

Can't you just find something new? In the face of such weak firepower of the Germans. Even without the help of the black soldiers, only two battalions of R35 tanks would have been enough to break through the German lines. No matter how low the combat effectiveness of those black soldiers is, it will not be counterproductive, turning the battle that can be won into a fiasco, and to put it bluntly, the commander is incompetent.

De Gaulle, while despising Gaylan in his heart, personally reorganized the attack.

Under de Gaulle's strict orders, and at the same time seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the French army, which had just suffered a defeat, recovered a little, and they regrouped under the leadership of the officer and launched a second charge behind the tanks.

Before the charge was launched, de Gaulle mobilized all 12 155mm howitzers and 24 75mm howitzers to shell the German positions opposite.

Look at the smoke and flames rising one after another in the German positions. There was also the imposing French infantry cluster, and De Gaulle was very excited, this time he would definitely be able to completely destroy this bridgehead of the Germans. Drive them back to the other side of the Du River.

In less than five minutes, the expression on de Gaulle's face changed from agitation to consternation, and then to anger.

My God! What do I see? De Gaulle was shocked and angry.

One, two, one group, two groups of more and more black soldiers crossed the tanks in front of them and bravely rushed towards the German positions.

The lawyers, who were part of the black soldiers, hid behind the tanks, brandishing pistols and shouting for them to come back, but no one listened.

O my God! De Gaulle covered his face in pain, and he already knew the outcome of the battle when he saw this.

The commander of the Eighth Tank Brigade and the Half-Brigade, who was standing beside him, raised the corner of his eye, glanced at De Gaulle quietly, and said in his heart, You finally know my pain. Infantry Coordinated Attack is a tactic that cannot be used by dark-skinned humanoids, and their presence is only counterproductive.

De Gaulle's expression was touching. The expression on Chen Dao's face was also very exciting, he led his subordinates to see a strange scene as soon as he arrived at the battlefield.

Five or six hundred French infantrymen in khaki uniforms rushed to the German positions in a dense and chaotic formation. Behind them, seventy or eighty French tanks were slowly chasing their sturdy figures.

What kind of shit formation is this? Aren't they afraid to block the tank's firing range so that the tank's firepower can't be brought into play?

Or did they think that the infantry in the German positions in front of them was all dead and could easily occupy the German positions?

The commander of the French army on the opposite side must be a novice, the French actually let this kind of person command such an important battle, there is no reason for the country not to die, Chen Dao shook his head and sighed.

Seeing that the friendly infantry had rushed to a distance of less than 200 meters from the German position, the French artillery fire began to extend to the depth of the German position, trying to block the German reinforcements to support the forward position.

After contacting Colonel Rosenberg, Chen Dao learned that the troops of the 25th Panzer Regiment had dispersed a small group of French alert troops and approached the left flank of the French army, so he ordered the tank company of the Ghost Battle Group and the 31st Tank Regiment of the 5th Panzer Division to attack the French troops head-on.

Two tank groups rushed out of their respective concealed positions and met the French infantry group head-on with French artillery fire.

Although the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks of the 31st Tank Regiment were not suitable for tank warfare, their machine guns and 20-mm machine guns on their turrets were no mercy at slaughtering the French infantry, and were even more effective than the KWK40 tank guns of the No. 4G tank.

The French infantryman, who was hit by the German tank's on-board machine gun, was sprayed with blood all over his body and turned into corpses, and the French infantryman who was hit by the 20-millimeter machine gun was even more miserable. Blood holes burst out of his body, and mutilated limb parts flew into the air from time to time, unfolding a terrifying picture.

The Type IV G did not waste time on the French infantry. Their target was the tanks that followed behind the French infantry.

In a salvo of Type 4G tanks, the 40-mm front armor of the French R35 tank was mercilessly torn apart by 75-mm shells. One by one, they were beaten to scrap metal, and the D2 medium tanks didn't do much better, and the larger ones became the preferred target for the Type 4G tank.

Seeing that the charging tanks were paralyzed to the ground by continuous black smoke, and the tankers lifted the hatches and fled frantically, de Gaulle asked Gaille with a grim face: "Didn't you say that the Germans only had 37 mm anti-aircraft guns?" Didn't you say that the Germans had only machine guns and twenty-mm guns in their tanks? Didn't you say that our tanks could easily storm the positions of the Germans? Do you see what the battlefield has become now? ”

"It's clear that German reinforcements have arrived, it's time for us to retreat, and we can't afford to lose all our tanks here." Gailan said aggrievedly.

"Colonel, our left flank spotted German tank units. They have routed one of our companies on the left flank and are marching on us. A lieutenant staff officer hurriedly ran to de Gaulle's side and said.

De Gaulle's face changed, and he hurriedly picked up his binoculars and looked at the left flank of the troops, and sure enough, he saw that a large number of tanks seemed to be moving on the horizon.

"The Germans counterattacked, the Germans counterattacked from frontal positions." Gaylan suddenly pointed to the battlefield to the south and shouted in panic.

De Gaulle turned his telescope to the south of the battlefield, and sure enough, he saw German tanks of all sizes, large and small, charging the French through the infantry trenches.

In the face of the oncoming German tank cluster, the French infantry, which had long been suppressed and could not raise their heads, lost the courage to resist, and the bold ones turned around and ran, and the timid ones lay on the ground and covered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads.

The French tanks behind the infantry were reversing while firing their guns, but they were no match for the German tanks in terms of speed. Seeing the German tanks approaching step by step, the surviving French tank crews simply abandoned their tanks and fled north.

Looking at the battlefield that had collapsed, de Gaulle's mind went blank. After standing for a long time, the thousand words in my stomach converged into one sentence: "Damn nigga." ”

"Retreat, let's go back to the town of Parse." Charles de Gaulle shouted through gritted teeth, and then ran to his Citroen sedan first.

Hearing de Gaulle's order, Gailla and the others rushed to their respective cars as if they had been granted amnesty, and fled with de Gaulle to the town of Palse to the north.

Chen Dao's Bandit No. 1, which was mixed with the 251 type armored vehicle convoy of the 2nd Parachute Battalion and followed the tank cluster, shouted over the radio: "We don't have time to capture the French infantry, tell them to get out of the way quickly, go to the back and surrender to the infantry." so as not to get in the way. ”

The radio spread Chen Dao's voice throughout the Ghost Strike Group and the 31st Panzer Regiment, and the German tankmen showed their heads one after another. In fluent or half-baked French, he shouted to the French infantrymen who had surrendered with their hands raised on the battlefield.

Chen Dao looked at them one by one and raised their hands high. The French infantry, who honestly walked towards the German infantry, turned to Captain Lorenz and said: "It turned out to be a foreign soldier from the colony, no wonder the combat effectiveness is so poor?" ”

"They dare to use such a poor combat force to carry out such an important task, their commander must be a layman." Captain Lorenz couldn't help but complain.

"That rookie must not know that there is an iron law in war, he is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, I can now understand the plight of those French tankmen, they must have been miserable by these unreliable infantry." Chen Dao said.

If you're not afraid of god-like opponents, you're afraid of pig-like teammates! Captain Lorenz secretly kept this sentence in his heart, and said that the words of His Excellency the Commander were always so philosophical.

After joining up with the 25th Panzer Regiment outflanked from the left flank of the French army, the Ghost Strike Group immediately regrouped and pursued the town of Parse, three kilometers to the north, while the 31st Panzer Regiment remained to clear the battlefield.

In the town of Parse, Charles de Gaulle jumped out of his Citroën car and stormed the headquarters of the 2nd North African Division. Shouting to Brigadier General Andrei: "Those damned niggers, they ruined all our hopes, I should hang them all." ”

As soon as Andrei looked at de Gaulle's face, he knew that the counterattack must have failed. He automatically filtered de Gaulle's complaints, eagerly asking: "The counterattack failed?" How big is the loss? ”

"Collapse on all fronts!" De Gaulle shouted angrily.

"How so?" Andrei was shocked by the outcome of the battle.

"The Germans are on their way here. We must retreat at once, and I'll tell you more about the battle later. De Gaulle said.

Seeing this, Andrei hurriedly ordered a retreat without saying a word, and the headquarters of the 2nd North African Division suddenly became a chicken, the staff officers were busy burning all kinds of documents, and the soldiers were busy disassembling all kinds of valuable equipment and loading vehicles.

André and de Gaulle gave full play to the fine style of "let the leaders go first", leaving behind the chaotic command and taking the guards to go first.

When Chen Dao arrived at Palse Town with the Ghost Battle Group and the 25th Armored Regiment, there were no more Fa** people in the town. Only a few French civilians who did not have time to flee.

Chen Dao immediately gave the order to Colonel Rosenberg and asked him to lead his subordinates in pursuit.

"If you meet a guy called Charles. De Gaulle's law ** officer, if he must open fire immediately, he must not show mercy to his subordinates, and he must not be let go. Chen Dao gave a careful explanation to Colonel Rosenberg over the radio.

That de Gaulle must have owed a lot of money to the "Brother-in-law" and did not pay it back? Colonel Rosenberg thought darkly in his heart.

After parting ways with Rosenberg, Chen Dao led the Ghost Battle Group to march westward, heading straight to the bridgehead of the 7th Panzer Division on the west bank of the Du River.

On the east bank of the irrigation canal, two infantry battalions of the French 2nd North African Division faithfully carried out the orders of their superiors, and set up positions facing the German bridgehead to the west, preparing to use the irrigation canal to trap the German troops in the bridgehead.

In the eyes of de Gaulle and Andrei, they became forgotten soldiers. As the convoy of the Ghost Strike Group roared from the east to their positions. All the officers and soldiers on the battlefield were already stunned.

The two French majors led by them surrendered and were brought to Chen Dao.

Chen Dao saw that the eyes of the two French majors, who were at least ten years older than him, were full of tears, and he knew that their tears were not brought about by fear, but because they were ruthlessly abandoned by their superiors.

Chen Dao was very considerate and asked Captain Lorenz to hand them handkerchiefs.

"You're too fast." A French major wiped tears from the corners of his eyes. Then said to Chen Dao.

"It's too risky." The other major continued.

"I'm much slower than your General de Gaulle's escape, as for the adventure you call it?" Chen Dao snorted coldly, and then said, "If I don't take risks, how can I fulfill my promise to defeat France in eight weeks?" ”

The two majors looked at Chen Dao, who was leaving, and they all remembered the rumor about "eight weeks" that had spread rapidly among the coalition forces recently.

They asked Captain Lorenz in unison, "Is Mr. Colonel's surname Rosen?" ”

Captain Lorenz nodded proudly.

"He's the legendary Colonel Rosen."

At five o'clock in the afternoon of May 22, Chen Dao and Rommel again welcomed Admiral Hoth at the division headquarters of the 7th Panzer Division in the town of Zhevli.

"Colonel Rosen, are you sure you're leaving tomorrow?" Hult asked.

"I have been separated from the main forces of Hermangoring's regiment for too long, and I must go to meet them and fulfill my duties as regimental commander." Chen Dao said.

"Before you leave, I want to say it from the bottom of my heart. It's a pleasure to be able to fight alongside you. Admiral Hult paused, and a complicated expression appeared on his face.

"Today is May 22nd. We'll be on the Swiss border by dark tomorrow at the latest, based on that time. We might really be able to beat France in eight weeks. ”

"Not maybe, for sure." Chen Dao said. (To be continued)

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