The people next to him watched Hoffman being kicked to the ground, but they couldn't spare their hands to rescue, everyone thought that Hoffman was dead, and even Hoffman himself closed his eyes and waited for death.

At that moment, a gunshot rang out, and the soldier, who had raised his bayonet at Hoffmann, looked at the hole in his chest in disbelief and fell to the ground in disbelief.

Crystal finally got rid of his battlefield phobia and shot Hoffman in a life-or-death situation!

"Rookie, shoot beautifully!" Hans couldn't help but let out a roar.

"Crystelle! I owe you my life! Hofmann, who had escaped his life, immediately rolled to his feet, grabbed his bayonet and rejoined the fight.

Crystal who had defeated him also joined the warband, but he was clearly at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, and was slashed several times in a short time.

Perhaps it was the pain and blood that stimulated Crystelle, and his bloodiness was gradually stimulated, which was directly manifested in the fact that he fought more and more desperately, and began to attack his opponents regardless of himself.

Of course, such a style of play is obviously irrational, and the more and more and deeper wounds on the body are enough to prove it.

The Germans, having lost their firepower superiority, gradually lost control of the battlefield, and the French army continued to send more men to join the hand-to-hand combat with the Germans.

Seeing that the battle line was about to collapse completely, the German commander finally issued an order to retreat and compress the defensive line, and the grenadiers immediately began to cover each other and retreated.

When the French commander saw that the Germans were beginning to retreat, he immediately asked the French infantry to bite the pace of the German retreat, intending to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the German army in front of him in one fell swoop.

This idea was really good, but the German commander also thought of this, and the German infantry tank pushed forward when the front-line troops began to retreat, and at the risk of being destroyed by the French anti-tank guns, they effectively suppressed the pursuing French troops with 20mm machine guns at close range, covering the retreat of their own troops.

As soon as Gro and the others, who had been running wildly, entered the rear position, they collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

"I've never been so embarrassed when I stepped on a horse!" After finally breathing a sigh of relief, Hans couldn't help but complain, "Back then, it wasn't as unbearable as it is today!" ”

Hans was right, they were quite embarrassed, four and a half of the ten men in one squad were killed (Fogel was seriously wounded and was taken to the makeshift medical station as soon as he returned), and the remaining five men all lost their guns and equipment except for Hoffman and Cristal.

"I'll have to avenge this sooner or later!" Gro also punched the ground hard.

However, although Gro and the others have almost lost all their guns, it is not a hassle to get a few more guns in the messy battlefield they are fighting now.

After a short rest, Gro took the rest of the men to get a few guns and returned to the battlefield to join the tightened defensive line.

In the face of the highly compressed defense line of the German army, the French army, which had bullied the gap in the German defense line before, no longer had to do the first infantry charge, which was simply to give the German army a terrifying firepower, and the German defense line finally stabilized.

"Mr. Major General, the French offensive is quite fierce, and two of my battalions have suffered heavy losses, one of which has been reduced by nearly half!" In the command vehicle of the 137th Panzergrenadier Regiment, the commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Edward, was complaining to the chief of staff of the "Burlissingen" Panzer Division, "Mr. Major General, why on earth are the French army so clear about our movements?" ”

"The division headquarters doesn't know yet, major, the 7th Panzer Division is also trying to find out the situation." The chief of staff obviously didn't know anything about it, "But now it's clear that your troops have to be crucified there!" ”

"Why? Why do we need to die here when our actions have already been discovered? Edward didn't understand, "My troops have suffered heavy casualties, and we won't be able to hold out for long if we continue like this!" ”

"For you to be crucified there is a request of the headquarters of the First Army! And the taking of the Somme in one day was an order from the Führer himself! The chief of staff said solemnly, "Do you still have questions?!" ”

"No problem!" As soon as he heard the word "Führer", Edward immediately stopped complaining and said solemnly, "We will be crucified here until the last man!" ”

"Not until the last man." The divisional chief of staff's voice also slowed down a lot, "Your support is already on the way, a battalion of the 138th Grenadier Regiment has rushed to the river, and an army aviation unit directly under Army Group A has also taken off!" ”

"Army Aviation Troops? Airplanes? Edward shook his head, "Mr. Major General, I don't think the planes will be effective here, this is the woods, and even the pilots of the ground support attack planes will not be able to see the ground situation clearly...... Why don't you tell them they don't have to take off? I don't want them to drop a few bombs on my head. ”

"I have no right to intervene in this...... Major General's voice was a little strange, "but I can assure you that these planes will never drop bombs on your head." ”

"Okay......" Edward replied reluctantly, then hung up.

"How? Can we retreat? Seeing that Edward had hung up the phone, the regimental chief of staff hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"No, you can't." Edward shook his head firmly, "Hold this place and fight back at the intended target, this is the Führer's order!" ”

"Führer...... How could he ...... in person" The chief of staff was stunned.

"I don't care about this, but since this is the Führer's personal order, then even if I die, I must be nailed here!" Edward removed an MP40 submachine gun from the wall of the command car, then picked up the steel helmet on the table and pushed the door open on his head to walk out of the safe command car.

"All officers of the guard platoon and regimental headquarters! Come with me! He roared around and led the way to the front line of the battle.

Although the fire network of the German army was strong, the French offensive did not weaken in the slightest, and waves of infantry under the cover of infantry guns and anti-tank guns continued to storm the German defenses, as if they were about to repeat the tragic situation of the Battle of the Somme in World War I.

This kind of battle lasted for more than two hours, and the German grenadiers had less and less ammunition, and the MG42 and MP40, which had been holding the trigger and not letting go, could only shoot short bursts, and the ammunition hand with a 200-round magazine chain with a machine gun on his back also began to remove a part of the 7.92mm bullet from the chain to ensure the use of the G41 rifle first.

The encircled grenadier regiment was in a desperate situation, and the only thing they could hope for was that the reinforcements outside the encirclement could tear through the encirclement and rush in as soon as possible, but judging from the intensity of gunfire coming from the direction of the riverbank, it would probably take at least some time for the reinforcements to arrive.