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However, the general de Gaulle was really powerful, although his idea of using two lines of defense to lure the enemy into depth, and then moving his troops at high speed to encircle and annihilate the encircled German army was very correct and effective, he assumed that his trick was a failure at the beginning of the design of the defense line, and further optimized the design based on the consequences of failure, and designed the communication trench between the two lines of defense into a continuously curved jagged shape.

Compared with the straight line of communication trenches, the infantry took more time to move in the jagged communication trenches, which was not conducive to the rapid movement of personnel in the two fronts, but the jagged trenches provided more protection for the infantry moving inside, which was conducive to the French advancing from the second line of defense to the first line of defense.

This design did not work in the face of the attack of the 3rd Panzer Division, but it also delayed the implementation of De Gaulle's defense plan, but the 7th Panzer Division succeeded in taking the first line of defense, making De Gaulle's vision come true.

Now, it's time for Charles de Gaulle's design to shine.

Under the command of the front commander, the infantry of two battalions of the French army quickly entered the communication trenches from the second line of defense, and quickly advanced along the winding communication trenches to the first line of defense where the Germans were entrenched.

On the German side, on the other hand, the Panzergrenadiers were still busy reinforcing and deepening the trenches at the rear of the first line of defense, while the sentries in charge of observing the battlefield did not notice the French troops running in the communication trenches at all.

It wasn't until the French broke out of the trench and fired a shot at a bewildered German soldier that the German officers and soldiers realized that the French had launched a counterattack.

The grenadiers quickly threw down their shovels, grabbed their guns and hurried to the various communication trench-trench junctions to defend against the French offensive.

However, the French army had already rushed into the German trenches at this time, and the German army, which was caught off guard, lost several firing points one after another, and had to shrink back.

After several minutes of exchanging fire with each other, the panzergrenadier boys finally stabilized their position from the rout under the cover of the tanks, and the platoon commanders of each company also showed the excellent qualities of the German junior officers, under their orders, a fire point composed of MG42 as the core was established, and under the leadership of some officers, the grenadiers began to seize several communication points in the trenches in an organized manner, and launched a fierce counter-charge against the counterattacking French troops.

In the face of the powerful firepower suppression of the German army and the fighting spirit of being brave and fearless and not afraid of sacrifice, the French troops advancing at high speed were forced to stop, and the two sides changed from the initial offensive and defensive distinctions to brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat in the trenches.

Time seems to have rewind more than 20 years ago, to the First World War, which was dominated by positional warfare.

At this time, the advantage of the German army with a large number of trench guns and submachine guns began to appear, in front of the MP40 rain-like bullets and a large number of M37 trench guns, a large number of tethered rifles, only a small number of MAS-38 and American Thompson submachine guns The French army was quickly defeated, and the situation on the battlefield was reversed, and the German grenadiers began to advance forward, constantly pressing the French army outside the trenches.

Faced with this situation, the French front commander was very unwilling, and under his order, the French soldiers changed their tactics and no longer exchanged guns with the Germans, but hid in various corners and waited for the German soldiers to pass by, and then picked up their bayonets and forced the Germans to fight in close combat.

The idea was actually very good, and it allowed the French to avoid the German superiority and drag the Germans into hand-to-hand combat that they did not want to face.

However, although the Germans are reluctant to face hand-to-hand combat, it does not mean that they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, and the Germans in this life have basically strengthened the practice of how to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy under the mandatory requirements of Lyon, and one of the subjects of hand-to-hand combat is specially conducted in the trenches.

Moreover, all the armory shovels issued by the Germans to soldiers had an open blade at one end, in order to enhance the practicality of the armory shovel, but at this time, compared to the bayonets that were too long to be used in the trenches, this kind of open-edged ordnance shovel became an artifact in the hands of the Germans.

In the face of all kinds of slashing, stabbing and stabbing shovels, and the German soldiers who danced out of flowers, the French soldiers carrying bayonets were suddenly beaten and cried for their fathers and mothers, and they only felt that the idea of vainly trying to pull the German army into hand-to-hand combat was whimsical.

In the face of countless shovels slapping at them, the last trace of the French soldiers' desire to fight was scattered, and they ignored the commander's obstruction, and retreated like a tide along the communication trench to the place where they came, leaving only a stump and corpse on the ground, proving that there was a heroic French unit here that fought to the death against the German army.

Seeing the French retreat like a tide, the German commander immediately ordered his troops to follow, wanting to take advantage of the retreat of the French army to fight a round of defensive counterattack.

But unfortunately, this idea was also thought of by de Gaulle, the connection between the French communication trench and the second pay-off line was funnel-shaped, which made the Germans be taken care of by dozens of light and heavy machine guns as soon as they rushed out of the communication trench.

After the fighting came to a halt again, the Germans learned from their abedience, and they sent several engineering squads carrying explosives into the communication trenches and blew up the fortifications in several key places. If the French wanted to continue attacking the German line through the trenches, their troops would have been exposed to German fire in several key positions.

Although the exposure will not be long, the German firepower is truly terrifying, and the large number of MG42s and tank guns form a network of fire that makes it difficult for anyone who is directly exposed to German guns to die.

De Gaulle also knew that if the first round of sneak attacks failed to regain the position and put the Germans on guard, then it would be absolutely impossible to get it back, so he did not plan to organize a second round of attacks, but began to strengthen the second line of defense.

After all, he is the defender after all, and the offense can but must be appropriate, and defending the position is his first priority.

Rommel was in no hurry to attack in the face of a thickening line of defense, because his "killer moves" - the 712th Panzer Battalion and the 137th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment equipped with a small number of Tiger tanks - were almost ready to arrive on the battlefield.

De Gaulle, who knew the movements of the German army, also prepared a big meal for the German troops who came, he concentrated 80% of the 75mm caliber anti-tank guns and more than half of the tanks, and lined up in a huge pocket in front of the German troops who were crossing the woods and approaching the French line, quietly waiting for the Germans to enter the urn.

The commanders of both sides knew very well that the next battle would decide the life and death of this defensive line, and even affect the fate of the entire Battle of the Somme and France!

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