Chapter 786: Heaven and Earth 3

The French 11th Panzer Battalion, which served as a flank attack, was wilted as soon as it entered the battlefield! "On a width of less than 1000 meters on our front, the opposing side concentrated dozens of artillery pieces! Their line of fire was very low, the muzzle of the gun was only half a meter above the ground, and it was covered with camouflage nets, and even water was poured on it to prevent the artillery from firing dust! It was a perfect trap, and my company was mostly wiped out in the first place! ”

"Countless fire dragons flew close to the ground, and they were as terrible as the banshee's vicious curse that could kill people! Several tanks in front of me were killed by a platoon of guns, almost simultaneously hit by ferocious fire, the tooth-wrenching crashes and tearing sounds of shells hitting the armor, the explosions, and the screams of the survivors turned the entire battlefield into a hell, and before we even could see the full picture of the opposing defensive positions, our battle was over! This is how a captured French officer described the situation after the war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Not to mention, the 6-pounder cannon made by the British is really easy to use, small in weight, and powerful enough." After easily destroying an FT10 tank with a 6-pounder gun captured from the Russians, a German artilleryman said as he drew a white line on the gun's shield.

The prince brought not only his own armored forces from the Eastern Front, but also a large number of eye-catching captured supplies! Among them, 107mm guns and 57mm guns are the best, the former makes up for the number of long-range light guns. And the latter compensated for the lack of the number of anti-aircraft guns. The power of the 75mm gun is actually a bit excessive, and for troops in motion, the power is sufficient, but the lighter gun with a larger ammunition reserve is obviously more useful. And these guns really came in handy at the critical moment, and the rapid divisions on both flanks used a defensive line composed of more than 70 6-pounder guns (57mm guns) and more than 40 medium-caliber rapid-fire guns to knock four French armored battalions head-to-head.

In front of the minefield, behind it is a fire support point built with company artillery as a pillar, and in the middle there are anti-tank groups with a large number of large-caliber machine guns and cluster grenades. This is simply a crispy tank designed for the French! In an arc-shaped preset position, a huge number of French tanks were surrounded by flat-firing guns no less numerous than their own, and dozens of artillery pieces fired frantically at the French armored units hundreds of meters away with an average of at least 8 shells per minute.

Thousands of shells fired in a matter of minutes not only shattered the French tanks, but also swept away the few infantry and vehicles that followed, and the wall of fire of shells and flames continued to roll on the battlefield, whether it was Renault tanks, FT10s, or infantry once they were involved, the bones were instantly gone. When tanks can't provide fire cover and fend off attacks for infantry, when infantry doesn't have time to clear mines, obstacles, and anti-tank crews hiding in the shadows, the so-called infantry-tank coordination is a joke.

Admittedly, after the first round of blows, the French follow-up tanks still quickly identified some targets, at a distance of 300 to 700 meters, the two sides launched a frantic fire, shells of various calibers and countless bullets flew towards the opponent, a net of steel and flame kept harvesting the lives of both sides, when the German shells successfully smashed dozens of French tanks into pieces, the French firepower also killed the surface of the battle defense guns.

The remaining French tanks stubbornly advanced, crossing the line, crushing artillery and machine guns, and advancing in depth, but soon a succession of anti-tank groups with large-caliber machine guns and even suicide-like grenades stubbornly held back the French advance.

"The power of the cluster grenade is so great, seven defensive grenades are trapped together, six of them have their handles removed, and the bombardier holds the middle handle in his hand, and this oversized grenade has more than 2 kilograms of explosives alone! (300 grams per defensive grenade charge), the huge explosive force can destroy the Renault tank even directly by the blast wave. But such weapons are also very dangerous for the user, and I have seen more than once that the attacker and the tank have died together. ”

No one can take into account all the situations on the battlefield, and even after strengthening the anti-armor forces, the infantry anti-tank is still a very threatening task, and the grenadiers who rushed into battle blocked the final charge of the French on both flanks with their own blood and even their lives in the midst of loud noises! When the last group of anti-tank men of the second line of defense silently picked up the bundled grenades and prepared to attack, the French finally stopped, and the casualties of more than 70% finally broke the French!

When the smoke cleared, the French threw away more than 60 chariots of all kinds, plus thousands of infantry, on a position less than 1 kilometer wide and no more than 3 kilometers deep. The corpses of both sides were stacked on top of each other, blood mixed together, and it was impossible to distinguish each other, and hundreds of vehicles of various kinds and a large number of artillery pieces told the cruelty of war like steel graves. At the same time, a larger battle is unfolding in the middle, and there are still at least 5 battalions of French armored troops and German regiments fighting for the final victory!

Most of the Hu Feng assault guns were deployed in a staggered two-row formation in the center, flanked by a large number of cricket tanks. Baron Schmidt personally rushed to the front line. At this time, all the divisional units also went to the battlefield, and behind them was the last armored reserve of the Bavarian Corps, and besides them, the prince could not even take out a single armored unit that could be used!

"Fire!" When the French were 1,200 meters away from the torrent of armor, more than 20 Hu Feng assault guns launched the first round of fire, and the dense shells whistled and flew towards the target, except for 2 particularly unlucky Renaults were smashed, the rest of the French dodged the first round of shelling safely. And this round of shelling was like blowing the horn of the last attack of the French, and all the French chariots began to go crazy!

"We're rushing towards the target like crazy boars, you can never understand the fear, the opponent can easily smash all our tanks to pieces from 1,200 meters away as long as they hit! And we, if you want to penetrate the cricket, the 75mm gun is about 500 meters, and it may take about 350 meters to penetrate the Hu Feng, if it is the kind of guy who hangs a lot of track shoes and load wheels, I still recommend that you hit the side will be better. So, as soon as the Germans open fire, then there is only one way for us, and that is to charge! Never die! A French officer and soldier who survived the battle known as the steel meat grinder recalled.

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