118 Toward Sedan
On the morning of 5 May, when the sky was faintly bright, wave after wave of bombers roared over the garrison of the 1st Regiment and headed for the important French city of Sedang in the distance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On September 1, 1870, a world-famous battle broke out here, in which 120,000 French troops were surrounded in Sedan and the battle was fought from morning to evening, and the white flag was raised at the head of the city of Sedan from morning to evening!
Later that day, Napoleon III wrote a surrender to the King of Prussia.
On September 2, under the walls of Sedan City, Bismarck, the iron-blooded Chancellor of Germany, formally accepted the surrender of Napoleon III!
The significance of this event is not just a battle, it marks the beginning of the second French Empire in history, and at the same time, it also marks the complete integration of the Germanic peoples into a whole, the official establishment of the German Empire, and they stand as independent and proud among the nations of the world.
When it comes to Sedan, almost every Frenchman has a faint pain in their hearts, but today, their pain will be even more persistent, because the German Army Group A is only one step away from Sedan at this time, and the Luftwaffe has already sent a group of bombers to cover the sky and start the bombing of Sedan.
However, although the French knew that Sedang was their sad place, they still failed to pay attention to the important position of Sedang in this war.
According to the 'Plan D' drawn up by the Anglo-French forces, almost all of the huge British and French troops were deployed on the Maginot Line, as well as in northern France and the Netherlands, while near Sedan there were only nine divisions of the Ninth Army.
Almost all of these 9 French divisions are second-line troops, and what is worse is that more than 70 percent of the personnel of 6 of these 9 divisions are temporary recruits, who have no combat experience at all, and some of them can't even shoot with the most basic weapons!
The devastating blow along the Meuse River had already frightened the French troops defending Sedan, and their morale had suffered an unimaginable blow.
When the Germans' bomber group appeared in the sky over Sedan, the only thing they could think of was to run away, and they didn't even think of taking up arms or maneuvering anti-aircraft guns to fight back!
"Attention of the whole regiment, check the weapons and equipment, ammunition and fuel, and launch an attack in half an hour!"
Sedang? Hum!
Let's bury France from here!
Li Ling sat next to the tank, lit a cigarette, looked at the busy soldiers around him, and clenched his fists, this is the real war, starting with the capture of the first city in France!
Half an hour always passed in a hurry, the roar of the tank engine starting resounded throughout the land, and all the troops of the German Army Group A had already received orders at this time, and the offensive had officially begun!
"Let's go, the first battalion is in front, the second battalion and the third battalion are close behind, let the people of the Great German Infantry Regiment get on the car as much as possible, we will give them a ride, and the rest of the people who can't get on the car let them go and figure out their own way, and those who really don't want to run with the tank go to the repair company and the support detachment!"
The Greater German Infantry Regiment was airdropped along the Meuse River on the afternoon of the 4th, which was their first appearance on the French battlefield, and was originally assigned to the 1st Panzer Division to fight together according to the plan, but because the troops along the Meuse River had been assembled before, the 1st Panzer Division was assigned to other infantry units, so in the end the Greater German Infantry Regiment was thrown to the 1st Regiment directly under it.
But it's interesting to say, an infantry regiment fights with an armored regiment, and the number is simply disproportionate.
An armored regiment is only a little more than a hundred tanks, but at that time, an infantry regiment of the German army had more than 3,000 soldiers, so that a tank butt should be followed by dozens of infantry, which is already a little bloated, if you want to give full play to the real power of infantry coordination, the number of infantry accompanied by each tank should not exceed 15 people.
But it seems that Li Ling has no way to refuse in this matter, the order has been issued, and he can only accept it.
"Hey, hey, hey! Take your legs away from Lao Tzu, I can't see the way! ”
Within minutes of the tank's start, Parker roared, slamming the hatch hard, and then his roar got no response at all, and the hatch was already sitting under the ass of an infantryman, and Parker couldn't even open the hatch.
The tank was already full of people, and the amount of this carrying was close to that of a motorcycle in a certain country in the future.
"Okay, don't be angry, you're just angry again, I don't think they can hear ......"
Compared to Parker, Young Slam is even more helpless, his observation hole has been completely blocked, and he can't see anything, but fortunately, he doesn't need to keep an eye on the front like Parker.
Bang Bang Bang!
Li Ling took out his pistol and knocked on the hatch above his head, signaling that he was going to come out, and after a long time, he pushed the hatch open, obviously, there were people sitting on it just now.
Pushing open the hatch, Li Ling leaned out and looked at his armored command vehicle, speechless for a while.
This is simply adding a layer of human flesh to their tank, and there are at least a dozen people sitting on the tank, which is still the reason why the people in their Great German Infantry Regiment know that this is a command vehicle, and not many people dare to come up.
On a No. 4 tank next to it, there were no less than 20 people!
I really don't know how these people climbed up, some of them are even next to the heat vent of the engine, aren't they afraid that their butts will be burned?
"Sit on the soldier in front of the left, take your legs out of the way and avoid the small window in that place, otherwise the driver won't be able to see the road ahead!"
"Yes, sir!"
Hearing Li Ling say this, the soldier hurriedly moved his butt to the side, but he didn't forget to lie down to see where the observation window was.
It didn't matter what he saw, Parker's scream was immediately heard from inside the tank!
A human head suddenly appeared in his already narrow field of vision, and it was so close, Parker was almost scolding now!
But there is no way to think about it, who let there be so many infantry assigned this time?
"Boss, at our rate, when will we be able to get to Sedang?"
Parker has a bit of a headache, with so many people, the tank can't drive fast at all, not because the tank's power is not enough, but once it drives fast, if these people fall, once the tank behind it can't be seen, it will be troublesome.
"Take your time, we're already fast compared to the rest of the troops."
Looking through the binoculars, the situation on the side of the 1st Armored Division is not much better than itself, the 1st Armored Division is different from the 1st Regiment directly under it, they have too many old-fashioned tanks, and although the data of these old-fashioned tanks is okay on paper, after experiencing the battles along the Meuse, there are already many problems, and they dare not drive fast at all.
When Li Ling and the others advanced towards Sedan, the poor French defenders were looking for a place to hide at this time, and many soldiers even chose to escape!
The officers had no control over the scene, and the shock and damage caused by the German bombers had scared the recruits who had never seen death before......