125 Last line of defense
At midnight on the 6th, as the French Second Army entered the battle for the village of Stoney, the pressure on the 10th Panzer Division and the Greater German Infantry Regiment increased dramatically, however, this pressure did not last long, because then a steady stream of German troops began to enter the battlefield, and after resolving the brief panic caused by the British and French air forces, they immediately killed them. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At the same time, the 1st Panzer Division and the 1st Regiment that were approaching to the west finally arrived in front of that small section of the fortress.
However, they did not attack immediately, because this can be said to be the last line of defense before the French hinterland, and the French will definitely resist with all their might, so Guderian and Li Ling, who followed the 1st Panzer Division, decided to attack after dawn when they can get air force support.
In the early morning of the 7th, three battalions of the 73rd Artillery Regiment of the 1st Panzer Division began shelling the French defensive line.
At dawn, the sky was slightly bright, and the German bomber group that covered the sky and the sun like locusts crossing pierced the sky!
"That's the plan of attack, I'll contact you directly via Radio 115 for the rest. Pay attention to the communication with the 1st Panzer Division and be ready to respond to any situation that may arise. ”
"No, Commander, I'm ......"
"I believe in you!"
Li Ling's right hand slapped heavily on the shoulder of Chief of Staff Kirsch, giving him an unusually trusting look, and then turned to leave, leaving Kirsch alone in the wind.
Kirsch, the chief of staff, is really tired.
Before coming to the 1st Regiment directly under him, he was a staff officer of the Army General Staff, and he was originally assigned here as the chief of staff, although he was transferred from the headquarters to the grassroots troops, but the discerning people knew that this was an opportunity to climb up faster.
But who would have thought that he, the chief of staff, would be so aggrieved.
Not to mention that Li Ling rarely considers his own opinions, just take it as now, after he has decided the battle plan by himself, he will go to the tank that serves as the vanguard as the commander, leaving a whole regiment for Kirsch to command alone.
Kirsch is the chief of staff, he is simply a hard role of being a father and a mother, and it is completely thankless, once there is a mistake in command, then Li Ling will definitely blame himself.
"Let's go, let's go!"
As the plane whizzed overhead, Li Ling sat on the roof of Tank No. 115 and waved his arms, and the attack officially started from this moment.
The section of defense that Li Ling is about to attack is the only defense line on the opposite side of the Ardennes Forest that is built according to the design ideas of the Maginot Line, but this is not the Maginot Line after all, so at best, it can only be regarded as a tofu dregs-level Maginot Line.
Hours of shelling and a large number of aerial bombs dropped by the German air force destroyed most of the inferior 'Pseudo-Maginot Line'.
The batteries that were visible from the air were all destroyed, and all that remained was a semi-hidden concrete bunker.
"Well, guy, gunner, don't you see that bunker right in front of you!"
Li Ling, who had become the commander of the regiment after a few days as a commander, re-commanded the tank operation, but as a result, the people in the crew could not even be called by name, and they were a little uncomfortable for a while.
"See, regiment .. Head. ”
All but one of the drivers in this group was a veteran, and the gunners obviously did not expect that their regimental commander would transfer the commander to join him in a tank before the battle.
Nervous, absolutely nervous.
"See that shooting window, shoot me there, put on a high-explosive bomb, and shoot it directly!"
Li Ling did not hesitate when he gave the order, but this stumped the gunner of tank No. 115, he is not that kind of veteran, before he was pulled to France, he only carried out live ammunition shooting that could be counted with two hands, and each time the shooting distance was not more than 500 meters, and it was still a big target.
Now they must be at least a thousand meters away from the target, at such a distance, if it weren't for Li Ling's reminder, he wouldn't have found the camouflaged bunker at all, and as for the so-called shooting window, it was only the size of a sesame seed in the scope.
"Why don't you fire yet?"
After waiting for a long time, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the bunker, Li Ling was a little anxious.
A quiet bunker now does not mean safe, maybe the enemy is waiting, since a large number of batteries have been destroyed, it is unlikely that there will be any heavy artillery in such a bunker, so the French will definitely wait and wait until the German troops are close before firing!
"I... I... I'm afraid I won't be able to hit ......."
"I'm afraid of a fart, I'm afraid of anything, so what are you doing on the battlefield? If you don't fire now, do you wait until the enemy gets close enough and blows you away, and then you open fire? Are you going to go to Lord Yama and fire again! ”
Li Ling's language is uncivilized, and he himself can take over the gunner's position to shoot, but now it is obvious that he does not intend to do this, but hopes that this soldier can really use his own strength to shoot this cannon, whether it can be hit or not, at least to cultivate his decisive spirit!
On the battlefield, you can not fight accurately, but you must not dare to fight, and if you are not accurate, at least you can deter the enemy, if you dare not fight, then you are a live target in the eyes of the enemy.
Being directly scolded by the regiment commander, the recruit gritted his teeth and finally gave himself a little courage.
"Slow down, steady the car! You aim as far as you can, it doesn't matter if you miss, you just don't miss, we have a second chance. ”
After scolding, give some encouragement appropriately, it seems that this hand was learned from the squad leader when he was in the recruit company.
Bang~!
Finally, the gunner pressed the firing machine, and the sound of the gun being ejected sounded muffled inside the tank, not as deafening as outside.
Li Ling hurriedly began to observe the target situation through the periscope.
I didn't see it, but Li Ling obviously saw the fire that erupted from the shooting window!
Hit!
This guy actually hit with one shot, you must know that although the tank has slowed down, but after all, it is still on the move, this is a tank during World War II, but it is not as advanced as the artillery stabilization system of later generations, and the current artillery stabilization system is not very reliable at all, in such a situation, at such a distance, I didn't expect this recruit to really hit the shooting window with one shot!
"Hit? Hit! Haha, I hit! ”
"Alright, don't rush to get excited! It's good, it's very good, I'm not sure I'm going to hit it so far. However, now is not the time for you to be happy, we need to take out the enemy first. ”
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