Tank No. 115 rang out as if it were a starting pistol on a sports field, and the tanks opened fire on the target they were facing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, it is clear that few tanks accurately sent shells into the enemy's bunkers, in fact, many more chose to fire directly at the bunkers.

Although the defense line faced is a tofu scum version of the Maginot Line, it is still much better than the protection of conventional bunkers, and 75mm tank guns cannot cause substantial damage to these bunkers at all, not to mention that the 1st Armored Division also has a large number of small-caliber No. 2 and No. 3 tanks and even No. 1 tanks that are only armed with machine guns.

The shells fired by these tanks either left only a black mark on the heavy reinforced concrete, or only peeled off a little cement, and were completely unable to deal a blow to the enemy.

"Contact the command vehicle and tell them to hit the shells into the firing holes of the bunker as much as possible!"

As Li Ling's order was conveyed, more and more tanks began to fire purposefully at the firing holes of the bunker, but because of the pursuit of accuracy, the speed of the entire army's attack also slowed down.

However, at this very moment, the defenders of the fortress also opened fire!

It wasn't just bunkers that hadn't been shelled, there were even many bunkers that had been populated with high-explosive shells. It looks like this French defender is very tenacious.

But what if they are tenacious?

All the heavy artillery batteries had been destroyed by the German air forces, and in those bunkers they had no heavy weapons at all, and only a very small number of Beuys anti-tank rifles from British aid could pose a threat to the tanks.

Despite having an anti-tank rifle, and a super anti-tank rifle weighing 17 kg, however, this British-made anti-tank rifle simply did not have the combat effectiveness to match its shape.

At a distance of 500 meters, this anti-tank rifle can only penetrate about 15 mm of steel plates, and in the face of Germany, which has more advanced armor technology, this anti-tank rifle can only penetrate the weakest turret side armor of the German No. 4 tank at a distance of 100 meters, and the lethality is too low.

"Keep firing, don't stop! Keep an eye on the course machine gun, and try to get as many bullets as possible into the bunker where the enemy is firing. ”

Li Ling frowned, this is not the Maginot Line, it is already so strong, how strong is the Maginot Line, the ultimate product of the fortress positional battle?

It is no wonder that the French would think that it was absolutely impossible for anyone to break through the Maginot Line, which was simply impregnable.

"Regiment commander, the chief of staff asked if it was our side to slow down, and the 1st Armored Division said that the people of the 113th Infantry Regiment should follow."

"Oh. It's good for him to give orders for this kind of thing, and of course it's good to have infantry coordination, and I believe he can make the right choice. ”

Li Ling smiled slightly, in fact, the reason why Kirsch asked himself on this issue was also because he was worried that the decision he made would be different from Li Ling's choice, after all, in the current situation, it is good to rush forward, and there is nothing wrong with waiting for the infantry, but if he made a choice, and Li Ling did not want to do this, Kirsch was a little afraid of taking responsibility for the consequences.

Not long after, the No. 115 tank group received an order from the regiment to slow down the advance speed of the entire regiment, wait for the men of the 113th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Armored Division to follow, and then accompany the attack.

When the Germans' advance finally slowed down, there were bizarre and strange military movements going on in the French fortress on the other side of the battlefield.

In this section of the French fortress, the 102nd Fortress Division was originally stationed here, but just a day earlier, the newly formed Sixth Army had been replenished here.

However, although the Sixth Army claimed to be a group army, in fact there were not many of them, and they were almost 100 percent, all of them were newly recruited recruits, who had no combat experience at all, and had not even conducted the most basic weapons operation training, in fact, the command of the fortress was still in the hands of the 102nd Fortress Division.

People are selfish, and the commander of the 102nd Fortress Division is no exception.

From the outbreak of the war to the present, the entire French Empire has shown signs of collapse in just a few days, especially after hearing the words of those soldiers who fled from Sedan, the commander of the 102nd Fortress Division has long had the intention of smearing oil on the soles of his feet.

At dawn, when the Germans' planes appeared in the sky, the commander of the 102nd Fortress Division planned to slip away with his subordinates, but it was only to prevent the truth from falling, so he held out until now.

Therefore, when Li Ling and the others suddenly slowed down and almost stopped in front of the fortress, he finally found a suitable reason!

"The Germans have slowed down and it's clear that they must not be fully prepared and we should take this opportunity."

"What are you going to do?"

Although the commander of the Sixth Army held a higher position than the division commander of the 102nd Fortress Division, this commander had no experience in commanding troops at all, and in the defense of this area, the Sixth Army itself was subject to the control of the 102nd Fortress Division.

"Your men have no combat experience, stay in the fortress, I will lead my men to quietly withdraw from the flank, go around to the rear of the enemy, and we will come to a front and rear flanking attack."

This is a beautiful suggestion, but in fact it is far from as simple as the division commander said.

When the infantry caught up with the tank units, and when the German offensive resumed, it was time for the 102nd Fortress Division to withdraw from this stretch of defense.

Stopping the enemy with all their might was the only task for the recruits of the Sixth Army, and with the guarantee of the 102nd Fortress Division, they waited with great anticipation for the 102nd Fortress Division to come out from behind the Germans.

It's just that their waiting is destined to have an ideal ending!

After the 102nd Fortress Division evacuated the fortress, it rushed all the way to the west, and they had no intention of making a detour to the rear, according to the news brought by the deserters, this time the German troops could trample his entire division to death even if they stepped on it, so he would not get that kind of tactic of sending him to death.

Therefore, where there is any tactics to bypass the rear, the commander of the 102nd Fortress Division is nothing more than to find a reason for those recruits of the Sixth Army to sell their lives for themselves, block the footsteps of the Germans for themselves, and then flee all the way west with their troops.

The reason why he chose to flee to the west was actually because of his careful consideration.

Although it only takes a little distance to the south to enter the Maginot Line, but the Maginot Line can almost only defend the front, and now the German army has broken through from here, then the Maginot Line is already in danger, and to the north, although there are a large number of French main forces, but if you really go north, and the German troops in front of you want to attack the main French army in the north, then your own people are equivalent to being chased by these tank armies, and it is definitely not good. So their only option was to go all the way west, to the heart of France.

In this way, even if someone interrogates them after the war, they can find a reason to say that the defense line cannot be held, and for the safety of the French people, they make a decisive decision to abandon the defense line and retreat to the hinterland to protect the French people.

The approach of the 102nd Fortress Division directly suffered this group of recruits on the defensive line......