The German 502nd Tank Battalion and the 1st Panzer Division of the German First Army were rapidly resupplied in the town, and the troops gathered in the west of the town to raise materials and equipment for building pontoon bridges, ready to break through the Maas River at any time. At this time, Max? Hoffman to Erwin? Rommel and Erich? Manstein sent a telegram ordering them to "make great fanfare, actively prepare, and be ready to go, and not to go to the river for the time being." Both Rommel and Manstein knew very well that not attacking would be more effective than attacking, and that not showing their cards could contain Ferdinand? Foch has more troops.

The city of Vittori, a small town on the east bank of the Marne, was the only way for the German Army Group C to penetrate Paris. In 1915, the Germans encountered fierce resistance from the British and French forces here, and finally retreated in defeat. Now the town, on the eastern frontier of Paris, has once again been thrust into the limelight.

Unlike other fronts, the battle here is a suffocating dark battle and small-scale fighting, and Germany and France are maintaining a fighting but not breaking posture. The battle in the early hours of the morning had just ended, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the C Army, Friedrich ? Woolf? Feng? Admiral Bartlet quietly called Rommel and the commander of the 1st Panzer Division of the First Army, Erich? Manstein went to the Marne, tested the main French forces directly in front of Paris, and crossed the bridge over the Marne, if possible, to cover the infantry of Army Group C in the depths of France. The Type II tank crew of Sheridan B022 first received an order, and at about 8 o'clock in the morning, together with an armed personnel carrier, quickly rushed from south to north to the area designated by the deputy commander-in-chief of Army Group C.

A reinforced French infantry platoon of about 100 men detected this important situation on the Marne, and the commander had no time to report to Commander-in-Chief Ferdinand? Foch asked for instructions, but did not get ammunition in time to replenish it, so he hastily decided to ambush him. At about 10 o'clock, tanks and personnel carriers came into the sight of the French, and Sheridan and the personnel carriers also spotted the French attempt, and almost at the same time, the two sides began to fight on the east bank of the Marne. The troop carrier was actually a crack commando team, including a driver and a commando team leader, and eight other team members, and as soon as the gunfire rang out, the team members immediately jumped out of the personnel carrier and occupied a favorable position to return fire. Although the German army did not have many troops, most of them were veterans with rich combat experience, and with excellent weapons, the French army did not get any advantage for a while. The muffled explosion of grenades drowned out the shouts of both sides, and the close-quarters fighting left both sides with no room to maneuver. Due to the onslaught of German submachine guns and an MG-16H machine gun, coupled with the bombardment of the tank's 37-caliber main guns, the French suffered heavy casualties and gradually lost the upper hand, and at the same time, two members of the personnel carrier were unfortunately killed in the firefight.

A well-prepared battle was put in an unfavorable position on the battlefield due to insufficient firepower, and the French army was forced to retreat into a small dense forest behind them, and the German commandos fanned out with sophisticated weapons, pressing forward step by step, and the two sides engaged in close gunfights and hand-to-hand battles in the dense forest. The German commandos were no strangers to jungle warfare, but the French were more familiar with this mountain forest, and seeing that several members of the team were about to be besieged by the French, the B022 tank crew quickly crossed the obstacle and looked for a slightly wider ramp to rush in for reinforcements. 37MM CALIBER SHELLS CONTINUED TO EXPLODE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRENCH TROOPS, THE WEEDS ON THE SMALL HILL WERE IGNITED BY SHRAPNEL, AND THE THICK BLACK SMOKE CHOKED BOTH SIDES TO COUGH, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEARCH FOR TARGETS. The French could not hold out in the dense forest, so they had to quickly cross the side road and sneak into the church on the side of the road.

It was an old church that had long since been dilapidated, and the clergy had temporarily stopped praying because of the continuous fighting.

Due to the fact that the Germans did not receive timely information after breaking through the defensive line, Rommel's tank battalion was unable to stop the French army all the way, and only the sporadic units stationed in various towns and towns were responsible for patrolling occasionally fighting Rommel's tank battalion. This kind of blocking was not very effective, thanks to Rommel's general confluence allowing the detachment to break away from the large army to conduct outpost fire reconnaissance.

There was only one platoon of French troops left behind, and the only heavy weapon was a leftover Maxim heavy machine gun, which was also short of bullets.

The church chosen by the French platoon commander was behind the Marne bridge, and at this time, the French troops were stationed in the church. There was an open square around, and the commandos could not approach without cover, which was very detrimental to the occupation of the bridge. Raleigh approached the church gate with the tank, and asked Priest to use French to warn the French army and order the French army to come out and surrender, but there was no response from it, and Sheridan secretly slandered that the French army might not understand German, but for a while there was no one who could speak French.

Sheridan then ordered the church gate to be shelled, and a shell exploded, shattering the church gate. After the fierce battle, the French army had run out of bullets because they had not been supplied in time, and seeing that the church was no longer a safe place, they decided to blow up the bridge with the few remaining grenades to prevent the Germans from crossing the river. The French platoon commander led several soldiers to collect the remaining grenades and take them away, and ordered the other soldiers to continue to hold on. They quietly escaped from the blind spot of the Germans, climbed through the window, stealthily reached the side of the bridge, found a wooden boat, and slowly rowed to the pier. The French army brand looked at this stone pier and beat a drum in his heart, such a thick stone pier, can these grenades be blown up? He didn't write it himself.

Seeing that the French army was still guarding the church and not coming out, Sheridan had to order the tank to continue to approach and wait for the opportunity to fire, just when Sheridan was about to continue the shelling, an explosion came from a distance, he only thought for a few seconds to guess the intention of the French army, and quickly told the captain of the assault team his guess.

The assault squad quickly gathered under the cover of tank fire and bypassed the church. Seeing a few French soldiers who were destroying the bridge, they quickly rushed forward, a row of submachine guns fired fiercely, the French soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the remaining French soldiers took advantage of the cover of their companions and ignored the rain of bullets and bullets to rush to the bridge, ready to continue to blow up the bridge with grenades. At this time, the commandos shot while quickly rushing forward, the captain and one of the team members were quick to move, and fiercely hugged the French soldier who rushed to the front, and the two sides began to fiercely fight for the grenade, at this moment, the fuse of the grenade was pulled, and the two commandos and several French soldiers were crushed on the spot, and the stone pier of the bridge only had a crack, and did not cause irreparable consequences.

After some fire cover, the French soldiers had exhausted the last ammunition, so they had to put their guns in bayonets and fight the Germans to the death, but the German squad did not intend to fight the French in hand-to-hand combat, but scattered and ran away, allowing Sheridan's tanks to play a good role. The French soldiers were again suppressed by the machine guns and artillery of the tanks, and the French platoon commander, who saw that he could not do anything, had to order surrender.