Commander of the 50th Brigade of the 151st Division of the British Imperial Army. Colonel Glenn was holding a telescope and looking at the German position.

He felt that his head was very painful, and the commander-in-chief, General Franklin, scolded himself on the radio, and the general was so violent that he seemed to be able to feel the general's splattered saliva on the microphone.

"What do you say, we dragged all the attacking troops back, and the 13th brigade on the right was not stuck there the same. What do you say, we are here at a key point on the entire front, and we must speed up the attack. And what else is it that we are going to crush the Germans at any cost. But as soon as he heard that I had lost six Matildas, he scolded me and shouted that I would be court-martialed. How is it possible to defeat the enemy without losses? Colonel Glenn angrily whipped the poor oak tree beside him with his horsewhip, and recalled the fierce battle that had been.

Everything was perfect, according to the original plan, the 5th Brigade of the 13th Division and its own 151st Brigade each marched in unison with a battalion of heavy tanks to attack the Germans in the direction of St. Quentin from the Alaskembre front. Aerial reconnaissance found that there were only two German units in that direction, and they were moving to the west. One of them was an armored division, the other was a reinforced mechanized infantry regiment, and there were no other follow-up units behind them.

If the plan is correct, he and the 13th Brigade are ready to give way to the main tank force of the tank division first, and suddenly appear on the enemy's flank, crush the German infantry with all their strength, cut the armored division in half, and then come to annihilate the tank force that has lost the protection of the infantry in front. And the two French divisions will also attack the flank of the German mechanized infantry regiment from the front near Armand to the northeast, and then launch a centripetal assault with us to completely tear up the two German ** teams and open up the connection between the French First Army and the British Expeditionary Force and the French rear.

At the beginning of contact with the German army, the precious "Matilda" tanks, which had been specially protected, really emitted extraordinary power. Not only did they cooperate with the infantry to eliminate an entire battalion of German troops, but they also directly destroyed the anti-tank positions of the Germans.

At that time, it was clear that the enemy's infantry and trucks were lined up in front of them like targets, parked on the dirt road. They expose their soft underbelly to themselves, and their own troops can completely crush them simply by rushing forward. What they didn't expect was that the Germans abandoned their usual desperate style and fled without any sense of honor. What they didn't expect was that the Germans even left two tanks and a wheeled armored vehicle to intercept their pursuit.

Although the 37mm guns of the two German No. 3 tanks could not penetrate the front armor of the "Matilda", they were really not merciless against the infantry. The two tanks were constantly moving their positions, slaughtering the infantry with grenades and machine guns. And the pilots of those "Matilda" usually show off their strength and are well-trained, but at the critical moment, the artillery is empty, and it seems that they will only hit some fixed targets. The armoured vehicle was even more troublesome, as it was speeding back and forth on the dirt road, firing at the infantry with its terrifying 20mm cannon while Matilda's attention was on the two German tanks. It is terrifying because the 20mm cannon kills infantry faster and more effectively. The two tanks and the armoured car had already killed at least two of his own companies of boys before they were destroyed by Matilda, and dragged their troops there for half an hour.

He had no choice but to order his troops to rush desperately and pursue the fleeing enemy. When they reached the edge of the woods, they found that the despicable Germans had already set up a blocking position in front. In order to test the reality of the other party, he first launched an infantry attack. The other party was really prepared and used ferocious fire to push the infantry back.

But it seems that the other side does not have any artillery. So he ordered the 25-pounder artillery battalion in his rear to carry out an artillery bombardment of those heavy fire points that the Germans had exposed, and it seemed that the effect was not bad, destroying a lot of the opponent's armored vehicles, and also destroying the opponent's machine gun positions on the hillside. Then he ordered "Matilda" to accompany the infantry to assault the opposing side's infantry trenches, but what he didn't expect was that those cunning Germans actually hid their strength, and the infantry was intercepted by the light field guns and anti-tank guns hidden by the Germans, and the "Matilda" was also blown up by the anti-tank mines planted by those damned Germans, and two of them seemed to have been damaged by the shelling and stopped on the battlefield. As a result, the tank crews were so frightened that they fled as quickly as possible. It was a shame for the British Imperial Army, and I didn't see them run so fast when attacking, which made me very suspicious of the actual speed of the "Matilda's" reverse gear.

Originally, the infantry boys continued to charge under the command of their brave officers, but out of nowhere, a few German fighters flew in and fired at the infantry, which simply destroyed the morale of the infantry and completely crushed their own attack that would have been perfect. If it weren't for the fact that a few 40-millimeter machine guns were stationed nearby to drive those planes into the air, I really don't know how far the morale of my soldiers would have dropped.

Interestingly, at first the Germans were also shooting at those planes, and did not stop until they saw those planes strafing the infantry. Is it strange that German anti-aircraft artillery was not trained to identify their own aircraft? Then it was the strange German bomber that swept over its head and rushed into the battlefield without a sound. At that time, I was really scared of myself, such a big guy, without a sound at all, passed over his head was really terrifying, very oppressive.

It was later discovered that it was a wounded plane, both engines had stalled, and one of them was still emitting white smoke. That guy just fell into the middle of the battlefield, and he was really dumbfounded at the time, to be honest, he had never seen such a big plane make a forced landing. Then I saw that it knocked a "Matilda" that was damaged on the battlefield, I really don't know how the crew in the tank felt, I didn't see the people inside escape in front, and after such a moment, even if there were people alive in it, it was enough to choke now.

If you look closely, you can see that the plane is not simple. The fuselage was actually emblazoned with the Nazi party flag, and it seemed that it was a special-purpose aircraft. So he immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot at the plane and see how the opposing Germans reacted. If the other party reacts strongly, it means that the plane is indeed important or that there are some important people sitting in the plane, then you can immediately mobilize the artillery and machine guns to completely destroy it, and maybe there will be an unexpected gain.

Now that I think about it, I really regret the decision at that time, when I should have directly ordered the tank guns and machine guns to destroy that plane. The reaction of the Germans at the time convinced them that they were right. But just as they were about to give the order to destroy the plane completely, the Germans fired smoke bombs and obscured their view from here. By the time they could see the target clearly, the Germans who had survived the plane had already run into the opposite trench. Using a telescope to see through the smoke that there seemed to be a high-ranking general in that group of people, he really made a mistake.

Just when he was regretting it, he received a contact signal from General Franklin, and was scolded by the old guy on the radio.

Now I was in a dilemma as to how to take that position in the shortest possible time and at the least cost, and completely defeat the Germans. Colonel Glenn looked at his watch, time was running out, and he had to take that position before the sun went down, otherwise he would really be pushed to court-martial for the crime of delaying the fighter.

Glenn and his staff studied for a long time, but they couldn't think of any way to solve the current problem. As a result, he had no choice but to give the offensive order, still in accordance with the old habit of the British Army, "first cover the enemy's positions with dense artillery fire, destroy the enemy's minefields, and then 10 minutes after the start of the shelling, the infantry will carry out another assault with the tanks."

Then, while holding a telescope, he looked at the positions of the Germans opposite, and thought, "What are those Germans thinking now?" ”

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