Chapter 460: Sweepers Help Fight
Damn it!
De Gaulle pushed open the hatch above his head, leaned out from it, and shouted at the surrounding tanks: "Attack, continue to attack, the fate of France is in our hands!" ”
At this time, de Gaulle had no choice. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
If he did not stop his army from escaping in time, he would definitely not be able to block the German tanks, and now, it is already certain that it is not a few tanks that are playing soy sauce at all, it is the main force of the Germans who are coming, and it is the Waffen-SS of the Germans who are encountering him in front!
In this case, even if all of your own side are killed, you must block them!
Relying on the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice on their own, blocking the Germans, and at the same time calling for rapid reinforcements from the rear, once this force continues deep into French territory, then everything is over!
Although he is only a major general now, de Gaulle has a sense of the overall situation, and he can immediately feel that this German action just hit his own soft underbelly, and moreover, it will lead to the rout of the entire war situation!
As soon as the Germans broke through from here, they would go directly behind their own side, and under the enemy's back, Belgium and the Netherlands would not be able to hold out at all.
De Gaulle was in a hurry.
He didn't hesitate to sacrifice his life, and in this kind of battle, he exposed half of his body, which was quite dangerous, but he didn't care so much.
Stop the rout of your own troops!
He leaned out and shouted around, but the effect didn't seem obvious, so he grabbed the flag from the turret next to him and waved it.
"For France, forward!" De Gaulle shouted loudly.
When this flag, fluttering in the hands of de Gaulle, all the armored soldiers, felt the deep touch in their hearts, yes, they are proud French soldiers, how can they rout?
"Stop, move on!" The commander of the tank, who had just retreated, shouted to his subordinates, even General de Gaulle was not afraid of death, what else were they afraid of?
The flag of France is flying high, this is its own territory, and the Germans must not be allowed to rush over!
At this moment, de Gaulle's image was incomparably tall, but the next moment, he was once again confused.
Overhead, there was a rumbling sound.
De Gaulle looked up and saw several twin-engine planes flying in the distant sky, which were different from the previous German planes.
Now, the most common German aircraft, that is, the Stuka, BF109 and FW190, these aircraft are single-engine, but now, the aircraft in front are twin-engine, what kind of aircraft is this?
Although de Gaulle still had illusions in his heart, it was almost impossible for those planes flying from the East to be theirs.
When the plane approached, they saw the black cross on the side of the fuselage, and the courage they had just accumulated turned invisible again.
The planes of the Germans!
Smaller than the Junker-88, what exactly is that?
HS129, of course! This is the most professional sweeper, and even more so the most professional anti-tank aircraft!
In fact, in the past, Britain had already suffered, but unfortunately it was only a naval bombardment, the scene was grand, and it was very difficult to sort it out afterwards, so the fact that the Germans already had a flying tank was not well known, and they were more familiar with the terrible dive bomber with a whistling whistle like the Stuka.
The advance of Guderian's armored forces is, of course, indispensable for the protection in the sky, after all, Guderian's developed mature tactics are to seize air supremacy and use the air force to cover the rapid advance of armored forces on the ground.
In the Ardennes, the main thing was to march and not yet need the protection of the Air Force, and after crossing the Ardennes Forest and entering French territory, the German armored corps needed protection overhead.
The Luftwaffe took the lead and sent state-of-the-art sweepers to escort them.
Now, the HS129 is still in service in a small number, and the total number does not exceed twenty, all of which are provided to Guderian, and now it is time for the sweeper to exert its power.
When he heard a call on the radio, Nespel ordered his tank to stop advancing.
Now, there is no need for them to continue the charge, the plane overhead will solve everything in front of him, he cannot charge forward, if he mixes with the French tanks, he may be hit by mistake.
He knew how brutal the planes above him were, and his own tanks couldn't withstand a blow from the other side.
If you look at it from the sky, the armor of the German tank, with a huge engine compartment in the tail, is painted with a big cross, which is actually to provide information to the air force to prevent it from being accidentally bombed by its own aircraft.
Lieutenant Webb sat in a small cockpit, the view in front of him was quite open, from here, armored units on the ground could be seen.
After flying over the bridge, on the west side of the bridge, it was the site of fierce battles, and now, it was finally his turn to play!
Hiding his excitement, Lieutenant Webb pushed the lever, and his first prey was the still-moving tank.
At this time, on the turret of the tank, there was another person, too small to see clearly.
When the HS129 swooped down, de Gaulle knew that it was a 100% German plane, and the nose of the opponent's plane, painted with a large shark's mouth, looked somewhat hateful.
Come on, Germans!
De Gaulle was not afraid, he rolled out a 7.5mm machine gun on the top of the turret, aimed it with his one eye, and pulled the trigger.
"Da-da-da-da." A shuttle of bullets flew into the sky, and de Gaulle at this time was the bravest warrior in France!
In the face of this kind of machine gun fire, it was like tickling, Lieutenant Webb didn't care at all, his dive, and he had already entered the final stage, his sights, accurately put the opponent's turret in the center of his crosshairs.
Fire!
Pressing the red button on the steering stick, Lieutenant Webb felt a shudder in his body.
"Boom!" A 40-mm armor-piercing projectile flew out of the turret pod under the belly and flew towards Charles de Gaulle.
The last time it was used in the Navy, it was still a 30mm cannon, and in the past few months, engineers have continued to develop and mature the cannon, and now the HS129 used by the Army uses a version of the cannon modified from the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun, which has fierce firepower.
Because of its weight, the 30mm cannon has 30 rounds of ammunition, while the 40mm cannon has only 12 rounds of ammunition, and Lieutenant Webb must ensure that every round can be accurately hit!
After all, the engine of the plane he piloted was still 700 horsepower, and this kind of attack aircraft could not grab the engine of the fighter, and only when the engine was replaced with a more powerful and powerful engine could there be more ammunition. According to the plan, the future 40-mm cannon will also be loaded with 100 shells.
At the muzzle, a burst of flames came out, and 40 mm armor-piercing shells rushed towards de Gaulle!