Meleval River.

There is only one bridge over the river, and villages along the riverbank within a few tens of kilometers of the river have to cross the river through this bridge.

The soldiers of the 5th Hussar Division, riding their horses, quickly advanced towards the bridge, and their forward movement could already see the bridgehead, where a platoon of British troops was guarding.

The British, looking disgraced, welcomed the arrival of this cavalry from the bottom of their hearts, and they stood up and prepared to welcome the French cavalry who had come to reinforce them.

"Boom, boom!" At this moment, in the distance, a deafening cannon sound suddenly sounded.

With the sound of cannons, it was the characteristic Doppler howl of grenades piercing the air, and in the eyes of the British, those flying grenades smashed accurately on the bridge!

"Boom!" A puff of black smoke suddenly rose from the bridge, and the middle of the bridge collapsed.

The bridge is broken!

The British soldier looked in surprise at the place where the fire was fired, only to see the majestic Panther 3 tank, which appeared a few kilometers away!

The Panther 3 tank is so powerful! Their 88-mm tank guns, at such a distance, accurately hit the bridge.

The British soldiers on the other side of the bridge did not think of anything else except surprise, and the British soldiers on this side of the bridge panicked.

Germans, Germans are coming up, what are you going to do?

On their side, about the size of an infantry squad, the most powerful weapon in their hands is the 303 machine gun, which is ineffective against tanks!

At this time, in the face of the German tanks rushing up, they had no choice but to surrender!

The French cavalry reined in their horses, and they looked at the blown up bridge and at the other side of the river, extremely depressed.

If they had been earlier, they would have been able to cross the bridge.

But what about crossing a bridge? They were cavalry, and they simply couldn't stop the tanks of the Germans! The experience on the battlefield in Poland has proven that cavalry is ineffective against tanks.

In the hearts of many people, fear began to appear, but fortunately there was no past, and they had no will to fight.

Now, the cavalry cannot deal with the tank, this is almost an axiom, they will not know, in a few years, on the battlefield of the USSR, how the cavalry of the USSR charged the tank, and the fighters of the USSR, with their bodies and blood, were willing to die and blew up the tanks with rudimentary anti-tank grenades.

The army needs to be bloody, but unfortunately, in Britain and France in this era, this bloodiness has long disappeared.

They just stared dryly, looking at the other side, and when the British soldiers on the other side surrendered, there was an inexplicable sadness in their hearts, and then, they saw the tanks on the other side, turning the turrets, and aiming towards them.

"Run, run!" A sharp-eyed cavalryman shouted, twisted his horse's head, and ran back.

"Boom!" German tanks, already firing!

The grenade exploded in the middle of their crowd, sending several cavalrymen flying in an instant, the horses wailing, and blood and death everywhere!

They should have retreated immediately just now, but now, even if they retreated in time, they would have suffered certain casualties.

Tank guns, when firing armor-piercing shells, can only hit about a thousand meters, however, when firing grenades, five kilometers is a very common distance.

The Panther tank guns constantly raised the elevation angle, and with their own artillery fire, they saw off the departure of the French cavalry, they cried wolves, and they jumped chickens and dogs.

In this way, the river was occupied by the German troops, and the encirclement of the 1st Panzer Division, the main British force, was formed.

If you want to sum it up, it's just one word, quick!

The speed of the German army's attack was far beyond the imagination of the other side, even if Evans already knew that the Germans were moving quickly, he would never have thought that it would be so fast, just four hours after his own forward was routed, his main force was surrounded by the Germans and cut off his own way.

This kind of speed, it's really scary.

Frowning at himself, Evans almost immediately made up his mind after hearing the news: "Attention, whole division, prepare to break through and retreat!" ”

His withdrawal was not only to return to the defensive line, to return to the camp of the British and French forces, but also to return to Britain.

This battle can't be fought at all! It is his mission to bring his army back to Great Britain in good condition!

Evans's determination was made quickly, however, the Germans acted, faster!

Just after Evans gave the order, another news came that his own vanguard, the 1st Panzer Brigade, was fighting fiercely with the Germans!

The 1st Armored Brigade, the first to come to mainland France, participated in the parade in Paris, and at this time, they ushered in their own end.

Opposite them, there was the German 65th Panzer Battalion.

Meyer's tank company, waiting for his main force, the armored battalion, marched towards the British army.

Another set of tactics for tank combat: take advantage of fast maneuvering, divide and encircle your opponent, constantly divide and eat in one bite!

What is going to be eaten now is the 1st Armored Brigade of the British in front!

Brigade Commander Hebart, an advocate of the omnipotence of tanks, who, like Guderian and others, knew that tanks could seriously change the course of war. But, unfortunately, he was in the UK.

Britain is an old country, and the army is quite conservative, and his arguments are not popular at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the armored forces of the Germans have been galloping across the country in recent years, constantly refreshing the horizons of others, the British would not have even been able to come out with the formation of the 1st Panzer Division.

And now, although they have a special armored division, it is difficult to catch up with the inferior weapons.

The main force of the 1st Armored Brigade is the "Matilda" 1 tank, which is only 11 tons of infantry tanks, which has long been backward, and its weapons are only 12.7 mm machine guns, so he has no confidence in fighting the main armored forces of Germany.

The Covenanter tanks of the 3rd Panzer Brigade were not opponents of the other side, and their own troops, how could they have an advantage in front of the tanks of the Germans?

Not only can't you beat it, you can't run away!

The power plant of their tank is a Ford 8-cylinder gasoline engine, with a maximum power of only 70 hp and a maximum speed of only 12.8 km/h. This is the definition of a full-fledged infantry tank, just keep up with the infantry, and the armament is only machine guns.

The only thing to be proud of is its large armor thickness, with a thickness of 60 mm on the front of the hull, and 65 mm of steel armor on all sides of the turret, which is also the argument of an infantry tank, the armor must be thick, it is a fortress of activity.

Now, what to do?