Xu Jun picked up the binoculars and looked at the battlefield, thinking hard about countermeasures.

When he looked at his HEIII lying on the battlefield, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and a crazy plan appeared in Xu Jun's mind. Xu Jun lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at the British position opposite, and made up his mind.

"Now, it's a gamble!"

At this time, the shelling of the British troops suddenly began. The 18 25-pounder guns of the 151st Brigade of the British Army were desperately bombarding the German positions and the open space in front. Immediately explosions exploded on the German positions, and smoke filled the air. Large chunks of dirt mixed with grass roots and blades rained down into the trenches, and in some cases the soldiers in the trenches were about to be buried alive.

The sound of incessant explosions burst the eardrums of many soldiers, and blood trickled down their ear holes.

"It's barrage shooting, and it looks like their infantry is about to charge." Mueller screamed.

"No, it's not that simple, tell the soldiers not to act rashly. They are destroying our anti-tank minefields. And then they will shell our artillery positions, Mueller, did you inform them about the transfer of positions? Xu Jun huddled in the trench, tugging at Mueller's collar and shouting in his ear.

"Noticed!" Mueller nodded

"Very well, you go and order all the soldiers not to shoot until the enemy infantry is within a hundred meters of our position, and wait for my order."

"Yes. Checkmate. "Muller went down the trench to his company commanders.

"Hans!" Xu Jun shouted to Hans, who was spitting dirt on the side, "Connect the light infantry artillery position and the anti-tank gun position for me."

"Yes, General." Hans hurriedly dragged the battlefield wired phone over.

"Ah, is it Lieutenant Saar? I'm Reinhardt! I now order you that all light infantry guns are loaded with smoke grenades, yes, smoke grenades. Did you hear me clearly? Set the gauge within 200 to 100 meters in front of the position, and don't fire without my orders. Waiting for my command. ”

Then Xu Jun connected the anti-tank gun position and gave the same order. In the end, he connected the four 150 self-propelled guns in the woods

"Is it Second Lieutenant Drayton? I'm General Reinhardt, and now listen carefully to me, you...... What the? I can't hear clearly, are you louder? Ah, you've already measured the coordinates I gave you? That's good! I'm here to make sure of this, okay, you wait for my orders. ”

Xu Jun put down the phone and let out a long breath. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, a strange smile appeared on his face, and then he pulled a German sergeant next to him and quietly explained something.

"Huh?" The sergeant looked surprised.

"Don't ask why, go!"

"Yes, Your Excellency," the sergeant hurriedly ran down the trench towards the field kitchen.

"Now let's see if the British are really as stupid as they are in the movies." Xu Jun put on an M35 steel helmet that Mueller had found for him, found an ammunition box and sat down.

The shelling finally stopped after ten minutes. The British plowed the entire open field with shells, and the anti-tank minefield was completely destroyed. The situation in the trenches is not bad, in the end, it is a wartime product of the First World War position, although it is a little older, but it is still strong. The British shells failed to blow it down even a bit. Of course, this is also a relationship that does not have a direct hit.

The shelling did not cause any major losses to Xu Jun except for the dozen soldiers who were injured by the blasted stones and their eardrums ruptured. And the shells that attacked Xu Jun's artillery position were all hit in the empty space, and they were all wasted.

After a while, there was a whistle from the British position opposite. Then hordes of infantry came out of the woods and, led by the officers, roared and marched in a line of skirmishers towards the trenches.

The roar of tank engines sounded in the woods, and with the sound of metal grinding on the tracks, a full three dozen or so British tanks rushed out of the woods, rushing to the front of the seven "Matilda" II side by side, and the other "Matilda" I also lined up in several rows to follow the seven "Matilda" II. They crossed the infantry array, "squeaked and twisted" and began to charge, the engines spewing green smoke.

"It's the Matilda tank, you don't have to worry, it can't run fast, except for the thick armor, there's nothing to be afraid of. Don't fire any weapons, everyone wait for my command, and shoot the enemy infantry with all your might! Wait until they're close before you fight. ”

All the soldiers and officers looked motionlessly at the enemy who was coming towards them. The soldiers began to set the Mauser 98K's gauge at 100 meters, and then placed the M24 grenades with the lid unscrewed neatly within reach of their hands.

The officers all held the MP38 and opened the buttons of the magazine pockets at their waists. Some of the veterans drew their bayonets and stuck them in the trenches, and the other recruits followed suit.

"Yes, that way you won't be in a hurry when you need to put on your bayonet." Xu Jun nodded secretly.

Then Xu Jun turned his head to look at the machine gun team next to him to prepare for shooting. MG34's machine gun shooter stared at the target viciously, his finger was on the trigger, the secondary shooter attached a chain to the machine gun, and the other second shooter opened the iron bullet box placed next to him and dragged a chain to hang around his neck, still holding an iron box equipped with a barrel.

"Very good, sure enough, well-trained troops. It will be possible to verify in a moment whether they have lost their reputation. Xu Jun sighed.

Xu Jun looked back at his direct subordinates again.

Hans frowned, wearing an M35 steel helmet that he got from nowhere, crouching next to the telephone with an MP38 on his back and wiping his Gru pistol, he really knew how to find a way to calm down. Randolph was wearing headphones and was searching for signals from other troops in front of the radio, completely oblivious to the things around him, and seemed to be a serious person.

Dougan is holding a Mauser 98k sniper and aiming at the opposite side, and it looks like he's found a good toy. The two midshipmen were still tinkering with the "Ennigma", one was debugging the mud-stained gears and the other was flipping through the codebook, it seemed that they couldn't count on it for a while, and they really didn't know how they graduated from the military academy.

The two orderlies also each held a Mauser 98k and aimed nervously, I don't know how their marksmanship is, I hope the two of them didn't become orderlies because their marksmanship stinks.

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