In the huge explosion, the entire division headquarters was swept away, and under the air wave, all the people were lifted aside.

"Divisional Commander, Divisional Commander!" A sentry who was far away was not affected by the explosion, and when he rushed over, the division commander was already lying on the ground covered in blood.

He shouted loudly, but unfortunately it was useless, I saw that there was a piece of shrapnel in the division commander's abdomen, and blood was bubbling out of it, and in less than two minutes, the division commander would die of excessive bleeding.

"Divisional Commander!" He shouted loudly, but it was useless, the division commander's body temperature was gradually getting cold, he looked up and saw the bombers in the sky, still dropping bombs with impunity.

General Evans, commander of the British 1st Panzer Division, was killed by a group of German bombers, making him the highest-ranking British commander in the Anglo-French army.

This is just the beginning.

With his death, the 1st Panzer Division ushered in a terrible moment of demise.

The headquarters was taken out, and the subordinate troops were already in a panic.

Breaking through is an art, and in the war of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, hundreds of thousands of people were often surrounded at one time, or even hundreds of thousands. During the breakout, some units were completely annihilated, and even the commander of the group army was killed.

Some troops escaped intact, and even the cauldron used for cooking rice was carried out.

But at least, the breakthrough is definitely not a swarm of rushes, there must be a command, where is the feigned breakthrough, where is the real breakthrough, there is a master and a secondary, a reasonable distribution of troops, at least the artillery firepower is still there, can pour their firepower on the Germans, open a gap.

Unfortunately, there was nothing, they were completely messed up.

The various arms, throwing away their own weapons and ammunition, wanted to rush out of the encirclement, and when they rushed to the perimeter of the encirclement, the German machine guns, artillery, opened heavy fire, and the British soldiers, in patches, fell in pools of blood.

Just like the British army during World War I, fearlessly rushing to the heavy machine guns on the opposite side, hundreds of thousands of people died in a day.

Now the British are running to death.

In front of the German lines, the British fell in rows.

Of course, not all of them chose to break through and die, and some chose to be heroic.

For example, a tank company directly under the division headquarters.

Company Commander Hess survived the bombardment, he looked at the corpses all over the ground, very angry, at the same time, he also knew that there was only one way to save his side, to use their tanks, to help the troops break through!

"Quick, follow me!" Hess shouted loudly, sitting on his turret and shouting to the soldiers around him.

Take his tank as the lead, tear a hole open, and break through with the infantry behind!

He didn't choose the river behind him, there was no bridge there, and he was sent to death in the past, at this time, breaking through to the north was a shortcut.

This was also unexpected, as the Germans did not expect, and in the north, the deployed line of defense was the weakest.

There was only one vehicle-mounted infantry regiment, but the line of defense on the positions there was very long, and besides, they did not have tanks to maneuver to fill the gap.

You know, the north is now all German territory, and it would be stupid to break through to the north, and it is normal to break through to the south.

Because of this, the defense in the north was weak, and this was exactly what Hess thought, he didn't know how many troops surrounded him in the north, but it was certainly less than in other directions!

As long as he breaks through, he can escape interspersed, you know, the Germans are now breaking through, wanting to be the first to seal the big mouth of the encirclement, so, in the rear of the Germans, there are many empty places, and there are passages everywhere that can be interspersed.

Hess gathered only more than 200 soldiers, led by his more than 20 tanks, and rushed north.

In later generations, by the end of World War II, Germany's armored divisions, even with only a few dozen tanks, were almost all infantry.

With the large number of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, although the Panther 3 tank has not been fully popularized, there is no shortage of supporting wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and the infantry of the armored division are all mechanized infantry riding wheeled fighting vehicles.

The current 6th Armored Division, under the jurisdiction of the 6th Infantry Brigade, the 4th Vehicle-mounted Infantry Regiment under the 6th Infantry Brigade, is in a skirmish line and is distributed over a width of several kilometers.

The head of the regiment, Marco, used his telescope to quickly sweep the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, his brows furrowed, and shouted loudly: "Attention, get our LG40 ready, let the British know how powerful we are!" ”

At this time, his heart was really anxious.

In the whole campaign, the German army was on the attacking side, and the enemy's tanks were directly handed over to their own tanks to kill, so they were not equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns.

At the same time, the infantry was mainly lightweight, and they were armed with more recoilless guns.

Although they have wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, but this thing only helps them improve their mobility, the armor is weak, and in front of the opponent's tanks, they are scum, and they simply cannot count on infantry fighting vehicles against each other.

So, it was possible to rely only on a 75-mm recoilless gun.

Now, the sky is about to get dark, and once it gets dark, these infantry of their own will definitely not be able to stop the enemy's breakthrough, and they will easily break through their own defense line.

The British must not be allowed to break through from their positions! Before it gets dark, knock each other down!

As the division's armored company, Hess's subordinates operated the "Matilda" 2 tank.

It may sound like an upgraded version of the Matilda 1 tank, but in reality the two are completely different.

With a total combat weight of 26.9 tons, this tank is "one size larger" than the Type 1.

On the turret, it was equipped with a 2-pounder gun, which was much more ferocious than the Type 1 with only machine guns, and at the same time, the thickness of the armor in each section was increased. The thickness of the armor in the main parts ranged from 75 to 78 mm, and in the minor parts from 25 to 55 mm.

At the same time, the most distinctive thing is that this tank has 2 engines.

The original idea was to rely on another engine to drive at low speed and maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that this is simply the designer's fantasy in the office, the two engines increase the volume of the power unit, occupy the precious space in the car, and there is a problem of synchronization and coordination when the two engines work, completely chicken rib design.

Now, listening to the roar of the two engines in the tail, Hess surveyed the German positions in the distance with his telescope.

Bet right, the defense on this side is the weakest!

If he waits until dark to break through, there is a 100% chance, and now, he can't afford to delay time, the German armored forces are marching too fast, maybe there are tanks gathering here now, he must be fast!