"Oh God! Is this still our position? A British officer looked at the devastated position with a look of disbelief.

After the sun set, the heavy German shelling finally stopped. This also gave the British army a respite. Many British officers and soldiers crawled out of the bombardment holes that had not been blown down. But the scene outside is completely different from what they were before they got into the bomb hole.

The city was in complete ruins, and even their positions looked as if they had been ploughed several times. Most of the trenches they had worked so hard to dig were blown up, the barbed wire fence was blown up in all directions, and there was not even one in ten firing points. What's worse is that some of the anti-artillery holes were blown up, and the officers and soldiers inside were buried alive, so that the losses of the British army began to rise in a straight line. The German offensive had not yet begun, and their losses were like this, how should this battle be fought?

"Damn the Germans, how many shells did they throw at our positions!"

"The fortifications are almost destroyed, and when the Germans attack, what should we do?"

The British officers and men on the battlefield were filled with a mood of panic and despair.

"Attention everyone, the general ordered the fortifications to be rested immediately!" The commander of the British army gave the order. In order to minimize casualties in the ensuing battle, it was obvious that it would not work without fortifications. Therefore, the fortifications had to be rebuilt.

It's a little late, but it's still good to take a break.

The British officers and soldiers, who had been frightened for a day, had to pick up their tools and begin to rest the fortifications. Everyone was tired, but there was no way but to obey orders.

Early the next morning, the German shelling began again. This time the shelling was more intensive, and the fortifications that the British had rested for a night were once again almost destroyed under heavy German shelling.

The German army's fire preparation this time did not last long, but only an hour.

On the forward position, having eaten breakfast, the German soldiers with high morale were ready to attack!

At 8 o'clock in the morning, with the order of the commander, the German soldiers of the two infantry divisions began to attack.

"Quick, the Germans are coming!"

Countless British soldiers, along the communication trenches, entered the position and prepared to block the German army. Although their positions have been destroyed, they still have some defensive power.

In the sky, dozens of German planes appeared, both fighter and bomber.

These planes bombed and strafed the British positions, causing heavy losses to the British troops who had just entered the positions. The rest of the men were huddled in the trenches, not even daring to raise their heads, let alone shoot to stop the German infantry.

"Crunch!"

The tank's tracks crushed against the ground with a tooth-aching sound. In order to quickly break through the British defenses, the Germans invested in armored forces in the first round of the attack.

"Anti-tank guns! It's almost up. The German tanks are coming! A British officer yelled in horror.

A two-pounder anti-tank gun pulled into position. However, only one shot was fired and the German plane was blown up.

"Oh God! With so many tanks, how can we possibly resist them? A British soldier was frightened as he looked at the torrent of steel rushing towards their position.

"Da Da Da!"

On the positions of the British troops, machine gun fire was fired. The attacking German soldiers, were suppressed.

However, then a tank destroyed the British machine gun with a tank gun, clearing the way for the attacking German troops.

"Machine gun cover!" A German company commander commanded loudly.

Two general-purpose machine guns immediately began to strafe, and the dense rain of bullets hit the British troops defending this section of the position, unable to lift their heads.

Subsequently, a dozen grenades were thrown at the positions of the British troops.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Dense explosions sounded, and the British troops on the position were bombed crying and crying for mothers, and suffered heavy losses.

The German army, which had been suppressed, took the opportunity to attack the positions of the British army.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

The crisp sound of pistols rang out, and the first wave of German soldiers who broke into the British position quickly killed the surrounding British soldiers with their pistols and cleared a position. Subsequently, it began to start from this position and expand the position.

More and more German soldiers poured into the British positions from this gap.

"Quick, the defense line on the left has been breached, let the reserves go out and retake the position!" A British division commander ordered.

More than 2,000 British soldiers bravely rushed to this position. However, they were greeted by bombing and strafing from the sky. When the bombs dropped by the bombers exploded in the ranks of the British troops, a large number of British soldiers were blown to pieces and torn to pieces.

The bullets from the dense aviation machine guns beat many British soldiers into a sieve.

By the time the British began to counterattack the Germans who had attacked their positions, they had already lost a small half of their troops. And then, their counterattack ran head-on into the powerful firepower of the Germans.

The German soldiers used machine guns, mortars and grenadiers to give the British a taste of what is called a powerful defensive firepower. After the British soldiers left the corpses in the ground, they fled.

When the tracks of the German tanks crushed the British positions, the British positions completely collapsed. The British army, which had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat without the need for orders from their superiors. In order to speed up their escape, they even threw away their rifles, wishing that their parents would give them two more legs.

The German 8th Army Corps broke through the British line in only half a day at Epsom. The British army, which had suffered heavy losses, retreated to the city where it had been bombed into ruins.

However, under the crushing of the strong combat power of the German army, will the British army be able to withstand it? That's obviously impossible.

In the afternoon of the same day, the German 8th Army entered the city of Epsom and cleared the British army there.

Not only the attack of the 8th Army Corps went well, but also the offensive of the other three German corps. Although, the resistance of the British army was quite resolute, and the will to fight was quite complete. However, the difference in strength between the two sides was so great that in front of the German army, the British army was completely crushed. In such a situation, it is simply impossible to expect them to hold their positions and withstand the German attack.

In the battle of September 14, all four German corps were victorious on the southern defensive line. The British 12th Army and the 13th Army, which were deployed on the southern defensive line, were directly crushed, and in the end they could only shrink into the city to survive.