The difficulty of the Ardennes Forest has actually been expanded. Although this kind www.biquge.info of primeval forest is quite dense, it is not impossible to carve out a path in the forest.

It's just that because the road is narrow and long, the whole team is like a long snake formation, and the team is a full 150 kilometers long, that is to say, when the first armored division in front has already left the forest, the last armored division has not yet entered the forest!

Outside, it was getting dark again, and Dietrich's 1st Panzer Division stopped for a moment to refuel.

The Panther 3 tank, like the previous tanks, uses a diesel engine, which brings a good endurance, and after crossing the entire Ardennes area, the Panther 3 tank consumes less than half of the fuel.

If they move on now, it's perfectly fine, but what they're waiting now is for a better impact next.

From the shelf behind the tank, Trig opened the fuel barrel.

For example, it would be quite long to carve out a road in the forest, and the supply convoy would be left behind, in which case they would need to solve the problem of supply on their own.

So, before departure, each tank was temporarily modified, for example, at the back of the tank, a rack was welded that could hold two 170-liter oil drums!

In later generations, the oil drum was a common thing, and no one knew that this oil drum was actually invented by the Germans.

As Germany began to build a mechanized army, German tanks, armored vehicles, etc., needed fuel that could be transported quickly.

Ordinary means of transport, that is, tank trucks, had a lot of problems, and in order to improve the logistical supply capacity of the troops, the Germans creatively designed oil barrels.

Before the invasion of Poland, there were already tens of thousands of oil barrels.

During the successful blitzkrieg across Europe in the early days of World War II, the design of the oil drum was seen as a major part and was strictly classified.

Now, for example, if there are no oil drums, they need to wait for the supply vehicles behind, and the six-wheeled all-wheel drive off-road vehicles used for the supply are not as smooth as the tracks when they climb over the Ardennes area.

Two barrels of oil, enough to refill the tank, Trig opened the lid of the tank, stuffed it into a rubber tube, and then stuck his mouth to it.

Suck hard, the fuel inside is sucked out, and then, the other end of the tube is stuffed into the open body fuel tank cap.

Fuel, gushing out of the pipe, gurgled into the tank, and while Treig refueled his tank, the others were nervously preparing.

Check the tightness of the tracks, check that the tank's fire control system, especially peripherals such as infrared headlights, have not been scratched during the journey through the forest. The retracted radio antenna was pulled out, and in the midst of such routine maintenance, the sky slowly darkened.

It's another night!

Along the way, the tank crews hardly rested, but they were supported by a strong will, and each of them was extremely excited, and they had accomplished a feat!

Ahead, it's the land of the French!

Packed up and waiting for the next order to arrive, each tanker, leaning on his tank, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Behind them, the rumbling sound was still echoing, and it was the follow-up troops that were constantly moving.

"Attention, prepare to attack, target, Sedang!" A voice rang out over the field outside the empty woods.

The offensive is about to begin!

When the voice sounded, everyone jumped up from the ground, and they rushed back to their tanks.

Treig returned to his position, quickly pressed the button, and with the sound of compressed air, the engine behind was started smoothly!

The diesel engine has a large torque, and it is very difficult to start at the same time, for this reason, the diesel engine of the Panther tank has two systems to start, compressed air and electric start, in intermittent battles, compressed air is used, and once the time is too long, the compressed air leaks, and the air pressure is reduced, and then the electric start is used.

The characteristic clatter of the diesel engine came from the tail, turned on the infrared headlights, warmed up for two minutes, and the vision in front gradually became clear, and the commander Nespel shouted: "Forward, just ahead!" ”

Although there is only one receiving device for the night vision system, they have long been extremely proficient in the training these days, and there is still sparse moonlight tonight, which can see more than ten meters away.

One, two, tanks are constantly moving, lining up to attack, the 1st Waffen-SS Panzer Division is about to become the first army to attack the French mainland!

In the darkness of the night, they showed their mouths.

Half an hour later.

In the night vision goggles, the outlines of targets appeared one by one, and picking up his radio, Nespel reported to his superiors: "Cavalry units have been found." ”

The other party had obviously heard the movement of their own armored forces, but they must be very strange at this time, what kind of sound was this?

No one would have known that the German tank troops, having crossed the mountains, probably thought that their allies were on their side.

In that case, just rush over!

Sure enough, the radioman quickly replied to the company commander's order: "Rush forward!" ”

Rush up! Now that the order has been given, you're welcome.

The driver stepped on the accelerator, the engine in the tail made a loud roar, and the Panther 3 tank rumbled up!

The horses were neighing, and a dozen horsemen, pausing their horses, their ears could hear the roar in the distance.

What is it? It's not the sound of an airplane, it's coming from the ground, but it's different from the sound of your own vehicles.

The diesel engine, which requires a high-pressure oil pump, is a compression-ignition type, so the vibration in operation is greater, and there is a clattering sound from the high-pressure oil pump.

These cavalrymen, all from the 2nd French Cavalry Division, belonged to the scouts.

After receiving the order, the 2nd Cavalry Division prepared to gallop to the aid of Belgium, and after getting here, it was already dark, so it was simply set up camp for the time being, and left again tomorrow.

At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, they sent scouts to the surroundings to reconnoitre, and this team of scouts happened to detect the movement in the distance.

It sounded so powerful that even the war horse under his crotch seemed to feel uneasy and let out a low neigh.

"It could be our allies, go up and have a look." Finally, the leading officer of this team of scouts made up his mind, what are you afraid of, don't you go up and take a look?

He clamped his legs between the horse's belly and prepared to continue riding his horse wildly, when a sharp-eyed soldier saw a point of light that suddenly lit up in front of him.

"Machine guns!" He shouted loudly.

Almost simultaneously, the sound of machine guns in the opposing tanks rang out.

"Da Da Da Da..."