After the bombardment, the first British soldier tentatively climbed out of the trench, then the second, then the third, and then the rows and rows of soldiers left their posts. Even the officers and gendarmes who maintained order were running back, and the group effect led to a cascade of reactions, and the collapse of the position was imminent.

"Dada-da-da!" Fifteen Haqi Kaiss heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire, and the British soldiers who were running fell to the ground one after another, and the fire from the rear made the soldiers sluggish, and then they reacted - this is the execution of military law! For those who do not obey the order and retreat without authorization, the battlefield officer has the right to make a decision. Only then did the soldiers remember military law, and the dozens of soldiers who were the first to retreat were hit by the heavy machine guns of the gendarmerie, and then the soldiers saw Major General Commander Morte armed with rifles and leading the reserve regiment out of the last line of defense.

"Go back, go back, go back to the position! You bastards, how could the empire that never set the sun cultivate you soldiers who escaped from the battle! None of you will survive after the Chinese have broken through the position, and will you still be here for civilized Europe? Give me all back, and resolutely block the Chinese army! ”

Moult led the men to the position, while shouting loudly, thanks to his efforts, the morale was slowly restored, seeing the major general personally walking to the front, and then looking at the heavy machine guns emitting green smoke, the soldiers made a wise choice.

A good general can make an army play 100% combat effectiveness, but a piece of garbage can destroy a good army. The same army was repeatedly defeated in the hands of Wang Ming, but it won every battle in the hands of Taizu. The Italian army, which was later known as the Noodle Army, was actually destroyed at the hands of officers, and if it had been commanded by German officers, the outcome of World War II would have been changed.

Major General Moult is an excellent general who can transform the army, and there are countless such generals in the British army. But there are few stages that can be played. Moult was fortunate enough to be able to fight on the battlefield with the soldiers as a dutiful officer.

Re-entering the position, after several orders, the nervous soldiers slowly regained their composure, and the defensive line was once again solidified. But Moult wasn't sure. According to preliminary statistics, the material reserves of the defensive line were quite sufficient, and the heavy artillery bombardment and aircraft bombardment did not affect the material storage in the defensive area, but about half of the pillbox firepower points were destroyed, and there were still 45 artillery pieces left, barely enough artillery to operate the artillery, and these pillboxes were the core of the defensive line and must not be lost. In addition, fifty-three air-cooled heavy machine guns from Kazakhstan were purchased from France. Moult saw the enormous role of heavy machine guns in battle.

In fact, most of the innovations in the equipment of the armies of various countries are led by the Chinese army, including heavy machine guns, mortars, grenades, light machine guns, etc., and the Chinese army has proven their great power on the battlefield. The most regrettable thing for Moult is that the British Army is obviously slower to respond than other countries, France, Germany, the United States, etc. are all manufacturing and developing similar weapons and equipment, only the British Army, and has to buy heavy machine guns from France, and the Navy has too many resources. It's not a wise choice to defend the homeland in the end. You have to rely on the Army!

Half an hour after the bombing, the second Chinese attack was launched, again led by the armored troops, but this time they were much more cautious, and after entering the range of the British artillery, they tentatively advanced, and from time to time fired at suspicious fire points.

"Steady. Go within a kilometer and fire! "Moult stayed in a strong pillbox to command the battle, he found that his artillery could cause damage to the Chinese tank troops, the key is that the closer the distance, the higher the accuracy of the artillery, the greater the damage, and after entering a thousand meters, the Chinese army is completely covered by artillery fire, and it is not so easy to withdraw.

If not that the time is too tight. Moult could even arrange for his soldiers to dig wide trenches in front of the bunkers to stop the Chinese tanks from advancing at all. It can be said that before the war, countries had already done some research on combat vehicles, and although they did not produce a combat vehicle that could compete with them, some tactics could be studied for it, such as trenches and barricades, and soldiers and officers were at least not so unfamiliar with combat vehicles that they panicked.

Second Lieutenant Dong Ping, who was in the "bandits", began to be a little dissatisfied with the orders of his superiors, and attacked the enemy with strong fortifications with armored troops, which seemed to cause heavy casualties to himself. Isn't it a waste that the armored tactics that Dong Ping learned in the military academy did not include assault fortresses?

Complaining in the stomach, the order still has to be obeyed, and in the process of moving forward cautiously, a piece of news made Dong Ping feel that the division was unfavorable - the "parts" had engine failure and broke down! So that only three combat vehicles remained in their own tank platoon.

Getting closer and closer to the British position, the pillboxes crawling on the ground are like devouring beasts, compared with before, the pillboxes are sparsely distributed on the positions, and the air force has destroyed a lot, but Dong Ping will not despise the remaining ones.

At a distance of 700 meters, Dong Ping ordered three combat vehicles to be test-fired, and after two shots, only two shells of the three combat vehicles hit the pillbox, the distance was too far, and the hit rate was quite satisfactory. However, the armor-piercing shells fired by the 76mm tank gun did not penetrate the British pillbox, and it was unrealistic to expect the tank gun to attack the pillbox, the thickness and strength of the pillbox were much stronger than that of the Tiger King, Dong Ping's test firing just wanted to see the reaction of the British army, but he did not expect that there was no counterattack after a few shots.

Could it be that the British troops were frightened by the indiscriminate bombardment of the air force and ran away? Entering the range of 500 meters, because the British army did not fire, there was no leakage of firepower, and the tank could only accelerate closer, as long as it rushed through the enemy position, the British army had no power to return to the sky, and these 500 meters were only a matter of minutes for the T01 tank.

Morte in the bunker could feel the slight battle on the ground brought about by the start of the tank, and at a distance of five hundred meters on the flat ground, the steel monsters of the Chinese army were close at hand, making the soldiers really feel the pressure.

"Boom!" A ball of flame flashed from one of the bunkers, and then a shell rushed into a Chinese tank in a nearly straight trajectory, only to be surprised to find that the shell hit the side of the tank and flew into the sky! The artillery opened fire without waiting for Moult's order under tremendous pressure, and the first artillery drove all the artillery to shoot together, and Moult could only sigh that the Chinese tank unit had not yet fully entered the fire coverage!

The inclined armor formed a ricochet after the shell hit, Dong Ping's "thief" escaped, he immediately got into the car, covered the roof, and then another shell hit the front, after the violent explosion Dong Ping and the crew felt the world turned upside down, Dong Ping's head hit the iron plate on one side, and he was dazed for a while before reacting.

Even if the small-caliber shells failed to penetrate the tank armor, they also brought a lot of damage to the crew, and the more than 30 tanks in the front immediately fell into a sea of fire, and the shock and shock wave caused by the explosion made the tank crew incapacitated, and several tanks were directly hit by large-caliber shells, or the shells of the curved guns fell from the sky and fell right on the tank, and the fragile top armor was easily penetrated.

"Forward, forward!" Moving at high speed to stopping and moving forward, and then reversing, it takes time to buffer, not to mention that the crew is difficult to move in a violent explosion, and it is considered lucky that it is not penetrated or overturned. Dong Ping immediately made a choice after recovering from semi-fainting, the "bandit" and "burning" were immediately launched, and the other tank platoon was "discharged" but did not respond.

Most of the tanks in front of the assault made the same choice as the "bandits", this is a road of death, and at a distance of 500 meters, the British artillery can hide in the pillbox and shoot safely, and even the firing angle can be flattened and fired at the suicidal charging tanks.

The tank in the rear quickly reversed, and the T01 tank, with an off-road speed of up to 40 kilometers per hour, preserved its strength to the maximum extent with its excellent performance. After leaving the range of British artillery fire, preliminary statistics show that 27 tank regiments were lost in artillery fire, and 15 of them rushed forward, and it is estimated that there is no chance of survival. Tanks that had lost infantry support had no chance of surviving the enemy's heavy encirclement.

The driver of the "Bandit" roared and pushed the lever, and the tank engine was running at high speed, even if it was hit by artillery fire. Five hundred meters, nearly a minute and a half minutes, Dong Ping lived like a year, fortunately the tank engine was not damaged, can maintain a high speed forward, this is the only thing to be thankful about.

Moult looked at the tank at the front in amazement, and couldn't believe it, how did it survive the countless artillery fire? It is certain that from the beginning of the high-speed advance, to the breakthrough of the British positions and the crossing of the trenches, the tank was attacked by at least seven guns, and at least three shells hit it, and it was under such fire that it managed to escape from the fire net!

The British had the greatest success in this defensive operation, with the wreckage of at least twenty tanks scattered on the front, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and officers, who shouted "Hooray!" "Victory!" , Moult felt that they had become real military again. However, the three surviving Chinese tanks driving to the rear were worrying, and after ordering a reinforced battalion of infantry to pursue and intercept them, Moult returned to the frontal battlefield. (To be continued.) )