Luxembourg reversed while firing his guns, and he quickly retreated his tank to the edge of the woods. The reverse was certainly not as fast as the pursuit, and by the time Luxembourg retreated to the edge of the woods, the French tanks had already pursued five hundred meters from the woods.

The 88 anti-aircraft guns hidden in the woods have been waiting for Luxemburg's order to fire, as long as there is no Luxemburg's order to fire, even if the French tanks rush in front of them, these German troops will not open fire, this is determined by the rigid and stubborn character of the Germans.

Suddenly, all the tanks stopped retreating, and then charged head-on diagonally away from the French tanks, and it seemed that Luxembourg was trying to make a detour behind the French tanks. It was at this moment that Luxembourg's order to the anti-tank gun arrived:

"All anti-tank guns fired freely at all French tanks that could move at once."

The German 50-mm and 88-mm anti-tank guns in ambush in the woods opened fire at about the same time. The fire in the woods flickered incessantly, and then the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the twenty or so French tanks that rushed to the front exploded violently without warning.

A French Soma 35 tank was hit by an 88 artillery shell, and the 88 mm anti-aircraft shell punched a basin-sized hole in the front of the French Soma 35, and the armor pierced by the shell instantly produced countless iron filings flying in all directions, thus forming a metal jet.

The metal jet outside the tank was nothing, but the metal jet inside the tank directly pierced the tank crew into a sieve, and there was no isolation compartment inside the Soma 35 at this time, and the shells on the ammunition rack did not have any protection facilities at all, and the metal jet detonated the ammunition of the tank, and the detonation occurred immediately.

I saw that the armor of this tank was expanding outward like a balloon, and the steel armor plate dozens of millimeters thick was like a plastic product, but the steel plate was not plastic to the bottom, and the strong expansion force and impact force instantly tore the tank into countless pieces, and the bombed tank formed a larger metal jet.

If this powerful metal jet is sprayed on the tank, it will not cause any casualties, and if a person is hit by such a metal jet, there is basically no hope of survival. Although the killing distance of these steel fragments is only about 200 meters, it flies sideways irregularly, and splashing on people's bodies will cause great wounds, and they will die before they have time to heal.

Tanks hit by German 88 guns have absolutely no reason to survive, the German 50-mm anti-aircraft guns are of course much less powerful, but the same anti-tank guns with a 50-mm long barrel can penetrate the armor of French tanks within 800 meters.

The French tank troops were still relatively brave, and after they were blown up more than 20 tanks, they hurriedly turned their guns at the woods for a while, and the French tank guns could not penetrate the front armor of the No. 4 tank, and there was no problem in hitting the front baffle of the anti-tank guns.

But the German anti-tank guns were all hidden in the woods, and the French could not see the target at all, so they could only shoot indiscriminately, and the counterattack of the French tanks only injured a few German gunners, and not a single anti-tank gun was destroyed.

There was another flash of fire in the woods, followed by the screech of shells piercing the air, then a continuous explosion in the French charging tank group, and more than twenty tanks destroyed by German anti-tank guns.

The rate of fire of the German anti-tank guns was so fast that the second round of French shelling began almost at the same time as the German ground three rounds of shelling, because of the obstruction of the tank wreckage in front, the third round of shelling by the German anti-tank guns only destroyed more than a dozen French tanks.

The rate of fire of the German 50-mm anti-tank guns and 88-mm anti-aircraft guns was 15-20 rounds per minute. What's more, the Germans were in the dark, the French were in the open, and not far away there was a large group of German tanks interspersed behind them.

The tank commander of the French army was not stupid, and immediately understood the consciousness of the Germans, these Germans wanted to encircle and annihilate the entire French armored division! Don't run now, wait when. The French tanks shelled the woods while reversing frantically, and the deadly armor-piercing shells continued to fly out of the woods, turning the French tanks into bonfires.

Rommel squinted in the command car, and his adjutant already knew the habits of their division commanders. Of course, Rommel didn't really sleep, but used the "Eye of God" to observe the situation of the entire battlefield, and using the "Eye of God" with his eyes closed can reduce his fatigue, and in addition, he can concentrate on those targets that need to be seen clearly.

Bismarck's side has also received fire, judging from the flag of the French infantry division, it is the fourth infantry division in North Africa, their combat effectiveness does not seem to be very good, the first offensive force is only one battalion, the attacking French infantry is very afraid of death, often the German G34 machine gun sounds, the attacking French army immediately retreats in embarrassment, and then waits for the artillery to bombard the exposed machine gun positions of the Germans.

And the German G34 general-purpose machine gun has long been transferred to the land, like them, the will to fight, if you want to break through Bismarck's defense, it is impossible to achieve it at least in a day, but their artillery is a little annoying, causing some casualties to Bismarck, Bismarck is also counterattacking with the artillery group in his hand, but the effect is not great.

Because the French army arranged its artillery in three positions, and the artillery of each position fired no more than five rounds at a time, such a short firing did not have time for the artillery of the Bismarck to calculate the elements of the enemy's artillery position, and these French artillery skills were good.

But Rommel knew about the artillery positions of the French army! In order to reduce the casualties of his own men, Rommel could not avoid it, and when he opened his eyes, he picked up the microphone of the radio station and called:

"Call 1 781, 781 hears please answer."

Rommel's call code is 1,781, which is the call code of the first battalion of the 78th Artillery Regiment under Rommel, and the call sign of the 7th Panzer Division is based on his unit number, for example, the call sign of the 25th Panzer Regiment is 25, and the three armored battalions under its jurisdiction are 251, 252, and 253.

Bismarck commanded the first battalion of the 78th Field Artillery Regiment, and the battalion commander Karl quickly responded after hearing Mayor Rommel's call:

"781 hears, 781 hears, please instruct number 1."

"Immediately fire eight rapid fire at the following three places, NW12.8:23.8......" (NW indicates azimuth, N north, W west. ）

The artillery battalion commander Karl was a little confused, why did the division commander directly command his artillery to come, could it be that the reconnaissance unit discovered the artillery position of the French army? Although Karl was full of doubts, he immediately carried out Rommel's orders.

Without warning, the German artillery rang out and smashed into the French artillery positions with great accuracy, and the French artillery positions were miserable, and the shells and ammunition ravaged their artillery positions.

The violent explosion turned countless cannons into parts, and the French artillerymen were of course doomed, because the German artillery fire was so fierce and sudden that they did not even have a chance to escape and hide. The three artillery positions of the French infantry division were all shrouded in gunsmoke, explosions one after another, and various parts and human tissues flew in the sky.

The French infantry division, which had lost its artillery, would never be able to break through the Bismarck line with their cowardice and fear of death, and Rommel no longer had to worry about the safety of the village of Philipsville.

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