After sending a telegram to Army Group A requesting air support, Rommel immediately prepared to cross the river.

In order to give full play to the power of the 88 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in his hands, Rommel chose a relatively special terrain by the Meuse River, about 200 meters away from the Meuse River, there is a hill of about 70 or 80 meters, the slope of this hill is not steep, and the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun modified with chassis No. 2 can climb to the top of the mountain slowly.

The area of the summit of this hill package is not large, and if it is flattened with explosives, four 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns can be placed. These 99-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were, of course, used for flat-fire fire.

The 88-mm anti-aircraft guns fired at a distance of at least 1,500 meters, the Meuse River was only 200 meters wide, and the distance between the hill pack and the Meuse River was only 400 meters in total. That is to say, as long as Rommel placed the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns on the hill, the fortifications built by the French army on the Meuse River opposite would become direct targets for the 88 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

Rommel also put a lot of thought into arranging his 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns on the top of the hill, first of all, he gathered more than 100 of his own howitzers of various types, and carried out a continuous, uninterrupted artillery bombardment of the defensive positions built by the French army on the side of the Meuse River.

The French defensive positions were suddenly bombed and all kinds of less fortifications were destroyed, but the permanent fortifications built by the French army with reinforced concrete were rarely destroyed, and the French casualties in the shelling were certainly there.

Rommel observed with the "Eye of God" that there were innumerable and many anti-artillery holes built in each trench of the French army on the other side, and the German shelling just now only killed some French soldiers who were slow to enter the anti-artillery holes, and the number was not large.

At the same time as the German artillery bombardment, the engineer battalion assisted four 88mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to climb the mountain, and the No. 2 tank was not slow to travel on the flat road, and after being converted into an 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, the weight did not increase, but the power of this tank was still insufficient, even if the sappers flattened the road up the mountain, its climbing speed was still like a snail.

Although the Germans were stubborn and stubborn, they could not be said to be fools, and the engineer battalion that assisted the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns up the mountain immediately went to four No. 4 tanks to help tow these 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, which solved the problem of the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns going up the mountain.

An hour later, just as the Germans were about to finish arranging the 88mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the French shells fell around the hill, and the French artillery counterattack began.

But the heavy artillery in Rommel's hands was not vegetarian, and the French hidden artillery positions were immediately defeated by the "Eye of God" found out, Rommel immediately reported the French artillery positions to their own artillery, and they quickly calculated the shooting elements, and then gave the French fierce artillery counterattack, no matter how effective the German artillery counterattack was, the small number of French artillery immediately muted fire, and the French artillery on the other side did not dare to engage in an artillery battle with Rommel at all.

Rommel also has 20 88 mm execution guns in his hands, as well as more than 50 20 mm and 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, all of which are now arranged around the landing site by Rommel.

At ten o'clock in the morning of April 12, a map of the French army on the opposite side was delivered to the commander of the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery detachment on the top of the hill.

In fact, these maps of the French army were drawn on the map by Rommel himself in the command car, and the only person who knew about it was Rommel's adjutant Wald. Wald's lad now admired their division commander, for his division commander could draw a map of the enemy's defenses with great precision by simply holding a telescope and looking at the enemy's position for a moment.

Rommel carried more than a thousand tons of shells, but these shells will not be supplied for a long time, three million German troops attacked at the same time, and the ammunition consumed was absolutely heavenly, and it was difficult for the 7th Panzer Division, which ran to the front of all the armies, to get supplies again, so Rommel paid great attention to saving the shells in his hands.

As soon as the 88-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were deployed to the top of the hill, the fire covered by the artillery fire immediately stopped, and the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns on the top of the hill began to destroy with accurate direct fire.

The accuracy of the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns could not be questioned, and the pillboxes, bunkers, machine-gun positions, and mortar positions arranged by the French troops on the banks of the Meuse were all direct targets of the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns.

The sound of "booming" explosions reverberated one after another on the positions of the French army, and no matter how well the various fortifications of the French army were hidden, they could not escape the destruction of the 88 anti-aircraft guns.

The French troops stationed on the riverside were also relatively brave, and they used all kinds of light and heavy weapons to shoot at the German infantry in rubber boats, and the German troops who had just rushed to the middle of the Meuse River were miserable, and the German troops on the rubber boats were put down like wheat straw.

There were also many rubber boats that had leaked, and the heavily armed German soldiers, if not killed, had to plop in the Meuse a few times before sinking to the bottom.

Of course, Rommel saw it in his eyes and hurt in his heart, these soldiers were all his own men, and they were sent to hell by the damned French under their noses, and Rommel immediately ordered the detachment of 88-mm anti-aircraft artillery on the top of the hill with a radio station to take the lead in eliminating the firing point of the French guards at the probe position. At the same time, the division's ten 150-mm howitzers ploughed the probe positions placed by the French on the banks of the Meuse.

This time it was the turn of the French army to be unlucky, the 88 mm anti-aircraft guns began to shoot directly to destroy the machine gun positions of the French army on the opposite bank, and the French machine guns were still spraying bullets just now, but in an instant, they were blown up by the 88 mm anti-aircraft guns, and the French machine gun group hit by the 88 air defense guns definitely survived.

The French machine-gun position instantly became the most dangerous place, and many French soldiers immediately bent down and quietly moved their positions in the trenches, away from the fatal machine-gun position.

The French soldiers moved through the bombed trenches, but 150 mm heavy howitzers fell on their heads, and the French beachhead on the Meuse River was built on the soft sand, where it could withstand the constant bombardment of 150 heavy howitzers.

Rommel is not saving ammunition now, the lives of soldiers are much more important than ammunition, and even if Rommel lights up all the shells, he can still go to the position of the French rout to pick it up, but the premise is that the French army will be beaten and fled in disarray as in history, and Rommel who crossed over certainly has this confidence.

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