Chapter 48: Hand to hand

The dying Frenchman kicked his legs desperately because of the severe pain, which was a natural reaction before dying, and Scott and his two men immediately stabbed the dying Frenchman several times, until the Frenchman was completely immobile, and the three of them lightly put down the body of the Frenchman.

After finishing the French soldier, Scott made a few more gestures to the soldiers behind him, and Scott's gesture command was:

"All rifles were loaded with bayonets, submachine guns and machine guns were pressed in the back, and if there was an enemy with guns resisting, they had to shoot and kill without regard to the exposed, and Scott's entire infantry squad had eight men with Mauser 98K rifles, and these eight soldiers gently mounted their bayonets on their rifles according to Scott's orders.

Then the eight soldiers stood on either side of the doorway, and when the eight soldiers were ready, Scott waved his hand lightly, and then made an assassination gesture, which was to let the eight soldiers rush in and take out the enemy with bayonets.

The two submachine guns of each infantry squad were equipped with the chief and deputy squad leaders, and Scott followed behind these eight soldiers, and the moonlight that fell into the pillbox through the gate and the shooting holes was not small, and the situation in the room could be basically seen clearly.

There were also two French soldiers sleeping in the bunker, and only three French soldiers were stationed in such a large bunker, which shows how scarce the forces of the Maginot Malittle Line were. The remaining two French soldiers were stabbed to death in bed without even having time to shout.

A large pillbox closest to the highway was taken down by mistake, and Scott hurriedly reported the situation here to his superiors by radio, and soon, more and more German soldiers touched it, and these German soldiers took the squad as a combat group, and touched different pillboxes respectively.

The sneak attack was very smooth, after more than ten minutes, there was finally an exchange of fire, but the gunfire was extremely short, and in some places flamethrowers were also used, flamethrowers were the ultimate killers of the bunkers, as long as the bunkers were within the range of the flamethrowers, a shot went down, and the people in the bunkers immediately turned into roast pigs.

The Germans had already touched the pillboxes of the French army, and the unprepared French army had almost no room for resistance, but there were a few French troops who were not afraid of death who were stubbornly resisting, but their bravery could not change the outcome of the German army's breakthrough of the Maginot Petit Line.

Rommel had been observing the battlefield with the "Eye of God", and his soldiers had broken through the Maginot Line so smoothly, which naturally made him, the division commander, very happy, and the casualties of this operation were almost negligible, which was really too surprising.

Now that the fortified Maginot Line had been breached, Rommel ordered the 6th Infantry Regiment to immediately expand the body of the breach, and Xiao Qing of the remnants of the breach.

The battle had already begun, and it was impossible for Rommel to hide his tracks, so he immediately picked up the radio microphone and gave an order to Luxembourg, who had been impatient for a long time, ordering him to immediately lead the main force of the division to attack the city of Sifri, five kilometers away.

There were 218 tanks of the 25th Panzer Regiment, 96 armored vehicles drawn in, the 7th Infantry Regiment, the 7th Locomotive Battalion, the divisional artillery regiment, and two battalions of anti-tank guns, etc., the total strength of this attack was almost 8,000 people, and most of the main forces of the 7th Panzer Division were here.

Winning or losing is the hammer deal. Although Rommel the Traveler dares to take risks, he will never take risks with his soldiers without any chance of winning, Rommel is definitely not the kind of stupid commander, Rommel's point of view is:

"At this time, the rear forces of the Anglo-French army are empty, so we should seize this opportunity to give the Anglo-French army a stormy blow, attack, attack, and attack again."

Once Rommel broke through to Sifri, it would be a plain that was very suitable for the movement of armored forces, France would be helpless against the six German Panzer Divisions that cut off their rear, and Dunkirk would not be repeated in Rommel's hands, which is why Rommel asked Hitler so many shells with a dead face.

Besides, Rommel has annihilated a lot of French troops along the way, and has captured a lot of shells and gasoline.

The life of the Bismarck is more bitter. This time, his combat mission was to lead the divisional and logistics units to expand the breakthrough in the Little Maginot Line, so as to prevent the French counterattack on the breakthrough. And Rommel followed the main forces to attack Sifri with his command tanks and division headquarters.

Sifri is a major border city in the north of France, the gateway to the northern plains of France, from Sifrie to Dunkirk, almost all of which are plains. To the west of Sifri, which is the direction in which Rommel marched, it was basically hilly, and the movement of the armored forces was extremely slow if it did not rely on the road, because the sudden appearance of the German army, the French army had no chance to blow up the road, which allowed Rommel to reach the periphery of Sifri in a short time.

Luxembourg rushed into Sifri with armored troops, and a funny thing happened, there was no French army in such an important city, and there were two French divisions stationed in Sifri two days ago, namely the 11th French Panzer Division and the 4th North African Infantry Division, but Gammelin removed them to reinforce the Meuse River defense line, and as a result, these two divisions were picked up by Rommel as soon as they reached the village of Philipsville.

For the torrent of steel of the German Seventh Panzer Division, Sifri is a beautiful woman without clothes, and Luxembourg with armored troops directly captured this beauty.

In the middle of the night, the tanks of the German 7th Panzer Division rumbled into Sifri, and all the French in Sifri were awakened by the roar of tanks and armored vehicles.

Fortunately, the discipline of these German troops was excellent, and they did not rush into any French homes to search, but some important departments in the city were taken over by the Germans, such as the city government, banks, telecommunications buildings, etc.

Rommel had already given himself an order not to harass civilians, not to mention robbery and rape. Rommel has always been committed to building his 7th Panzer Division into a "civilized army, a mighty army." ”

The German army that entered the city of Sifri did not have a camp at all, and the army of more than 10,000 people had to sleep on the streets. Or to kick the French out of the room and vacate the room for the Germans? How could Rommel the Traveler do such a stupid thing, the 7th Panzer Division is not an army of beasts, it is a division of civilization. A mighty army, how can it be made without military discipline.

At Rommel's order, all the officers and men of the 7th Panzer Division were to camp in open spaces in the city, in parks, stadiums, on the side of highways, under eaves, and other open spaces.

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