The strategy of invading Germany, retaking lost territory, and forcing the Germans to surrender remained dominant within the French army, and even though Moltke's central cluster jeopardized the retreat of the main Allied forces, Xia Fei was concerned and had to send two infantry corps north, a decision forced him to make in addition to internal voices and political pressure.

The German Second Army, with Sedan as the center, built fortifications on the south flank and concentrated its forces to march westward, and the forward 16th Infantry Corps had already appeared in the Soissons area east of Paris. The French army used the canal to build fortifications to block the German army east of the canal, and Xia Fei mobilized a large number of troops, with Compinie as the core, to block the advance of the German Second Army.

The First Panzer Army of Moltke Jr. can be described as "smooth sailing", the First Panzer Army rested in place, and the Second Panzer Army, which had not been put into battle, was dispatched, and they showed off their might and were unstoppable from Sedang directly into the northeast of France, and the target was directly aimed at the northeastern town of Amiens, which was the logistics and supply transportation center of the Allied forces, where several important railway lines intersected, and once captured by the Germans, the retreat of the Allied forces would be completely cut off.

It is impossible to be very efficient in providing logistical supplies to two armies with two armies, especially through the Ardennes Forest, where roads are narrow and transportation is inconvenient. Moltke Jr. also knew the difficulty of logistics and transportation, and under the condition of a certain amount of materials, how to scientifically and rationally deploy troops and launch an offensive was a complicated and trivial matter, but fortunately, Moltke Jr. had sufficient patience, and his staff officers also worked hard and rigorously, and finally came up with enough materials for one armored corps and two infantry corps to attack.

In a small French town fifteen kilometers east of Sheng Kangtan, the third company of the heavy tank destroyer battalion of the 3rd Tank Division of the Second Armored Army was resting here, and the tank crew was resting on the tank after replenishing supplies. Most of the grenadiers lay on the ground, taking advantage of the short interval between battles to replenish sleep, turning a blind eye to the infantry hurrying not far away, and from time to time French prisoners were escorted by the gendarmes to the rear, and the grenadiers who did not sleep secretly threw stones over, provoking the angry eyes of the gendarmes, and the veterans laughed at them.

Guderian, the platoon commander of the 3rd Tank Company, did not have so much leisure to tease the prisoners and gendarmes, he had more important things to do, and received a new order from the company headquarters that their platoon was to capture another small town three kilometers northwest of Sengcontin, and then to prepare to cross the canal and capture Amiens.

The closer you get to Amiens, the fiercer the enemy resistance becomes, and the denser the forces become. According to intelligence, the coalition forces on the front line in Amiens prepared an infantry corps and more than seventy tanks, more than two hundred artillery pieces, which could not be easily defeated.

"The town of B65 is about three kilometres from here, and the terrain is plain, but there is a large wooded area outside the town, and it is possible that the French will set up a defensive position there." Guderian said to the grenadier company commander beside him, a combat map was placed on the ammunition box in front of him, and Guderian's hand pointed to the periphery of the target town.

"Our reconnaissance showed that the enemy did set up fortifications there, about a battalion of French infantry, no tanks were found, three anti-tank guns and four small-caliber infantry guns were found in the woods and on the edge of the town - the French still had not learned how to deal with tanks, the anti-tank guns were laid out barely, there was no concealment at all!" The grenadier company commander said with a smile that thanks to the poor strength of the French, the damage of the grenadiers was not so great, the attack speed was so fast, and the No. 3 tank did not lose a few units.

"Ask your scouts to point out the location of those guns when attacking, and the enemy has a battalion, so it's best to have the battalion headquarters send reinforcements." Guderian was not polite, and after saying the suggestion, the company commander also nodded, even with tank support, he did not want to force an attack on the defenders of a battalion with a company of troops.

"Check the oil, engine, gearbox, show me carefully, if you need to replace parts, hurry up and find the engineer battalion, if you lack machine gun ammunition, immediately replenish it, and start the engine in thirty minutes!" Guderian shouted loudly, and the crews of the four No. 3 tanks in the tank platoon immediately moved, although they were not as experienced as the 1st Panzer Army, but these tank crews also matured rapidly, and no one wanted to be subordinated to others because of a "second".

From the beginning of the country until now, the reliability of the No. 3 tank has withstood the test, and the delicate craftsmanship of German industry has ensured that the number of tanks of the Second Panzer Army will not be reduced too much due to the long march. However, there were still many mechanical failures, which were unavoidable, and Guderian could only have the soldiers carefully inspect and replace the parts as soon as possible before the battle began.

The battalion headquarters quickly transferred two companies of grenadiers to support, which made Guderian pay more attention to the target town, which should be a very important target, otherwise the battalion headquarters would not have sent most of the troops over happily.

This proved to be the fact that more than 900 meters near that wood, the first tank No. 3 was blown up by an anti-tank mine and its tracks were damaged by an anti-tank mine, and it took too much time to replace the tracks temporarily, and it was too close to the battlefield. Although the tank with broken tracks blocked the road, the grass on both sides was hard enough to support the weight of the tank - if there were also anti-tank mines on the sides, Guderian would have no rut.

It's good that the French are not so kind to waste precious anti-tank mines on the grass on both sides, maybe they need to be a little more flexible. TanksA row of three tanks under Guderian's command were scattered on the grass on the right, and the grenadiers also gathered a slightly lazy look, slowly gathered behind the tanks and followed the advance.

Climbing in front of the hatch on the top of the command vehicle, Guderian used his telescope to observe the woods more than 800 meters away, and indeed as the grenadier company commander said, the French had placed two anti-tank guns and one infantry gun in this wood, without any shelter, and even placed them in front of the woods. Near the artillery positions were a couple of machine-gun emplacements and steel helmets of French soldiers coming and going, and the number should not be less than a battalion - so there were more French soldiers in the town behind the woods?

The arrow had to be fired, and without the grenadier scouts pointing out the location of the French artillery, Guderian gave the order directly on the radio intercom, and the three tanks allocated fire, stopped and opened fire at a distance of about seven hundred meters, and none of the three tanks hit the target. For the tank gun of the No. 3 tank, it is still somewhat difficult to hit the target from a distance of 700 meters, and the performance of the tank gun and the tank second-watching equipment are not comparable to that of the Leopard tank. If it was Rommel's crew, they would have come closer before firing, and Guderian's tank faction would have had some more experience.

Fortunately, the French on the opposite side also did not have much anti-tank experience, and they also opened fire at this distance, and the shells whizzed through the air a few meters away from the tank. Nervous, the French machine gunner pulled the trigger, and at this distance the power of the machine gun bullets was greatly attenuated, and the accuracy of the Maxim was not enough, and the few bullets did not hit any grenadiers, but clanged on the tank armor.

"Go ahead, use high-explosive shells, and fire again after five hundred meters! Tank No. 512, the anti-tank gun on the left, No. 513, the one on the right, No. 514, take out that infantry gun! "Guderian climbed on the tank, and machine-gun bullets whistled past his ears, and it seemed that the next moment they would hit Guderian in the forehead. However, the more times like this, the more you can't think about it, the quality of the intercom is good, and the call is still clear on the battlefield where the sound of various gunshots and explosions and the sound of tank engines are mixed.

"Number 512 understands!"

"Number 513 understands!"

The commander's voice on the intercom seemed to be relaxed, and the second round of shelling by the French anti-tank guns still failed, which made the tank crews feel relaxed. When the time came for the counterattack, after crossing a distance of more than 200 meters, the three tanks aimed at the target and opened fire in turn, but unfortunately only tank No. 513 hit the target, and the French anti-tank gun position was splashed with sparks, steel fragments stuck in the enemy's body and floating in the air, and then fell heavily.

The tank moved on, and the grenadiers behind began to choose machine-gun positions, erecting the Makqin heavy machine gun - the old man's weapon became the most murderous weapon of the First World War, and his name should be on a par with Kalashnikov.

When the French infantry gun was also destroyed by a platoon of tanks, the anti-tank gun finally hit the target for the first time, and a shell hit the frontal armor of the turret of tank No. 512, and then was flown out by the inclined armor - since the advent of the tank, inclined armor has become the standard configuration of tanks in various countries, and the T01 tank has greatly improved the level of tank shooting manufacturing.

Except for a violent shaking that caused the tankmen to be slightly dizzy, the shell did not cause more damage to Tank 512, and in retaliation, the shell fired from the Tank Gun No. 513 accurately hit the last anti-tank gun, removing the greatest threat to the tank platoon.

The ensuing battle was one-sided, with the three tanks fearlessly rushing into the enemy line - in fact, their courage came from not being penetrated, and the course machine guns and coaxial machine guns completely suppressed the machine guns on the French positions, and no one dared to take the lead. When approaching the French position more than fifty meters, the French finally collapsed, and many fled from the safety of the trenches and ran towards the woods in the rear, where their end was more tragic, with tank guns, machine guns and grenadiers in the back first aiming their guns at the fleeing French soldiers. The grenadiers bent out from behind the tanks and stormed the French trenches, and after a few minutes the remaining French surrendered, and more than 200 French soldiers became prisoners of the German grenadiers. (To be continued.) )