Feron Tadnoy.

The attack began with self-propelled artillery units, and 18 powerful 194-mm guns lined up a kilometer from the German positions, and began to bombard the German positions indiscriminately.

The technology of the French was still good, and on the fourth day of the battle, only two of the 20 self-propelled guns were lying on their stomachs with frequent sorties, which was already quite good for a new weapon.

Watching the orange-red flames explode on the German position, the Xu Sheng regiment and the soldiers of the Ankang regiment who were waiting in the starting position to launch an attack gave a shocking cheer.

Smoke from orange-red flames was accompanied by large chunks of dirt and flying sand, occasionally broken human bodies or weapons. The Germans did not have enough time to build complete fortifications, and now there were not even artillery holes in their positions, and the soldiers on the defensive positions could only hide in a narrow and rudimentary trench and shiver, waiting for the long artillery bombardment to end, while waiting for the tanks and infantry to attack.

If it weren't for the Warlords, I'm afraid the German front would have collapsed by now.

The Warlord was not only unique to the Russians during World War II, but also to the Germans during World War I, and even the French and British. The long and brutal war has worn out the warriors' will to fight, and the more tenacious ones have been killed, and the rest of them must rely on the Warlords to ensure the basic will to fight and maintain the front from collapsing.

The soldiers of the 1st Division did not need to supervise the team, and the desire for honor and the yearning for military medals inspired them to move forward bravely, and they have not suffered defeat since their establishment, except for the remnants of the original 2nd Brigade. But the remnants of the Second Brigade are now more hungry for honor, they need honor to wash away their shame, and they need honor to obtain the same status as the soldiers of the original First Brigade.

Both financially and psychologically.

Now the soldiers of the former 2nd Brigade in the 1st Division have a hurdle in their hearts that cannot be overcome, that is, their crushing defeat in the spring offensive. Although the companions would not mention it, the soldiers of the former 2nd Brigade always felt that there was a special meaning in the eyes of their companions, and they needed to prove themselves and prove that they were qualified to join the 1st Division.

According to the regulations of the French government, as long as the military merit medal is awarded for military service in the war, the soldier will be entitled to treatment beyond the norm after being discharged from the army. The soldiers of the 1st Division were mercenaries, and if they did not become French nationals, they would return to the Far East after the war, and those who received military merit medals would receive a one-time compensation of equal equal two years' salary for service in the Foreign Legion, depending on the difficulty of obtaining the military merit medal.

The artillery bombardment of the French has always lasted for a long time, and the intensity of the shelling is high, but the 1st Division does not have much time, and if it drags on for too long, I am afraid that Chen Kangjian's armored troops will not be able to withstand the two-sided attack of the Germans. So the shelling lasted only twenty minutes, and the tanks and infantry immediately began to attack.

As early as Corsica, when Qin Zhiyuan was training troops, he attached great importance to infantry and artillery coordination. So when the shelling ended, the tanks and infantry of the 1st Division were less than 200 meters away from the German positions, and considering that the artillery of the 1st Division was 194 mm caliber heavy guns, this was tantamount to stepping on the bombing point to launch an attack on the German positions.

This made the Germans, who lacked means of defense, how to hold on, almost as soon as the tanks rushed to the position, the Germans raised their hands and surrendered.

There are also those who refuse to admit defeat.

When the tanks rushed to the German positions, the Germans tied five or six wooden-handled grenades together and made them into cluster grenades, ready to be used to attack the tanks of the 1st Division.

The wooden-handled grenade is heavy and long, and an ordinary German soldier can only throw ten or twenty meters if he does not have a large arm, while five or six wooden-handled grenades are bundled together and thrown at a closer distance, almost like blowing up a bunker with an explosive bag on his back.

At this time, the role of the accompanying infantry is seen.

Although the tank is super strong in attack and defense, it still has limitations. For example, the turret, although the turret of the FT-17 can rotate 360°, it takes a certain amount of time for the turret to rotate, and in the ever-changing battlefield, even if the tanker notices the opponent's infantry approaching, because the turret rotation speed is slow, it cannot be stopped in time.

With the effort of rotating the turret, people have already stuffed cluster grenades into the hull.

But when the tank is accompanied by infantry, the situation is completely different.

When encountering an enemy bunker, the infantry would hide behind the tank, protect themselves with the tank's sturdy hull, and then move on when the tank destroyed the enemy bunker. However, when an enemy infantry tries to approach the tank, the accompanying infantry will attack first, preventing the enemy infantry from approaching the tank.

The accompanying infantry of the 1st Division was armed with semi-automatic pistols, shotguns and Lewis machine guns, and bolt-action rifles were not available at all. All of these weapons have one thing in common: they have a short reaction time and are able to fire quickly.

As a result, the Germans, who wanted to blow up the tank, had just jumped out of the trenches and were either beaten into honeycomb coal by large-caliber shotguns or to pieces by Lewis machine guns.

It is indeed fragments, the power of military weapons is not comparable to police or civilian use, and the only meaning of the existence of military weapons is to kill the enemy, so the power of military ammunition is unimaginable to ordinary people. Even if the caliber of the Lewis machine gun is not as large as the 12.7 mm machine gun equipped with the tank, it is a break when hitting a person at close range.

In particular, the infantry is also equipped with a large number of Mills grenades, which are equipped with "condoms" when they explode, firing 800 steel balls in the "condoms", and almost killing or wounding within 15 meters, which is used to clear trenches and German soldiers hiding behind bunkers is really "safe".

Using the tactics of the mid-20th century against the troops of the early 20th century, the battle was as simple as that, almost at the same time as the tank units rushed into the German positions, the German resistance all stopped, and the Germans, who had been determined until a moment ago, came out of the trenches and bunkers with their hands raised and surrendered to the soldiers of the 1st Division.

When the difference in strength reaches a certain level, all resistance is in vain. Like the French soldiers, the German soldiers were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of senseless death, and when they found that all resistance could not stop the tanks, following their true thoughts was the only option.

The battle went so smoothly was not surprising to Qin Zhiyuan, but in the eyes of Armstrong and Bastian, it was incredible.

Armstrong and Bastian were also veterans, and the battle between them and the Germans had been going on for three years, and in three years, Armstrong and Bastian's forces had killed many Germans, and many of their troops had been killed by the Germans.

It was precisely because they knew each other that Armstrong and Bastian did not think that the Germans were easy to bully.

When Qin Zhiyuan proposed to annihilate the Germans, Armstrong and Bastian did not believe that Qin Zhiyuan could do it, even if Bastian agreed to Qin Zhiyuan's battle plan, Bastien was also deeply skeptical of the combat effectiveness of the First Division.

Not to mention Armstrong, who even had the heart to watch a show when the First Division had just launched an attack.

"The 32nd Division is responsible for the reception of prisoners, and my troops will continue to pursue until the Germans are completely annihilated." Qin Zhiyuan ignored the stunned Armstrong and Bastian, which was just an appetizer before the meal for the First Division.

(To be continued.) )