At 5 a.m. on 5 November, the 106th Army began attacking this last line of defense. After four hours of sapper clearance, the tank group cut through the gap cleared by the sappers and advanced to the rear of the French army.

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! ......The French army was not willing to be broken through by the Germans like this, and they mobilized all their troops, tanks, and artillery to try to block the breakthrough of the German tanks.

If the German tank had developed as it had historically, the French heavy artillery might have had the effect they wanted. But the unfortunate thing is that now these German tanks are not so much German tanks, but rather Soviet-style tanks whose technical level has reached the later fifties and sixties.

Of course, there are some modifications of German tanks. But it was still the foundation of the Soviet tank, including armor that could bounce shells and the 75mm gun.

The French tried in every possible way to stop their efforts, but in exchange for only ...... Be breached!

"Tom...... Rumble!! "A Somya S-35 hit the Tiger tank with one shot and was destroyed by one shot itself after the shell was ricocheted. It's not a game, hit and have a health bar.

Basically hit by a 75mm shell, the French tank was directly blown into a ball of scrap metal. And the 37mm shells of the French army themselves were either bounced off or not penetrated when they hit the Tiger.

A total of 320 French tanks rushed to the battlefield in an attempt to stop the German advance. But helplessly, their efforts have brought results they don't want to see.

"Chirp...... "The only thing that could pose a threat to the Germans was the 12th and 1st Moroccan divisions, the most elite motorized infantry divisions of the French army, and as many as 10-12 companies of artillery.......

Although the mechanized units, which included the light 2nd and 3rd light divisions, put up stubborn resistance to the Germans. But with little success.

At 16 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the German armored units broke through the line held by the French army for a day. The 35th battalion of the French separate heavy tanks, supported by powerful artillery, tried to encircle and counterattack.

"Support! We need support! The commander of the 35th Battalion of Independent Heavy Tanks had his guards constantly waving flags outside the tank, trying to get in touch with the troops behind.

At this time, the French tank units were not equipped with radio communication equipment, and the communication on the battlefield was almost entirely based on the language of the flag. But how much of the message of the flag can be transmitted under the smoke of gunpowder?!

"Boom!!" A Somya S-35 was hit by German artillery and exploded into a cloud of fireworks and scrap metal. The German armoured forces had already broken through to their positions and were engaged in a grapple with the 35th Battalion of Heavy Tanks that were trying to defend themselves.

It's not so much a grappling as a slaughter. The French Somya S-35 was almost defenseless in front of the German tanks, and basically only one shot was needed to kill a tank.

At 20:45, the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division had completely annihilated or expelled the French forces from the position, and the attempt of the Allied forces to secure the Dale position had finally failed.

However, the German losses and attrition were also enormous, and the 106th Army was forced to stop the offensive and wait for the arrival of the 35th Infantry Division and the 20th Motorized Infantry Division and supplies.

After 3 days of fierce fighting. The French cavalry suffered heavy losses: 80 of the 160 Somya tanks of the 2nd and 3rd Light Divisions were damaged, while 110 of the 160 Hatschi were lost.

The 12th Motorized Infantry Division and the 1st Moroccan Division, the most elite of the French army, were directly reduced by more than 40%, and most of them were either killed in battle or missing. The rest were under the cover of the cavalry corps. Evacuate the battlefield.

As far as this battle is concerned, the French cavalry corps did suffer huge losses, but they blocked the German 106th motorized corps on the line of Holemont-Yuyi for at least two days, so although the French cavalry corps suffered heavy losses, its operation should have been successful and the task had been accomplished.

And the tactics adopted by both sides are also of a high level. First of all, the Germans. In terms of tactics, the Germans followed Guderian's instruction that "one blow, no economy and dispersion" and gathered the chariots into a dense formation to attack. Thus, it was possible to destroy the small groups of French vehicles one by one.

But because the French tanks fought in small groups. The Germans used fire to hit the chariots, although they quickly routed the French chariot group. However, the Germans were overwhelmed by the small flocks of French chariots, and often just broke up this group, and then another group appeared immediately, as if it were full of endless enemies that could never be dispersed.

And the French army was compared to the German army. There are also up to 10~12 companies of artillery for artillery support. These were the reasons why the German tank group was struggling in this move.

Of course, the magnitude of the French army's own shortcomings cannot be ignored. Due to the foresight of the German army's design of the combat vehicle, the combat vehicle was equipped with excellent communication equipment -- radio equipment, which played a responsive, rapid and flexible effect.

The French chariots of this period still used hand flags as a means of communication on the battlefield. It's unimaginable. In the midst of war and smoke, who the fuck would notice flags from a distance?!

As a result, the French tanks were often caught up in self-fighting and unable to work together, and were defeated by the Germans separately. Of course, this was one of the reasons for the defeat of the French army, and the gap between the two sides in terms of vehicle generation should not be ignored.

It can be said that the tanks provided by the Tiger Tu to the Germans could kill the French. Raw with tanks from the late thirties to fight, in the fifties and sixties, the design scheme has tended to mature tanks.

This resulted in extensive losses of French tanks, and armor that seemed thick enough to the French was vulnerable to German 75mm guns. Their own shells only left a small scratch on the German tank, or a pit. Only a few lucky enough to hit the gaps in the German tanks and were able to inflict casualties.

The worst thing was that a large number of Somyan tanks lost by the French in the battle were due to mechanical problems or lack of fuel, and they stopped directly and became targets for German tanks.

But one thing is certain: the strongest elite units of the French army are fighting here. After their chariots were destroyed, some of these elite Gallic cuirassiers dismounted and fired at the enemy with their pistols, while others returned to their rear positions to join the infantry in continuing the battle.

Being able to crush the elite units of the French army greatly excited the German command. But at the same time, to the delight of the Germans, the defeat of this elite force would allow the advance of the Chariot Corps of the Kleist Panzer Corps, which was on the Ardennes at this time, to be effectively blocked.

"We're making Blu's defense fail......" Leopold III pinched the telegram, looked at Gan Molin, Wei Gang and others in front of him and gritted his teeth: "I said a long time ago, Plan D is not reliable!" But none of you care what I think, no one cares about the strategic position of Belgium! ”

"Now, wait for destruction! I am very interested to see Free France overthrow as a result, and that you have done it all by yourselves! Dear gentlemen! ”

Morris. Gan Molin and Wei Gang's faces were gloomy and they didn't say a word. It was already clear that the Germans and the main forces of the French army would make a long advance into the Belgian hinterland.

They have no power to stop this from happening, and the fall of Belgium will undoubtedly lead to the fall of France. Almost all of the main elite units of the French army were lost in the Battle of Boul.

The remainder was temporarily powerless to stop the German offensive, that is to say that France was on the verge of defeat.

But they don't know that in reality the situation in France is much more critical! At the same time as the Battle of Hanout, the vehicles of the Southern Kleist Panzer Corps had crossed the Ardennes Forest and crossed the Maas River.

Strategically, Germany was thinking of instigating a Belgian campaign to mobilize the main French forces and at the same time allowing its troops to break through the poorly defended Ardennes.

Now, this strategic goal has been achieved. It can even be said that it was more perfect than they imagined, and even the main forces of the French army were devastated in Belgium, and now the fatal annihilation of the coalition forces and the defeat of France are not far away!

"Buzzing ......" A large passenger plane slowly moved into a US Air Force military base in Alaska, which is owned by the United States, and a group of officers hurriedly stepped forward to greet the people on the plane after the plane came to a standstill.

And the first thing they saw was a man who looked like a giant bear and had a bearded face full of fibrous roots. This man had falcon-like eyes, and the officers who were swept by his eyes couldn't help but have cold hairs on their backs.

"It's not particularly cold here...... Not bad! The man seemed to be sure that there was no danger, and he smiled and stepped off the plane.

And then, a group of people came down from the plane one after another. There were men and women, and one of them, a lady wearing a cheongsam and a scarf around her hair, smiled indifferently and stepped off the plane with the help of the people around her.

"May I ask if you are Vice Chairman Song?!" A bearded general with the rank of major general hurried up to meet him, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw this woman! This is definitely the most tranquil lady he has ever seen.

"I am, you're General Johnson, aren't you?! It's an honor to meet you......" Vice Chairman Song smiled and stretched out his hand.

"Oh~ you speak English so well! I'm honored to meet you......" Johnson gently shook Vice Chairman Song's hand, and at this time, the man who got off the plane earlier smiled and said in English that he was not very proficient in.

"General Johnson, is it?! I wonder if our planes are ready?! Although this man was giving orders in his tone, it seemed difficult to make people unhappy with him.

It seems that he was born to call the shots, and although Johnson wanted to show himself in front of a lady with a calm temperament, he held back.

"It's ready, may I ask if you are ......"

"Me?! I'm Tu Sancang! The man smiled, and what he said was so natural. But hearing this man's name, Johnson actually felt a breath of heat erupt from his back in this somewhat cold weather!

ps: Chapter 1, go to the shop to help first. Yard Chapter 2 in a moment!