The red sun is in the sky, and the white clouds are densely layered. After the four Kirovs had thrown away the massive ammunition they were carrying, they turned around contentedly and resurfaced into the thick clouds. The hordes of German heavy artillery also stopped roaring and began to enjoy the maintenance services of the German gunners. In just three hours, they poured more than 4,000 shells mercilessly onto the French defensive positions opposite; The violent explosion was like a heavenly drum, and even the Germans themselves felt the thrill!

Smoke billowed and fires blazed. At this time, the French front-line defensive positions had been ravaged by German bomb fire: the trenches had collapsed, the earthen walls had collapsed, and even the concrete bunkers that had been built with great difficulty had been blown up, and countless irregular cement fragments were scattered everywhere, and some were still emitting a trace of white smoke. The French soldiers, who had survived the catastrophe, trembled and staggered from their trenches; Unkempt, dusty, staggering, and blind, they looked like zombies after a moon-reading nightmare. Dozens of French soldiers had blood flowing from their ears and began to shout and jump in place hoarsely, shouting and laughing; The soldier who had regained a little regain in his eyes looked at his poor robes, and his heart was like a boulder, and the infarction was unspeakable. Historically, the brutal battlefields of the Western Front have made a large number of soldiers on both sides of the war unable to withstand the pressure and go crazy, not to mention that this is the first time that the French army has suffered such a thunderous and lightning blow?

However, before they could breathe, the Germans had already taken advantage of the situation to attack!

"Squeak!" With the screeching sound of steel chains cutting through the rubble, the German tank tracks rumbled over the rugged field field and slowly drove towards the French position at a speed of 3 km/h. The engine roared and roared. A faint white smoke is sent out from the tail pipe. Look around. In total, more than 50 of these steel monsters appeared on the magnificent battlefield that stretched for several kilometers; They are more than twice as large as a regular sedan. The front of the hull has angled armor, and in the turret on it, a thin gun swings around as the turret rotates. The cold black hole muzzle of the black hole made everyone who faced it tremble, lest it spew deadly light on itself.

Behind each Iron Cross-painted Iron Monster was a company of assault troops. Armed with Mauser 98K rifles or German-made Madsen light machine guns, and four wooden-handled grenades strapped to their belts, they slowly advanced in a straggler's ranks. On the battlefield where bullets have no eyes. Every German officer and soldier paid twelve points of attention, paying full attention to the movements of the French positions. Several officers and men carrying long cylinder discs and other parts of the division walked behind, and if necessary, they could quickly assemble these parts into a 60-mm mortar.

In the rear is the main infantry cluster that is responsible for the advance mission. In order to smash the French defensive positions in front of him in one fell swoop and buy time for the follow-up offensive troops, the commander of the Sixth Army, Russell, threw three of his four infantry brigades on the battlefield in one fell swoop, leaving only one as a reserve for dealing with unexpected situations. Looking over the hill where Russell was, there were countless gray stars all over the area; As long as it is a remote location that cannot be reached by tanks, these infantry are the main force of the offensive mission.

The most rear-end group of troops was the cavalry, which was generally possessed in the German army ranks. Albeit with the efforts of Qingying. The German cavalry began to transform into armored units, but due to time, money, and the slow speed of the current tanks. The Germans still had a large number of cavalry in their ranks. Of the Sixth Army under Russell's command, only the Toco's division had successfully completed the transformation, and the other 3 regiments and 15 companies with a total of more than 2,000 cavalry units remained in their original state. With the advancement of the times, the cavalry units, which were in the limelight in the past, have now completely become supporting roles on the battlefield of the Western Front; In this kind of positional attack, they can only stay behind the infantry, wait for the friendly army to tear a hole in the enemy position, and then rush in, using their sabers and Luger pistols at close range.

There was a roar in the air, and dozens of aircraft with bat-wings on their shoulders buzzed towards the battlefield like a swarm of dragonflies. They all had one or three pairs of graceful wings of wooden skin growing laterally, huge propellers spinning rapidly in the nose, and under the bellies of the large triplanes, several chubby, round aerial bombs hung from them. The small, light monoplane fighter was the first to arrive, rolling and circling in the air; In the sunlight, the black iron cross logo on their wings looks so striking and glaring.

This is the first blitzkrieg attack in human history in which the air force, armor and infantry work together!

"Boom! Rumble! "In the face of the menacing German attack, the remaining French 75-mm artillery under the shelling and bombardment let out a roaring rage full of unwillingness; The attacking German army exploded with a dazzling glow of red, purple, orange, and red, and the flames surged, and the air waves emptied. However, before the German artillery could observe the position of the French artillery as usual, the three-winged bombers in the air moved like mosquitoes that smelled blood. They quickly find their target with a bird's-eye view of the air, then lower their altitude and drop their aerial bombs down.

"Boom!" Thunder roared, firelight danced wildly, layers of crimson waves of light rolled up in a roar, and the hiding place of the French artillery was swallowed up by the surging orange-purple flames. Although the accuracy of the bombing of this improvised bomber was far less accurate than that of the later dive bomber Stuka, it could be compensated for by saturation attack: in the combat regulations of the German bomber pilots, whenever the enemy field artillery of more than 75 mm was encountered, the four 50kg aerial bombs carried by the Gotha I bomber would be dropped, and the destruction would be ensured by means of a large charge and a multi-projection covering attack. For a time, the French position was once again baptized by the whistling of aerial bombs after the departure of the Kirovs, and the fiery red light waves exploded into the sky; Many French soldiers near the cannon were also affected by the violent explosion that could be matched by the main guns of the battleship, and their flesh flew and they died on the spot.

After a round of bombing, the artillery counterattack on the French position was very scarce, and the sporadic shells fell on the battlefield and exploded, but it was no longer able to stop the advance of the German troops. At the same time, more than a dozen monoplane fighters also flew over the French positions, hitting one observation hot air balloon after another into a volley and exploding, and the flames were blazing. After emptying the eyes and ears of the French artillery, the German pilots who were still unsatisfied manipulated their Fokker I fighter jets to pull down the nose and dive and strafe at the French soldiers on the ground; In the splash of sand, many French soldiers with no air defense experience stood in place in a daze, and became unwilling to die under the guns of Maxim.

Amid the loud shouts of the French officers, the French soldiers, who had been caught off guard by this new mode of warfare from thirty years later, finally came to their senses; They hid back in the trenches that had not yet collapsed, rifles in hand, and stared nervously at the slowly advancing German corps. The body clinging to the dirt could even feel the earth trembling slightly as the Germans advanced. Looking at the steel trolls that rushed like hellish monsters, even the French officers and soldiers had been immersed in the concept of mortal attack for many years, and their hands couldn't help but break out in a lot of cold sweat at this moment. The attack of German planes and heavy artillery is not enough, after all, these things are still listed in the French army, and the French officers and soldiers still have a certain resistance to this, but what about those black steel monsters? The French officers and soldiers searched their stomachs, and they did not find any weapons in their army that could correspond to them!

“Feu！”

When the German tanks advanced to a distance of about 800 meters from the French position, the French officer, armed with a command knife, suddenly gave a loud order to open fire. The French machine gunner quickly leaned behind the few heavy machine guns hidden by the foliage, and through the scale on the machine guns, he aimed at the huge black steel monsters in the distance. Holding the cold and powerful metal body of the gun, the French machine gunner regained some confidence in his heart. This 8 mm heavy machine gun developed by Haqikais Military Industry is very powerful, and has the ability to penetrate two people at a distance of hundreds of meters; So no matter what, you can't go wrong to machine gun these damn German iron things first! For a moment, they slammed the trigger and tilted all the dozens of bullets on the bullet board.

However, to the great shock of the French officers and soldiers, these big men made of steel and cast iron did not seem to have any reaction; After a storm of bullets, they were still advancing with heavy steps. The incredible French machine gunners loaded another bullet plate and opened fire on their target, but they still fired their bullets like mud cows into the sea, and there was no more sound, and the progress of these steel monsters spitting iron crosses did not stop!

The gunfire was intense, the catapults swirled, and countless machine-gun bullets clanged against the steel armor, like a torrential rain of lotus leaves in the summer. As the distance closes, a few of the hapless ghosts who are following behind the tank begin to fall to the ground from the stray bullets that fly from the projectiles. When driving to a distance of about 500 meters from the French position, many German tanks stopped their tracks. Before the French machine gunners could taste this little bit of joy, they saw the "heads" of these monsters slowly turn, aiming their faces straight at themselves; From the short and slender tube that was pitch black and deep, a brilliant orange-red flame suddenly erupted...... (To be continued......)

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