The twilight was dark, the twilight was vast, the remnant sun was like blood, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the earth, but it could not illuminate the town completely shrouded in the thick smoke of gunpowder.

"Now I need the Great German Infantry Regiment to attack again, to retake this town and drive the French out of here!" In the operations command room outside the town, Major General Ferdinand Sauer, commander of the 10th Panzer Division, stood in front of a topographic map and said to the officers standing next to him.

"I'm sorry, sir, I refuse, but the Great German Infantry Regiment has been marching and fighting for several days in a row, and the soldiers are too tired to attack at once again." Colonel von Stockhaus rejected the request of Major General Ferdinand Sauer in a firm tone.

"Well, then I'll have to send the 69th Infantry Regiment to carry out this order." Major General Ferdinand Sauer knew the situation of the Greater German Infantry Regiment, and they were all in front of them along the way, so knowing that this unit was not in good shape, he did not force them to order, but planned to change to a more energetic unit to go to the top.

"Thank you for your understanding, sir!" Colonel von Stockhaus saluted and said that although the Greater German Infantry Regiment was special in that it was only temporarily under the command of the 10th Panzer Division, it was the same as when it was in the 1st Panzer Division before, and it was temporary, and it was possible to refuse the unreasonable demands of these division commanders, but it was also good that Major General Ferdinand Sauer was able to understand the situation of the soldiers and give up this order.

In the final rays of sunset, a battalion of the 69th Infantry Regiment entered the town and engaged the French defenders in a fierce exchange of fire, which eventually led to the south of the town but were unable to drive them out of the town.

"I heard you killed a big guy in the morning?" In the makeshift camp, Vincent asked with a cup of coffee.

"Haha! It should be the commander of an armored company! This is not a big deal! Licorice said after taking a sip of bread.

"The commander of the armored company is not a big man? Could it be that you still want to kill a general? Daniel said dissatisfied, holding the food.

"Hah! Maybe I'll kill a general for you to see! Licorice squinted her eyes and smiled with a smile on her face, jokingly.

"Oh! Then I'll see! When the time comes, please eat steak! Daniel's eyes widened in disbelief, and he waved the bread in his hand and said in a bet.

"It's a deal! Then you will wait for bankruptcy! Licorice smiled and responded.

"Come on, Linus! When the time comes, call everyone and eat him in the dark! Vincent joked humorously.

"Why haven't you seen Henry all this time?" Licorice asked Vincent.

"The fourth company of today's battle is very miserable, the assault guns have been killed a lot, the French B1 tank armor is too thick, it is difficult for us to deal with them for the time being, Henry should be dealing with the fourth company now." Vincent thought for a moment and then said quietly.

"Our third company also suffered a lot of casualties, right?" Daniel asked.

"Yes, but we will continue to engage the French in this town until the army crosses the Muse." Vincent replied.

"Then I'll kill them all!" Licorice said with a clenched fist.

After dinner, the soldiers, who had fought hard for eight hours during the day, went straight back to their makeshift barracks to rest, and licorice also fell asleep on the bed.

At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, the French army began to shell the German troops in the town, and in the sound of "boom~~~" artillery fire, licorice was woken up, and now licorice, who could not sleep in the fierce cannonade, turned over and got up from the bed, washed and dressed, and walked out of the camp, looking at the town in the distance that was once again covered by artillery fire in the morning light, and let out an inner sigh: "It is really a troubled place, giving me a sense of Stalingrad's immediacy." ”

After nearly an hour of artillery fire, the French attack began, and the B1 tanks in the first wave of the attack advanced about 100 meters to the west of the town, and exchanged fire with German anti-tank guns and tanks. During the fierce fighting, one B1 tank accidentally overturned into a ditch, and two more broke down and had to stop. A B1 tank on the left flank of the offensive formation rushed into the town and marched along the main road to the vicinity of the town's church. At this time, a column of German tanks belonging to the 8th Panzer Regiment was parked on the side of the street, and they were preparing to counterattack the French army, most of these tanks were light tanks No. 2, with only one No. 3 and one No. 4 supporting them.

The French B1 tank that broke into the vehicle immediately turned around and aimed the 75mm tank gun at the leading German tank, while the commander turned the turret and aimed the 47mm tank gun at the German tank at the end of the queue. The German tanks that were lined up very closely were unable to move at once, and their guns had nothing to do with the heavy armor of the B1 tank, the B1 tank that broke into the single vehicle was moving along the street, while methodically destroying the German tanks one by one, after solving the German tanks, the B1 tank that had just driven out of the town met another group of German tanks that were moving towards the town, and destroyed them all again, after doing all this, the B1 tank made a sharp turn and drove towards the high ground, After eliminating two 37mm anti-tank guns along the way, and completing this series of matchlessness, it finally turned around again and returned to the French-controlled area through the town, and in this short few minutes of fighting, the B1 tank was hit by the Germans at least more than 140 times, but it was not able to cause any substantial damage to it, which made the German armament department deeply aware of the lack of anti-tank firepower.

While the B1 tank swept through the German tanks, the French infantry, under the cover of the Renault light tanks, launched an assault on the town, and after more than an hour of fighting, the French regained control of Stoney at about 7 o'clock.

After this short battle, the Germans were silent until about ten o'clock when the artillery in the German positions began a majestic salvo, "Boom~~~" With the sound of artillery that resounded through the world, the shells that covered the sky fell on the heads of the French troops in the town, after more than a dozen salvos, the hum of the aircraft was heard in the sky, and a large group of Stuka dive bombers flew from a distance under the escort of the fighter formation, and carried out a carpet bombardment of the town in the roar of death, when the bombing of Stuka ended, Another round of shelling began.

The French soldiers in the town looked at the shells that kept falling in the sky with numb eyes, and there was nothing around that could help stop the shells, and the whole town was almost flattened. After a while, the seemingly endless shelling finally stopped, and before the French could breathe a sigh of relief, the Germans had launched an attack from both sides of the town.

"Attack!" The command of Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Schroeder sounded.

Licorice and Daniel carefully hid behind the tank with the other soldiers, and from time to time bullets were shot into the dirt next to Licorice, splashing black mud. "Calm down, bend down, be careful, don't get out of the shadow of the tank, they can't hit us in our current position, get close to the town in a while, be sure to quickly get out of the back of the tank and look for other cover!" The veterans talk about their experiences.

Licorice thinks that he should be considered a veteran, right? At least I've been through so many battles, big and small, and I killed a company commander, by the way, my officer promotion document should be on the way, that's what Vincent said.

"Quick! Spread out in search of cover and watch out for their machine guns! Finally approaching the town, Licorice quickly found a crater next to it and lay down, but the location here is not good, "Sudden ~~~ Sudden ~~~" A series of machine gun bullets were shot behind Licorice's feet, that is, the position behind the crater, the position here is really bad, the opponent's machine gunner can hit the back, although they can't hit the anticline in front, but this undoubtedly greatly reduces the value of this bunker. But at the same time, because of the bunker, it is possible to aim at the enemy and shoot, and in this situation of being suppressed by fire, the person who stands outside and shoots is either a fool who shoots casually and wastes ammunition, or a fool who wastes his life. When the machine gun that had been shooting at this place shifted the target, Licorice ventured out his head and reconfirmed the target according to the various firing points he had just observed behind the tank, and there were two heavy machine guns and an anti-tank gun behind two sandbags and a bunker made of various scrap metal at the entrance of the town, but the angle here could only hit one of the machine gun positions, and the anti-tank position.

After gesturing to Daniel, who was hiding behind a bunker in front of him, signaling that he would continue with the men in a moment, Licorice set up his rifle and aimed at the machine gun position, behind a pile of sandbags, one of the machine gunners was holding heavy machine gun fire to the right, while the secondary machine gunner was holding a chain of bullets in both hands, and a soldier next to them was shooting at the other place.

It's very close to that, at least for licorice, the distance between the two sides is only five hundred meters, first aim at the main shooter, slowly put the target into the crosshairs, hold your breath, pull the trigger, "Bang~" You don't need to confirm the results at all, pull the bolt, load the bullet, aim at the sub-shooter, pull the trigger, "Bang~~" The head of the sub-shooter also opened a hole instantly, and he fell down with his head up, when Licorice still wanted to continue to aim at the third person, he found that the soldier had been shot by another sharpshooter, At the same time, not only the machine gun position that he was aiming at, but also another machine gun position that could not be reached by licorice also ceased fire, and it seems that it was also killed. Taking advantage of the vacuum of enemy machine-gun fire, Daniel had already run behind a bunker at the entrance of the town with his soldiers, and Licorice followed closely behind, as for why Licorice had to act with the large army all the time, it was of course because he was now only a sharpshooter, not a sniper, the most important ability of a sniper was always camouflage, while Licorice only had the ability to shoot from a distance. Well, if it's the kind of sniper who only does one mission, I'll admit, the most important ability is sniping, because he doesn't need to come back alive at all.

After storming the town, Vincent quickly commanded his men to build machine gun positions on the two positions that had been seized from the French, and at the same time sent people to control the two machine guns that had just ceased fire, not to mention to help advance, at least at the entrance of the town.