Early morning of the 27th, Western Front, Reims. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

In the early morning light, a rapid whistle sounded from the camp, and the planks and hay covering the A7 tanks were lifted to protect against French aerial reconnaissance planes, which were no longer needed.

100 kilograms of gasoline barrels were moved by the soldiers to the tank, although this tank can travel 100 kilometers continuously on flat ground, but that is only an ideal state, according to the use of these days, they can only run 60 kilometers in the war, if they encounter obstacles and trenches, the distance will be short.

So every commander would like to fill the tank with fuel and then reload it with shells and shells, because today they need to help the infantry push the line forward at least 50 kilometers!

But they were working hard, and the fuel tank was not unlimited, so when many people were thinking about how to fill more fuel, the soldiers of the third company suddenly tied the oil drum behind the butt of the tank with ropes and hooks, which made everyone's eyes light up.

In the distance, next to car 01, Ince did not stop everyone from doing this, although doing so would hinder the angle of fire of the machine gun in the back, and it was very likely that the rear bullets would concentrate and cause an explosion, but he still acquiesced in this behavior, because after a few days of use, everyone found that the machine gun in the rear basically had no chance to fire, because the infantry and cavalry behind them quickly solved these troubles, and after hanging the fuel tank outside and connecting it to the engine, you can use this simple auxiliary fuel tank first, When everyone rushes into the enemy's interior, they can quickly cut the rope and throw away the tank's internal fuel tank.

Ince looked at the figure in the shimmer with admiration, this method of plugging in the auxiliary fuel tank Guderian proposed last month, but at that time everyone thought that 100 kilometers was enough, but now it seems that this young man does have a high talent in this area.

And after a few days of research, he also thought of the first way to use external oil, which was used in battle, so that the combat distance of the tank could be greatly extended.

However, in front of tank No. 31, Guderian did not notice the gaze of Major Ince behind him, and he had only one thought in his mind.

130 km away is Paris!

As a red light appeared in the sky, after three hours of preparation, Major Ince's No. 01 tank was the first to start, and when he waved the big windmill in his right hand and learned the gestures of the Chinese Empire General Sun, everyone boiled.

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In the trenches on the west side of the Marne, Lieutenant Alphonse-Juan trotted through the trenches, counting the number of people over and over again, and as a platoon leader, he needed to make sure he knew the position of each of his soldiers during the battle.

After counting the numbers, he breathed a sigh of relief, because after four days of tug-of-war, his platoon had lost only two people, almost the number of casualties except for the rear support troops.

Of course, this is due to the experience of his baptism of war in Morocco two years ago, and he knows better than his domestic partners the horrors of war.

Having returned to Paris from Morocco ten days earlier, he, like everyone else, had never imagined that the Germans would advance so fast, not only breaking through the fortress of Liège, but also using the railways in Belgium to successfully cross the border and penetrate deep into Reims.

When the news of the fall of Reims came, Paris immediately fell into chaos, and the self-righteous general Xia Fei made the idea of abandoning Paris, only because of the collective opposition of everyone, he reluctantly agreed to start evacuating the people, and included the capital in the war zone for the first time.

But it is not easy to evacuate millions of people quickly, not to mention that Paris is the industrial and political center of France, and there are so many things that need to be moved, I heard that the precious works of art in the Louvre have not been taken so far, because the railroad must give way to the troops from the rear, and important government departments, arsenals, banks, etc.

Juan removed the bayonet from the 1886 Lebel rifle and began to adjust the crosshair, the world's first eight-millimeter rifle to use smokeless gunpowder, which has always been the pride of France, and like the 75-millimeter rapid-fire gun now in use, its appearance once led France to the world, and caused a great sense of crisis in Germany, which led to the emergence of the Mauser rifle.

When a charred stake in the distance fused with the crosshair, he slowly narrowed his eyes, as if he had mistaken the stake for the German soldiers who had been storming the position for several days.

At this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, and a moment later more than twenty German reconnaissance planes arrived over the position, and swept over everyone's heads like falcons, several of which did not go deeper with most of them, but turned around in the rear, and then circled over the heads of everyone. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Seeing such a large reconnaissance fleet, Juan immediately realized that this must be the prelude to the Germans' overall attack.

When he withdrew his gaze and cast it forward, a large cloud of black smoke suddenly came into view, and he saw that on the horizon in the distance, a neat row of large smoking iron boxes suddenly appeared, they were like a steel wall, rushing towards here!

"God, what's that!" Juan opened his mouth wide, although there had been rumors that the Germans had used a kind of full-body steel mobile fortress, and the reason why Reims was captured was also because of them, but everyone had always felt that it was an excuse from the defeated troops, because no one believed that the fortress could move, and for several days in a row, the Germans repeatedly stormed here, leaving thousands of corpses, and that kind of thing did not appear, so many people began to believe that it was a lie.

But now, they are actually here!

"The Germans are coming!"

"Ready!"

Juan's hurried and nervous shouts tensed up the kilometer-long position, and when the rumbling sound continued to come from afar, every French soldier became nervous, especially after the row of steel monsters rushed out of the horizon with black smoke.

In the sky, the buzzing sound is getting louder and louder, several French planes are fighting with the Germans, and from time to time you can see fire in the sky, since the appearance of the North African eagle, all countries have begun to mount machine guns on the planes, and the battle in the sky has become more and more intense.

But Juan always thought that they were just an episode, and it was the infantry who decided the war, so when those steel monsters got closer and closer, a loud roar came from the artillery position behind them.

"Fire!"

A dozen or so 75mm guns that had already been placed began to roar, and in the midst of the fire, shells burst out one after another, rushing towards those formidable big guys.

But the anticipation of the French soldiers turned into a sigh in an instant, because the strange big guys were moving, so the 75mm guns, known as the pride of France, did not have much effect, and the shells either fell in front of them, or they exploded in the back.

As the steel monsters got closer and closer, all the French soldiers became nervous, they didn't understand what it was, they didn't understand how the Germans made this monster, some of the anxious soldiers even started shooting from a kilometer away, but it had no effect at all except a series of sparks on the steel plates, but it made the fear and fear more pervasive.

The soldiers were not afraid of the enemy, even in the face of tens of thousands of charging German infantry and cavalry, they could fight back with bullets, but in the face of this steel monster that was not even afraid of bullets, a haze began to rise from the bottom of everyone's heart.

Suddenly, a 75-mm shell accurately hit the middle one, and after the explosion opened a large hole in the front of the big guy, it finally struggled a few times and stopped moving.

But this did not make everyone happy, because there were too few of them compared to the monsters in that row, and tragedy happened when the barrels and barrels of guns suddenly stretched out from those covered in steel.

The cannon began to roar, and the bullets swept over the trench like a storm, and countless French soldiers who had no time to dodge were torn apart, especially the Maxim machine gun on it, because of its sub-zero height, the bullets could easily be fired into the trench, unless you completely lay down, or you would be mercilessly penetrated.

Blood splattered the entire trench in the blink of an eye, and the troops, who had lost less than three thousand men in a fierce battle with the German soldiers for several days, suffered heavy losses, and in just a few minutes the corpses covered the position.

In the No. 31 A7 tank, Guderian looked coldly at the French position as if swept by the autumn wind, his cold eyes were full of fire and fanaticism, under his command, the machine gun continued to sweep the trench like an eye, as the French soldiers were pressed and could not raise their heads at all, the 57 mm guns in front began to pour shells into the French artillery positions.

The sound of the roaring explosion sounded from all around the artillery position, and countless smoke and dust flooded the small position in the blink of an eye, and the French soldiers in the flames were either overturned by the air wave generated by the explosion, but simply melted in the artillery fire.

The two 150-horsepower engines emitted a characteristic hissing when they were fully loaded, pushing the tank forward like two brute oxen, and the tracks pressed two long marks on the dirt, and when Tank 31 was the first to rush to the edge of the trench, all the French soldiers held their breath, and everyone was left with only one thought.

"Wide trenches can hold them back."

But this thought arose, and immediately turned into ruthlessness, only to see the No. 31 car led by Guderian, which slowly crossed the trench and began to assault the body!

"With a grenade!"

This picture made Juan's hands and feet cold, gritted his teeth and shouted, pulled out the grenade he was carrying, and threw it vigorously towards a nearby tank.

This kind of thing was copied from the Hua Empire, and it was very popular with the soldiers, and their power had been reflected in the continuous battles for several days, but the explosions that occurred around the steel monsters in a row did not seem to affect them, and the fragments and bullets brought a little spark, and after making a burst of bells, they disappeared immediately.

"Charge!"

"Block them!"

I don't know who shouted this, and before Juan could even stop it, countless partners had already jumped out of the trench and rushed towards these monsters, but in this way, those machine guns roared even harder, knocking down thousands of partners who jumped out of the trench in the blink of an eye.

With the first trench of A, the French ** team, which had held out for four days, finally began to retreat, looking at the French soldiers running wildly all over the mountains, the machine gunners in each tank had red eyes.

"Da-da-da-da."

Bullet pursuers at every target they could see, the muzzle fire reflected the faces of all the machine gunners hiding behind the steel plates, and the long canvas cartridge belt was swallowed in, and the piercing ship spat out countless shells.

The deputies carried the ammunition back and forth, repeating the action of loading the ammunition, and then in order to save ammunition, even Guderian had to order to reduce unnecessary firing.

Juan raised his head from the trench, looked at the steel monsters that had crossed the position and rushed to the rear, he could no longer describe the horror in his heart, and his eyes looked blankly at the broken corpses of his companions on the left and right, almost piled up like a hill, and found that his platoon was the only one left.

"Ah~!"

He shouted hard, venting his fear with all his might, he couldn't accept this reality, pulled out the last grenade, rushed out of the trench, and chased after the tanks.

But he had just rushed out of the trench, and before he could throw out the grenade, he suddenly remembered the sound of countless horses' hooves behind him, and saw thousands of German cavalry whistling, waving sabers and rushing over, and among them, there were also a large number of small armed cars with machine guns, and behind them were dense German infantry!

"Order the troops to stop advancing, and leave the rest to the cavalry and infantry."

Major Ince opened the car door sweating profusely, three hours of fighting had exhausted his strength, looking at the corpses that had passed all the way, he nodded with satisfaction, but before he could be happy, his assistant had already rushed over.

"Major, the third company refused to carry out the order, and Second Lieutenant Guderian said that he was going to Paris!"

"What!" Major Ince's eyes were straight, and in three hours they helped the army tear through the defensive line, and advanced another fifty kilometers, and as long as they continued to come a few more times, they could reach Paris.

But what did he hear now?

Guderian actually led three companies of ten tanks straight to Paris!

This little bastard, did he think that the French ** team in front of him was on vacation?

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In the headquarters cafeteria, Xia Fei sat in front of a large pile of delicacies and feasted.

Although many people accused him of eating two good meals a day, he didn't care, because he thought it was a personal habit and had nothing to do with the war, so even when the Germans occupied Reims, he still kept the tradition to himself.

And when he was eating, he hated being disturbed, and gradually everyone got used to waiting until he finished eating.

But this time, the French Minister of War Messimi could no longer bear this so-called composure this time, snatched the emergency telegram from the communications officer's hand, slammed open the door of the restaurant and walked in.

"Your Majesty, dear minister, I'm having dinner, and if there's something I can talk about later." Xia Fei didn't raise his head, still chewing on a tender steak.

His attitude, which infuriated Messimi, slammed the emergency telegram in front of him, shook the plate and shouted: "Joseph, we are going to lose Paris!" ”

After being disturbed and losing his appetite, Xia Fei frowned, put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth with a napkin, raised his head and looked coldly at the minister, who had repeatedly provoked him, and said: "Your Majesty, Reims is 150 kilometers away from here, do you think that German soldiers have wings?" Even if they are allowed to run, it will take at least one day and one night. ”

"Really?"

Looking at the army general who said a few days ago that he was going to give up Paris and Verdun, Minister Messimi sneered at the corner of his mouth and pushed the telegram to his side hard: "Joseph, why did they appear twenty miles away!" ”

"It can't be, perhaps."

Xia Fei picked up the information, and just wanted to refute two sentences saying that it was a mistake, or a small part, but after reading the information, the whole person was stunned!

The intelligence was sent by the Fifth Army outside Paris, and they were attacked by at least ten German-style armored cars of the kind that appeared in the border battle not so long ago, wrapped in steel!

And because the other side appeared suddenly, the troops who were digging trenches were not prepared at all, so the casualties were particularly heavy!

How is this possible!

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"Rush, rush, rush!"

On the outskirts of Paris, Guderian repeated a word loudly, no tactics, no set-up, all he needed was speed.

Under his leadership, the only eight A7 tanks left roared like beasts, and the bullets were sprinkled on the helpless and obviously unprepared French soldiers in the distance, and the water tank that cooled the barrels was constantly bubbling outward, and the bullet casings had covered the entire tank compartment.

Paris!

32 km more!

Through the narrow viewing window, Guderian and his friends could even see the tall Eiffel Tower!

Old Wilhelm had been killed by the French, and now he was going to go to Paris and tell the French that Germany was unstoppable!

Boom!

Two shells landed next to Tank No. 31, but this did not frighten Guderian, but only stimulated him to enter Paris, until the adjutant pulled the corner of his coat.

"William, we're surrounded!"

The deputy pointed behind him, and Guderian hurriedly looked over, only to see countless French soldiers detouring from both wings.

"How far will we get to Paris?"

"It will take about an hour and a half, but." The deputy paused, he knew why Guderian was so eager to enter Paris, because he wanted to use Paris to comfort his father, but after thinking about it, he still reminded: "William, Major Ince, they are stuck behind, and we are running out of gas!" ”

The words of the deputy made Guderian quickly calm down, although he wanted to take revenge and go to Paris, but he was not a fool yet.

Although the ten tanks of the third company at the time of departure had actually put a barrel inside in violation of the regulations in addition to a barrel of gasoline outside, and had not abandoned the outside until they ran out of fuel in the previous battle, even with so much fuel, they could barely make it back and forth.

Originally, as long as Major Ince and everyone chased after him, his plan could have succeeded, but he didn't expect Major Ince and them to be blocked behind, so he had to consider the danger of being surrounded after entering Paris.

Looking at the Eiffel Tower looming in the distance, although Guderian was unwilling and wanted to take revenge, he had already lost two tanks along the way, so in the face of the remaining partners, he could only hammer the steel plate hard.

He was helpless, if the speed of the tank could be better and the driving distance could be longer, then maybe the third company would be able to rewrite history!

"Turn around, let's rush back!"

PS: Four! If you are exhausted, you will have a consolation ticket!!