The morning sun shines on the earth, but nothing here can match the tranquility and serenity. The white-camouflaged tank broke a small sapling and sped forward with the roar of machinery. The tracks of the tank pressed through the thin layer of snow and rolled forward with black dirt.

"Boom!" an explosion was heard in the distance, and a shell hit the village in the distance, and on both sides of the road, the corpses of a dozen Belgian soldiers were lying on each other, and in the village, a machine-gun position was firing fiercely at the approaching tanks.

The bullet hit the turret of the tank, splashing sparks, but it did not stop the tank's advance, and on the bullet-riddled armor of the tank, a vague set of numbers - 113 - was written in hollow numbers. Yes, the 3rd SS Panzer Division, the ace of death, was on the offensive with the goal of capturing the huge bridge behind the village.

"Clark, pay attention to the position straight ahead. Wren stared at the commander's helmeting scope and said, "Andrey, about 30 degrees to the right front, do you see that haystack? I suspect there's a heavy machine gun or an anti-aircraft gun!"

"Understood. Andrei began to turn the turret, and when the turret was turned to align with the position, André opened fire without waiting for Wren to give the order.

"Boom!" the tank body shook, and the surrounding dust and snow were swept into the sky by the powerful air current. A cannonball hit the haystack and flew into the air with a pile of scrap metal and corpses.

"Beautiful! A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun! Just waiting for us to turn! Treat us like rookies. Wren saw the results of the battle, laughed and patted Andre on the shoulder, and then ordered the sweaty Bruce: "Bruce! continue to reload high-explosive shells......

Then he grabbed the intercom, put it near his throat and said, "Let your infantry disperse!

His words were addressed to the Panzergrenadiers who were following behind them, and in order to attack this important transportation hub, almost all the troops they could find were concentrated on it. A whole two companies of Panzergrenadiers, as well as 7 tanks, including the Rennes crew. And the Belgian bridge guards they attacked did not have even a single anti-tank gun.

The Belgian defenders were quick to react, but they were still not ready to face the battle-hardened German armoured forces. Wren has added 4 records to himself these days, just three guns and 1 car. Compared to Poland on the Eastern Front, there are fewer things that can be used here to get the Leopard tank of Rennes.

The bullet only left a shallow pit in the front armor plate of the Leopard tank he was driving, like a shallow pockmark on his face, which he couldn't distinguish if he didn't look closely. But these mottled traces illustrate the experience of this tank, which is as awe-inspiring as a military medal.

Wren wore the Knight's Iron Cross around his neck, swaying slightly as his tank advanced. Through his periscope, he saw the Belgian infantry, beaten into a sieve by Clark, and the enemy's machine-gun emplacements, which had been drowned in white smoke with Andrei's coaxial machine gun.

Compared to when it was in Poland, there was no tension in this group, and instead there was a smooth coordination that was pleasing to the eye. For them, attacking and slaughtering is their job, and what they need to do is very simple, and that is to take out any opponent who is tenacious and survive.

So the excited yelling was gone, and apart from a few necessary explanations, everyone tried not to interfere with the work of the others, except when it was time to stop and fire, and André would kick the back of Bowman's chair twice.

The German Panzergrenadiers were also more experienced, and the frenzied but rigid attacks of yesteryear were gone, replaced by extremely efficient means of attack.

The improvised machine-gun positions established directly behind were firing fiercely, and the unique sound of the G42 machine gun was the most beautiful note in the ears of the German infantry.

After summing up their own combat experience, the German infantry developed a very effective basic tactic, which was mainly based on machine guns. The infantry squad is composed of a machine gun squad and a rifle squad, the machine gun squad is responsible for suppressing the enemy stronghold during the attack, and then the rifle squad uses the terrain to approach the enemy stronghold, and then uses the powerful suppressive power of the assault rifle and G43 or grenades to annihilate the enemy in close combat.

The general procedure is that the machine gun first occupies a suitable firing position, and the rifle squad simultaneously detours to the flank, and then the machine gun fires head-on to attract and suppress enemy fire, while the rifle squad approaches from the flank or rear, and then destroys the opponent in the stronghold by the bravery of the rifle squad and the melee weapons in their hands.

In the case of defense, the position is divided into sections or independent strongholds, with the machine-gun group as the core and the rifle group responsible for guarding and protecting the machine-gun group. In short, the machine gun is the backbone of fire in the defense. So special attention should be paid to the protection of machine guns, as soon as the machine guns are destroyed, the defense will be extremely difficult.

In actual combat in Poland, the German army was often not based on squads, but on platoon companies. But the principle of combat is still the same. Only the use of mortars or heavy machine guns belonging to the platoon company was added. MG42 was fully capable of meeting the tactical needs of the German army. It has a very good suppression ability, because its range is basically the same as that of machine guns in other countries, and its much higher rate of fire, the general machine gun is simply not able to account for the upper hand of the MG42 in machine gun fire.

In fact, the tactics used by Germany today are extremely "tricky" tactics based on weapon superiority. For example, to use the advantages of communication and artillery power to concentrate on the use of tanks to break through the opponent's defenses, for example, to use the advantage of fighter performance to generally use high-altitude dive attack tactics, for example, to use the advantage of general-purpose machine guns and assault rifles to suppress the opponent.

"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly!" Because seeing that the German tanks did not change direction lightly, and according to combat experience, the Belgian defenders finally couldn't help it, and a Bofors anti-aircraft gun hidden in the corner opened fire in advance.

Because it was an anti-aircraft gun, Bofors had a high rate of fire, and taking advantage of the gap between the Leopard tank's muzzle turns, this gun tilted 7 high-speed shells of 40 mm caliber at Rennes's tank in one go.

Although the front armor of the Leopard tank was very strong, although these shells could not effectively penetrate the front armor of the Leopard tank, this ferocious combination punch stunned the Wren crew at once. The strong vibration made people dizzy, and Wren felt his internal organs swaying in the tank, and the temporary armor steel plate in front of the tank was actually pierced, and because of the vibration, the solder joints fell off, and half of it fell to the ground.

"Bowman! Reverse!" Wren, who was still in a state of vertigo, knew that he had to adjust his position at this time, and hurriedly gave the order.

However, it seemed that he had lost his sense of direction after being beaten, and Bowman drove the tank on. Half of the fallen armor plate was on the hull of the vehicle, the other half was stuck in the ground, and the tank was bent as soon as it advanced, and then it was kicked aside by the tracks.

Wren shook his dizzy head and shouted to Andre, "Ahead! at about 11 o'clock! near the broken low wall! Aim and fire! Don't wait to stop!"

"Boom!" he had just finished when the Leopard tank's revenge fire rang out. A cannonball hit the wall directly, turning it into a crumbling brick, but this shell was a little far away, and the Belgian defenders' Bofors anti-aircraft guns were on the right side of the wall, but this shell hit the left side of the wall.

"Wren, you idiot, it's up to me to save you in the end!" an arrogant voice rang out in the headphones.

As soon as the words were spoken, just behind the Bofors anti-aircraft gun, a tank climbed up a steep slope and smashed the fence wall behind them. The Belgian soldiers, frightened by the sudden flanking attack, immediately threw away their armor and fled, and the steaming Bofors was abandoned.

However, the onrushing tank did not seem to intend to let any enemy go, and the machine gun kept firing, knocking several Belgian defenders to the ground.

"I'll leave it to you!" Wren came back to his side, and he saw that the Belgian defenders were retreating towards the bridge, apparently trying to push to the other side and blow it up. So Wren gave a crazy order in a loud voice: "Bowman, go full speed! Overtake these Belgians and drive to the bridge." ”

So a crazy scene appeared in the eyes of the German army and the Belgian army. A bullet-riddled Leopard tank suddenly began to accelerate, speeding up the road at a very fast speed.

Soon the tank was out of the cover of the German infantry, and its machine guns continued to strafe, knocking down one Belgian soldier after another in front, and soon because of casualties and fear, the retreating Belgian soldiers consciously gave way to a way.

The tank frantically moved forward, passing through the pursuing German soldiers, past the fleeing Belgian soldiers, and finally took the bridge before everyone approached. Suddenly, the tank lifted the hatch, and an officer with a gun jumped out of his turret.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, he threw out the grenade he was holding in his palm, and then fired dozens of rounds at the Belgian rout. Then he jumped out of the tank with the muzzle of a gun emitting light smoke and shouted, "Surrender or die!"

Soon the Belgian defenders gave up their resistance, throwing their guns to the ground and raising their hands high......

The Germans struck the banks of the Meuse with incredible speed, taking advantage of the negligence of the defenders to capture the important bridge in one go, and the steel torrent of Army Group A broke through the Meuse line in only three hours, and they were now advancing towards the front of the color, which could be said to be the main traffic center in the rear of the Anglo-French army.