"This is the plain, we don't have to rush over. Andrei's face was pressed to the sight, and he said to Wren on the side: "If we fire directly, we can clean up these tanks." ”

Wren then realized that the attack plan he had drawn up was indeed a bit impulsive. The first task he received was to defeat the French tank forces, which made him acquiesce to the idea of capturing the village in his mind. In fact, there was no need for him to occupy that village, and the Germans really had no plan to occupy it completely.

On the other hand, Germany has been fighting offensively, and has always used the technical superiority of tanks and vehicles to fight shock operations, which makes most of the combat plans that Rennes has come into contact with are mainly onslaught, even if it is a few defensive operations like the Battle of Pass, the distance between the two sides is not far because of the terrain.

However, now that it is a plain terrain, a sneak attack is obviously an impossible task, and rushing over it gives the French tanks the opportunity to attack the Leopard tanks with tank guns, but unreasonably compresses their absolute superiority in the artillery of the Leopard tanks and the Tiger tanks - isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?

"Just do as you say!" Wren realized his mistake and immediately changed his original tactics, he retreated to the turret of the tank, held down the intercom and said to the other crews: "Our artillery has the advantage, there is no need to risk relying on the past to fight the French, just shoot from a distance here." All crew members, parking. ”

His Tiger was the first to stop, followed by Marcus on the side, followed by Tank 114 and then Tank 115. Four tanks lined up and parked in a straight line at a distance of about 700 meters from the French village.

"Leave the heavily armored B1 tank to me, and you can choose the rest of the targets. Wren asked Andre to adjust the angle of the artillery, and at the same time ordered loudly: "If there are infantry who want to come, the course machine gun will fire immediately." ”

"Wren!With the new tank, why did you become cautious?"How much fun is it to rush over and fight?" Marcus's voice came through the headphones.

"Our artillery is all large-caliber tank guns, and here it is enough to penetrate those French tanks, there is no need to get close to the adventure. Wren noticed that some French soldiers had already seen their tanks, and many of them were pointing at them and shouting: "The tanks that come close to you are in danger of being destroyed, and from today onwards I have decided not to do it without making a loss-making deal!"

"Boom!" As soon as his words fell, the Tiger tank's thick barrel, which was thicker than the Leopard, roared, and an 88 mm caliber shell flew directly to the target, and Wren found that because of the increased weight of the tank, the Tiger tank's shaking was significantly smaller than that of the Leopard tank.

If the previous Leopard tank in Rennes was a well-tuned real tank, then this Tiger tank was born as a prototype to verify the feasibility, and the various parts were tuned to the point of near-perfection in order to show the best condition, so Andrei's aim was handy, and the shell did not disappoint his hopes, directly hitting a parked French B1 tank 750 meters away.

At a distance of less than a kilometer, if the B1 tank can withstand the bombardment of the Leopard tank by relying on a good bulletproof shape, then because of the limitations of its own armor thickness, the B1 tank simply cannot resist the terrible armor-piercing shells of the Tiger tank at a distance of kilometers.

On the sides, the French B1 tank had only 60 mm thick armor, which was still a vertical angle. The Tiger tank's tank gun has an armor-piercing capacity of more than 100 meters at a distance of 1,000 meters - so this blow can be said to be stress-free.

The entire hull of the B1 tank shook because of the powerful impact of the armor-piercing bullets fired by the Tiger tank, and then the entire engine exploded, emitting a puff of smoke.

Next to Wren's Tiger tank, Marcus's No. 112 tank and two other Leopard tanks were not idle, and they also opened fire, flying two FT-17 tanks in an instant, and one shell missed the target due to aiming, breaking the door of the house next to the tank in two.

Because German tanks are a five-man crew, they have always been known for their clear division of labor, faster rate of fire, and more accurate aiming. While the French were still looking at their exploding tanks in shock, the second round of German tank fire had already flown towards these hapless Frenchmen.

The French soldiers, who were still in a daze, paid the price for their rookie behavior, and this round of artillery fire directly hit three FT-17 tanks and one S35 tank, and the German tanks taught their French counterparts what kind of level it takes to be regarded as an ace of steel - they scrapped seven French tanks with two salvos, and the French only realized where the danger came from.

A French B1 tank hiding behind the house rushed out and quickly aimed its head at the German tank in the distance, as if the French also understood that at such a distance the opponent could easily penetrate their side armor. And the French army also showed their highest level at this moment.

A puff of green smoke erupted from the turret of the B1 tank, and Wren knew that it was the French who had opened fire, and although he did not aim carefully, the shell still hit Wren's brand-new Tiger tank.

However, to the despair of the French tankers, the shell hit the Tiger tank's heavy and sloping turret frontal armor plate, and was directly ejected into the sky, leaving only a shallow crater the size of a fingernail on the Tiger tank's turret armor.

"Did they hit us?" Bruce, who had just pushed the third shell into the chamber, stared at Wren with a look of disbelief on his face as he felt the hull of the car shake slightly.

The feeling of their tank being hit in the last battle was still fresh in their minds, but the loud trembling and rattling did not seem to be there, replaced by a knock on the door and a slight shaking. Compared to the thrilling experience, it was a wonderful feeling.

"Boom!" Andre was not idle, just when Bruce couldn't figure out whether his tank was really hit, he fired the third shell of the day, this shell roared and hit the front of the French B1 tank that rushed like crazy, in the commander's observation window, Wren saw the French tank's tracks broken due to the huge shock, and also saw the 75mm short-barreled infantry gun on the front of the B1 tank with the barrel obliquely to the side because of the deformation of the front armor plate.

Before Wren could continue to appreciate the power of the 88 mm armor-piercing projectile, the B1 tank burst into flames, and no one in the car climbed out to escape, perhaps the shell just now directly killed the crew inside.

"Boom!" With the explosion of the rushing French B1 tank, another salvo of German Leopard tanks. The shells flew towards the French tanks in the village, and another S35 tank and two FT-17 tanks were smashed into smoke-filled wreckage. The ammunition of one of the FT-17 tanks that was hit exploded, the turret was lifted into the sky, and the loud explosion caused Alice to scream.

"Rennes, the French are retreating!" Marcus's voice came through the headphones, "I saw their infantry fleeing towards the back of the village. ”

Wren took a closer look and found that behind several smoking French tanks, a large number of French infantry were fleeing, so he pressed the intercom and gave the order to attack: "All of them, start the engine, keep a straight line formation to cover each other, speed 30 kilometers per hour, advance!"

With his order, black smoke erupted from the exhaust pipe at the tail end of the tank, and the four tanks rushed in a straight line towards the French-controlled village. Along the way, for the first time, they perfectly played the advantages of their tank technology, and proved the excellence of German tanks with a crushing battle without suspense.

The battle had never been so simple, they just fired from a distance and then forced the French army, who were clearly short of range, to abandon their positions - it was like a shooting exercise, there was no suspense, everyone just kept firing and then bragged to each other about the results.

When Wren's tanks stormed the village, they found that there were about 20 French tanks fleeing in the distance, and they rushed all the way into the village and destroyed another 7 French tanks, in other words, they destroyed 18 French tanks in one go, which can be regarded as an extraordinary victory.

Compared to their slaughter, the French only one shell hit the German tank from beginning to end, and the damage caused was only the size of a coin, which is nothing compared to the Tiger tank, whose armor thickness has already reached 100 mm.

When Wren's four tanks returned from the village, the Panzergrenadiers stationed on the banks of the creek gave their hero the warmest applause, most of them witnessing the overturning of the French tanks by Rennes, and whistling loudly at the triumph of the tanks.

In the afternoon, two trucks transporting fuel suddenly arrived at the battalion headquarters. This was exciting for everyone, the whole unit was running out of fuel, and the timely arrival of supplies at this time was very cheerful news for the officers and men of the 3rd SS Panzer Division.

Along with the fuel, the Führer himself issued an order to move on, ignoring the General Headquarters' report on the shortage of fuel at the front, and ordering Rundstedt to continue the offensive by all means. When the battalion commander read the order to the officers in the meeting, everyone in the room burst into cheers.