The capture of the Colin Bridge was bad news for the French army.

First, the two divisions of the Burrow Pass had no way to retreat, and secondly, the lack of these two divisions caused a shortage of French troops on the northern front.

Faced with the crisis on the northern front of Nice, Admiral Ebert, as the Sixth Army, of course, took it seriously, and he first sent a message to the commander of the Nice area, Lieutenant General Giovanni, asking him to send at least one division of troops to reinforce his northern front, and he would draw troops from Toulon and Marseille to replenish him.

It was clear that Admiral Ebert had spotted the danger of the northern front, and that an additional division would be necessary to prevent the northern front from being penetrated.

Of course, the increase did not mean that the French had abandoned their forces at the Buro Pass, so it was also important to recapture the western side of the Colin Bridge.

On the west side of the Colin Bridge is a hill that leads to Lescaren, and the road leads all the way through Lescarreen.

At this time, on the hill, two kilometers west of the Colin Bridge, a fierce battle was going on on the hill.

Seeing that the enemy was already about to be only twenty meters away from him, the defending officer immediately shouted: "Grenade! Still grenades! ”

With the shouts of the officers, a grenade with a wooden handle flew out of the position, and an egg-like grenade also flew towards the position.

Then two dense explosions rang out, accompanied by various screams. However, in the midst of this explosion, the French army, which was still attacking, suffered greater losses.

After all, they had no cover to dodge and could only resist (this was the last part of the charge), while the Italians had fortifications that prevented most shrapnel damage.

However, at this time, the Italian officers and soldiers in the position did not have time to rejoice, and they prepared for a white-knuckle battle, at which time each soldier pulled out his bayonet and stuck it on his gun.

Each of them had learned and trained bayonet fighting, and knew the importance of courage in hand-to-hand combat. It can be said that the theory and operation of white-knuckle warfare are clear to them, but the only drawback is that there is no actual combat, as for the effect of white-knuckle warfare, it is only known after fighting.

At this time, as the French army rushed into the position, the white-knuckle battle officially began.

"Huh!"

An Italian soldier roared and took a step in his crotch and raised a rifle with a bayonet and stabbed it in the chest of a French soldier who was about to jump into the trench. The French soldier then dropped his rifle and tried to grab the enemy's rifle, but the other side pulled it back and kicked it. At this point, he found the next enemy, ignoring the French soldier he had stabbed.

At this time, the French soldier curled his body and coughed constantly. The bayonet pierced his body, causing massive damage to his lungs, and a large amount of blood flowed into the lung cavity, which also caused the French soldier to cough constantly. In addition, it also affects the damaged lungs, so the pain makes it only curl the body. If no effective treatment is received within 10 minutes, then his life will be over. It was clear that this was simply impossible on a fierce battlefield, so his fate was decided.

And he is not the only one on the battlefield who has the same fate. French soldier in dark blue clothes and red trousers, Italian soldier in gray-green military uniform.

I want to complain about the military uniform of the French army here, and he is still wearing blue clothes and red pants for fear that others will not see him. Even the British lobster soldiers who were iron-headed were educated in the Boer War clearly, and those in European countries who did not change their uniforms were not so conspicuous, and the French army did not change their lives, and he did not know how to turn a corner without giving them a painful lesson.

However, in general, there were more French soldiers wearing dark blue clothes and red pants, and more than 70% of those who fell to the ground were French corpses, while only 20-30% of the corpses of Italian soldiers were killed.

The main reasons for this outcome are twofold.

On the one hand, under someone's guidance, the Italian soldiers mastered the tactics of fighting bayonets, and would use cooperation to fight bayonets in groups of three. Although the Italians were not as tall as the French, they were able to cope with the French soldiers alone.

The second is the weaponry, in addition to bayonets, the Italian army also has pistols, sapper shovels, submachine guns as melee weapons, and can also lift light machine guns to shoot in a hurry.

Compared to the French, the defenders had much more firepower. If you want to capture this position, you need to spend your life.

Here it is necessary to introduce the Italian submachine gun, the M1913 submachine gun. The gun was designed by Willer Palosha, a firearms specialist at the Torino Arsenal.

The gun full gun length: 796 mm

Barrel length: 348 mm

Full gun weight: 3.,922 kg

Caliber 9 mm, using 9 x 19 mm pistol cartridges

Ammunition feed: 20/30 round magazine

Rate of fire: 380 rounds / min

Muzzle velocity 370m/s

Firing range 140 meters

Outwardly, the gun is a bit like the MP18, as they both have a left-hand magazine slot. And in addition to this, they also wrapped the sleeve on the barrel.

In terms of performance, this submachine gun can be described as quite good, as the world's first submachine gun to reach such a level, there must be someone behind the back, as for who it needs to be kept secret.

And when the position entered the white-knuckle battle, the defending artillery, which had not been firing, opened fire at this time.

75-mm mountain artillery, 105-mm mountain artillery, 82-mm mortars fired incessantly, forming a barrage in front of the formation, preventing the reinforcement of enemy troops.

Faced with the blocking of his own reinforcements, the French commander was furious and immediately began to counterattack the defenders' artillery under his orders.

The rumbling artillery blasted towards the defenders' artillery positions, and explosions rang out over the side of the artillery positions.

The defenders' artillery immediately shifted their artillery in the face of enemy artillery fire. The carriage waiting on the side quickly hung up the artillery and moved to the next position.

But despite this, there were losses of two artillery pieces, as well as more than thirty artillery pieces.

The artillery opponent has an absolute advantage, and can only choose to fight guerrillas.

However, the French artillery was not on its laurels, and although the defenders were rarely outnumbered by the attacking forces, reinforced by divisional artillery, the skies were dominated by Italy.

At this time, several dark shadows appeared in the sky, and the French soldiers who were observing immediately sounded the air defense alarm.

At this time, the officers and men of the 37-mm anti-aircraft artillery crew immediately raised their vigilance. Although they also know that this anti-aircraft gun has a low ability to attack aircraft, but this is their only professional anti-aircraft weapon, which is better than not letting enemy aircraft unscrupulous.

At this time, when the French army was facing a great enemy, six DF-3 planes landed over them.

"Shoot!"

At the orders of the officers, 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, improvised cameo machine guns, and even rifles thumped.

In the face of enemy anti-aircraft fire, at this time two planes pounced, and they stared at an unconcealed artillery position.

At this time, under the rain of various bullets, the two planes were like two nimble dragonflies, passing through the rain of bullets and directly rushing to the artillery position. At this time, under the plane, a 30-kilogram bomb jumped to the test.

Poof

Boom ......

Two bombs pinpoint the target underneath. One of them hit the ammunition box with great luck, and the successive explosions turned the place into a living hell, and the officers and men of the artillery position suffered heavy casualties.

The position was not at peace, and the attack was also not going well, and the French troops who had entered the position climbed out of the trenches and ran to the rear.

In the white-knuckle battle, the French officers and soldiers were educated by the Italian army, and the Italian soldiers, who were inferior to them, taught them a good lesson in skill and firepower.

The submachine guns sprayed with bullets in the trenches, as well as the bayonet tactics of the three people, made the French men unbearable.

And the failure of the attack in the face of huge casualties also made this army need to rest, and when they regrouped, they would inevitably launch a wave of more fierce offensives.

The French offensive at the Colin Bridge was blockedThis was not the only bad news, the bigger bad news came from the Brow Pass.

At this time, in the West Peak, the French officers and soldiers continued to flee, and under the all-out general attack of the 11th Army, the defenders of the West Peak could not bear it in the face of the enemy's superior firepower and strength. A rout is like a burst of a levee, as soon as it appears in one place, it will spread very quickly.

Whether it was the French army's overseers or the patriotic enthusiasm that was constantly propagated, they could not resist the blow of most of the casualties at this time. In addition, with the help of the Italian army, they also received the news of the capture of the Colin Bridge. Being able to hold on for so long in this situation is already a super level of performance.

At this time, seeing his soldiers attack the top of the West Peak, Lieutenant General Kaviglia finally let go of half of his worries, and then let his soldiers pursue the enemy all the way to the Colin Bridge.

"Give the order to the 24th Infantry Division, let Major General Odolovan lead the 24th Division to chase me all the way to the Colin Bridge, and I will completely annihilate the Bro defenders."

"Yes!"

The 24 Division, which did not take part in today's battle, under the orders of Lieutenant General Cavilia, immediately followed the enemy and rushed towards the Colin Bridge.

There was a breaking point in the Battle of Nice.