"Hisser Commander, all troops have entered designated positions. Friendly troops have helped us to capture the last French defense line late at night. After crossing these defense lines, we enter the uncovered plains. The reconnaissance team that came out had discovered the French army. Judging from the current situation, they are moving, not building positions, nor have they found a large-scale armored force." A staff officer said to General Schmidt.

"This is a good sign." The general nodded with satisfaction. "Their performance is much worse than the French guys in Turkey. Are all the French guys who can fight dead?" This half-serious and half-joking sentence caused a chuckle from the side.

"Okay, it's time for us to do the serious business and issue an offensive order! Our mission is to assault! Assault! Destroy all enemies and supplies along the way! Break the Frenchman's belly like a sharp sword!" The general issued an attack order. At this time, with the rising sun, the roar of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles broke the tranquility of the morning! The attack of the Gustav assault group began!

The armored spearheads composed of hundreds of tanks and assault guns were quickly uploaded from the French positions. When they finally crossed the trenches and entered the plains, the two German armored divisions quickly formed a clamp-shaped attack formation. Behind the giant steel pincer was a mobile strike regiment composed of three German rapid divisions. According to the information provided by the front-line scouts, the first target of the Gustav assault group was two French infantry divisions with slightly forward positions!

"Damn it, why are we the first batch of people going to the battlefield?" A French soldier cursed in a low voice while chewing a bite of the newly baked black bread.

"Relax, young man. We are just flanks, which are used to cover the main force, and others will fight in the front." A veteran next to him comforted. "We are still more than 40 kilometers away from the Germans. Even if they attack us, we have enough time to repair the cover and wait for reinforcements to support us."

After the veteran said that, he took a sip of animal fat, vegetables, rice and some paste made of unsightly things, and suddenly his face changed slightly! (That's right, during the Battle of 1, the French classified rice into vegetables, so it is normal for rice to appear in the so-called vegetable soup!)

He felt the earth shaking, and the water cup placed on the ground next to him was trembling slightly, as if he was frightened. Some water splashes popped out from time to time on the liquid surface.

"There are things for you guys! Someone rushed towards us!" The veteran threw away the lunch box in his hand and picked up the rifle next to him. A few minutes later, a panic gathering whistle sounded in the French position. The sound of gunfire from afar even told the French that the Germans were coming!

"Crush them!" Admiral Schmidt put down the telescope in his hand and issued an assault order. In front of him, the chaotic French army formation really made him uninterested. The Frenchman on the opposite side gave him a feeling of being messy. When his troops were close to less than 5 kilometers, the French long-range artillery had not opened fire yet, which made the self-propelled artillery troops who had already launched anti-artillery combat very embarrassed... So, some artillery decisively carried out fire support missions. Under the cover of the 150mm heavy grenades that had fallen one after another, the German armored forces launched an attack!

"Perfect array change!" At this time, Lieutenant Paul, who was sitting in the cockpit of the OnePlus K4 bomber who assisted in reconnaissance, witnessed the entire process of the attack of the German armored forces. The German tank group, which was originally marching in a double column, began to change the array quickly. Below was an armored battalion. The first company walked in the front. After receiving the order, they began to control their speed, while the second company behind them expanded to the left, and the third company spread to the right. A few minutes later, when 1,500 meters away from the enemy's position, the three armored companies of the entire armored battalion had perfectly turned into a wedge-shaped array. The tank platoons under each company also formed small wedges. Each tank maintained a straight-line distance of about 70 meters.

Behind the tank troops, a large number of armored vehicles also followed. The vehicles carrying mortars were at the end of the battle formation and had been deployed, preparing to provide support with 82mm and 120mm heavy mortars. The half-tracked armored vehicles carrying machine guns, which were tank companions, filled the gap between the tank troops. In less than ten minutes, the Germans had completed the tactics, pressing towards the French army on the opposite side like an iron wall!

"Fire! Open fire quickly!" When watching the German tanks on the opposite side rushed over, the only thing most French regiments could think of was to use their precious rapid-fire guns to counterattack. The French troops of the two regiments formed a loose line of defense. The soldiers, under the rebuke of the officers, launched with machine guns and artillery as the center. In the plains where there was almost no cover and cover, the first battle between the two sides kicked off against the sun!

At a distance of 1,200 meters, the French opened fire, and one by one, leaping light spots shone in the smoke. A few seconds later, the shells roared into the German offensive formation, and black smoke columns were blown out next to the tank. The German armored soldiers listened to the jingle of shrapnel and mud hit the tank, and they despised the quality and will of the Frenchman opposite him!

"They are far inferior to their previous enemies. At least in Turkey, the French war defense artillery never fired first at a distance of 700 meters!" A German tanker commented after the war.

The French's continuous attacks exposed the firepower point, and at a distance of 800 meters, all German tanks almost chose to stop urgently! A series of tracer bullets fell on the French positions one after another. These bullets shining with red light were as gaze as the god of death. After a moment, the German tankers launched the first round of firepower attacks!

Accompanied by the flames that kept spewing from the muzzle and shaking body, dense shells hit the French positions like a head-on! The German attack was short and deadly. In less than half a minute, at least one dozen French 75mm rapid-fire cannons and the French soldiers next to them were smashed to pieces. The French army firepower on the front instantly dropped to a higher level, and the remaining artillery was even more crazy about the German shooting. No matter how hit rate the distance was or whether they could penetrate the opponent's armor, they just hoped to suppress the fear in their hearts through this method!

One round of shells fell on the German front, and some shells hit the front of the tank at times, but there was no use except leaving a deep or shallow pit. The German tanks easily destroyed everything they encountered like a god of war, which quickly hit the morale of the French.
Chapter completed!