271 Battle of the Bridgehead

The morning sun shines on the earth, but everything here has nothing to do with tranquility. ..The tank painted in white camouflage broke a small sapling, and moved forward with the roar of machinery. The tank's tracks pressed through the thin snow, rolling forward with black mud.

"Boom!" There was an explosion in the distance, and a shell hit the village in the distance. On both sides of the road, there were more than a dozen corpses of Belgian soldiers lying around, and in the village, a machine gun position was fiercely shooting towards The approaching tanks opened fire.

The bullet hit the tank's turret, splashing sparks, but it couldn't stop the tank from advancing. On the armor of the tank full of bullet holes, a group of vague numbers—113—was written in hollow numbers. Yes, the ace unit of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, which represents death, is attacking, and their goal is to capture the huge bridge behind the village.

"Clark, pay attention to the position directly ahead." Ren stared at the commander's surround view mirror and said, "Andre, about 30 meters ahead on the right, do you see that haystack? I suspect there is a heavy machine gun or anti-aircraft gun hidden there !"

"Understood." Andre began to turn the turret. When the turret was turned and aligned, Andre opened fire before Renn gave an order.

"Boom!" The body of the tank was shocked, and the surrounding dust and snow were swept into the sky by the powerful airflow. A shell directly hit the haystack, flying into the air with a pile of scrap iron and corpses.

"Beautiful! A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun! Just waiting for us to turn around! Treat us as rookies." Ren saw the result, laughed and patted Andre on the shoulder, and then looked at the big head Khan's Bruce ordered: "Bruce! Keep reloading the HE rounds..."

Then he grabbed the communicator, put it near his throat and said, "Scatter your infantry! Follow the tanks and they will be concentrated!"

His words were addressed to the Panzergrenadiers who followed, and nearly all the troops they could find were concentrated in order to attack this important communication junction. There are two full companies of Panzergrenadiers, and 7 tanks including the Rennes team. It is said that the Belgian bridge guards they attacked did not even have an anti-tank gun.

The reaction speed of the Belgian defenders is already relatively fast, but they are still not ready to face the battle-tested German armored forces. Rennes has added 4 records to himself these days, just one artillery piece and one car. Compared with Poland on the Eastern Front, there are fewer things that can be used for Rennes' Panther tank.

The bullet could only leave a shallow paint crater on the front armor plate of the Leopard tank he was driving, just like the light numbness on his face, which can't be distinguished unless you look carefully. But these mottled traces illustrate the experience of this tank, which is as awe-inspiring as a military medal.

Wren wears the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross around his neck,

Shaking slightly as his tank advanced. From his periscope, he saw the Belgian infantry sieved by Clark, and also saw the enemy's machine gun position drowned in white smoke by Andre's coaxial machine gun.

Compared with the time in Poland, this car group has no sense of tension, replaced by a pleasing smooth coordination. For them, attacking and killing is their job. What they need to do is very simple, that is to kill any opponent who is tenacious and survive.

So the excited yelling has disappeared. Except for some necessary explanations, everyone tries not to interfere with other people's work. Except when it is necessary to stop and fire, Andre will kick Bowman twice. chair back.

The German Panzergrenadiers are also more experienced in combat. The crazy but rigid attack in the past has disappeared, and it has been replaced by its efficient attack method.

The simple machine gun position established directly behind is firing fiercely, and the unique sound of the G42 machine gun is the most beautiful note in the ears of German infantry.

After summing up their own combat experience, the German infantry developed a very effective basic tactic, which is mainly based on machine guns. The infantry squad is composed of a machine gun team and a rifle team. When attacking, the machine gun team is responsible for suppressing the enemy's stronghold, and then the rifle team uses the terrain to approach the enemy's stronghold, and then uses the assault rifle and G43's powerful suppressing ability or grenade to annihilate the enemy in close combat .

The general procedure is that the machine gun first occupies a suitable shooting position, and the rifle team turns to the flank at the same time; melee weapons to eliminate opponents in the Stronghold.

When defending, the position is divided into several sections or several independent strongholds, with the machine gun team as the core, and the rifle team is responsible for guarding and protecting the machine gun team. In short, the defensive machine gun is the backbone of firepower. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the protection of the machine gun. Once the machine gun is destroyed, the defense will be difficult.

In actual combat in Poland, the German army often did not use squads as units, but platoons as units. But the principles of combat are still the same. Only the use of mortars or heavy machine guns belonging to the platoon company is added. mg42 is fully capable of meeting the tactical needs of the German army. It has a very good suppressing ability. Because its range is basically the same as that of machine guns from various countries, and its rate of fire is much higher, ordinary machine guns simply cannot gain the upper hand against mg42 in machine gun confrontation.

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

"Come on! Crush! Crush! Crush!" Seeing that the German tanks did not change direction easily, and that they had taken down two anti-aircraft artillery positions based on combat experience, the Belgian defenders finally couldn't help it, and a door hidden in the corner The Bofors anti-aircraft guns fired early.

Because it is an anti-aircraft gun, Bofors has a very high rate of fire. Taking advantage of the gap when the Leopard tank turned its muzzle, the artillery tilted seven 40mm high-speed shells towards Rennes' tank in one breath.

Although the front armor of the Leopard tank is very strong, although these shells cannot effectively penetrate the front armor of the Leopard tank, this set of fierce combination punches stunned the Rennes crew. The strong vibration made people dizzy. Ren felt his internal organs were shaking in the tank. The armor plate that was temporarily installed in front of the tank was pierced, and the solder joints fell off due to the vibration. fell to the ground.

"Bowman! Reverse!" Ren, who was still in a state of dizziness, knew that he had to adjust his position at this time, so he quickly gave an order.

But it seemed that he lost his sense of direction after being beaten, and Bowman actually drove the tank forward. The half of the fallen armor plate rested on the car body, and the other half was inserted into the ground. As soon as the tank moved forward, it was completely bent, and then it was kicked aside by the track.

Ren shook his dizzy head and shouted loudly to Andre: "Ahead! It's about 11 o'clock! Near the broken low wall! Aim and fire! No need to wait to stop!"

"Boom!" As soon as he finished speaking, the Leopard tank's revenge artillery fire rang out. A shell directly hit the low wall, breaking it into a piece of cracked bricks, but this shell deviated a little far. The Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the Belgian defenders was on the right side of the low wall, but this shell hit On the left side of the low wall.

"Ren! You idiot! In the end, I will save you!" An arrogant voice sounded from the earphone.

As soon as the words were said, just behind the Bofors anti-aircraft gun, a tank climbed the steep slope and smashed the fence behind them. The Belgian soldiers were frightened by the sudden pincer attack, and immediately fled in all directions, throwing away their armor and armor, and the steaming door of Bofors was also abandoned.

However, the tank that rushed up didn't seem to intend to let go of any enemies. The machine guns fired non-stop, knocking several Belgian defenders to the ground.

"Here is up to you!" Ren recovered from his side. He saw that the Belgian defenders were retreating towards the bridge. Obviously, they wanted to push to the other side and blow up the bridge. So Ren gave a crazy order loudly: "Bowman! Go at 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-scarred Leopard tank suddenly started to accelerate, galloping across the road at a very fast speed.

Soon the tank broke away from the cover of the German infantry, and its machine guns fired continuously, knocking down Belgian soldiers in front one after another. Soon, because of casualties and fear, the retreating Belgian soldiers consciously gave way.

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

In the shocked eyes of everyone, he threw out the grenade in his hand, and then fired dozens of rounds at the Belgian rout. Then he jumped out of the tank with a smoking gun and shouted loudly: "Surrender! Or die!"

Soon the Belgian defenders gave up resistance. They threw their guns to the ground and raised their hands...

The German army rushed to the banks of the Meuse River at an incredible speed, and took advantage of the negligence of the defenders to capture the important bridge. The steel torrent of Group A broke through the defense line of the Meuse River in just an hour. , and there, it can be said to be an important traffic town behind the British and French allied forces.

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