Chapter 359: Crossing the Boundary

De Gaulle was furious.

France has already declared war on Germany. Now that it has declared war, it should take advantage of the opportunity that the main German forces are on the eastern front to quickly march towards Germany, break through the western defense line of Germany, and hit Berlin all the way!

But what about now? Radadi, Chamberlain, no one wants to go to war. Even though war has been declared against Germany, they are still the same as before, unwilling to move.

It's just a traitorous country! In the eyes of de Gaulle, the actions of these people are betraying the country. In these years, Britain and France have been condoning, slowly making the Germans stronger and stronger. If the Germans conquered Poland, who is the next target?

Needless to say, it must be the old enemy of France!

There must be a war between France and Germany, so the best thing now is to take advantage of the Germans' fierce battle on the eastern front, advance from the western front, and destroy Germany all the way.

It is a pity that de Gaulle was filled with righteous indignation and had been fighting for three days before finally waiting for the current order to attack the opposite!

This is a little different from history. In history, de Gaulle's army was arranged in the rear, but now, de Gaulle participated in the military parade and was stationed on the border after that.

He did not act alone, de Gaulle's 507th Tank Regiment acted with the 4th Infantry Division.

Tanks are the vassals of infantry. The existence of tanks is to cover the charge of infantry, just like when the British first invented tanks in World War I.

This also made De Gaulle very uncomfortable. With the support of Marshal Pétain, de Gaulle has published many papers in the past few years. His argument, like Germany, should gather all the tanks to form a fist for rapid advancement.

Unfortunately, no one responded to him.

Sitting on his tank, de Gaulle looked around.

Every S-35 tank is surrounded by dozens of French soldiers, in an absolutely regular textbook order.

Look at Germany, within a few days, Bingfeng has approached Warsaw, how did the Germans fight? Gathering all the tanks, the armored divisions charged quickly, advancing continuously, entering the enemy's depth, dividing and encircling the enemy.

Now, in the French army, tanks are still just a moving point of fire.

This made him very uncomfortable.

In addition to their force, around them, there were 11 infantry divisions, which together formed a skirmish line and advanced along a 32-kilometer-long area around Saarbrucken.

With such a propulsion efficiency, it is not bad to be able to advance five kilometers a day!

De Gaulle looked at the sky, the sky above his head was clear, and in this case, his own bombers did not dispatch!

During the charging process of the tank, the support of the air force above the head is needed. The bomber blows up the opponent's airfield, bridge, and arsenal in advance, delays the opponent's reinforcements, and provides fire support for their own side. These combat styles are all. Germany is using.

My side, it's already too far behind!

The engine is rumbling, the 190-horsepower gasoline engine can drive the tank to a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, but now, it can only slowly walk with its own infantry.

French infantry with their MAS-36 rifles.

Joseph took a step forward and walked in front. As a veteran who participated in the First World War, he set foot on German soil again, which is another kind of mood.

Now, he is the platoon leader of the infantry platoon, and he is holding a rifle that was only issued in 1936. Replaces dropped Bethier series rifles and Lebel M1886 rifles.

The biggest feature of MAS-36 is that it is short and light, with a total length of only 1021 mm and a weight of 3.71 kg.

In fact, according to the plan, the platoon leader should have used the MAS-38 submachine gun. This is a submachine gun with good performance. Unfortunately, this submachine gun has not yet been put into production because of the need to repair the Maginot line.

He turned his head and glanced at de Gaulle on the turret, the skinny colonel who didn't seem happy now.

It also requires skill to move with the tank. The blind spot of the tank is too large. If it is too close to the tank, it is easy to be crushed by the tank. Moreover, after all, there are only a few tanks.

Therefore, the easy country roads were occupied by the infantry. They were directly in the fields of the Germans, and they drove past. It is not yet March, and there is no farming in the fields. , the tank was on it, and two ruts were rolled.

In front, the village can already be seen, it is a village on the border of the Germans.

After lighting a cigarette, Joseph took two puffs. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell. As a World War I veteran, he seemed to have an innate alertness.

"Look, the French are coming!" On the opposite side, under a big tree at the entrance of the village, Nib said to Ram: "They are about to enter our minefield!"

In the past few days, they have been laying mines outside, and outside the village, a large minefield has been densely arranged.

In fact, it is not troublesome to bury the mines, the trouble is to bury the mines so hidden that the other party cannot see them, and at the same time, mark them well.

The order from the superiors, who buried it, who will platoon it, and when the battle is over, can't let the land of Germany be full of mines, right?

Especially now, when there is plenty of time, the location of each mine must be marked in detail, waiting for the mine to be cleared in the future.

When it is on the enemy's land, just bury it casually, and then just circle it and mark it as a minefield.

Now, wait and see the show!

Nibble saw clearly that a scope was installed on his Mauser 98 rifle, and through the scope, the field of vision was shortened by hundreds of meters.

"Rahm, there's a colonel on the tank there!" Nibble couldn't help but continue to say to his companions.

Here comes an officer!

Nibel's hands are itchy. He is a scout in the entire infantry squad. Otherwise, how could he be allowed to inquire about the enemy's situation. At the same time, his marksmanship is also perfect. Now, he has seen the French invade his own territory. There is also a tank. Colonel, he really couldn't help it.

The squad leader had frightened them, but the squad leader was not watching, how did he know if he had fired? It would be a shame to pass up such a good opportunity.

So, he raised his gun again.

"Frenchman, it seems to have stopped." At this moment, Ram said to Nibble.

The French army, which was slowly advancing all the way, stopped here when they got here! Don't they know that there is a minefield ahead?

Nibble turned the muzzle, and in the sight, he saw an infantry platoon leader, who was facing the colonel on the tank, not knowing what he was talking about.