454 Temporary Rest

The difficulty of the Ardennes forest is actually enlarged. Although this virgin forest is quite dense, it is not impossible to carve out a path in the forest.

Just because the road is long and narrow, the entire team is like a long snake formation. The team is 150 kilometers long. That is to say, when the first armored division in front has left the forest, the last armored division, Haven't entered the forest yet!

The sky outside turned dark again, and Dietrich's 1st Armored Division temporarily stopped to refuel.

The Panther 3 tank, like the previous tanks, uses a diesel engine, which brings good endurance. After crossing the entire Ardennes region, the fuel consumption of the Panther 3 tank is less than half.

If they continue to move forward now, it is completely possible, but they are waiting now for a better impact in the future.

Trager opened the fuel tank from the shelf behind the tank.

When they set off this time, they had already considered various problems in advance. For example, it would be quite long to open up the road in the forest, and the supply team would be left behind. In this case, they needed to solve the supply problem by themselves.

Therefore, before departure, each tank was temporarily modified. For example, a shelf was welded on the back of the tank, which could accommodate two 170-liter oil drums!

In later generations, the oil barrel is a common thing, no one knows that this oil barrel was actually invented by the Germans.

As Germany began to build a mechanized army, German tanks, armored vehicles, etc. needed fuel to be transported quickly.

Ordinary means of transport, namely oil tankers, have many problems. In order to improve the logistical supply capability of the troops, the Germans creatively designed oil drums.

Before the invasion of Poland, it had tens of thousands of barrels of oil.

During the successful blitzkrieg across Europe in the early days of World War II, the design of the barrels was seen as a major part and was strictly classified.

For example, now, if there is no oil drum, they need to wait for the supply vehicle behind, and the six-wheel all-wheel drive off-road vehicle used for supply is not as smooth as the crawler when crossing the Ardennes region.

Two barrels of oil, enough to refill the tank, Trager opened the tank cap, inserted a rubber tube, and stuck his mouth on it.

After sucking hard, the fuel inside was sucked out like this, and then the other end of the tube was plugged into the open car body fuel tank cover.

The fuel flowed out of the pipe and gurgled into the fuel tank. While Trager refueled his tank, other people were nervously preparing.

Check the tightness of the track, check the tank's fire control system, especially the infrared headlights and other peripherals, whether they are scratched during the process of crossing the forest. The retracted radio antenna was pulled out. During this routine maintenance, the sky slowly became dark.

Another night has come!

Along the way, the tank soldiers hardly rested, but their strong will was supporting them, and each of them was extremely excited, and they completed a feat!

Ahead, is the land of the French!

Packed up and waiting for the next order, every tank soldier leaned on his tank, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Behind them, the rumbling voice was still echoing, that was the follow-up troops were constantly moving over.

"Attention, prepare to attack, target, Sedan!" A voice sounded on the field outside the empty woods.

The attack is about to begin!

When this voice sounded, everyone jumped up from the ground, and they quickly ran back to their tanks.

Trager returned to his position and quickly pressed the button. With the sound of compressed air, the engine behind was successfully started!

The diesel engine has high torque, and it is difficult to start at the same time. For this reason, the diesel engine of the Panther tank has two systems to start, compressed air and electric start. In intermittent combat, compressed air is used, and once the time is too long long, the compressed air leaks, and the air pressure drops before using the electric start.

From the rear, there was the unique rattling sound of the diesel engine. The infrared headlights were turned on and warmed up for two minutes. The vision in front gradually became clear. The commander, Nesper, shouted: "Go ahead, straight ahead!"

Although there is only one receiving device for the night vision system, they have been very proficient in the training these days. Moreover, there is sparse moonlight tonight, and they can see more than ten meters away.

One, two, tanks are constantly moving, forming an attack queue, the 1st Panzer Division of the Waffen SS is about to become the first army to invade the French mainland!

In the dark night, they showed their big mouths.

After half an hour.

In the night vision goggles, the silhouettes of the targets appeared, picked up his radio, and Nesper reported to his superiors: "Discover the cavalry unit."

The other party has obviously heard the movement of their own armored troops, but they must be very strange at this time, what is this sound?

No one will know that the German tank troops, over the mountains, they probably thought they were their allies.

If that's the case, just rush over!

Sure enough, the radio operator quickly replied to the commander's order: "Rush up!"

dash forward! Now that the order has been given, don't be rude.

The driver stepped on the accelerator, the engine at the rear made a huge roar, and the Panther 3 tank started rumblingly!

The horses were neighing, and a dozen cavalrymen were halting their horses, and their ears could hear a distant roar.

what is it? It wasn't the sound of the plane, it was the sound from the ground, but it was different from the sound of various vehicles on the side.

Diesel engines require a high-pressure oil pump and are compression-ignition type. Therefore, the vibration during operation is greater, and there is a rattling sound from the high-pressure oil pump.

These cavalry, all from the French 2nd Cavalry Division, they belong to the scouts.

After receiving the order, the 2nd Cavalry Division was ready to help Belgium. After arriving here, it was already dark, so they simply camped temporarily and waited until tomorrow.

At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, they sent scouts to scout all around, and this team of scouts just discovered the movement in the distance.

It sounded so powerful that even the warhorse under his crotch seemed to feel uneasy and let out a low neigh.

"Maybe it's our friendly army, go up and have a look." Finally, the leading officer of this scout team made up his mind, what are you afraid of?

The horse's belly was tucked between his legs, and he was about to continue galloping. At this moment, a sharp-eyed soldier saw a light spot that suddenly lit up in front of him.

"Machine gun!" he shouted loudly.

Almost at the same time, the sound of the opponent's tank machine gun sounded.

"Da da da..." The other party has already opened fire!