Chapter 410 Battles Always Occur Suddenly

"Wide trenches?" Nicholas was stunned: "Is it that simple?"

"Yes." Erwin analyzed: "I have observed Charles' tanks. The reason why the 'Char A1' can pass through our trenches is because of the support of the tail hook. As long as we widen the trenches, their tanks may not be able to pass!"

"Just a possibility?"

"I'm not sure, General." Erwin replied: "But we should give it a try, it's better than doing nothing!"

Major General Nicholas nodded slightly.

Let him do whatever he wants, there will be no loss anyway, just don't bother me again.

So, Major General Nicholas passed Erwin's suggestion to Lieutenant General Jurgen, commander of the 2nd Army.

Although Lieutenant General Jurgen was not interested in this suggestion, he passed the order with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Erwin actually did more than that. He also strengthened the barbed wire in front of the trenches and opened up passages on the battlefield with his men.

These passages extended from the Burlon Forest where the tank battalion was located to the rear of the trenches, and tank bunkers were built.

Erwin ingeniously constructed the tank cover so that the "Upper Silesia" tank faced the enemy sideways.

This was done to make the main gun and the front and rear machine guns work at the same time. As long as they were all rotated to the side facing the enemy, the three fire towers could fire at the same time.

Erwin was satisfied with this. He felt that he could stop Charles' charge as long as they dared to come.

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This tactic was indeed feasible. When Charles received the telegram and knew about these arrangements, he secretly praised them.

If the "Lady in White" had not infiltrated the German army and sent out intelligence in real time, the 1st Armored Division would probably be caught off guard.

Digging a wide trench seems simple, but it is actually the original "anti-tank trench", which is still a problem even in modern times. The only way to pass through it is to fill the trench.

When the French army filled the trench, the German tanks could continue to output in the bunker. The 57MM artillery was close enough to penetrate the front armor of the "Charles A1", and the front and rear machine guns could eliminate a large number of infantry charging and filling the trench.

But now that he knew the Germans had made these preparations, Charles knew how to deal with it.

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On the French National Day, the German Second Army stationed on the Cambrai Line seemed very relaxed.

They believed that the French would definitely not choose this day to attack, especially when they heard that Charles' troops would appear at the parade.

The soldiers lit cigarettes for each other and complained one after another:

"It seems that what we need to worry about most now is Charles' troops."

"Yes, as long as his troops appear, we will always be defeated, without exception."

"It's frustrating, but it's true. His troops are completely different from other French troops. I'm curious, why don't the French troops train like him?"

"Prochno." Someone immediately reminded: "Do you want other French troops to be like Charles' troops?"

The soldiers laughed and secretly rejoiced that the French did not popularize Charles' tactics as they thought, and some people still didn't understand why the French didn't do this.

"Hey, Captain." The soldiers waved to Erwin who was sticking his head out to check the terrain.

In the past few days, Erwin from the tank battalion has become a frequent visitor to the trenches.

"Be careful of snipers, Captain!" The old soldier with a muddy face reminded: "They can always find you when you least expect it."

Erwin retracted his head and put away the telescope, walked slowly to the soldiers to take the cigarette handed over, and asked casually: "Is there any new situation?"

"No, Captain." The old soldier lit a match and handed it over. When Erwin lowered his head to light the cigarette, he replied: "The French went to attack the Bastille!"

The soldiers laughed out loud.

Erwin smiled slightly, exhaled a puff of smoke and said: "Stay alert, the battle will always appear suddenly when we least expect it."

"Yes, Captain." The soldiers answered one after another, but no one took it to heart.

However, just as Erwin's figure disappeared at the corner of the communication trench, the sound of a "rumbling" engine suddenly came from the sky.

Everyone's face changed, and they hurriedly stood up and looked at the sky.

Erwin ran back quickly, raised the telescope and stepped on the pedal.

The sky was filled with dark clouds full of planes, and Erwin immediately recognized that it was Charles's "Caproni" bomber.

"Damn it!" Erwin cursed: "I guessed right, Charles's attack target is here!"

Erwin no longer hesitated, he put away the telescope and shouted at the soldiers: "Notify your superiors, prepare for battle!"

The soldiers responded, quickly threw away the unfinished cigarettes, grabbed the rifles, stepped on the pedals and lay on the edge of the trench, and the signalmen hurriedly picked up the rifles to find their superiors.

Erwin crouched and ran towards his troops, he was worried that the bomber's target was the First Tank Division.

If unfortunately, everything would be over.

However, while running, Erwin looked at the sky and found that the direction of the bombers seemed to be wrong.

Looking in the direction, Erwin found that their target was the 105MM howitzer position four kilometers away.

"God, they're finished." Erwin exclaimed in a low voice: "Charles has found the exact location of the howitzer position!"

Sure enough, the bombs fell towards the howitzer position with a whistling sound like a pile of falling leaves.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom!"

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Bright flames and smoke rose at the same time from the artillery position, and explosions came one after another, like the whispers of demons, making the entire forest tremble.

However, after the explosion, not all of the bombers dropped bombs. Some of them were still hovering in the sky, as if waiting for something.

Erwin understood the significance of this and quickly took out the signal flag from his backpack and waved it in the direction of the tank battalion.

Dozens of "Upper Silesia" tanks slowly drove out of the forest and quickly entered bunkers to prepare for battle as usual.

Just as Erwin guessed, the "rumble" of tank engines came from the smoke on the other side of the trench. "Shire A1" tanks appeared on the ground line one after another, and their short-barreled guns fired to both sides from time to time. Swinging, seemingly looking for its target.

"Aim!" Erwin shouted.

He could no longer expect anything from the howitzers. As soon as the howitzers fired, the bombers hovering in the sky would immediately find them and blast them into the sky.

This is the drawback of not having anti-aircraft firepower, the aircraft can wait over the target for a long time as long as fuel allows.

However, Erwin found that his tank tactics did not seem to work.

The enemy's artillery fire was so fierce, one after another, that the "Upper Silesian" tanks were often blown up before they even saw their targets, even though they were hiding in tank bunkers!