Chapter 310

At the division headquarters of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, felik is listening to the head of his 1st Panzer regiment introduce the fighting situation near Laen. Because of goodrian's rapid advance, raen fell into the hands of the SS 3rd Armored Division just a few hours ago, and they are continuing to attack South based on the city.

To everyone's surprise, the German army's "limited investigation" operation did not stop after 90 kilometers of investigation. Goodrian's scouts have inadvertently captured raen, while Rommel's forward has inadvertently detected the city of Cambre.

To be honest, looking at the battle map brought by the 1st Armored Regiment, felik doesn't know what to do now. The original order to stop the advance was given one day ago. He thought he could stop and have a rest. Who knows, his division was dragged forward by several scouts until Laan did not stop the attack.

When he looked at the less and less fuel left in the 3rd SS Panzer Division, he had the heart to catch the attacking commanders and battalion commanders, then pointed a gun at their heads and asked, "what do you want to do?"

Oil is about to bottom out, and ammunition is in short supply. His armored forces were spread over a ten kilometer line of defense, and the remaining offensive forces could only be made up of battalions or companies. Had it not been for general goodrian, his superior, who secretly instigated him to indulge in such attacks, he would have wanted to report the front-line misdeeds to the army general command.

"The French are here. They are fighting back. We don't have much fuel, so we have to save a little." The commander pointed to the map and said to felick, "general, Ryan, 1st Battalion, their platoon is now the only reserve team in our hands. Can we let them go up and reinforce the defense line?"

You've stretched the line of defense long enough to drive the whole army far enough away. There's no fuel and no ammunition. It's only in this case that you remember that you still have a division commander? Felik had an impulse to slap the head of the 1st regiment. He looked at the map and said helplessly, "now general goodrian wants to reinforce us. We have to stick to it for a few hours."

"General, the French have been disrupted. They can't organize an effective counterattack now, so our flanks should be safe." The commander pointed to a small river on the map and said to felik, "our mechanized infantry have organized a defense line along here, but they found that there are French tanks on the opposite side, so instead of waiting for them to attack, we should organize an attack first."

"Immediately order the 2nd Armored Regiment to stop moving westward. We have to rest." Frick frowned and said, "the division is running out of fuel. If we don't want the tanks to be scrap, we need to wait for the fuel to arrive here. I have to be responsible for the whole SS Panzer Division 3! All decisions must be made cautiously from now on. "

"Yes! General Obviously, the head of the 1st regiment didn't want to offend his direct superior either. He answered immediately, then pointed to the map and continued to ask, "well, general. Does our counterattack here continue? "

"Up to 10 kilometers! This is the limit attack distance I give you Felick pointed to the road on the map and said, "if you cross this road, you will have to solve the problem of fuel shortage by yourself. Do you understand? "

"I see! General The commander stood at attention again: "I'll go back to the regiment headquarters and organize a counterattack."

Soon, the plan of counterattack was sent to Ryan's troops. He needed to command his tank platoon, that is, the only four tanks, to attack the French armored forces gathering across a small ditch through a village.

Although they don't have many tanks, all of them are full of confidence, because they have not been able to stop them all the way, whether they are defending or fighting back. This self-confidence comes from a strong heart, but also from those brilliant moments in the past.

They destroyed Poland in a few weeks and occupied Holland in a few days. They destroyed dozens and hundreds of French tanks. Then they drove the most advanced war machines in the world, passing by the remains of French B1 tanks at the speed of 35 miles per hour, and rushed to the almost defenceless French cities.

"The motorcycle team of the reconnaissance company found something here. They saw about seven French tanks, and some infantry were assembling. If the shelter of the building is included, maybe there will be more French tanks." The battalion commander pointed to the village on the map and said, "after identification, at least one B1 tank and three S35 tanks are available. The rest is the ft-17 Renault, which has little threat

"Any antitank guns?" Ryan has been attending the tactical layout meeting in the battalion recently, and this time, as an operational commander, he can't be absent. He pointed to the hillside near the village and asked, "if we set up defensive positions here, our attack will have the risk of exposing our flanks. Although the threat is not big from the distance, I think it's better not to take risks."

"One of our armored reconnaissance vehicles has been on that hill, where there are no French soldiers. The French are obviously ready to attack and have no intention of luring us to ambush The battalion commander said with a smile.

With the continuous progress of the battle, the combat literacy of the French army is becoming lower and lower. Most of the French troops who stood in front of the German army were newly mobilized reserve divisions, lacking combat experience and good command system. They were often vulnerable to defeat in front of the German army. For example, this time, the French army managed to retreat all the way here, barely gathered some forces to prepare for the counterattack. However, although they learned to concentrate their forces and knew the important role of tanks as decisive weapons, they did not deploy reconnaissance and defense forces on some important highlands. After such a long war, the French army still relied on two methods to stop the German army. The first method was to push the German army back by relying on the absolute number of advantages - the success rate of this method was very low, only a few times in Belgium; The second way is to rely on a solid defense line to wait for help. It's a pity that the French team has collapsed all the way. Now they find that there is no decent defense line behind them for them to be a turtle. In fact, the situation of the French army has been analyzed for a long time. Goodrian described the German French war in his diary as follows: "when my tanks crossed the Merz River and occupied setang, I knew very clearly that the French lost the war. Now the question is, how much can we make those stupid French lose in this war through our efforts... "Ryan was in a good mood when he came out of the battalion, because he had not enjoyed the passion of fighting for a long time. During this time, he was always thinking about how to kill the enemy for revenge, so as to avenge his former electrical engineer Clark“ Tank 114 is in the rear here. If necessary, we have to have a peripheral support. " Soon he summoned the captains of his four tanks and began to assign their tasks. He took a look at Marcus. He pointed to the map and ordered to the crew: "Marcus, you are responsible for covering my flanks and destroying the infantry as much as possible. The ft-17 tanks are also given to you." Then he put the map back in his bag: "car 115, follow Marcus, cover our back. Let's go Everyone went back to their tanks, except for Marcus, whose radio was too old for Alice. After this girl's adjustment, the tank communicator of Ryan's crew is very clear, which makes a group of veteran ruffians look at this girl with new eyes. Ryan put on his throat phone, coughed twice before he asked, "this is tank 113, platoon leader. Please answer if you hear me."“ Marcus, tank 112 is ready! " Marcus' voice came through the headphones“ Tank 114 is ready. "“ Tank 115 heard it. It's very clear! " The other two tanks followed“ Vehicle internal communication check Ryan ordered: "Bauman, drive ahead, pay attention to the changes of the road; Alice, load the heading machine gun and be ready to fire; Bruce, load armor piercing... Andre, give priority to French tanks. "“ Understand Everyone answered in the headphones. In the roar of the engine, the tank began to move slowly. Ryan put his upper body out of the tank, put up his telescope and looked into the distance. Then he had a very strange smile on his face - across the creek, in the French controlled area, behind a few rows of small trees, all the way to the French village, It's a vast little plain surrounded by hills. The Tiger Tank took the lead and rushed through the narrow ditch. Relying on strong power, it went up the opposite slope. The soil rolled up by the track was thrown to both sides, and the load-bearing wheels were bouncing up and down with the ups and downs of the ground, which proved that the mobility of the 38 ton Tiger tank was still excellent“ Stop in the Bush under two rows of small trees. " "I want to make sure that our scouts are still on the other side of the hill," Raine ordered, pressing the mouthpiece. All personnel are not allowed to leave the car until I hear from you. " Then he switched the frequency: "Alice, adjust the frequency of the detective company. I want to find them."“ Adjustment completed. It's ready, chief Just a few seconds later, Alice finished the work. For this, it seems that she is more professional than Clark“ Are you still on the hillside? " Asked Ryan“ yes! As soon as you cross the river, we will see that your new tank looks good. Come back and send me an autograph. " The scouts over there answered very funny“ I'll give you a French pistol. " Ryan turned off the phone and switched to the channel in the platoon! Let's go... "