Chapter 1591 Confrontation 3
Chapter 1591 Confrontation 3
But it doesn’t matter, today’s dinner hasn’t been served yet! However, the aperitif was a little worse. Davier still had some confidence in his armored forces. After all, there were so many of them!
The tanks roared through the broken French positions, and the accompanying infantry jumped on half-tracks and trucks and continued to move forward! Fighting further forward, it seems that the French have not established a complete line of defense. Judging from the previous reconnaissance, the French have formed a number of supporting points with the remaining anti-war artillery to strengthen the defense of key areas. But there are some gaps between them.
"The same old stuff, the rest of what we played back then." Count Schmidt sneered after seeing the French deployment. This kind of concentrated firepower support point deployment caused a lot of trouble for itself on the exercise field in 1910, but now, the Bavarian Armored Forces have summed up a complete set of coping methods. This time it is just a repetition of the exercises on the exercise ground. Just a moment!
The purpose of changing the linear deployment of combat defense artillery to centralized deployment is to strengthen the firepower and prevent the artillery in other places from becoming a display after one point is broken through. When multiple artillery pieces form a support point, when the opponent's tanks attack from the front, the firepower density they face is much higher than the average deployment. If the opponent passes between the two support points, they will face rapid-fire artillery. side fire! The effective distance of hitting the side is much longer than hitting the front!
The Bavarian offensive troops began to change their formations. The three wedge-shaped formations originally arranged in parallel began to shrink. The German armored forces began to reduce the attack front and at the same time increase the depth of the offensive formation. The original wedge formation of 20 tanks was broken. On the narrow front, 12 tanks formed an attack wave, and three such attack waves formed the main force of this attack!
At the same time, behind the attacking troops, the accompanying self-propelled artillery and mortars were lined up and aimed at a certain support point in the distance! The Bavarian Army's offensive formation changed from sword to hammer! The reinforced frontal attack was launched against a defensive point of the French!
Dense artillery shells fall like raindrops on the support point in the middle. Dozens of howitzers and mortars can drop tons of shells on the heads of the French every minute. The explosions and flying shrapnel quickly consume the French. defensive force, and under the cover of smoke, the Germans launched a decisive charge! This time, the Germans made no feint. Just simple impact and collision.
The mines deployed on the periphery have long been dug out by the concentrated artillery. The Wolf tanks are running in the wilderness like ancient behemoths. They will quickly cross the French defense line, and then in the astonished eyes of the opponent, in Quickly sweep the French artillery positions at close range!
The Germans limited the engagement distance to about 400 meters, which was the limit distance at which the front and side front armor of the Wolf tank could effectively resist the 75MM artillery. The intensive explosions brought the confrontation on the battlefield to a climax from the beginning. The French The roaring shelling caused damage to the German tanks,
A Wolf tank was hit by 7 shells one after another. One shell jammed the turret, another destroyed the barrel, and the third most deadly shell penetrated the side armor from the side and rear, creating a deadly ball. Flames rose from the engine position, and after a few seconds, the tank stopped struggling.
However, before the French had time to cheer their victory, the Wolf tanks coming up from behind quickly aimed at the killer. In less than half a minute, three grenades were fired one after another, knocking out the French cannon. The position was destroyed, and the detonated ammunition even affected another nearby gun position, killing half of the nine gunners!
Such a fierce attack by the Germans made the French very uncomfortable. If the previous attack of the Bavarian Armored Force was like a swordsman using exquisite swordsmanship to win, then the current Bavarian Armored Force is like a crazy Nordic berserker, using his sword in his hand. Warhammers and giant axes annihilated each other under the violent blows regardless of casualties!
However, when two companies of eight 75MM artillery faced a wave of 12 Wolf tanks and tons of fire support from behind, the French also expressed their helplessness! After destroying one Wolf tank and knocking off two of the other's road wheels, the resistance at this support point came to an end. The Wolf tank's tracks crushed the remaining French soldiers and artillery, and the rolling armor The torrent poured in along the torn hole.
"Are we going to launch a counterattack? The Germans have opened a gap!" a French officer asked.
"No, not yet, wait a minute." Major General Daville rejected the officer's proposal. After all, the Germans have just arrived. Once the French army launches a counterattack, the Germans will at most likely evacuate temporarily. The French will have to wait for an opportunity. When the Germans pour in a certain number of troops through this small gap, the size of this troop cannot be larger than that of the French army. But at the same time, when it is impossible to retreat easily, it is time for the French armored forces to launch a counterattack! To paraphrase a saying from the East, it means to hit it half way across!
However, what the French did not expect was that after successfully breaking through the position, the German army did not choose to continue deeper. After the armored troops on the front broke through, they began to switch to defensive positions, while the two teams of tanks following behind followed the trend and spread to the left and right wings to attack. Adjacent support points on both sides! As a result, the support firepower originally used to attack the flanks was turned into attacking the front!
Obviously, the Germans are not in a hurry to penetrate deeply. They want to expand the opening of the attack before attacking!
"It will be too late if we don't fight!" After realizing the Germans' actions, Major General Davier couldn't wait any longer. With only one division of troops, it was impossible for him to deploy a new line of defense with certain defensive capabilities. , the German Army peeled away the French defense strength bit by bit like peeling an apple. After the Germans cleared the second line of defense, only pure-blood armored units were left to attack! At that time, even if the French had a military advantage, they did not dare to say that they would definitely win!
"The Germans dispersed their forces for flank attacks. They will not have many frontal forces." David took a deep breath and issued the most important order in this war! "Armored troops, launch an attack!" When the French tank preparations were completed, the howitzer regiment that had been on standby also began to suppress fire! With hundreds of tanks of all kinds rushing out of their shelters and the firelight rising on the horizon in the distance, the most powerful wave of French counterattacks began!
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