Chapter 780: Tank battle one

According to the plan, the Third Army selected a total of three breakthrough areas. The most important mid-road breakthrough area was personally commanded by Ruprecht. This area is located in the middle of the Third Army Group’s front. The terrain is very open, flat and free of obstacles. Objects are unobstructed and have convenient transportation. They are very suitable for the advancement of armored forces and large-scale mechanized forces. They are easy to attack and difficult to defend. Especially when there is no time and materials for fortification, it is obviously the best choice for the large corps to break through.

To this end, Ruprecht concentrated the strongest first armored division and the reserve team directly under the third army group, and the two most elite motorized infantry divisions. Most of the self-propelled artillery were concentrated in the middle. Prepare to bloom in the middle, and then open the way for the next few infantry divisions...

  But Ruprecht can realize this, and the French can realize it too! They naturally know that this position is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and they also know that defense alone cannot break the deadlock. Therefore, the French are also accumulating strength. The only difference is that the German preparations were completed relatively quickly. Before the French, the Bavarian armored forces had launched an offensive with a roar.

In order to ensure that he could grasp the situation on the battlefield at the first time, Ruprecht took the command personnel to the front line in person. There was no way. The entire army relied on the armored forces to open the opponent's defense line. , The prince naturally has to personally direct.

  A radio communication station capable of covering 120 kilometers was set up. Through this system, each armored battalion can directly contact the general headquarters and report the situation. Each armored company is equipped with two half-track vehicles equipped with unlimited bands of your communication equipment. One is responsible for communicating with other companies, the other is responsible for communicating with superiors, and the communicator has set up telephone lines just in case. .

After more than 700 artillery bombarded deep and shallow targets for several hours, Germany and the world's most elite armored cluster launched an assault. Compared with the two wings of a large armored battalion at a time, This wave of attacking princes almost invested a complete armored division! Two armored battalions equipped with 75 tanks and assault guns, followed by a reserve team equipped with 55 tanks and assault guns. Various self-propelled artillery and towed artillery are extra!

  In the history of world warfare, the battle of putting a complete armored division in a certain assault direction for the first time began, but at the same time, this battle was also the first time that the defending party invested a large-scale armored unit in a defensive direction. Unexpectedly, the strongest spear of the Allies in World War 1 collided with the hardest shield of the Allies in World War 1!

  The two armored battalions formed two wedge-shaped attack formations. The two battalions were not parallel, but orderly and staggered forward. While the first armored battalion was attacking, the second armored battalion provided cover. After the success of the first armored battalion, it temporarily defended and covered the second armored battalion. This way of cooperating and covering each other well covered each other's flanks.

  The troops began to progress very smoothly. Hundreds of tanks crossed the position full of craters, smashed the destroyed flat-fire guns, ran over the dead bodies on the ground, and rushed forward with a roar. Looking from the air, a line of tanks clapped in a tight formation, forming an unstoppable torrent of steel that crashed down the French breakwater. The slender muzzle was shining in the sunlight, and the 75MM artillery of the wasp assault gun pointed straight forward, like a knight's heavy lance. The turret on the cricket tank rotates from time to time, and together with the machine gun, it cleans out the exposed targets from time to time.

The Bumblebee heavy self-propelled howitzer and weasel self-propelled mortar are located directly behind the two armored battalions. The 150MM heavy howitzer with a special armor-piercing projectile is the most ferocious hammer in the entire armored regiment. Ninety-nine percent of the bunkers will be wiped out under the attack of the overweight armor-piercing projectile.

  Along with the self-propelled artillery, there are two full divisions of mechanized infantry. These steel corps, composed of a large number of semi-track vehicles, truck guns, transport trucks, and towed artillery, will be responsible for tearing the torn gap bigger. And to provide reliable backup for the armored division.

"General, the Germans have launched an attack. They launched the largest armored assault since it launched, and the attack center line is directed at Reims! The commander of the Third Army, General Luf, is about to launch a counterattack, and hope that the base camp reserve armored forces can also go into battle!" The German offensive did not hide the fact from the French. With aerial reconnaissance, once it leaves the starting position, the opponent can clearly know the attacker's intentions.

"The Germans also launched an offensive in the north. The base camp reserve team cannot be easily mobilized. Lu Fu already has our largest armored cluster. It shouldn't be difficult to repel the attack on the opposite side." Xia Fei touched his chin and said .

"But the opposite is said to be the Bavarian Army, with Russian intelligence, they can put up to 10 armored battalions in a battle! And they are very well equipped, most of which are Vespa assault guns and cricket tanks. With one blow, General Lu Fu might be difficult to reach.” Chief of Staff Petain said.

"But ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ this direction is absolutely impossible to have so many tanks. It takes time to mobilize all the base camp reserves, but we can give him some truck guns. He now has 12 battalions of armor in his hands! Opposite The maximum is 4 battalions! Three to one troops can always be blocked, right?" Xia Fei said, "There must be no problems on this front. He must launch a counterattack immediately. We are engaged in a national war. We cannot stop without a reserve team. let's hit?"

  The discussion at the French headquarters did not last long. The large number of armored reserves far away in Reims could not quench their thirst, but the French still drew some vehicles and artillery from other places. This is one of the reasons why Armored Meyer did not encounter French armored units.

"Well, if that's the case, let's fight a game!" Although the headquarters did not completely agree with his request, Lu Fu is also very satisfied with the current situation. He knows that the armored reserve team cannot be invested in a certain one from the beginning. On the position of the group army, the telegram he sent out for help was also with the plan to fish as much as possible. In time, Xiafei still gave him 2 extra battalions of truck guns. Although it's not the FT10 tank he dreamed of, it's better than nothing.

"The first to fifth armored battalions blocked the front. The remaining four armored battalions were rounded from the side. The last three armored battalions served as support missions and told the boys that we were making history. The French heavy armored cuirassiers in the Napoleonic era were here. It became the enemy's nightmare again for a moment!" Lu Fu said excitedly.

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