Battle of the Third Reich

Willie Glenn, commander of the 151st Brigade of the 50th Division of the British Empire Army, took a telescope to observe the German position.

He felt his head hurt. The general commander, General Franklin, scolded himself on the radio. The general was violently thundering, and he seemed to feel the general spitting saliva on the microphone.

"Say what we dragged the hind legs of all the offensive troops, and the 13th brigade on the right was not stuck there either. What we said is that we are the key point of the entire front, we must speed up the offensive. Also say what we have to do at all The price defeated the Germans. But when I heard that I lost six Matildas and scolded me again, I clamored for me to be sent to the military court. I also wanted to defeat the enemy without loss. How could it be possible? "" Colonel Glenn was angrily holding the whip and whipping the poor oak tree beside him, while recalling the fierce battle ahead.

Originally everything was perfect. According to the original plan, the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division and their 151th Brigade each carried a heavy tank battalion together and attacked the Germans in the direction of Saint Quentin from the Alascombre front to the southeast. Aerial reconnaissance found that there were only two German troops in that direction, and they were moving westward. One of them is an armored division, and the other is a reinforced mechanized infantry regiment. There is no other follower behind them.

If the plan is correct, I and the 13th Brigade are prepared to let the main tank unit of that tank division first, and suddenly appear on the flanks of the enemy. After completely defeating the German infantry, the armored division is cut in half, and then come to annihilate the front. The tank unit that was released without the protection of the infantry. And the two French divisions will attack the side of the German mechanized infantry regiment from the front line near Yaman to the northeast, and then launch a centripetal assault with us to completely tear the two German ** teams and get through the first French army. Contact with the British Expeditionary Force and the French rear.

When I first came into contact with the Germans, the precious "Matilda" tanks that had been specially protected really gave off extraordinary power. Not only did the Germans cooperate with the infantry to wipe out a whole battalion, they also directly destroyed the German anti-tank positions.

At that time, it was already clear to see that the enemy's infantry and trucks lined up in front of themselves like a target and stopped on the dirt road. They exposed themselves to the soft underbelly, and their troops could completely defeat them as long as they rushed up. Unexpectedly, the Germans abandoned their usual style of death and fled without honor. Unexpectedly, the Germans still left two tanks and a wheeled armored vehicle to intercept their pursuit.

Although the 37mm guns of the two German III tanks could not penetrate the "Matilda" front armor, they were really not weak against the infantry. The two tanks constantly moved their positions, constantly killing infantry with grenades and machine guns. And those "Matilda" drivers are usually well-trained, but when the artillery is empty at the critical moment, it seems that they will only hit some fixed targets. The armored vehicle was even more troublesome. It drove back and forth rapidly on the dirt road. While the "Matilda" was focusing on the two German tanks, it used its terrible 20mm machine gun to the infantry. Open fire. It is said that it is terrifying because the 20mm artillery kills the infantry more quickly and effectively. The two tanks and the armored vehicle had already killed at least two of their own companies before being destroyed by Matilda, and dragged their troops there for half an hour.

He had to order the troops to desperately hurry and chase the running enemies. It was only after chasing to the edge of this wood that I discovered that the despicable Germans had already established a blocking position in front. In order to test the opponent's reality, he launched an infantry attack. The opponent was ready, and the infantry were pushed back with fierce firepower.

But it seems that the other party has no artillery. So I ordered a 25-pound artillery battalion behind me to bombard the heavy firepower points that the Germans had exposed. It seemed that the effect was not bad. It destroyed a lot of the other’s armored vehicles and destroyed the opponent’s machine gun positions on the hillside. . Then he ordered "Matilda" to attack the enemy's infantry trenches with the infantry, but it was unexpected that the cunning Germans had hidden their power. The infantry was hidden by the German light field artillery and anti-tank guns. Interrupted, and "Matilda" was also blown up by anti-tank mines buried by those **** Germans, and two appeared to be damaged by shelling and stopped at the battlefield. As a result, the tank soldiers were frightened, and fled back quickly. It was a disgrace to the British Empire Army, and they did not see them running so fast during the offensive, making them very suspicious of the actual speed of the "Matilda" reverse gear.

Originally, the infantry boys continued to charge under the command of their brave officers, but I did not know where to fly a few German fighter jets against the infantry. It was a sweep of the infantry. It completely destroyed the morale of the infantry and completely smashed this time. Perfect offense. If it weren't for the 40mm machine guns he had set up nearby to drive the planes to high altitude, I really didn't know to what extent the morale of the soldiers under him would drop.

What is interesting is that the Germans were also shooting the planes at the beginning, and did not stop until they saw the planes firing at the infantry. It is really strange that the German anti-aircraft artillery has not been trained to recognize its own aircraft? Later, the strange German bomber passed silently over the head and rushed into the battlefield. At that time, I was really scared myself, so a big guy, it was really scary to pass over my head without a voice, and it was very oppressive.

It was later discovered that it was an injured plane, both engines were turned off, and one of them was still smoking white smoke. That guy was so planted in the middle of the battlefield. At that time, he really looked stunned. To be honest, he hadn't seen such a large plane forced to land. Then I saw that it hit a "Matilda" that was damaged on the battlefield. I really don't know how the crew in the tank felt. I didn't see anyone in front of me escaping. After a while, even if there are people alive inside it is choking now.

A closer look at myself reveals that the plane does not look simple. The Nazi party flag was printed on the fuselage, which appeared to be a special-purpose aircraft. So he immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot at the plane to see the reaction of the other German army. If the other party’s reaction is strong, it means that the plane is really important or what important person is sitting in that plane, then immediately mobilize the artillery machine gun to completely destroy it, maybe there will be an unexpected gain.

Now that I think about it, I really regret the decision at the time. At that time, I should directly order tank guns and machine guns to destroy the plane. The reaction of the Germans at that time made him sure that his judgment was correct. But when he wanted to give an order to destroy the plane completely, the Germans fired smoke bombs, covering all his sight here. After seeing the target clearly, the German who had survived the plane had already ran into the trench opposite. Seeing vaguely through the smoke through the telescope, there seemed to be a senior general in the group.

Just when he was regretting, he received a contact signal from General Franklin, and he was scolded by the old guy on the radio.

What makes me embarrassed now is how to take that position at the least cost in the shortest time and completely defeat the Germans. Colonel Glenn looked at his watch. Time was running out, so he had to take down the position before the sun went down, otherwise he would really be pushed to the military court for the crime of disguising the fighter plane.

Glenn and his staff studied for a long time and couldn't think of any way to solve the current problem. As a result, he had no choice but to follow the old British Army's old habit of "covering the enemy positions with intensive artillery, destroying the opponent's minefield, and then 10 minutes after the shelling began, the infantry accompanied the tank to make another assault."

Then he held the telescope and looked at the position of the Germans opposite, while thinking, "What are those Germans thinking about now?"

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