read_content_up; 528 4:50 a.m. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info the entire battlefield. Arras turned leaden gray. Although the fighting had stopped, a few gunshots rang out from the forward position, and flares rose from the air. Against the backdrop of this atmosphere. Feng. Stravetz and his officers came to the forward positions.

"Are you ready?" After glancing through the telescope placed at the observation post at the forward position, he looked up and asked his staff officer.

"Yes, Lord Count!" The commander of the Panzergrenadier Division of the Greater German Army, von Brown. Major General Huber walked out. He cautiously said to his angry boss: "All 1,800 people in the division have entered the front-line position. Artillery support is also ready, although air strikes may have to be delayed. This is because of the fog relationship. (Although this does not affect the normal flight of the aircraft, it makes the dirt runways of the front-line airfields very soft, and the planes with a lot of ammunition will involuntarily sink into the mud when taking off)"

"It's fine!" After listening to Huber's description, von. Stravetz waved his hand slightly, "Air support is not necessary. Anyway, these fools will only drop bombs on our own heads, not to mention that we have enough artillery! That's right! What time does the shelling start? With that, he turned his head to Huber, who was standing next to him.

Carry out shelling. Half an hour later, at 5 o'clock, the general attack began! Bo looked at the notebook, and then quickly reported the contents to Feng. Stravetz. Hear the other person say that. Feng. Stravetz looked up at his watch. "It's 415 now. And he waved his hand. "Go and prepare!"

430, the mist still did not disperse. But with the launch of three red flares, German artillery resounded through the sky on time. The fire from the muzzle of the cannon flickered and flickered, one after another, outlining a magnificent picture. This is the effect of hundreds of German guns. In order to ensure that the Greater German Panzergrenadier Division could smoothly break into the position. Heinrich did not hesitate to hand over all the weapons he could muster to von. Stravetz. These artillery pieces include all 36 heavy howitzer batteries, 40 light howitzer/mountain artillery batteries, and 4 heavy cannon batteries attached to the army. All kinds of shells whizzed in the air, making a beautiful curvilinear motion. In the middle of so many shells. The Nebelwerfer 40 multiple rocket launchers are the most beautiful rockets. Each rocket fires out a cannon barrel, always trailing with a long flame behind it. And it makes a whistling sound similar to that that that of a gale force ten. It's like a flying dragon that is flying up for nine days. And in the air behind it, there were narrow lines of green smoke, and it was a blink of an eye. The enemy's positions would be submerged in smoke and dust. Then it became like a fire that burned in the middle of the night. The fire, along with the morning glow, lit the eastern sky red. The screams of the British soldiers could still be faintly heard. This is the first time that this advanced weapon has been put on the battlefield. Although the accuracy of rocket artillery at the time of launch is not high, it is not capable of delivering precise point strikes. However, for the preparation of artillery fire in the general range of needs, this kind of artillery can be described as very competent. In just a dozen seconds, 10 rounds of 150mm shells were fired in one go. This speed is much faster than the salvo of an artillery battery. Moreover, the huge fire and the piercing roar of the launch made everyone feel extremely uncomfortable. So much so that this weapon had a name after the "ugly mule" - "General Hess's harmonica" (after all, it was Ji Ming who first proposed it, but unfortunately this weapon was not first equipped with the Waffen-SS)

However, this is not the end. The Stuka bomber appeared in the sky with a characteristic shrill buzz. Perhaps it was the words of the self-confident Earl that deeply angered these proud eagles flying in the sky. They seemed to be working very hard this time. Soon, the entire area was completely filled with the howls of Stuka dive bombers dropping bombs and the explosions of aerial bombs as they landed...... And every German soldier who was about to take part in the battle hid in the trench and quietly watched the destruction that fell from the sky from a few hundred meters away. They felt the earth tremble, and with the secretion of adrenaline, the anxiety and panic in their hearts continued to rise. At this moment, the 18,000 men of the whole division were already densely arranged on a forward curved front. The 2 Panzergrenadier Regiment is the top of the arc of that curve. Above all of them were the divisional battalions, which were closely followed by two panzergrenadier regiments, flanked by heavyweights, and behind them were the trucks and half-track personnel carriers of the various motorized companies

As soon as the previous troops succeeded in breaking through, they would rush over and carry the infantry on a mission. Until they exchanged fire with the enemy again. Behind the main forces were the division headquarters, the air defense forces and the logistics support department, and the 26th Trotterized Infantry Division of the second wave.

5 whole. The whole battlefield fell into calm for a while, and after a few seconds, three red flares rose into the sky, which was the signal for the troops to attack. As soon as this signal was issued, the German positions resounded with shouts of killing that rushed to the sky. The soldiers stretched their bodies one after another, then grabbed the weapons and ammunition in their hands, and jumped out of the trench one after another. Following behind their respective squad leaders or platoon leaders, they skillfully spread out their formations and charged forward in an extremely ugly posture.

The first few infantry squads are deployed in the form of skirmishers, they mix assault engineers and power search units, several squads maintain a certain distance from each other, but there is no unified command, their task is only to reconnoiter each other's virtual reality, but generally at this time, the enemy position will appear very quiet, and the German reconnaissance posts often do not find anything valuable. However, today is different, on the Allied position, the German artillery on this side has just stopped, and over there, all kinds of Allied firearms are beckoning in the direction of the German advance. It was evident that they were afraid of further German assault on their defensive positions, and that they were unprepared and had been stunned by the heavy and scorching German fire.

Of course, the excited German scouts immediately radioed these faintly shining bright spots to their superiors. A few minutes later, the German artillery began to speak again. Shells flew accurately towards the bright spots that were still glittering. And Stuka, who was dangling in mid-air, also began to dive down desperately.

In 520, the search battalion of the Greater German Power passed through the first and second lines of defense established by the British Arras. The Greater German Panzergrenadier Regiment and the Greater German Heavy Flint Regiment, which were closely following them, also successfully attacked the Allied positions. And behind them are the souls of entire divisions [.

In the face of the surprise attack of the other side, the British and French forces were very surprised from top to bottom. They really couldn't imagine that the German army, which had been able to defend itself against its own attack yesterday, could organize such a powerful counterattack. Even more infuriating to the Allied commanders was the fact that German artillery fire had severed their lines of communication to the forward positions. In this way, the problem of communication between himself and his superiors and subordinates in the forward positions came to the fore, and they did not know what the Germans were doing. I also don't know what my men are doing. This situation, combined with the shelling of the German army and the high-intensity impact of the heavy impact, created only one situation

The four British heavily armored battalions that had been assembled at the front were blown into a pile of scrap metal by German artillery and Stuka before they could set off. The main reason for this was that these tankmen were not on the front line, but sleeping in the relative safety of the third line of defense. About 5 gallons of gasoline and more than 60,000 rounds of artillery shells were destroyed along with the destruction of the forward positions. Of course, there were three infantry battalions of nearly 1,000 people who were beaten and trembling~|Most of them were woken up by the deafening artillery of the German army while they were asleep. However, before they could return fire, they were hit by German rocket artillery, and then they were captured by the German search force that rushed up. Compared to them, the artillery units located in the second line were also not comfortable. Two rounds of shelling in a row let them know what real artillery coverage is, and the gun emplacements and cannons they had worked so hard to set up were destroyed in just a few moments. So before the arrival of the German army, most of the artillery still wisely chose to retreat. After all, they knew that if they stayed on the ground, the German tanks would crush them mercilessly.

For the Germans, everything seemed so easy and simple, so a strange scene appeared in front of everyone, the armored troops who had always been accustomed to leading the charge in this attack were like a carnival parade. They slowly followed the infantry through the blazing villages and positions, maintaining a considerable distance between each vehicle, surrounded by truck-drawn anti-aircraft guns, Opel Lightning trucks, sleek BMW motorcycles, and a large number of half-track armored personnel carriers. The air was filled with brown soot. All slowed down, they waited for the attack. Waiting for a counterattack from the coalition forces.