In the first day of fighting, the Germans suffered heavy losses, at least 15,000 died on the first day of the campaign, and nearly 30,000 surrendered.

Compared with the heavy losses of the German army, the losses of the expeditionary force were not worth mentioning, and on the first day of the battle, the expeditionary force suffered less than 2,000 casualties, most of them died in hand-to-hand combat after breaking into the German trenches.

In some sections, the fighting was extremely fierce, the Germans who had not had time to enter the trenches were divided and surrounded, the expeditionary force used flamethrowers and grenades against the Germans hiding in the pillboxes, and the Germans in those caves were even worse, and the expeditionary force, after paying some sacrifices, no longer attacked the complex underground communication network, but blew up all the entrances to the tunnels, blocking the Germans in the tunnels, and the battle lasted until midnight.

At night, in a foxhole in the forward position of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Corporal Huang Hai and Private Fox were on guard, and Fox lit two cigarettes with a steel helmet to block the wind, and handed them to Huang Hai.

When Huang Hai took it, he asked casually: "Didn't add ingredients?" ”

"No, it's a special servant army with added materials, and we don't need that for the second cavalry division." Fox took a deep breath with his head down, and the end of his cigarette would never dare to show it.

Spiced cigarettes can make soldiers forget their fears, which is a common way for the Entente and the Allies at this time, but whether the soldiers will develop dependence after the war will not be considered by the top leaders of the Entente.

This kind of cigarette is absolutely forbidden for the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Roque will use other ways to motivate the troops, this way is absolutely forbidden, and even in Southern Africa, everything is an absolutely forbidden species, this aspect must not be touched, it will turn living people into real devils.

Fifty meters in front of the foxholes of the Yellow Sea and Fox, there is a burning tin bucket, and the firewood in it is splashed with diesel fuel and is burning, which can play a good warning role.

Although the Germans did not have the habit of fighting at night, the Germans were defeated in daytime battles, and no one knew whether the Germans would take advantage of the night to sneak attack, and it was better to be prepared.

"It would be nice if we were armored soldiers, sitting in it can't be blown by the wind and rain, and the backpack doesn't have to be carried by yourself, it's comfortable to think about." Fawkes looked at the tanks and armored vehicles not far behind him with a look of envy.

The tank is excellent for attack, and it is also excellent for defense, not far behind Huang Hai and Fukes, there is an armored car of a tank, the tanker is sitting on the turret and eating canned food, the door of the armored car is open, and the two soldiers are sitting at the door, their feet are hanging outside the car and they are smoking and chatting, it does look much more comfortable than lying in the paratrooper pit with a piece of oil cloth under their bodies.

"Silly, that is, looking at the majesty, it's hot to death in summer, and cold to death in winter, what's so comfortable?" Huang Hai is obviously well-informed and does not envy the armored troops at all.

Just like Huang Hai said, the armored soldiers in this period are indeed very sad, one thing is certain, there must be no air conditioning in tanks and armored vehicles, so the environment can be imagined, when fighting in summer, the temperature in the tank can reach more than 60 degrees, and the tanker comes out of the car like a prawn just fished out of boiling water.

Winter is even worse, think about what it feels like to touch your hands on a piece of iron in winter, what it's like to sit in a tank.

This is still the case that the German army does not have anti-tank weapons, if the German army is equipped with anti-tank weapons, then the danger of tanks on the battlefield will be greatly increased, and then all tanks will become the main targets, so tank crews really have nothing to envy.

"We're so relieved today, and at this rate, we should be able to capture Ghent tomorrow." Fox pulled away from the topic, Ghent is an eternal pain in the hearts of the officers and men of the Southern African Expeditionary Army, and the last "Operation Victory Horn", the Southern African Expeditionary Force attacked the city of Ghent, but in the end it fell short.

"Don't think too well, the Germans are not stupid, it is estimated that they will be able to think of a way to deal with tanks in the next few days-" The Yellow Sea is not optimistic, Southern Africa has conducted many internal confrontations with the participation of armored forces, and the Yellow Sea has also participated, at the beginning, the Southern African Army was also helpless against tanks, but with the deepening of the exercise, all kinds of local methods came into being, do not doubt the wisdom of the working people.

"How to deal with it? Unless the Germans also have tanks - "Fawkes is a new recruit who knows very little about tanks.

"Simple, look at that tank, if it's you, how do you deal with it?" Huang Hai was uncomfortable lying on his stomach, so he rolled over and took a deep breath.

The sky was overcast, not a single star could be seen, and there was a faint smell of storms in the night wind, and the Yellow Sea sighed, if it rained tomorrow, the Germans would not have to find a way, and the tank troops would have to lie down.

"Throw a grenade into the tank—" Fawkes opened his mouth, and a grenade went down, and in the narrow space inside the tank, there was absolutely no chance that the two tankers would be spared.

"Cut-we've used your method a long time ago, but it's useless, tank units are accompanied by infantry when they are dispatched, and you will let you easily get close to the tank when those accompanying infantry troops?" Huang Hai dismissed, what kind of solution is this.

"So what-" Fawkes couldn't think of facing the Iron Monster unless there was a more powerful weapon.

"How simple, dig a hole in the ground, the tanks will have to make a detour, think about how long we wasted in the afternoon to cross the river, otherwise we would have reached Ghent by now-" The Yellow Sea is very regrettable, the French and Belgian borders are covered with a dense water network, which creates a lot of trouble for the tank troops, and in the afternoon battle, the armored troops waste a whole hour and a half in order to cross a river.

At that time, the German army was on the other side of the river, and seeing the tanks spinning around on the riverbank, the Yellow Sea did not believe that the German army could go to such an extent, maybe the German army was digging a pit overnight.

"What is going on—" Fawkes muttered to himself, looking at the tank with a sad gaze.

"What the hell are you doing, the Lord will figure it out, it's not our turn to worry about it." Huang Hai threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and when he turned over, he seemed to see something swaying in front of the tin bucket.

Although in the dark night, the shadow was a little unclear, Huang Hai still subconsciously pulled the bolt of the light machine gun.

Fox remained silent and quietly held the grenade beside him.

Another black shadow flashed, and this time the Yellow Sea finally saw clearly, it was a German soldier wearing a firm steel helmet.

The style of the steel helmet of the German soldiers is actually similar to that of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, but the steel helmet of the German army has a spear head on it, which is very eye-catching, which has become a distinctive feature of the German army.

Huang Hai was silent, aiming at the front of the iron bucket was a long point shot.

"Enemy attack!" Fox shouted and threw the grenade in his hand.

Boom –

The silent line of defense suddenly boiled like a fishpond with firecrackers thrown at it, and the chain of countless tracer bullets was drawn like a whip, and the flares immediately rose, and the whole line of defense was as bright as day.

Tom Tom Tom –

The 40-mm grenade launchers on the armoured vehicles also began to fire, and there was no need to aim, and the sight was full of German soldiers with hideous expressions rushing upwards, some of them holding rifles with bayonets, others with hand shovels and grenades in the other.

In the course of fighting the Southern African Expeditionary Force, the German troops were indeed constantly improving.

However, in the face of absolute superior firepower, relying only on personal courage will not play any role with Ben.

At the moment when there are more and more light and heavy machine guns, the role of the group charge of the infantry unit is getting smaller and smaller, and a light machine gun can sometimes control a fan-shaped area up to 50 meters wide in front of it, as long as the machine gun bullets are enough, the infantry will die as many as they come, and the flesh and blood will never be able to compete with the steel storm.

Huang Hai was an excellent machine gunner, and the bipod-mounted universal machine gun was equipped with a 75-round magazine, which was loaded with tracer rounds every five rounds, so that the shooter could correct the trajectory in order to prevent night attacks.

Huang Hai's first magazine was depleted almost instantly, and Fox picked up the spare barrel to replace it, but was directly stopped by Huang Hai: "Just change the magazine-"

In the Southern African Army, in order to better protect the life of the barrel, the barrel should be replaced every time the magazine is played, so that the barrel can be fully rested, so that the life can be longer.

Of course, if it is an emergency, then you can also hit two or three magazines in a row and then replace the barrel, so that although the barrel can hold up, it is not good for the life of the barrel for a long time.

Now this is definitely a state of emergency, it doesn't matter if the barrel is scrapped, first press down the attacking German troops.

Fox doesn't talk nonsense and hurries to change the magazine.

Huang Hai maintained a shooting posture and did not move, and as soon as the Fox was replaced, Huang Hai directly pulled the trigger.

Damn, just a moment was wasted, the Germans had already rushed to within fifty meters, and already the Germans had raised their arms and were ready to throw grenades.

Huang Hai gritted his teeth and insisted, at this time, even if he died in battle, he would not retreat, and Huang Hai and Fox wanted to buy more time for the rear troops.

German grenades rained down, and one grenade landed right between the Yellow Sea and Fox.

The Yellow Sea was flawless, and Fawkes screamed, picked up the grenade and threw it out of the foxhole.

Boom –

The grenade exploded right next to the foxhole, and a piece of shrench flew past Huang Hai's cheek, marking Huang Hai's face with blood.

Fox next to him was not so lucky, he was hit by three pieces of shrapnel at the same time, blood gushed out from a bloody hole in his ear, and he fell to Huang Hai's side without saying a word.

Huang Hai's heart was full of trouble, and the first thought that came to his mind was actually a contribution medal in his hand.

The heart is so big!

(Those prodigal goods who want to feed the dogs with dried fish, conscience-)