Chapter 34: Short Assault (Revision)

In the surprised and round eyes of the German soldiers, these box-like chariots were coming from the trenches. Neither the wooden stakes that held the barbed wire in place, nor the trenches that could not be destroyed by shells, could stop their advance.

What's worse is that these guys are still shooting a dense number of machine gun bullets from above, and the heavy machine guns with shields are fired with a much more muffled sound than ordinary machine guns.

There is no doubt that the German infantry was excellent. Although they were a little surprised to see that they had never seen anything before, it was not at all frightened.

When they were confronted with machine gun fire, they also used their weapons to quickly counterattack. However, mortars that were not at all able able to fire at rapidly moving targets could not hit these moving combat vehicles at all.

The use of 7.63 mm machine guns and rifles did not have any effect at all.

But the return fire of the opponent's machine gun was clearly a more lethal blow, and the power of the dense 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun was obvious. Ordinary trenches and poorly protected civil bunkers were simply unable to stop these deadly bullets, and often a machine gun squad or mortar squad would be completely wiped out in their concentrated fire.

The assault team quickly turned from attackers into retreating men under the torment of these chariots lined up in shock formation. One by one, they abandoned their weapons and ran as fast as they could, hoping to get farther away from these ironclad demons.

However, the machine guns, mortars, flamethrowers, and 75-mm fire support vehicles on the French infantry fighting vehicles clearly showed no mercy for their lives.

Under the dense fire of machine-gun bullets, shells, and flamejets, the stragglers of the German assault team and the infantry in front broke down and retreated to their own battlefield fortifications, which were still strong.

The binoculars in the hands of the regimental commanders of the German troops in the rear of the battle line could no longer be put down, they had never seen these things. It seems that fragments of artillery shells, machine-gun bullets could not cause them any damage at all.

At the same time as they were surprised, the news was quickly reported to the command structure at the division level.

In his binoculars, he could clearly see that the French chariots were not afraid of barbed wire, anti-infantry mines, and other obstacles everywhere, and they were shaking their bodies and rushing towards their own positions.

And use those powerful weapons to break the pillboxes, fire power, burn them or directly bombard them into the sky at a considerable distance from 75mm guns.

"OMG! What is this? ”

The German commander's binoculars had fallen from his hands, and he couldn't watch anymore because the steel behemoths were carrying out the most effective and brutal slaughter of his men to date.

This was a standard tactical counterattack by Major Miller leading his regiment of highly equipped hunters. The purpose of this assault is not to attack, but to break up the enemy's offensive and to enable the besieged forces to quickly disengage from contact with the enemy.

As a French soldier full of romance, the attack of the Hunter Regiment is quite distinctive. The music of the gramophone was played through the loudspeaker in Major Miller's command car.

He was at the heart of a considerable number of armored combat vehicles, and had the thickest armor in the entire regiment, so he had no worries about his own safety.

Melodious music echoes across the battlefield with the sound of artillery fire, and romantic waltzes resonate with the howls of death. The sound of machine guns, mortars, 75-mm guns resounded throughout the German front.

A little later, the advance of the counteroffensive of the "Hunters", the main force of the 1st French Assault Infantry Division, reached the front line of the German position. The Germans put up desperate resistance despite the use of a large number of mortars, mine-throwers, rapid-fire guns and other weapons placed on the front line.

Untrained and inaccurate shooting poses no great threat to armored fighting vehicles that are protected by armor and are not afraid of shrapnel and bullets.

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So the attack of the hunters was smooth, and at the same time the most threatening weapon for the tank - the Spitfire.

These men carrying large fuel canisters fell one by one in the slaughter of machine guns on their chariots, as well as crisp automatic pistols and shotguns, and the dense shells prevented them from reaching the distance where they could use their weapons, and were often shot by the large-caliber machine guns on the way closer.

Behind the French army is a regimental fire support vehicle equipped with excellent 75mm guns, which are the best series of French artillery, and are the pride of the French military in terms of rate of fire and accuracy.

At this moment, they were quickly aiming at the firing points on the German front through the short stops of the tanks, trying to clear their own assault infantry before they entered the battle.

As the battle progressed, the French assault infantry hid among armoured fighting vehicles and soon approached the German trench line. For tanks, this is where they are most vulnerable, and where the assault infantry get off and fight.

As the back door of the armored fighting vehicle opened, the assault infantrymen with shotguns in their hands jumped down. According to the movements during training, a few rolls fell into the German trenches on the side.

After a short assembly time, the assault infantry, under the cover of machine guns on the combat vehicles, began a rapid assault along the trenches.

This was when the power of these assault soldiers was revealed, and the power of semi-automatic pistols and shotguns was fully displayed at close range in the trenches, compared to the rifles that fired accurately but slowly in the hands of the German infantry.

The tough German infantry was barely able to parry under their attack. In the midst of bloody hand-to-hand combat, after firing a bullet from the rifle in their hand, they had to rely on the bayonet on the rifle in their hand to settle the battle.

The French assault infantry met them with the dense fire of Mauser semi-automatic pistols armed with twenty-round magazines. The most terrifying thing was the shotguns, a 20-meter bombardment at close range, enough to frighten the German infantry facing them.

As for the cover power of the 12.7 mm machine gun, it was naturally extremely significant.

Even if a 7.62mm machine gun kills a person, it will only have a fist-sized wound on the body, but if it is hit by a 12.7mm machine gun, it will knock off limbs or smash the head. Or it's a big one in the chest, and you can see the translucent bullet hole on the opposite side.

This attack had gone beyond what the German soldiers had ever seen before, and more German soldiers, helpless against the attack on the tanks, abandoned their positions and retreated.

Soon the first line of trenches on the German side was broken through by the hunters, and they did not stop their offensive in order to give their infantry on their own front, which had been devastated by German artillery fire, enough time to retreat.

They were following behind the German rout, and even the advance had overtaken the retreating German infantry and rushed to the next line of trenches on the German side.