"These hateful Krupp profiteers!" Karyus cursed as he watched his fifth shell bounce off the opponent's armor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he once again ordered the driver to start the car, ready to get closer from the side, and try again. Beside him, his teammates who were covering his advance were attacked by Renault's tank, and the opponent's 37mm gun easily pierced the turret of Tank 1. With a loud bang, a huge pillar of fire rose from the sky, and the entire tank turned into a burning iron box.

The number of German tanks seemed to be a little larger, but there was still no advantage, and the eight FT10 tanks in front of them were like mainstays blocking the German attack. In addition to the two-wheeled tank that was hit by a tire and caused damage to the walking part and lost its combat effectiveness, the remaining 6 FT10 tanks have at least a dozen No. 1 tanks and armored vehicles cleared.

"Let's get tank No. 2 on, our tank has no advantage." A larger and heavier tank appeared on the battlefield, and the Prussian regiment finally came up with a new tank that had been hidden for a long time, this tank with a 50mmL45 gun weighed 14 tons, because the thickness of the frontal armor was increased to 30mm and the inclination was 40 degrees, because the breakthrough problem was taken into account. However, the flanks and rear were still designed to defend against machine-gun fire, and although the defense was still a little different from that of the Bavarian Legion "Insects", this was already the best unit of the Prussian Legion that had arrived so far.

There is only one company at most out of 45 combat vehicles in an armored battalion, that is, 14 No. 2 tanks, and when this trump card is played, Colonel Rouse of the 7th Separate Armored Battalion shuddered for a long time before deciding. The first battle of the 7th Separate Armored Battalion must not be lost!

This time the FT10 tanks of the French met a real opponent. The 50mm rapid-fire guns caught the French by surprise with their fast and accurate fire, and the No. 2 Tank Group, which spread out in a fan, took out four FT10 tanks in a very short time. A gap was opened on the flanks of the entire French tank group. Guided by 10 No. 2 tanks, the infantry units that took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack succeeded in beating the French back.

"Fortunately, I finally held on, don't worry, as the transportation situation improves, more and more No. 2 tanks will rush to the battlefield, and we will turn the tide of the battle." Krueger said this to front-line combatants.

And then, the situation did change a little, the two sides deployed troops almost along the border line, although the German troops could not continue to penetrate, but the steady stream of troops did make the battlefield more stable, and the Germans even launched counterattacks in some areas, but the counterattack was not very effective.

In the Cambrai area, the German 1st and 2nd armies concentrated 6 complete independent armored battalions to try to open the gap, and the beginning of the attack was indeed very smooth, the two attack arrows composed of 6 armored battalions successfully tore the first layer of the opponent's pay-off line, and repelled the attack of the two French armoured armies, but soon, with the attack of the British train artillery group deployed in depth, the open offensive channel was greatly affected, and when attacking the second line, The French concentrated 20 companies of 75mm rapid-fire guns and 10 companies of 15-pounder field guns of the British, so that the German armored forces experienced what it means to be ...... on an iron plate.

"It's just that on the frontal battlefield width of 8 kilometers, the opponent has at least 120 or more medium-caliber rapid-fire guns! Our armored units were slaughtered like infantry submachine gun defenses, and the continuous sound of artillery rang out on the battlefield, and you could even see rows of shells flying from a distance, but after 200 meters, my company lost 10 tanks! ”

At the beginning of the battle, the 6 armored battalions had a total of 240 armored units of various types, but after a battle, only 80 were left, and more than 60% of the battle losses were lost! Although they destroyed more French armored units and artillery than they lost, it was also a defeat for the Germans.

Shortly after the German regiments were thwarted in their attack at Cambrai, the French and British launched another attack on the area of Charleville under the cover of train guns. Like a copy of the Battle of Cambrai, the French also carried this foot on the steel plate, and lost even more than the Germans!

Under the cover of 200 French armoured fighting vehicles and 80 British armored fighting vehicles, a full 5 divisions of French troops and 1 division of British troops attacked. This time the Germans also learned well and knew that it was against the French tanks with anti-tank trenches, mines, various artillery bunkers.

And this time it was especially rare that General House of the Third Army specially designed a pocket for the French, and the frontal battlefield was easily broken through by the opponent, but it didn't matter. He concentrated a large number of infantry units next to the breakthrough, and after letting go of a part of the French army, the reserves quickly closed the gap under the command of artillery. The Anglo-French forces with armored forces to open the way are indeed more powerful. But no matter how powerful the tank is, if it runs out of fuel and cannonballs, it can only lie on its stomach.

So, using exquisite tactics, the German army ate 3 divisions of the Entente and nearly 200 tanks of various kinds at a very small cost, most of which were abandoned, belonging to the kind of ...... that can be pulled back and refueled.

And in this battle, the Mk1 tank of the British, who was the first to enter the battle, was also captured by the Germans. Although the opening performance was not good, almost all German officers who had seen the tank agreed that it was a very powerful tank. How to put it, in the opinion of Kruger and others, it looks like stretching tank No. 2 and then loading more machine guns! The frontal was 40mm thick vertical armor, and the turret was armed with a 57mm gun. As well as 4 machine guns. The entire combat vehicle can accommodate 6 people, and the total combat weight is 24 tons.

Of course, such a large weight also means a lower speed, and the assault speed is only about 4 kilometers per hour. The distance is just over 20 kilometers. This is the first thing to lie down in the battle. Although the German military technicians came to the conclusion that their performance was limited and unsuitable for offensive and penetration, they also admitted that such things were not good for defensive operations. The 57mm naval gun was enough to destroy the No. 2 tank, and the 50mm gun had some difficulty in penetrating the opponent's defense, and there were many machine guns in the hull, which was simply a mobile fortress.

Although both sides suffered losses in their attacks, neither Britain, France, nor Germany gave up the idea of a quick victory, and Germany naturally wanted to end the war quickly because of the limitations of its national strength. Britain and France had similar ideas. Plus the request of the Russians, so both sides are accumulating forces and are ready to open the situation by launching a large-scale offensive!

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