, 877 let. The Battle of Bloo and the Death of a Hero (6000 Words Big Chapter Asking for a Monthly Pass)

At 2 a.m. on April 30, 1939, five Panzer Divisions and three Panzergrenadier Divisions of the Sino-German Allied Army were stationed in Jean. The front was opened on the open terrain south of Bulu, and most of the preparations for the attack were completed. According to the weather forecast, it was a cloudy day, with dark clouds over the whole of Belgium and showers in some areas, but it was much better than the rainstorm of the previous two days, and most of the time, the Luftwaffe was able to make normal sorties. At about 4 o'clock in the morning, Guderian ordered the panzer divisions to scatter the vanguard, and the elite armored search battalions of the Sino-German coalition began to infiltrate the Anglo-French front to the north, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Anglo-French vanguard that had long been on high alert. At about 6 o'clock in the morning, reports of the enemy situation of the reconnaissance units were sent to the headquarters of the Sino-German coalition forces in the town of La Bruet. Senior General Guderian immediately summoned the senior staff of the command, as well as the commanders of the three Panzer Corps, to begin the final adjustments of deployment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a report from the reconnaissance unit." Guderian's Chief of Staff, George. Hans. Lieutenant General Reinhardt stood in front of a 50,000th military map and explained with his baton to a senior general of the Sino-German coalition army:

"The Anglo-French forces also set up a 30-kilometer front 6 kilometers away from us. Among them, the 15-kilometer-wide frontal deployment in the center of the Anglo-French front was mainly the British Matilda 2 tank, as well as an unknown number of new tanks! At present, the information is that this new tank has a 75mm cannon, which is at least 40 times the caliber, and possibly 48 times the caliber, which poses a great threat to our tanks No. 2 and No. 3! It is estimated to be the latest G1R battle tank to be put into service by the French army. On the flanks of the Anglo-French front, most of them were S35 and R35 tanks, which posed a limited threat to us. ”

Guderian took Reinhardt's words and continued: "My judgment is that the Anglo-French forces will adopt the tactics of breaking through in the middle. Correspondingly, our three Panzer Divisions, which are deployed in the center of the line, and in the center-left, center-right, should make the necessary adjustments to position all the No. 4 tanks in front...... In addition, the SS Chapter 871 was established in Jean. Inside a luxury villa within the town of Bloo. But there was a bit more tragic atmosphere here than in Guderian's headquarters.

Lieutenant General Tasini, who presided over the meeting, sat upright on the chair at the top of the long conference table, his face gloomy and silent. His chief of staff, Charles de Gaulle, stood behind him like an iron tower, his expression was slightly excited, and in a pair of deep eagle eyes, there were faint tears flashing, he looked at the generals of the British and French armies below, and said slowly:

"Gentlemen! The two great nations have now reached the most dangerous moment, the fascist invaders armed to the teeth have set foot on the lands of France and England or will soon set foot on the lands of France and England, our people will lose their freedom and become slaves, and our land will be trampled by the iron hooves of the enemy! And at this critical juncture of life and death, all the hopes of our country, our people, and all the peace-loving people of the world who oppose fascism are pinned on us, the soldiers of France and Great Britain! Although our enemies are extremely strong, although they have more advanced tanks and planes than us, although they are also the elite of battle......

However, I believe that the final victory will be ours, and that it will belong to the two immortal great nations of England and France! Although, most of us probably don't see that day! But our sacrifice today will certainly be the beginning of the great victory of the World Anti-Fascist War! ”

He took a deep breath, his eyes revealed an incomparably determined look, and he waved his hand vigorously: "Tell our warriors that today, we will die for France and Great Britain!" Long live France! Long live Great Britain! ”

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At 6:30 a.m., the 1,200 cannons of the British and French forces began to roar, and at the same time, the British and French fighters began to appear in the lead-gray sky. These aircraft were mainly French MS406 and D.520 fighters and British Hurricane fighters, numbering about 200 to 300 aircraft. Due to the proximity of the Anglo-French airfields to the battlefield, they were able to arrive before the German planes, who apparently knew this advantage of their own, and all the fighters had bombs on them, and they swarmed over the positions of the Chinese and German forces and began to bomb! Shells and bombs rained down, and columns of fire and smoke continued to rise, and for a time the center of the Sino-German coalition front was shrouded in flames and smoke! However, due to the lack of dive bombers in the Anglo-French forces, and the difficulty of ordinary howitzers to destroy tanks with thick armor, the Chinese and German armored forces did not suffer much damage in this round of seemingly imposing blows.

About 10 minutes later, German FW-190 and BF-109 fighters with black crosses also appeared in the air, and they began to engage the British and French planes. Hundreds of fighters on both sides were entangled in just a split second. Sketch a magnificent aerial battle scene in the sky. At the same time, the artillery group of the Sino-German coalition army, which had been silent, also began to counterattack, and more than 500 105mm and 150mm self-propelled howitzers roared in unison, which also turned the central part of the French battle line into a sea of fire!

As the result of the air battle was inevitably the victory of the German army. So the commander-in-chief of the French army, Lieutenant General Tacini, decisively ordered the central front of the Anglo-French army to attack! More than 30,000 Anglo-French infantrymen and nearly 1,200 tanks (including 420 G1R battle tanks, 435 Matilda 2 tanks and 340 S35 medium tanks) rushed on a narrow front 15 kilometers wide! At the forefront were the G1R battle tanks, which appeared on the battlefield for the first time, and these tanks rushed to a distance of about 1,500 meters from the Sino-German front, stopped on the spot, and then shelled the Sino-German positions with their 75mm guns. At the same time, the advancing French infantry began to release smoke bombs around the G1R tanks, and soon the gray-white smoke was solemn for nearly 1,200 British and French tanks, and only a vast piece of fog could be seen in the distance on the positions of the Chinese and German forces, as well as patches of red light flashing from time to time.

In the face of the strange tactics of the British and French forces, the commanders of the Sino-German forces were also confused. Although the 75mm gun of the G1R tank was sharp, it did not pose a threat to the 110mm frontal armor of the No. 4 tank at a distance of 1500 meters. And the No. 4 88mm gun could still penetrate the frontal armor of the G1R...... Provided, of course, hit! It was not easy to shell the enemy tanks shrouded in smoke from a distance of 1,500 meters, so although the 8 or 900 tanks on both sides were fighting back and forth, very few tanks were actually destroyed.

This almost wasted battle lasted about 20 minutes, and General Guderian, who had been at the front line to supervise the battle, finally got a little impatient and gave the order to attack on all fronts. The roar of motors sounded simultaneously on the 25-kilometer-wide frontage, and the exhaust pipes of nearly 2,000 tank-bombing guns simultaneously spewed black smoke and then rumbled forward! The German SS Chapter 871 group suddenly began to reverse and retreat! Moreover, the retreat was not an unorderly rout, but an organized retreat, and while the tank group retreated, a thin blocking position consisting of infantry, 47mm anti-tank guns, and 17-pounder field guns was hastily set up to delay the pursuit of the Chinese and German tanks. In the face of this almost suicidal blockade, the tanks of the Sino-German coalition did not dare to take it lightly, but stopped shelling, and then the Panzergrenadiers accompanying the attack launched a charge to seize the opponent's position. The whole process was only a few dozen minutes, but it was enough to get the retreating British and French tanks back to their original starting positions.

At this time, the commanders of the Sino-German coalition seemed to have sensed that the opponent was luring the enemy, and the Sino-German tank cluster came to a halt on the battlefield. After another 10 minutes or so, General Guderian once again gave the order for a general attack on the entire front, including the Chinese Chapter 871 bullet rain that served as a covering mission! More than 1,000 British and French tanks that had safely withdrawn from their positions also fired desperately with their 75mm, 47mm and 40mm tank guns. Although these fires were difficult to damage the 110mm frontal armor of the 4th Tank, they were still a threat to the 2nd and 3rd tanks. As a result, Lieutenant General Hoth, who commanded the central tank group of the Sino-German coalition, ordered the three armored divisions under his command to keep a distance of about 800 meters from the opponent and start firing at each other. At the same time, Lieutenant General Holt asked Guderian to attach the assault artillery column as a reserve to the central front, in an attempt to break the opponent's defenses with overwhelming firepower and achieve the final victory in the battle.

And just when the assault artillery column had just arrived at the central front, on the left and right flanks of the Sino-German coalition front, there were unexpected changes at this time.

On the left flank of the front, that is, in front of the Chinese Chapter 871 group. This kind of fighting style of disregard for life allowed China's superior forces in Chapter 871 to break through one of its wings. He first played tricks in the center of the battle line to attract his opponents to attack, and did not hesitate to lose a large number of G1R battle tanks to firmly tie down the three armored divisions of the Sino-German coalition. On the right flank, his solution was to throw in nearly 1,100 tanks from 8 tank regiments in Chapter 871 of the British Army! Most of them were S35 medium tanks armed with 47mm tank guns, and two regiments of R35 light tanks. Although these tanks could not be compared in quality with the No. 3 and No. 4 equipped by the Germans, the huge numerical advantage allowed Major General Fink's Chapter 871 group to finally drag the battle into a melee in favor of the French army. In near-zero range combat, the weak side armor of the German tank could not withstand the attack of 47mm or even 37mm tank guns, while the powerful 75mm and 88mm guns were less flexible than the 47mm and 37mm guns in close combat. The exchange ratio between the two sides has also suddenly narrowed from 10 to 1 and 9 to 1 to 2 to 1 and 3 to 1. However, such an exchange ratio still did not allow the French army to win today's battle!

By 9:30 a.m. on April 30, the three-hour tank battle was finally coming to an end. After holding out on the battlefield for nearly 3 hours, the fighters of the 25 squadrons of the British and French forces were finally wiped out by the German fighters who outnumbered them! Once again, the sky is the domain of the German Iron Cross. At 9:35 a.m., more than 200 Stuka dive bombers finally emerged from the thick clouds and appeared in Jean. In the sky above the Brough battlefield, they immediately began to dive and drop bombs at the positions of the British and French forces.

At this time, the right flank of the Anglo-French army, the defensive line composed of two infantry divisions, was finally swept away by the flank and artillery positions of the Chinese Chapter 871 group. And the central cluster of the French army has also suffered heavy losses after holding out for 3 hours, 1,200 G1R, S35 and Matilda 2 tanks, at this time there are less than 500 left, and the entire battlefield is covered with the wreckage of British and French tanks that are emitting thick black smoke! The nearly 500 tanks that survived, and now they were met by Major General de Gaulle, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Chapter 871 Regiment Army, finally realized that the fate of France was irretrievable!

Completely desperate, the French hero knows that the time has come to fulfill his promises and responsibilities! After giving his subordinates the order to retreat, the great hero of history, who recreated France, walked to a newly restored R35 light tank. Then, a man drove this tank to launch a decisive assault on the surging German tank cluster! According to eyewitness recollections, the R35 light tank hit the battlefield for almost 2,000 meters before being hit by a 57mm recoilless gun mounted on a half-track armored vehicle......

And on this day, the high-ranking generals who also performed their military duties with their lives were not limited to Charles. Charles de Gaulle alone. Major General Montgomery, commander of the British 3rd Division, also refused to join the retreating crowd. He and dozens of guards and staff officers of the Third Division chose to stick to their positions, and in the end, they all sacrificed their lives for the country, and their names went down in history!

Perhaps the British and French officers and soldiers who participated in the war had realized this requirement. The Battle of Blu will most likely be the last resistance! Once defeated, the national fortunes of the two empires will be irretrievable, and Hitler's tyranny will rule the whole of Europe! Therefore, during this day of fighting, the Anglo-French forces broke out with unprecedented courage and will, and after the organized battle was completely crushed by the tanks and planes of the Sino-German forces, there were still a large number of officers and soldiers who were unwilling to give up to launch a final resistance. Therefore, it also caused great trouble for the subsequent pursuit of the Sino-German coalition forces. Let. The gunfire on the front line of Blu continued until the early hours of the next morning, when it gradually subsided. This battle, which in the later history of Western Europe, was almost the same as the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Blu was finally over. Along with this battle, there was also the last dream of two world empires.

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