After the air forces on both sides formed a mess in the sky, the ground offensive also unfolded. According to the scheduled plan, the various artillery groups belonging to the army group implemented firepower suppression on the Allied Position in person for up to three hours! The fully prepared German heavy artillery troops were indeed extraordinary. They proved with their actual performance that when equipment was equal, their level was completely superior to that of Britain and France.

The medium-caliber rapid-fire guns and 105mm howitzers on the front line opened fire first. Their goal was to shoot off the opponent's bunkers and various anti-tank obstacles. Before the battle was launched, some artillery even advanced to a distance less than 500 meters from the target. A medium-caliber rapid-fire gun could send more than 6 shells to the opposite bunker within one minute. Under the repeated knocking of the special armor-piercing bombs, even the bunkers made of reinforced concrete would be penetrated layer by layer like flour!

When the attack was as fierce as a volcano eruption, it quickly stopped and moved the position. When some artillery was transferred from the not-solid temporary positions, the French counterattack artillery fire came late. Then, the 105mm cannon and 150mm heavy howitzers deployed behind the flat-fired artillery on the front line began to carry out anti-artillery operations. The Germans divided the entire battlefield into grids. When they found that there was anti-artillery firepower in a grid, they immediately concentrated the heavy artillery to counter-suppress. In order to ensure the efficiency of killing, some artillery deployed at the front were even equipped with overweight concrete armor-piercing bombs!

While light artillery and medium-range heavy artillery cleared shallow positions, train artillery and k09 cannons and other ultra-long-range artillery began to attack the Allies in depth, using firepower instead of troops to isolate the breakthrough positions. Although such "isolation" cannot deal with armored units, it will also slow the support of the French!

When the last round of shells rolled and plowed the position, the German armored forces launched an attack almost as soon as the last shell fell.

"Tank Attack!" Major Mike, who has been promoted to commander of the large armored battalion (75 tanks), participated in the first wave of attacks. With the roar of the engine, the first company, which was leading the formation, rushed out of the starting position first, and then the other two companies followed closely to form a long armored spearhead.

"The situation is wrong!" When Captain Albert rushed out of the anti-aircraft shelter and entered the position, through the gradually dissipated smoke, he had a keen sense of smell, and first discovered a strange smell in the air.

This is not only because the chariot on the opposite side is the terrifying Hu Feng, but also because the painted chariots is slightly darker than the Prussian troops. More importantly, he can feel a kind of solemnity, order and an inexplicable pressure from the other side!

The opponent's armored assault tactics are different from what they have seen in the past. Whether it is the French or the Prussians, their attacks are simple and rough. The armored battalion will set up a very wide front, and each battalion can spread 2 kilometers wide! They simply regard tanks as moving bunkers, while the war defense cannons of the opposite defense treat them as moving targets. After experiencing the initial fear, the defense is actually not very afraid of tanks. But now it is different.

"The opponent is as sharp as a sharp spearhead! Their attack front is very narrow, which does not mean that the formation is too tight. On the contrary, their tanks are kept at a distance of about 50 meters, which can easily and conveniently advance and retreat. The most terrifying thing lies in their flexible tactics and correct handling!" After the war, Albert described the Bavarian armored troops like this.

800 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters! When the first half of the huge wedge attack array is only 500 meters away from the opponent's position, the chariots on both wings are still about 800 meters away! Before the attack, Mike had studied the breakthrough position. For more twists and turns or deployed oblique positions, such as places with longer defense lines, it is very unwise to attack, because in such an area, the opponent can deploy a large number of troops and weapons. Therefore, the Bavarian armored elites chose a straight front line as a breakthrough!

The wedge-shaped attack array has another advantage. There is a vertical distance of about 300 meters between the tanks on both sides and the middle. This distance that doesn't seem to be large makes the defense very uncomfortable. At 400 meters, the 75-speed gun can already threaten the cricket tank, but at the same time, there is no threat to the tanks 700 meters away on both sides. The distance of 300 meters can already prevent the 75-air grenade from penetrateing the armor on the opposite side! And at this time, are you fighting or not?

400 meters, 300 meters! When the tank of the front front almost hit the French defense line, the first company's tank stopped quickly, and then used a 2-pound cannon or 75mm rapid-fire cannon to clean up the remaining fire points. When the dense mechanical shells and 75 grenades hit the head, even the calm soldiers could not face such a close-range steel storm!

"The Dragonfly Squad suppresses the target, and the Hornets Squad begins to turn into a horizontal line!" When the tanks located at the spearhead began to shoot freely, the tanks on both wings also began to change formations, turning the formation originally used for breakthrough into a line combat line-based combat line. The French machine guns and grenades could not stop the steel monsters at all. The advancing armored troops easily smashed machine gun bunkers into pieces with grenades. Teams of soldiers were driven out of the trench by German armored grenades deployed behind with mortars and machine guns, and then they were swept to the ground like cutting wheat. Although the German attack was not long, the entire defense line was already shaking.

"The rapid-fire gun opened fire immediately!" Captain Albert finally couldn't hold back. At this time, he no longer cared about the other party's weirdness. He now just hoped that the 12 75mm rapid-fire guns deployed behind the position could block the opponent's attack.

But unfortunately, two of them were destroyed by flying shells. Ten 75mm cannons almost launched an attack on targets that were close at hand. A rapid-fire cannon hidden in a semi-buried bunker shook slightly, and a flame exploded from the front of a cricket tank that was only 200 meters away.

Although it is an artillery, relying on its super high rate of fire, these 10 artillery even gave people the feeling of a machine gun. In less than 2 minutes, these artillery shot more than three-digit shells to the armored units on the opposite side! The well-concealed artillery position and the sudden attack did cause some losses to the German armored forces, but it was just a small problem! This will be the final performance of this rapid-fire artillery position!
Chapter completed!