Chapter 357： Cross the border

De Gaulle was angry.

France has declared war on Germany. Since it has declared war, it should take advantage of the opportunity that the main German forces are now on the eastern front, and quickly advance to Germany, break through the German western defense line, and fight until Berlin!

But now? Radadi, Chamberlain, no one wants to fight, and although war has been declared on Germany, they are still the same as before, unwilling to move.

It's a traitor! In the eyes of de Gaulle, the behavior of these people is to betray the country. Over the years, Britain and France have been conniving and gradually making the Germans stronger and stronger. If the Germans conquer Poland, who is the next goal?

Needless to think about it, it must be the old enemy France!

There must be a war between France and Germany, so the best thing now is to take advantage of the Germans fighting on the Eastern Front, advance from the Western Front, and destroy Germany all the way.

Unfortunately, de Gaulle was filled with righteous indignation and kept begging for war for three days before finally waiting for the current order to attack the opposite side!

This is somewhat different from history. In history, de Gaulle's army was arranged in the rear, but now, de Gaulle participated in the military parade, after which he was stationed on the border.

He did not act alone. Charles de Gaulle's 507 Tank Regiment worked with the 4th Infantry Division.

Tanks are vassals of infantry. Tanks exist to cover the charge of infantry, just like the British invented tanks during World War I.

This also made de Gaulle very upset. With the support of Marshal Petain, de Gaulle has published many papers in recent years. His argument, like Germany, should be to gather all the tanks together to form a fist for rapid advancement.

Unfortunately, no one responded to him.

Sitting on his tank, de Gaulle looked around.

Every S-35 tank is surrounded by dozens of French soldiers, in an absolutely normal textbook order.

Look at other people's Germany. Within a few days, the Bingfeng had already approached Warsaw. How did the Germans fight? Collecting all the tanks, the armored division swiftly charged, constantly advancing, entering the depth of the enemy, dividing and encircling the enemy.

Now, in the French army, the tank is still a mobile firepower point.

This makes him very upset.

In addition to their unit, there are 11 infantry divisions around. They lined up in a skirmish line and marched along the 32-kilometer area around Saarbrücken.

With such a propulsion efficiency, it is not bad to be able to advance five kilometers a day!

De Gaulle looked at the sky, overhead, the sky was clear. In this case, his bomber did not move!

During the tank’s assault, the air force’s support was needed. The bombers destroyed the opponent’s airfield, bridge, and arsenal in advance, delayed the opponent’s reinforcements, and provided fire support to the opponent. These combat styles were all Germany is using.

Your own side is already too behind!

The engine was rumbling. The 190-horsepower gasoline engine can drive the tank to a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, but now, it can only slowly follow its own infantry.

French infantrymen, carrying their own MAS-36 rifles.

Joseph took his steps and walked ahead. As a veteran who had participated in World War I, he set foot on German soil again, and it was another mood.

He is now the platoon leader of this infantry platoon, and what he holds in his hand is a rifle that was only issued in 1936. Replace the backward Bethier series rifles and Lebel M1886 rifles.

The biggest feature of MAS-36 is that it is short, lightweight, with a total length of only 1021 mm and a weight of 3.71 kg. It uses 7.5×54 mm rifle ammunition and is supplied by 5 rounds of built-in magazines.

In fact, according to the plan, the platoon leader should have used the MAS-38 submachine gun, which is a submachine gun with good performance. Unfortunately, because of the maintenance of the Magino line, this submachine gun has not yet been put into production.

He turned his head and glanced at Charles de Gaulle on the turret. This skinny colonel seemed unhappy now.

It also requires skill to accompany the tank. The blind area of ​​the tank is too large. If it is too close to the tank, it is easy to be crushed by the tank. Moreover, the tank is a small number after all.

Therefore, the easy country roads were occupied by the infantrymen. They were directly in the German fields and started to move. It is less than March. There is no farming in the fields. All the way, there are flat fields. , The tank was on it, and two ruts were rolled out.

In the front, the village can already be seen, it is a village on the border of the Germans.

After lighting a cigarette, Joseph took two sips. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell. As a veteran of World War I, he seemed to have a kind of innate alertness.

"Look, the French are coming!" On the opposite side, under a big tree at the mouth of the village, Nibel said to Ram: "They are about to enter our minefield!"

These days They have been burying mines outside. Outside the village, a large number of minefields have been densely arranged.

In fact, it is not troublesome to bury landmines. The trouble is to bury them in a hidden area so that the other party cannot see them. At the same time, they must be marked.

The orders from the superiors, who buried them, and who platooned them, after the battle is over, there can be no landmines on German territory, right?

Especially now, when time is abundant, the location of each landmine must be marked in detail, waiting for mine clearance later.

When it's on the enemy's land, just bury it at random, then circle it directly and mark it as a minefield.

Now, wait for a good show!

Nibel saw clearly that a scope was added to his Mauser 98 rifle. Through the scope, the field of vision was narrowed by hundreds of meters.

"Ram, on the tank there is a colonel!" Nibe couldn't help but continue to say to his companion.

Here is an officer!

Nibel’s hands are itchy. He is a scout in the entire infantry squad. Otherwise, how could he be allowed to spy on the enemy? At the same time, his marksmanship is also full of shots. Now, he has seen the French invading his territory and a tank. Colonel, he really couldn't help it.

The squad leader frightened them, but the squad leader didn’t look at him. How did he know if he shot? It's a shame to give up such a good opportunity.

So, he raised his gun again.

"French, it seems to have stopped." At this moment, Ram said to Nibel.

The French army, which was slowly advancing all the way, stopped here instead! Don't they know the prophet, knowing that the minefield is ahead?

Nibel turned his muzzle, and in his sight, he saw an infantry platoon leader who was facing the colonel on the tank. He didn't know what he was talking about.