The offensive battle started on the third day after the arrival of the Light Mechanized Division.

This is because when the light mechanized division arrived, nearly half of the tanks were unavailable. In fact, some tanks broke down after only driving for more than ten kilometers, and then some were even dragged by tow trucks all the way to the defense line.

The French army needed some time to repair these tanks in a full area to ensure that there would be no problems after they went to the battlefield, but in the end more than twenty tanks were declared scrapped. Their function was to dismantle useful parts and use them for other tanks.

The battle started in the early morning.

Zhang Chi also does not recommend launching an attack at night, because night battles require the quality and coordination of the troops. Otherwise, let alone attack, even the enemy may be mistaken in any direction.

In this regard, the German army obviously has more advantages, not to mention that air and sea control are still on the side of the French army.

So the battle unfolded in a big scene:

First, more than 800 artillery gun regiments of the French army opened fire on the German defense line almost at the same time... The French army had few other things, but had many artillery, which was also determined by their strategic idea of ​​"complete defense". At the same time, the same was true for fighting. Both sides dug their own trenches and then set up artillery soldiers behind the trenches. Next, they fired guns at the enemy's positions if they were done. Sometimes the artillery fire even bombed intermittently for a few days.

Next was the naval guns of the Toulon fleet. The bombardment of the naval guns of more than 300 mm caliber was really different from grenades. The radial dust that rose was at least tens of meters high. The smoke from the bombs showed a smell of standing out from the flock. Even Zhang Chi, who was several kilometers away, could feel the vibration of the ground when the shells hit.

However, Zhang Chi felt that the order of bombing was reversed. Large-caliber naval guns should fire first because they are powerful and require precise shooting to destroy the enemy's solid fortifications, while other artillery was carpet-type bombarded for clearing obstacles.

The French army did the opposite, using artillery first and then naval guns, which directly caused the smoke of the artillery to cover the target and make the naval gun lose its accuracy... So this bombing turned to a considerable extent into a stimulus that seemed extremely powerful but actually had little effect.

Then the US bombers also came up to pluck their courage, but their situation was similar to that of the naval guns. The smoke and dust from below made the pilot unable to see the target clearly, and he could only hurriedly throw the bomb into the smoke.

After half an hour of trouble, a French officer shouted: "Young guys, rush!"

"Run!"

The soldiers of the Zoafu Corps rushed up to the German defense line with guns and followed the tanks.

Most of the tanks are Renault R35, and there are several Somoa S35s.

The former is similar to the German tank No. 3 in terms of protection, and its firepower will be worse. The latter is more powerful than the German tank No. 3 in terms of protection, firepower and even speed. It can be said that it is the best tank in this era and even the best in the early days of World War II. Its 47MM caliber cannon is the most powerful tank on the Western Front. The 55MM armor thickness makes the German anti-tank gun only aim at its tracks and attack side armor at close range when facing it.

Therefore, France was not without a fight against Germany during World War II. They even had an advantage in equipment. It was not completely unreasonable that the French Army claimed to be the strongest in the world.

However, the French placed too much hope on the "Magino Line of Defense". When the "Magino Line of Defense" lost its effect in front of the German army, their psychological defense was also captured by the German army, so they no longer had the confidence and will to resist... All of this proves that their army was far from reaching the strongest level in the world.

The cannon sounded quickly, which was fired from the German army. A few sparse shots were almost described as "cold" compared to the French army's artillery preparations... This is also normal. The African German and Italian army have always been in a state of difficulty in supply. After finally occupying air supremacy, the situation improved, but was immediately taken back by the Allies.

Among them, Hitler ordered the advance into Tunisia... It should be said that this is definitely wrong in strategy. It seems to cut off the French army's road to Libya, but when the supply supply has not increased, it has sent twice as many troops, and the war on both sides will make Africa's already tense supply even worse. Until now, the German army dares not even attack more shells.

This greatly inspired the French soldiers who were charging, to be precise, the Algerian soldiers brought by the judge.

The judge shouted excitedly: "Look, the German artillery has been blown up by us. What are you waiting for? Rush!"

It was a morale booster, although many officers knew that this was not the case.

However, the Algerian soldiers seemed to be very accustomed to this trick. They shouted and accelerated their pace towards the German defense line.

Two thousand meters.

The German guns were still firing silently, and Zhang Chi even suspected that they had only one artillery battalion and more than a dozen cannons were fighting back.

However, although the German army had few shells, they were shot accurately. It can be seen that they were all coordinated by the artillery observers in the front. The shells always flew accurately to the area with the densest crowds of Zoafu Corps and then brought out bursts of blood.

Although the French army had much more powerful artillery, they did not know how to suppress it, because their infantry could not see the location of the German artillery behind the defense line. There were several reconnaissance planes flying in the sky, but there were smoke and dust everywhere below, and the German artillery positions could not be found.

In fact, Zhang Chi knew that even if he found it, it would be useless. There were only a dozen guns attacking, and they could be scattered to different positions for flexible guerrilla warfare.

One thousand five hundred meters.

Although he was bombarded by more than a dozen cannons, the Zoafu army, which had never been on the battlefield, had already had a little chaos... In the aperture of Zhang Chi's telescope, he saw several Zoafu soldiers lying on the ground and refused to get up until the judge ran to them and kicked their butts.

One thousand meters.

The Germans still did not fight back. They obviously planned to put the enemy closer to save ammunition and then attack.

What makes people even more helpless is that there are still several French tanks that fail to move forward halfway through, which causes several gaps in the charge formation, and the soldiers rushed up with guns without any cover.
Chapter completed!