Several German infantrymen continued to output firepower at a private house on the outskirts of the small village. At the target point of their attack was a small bungalow hiding an unknown number of British troops.
Not far from them, a German infantry squad occupied a two-story residential building and fired condescendingly at the British soldiers in the small village from the window.
The civilians in this village have long been evacuated. Currently stationed here is an undermanned infantry battalion of the 3rd Division of the British Expeditionary Force. The attacker is a relatively complete infantry regiment of the German 13th Infantry Division.
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Coincidentally, just in the early hours of this morning, they passed each other and missed each other without realizing it. In the morning, the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division quickly met Montgomery's British 3rd Division again.
This time, the two sides came into contact under the sun, and both fought with their utmost strength from the first moment of contact.
However, in this duel, the German army was lucky to have a strong advantage in strength.
Montgomery's British 3rd Division was attacked by an armored regiment commanded by Colonel Ronsenberg at night in the Lucca area and lost more than one-third of its troops.
However, the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division had been left behind the armored units until now. It was only after the armored units were called off the day before yesterday that it had just caught up to the forward front. It can be said that the 13th Motorized Infantry Division was ready to go.
Using a well-organized force with strong soldiers and horses to attack a force with serious losses, it can be said that the German army has a great chance of winning.
However, although Montgomery lost one-third of its troops, the remaining regiment and two battalions were still intact and had reliable combat effectiveness. The most important thing was that they did not need to defeat the German army, they only needed to hold it back.
Vanguard, it is enough to buy enough time for the Dunkirk side to withdraw their troops.
Montgomery has now divided his troops into parts, using battalions and companies as units, and turned the villages and woods into fortresses. A small village or a forest is a small fortress. As long as each fortress can distract the German army's energy and consume
Even if they lose their time, as long as a certain amount of time is consumed, the situation will be beneficial to the British and French forces.
This is a conspiracy! Montgomery has no intention of turning the tide and fighting the Germans head-on to win. What he wants is the current stalemate and fragmented situation, and he can just slip away after enough time. When the Germans conquer the villages and woods in front of him,
The large troops should also withdraw a lot, and the strategic goal will be achieved.
It's a pity that Montgomery ignored one thing, that is, his troops were exhausted, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to the new German 13th Division. He could disperse the troops and fortify them across a wide area, and the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division could also divide its troops to attack. In the German army's division of troops
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to fight every step of the way.
Before his eyes, a British infantry company in the woods had been pulled out, and more than half of the soldiers were captured. And this small village, which lacked battalion garrison, was already in danger.
"Machine gun squad! Hurry up and set up on the top floor of this newly captured three-story building!" A German infantry platoon leader pressed several British surrendered soldiers captured from the building and walked out along the wall.
The machine gun squad rushing towards the wall ordered: "Go up as soon as possible and form suppressive fire!"
The platoon leader was pleasantly surprised to find during the battle that the British soldiers did not have a strong will to fight. Once the German firepower exceeded theirs, the lone British troops would have thought of surrendering. For example, the 8 British soldiers he had just captured
The soldiers could still resist, but when they saw the German MP40 submachine gun blasting their commander's head, they immediately dropped the guns on the ground.
Therefore, he urged the machine gun squad to occupy the commanding heights as soon as possible and form suppressive firepower against the British positions. Maybe, before long, all the British in the area within the range of the machine gun squad would surrender.
"Burst! Burst! Burst!" Bullets fired from a distance swept three rounds on the ground around the platoon leader, causing a burst of dust.
"Concealed transfer!" The platoon leader quickly waved his hand to signal the soldiers to move to the next position with him, and then ordered very quickly: "The precision shooters go upstairs and suppress the battlefield."
"Yes!" A soldier holding a G43 semi-automatic rifle with a 3x scope responded, then turned around and ran into the three-story building, breaking away from the team led by the platoon leader as they ran outside.
At their respective positions, after the dust dispersed, the bullets that had just been hit here left three deep bullet holes, which looked a bit shocking.
Inside the building, the precision shooter who ran to the third floor jumped to the window, and then quietly pointed the muzzle of the gun out of the window through the broken curtain. Through the triple mirror, he revealed the black hole of the muzzle of the gun by the window.
, looking for prey within sight.
Downstairs, the German platoon leader, who had already led a dozen soldiers across the street and ran into the path between two small buildings, bent over and trotted. This time, they brought along a more violent Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher team.
Prepare to pounce on a two-story building window that glows with fire.
"Anti-tank team!" the platoon leader lowered his voice and shouted hoarsely: "Pay attention to concealment and come here quickly!"
Pointing towards the small building opposite that was still flashing with fire, the platoon leader patted his waist and said on the shoulder of the leader of the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher team who ran up to him: "Did you see the window on the second floor of that building?
The British have set up at least one machine gun team there, and I want you to kill the British guy in that window now!"
"Understood!" The team leader nodded and replied in a low voice.
After seeing the team leader's loader loading a rocket grenade for him, the German platoon leader picked up the MP40 submachine gun in his hand and shouted loudly: "The others are covering fire!"
The building took a step across the corner, and regardless of whether it could hit or not, a bunch of bullets were fired towards the window on the second floor of the building.
Other soldiers holding G43 semi-automatic rifles quickly rushed out of the corner, aiming at the opposite side and firing fiercely. But the real killer, the team leader carrying the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher, took advantage of the chaos and flew out with two steps at a time.
, a flying shovel slid to a big tree on the roadside, and fired a rocket against the big tree.
"Boom!" The rocket missed a bit, and did not hit the window directly. Instead, it hit the wall about one meter away from the window frame. However, the huge explosion still indicated that the effect of this shot had been achieved.
.At least, in the building where a big hole was blown out, there was no longer the roar of the British Maxim heavy machine gun.