Chapter 578: Guderian's Assault
With a 'Peng', General Guderian's fist hit the map table hard: "It can't be like this anymore. With such a slow speed, when we arrive in Compiène, the Nantes army has already set up a defense line on the Seine."
Admiral Guderian, who could no longer bear the speed of his snail, immediately passed by: "Order all chariot troops to carry as much fuel as possible, tie oil barrels to the body of the chariot, and follow me quickly after leaving the infantry."
"General, this is too dangerous." A staff officer suggested: "The operation of the chariot leaving the infantry will be easily destroyed by the opponent because of the lack of cover, and the chariot is even more a living target if it is tied to the oil barrel."
Guderian said: "There is no time left. Now we must fight, otherwise the preparation time for the Nantes Empire is sufficient, and our victory may be much smaller. Immediately inform us of our orders, and within half an hour, all the chariots and troops will set off."
"Yes, General." Despite some opinions, the staff officer still carried out the order.
In the afternoon, the Yaman Army's chariot troops separated from the infantry and logistics supply vehicles. Each vehicle was tied with several large oil barrels and rushed to the south with full force. Admiral Guderian adopted a configuration similar to that of an aircraft carrying a secondary fuel tank in air combat. The chariot troops advanced with a large number of oil barrels. After approaching the battlefield, they abandoned the remaining oil barrels and oil to prevent them from being hit in battle and destroying their own tanks.
A group of Nantes soldiers were smoking cigarettes and transporting various supplies first. As the defenders of the city of Mauber, although the war was approaching, he was also very relaxed, because according to the calculations of his superiors, the army of the Allied countries was still a long distance away from here.
Because the senior management believed that they had plenty of time, their war preparations were naturally lazy. Half of the troops were digging fortifications outside the city, and half were sorting out logistics supplies.
"When will the Allied troops be able to fight?" A Nantes soldier put down the shovel and stepped on the sweat channel that had flowed to his neck.
Another soldier also threw down the iron shovel and jokingly said, "It may take a year for them to come over the complex terrain of the Ardennes area, and they can only come over by a group of light infantry. What are we going to be afraid of? If we stop doing it, we will stop doing it, and it is useless to dig out the trenches. It is better to get light infantry troops in order, either with cannons, they will collapse in an instant."
At this moment, the dust suddenly rose in the distance, and some soldiers soon discovered a scene. They stood up and looked curiously at the smoke and dust gradually approaching in the distance. A sharp-eyed Nantes soldier saw the dark chariot flashing in the dust, and shouted: "It's the army of the Allies, they are here."
"What? How could it be so fast?" Another soldier screamed. He had already rushed towards his rifle leaning against the trench, but it was too late. The alarm bell rang out in the city, but the Yamann army's chariot troops were too fast. Before the Nantes entered the dug position, Guderian's chariot had already driven onto the city's avenue.
As it turned out, General Guderian's adventure was very worthwhile. The Nantes army did not expect the Yaman army to advance so quickly. Moberge's defenders were caught off guard and were quickly defeated. Then Furmi and Laon all went down in a cluster. With the rumbling sound of tracks, the rapidly advancing Yaman chariot troops pointed directly at the Seine.
The Nantes army, which had retreated in a hurry, barely organized a temporary defense line on the Seine River, trying to stop the opponent's attack here. The Second Army's chariot troops arrived on the north bank of the Seine River did not rest at all. Under Guderian's strict order, the advance force demanded air force support from the rear, while using all weapons that could cross the river to launch a long-range attack on the Nantes defense line.
After learning about the battle situation of the Second Army, the Yaman Army headquarters immediately ordered all the aircraft that could participate in the war to take off and bomb the Seine defense line. The Golden Eagle 4 fighters just delivered to the Yaman Army had the fastest speed, and they arrived at the battlefield first under the operation of the Yaman fighter pilots.
The 127mm caliber rockets and 23mm cannon shells were densely splashed at the Nantes' positions, which made the Nantes' army unable to raise their heads. The Nantes' Sonier 406 fighter jets that came to intercept were too slow and were no match for the Golden Eagle 4 fighter jets. They were shot down one after another as soon as they got into the fight. Then the huge Kunpeng 2 bomber was late, and huge aviation bombs were spread onto the Nantes' positions, exploding the trenches that were dug up suddenly, and the Nantes' army fled in a row.
Taking advantage of the opponent's panic, the Yaman Army engineers immediately began to build pontoon bridges. Since the equipment for pontoon bridges had not been transported yet, the pontoon bridges temporarily erected by the engineers were not load-bearing enough, and the Grizzly Type 2 tank weighing more than 30 tons could pass through.
The bridges on the Seine River have been blown up by the Nantes army, and only this pontoon bridge can pass through. Admiral Guderian knew very well that speed was the key to victory at this time. Only by constantly chasing and not giving the other party a chance to breathe can the other party be eliminated as soon as possible, so he decided to take another risk.
An hour later, just a few days ago, he had just escaped from the mud terrain of the Arden Forest, and kept up with the chariot troops, more than a hundred sdfkz221 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles, and only ten Weasel 1 light chariots that could drive in the water, were gathered together, and under the leadership of General Guderian himself, the mixed force passed the pontoon bridge.
In order to strengthen combat capabilities, Guderian brought only six fifty-two-mm and seventeen thirty-seven-mm anti-war cannons, and attached them to the back of the SDFKZ221 wheeled armored vehicle with a total weight of less than four tons. After trying to bring enough fuel, the increasingly lightweight armored force immediately drove at full speed and advanced towards the city of Compigione.
As General Guderian expected, the remnants of Nantes, who were defending the Seine defense line, had just retreated to the city of Compiñe, and before he could reorganize and restore the system, he was suddenly attacked by the Yaman army. The result can be imagined.
The Nantes defenders, who had already lost their establishment and were defeated, collapsed again, and were confusedly trapped with the local defenders and continued to retreat south with the other defeated troops. They retreated too hastily and discarded all the supplies in the city to the Second Yaman Army Group Army, which was chasing them.
The supply supplies were fully received by the Yaman Army, which filled Guderian's already scarce oil again, and more than 400 Renault 35 and Renault 39 tanks were seized. These seized tanks greatly expanded the arsenal of the Second Army. Guderian immediately reported to the headquarters, asking the Air Force to airborne a group of combat vehicles for him, so that the seized weapons could be operated.
Chapter completed!