Iron Blood Germany
Chapter 539

Despair

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"Da da da!"

German military's tank was moving forward rapidly and firing at the same time. The intensive machine gun fire caused the stunned French soldiers to pay a heavy price. Many French soldiers fell directly into a pool of blood.

When more and more German tanks rushed across the bridge, they turned into the massacre of the French army. The French soldiers seemed to wake up from their shock. They screamed loudly, the runaways.

German military's infantry also followed the tanks on both sides, rushed across the bridge, and joined the attack.

The accompanying engineers immediately removed the explosives planted by the French army to ensure the safety of the bridge.

"Asshole, why are the Germany people here? Blow up the bridge quickly!" the officer responsible for guarding the bridge gave the order.

However, their actions were still a step slow. When they pressed the handle to blow up the bridge, there was no explosion at all.

"God! It's over now. The Germany people have cut off our explosive lines." The officer's face turned pale.

Obviously, he also knew what it meant to them after the bridge fell into the hands of the Germany people. They will be attacked from two sides by German military. With German military's powerful attack power, they may not be able to hold on for long.

"Damn Britain people, why did the Germany people come from their defense area? Were they all silently killed by the Germany people?" This is obviously impossible. Therefore, this indicates that there is only one possibility. That means Britain people surrendered. This is undoubtedly more fatal news for the French army. After the British army surrendered, they had to fight alone in Paris city.

German tanks crossed the river with more and more infantry. They began to clear out the French troops around the bridge according to the predetermined battle plan, expand the results of the battle, and ensure the safety of the bridge.

The sudden blow left the soldiers who fought back completely unprepared. Under such circumstances, they naturally would not be able to resist German offensive. What's more, German military was in the attack, but Armored Forces was involved. For infantry, weapons such as tanks are inherently lethal. Unless their anti-tank weapons can be prepared in advance. But how could they be prepared in advance for a sudden attack?

More and more German militarys are heading to the north bank of the Seine Rivers through the bridge, and are engaged in the attack on the French army.

Place de la Bastille, French army Paris Garrison Headquarters. General Gallieni and General D'Esperey have been woken up. The sudden battle made them very confused as to what was going on.

"Reporting to the general, a large number of German tanks and infantry have poured into the north bank of the Seine River through the bridge. Now, German military are attacking our position. We have no preparation at all. So much so that we are in the process of retreating in the face of the Germany people's attack," the officer reported.

"What on earth is going on? How did Germany people pass through Britain people's defense zone?" General Gallieni looked angry. Although, he already thought of a reason in his mind. However, he was unwilling to face it.

"General, our analysis shows that the Britain people should have secretly surrendered. Otherwise, the Germany people would not have been able to capture the bridge so easily," the officer said.

"Damn it, those despicable Britain people, they actually surrendered behind our backs." General Gallieni cursed.

"Your Excellency Commander, it is useless to scold the Britain people now. Let's think about how to face the current crisis. After the Britain people surrendered, we will face a double attack from the Germany people. This is undoubtedly a disaster for us." General D'Esperey said.

General Gallieni thought for a moment, and then said, "Immediately order the artillery to fire on the bridge. No matter what, the bridge must be blown up. Otherwise, more and more Germany people will enter the northern city through the bridge. By then, it will be even more difficult for us to resist their attack."

"Yes, General." The staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

"The troops of General D'Esperey, 1st Army Corps, immediately counterattack the bridge. If the artillery cannot be effective, it will be up to you. If the bridge can be destroyed, we will have a chance to resist. Otherwise, we may not be able to hold on." General Gallieni said.

General D'Esperey nodded, he naturally knew that now has reached the most critical moment.

The French artillery had been destroyed a lot in previous battles. The rest are also very limited in quantity. But this time, in order to blow up the bridge, the French army gathered all their heavy artillery. For a strong bridge, the 75mm Field Gun shells may not be powerful enough. If you want to destroy the bridge, you may need to hit many shells in succession. Therefore, it mainly depends on 105mm Howitzer.

However, Germany has already been prepared for this. The French 105mm artillery had just opened fire when it was suppressed by the German military artillery from across the river.

German military's 105mm Howitzer and 150mm Howitzer, which had already been prepared, fired fiercely to suppress the French artillery positions to ensure the safety of the bridge.

At the same time, Air Corps of German military also appeared in the sky. Bomber, who came carrying bombs, began to bomb the French artillery positions. Fighters also strafed with aviation machine guns.

During the bombing and shelling of German military, the French artillery positions suffered heavy losses. Many cannons were destroyed before they could even fire.

Although some French artillery fired, the shells fell into the river in a hurry and did not cause any damage to the two bridges.

The French artillerymen were also very brave. Facing the artillery suppression and bombing of German military, he always stood firm at his post until he was killed. However, their efforts still failed to succeed. Even after all their artillery and artillery were lost, they were unable to destroy the bridge.

The troops of French 1st Army Corps launched a fierce attack on German military who entered the northern urban area of Paris. However, they certainly caused a lot of casualties to German military, especially Armored Forces. However, they were never able to advance the front line to the vicinity of the bridge. As more and more German militarys cross the bridge, the task of French 1st Army Corpss cannot be completed at all.

After half a day of fierce fighting, French 1st Army Corps suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw from the battle. This made all their hopes of destroying the bridge in vain.

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