The British army has a total of 500 tanks in Canterbury. These tanks were all transferred from London after the battle began. In addition, there are 500 vehicles in London.
The British army's 'Hound' tank is roughly similar in appearance to the French 'Renault' 17 tank. Light weight, weak armor, but relatively fast. The weapons equipped are a 37mm Tank Gun and a 7.62mm machine gun.
The performance of the 'Hound' tank is not much different from that of the German military's Mark I tank. Tank Cannon on both sides can destroy the other side's tanks. However, in terms of reliability, mobility, etc., the British army's 'Hound' tank is much worse. If you add in the quality and experience of the tanks on both sides, the gap is even bigger.
"General Haig, launch a counterattack early tomorrow morning. All the tanks will be put in. The infantry will be drawn from 1st Army Corps. This time, we must defeat the Germany people in one fell swoop!" General Hamilton ordered with a black face.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" General Haig replied.
"So, do we choose to attack German military of Boulogne, or German military of Camart?" General Benson asked.
Hamilton thought for a while, and then said, "First attack German military of Boulogne, and then attack German military of Camart. German military is too strong, and we can no longer disperse the attack force. In that case, they will only be defeated by Germany people one by one."
General Benson nodded and said nothing more.
General Hamilton This time, it is obvious that he plans to use all his strength and make a desperate move. He also knew that the situation this time was very critical for the British army. If they don't do it right, they will be completely defeated in this battle.
In the early morning of September 1, four British armored brigades and three Infantry Division launched an attack on Boulogne. Before the attack, the British army even assembled more than 500 artillery pieces to conduct a violent bombardment of Boulogne.
You know, the British army's previous artillery suffered heavy losses in the battle. They were either suppressed and destroyed by German military's artillery, or blown up by German Army Air Corps's fighter planes. The artillery suffered heavy losses, and not much was left. In order to successfully capture Boulogne, the British army can be regarded as using its main force.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
114mm Howitzer and 83.8mm field guns poured out shells like crazy.
"Faster, use your maximum speed to fire the shells. Otherwise, when German aircraft comes, we will have to evacuate!" British artilleryman Commander ordered.
The British artillery knew that their bombardment would soon be bombarded by German military's Army Air Corps. Therefore, they could only seize the opportunity to fire. In order to avoid being bombed by the time, it will no longer be possible to continue firing.
The shells hit German military's position hard, leaving craters one after another. The fortifications built hastily last night simply could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the British army.
Under the fierce bombardment by the British army, German military began to suffer a lot of casualties.
"Urgent call for reinforcements! We need to suppress the Britain people's artillery. Otherwise, we will suffer heavy losses under their shelling!" 1st Armored Division commander ordered.
On the sea, ten Battleship and 24 Pre-dreadnought of German Navy had raised their muzzles high. According to the coordinates sent by the Army, they were making adjustments before firing.
"Fire!"
Following the order from the gunnery commander on board the Battleship of the 'Bavaria', three triple-mounted 50 times caliber 380mm Main Gun began a violent bombardment.
The other Battleship followed closely and started bombarding. For a moment, the sound of cannons rumbled on the sea. Large-caliber Naval Gun artillery shells hit the British artillery position one after another.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A sharp and piercing whistle sounded on the British artillery position, and the expressions of the British artillerymen changed drastically. They have been dealing with cannons all year round, so they naturally know what this means.
"God!, run quickly! Germany's large-caliber Naval Gun!"
Without the officer giving an order, the British artillerymen were like rabbits, fleeing in all directions.
"Boom!"
Violent explosions sounded on the British artillery position. The cannons were blown up and down, and even the barrels were blown into pieces. As for the artillerymen, they were directly torn into pieces.
German Navy's Naval Gun bombardment certainly caused heavy losses to the British artillery. However, the biggest threat to them is still German Army Air Corps.
Hundreds of Mark II fighter planes covered hundreds of H1 bombers to bomb the British artillery positions. British artillery positions were destroyed one after another.
"Damn it!"
General Haig couldn't help but curse when he saw this situation. Their artillery was almost completely lost before it could exert much effect. This undoubtedly makes this battle even more difficult to fight.
"We can't wait any longer, order the tank troops to attack immediately!" General Haig ordered.
"Yes, General!"
Although, their shelling did not cause much damage to German military, and it was far from reaching the intended target. But General Haig knew that he could not wait any longer. At that time, more and more German aircraft will appear on the battlefield, and their losses will become greater and greater.
"Attack!"
After British tank forces received the order, he immediately launched an attack.
More than five hundred tanks rushed out of their positions and rushed towards German military's position.
"General, tanks! The Britain people have dispatched a large number of tanks!" a staff officer ordered to the German military 1st Armored Division commander.
"So many tanks! The Britain people have spent a lot of money this time."
"Order anti-tank weapons to prepare! First consume the tanks of Britain people. Then Armored Forces will attack again and deal with them!"
Although, 1st Armored Division After yesterday's hard battle, there were only more than 170 tanks left, which was only equivalent to one-third of the tanks dispatched by the British army. However, they are not afraid.
Compared with German armored forces, British tank forces is just a toddler. The gap between the two sides is too big.
Anti-tank Guns one after another were deployed to the frontline positions. The anti-tank soldiers aimed at the rapidly advancing British tanks.
"Fire!"
"Boom!"
A Anti-tank Gun opened fire. The 37mm artillery shells roared towards a British tank 'Hound'.
A few hundred meters away, we arrived in the blink of an eye. Armor-piercing Shell hit the tank's armor hard.
Under the influence of huge kinetic energy, Armor-piercing Shell easily penetrated the not-thick armor of the 'Hound' tank. The shell hit the ammunition magazine and exploded. The entire tank became a ball of fire.