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- In the summer of 1916, the British army's offensive on the Somme River in France became the bloodiest battle in history, with thousands of soldiers paying a bloody price every time they advanced.
On August 30, the first batch of 50 "Mark I" tanks was secretly shipped from the United Kingdom to France. In early September, the helpless British General Haig believed that the deadlock in trench warfare on the Western Front must be broken, and ordered the "Mark I" tank, a new weapon and equipment, to be put into combat on September 13.
This is the first time in the world that tanks have been used in combat. The British army invested a total of 49 "Mark I" tanks on the front line. However, after the tank formation participating in the war set off on September 13, 17 of them broke down halfway due to various reasons before they reached the frontline battlefield.
In this way, nearly one-third of the armored formation lost its combat effectiveness before firing a single shell. After the remaining 32 tanks drove to a destination not far from the German positions, they spread out on an 8-kilometer-long front and began to use 57 mm artillery to violently bombard the German positions.
In order to achieve a surprise attack, General Haig ordered all tanks to break through the German positions in the early morning of September 15th.
September 15, 1916.
In the early morning, the battlefield was filled with smoke. The British "Mark I" tank began to crunch towards the German position, and soon disappeared from the sight of the British commander.
However, before the 32 tanks reached the German positions, 14 more tanks lay dormant: they either had technical failures, got stuck in a quagmire, or fell into a bomb crater. In this way, only 18 tanks were left to participate in the world's first tank battle. Those tanks drove slowly toward the German positions like old oxen.
The German soldiers who were waiting in the trenches suddenly heard an extremely strange metallic noise coming from the direction of the British position. Not knowing what the mystery was, they all stuck their heads out of the trenches to peek.
The German soldiers suddenly discovered that a strange-looking mechanical device emerged from the no-man's land in the fog and crawled straight towards the German position. Before the German soldiers could figure out what was going on, the "monster" suddenly breathed fire.
Some German soldiers immediately fell into a pool of blood. The remaining German soldiers were terrified and fled the trenches, scrambling to the rear. As a result, the British army quickly occupied the trenches.
Relying on the power of tanks, the British army quickly advanced towards the German third line of defense.
The 3rd company of the supplementary battalion of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment of the German Army.
Now, Ernst Brahm - Lieutenant Wang Weiyi and his soldiers must face the challenge from the British army!
Point B, 7 am.
The soldiers of the third company had heard that the enemy used a steel weapon on the battlefield, but they had nothing to worry about.
Because before that, Lieutenant Ernst had introduced the new war weapons that the British army would use to the soldiers of the Third Company in detail, and told them how to stop those damn monsters from advancing.
The sound of artillery, gunfire, and explosions were heard, and fierce fighting was taking place everywhere, including the position of the third company.
"Attack, attack! The enemy is attacking!" Sergeant Hall, who was the first to spot the British, shouted.
"Enter the position and prepare to fight!"
Under Wang Weiyi¡¯s loud call, all the soldiers entered their combat positions.
Those damn British, let them come, the brave German soldiers are waiting for them.
The Maxim heavy machine gun stared at the opposite side with eager eyes. The three "owners" of the MG08 Maxim heavy machine gun, Sean, Beverly, and Aikein, were breathing heavily.
"Let those damn British come on, they will soon realize how powerful they are!"
Wang Weiyi found that he was also a little nervous. This was his first positional battle. It would be a lie to say he was not nervous.
A large group of British people appeared. Wang Weiyi licked his lips and made a gesture. The German soldier raised his gun.
"Kill them! Kill them!"
This is the almost curse-like sound made by Adolf Hitler next to him.
Wang Weiyi smiled secretly.
The enemy is gradually approaching
"Kill them!"
With Wang Weiyi's violent roar, his hand fell down.
The light and heavy weapons on the position opened fire at the same time.
In an instant, with Maxim's roar, the British fell down like wheat. The British man who was suddenly hit fell to the ground in panic.
The German gunfire immediately became sparse.
These trainingsWell-trained soldiers will never waste their bullets easily, Wang Weiyi praised in his heart.
¡°Perhaps they felt that lying down like this would not bring much future. After a while, the British got up from the ground one after another.
At first glance, it¡¯s all densely packed with enemies. What a good target it is.
This time, the first thing that sounded was the submachine gun in Wang Weiyi's hand. He saw with his own eyes that a British soldier was shot and fell down in pain, clutching his chest.
He also saw the British soldier struggling in a pool of blood, grabbing his throat with his hands, as if he wanted to breathe out something, but he was powerless. In just one second, he was dead.
In fact, all soldiers, whether German or British, did nothing wrong in this war. They were just fighting to achieve the goals of those politicians.
Bunkerere¡¯s marksmanship is extremely accurate. The Mauser rifle seems to be alive in his hands. The bullets can always find the enemy automatically, almost one at a time.
Wang Weiyi found that Bunkerei¡¯s expression was very serious, as if he was doing something very sacred. And every time after knocking down an enemy, he would always say something in his mouth.
Afterwards, Wang Weiyi asked Bunkerelei, and this outstanding sharpshooter told him that he was praying for the enemy who fell under the gun.
What a brave and lovely soldier.
Sean, the main shooter of the heavy machine gun, was completely different. He poured bullets into pieces at the enemy without any hesitation, while he kept cursing.
They say Sean turns into a lunatic when it comes to fighting, and it seems true.
Adolf Hitler looked to Wang Weiyi as if he fired the gun with his eyes closed. It seemed that he still could not get rid of his nervousness.
Bullets hit the enemy mercilessly, and the enemy fell in large numbers. The front of the position became a terrible meat grinder, ruthlessly dragging in and mincing the lives one by one.
This is the most real and terrifying battlefield!
The British obviously couldn't hold on any longer. At this moment, there was a sudden roar behind them, and then the British soldiers consciously ducked to both sides.
Wang Weiyi looked there, and then shouted:
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