In early summer, the sun shines brightly and everything is flourishing, but the northern battlefield of the Coen Peninsula is filled with smoke and thunder rolling. Groups of war falcons are fighting fiercely in the air. Countless soldiers fight hard on the ground. The disappearance of life is as simple as raindrops falling... The progress of human civilization not only failed to eliminate the killing, but instead pushed the war to a new height. This is the sorrow of human nature and the helplessness of history.

Typical Germans have never had such a macro idea. They are keen on doing their jobs wholeheartedly, and Andres Clayson is one of them. This burly and strong German young man was born in 1904 in the eastern province of the Prussian Kingdom. He is now a senior non-commissioned officer of the 19th Grenadier Regiment of the Royal German Army.

The so-called grenades were a branch of the European Army in the mid-17th century. It first referred to infantrymen in the army that could throw grenades. At that time, the grenades were similar to small shells, so they had to choose soldiers with extraordinary arm strength among the infantry to throw them. Moreover, these soldiers needed to throw grenades to the enemy in front of their own fronts in battle, and they needed extraordinary courage and will. Gradually, "grenadiers" were not only the title of military, but also became an honorary title for commending soldiers' heroic combat performance.

Nowadays, the combat methods of the German grenade regiments are no longer limited to throwing grenades. Their equipment standards are roughly equivalent to those of ordinary infantry regiments. The elite is that nearly half of the rifles are equipped with grenade launchers for rifles, and pay special attention to the use of this weapon in daily training. In addition, the glorious traditional front-line charge of the grenade regiment has been preserved and inherited. Based on the powerful tools for chariots and armored vehicles that impact the enemy array, the German front-line grenade regiments generally established direct chariot units, and introduced a large number of tracked, semi-tracked, and wheeled armored vehicles, and transport trucks, thus meeting the standards of quasi-mechanized troops.

The morning of the next day after the war broke out, Sergeant Clayson landed on the Cohen Peninsula with his troops and entered the battle before noon. At 11:30, his company arrived at the forefront of the British position in armored personnel carriers. At this time, the chariot troops serving as assault sharp knives had successfully tore open the gap on the enemy's defense line. However, because the half-tracked armored personnel carriers did not have the ability to cross the trench, they had to stop at the British front line and then cover the infantry with mortars and machine guns to enter the battle.

The German grenadiers wearing ear protection helmets and field uniforms rushed through the first trench on the British position with an unstoppable momentum. Although their own chariots were "stand guarded", the British army on the front were still resisting stubbornly. The surviving machine gun fire points kept spraying out terrifying flames, and a series of gun bullets poured in, knocking down many German soldiers. The British mortars and grenades also caused casualties to the attacking party. As a result, the wave of attack seemed to hit the invisible shore embankment, and the continuous melody temporarily paused, and the battle situation was in a stalemate.

After crossing the British trenches, Sergeant Clayson and his comrades were suppressed by British fire in the open area between the two trenches, barely relying on bullet craters and destroyed British anti-war chariot artillery bunkers to avoid enemy guns and bullets. Seeing several oval grenades throwing out from the British trenches in front of him, Clayson hurriedly called his companions around him to hide. The explosion followed that shocked everyone's ears. Fortunately, the grenades were still several meters away from them, and there were some sandbags in the middle, otherwise the shrapnel would be enough for them to bear.

Why was the brave grenade willing to be beaten passively? Clayson put down his pistol, pulled out the m30 offensive grenade hanging behind his waist, bent his left arm to support it, and slanted his upper body, and then threw the grenade out. The thrown object fell into the British trench more than 20 meters away, and exploded as soon as it landed, without giving the enemy any chance of reaction.

With such a standard demonstration, the soldiers around followed suit, and the throwing distance of 20 to 30 meters was easy for these grenades. This crash caused no movement in the British trench in front. The sudden attack and suppression of the chariots in the front. In addition, the mortars carried by the German armored personnel carriers basically corrected the bounce point after several rounds of shooting, and the offensive resistance was sharply reduced. After a while, the attack whistle sounded again, and the soldiers jumped up. The last range of charges no longer had the concept of scattered lines. Whether grenadiers or ordinary infantry, they all ran wildly with weapons, in order to pass through the most dangerous areas in the shortest time.

Jumping into the British Second Line trench that had just been washed by grenades, Clayson was still stunned by the bleak scene in front of him: all the British soldiers who died were unclogged, their faces were facing up and they could not recognize their faces. The broken limbs and arms were everywhere. The strange burnt smell in the air entered the nasal cavity, and their stomachs couldn't help but rolled...

Most of the grenadiers who followed Clayson into the trench had been tested by battle in France and the Middle East, and had also seen bloody and cruel scenes, and were a little resistant to everything here. Without having time to rest, they quickly climbed over the trench under the command of the officers and followed their own chariots to continue to advance to the depth of the British front.

A red pine forest suddenly came into view.

The British front that the coalition had just captured extends from the northern part of the Cohen Peninsula to the outer periphery of Abersoh in the south. A little breaking does not mean that the entire line collapses. The battle to clear the positions and expand the results of the war is still in full swing. Just waiting for a part of the infantry to follow, the coalition chariot troops immediately start the next combat mission. According to the established tactical plan, they will sweep the field artillery behind the British front and capture the British command and the rear transportation hub. This is very similar to the tactical arrangements of the British team the night before!

In the battle to break through the British positions, the losses of the coalition chariot troops accounted for about one-third of the troops invested, many of which were blown off the track or had mechanical failures. After emergency repairs, they could be re-entered for combat. The overall loss was basically at the expected level, so the original deep assault route was adopted. The red pine forest ahead was an important coordinate reference. However, the ground reconnaissance forces issued a warning before the attack began. They believed that the British heavy troops were likely to be hidden in the woods and suggested that they focus on bombing and artillery attacks.

Before the ground attack started, the fierce artillery fire of the coalition fleet carried out an indiscriminate attack on this area. The heavy shells left one large or even giant craters in the fields. This red pine forest seemed to have not escaped. There were many thick pine trees on the edge of the woods either broken in half or uprooted, and several smoke pillars emerged in the middle of the woods. Obviously, trees were ignited by the artillery fire. If it hadn't been raining two days ago and the forest was relatively humid, maybe the entire forest had turned into ashes.

Hundreds of meters ahead of the Red Pine Forest, there was an abandoned British artillery position. The field artillery was originally covered by camouflage nets and civil fortifications. Some survived the artillery attack of coalition ships and played some roles when resisting the strong attack of coalition armored troops. However, the coalition offensive was fierce and the frontier positions were quickly broken. In the shooting with coalition tanks, the British field artillery did not take any advantage.

They were destroyed one by one by one by the chariot gun. At this moment, hundreds of British soldiers who were driven away from the position were running to the rear in panic. They were scattered, with no formation at all, and had exceeded the range of machine guns. Therefore, the coalition chariots that were the first to break through the enemy formation temporarily set off their horses instead of bombarding these poor worms with chariot guns. These British soldiers did not have the courage to organize defense in the abandoned artillery positions, but retreated into the red pine forest without looking back.

Before the attack began, the commanders of the coalition chariot troops received a warning reminder from the command center about the red pine forest. The German officials were not yet dazzled by the victory in front of them. They carefully arranged the battle formations, and dozens of heavy chariots formed three herringbone attack arrows, medium chariots, fully tracked armored vehicles, and abandoned infantry walking followed in turn. The difference was that some faster light chariots served as warnings in the front and on both wings.

The powerful and fast-moving coalition armored assault group gradually approached the mysterious red pine forest. The first "cold arrow" released from the forest shot a German light combat chariot that was suddenly reconnaissance. This 15-ton "lancer" is known for its speed and its armored defense is only slightly stronger than the British "Vicks" light combat chariot. Its turret equipped with a 37mm machine cannon and a 7.92mm machine gun was actually blown away by one shot. This scene surprised everyone!

The shells flew out of the red pine forest one after another. Fortunately, not every British gunner had the ability to kill with one blow. Most of the shells were not likely to be with the coalition chariots in motion. The light tanks that were reconnaissance in the sudden retreated quickly, and the rumbling chariots quickly stopped in the awkward sound of brakes.

Although they were unable to accurately locate the targets hidden in the forest, the smoke and flashing artillery fire still revealed their position and strength.

The heavily armored "Teutonic Knight" was heading in front like a shield soldier, blocking many shells from the forest, protecting its own medium-sized tanks and the self-propelled artillery that arrived later launched artillery bombardment. Hundreds of coalition tanks bombarded with dense artillery fire for nearly ten minutes, and the rear howitzers supporting the battle also began to show their power. The violent explosion trembled the ground, and the entire forest swayed in the strong wind. When summoned by the front line, a group of German fighters who had just arrived above the battlefield joined the attack ranks.

No matter how strong the field fortifications are, can they block the repeated bombardment of shells and bombs?
Chapter completed!