On 13 May 194, the German 19th Motorized Infantry Division played a pivotal role in the Battle of France, and its vanguard, the GD Infantry, had crossed the Maas River, providing favorable conditions for the Germans to advance into the English Channel. In response to the complex environment in the northern region of the Maas River, the GD infantry unit has been redeploying it. The French troops in the area south of the Maas River were no longer able to fight back, Guderian and his staff were fighting along the river, and Colonel Schulwellin was busy transporting the heavy ** to the opposite bank.
However, the other two tank divisions of the 19th Mechanized Corps failed to advance as expected. Although the 1st Tank Division had already crossed the Maas River with the support of the GD Infantry Corps, the 10th Panzer Division was only able to build a weak defensive line, and the 2nd Panzer Division had not even crossed the Maas River. The Germans were victorious in the Battle of the Maas River, but the results were not satisfactory, and their outposts were not established at all.
In the Battle of the Maas, the French army also showed great combat capabilities, especially in the Battle of Chemery, where they used tanks as the main force and made the Germans suffer. The French fought against the German 14th Tank Destroyer Company, which was responsible for capturing and defending an important bridge at Cimmeri and reinforcing the defensive line. Lieutenant Hinds, leading his own troops, badly damaged by the shelling, quickly advanced forward.
At 7 o'clock in the morning they came to the village of Conag, not too close to Chemmelly, where the French returned fire fiercely, and several French tanks tried to surround them. Hinds made a quick decision, divided the two companies into two squads, and relied on the power of the anti-tank guns to smash the French infantry fighting vehicles to pieces and stabilized his position. However, a steady stream of French tanks from the east and south was still being replenished, and some of them were already approaching the anti-tank guns in the village of Conag.
Lieutenant Hinds immediately made the corresponding change by combining six anti-tank guns into a "porcupine" formation that could attack from all angles. In this way, it was impossible for the tanks of the French to cross the German network of fire and had to go head-to-head with it. Despite this, the French tanks continued to advance, but the Germans did not rout and still stubbornly resisted. At this time, two more 88 mm anti-aircraft machine guns arrived on the scene, and this guy, known as the "tank killer", showed great firepower, and after just a few shots, the French tank was forced back.
At 10 a.m., Hinds received new information that the 43rd Assault Engineer Regiment was attacking Chimeri and asked for support from anti-tank guns. Hinds immediately ordered Chemeri to be surrounded on both sides of the road, and six anti-tank guns were also thrown into the battlefield, and suddenly, near Cimmery, the French tank and fire positions were suddenly in a stalemate. At noon, the Germans finally captured Cimmery. In this battle, the 14th Anti-Tank Gun Group played an outstanding role, destroying 44 French tanks and several machine gun points, and none of them**. However, as the main force of the Air Force, Stuka was not able to know the situation on the battlefield first, so he mistakenly killed three fighters and a colonel of the 43rd Assault Engineering Brigade during the battle, which greatly angered the GD Infantry Corps. After clearing Chemili's positions, the infantry of the GD began to advance.