At 11 a.m. on May 13, the German army dispatched nearly 600 bombers to bombard the French positions and artillery groups on the south bank of the Maas River for five hours in batches, paralyzing the spirit of the French army.

"Can you be sure that those B6 "Whirlwind" bombers have a bombing damage probability of more than 50%? "Goering rubbed his big belly, and just got up and slammed into the corner of the table, it really hurt." Albert, is this possible? ”

"I'm afraid it's true, Your Excellency Marshal," General Kesselring, commander of the Second Air Force, "The new sighting system they use is much more accurate than our Zeiss optical sights. These 150 Whirlwinds can complete the task of 500 Ju88s, and the bomb altitude and airspeed are high, and their probability of loss is much smaller, at least not a single one is lost in this mission. ”

"Can we bring in this aircraft? Let Raymond talk about it. Göring was interested in anything that could go to the sky, and although it wasn't a fighter, the bomber that flew faster than the BF109 cost the entire Luftwaffe a lot of glasses.

"Yes, Your Excellency. I also think so, this bomber is quite suitable for our use in the theater of operations on the Western Front. Kesselring said approvingly, in fact, he and Goering still didn't say a word, that is, China's export bombers are at this level, so what level of fighters do they have for their own use. It is worthy of the demeanor of the world's No. 1 air force, and it is simply an attitude of beating the air forces of other countries.

On the battlefield, the French Air Force has been blindfolded, and this kind of metallic bomber throws bombs and thieves, not to mention, and runs fast as thieves. You said that if you don't fly high, the French fighter jets can still try to intercept, but this kind of high-altitude to 13,000 meters when you can't run at the first sight, and then blink at the navigation lights, with a look of "you come up and bite my ass".

At 4 p.m., the Germans began to force their way across the Maas River in hundreds of rubber boats. At 5:30 p.m., the Germans finally gained a foothold on the south bank of the Maas River, and then the German sappers immediately began to erect pontoon bridges. By 8 p.m., Guderian's 1st Panzer Corps had penetrated the French positions and penetrated into considerable depth. The 2nd and 10th Panzer Divisions also crossed the Maas River at midnight. On the same day, Herman?? Erwin under Hort's 15 Panzer Corps?? Rommel's 7th Panzer Division also crossed the Maas River near Nantes, 40 miles to the west.

As soon as the Maas line was lost, the road to Paris and the English Channel was opened, and the British and French troops fighting in Belgium were in danger of being outflanked. Britain quickly deployed 10 additional squadrons of fighters to carry out a counterattack with the British and French air forces in France. On the afternoon of the 14th, the fiercest air battle since the beginning of the war broke out over the Maas River, and the British Brenchen bombers and the French army's latest Breguet bombers came straight to the Maas River under the cover of fighter planes, and the fighters of about five German wings rose into the air to intercept them, and each side put in more than 500 planes. From noon to dark, the guns and artillery on the landing ground were incessant, and the fighters of both sides flew up and down, chasing each other; from time to time, planes were hit by bullets and caught fire, dragging black smoke down, and bombs dropped by British and French planes indiscriminately exploded one column of water after another on the river surface. The German anti-aircraft guns were not to be outdone, anyway, they were equipped with Chinese double 35 anti-aircraft guns, and the firepower was fierce, plus the accuracy of the optoelectronic sight was increased by a level. There is also an electrically driven 12.7mm 6-barreled revolver anti-aircraft gun, which turns like a popcorn machine, spraying shells and spitting cores, constantly shooting British and French planes that sneak in at low altitudes with heavy fire. The dense network of ground-to-air firepower turned the British and French planes into moths to the fire, breaking in batches and devouring them in batches. The scuffle continued until nightfall, when the British and French planes, which had suffered heavy losses, were defeated, and the German pontoon bridges crossing the river were mostly intact. In this battle, the Germans shot down hundreds of British and French planes, of which the German Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment alone arranged 112 planes. The planes sent by the British lost 60%. The RAF History said: "There is nothing more distressing than the toll of such suicidal fighting." "This day is called by the Germans "Fighter Day". After this, the British and French air forces only dared to take to the air at night, and the air supremacy in the theater was firmly controlled by the Germans.

The German armored clusters drove straight in, and their power and speed were unheard of in the history of warfare. France was in a panic. In the early morning of May 15, French Prime Minister Paul?? Renault frustrated to give only 5 days ago to replace Neville?? Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston?? Churchill called and said, "We're going to lose this battle." Churchill was stunned: "I simply don't understand that an attack with a large number of rapid armoured units would cause such a drastic change." In order to find out the truth of the war situation and to cheer up the already desperate French leaders, Churchill flew from London to Paris on 16 May. Churchill recalled, "Almost as soon as he saw French Chancellor Renaud and Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-French-Anglo-French forces, Gambler, he immediately realised that the situation was much worse than he had imagined - each of them had a gray face." "Churchill asked Ganmalin" where is the strategic reserve? Ganmarin shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "There are no strategic reserves!" Churchill was dumbfounded. In fact, even if the French had reserves, it would be useless in such a situation of defeat.

The speed of Guderian's 1st Panzer Corps not only caught the Anglo-French forces off guard, but also unnerved the German high command. When the ban was lifted, he was even faster than before, so much so that when he encountered a group of scattered French soldiers on the road, he did not want to delay in getting out of the car to take prisoners, and only shouted with a megaphone: "We have no time to take you prisoners, lay down your arms and leave the road, lest you get in the way." ”

But even more frantic than Guderian's 1st Panzer Corps was Rommel's 7th Panzer Corps, which took a rolling attack, and at dawn in the morning, under the cover of the sun, the Howling Eagle swept from east to west, clearing all kinds of obstacles in the road. Then the "Hound Dog" tank and the Octopus wheeled armor came to sweep vigorously, and when they encountered the bones that could not be gnawed, they called the towed L22 behind to take the 155-mm heavy gun and pry open the turtle shell, and then there was no more. The three armored divisions were fully equipped with Chinese equipment, and each family worked three shifts for four hours, and overthrew the hard-working infantry of the British and French forces in shifts. The tank crews who wandered from the rural roads of the Ardennes Forest drove four hours a day, worked four hours of battle, did not even work eight hours a day, and easily advanced sixty kilometers a day, and by the time Guderian rushed desperately to Ostend, Rommel had already taken a little time in the local hotel to take a shower and change into a new military uniform, and then spread a velvet tablecloth and waited for the Belgian chef to make foie gras and truffles, and by the way, a glass of gin was used to rinse his mouth. Seeing this, Guderian went straight to the forward regiment of the army without even getting off the car, although Lao Tzu still had half of the No. 2 tank left, but he still had the strength to grit his teeth and drive chickens and cattle into the sea.

On 16 May, Guderian urged his three Panzer Divisions to move westward, aiming to reach the Dunkirk area on the eastern shore of the English Channel. On May 20, Guderian swept through Amiens and reached the English Channel near Abbeville. At this time, the German high command did not expect that the battle in France would go so smoothly, so it did not know how to deploy its troops for a while. It was not until the next day that they gave the order to the tank units of the 1st Panzer Corps to advance north from Abwehr with the goal of capturing the ports of the strait. The 7th Panzer Corps was sent in the direction of Amiens, and the blade was pointed at the Perfume Street on the Seine.

As soon as Guderian received the order, he immediately decided: the 10th Panzer Division would advance towards Dunkirk; The 1st Panzer Division advanced towards Calais; The 2nd Panzer Division advanced towards Boulogne. Guderian was well aware that the line of attack formed by his Army Group A from Sedan to the west coast of France had cut off the retreat of the French army from the north to the south. To the north, Bock's Army Group B had captured the Netherlands and eastern Belgium, and the left flank of the main force of more than 700,000 British, French, British and French troops was actually under deep encirclement by the Germans. The only hope of escape is in the northern French seaports, including Dunkirk. Therefore, he must quickly occupy these seaports in order to completely cut off the other side's sea retreat.

However, Guderian obviously has not heard a Chinese proverb that a single person only fights ninety-nine and does not fight plus one, and swallows the great merit of the enemy's 700,000 heads, but he can do it as a lieutenant general in armored corps? So from Army Group A to the General Staff, even the fat man of Goringo, who couldn't beat him with eight poles, patted his chest in front of his mustache and said, "The major affairs of the country are enshrined in Rong, and this major event of destroying the country, how can a small official carry it on one shoulder?" It is still handed over to me, a close comrade-in-arms, to ensure that the air force alone can handle a drop of water. ”

On the morning of May 23 and 24, Guderian's armored forces occupied Boulogne and then Calais. On the afternoon of the 24th, Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps had reached Graflin, 10 miles from Dunkirk, and Reinhardt's 41st Panzer Corps, on its right flank, had also reached the line of the Eyre-St. Ommel-Graflin Canal. The two armoured armoured armoured forces only needed to make a direct effort to take Dunkirk, and dozens of infantry divisions were constantly following suit. Guderian and others were full of ambition and determined to lead their armored forces to fight another encirclement and annihilation battle, completely annihilating hundreds of thousands of British and French troops in the coastal area.

However, at the same time, the 19th Panzer Corps and the 41st Panzer Corps received an order from Kleist, the commander of the Panzer Corps, to halt their advance, and said that "the enemy of Dunkirk will be left to Marshal Goering's air force to settle down." Upon receiving the order, Guderian immediately questioned and protested to Kleist, but received the final reply: "This is an order given by the Führer himself, and it must be carried out." Goering's face still had to be given, and Sitara was also worried that the armored division would be consumed too much, so Guderian spoke with a cannon of more than 105 mm from a distance of 20 kilometers, and the rest of the tank troops had to spit on the opposite side.