The air on the Western Front was getting tense, especially after the Belgians got their hands on the Yellow Plan 2, which they called the Second Schlieffen Plan. Now, no matter how much Britain and France do not want war to come, they must take seriously the same enemy as they did twenty years ago. The Dutch, Belgian, Luxembourg, French and British expeditionary forces have a total of 135 divisions (including 103 divisions of the French and British armies, organized into 3 army groups), 3,469 tanks, 2,000 aircraft, and can use more than 1,000 aircraft in the British Isles to support the battle, which is comparable to the German army in terms of strength. However, Britain and France have been passively avoiding war for a long time and preparing for war ineffectively. The Anglo-French High Command formulated a battle plan codenamed D that was too conservative, focusing on defending against the main German assault on Belgium and using Belgium as the main battlefield for both sides. According to Plan D, the Anglo-French forces deployed their main forces at the northern end of the Franco-Belgian border and the northern provinces of France, and if the Germans carried out the main assault on Belgium, the Anglo-French forces of the five countries would work together to block the German attack; Most of the other forces were deployed on the Maginot Line in the south, and in the event of a frontal German attack on the Maginot Line, they relied on strong fortifications to defend them; In the middle section, it relied on the natural dangers of the Ardennes Mountains and the Maas River, leaving only the weaker combat units to garrison. Of course, unless they secretly moved the main forces in place in advance and set a trap for the German armored forces in the Ardennes, even a few divisions of the army would be of no avail, because they were not only dealing with the 45mm guns of the armored forces.

American writer Drew? In his book The Way of Employing Soldiers, Middleton has this to say about the French army's initial appearance in the French campaign: "In the French campaign at the beginning of World War II, the Germans had greater energy and courage than the French. Although the French are fighting to defend their homeland, they often give the impression that they just want to get out of the war so that they can return home as soon as possible. In a winter of idleness, the strong anti-left, pro-Workers' sentiments of many in the officer corps played a role in the collapse of France. It was during this winter that I first heard the words: 'I would rather Sitara than Blum's [post-presidential election of the left-wing political forces in France at the time)."

In the final Yellow 4 Plan, Germany deployed about 3,000,000 men to participate in the campaign. In May of the seventeenth year of the Taichu Dynasty, only 79 of the 157 divisions had completed their training; Another 14 divisions remained directly involved in the fighting, mainly in Army Group C and in units attacking the Netherlands. In addition to 93 of these divisions deployed on the front line (10 armoured, 6 mechanized), 39 divisions were deployed in the West as reserve divisions of the Wehrmacht High Command, about a third of which would not take part in the fighting. About a quarter of the combat force is from the age of 40, including veterans of the First World War.

The Germans on the Western Front deployed a total of 2,700 tanks and self-propelled guns in May-June, including reserves assigned to fight; Some 7,500 guns were operational, and the ammunition stock was sufficient for six weeks of combat. The units of the "Luftwaffe" were to be divided into two groups. A total of 1,815 combat aircraft, 487 transport aircraft and 50 gliders were deployed in support of Army Group B, while another 3,286 combat aircraft were deployed in support of Army Groups A and C.

Army Group A by Geld? Feng? Rundstedt commanded a total of 45 divisions (including 7 panzer divisions) and was to carry out the decisive operation to cut off the "sickle" - there is no official translation of the official name, but after the incident with a phrase in Germany, Winston? Churchill translated the name from a phrase in German as "scythe cut" (or even earlier "armoured scythe stroke") - the Anglo-French line of defense at the Ardennes. It consisted of 3 corps: the 4th, 12th, and 16th corps. It has 3 armoured corps; One of them, the 15th Army, was assigned to the 4th Army Corps, but the other 2 (the 41st Army including the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 7th Army) were combined with the 2 motorized rifle divisions attached to the 16th Army Corps to form a separate "Manstein Panzer Group". This was done to better coordinate the advance to the Meuse, and once the bridgehead was established, the Panzer Group Command on the other side of the river would be disbanded, and its three corps would be attached to the 12th and 16th Army Corps, respectively.

Army Group B by Fedor? Feng? Commanded by Bock, with 29 divisions including 3 armoured divisions, the task was to advance through Guò to the Low Countries and to attract the Anglo-French northern units into the pocket. It consisted of the 18th and 6th corps.

Army Group C by William? Ritter? Feng? Commanded by Lieb, with a total of 18 divisions, it was mainly to prevent a roundabout offensive from the east and to continue to launch small attacks on the Maginot Line and the Upper Rhine. It included the 1st and 7th corps.

At the last moment, Manstein finally squeezed out General Kleist and successfully obtained the command of the "Manstein Armored Group", of course, he did not know that his old Chinese friends had prepared a big surprise for him.

Due to the low birth rate, which even declined further during the First World War, France had a severe manpower shortage relative to the total population, which was only half that of Germany. To compensate for the manpower problem, France has mobilized about a third of its male population between the ages of 20 and 45, bringing its armed forces to more than 6,000,000 men, more than the 5,400,000 of the entire "Wehrmacht". But only 2,200,000 of these troops were deployed in the north, although together with British, Belgian and Dutch troops, totalled more than 3,300,000. By 10 May, 93 French, 22 Belgian, 10 British, and 9 Dutch divisions were in the north, for a total of 134 divisions, including 6 armoured and 24 motorized. An additional 22 divisions are being trained or equipped in wartime emergencies (excluding restructured units), including 2 Polish and 1 Czech. In addition to these full divisions, the Anglo-French army had many independent small infantry units: the Netherlands had independent brigades and battalions equivalent to about 8 divisions; France had 29 separate fortified infantry regiments. In the French army there were 18 divisions, made up of colonial volunteers; Including 19 "B-class divisions", although they are fully trained units, there are still a large number of people over the age of 30 who need to be retrained after motorization. The best Anglo-French units were well-trained British divisions with full mobility and a large percentage of professional soldiers; The most severe zhòng lack of equipment was the Dutch troops.

The Anglo-French deployment deployed about 3,100 tanks and self-propelled guns on 10 May; Another 1,200 were pledged to join the battle in new units or allocated from reserves; Another 1,500 obsolete FT-17 tanks were sent to the front, leaving France with a total of about 5,800 tanks on the front. They had about 14,000 guns. The Anglo-French forces thus enjoyed a definite numerical advantage on the ground but a disadvantage in the air: the French Air Force had a total of 1,562 aircraft, the RAF 680, and the RAF Bomber Command 392 aircraft into combat. Most of the Anglo-French aircraft were of the obsolete type; Among the fighter forces, only the British Hurricane and the French De Watina D.520 were able to compete with the German BF109 on some near-parity conditions.

At the beginning of the "Yellow Plan", the French aviation industry had reached a considerable output, with an estimated fleet of nearly 2,000 aircraft, including reserves. However, the long-term lack of spare parts weakened this abandoned fleet. Only twenty-nine percent (599 units) of aircraft are available, of which 170 are bombers.

The French army had three armies in the northeast: the 2nd and 3rd armies defended the Maginot Line in the east; By Gaston Henry? The 1st Army under the command of Birot was located in the western region and was to enter the defense of the Low Countries. In the coastal zone, there was the French 7th Army Corps, reinforced by 1 light mechanized (armoured) division (DLM). The goal of the 7th Army was to enter the Netherlands through Guò Antwerp. To the south was the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), with nine divisions, which would advance to the Deere Line and defend the area to the right of the Belgian Army. The French 1st Army, reinforced by 2 light mechanized divisions, with 1 reserve armored division (DCR) as a reserve, will defend the Jamblau corridor. The southernmost part of the advance to Belgium was the French 9th Army, which had to defend the entire Meuse area between Namur and Sedan. In Sedan, the French 2nd Army will be the "hinge" of operations and will remain defensive.

The 1st Army consisted of 35 French divisions; Together with the 40 divisions of the other Anglo-French forces in the area, they would have the same number of troops as the German Army Groups A and B combined, but the former would have to face only the French 9th and 2nd Army Corps, which had 18 divisions, and would therefore have a huge advantage. In order to reinforce the threatened areas, Ganvilin had left 16 divisions as strategic reserves at the headquarters, two of which were armored divisions. These divisions, which were nominally "reserve", actually included high-quality troops - most of them were active in peacetime, and therefore could not be compared with the German reserve divisions, which were only half trained. It is confusingly clear that all French divisions that have been mobilized are officially classified as "reserve divisions" of A or B class, although most of them are direct reinforcements to the troops on the front lines.

In theory, the deployment of the coalition forces was mature and flexible, while the German deployment was somewhat risky in comparison. But Sitara and Manstein certainly don't think so now, because while the whole of Germany was preparing for a war of revenge, the eagle of the Far East, which had held up a sky for Britain and France in the previous war, had now fallen on German soil.

"Praise be to you, O God." Sitara's mustache was almost up to his ears, and his hands trembled as he looked through the list repeatedly, as if it were a gift from the archangels, but this list was more important to Germany than any gift, at least so as Sitara and his iron-blooded warriors, who never put God on their lips.

"500 Hound 3/4 tanks, 350 F5 "Eagle" fighters (including some "Sea Hawk" naval fighters), 150 B6 "Whirlwind" bombers, 200 A3 "Muyu" attack aircraft (kit)..."

What made these people happy the most was the line of words, "In order to ensure that your army can fully exploit the advantages of these equipment in actual combat, we approve your army's application for recruiting volunteers in our country, and it is expected to provide 15,000 equipment operators or equipment maintenance personnel with practical operation experience." It is hoped that Guijun will give corresponding volunteer treatment. Signed: "Volunteers" of the Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Empire of China? Equipping operators? Equipment maintenance personnel? As long as the Chinese with black hair and yellow skin go to the battlefield, will China be far from entering the war?