In the building of the headquarters of the French Army, it was already a hectic scene at the moment. Calls from the front and rear reached the headquarters one after another, and crisp ringtones and noisy conversations competed and intermingled; From time to time, staff officers rushed down the corridor with papers in their arms, meeting with their colleagues in other departments for various information, ♀ and some of the officers and soldiers, most of them haggard, with bloodshot eyes in their eyes, apparently dragged up to work in a deep sleep, and German planes attacked military targets in France at the twilight of day, and it was not yet 5 a.m.

By 10 o'clock in the morning, the general outline of this sudden change had been gradually outlined in the eyes of the French commander-in-chief, Gan Molin.

To the east, the Maginot Line was attacked in many places, but the front-line troops reported that they were able to hold out. In the north, the invaded Belgium and the Netherlands are crying out for the French father to send troops to rescue them quickly, as if delaying one more incline will be in danger of overthrowing.

Although Gammelin scoffed at the claim that German paratroopers had landed everywhere in the territory of the two countries, and ridiculed that the Germans would not have 10 airborne divisions according to this calculation, he was able to clearly judge the direction of the main attack of the German army. Judging from all the reports of the battle so far, the main direction of the German attack is still on the right flank, that is, to attack France from the north through the Low Countries, in order to bypass the strong Maginot Line in the east.

Ganmalin calmly moistened his throat with water, and with a bit of cat-and-mouse detachment, he savored Hitler's strategy. From a military point of view, the Germans were indeed more clever in doing so than attacking Alsace and Lorraine in the east: because there were already ready-made groups of permanent fortifications, and the French could sit on a trench capable of withstanding millions of troops without even waving a shovel. If another 3 million French ** men are stationed and strengthen that defensive line, the German army will no longer have the slightest chance to break through, which is the situation that the French army wants to see the most!

"It's just that the actions you take are under my control." A confident smile appeared at the corner of Gan Molin's mouth, and he said leisurely. He had already calculated that the Germans would bypass the Maginot Line, so he had already prepared for deployment on the northern border in advance. There were 35 of the best trained and well-equipped divisions of the French army, and at the first order, he could immediately enter Belgium with 10 divisions of the British Expeditionary Force.

Although this army may still be inferior in numbers compared to the main German forces that have completed the reunification of "Greater Germany", it is definitely more than enough to defend a front less than 180 kilometers long. What's more, if the front is caught in a trench tug-of-war and the casualties are too large, then the coalition forces can also slowly retreat and exchange space for a soft-thinking battle loss ratio.

During the 20 years of inter-warfare, the French side has worked out how to reduce casualties in trench warfare, that is, to reduce or even abandon the counter-charge of the trenches that have been lost, so as to avoid exposing their own soldiers too much to the enemy's firepower network. As for the problem that this will inevitably lead to the gradual retreat of the front, you must know that this main battlefield is originally in Belgium: anyway, what was lost to Germany is also Belgian territory, and the French are not distressed at all when they sell their fields!

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the military attache of our army in Brussels has sent back an urgent telegram!" A communications non-commissioned officer hurriedly appeared at the door of the office, took a few steps forward, and handed the newspaper in his hand to Gan Molin. Gan Malin took and swept a few lines, and his gaze was immediately deeply absorbed by the report above. After a while, Gan Molin took a long breath, the light in his eyes flowed, and he whispered: "Hitler, is this what you are preparing for this Chen Zheng?" ”

According to this telegram from the First Military Attache of the French Army in Belgium, the fortified Albert Canal defence has been declared lost. The German commandos took advantage of the night attack on the fortress of Eben-Emer and the two main bridges over the canal, and the Belgian army's several counter-attacks were all routed by groups of German dive bombers, and they were unable to recapture these key strongholds. By this evening, the main German army will begin to cross the river, and the pre-war plan of the Belgian army has been completely disrupted, and it can only be hoped that the whole army will retreat to the front line of Brussels to redeploy the defense.

Compared to the battle 26 years ago, which lasted nearly two weeks, the German army now smashed open the eastern gate carefully constructed by the Belgians in less than one day. Although the Belgian army still had tens of thousands of troops around the west bank of the canal, Gammelin knew very well that it would be impossible for this force to stop the advance of the main German army in a field battle without losing its geographical advantage. If the bridge can't be recaptured, then the surrounding Belgian troops will only have to retreat, the sooner they retreat, the better ♀, at least they can save the vitality for the future battle, if they still hold on to the same place, the arrival of the German army will be their end!

Faced with this sudden bad news, Gammel was somewhat panicked to find that his plan for the coalition forces had also been disrupted. He originally thought that the Belgian army, no matter how much it bragged, would be able to hold the eastern border for five to seven days with the help of the Eben-Emer fortress; This would give the Allied forces enough time to advance to the predetermined front and consolidate their lines to fight the Germans. Now it seems that the original plan has completely failed to catch up with the changes on the battlefield, and the advance destination of the coalition forces must be redetermined, otherwise it will not be able to resist the German torrent with a steady left foot.

"I must admit that Hitler and his generals did a good job. However, this is not enough! Ganmarin gathered his mind, suddenly raised his head and looked at the large combat map on the wall, and pondered, although the progress of the German army in Belgium was a little incredible, but in terms of macro strategy, it still did not break through the confines of the Schlieffen plan, as long as the Belgian army retreated in an orderly manner and joined the main force of the coalition army safely, the battle situation on the northern front was still quiet.

Moreover, unlike in 1914, France today no longer needs to mobilize and mobilize troops on an ad hoc basis‖ more than 60 divisions have already been deployed on the border during most of the half-year sit-down war, ready to fight at any time. Therefore, the German army quickly broke through the Belgian army's defenses, and its strategic effect was far less than 26 years ago.

"The decree was given, and Plan D began immediately. At the same time, the commanders of the 1st and 7th armies were telegraphed to tell them to abandon the Dutch coastline to Antwerp in the north, and Namur and Didante in the center, but Brussels must hold on! "Besides, send a copy of this order to Sir Gordon, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force." I'm sure he will understand my decision after reading the Belgian report. ”

At 10:37 a.m. on May 10, with the order of Admiral Gunmulin, the Franco-British troops began to pour into Belgium from the west. Countless men and horses and vehicles are steadily advancing on the road field, and its vast and powerful army is not weaker ♀ than that of the German Army Group A, and the army brings together almost the independent armored division and the mechanized cavalry division of France, plus the two tank brigades of the British Expeditionary Force, with a total of more than 1,600 tanks, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of tanks of the coalition army.

Along the way, the Belgian people were very grateful to the army that had come to help them defend their homeland, as if they only had to see this scene to conclude that the coalition army was a righteous army with a lot of help and would win the battle.

At the official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, Churchill breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report of the war on land. The direction of the German offensive did not surprise the generals and the French, so that the land war could be stabilized. Although Sir Gordon had reported to London a new plan for the French army, which would allow the northernmost 7th Army to withdraw from the Amsterdam-Rotterdam line and abandon the entire Dutch coastline, after urgent consultations with the British Ministry, it was decided that this would not cause much harm to Britain.

If you look at the map, you will find that the distance between the Dutch coastline and the British mainland is actually not as close as that of Belgium and northern France. Starting from the port of Rotterdam, there are 100 monkeys to the nearest part of the main island of England, and with the main force of the coalition forces next to it, it is almost impossible for the German army to launch a large-scale cross-sea landing, at most it is to build a few airfields there, and then send some planes to bomb Norwich and other cities in the southeast of England. It's a big deal, the British Air Force has opened up an air battlefield here, and with the early warning of land-based radar stations, it can completely fight with German planes coming from afar.

The British offered the French to defend Amsterdam because they believed that the Dutch flood lines would be powerful enough to give the Allied forces enough time to advance there and consolidate them. Now that the Dutch dams are under German control, they have to settle for the next best thing, keeping Antwerp. What's more, this retreat from the Netherlands can also shorten the front of the coalition forces by about 150 kilometers, which will undoubtedly save a large number of troops and make the Belgian defense more solid.

"Since the start of the war, our army has been defeated again and again, and the people's living materials have become sharply scarce, and I feel that it is time to use a stable land front to consolidate the morale of the people." Churchill thought to himself, and soon had an idea. He is ready to ask the Army to issue a statement that the current war on the European continent is under control. After the battle line is stabilized, it can be used to forcibly create a bright color for the current gloomy war situation.

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