At the site of the live burial of the division headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division, a group of captured British officers and non-commissioned officers sweated and used shovels to fill in the soil at the scene, and worked hard to build a grave for their division commander Montgomery.

Dr. Watson filled the grave with the last spade of soil with his own hands, inserted the shovel into the soil, stooped down and picked up a cross made of two arm-thick logs on the ground and stood at the head of the grave, and a burly British sergeant standing at his right hand picked up a sledgehammer and nailed the cross into the ground, and a simple grave was completed.

Chen Dao saw that the sky was already dark, and walked up to Dr. Watson and said, "The funeral is complete, and it's time for us to go." ”

Dr. Watson saluted Chen Dao and said, "Thank you for your leniency, Colonel Rosen. ”

Seeing Dr. Watson's face full of sorrow, Chen Dao thought that he was grieving Montgomery's death, so he took the initiative to stir up a topic to distract him.

"Thank you for your generosity, Colonel Rosen." Dr. Watson's face was still full of sadness, and he said in his heart that the young Colonel Rosen was so kind and generous, and allowed himself to build a tomb for General Montgomery in such a tense battlefield environment, which showed that he was really a good man.

But if he found out that General Montgomery was still alive in the future, what would he do if he deceived him into his innocent feelings? Will people dig a pit in the ground and bury themselves alive? May General Montgomery not wake up too soon, and even if he does, he will not return to the battlefield too soon, so that he can enjoy a few more days of fresh air.

Chen Dao didn't know that he had been issued a good person card inexplicably. He looked at the cross in front of Montgomery's tomb. Silently crossed Montgomery's name off the blacklist in his mind.

What a pity! Montgomery died too early. Before he could communicate with Lao Long in North Africa, he was buried alive. I don't know him or not, but until he was buried alive, I didn't even know what he looked like, which was a little regrettable.

"Heinz, it's getting late, it's time for us to go." Rommel walked up to Chen Dao and said.

"What are your plans for tomorrow?" Chen Dao asked.

"The vanguard of the 9th Armored Division should arrive tomorrow, my plan is to let my subordinates maintain their weapons in the morning, and set off in the afternoon to continue south, we have been delayed here for too long."

"That's what I thought, too. My troops were just passing by here, but I didn't expect the skeleton division to be delayed for three days in a row. At the speed of General Guderian, the 19th Panzer Corps has probably advanced one hundred and fifty kilometers in the space of three days, and I have been thrown farther and farther away by them, and I must hurry up. Chen Dao said.

Rommel raised his chin and said: "In the past three days, my reconnaissance battalion and the main force of the 25th Panzer Regiment may have advanced two hundred kilometers, and I have to catch up even farther." Since you're going to continue south tomorrow, let's go together. ”

At 10 o'clock in the morning of 19 May, in the conference room of the French Army Headquarters Vincent, Gammelin looked at the transfer order in his hand. His face became unusually pale.

The content of the order was simple and straightforward, and Gammelin was removed from his post as commander-in-chief of the French army. He was succeeded by the commander-in-chief of the French colonial forces in Syria and Lebanon, Maxim Murphy. Admiral Weygand, in view of the fact that Admiral Weygand was on his way back to France, temporarily assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the French army.

Gan Malin put down the order in his hand and turned his head to look at Marshal Pétain, who was sitting on the left-hand side.

Two days ago, when the two warring sides were in full swing on the line from the city of Syria to Artigny, the highest French authorities carried out a far-reaching reshuffle.

Former Minister of Defense Daradier was transferred to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Reynaud, who was also Minister of Defence and Army, and Marshal Petain, who was Deputy Prime Minister of France and Vice-President of the Military Council, was the one who personally brought Renault's order to remove Ganmarin.

"The remnants of the 4th Panzer Division and the 3rd Light Mechanized Division have all been withdrawn last night, and their losses are still acceptable. The British 3rd Infantry Division suffered the heaviest losses, with all three artillery regiments annihilated, and the 1st Tank Brigade, which had been assigned to him, was also completely annihilated, except for some logisticians. The commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade was killed, the commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade was seriously wounded by German shells when he led his men to retreat to the positions of the 21st Infantry Division, and even the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, General Montgomery, was seriously wounded and lay in the hospital in Reims. They paid such a terrible price, but I have no sympathy for them. Gan Molin said expressionlessly.

Hearing the resentment in Ganmalin's heart against the British 3rd Infantry Division, Marshal Petain's white beard on his lips trembled slightly.

"I know you're unhappy that they failed to protect the right flank of the 4th Panzer Division, but you can't blame a force that has come from afar and sacrificed so much to defend France, as it would undermine the deep friendship between us and our allies."

"I know, but I really can't bear it, if it weren't for their defeat exposing the right flank of the Fourth Panzer Division, the attack of the Fourth Panzer Division could continue, as long as we put in a little more strength and put in the last battalion, we can completely break through the German defenses, hit the left bank of the Maas River in one go, cut off the supply lines of the German forward troops, and completely turn the tide of the war. But now, we don't have our last chance. Despite Marshal Petain's obstruction, Gammelin continued to vent his dissatisfaction with the British.

Marshal Petain seemed to be listening carefully, but he sneered in his heart, you are not resentful of the defeat of the Third Infantry Division that led to the failure of the coalition counteroffensive, and then caused you to be kicked away from the throne of the commander-in-chief of the French army by Renault.

Marshal Pétain did not want to dwell on the British Expeditionary Force with the disadvantaged Gammelin, and instead asked about the latest developments at the front.

"The telegrams from the front said that after the retreat of our counter-offensive forces overnight, the Germans simply restored the front to the position where it was before the counteroffensive was launched on 16 May, and then built fortifications on the spot, without taking advantage of the situation to pursue them at all, and it seems that they were bent on hitting the Swiss border first and completely cutting off the Maginot Line defenders from the interior." Ganmalin said.

Field Marshal Petain nodded silently, and then asked, "Where has the vanguard of German Army Group A advanced?" How soon will they reach the Swiss border? ”

"The farthest advance was the German XIX Panzer Corps, which had already hit the Besançon and Vauxall areas, less than fifty kilometers from the nearest point of the Swiss border. At their pace, it will be possible to break through to the Swiss border in a maximum of one to two days. ”

"They hit Besançon! So the Maginot Line is about to be encircled, how do you deal with it? Marshal Pétain, hearing that the situation was so serious, glared at Gammelin and asked.

"I have ordered the Third Army Group on the Swiss border to be deployed along the line of Besançon and Vauxolle, and the Second Army Group stationed on the Maginot Line to retreat westward, but the Prime Minister did not agree with the retreat of the Second Army Group, saying that it would be a pity that the line of defense, which we had painstakingly spent ten years and five billion francs to build, should be abandoned in vain, and that he asked me to think of another way?" Gan Molin shook his head helplessly and said.

Marshal Petain calmed down when he heard Gan Molin's words, staring at the coffee cup in his hand, his eyes flashing, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

After thinking for more than ten seconds, Petain seemed to have made up his mind, raised his head sharply and said: "Since it is the Prime Minister's decision, you can implement it, and the rest of the problems will be solved by General Wei Gang, remember to let the Third Army Group hold on for a few more days until General Wei Gang comes back and comes up with a solution." ”

"Okay." Gan Molin nodded in reply.

Unbeknownst to him, his nod had completely buried the Second Army Group of the Maginot Line and the future of France. (To be continued......)