At 7 a.m. on May 6, the advance squad of the 51 Assault Engineer Battalion entered the Eben-Emar fortress. Seeing the reinforcements, the members of the Granite Squad immediately let out a burst of cheers.

After destroying several key targets in the fortress, the Granite Squad's mission shifted to holding the fort against the Belgian counterattack.

The counterattack of the Belgian infantry units was not supported by artillery fire and was not coordinated with each other, allowing the assault units to repel them with machine-gun fire.

The commandos were also targeted by several smaller batteries in the vicinity and the Belgian field artillery, but the Belgian artillerymen also failed to achieve any results due to a lack of coordination with each other, and often smashed shells on their own heads in a daze, helping the Granite squad to repel the Belgian infantry attack.

After the arrival of the 51st Assault Engineer Battalion, a German infantry regiment followed, and the two units immediately cleared the remnants of the fortress, and at 1:15 p.m., thousands of defenders led by Major Joland surrendered to the Germans, and the fortress of Eben-Emar was completely conquered, and the granite squad paid the price of only 6 dead and 19 wounded in this operation.

Among the bridges that other squads of the Koch Commando Regiment were responsible for, except for the Maastricht Bridge, which was blown up at the moment when the assault team landed, the other two bridges were successfully captured by the commandos.

Along the bridges seized by the Koch assault regiment, the troops of Army Group B, the 18th Army, drove straight into the heart of Belgium.

Almost at the same time, the 19 Panzer Corps under Army Group A had cleared the minefields set by Belgian troops in the Belgian border area of Luxembourg and penetrated into the southeastern part of Belgium.

After a brief exchange of fire with the remnants of the Belgian border and the French cavalry coming from across the border, the 1st Panzer Division captured the Belgian border towns of Laufchat and Betticus in quick succession at very small cost.

The friendly forces of the 1st Panzer Division were also progressing well, with the 2nd Panzer Division capturing Libramont and the 10th Panzer Division capturing St. Mary's.

On 7 May, German Army Group B advanced to the line of Louvain-Dinant-Namur and engaged in fierce battles with the Belgian troops retreating and the Anglo-French forces that came to their aid.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 19th Panzer Corps, commanded by Guderian, a subordinate of Army Group A, crossed the Belgian-French border after a series of battles, crossed the Sedan Forest, reached the north bank of the Maas River, and occupied the historic city and fortress of Sedan - .

While the 19th Panzer Corps was preparing to cross the river overnight, on their right flank, the 15th Panzer Corps and the 41st Panzer Corps also arrived at the Maas River one after another and began preparations for the forced crossing of the Maas River.

At the Palace of Martingnon, Paris, France, French Prime Minister Renault was completely relieved at this time. After receiving a report of the battle from Ganmarin for two days in a row, Renault had already determined that the main forces of the Germans were blocked in Belgian territory. After the Anglo-French-Belgian forces repelled several German attacks, the front was basically stable, and there was no need to worry about the flames of war reaching France.

Renault is now only worried about two questions, one is how long will the war last? Another question was how to deal with the Luftwaffe, which was bombing the territory of France.

After contacting Britain's new Prime Minister Winston Churchill again, Renault received generous assurances from Churchill that Britain would do everything in its power to provide France with enough aircraft and anti-aircraft guns to assist France in dealing with the hateful Luftwaffe.

Putting aside Churchill's assurances and completely relieved Renault, on May 7, Churchill attended the House of Commons for the first time as Prime Minister and delivered a speech.

"I have nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat for everyone. You ask: What is our purpose? I can reply in one word: victory, to fight for victory at all costs, no matter how terrible, no matter how far and difficult the road, to strive for victory, because without victory there can be no survival. ”

Churchill's sensationalist speech touched all MPs, and the House of Commons finally showed its support for Churchill's government by an overwhelming majority of 381 votes to 0.

With the unanimous support of the House of Commons, Churchill then spoke to the MPs about the latest developments in the French war, claiming that the German offensive had been halted in Belgium. Britain's staunch allies, the French, have mobilized five million men to go into factories or put on military uniforms, and the valiant British Expeditionary Force will fight alongside the French and fight the Germans to the end for ultimate victory.

Churchill's speech was once again applauded by the audience, and the parliamentarians stood up and applauded Churchill, who returned the salute with a scissor-hand hand with his right hand and then walked out of the Palace of Westminster in triumph.

At about 8 o'clock on the night of May 7, in the Cliff Castle in western Germany, the former pig barn turned the Provisional Command of the German Army, Hitler stared worriedly at Sedang on the map of France, and asked Halder: "How sure do you think Guderian's tomorrow crossing the river will be successful?" ”

Halder glanced at Hitler and thought to himself, "You know how nervous you are at this time, where did you go to launch the French campaign in a hurry?"

It's just that now that the French campaign has progressed to a critical point, and Germany's national fortunes have also reached a critical crossroads, this time can not be discouraged by Hitler in any way, Halder weighed for a few seconds and said: "I think the success rate is 100 percent, in our plan, Guderian will not be able to reach the Maas River until May 9, and as a result, he will complete the task ahead of schedule today." Not only him, but all of the Kleist armored clusters arrived at the Maas River ahead of schedule, which was completely unexpected by us. We could not have imagined that the advance of the armored forces would be so fast, and the French could not have imagined it. Their main forces were already in a bitter battle in Belgium and Army Group B, and even if they found that the situation in the Sedang area was urgent, they would not have time to send reinforcements, and Guderian's crossing of the river would be successful tomorrow. ”

Hitler frowned and nodded, then turned to Goering and asked, "Hermann, what do you think?" ”

"General Guderian will cross the river tomorrow, I have no doubt about it." Goering, of course, knew what to say at this time, "When the river is crossed tomorrow, the bombers of the air force will let the French know what fear is, and my Hermann Goering regiment will also be the first to cross the river and seize the landing ground for the main force." ”

Halder and Brauchitsch glanced at each other, and said in their hearts that this fat man had not forgotten to fight for the Air Force at this time, which was really hopeless.

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In the temporary headquarters of the field investigation team in Hetnertown, Chen Dao, Schumacher and Schubert sat around a square table.

"The personnel and equipment have been replenished, and we will leave early tomorrow morning. I have a question for you now, do any of you know what our mission is? ”

Major Schumacher said without hesitation: "Catch up with the troops of the XIX Panzer Corps and join the main forces of our regiment." ”

"What about you?" Chen Dao asked Major Schubert.

"Isn't he right?" Major Schubert asked rhetorically.

"Of course not, not only is it wrong, but it is very wrong." Chen Dao said with a straight face.

"And what is our mission?" Schumacher asked, puzzled.

"Our mission is to reach the border between France and Switzerland as quickly as possible, block the Maginot Line's road to the heart of France, and then cooperate with friendly forces to eliminate them. As for what you said about meeting with the main force of the regiment, it is just a side quest, on the way to the Franco-Swiss border, we can meet the main force of the regiment best, don't get entangled if you can't meet it, do you understand? Chen Dao asked.

"I see." Schumacher replied.

"One more thing, the name Field Investigation Group can no longer be used, I have given our troops a new name, called the Ghost Combat Group, what do you think?" Chen Dao asked with a smile.

"Why is that name?" Major Schubert asked.

"Because of the lateness, all combat missions will be directly assigned to the main force of the regiment led by Mandolfer, and no one will take care of us, so we can completely choose the marching route according to our own wishes, go as we want, and wander around the battlefield like a ghost until the border between France and Switzerland."

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