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At 13 a.m. on June 1, 1940, in the encirclement of the Maginot Line, the headquarters of the French Second Army Group was located in Saarburg.

General Pretlera, commander of the French Second Army Group, sent a letter to the commander of the German Army Group C, William. General Loeb handed over his rifle and announced the complete destruction of Army Group II.

The infantry of the 1st and 7th armies of Army Group C continued to penetrate the undefended Maginot Line and enter French territory to take over the positions of the French army and collect their weapons.

After the Qing Dynasty, nearly 600,000 French troops were captured in total, including 10 basic infantry divisions, 10 reserve infantry divisions, 13 fortress divisions, and two semi-cavalry brigades, as well as some border troops.

At noon and twelve on the same day, Rundstedt, commander of German Army Group A, led his staff to Saarburg to rendezvous with Loeb, and under the witness of numerous cameras and cameras, the two men held hands tightly together.

The handshake between the two men represented the official rendezvous of Army Group A and Army Group C, as well as the complete victory of the first phase of the French campaign.

As early as a week before the surrender of the Maginot Line, the 11 infantry divisions of the Third Army Group and the 4th Panzer Division, which were fighting alongside the Second Army Group, had been annihilated, except for a few who laid down their arms and retreated into neutral Switzerland, where about 200,000 French troops were killed by the Germans or stayed in German prisoner of war camps.

The French army cleared the Franco-German border, the road to the interior of France was opened, and columns of military columns with swastika logos drove unhindered through the Maginot Line, which was once considered impregnable. Countless supplies and reinforcements were sent to the Germans on the French front.

June 3 at nine a.m. South of the city of Vosur. In the conference room of the military headquarters of the 19th Armored Army, Chen Dao and Guderian said goodbye.

Guderian received an order yesterday that the headquarters of the 19th Panzer Army and its subordinate 2nd and 10th Panzer Divisions, as well as the Greater German Motorized Rifle Regiment, will be transferred to the Sedang area, where they will be expanded into the Gudeli Armored Cluster, which will have under the jurisdiction of the 16th and 19th Panzer Corps and the 9th Panzer Division, with a total of five Panzer Divisions, one Motorized Infantry Division, and the Greater German Motorized Infantry Regiment.

The Herman Goering Motorized Rifle Regiment led by Chen Dao was incorporated into the 15th Panzer Corps under the command of General Hort.

As an honest and trustworthy young man, Chen Dao certainly wanted to fulfill his original promise to Guderian.

Guderian was about to go north. The stock weapons of the Skoda Arsenal had not yet arrived, and Chen Dao softened in Guderian's complaining eyes, and then made a decision with a wave of his hand to transfer the equipment in the Herman Goering regiment directly to Guderian.

On the afternoon of 2 June, the two sides completed the handover ceremony, and 14 No. 4 tank destroyers, 14 No. 4 assault guns, four Nobel 150-mm howitzers, 12 Wasp 105-mm self-propelled howitzers, and a full 30 No. 4G tanks were assigned to the 19th Panzer Corps.

"Heinz, I'll remember your generosity."

Chen Dao's title had become Heinz in Guderian's mouth at this time, and he was no longer the rusty Colonel Rosen.

"Don't make a noise about this, I only gave five tanks to each of the other armored divisions. If they knew I had given you so many weapons at once, they would have come to me for trouble. Chen Dao earnestly admonished.

Guderian reached out and made a zipper gesture on his mouth.

"Don't worry. Even if I don't want to be discovered by someone from another armor division, I will never admit that you gave me this equipment. ”

"I trust your promise and we'll see you after the end of the French campaign." Chen Dao saluted Guderian as he spoke.

"We'll see you after victory." Guderian said.

Reluctantly watching Guderian leave, Mandol asked suspiciously: "You promised General Guderian twenty-five Type 4G tanks, but now you have given him thirty, five more." Moreover, your borrowing plan did not include the 3rd, 4th, and 9th Panzer Divisions, but now each Panzer Division has to lend them five, so that there is a shortfall of fifteen more vehicles, and how are you going to make up for the shortfall of a total of twenty vehicles? Are you going to cut back on our own usage? ”

"What are you talking about? How could I possibly reduce the number of equipment in the Hermangoling regiment, I gave General Guderian five more because I underestimated the production of the Type 4G tank, since I am rich in production, of course I have to take more care of General Guderian in terms of quantity, after all, he is also my teacher's teacher. Chen Dao explained.

"Teacher's teacher? What do you mean? Mandolfil asked, puzzled.

"In the command of the armored corps, you can be said to be my teacher, and General Guderian is your teacher, so he is my teacher's teacher, and the teacher's teacher is the elder, and we must respect the elder." Chen Dao said.

"Respect for the elder is due, but how did I not find out that you show due respect to General Kleist, who is also a respectable elder and our superior." Mandolfil asked.

"We respect the elderly, but only if the elder is worthy of our respect." Chen Dao replied.

A complicated look flashed across Mandol's face, and then he waved his hand and motioned for Chen Dao to follow him to a stream.

"Isn't General Kleist an elder worthy of our respect?" Mandolfil asked.

"Don't forget, it was this General Kleist who once wanted to dismiss General Guderian from his post as commander of the 19th Panzer Corps, and also claimed to send you to a court-martial. I've already inquired with others, but General Kleist is known as the most old-fashioned general in the German Army, and fighting under the command of such an antique, I am not optimistic about the rest of my combat life. And General Guderian also said that in the previous stage of the battle, the greatest enemy was not the French but his superiors, and this superior he was talking about would not always mean General Rundstedt? Chen Dao asked rhetorically.

"Certainly not General Rundstedt." Mandolfil denied.

"I admit that General Kleist is a bit of a rigid man, but he is not useless. His combat is especially within the scope of the tasks stipulated by his superiors, and he can complete them quickly. And it's done very well. Tasks that are outside the scope of the superiors. He won't take the initiative to execute. Until the order was given to him by his superiors. Fighting under his command, you must understand this special aspect of him. Mandolfil said.

Chen Dao stood by the stream with his arms crossed, staring at the rushing stream and quietly digesting the information shared by Mandolfer.

"If what you're saying is true, there are only two outcomes for me to serve under him, either he's by me, or I'm by him, and he's more likely to be by me. How's his body? Are there any diseases such as heart disease? Chen Dao said.

"He's having a heart problem, but it's not a big problem." Mandolfil said.

"Since it's not a big problem. Then we don't have to care, although according to our style" Chen Dao's words only stopped halfway and turned to look at Mandolfer, his eyes full of suspicion.

"How do you know that? Do you know him well? ”

"I know him well, after all, I'm his daughter's husband." Mandol said with his face tilted and stared at Chen Dao.

"You are his daughter's husband, then isn't he yours" The muscles on Chen Dao's face twitched a few times, then turned his head, looked up to the sky at a forty-five degree angle and sighed: "The moon is so round today." ”

"It's daylight." Mandolfil mercilessly pulled Chen Dao back to reality from the feelings of sadness and sadness.

"Hasuo, you still have this kind of background, why didn't you say it earlier? It's made me so passive. Chen Dao couldn't help but complain to Mantufer.

"Should I preach this kind of thing? What's more, I also have a headache when I meet him. Mandolfil said helplessly.

Chen Dao knew from the expression on Mandolfer's face that he must have been devastated by his old-fashioned father-in-law. Hurriedly comforted:

"Understood. As the saying goes, a father-in-law looks at a son-in-law. The more you look at it, the more angry you become, and it's normal for him to see that you're unhappy. Forget it, let's not talk about him, we talk too much about this kind of elder who can't be beaten and scolded, and it's all tears, let's talk about the next battle plan. ”

"The next phase of the battle plan is out?" Mandolfil asked in surprise.

"Not yet, I just know that our next mission is to make a long-distance run, which is about two hundred and fifty kilometers to three hundred kilometers."

"Where is the goal?" Mandolfil asked.

"Paris." Chen Dao said

French Prime Minister Renaud was in the conference room of his Prime Minister's Palace, his eyes swept over the faces of Petain, Weygand and Lord Gott, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, and finally on the face of Charles de Gaulle.

De Gaulle had been promoted to brigadier general by this time, and his new position was Secretary of State for the French Ministry of Defense, where he was responsible for coordinating operations with the British army.

With his help, he should be able to keep the hateful defeatists at bay for a while, especially Petain, a damn old fellow, and Renault's gaze turned to Pétain's gray-bearded face.

This old fellow did not forget to spread capitulationist rhetoric in Paris, believing that resistance should be abandoned and peace should be negotiated with the Germans, and sometimes even in the presence of Lord Gott, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force.

He didn't want to think about what the British would think of France if this continued. If Britain had lost faith in the French war and had not sent more troops to fight in France, his sin would not have been atonemented even if he had been shot ten times.

How did this hero, who made great achievements in the Battle of Verdun, become like this now? It's really hard to figure out.

Renault kept his face composed, cursing Petain in his heart while listening to Marshal Weygand's explanation.

"Army Group 2 has surrendered, the main forces of German Army Group C have entered France, and we are now facing at least one hundred and twenty divisions of German Army Group A, B, and C. And we can only make up a maximum of ninety divisions at the moment. Our troops seem to be thirty divisions less than the Germans, but most of our troops are newly formed reserve infantry divisions, and many units have been heavily damaged in the previous phase of the battle, so the difference in combat effectiveness between us and the Germans is far more than thirty divisions. ”

The whip in Wei Gang's hand drew an arc on the map.

"The front now extends from the Belgian line of the Dire River into France, and extends to the Swiss border through Mézières, Auvo, Bar, Dijon and Lom Lesogne, a total length of about six hundred kilometres. In our ninety divisions. The Belgian troops had twenty-two divisions. With their combat effectiveness. We had to provide them with five or ten divisions to ensure that the Belgian defenses would not be breached by the Germans, and this was based on the premise that part of the German Army Group B would be transferred to French territory. ”

"Are you sure that the Germans Army Group B has moved troops into France?" Renault's eyes were full of suspicion.

"Two armored divisions in Army Group B have been transferred, and their exact whereabouts are unknown. The main force of the Sixth Army was moving south into French territory, and the German forces in Belgium were currently only part of the Eighteenth Army and the Sixth Army of Army Group B, with a total strength of about twenty divisions. Wei Gang said.

Marshal Pétain suddenly asked, "Whoever listened to yesterday's radio is the Deutsche Welle radio station." ”

"I listened to that broadcast." De Gaulle said.

"I listened too." Wei Gang continued.

"What did the Germans say?" Lord Goth asked curiously.

They said on the radio. It is to take Paris in three weeks, followed by a parade at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Marshal Petain said.

"The Germans are so arrogant, do they really think that we have no capacity to resist anymore? Don't say it's three weeks, even give them three months or even three years and they won't succeed, we have to hit them back on the radio. Renault said angrily.

"Of course they won't succeed. I think what Marshal Petain was trying to say was certainly not the arrogance of the Germans, but the reason why the forces of the German Army Group B were transferred to the territory of France. Lord Goth said.

"You mean the Germans are massing forces and preparing for a decisive attack on Paris?" Renault asked, suddenly realized.

"That's exactly what I was trying to say." Field Marshal Pétain said: "Belgium was originally a secondary battlefield, and it was a complete bluff for the Germans to throw so many troops into Belgium in the first phase of the battle, so that we mistakenly thought that their main attack was in Belgium, and then put our main forces into it." Now their purpose has been achieved. Of course, there is no need to invest too many troops in secondary theaters. ”

"Do you think what they say about taking Paris in three weeks is true?" Lord Goth asked.

"Is there a more worthy goal for the Germans to come to France than Paris?" Marshal Petain asked rhetorically.

"I also think that the Germans are aiming for Paris." De Gaulle said.

"It's not just us who hear the Germans broadcasting. It's the whole world. Since the Germans have openly said on the radio that they will take Paris in three weeks, their next target will definitely be Paris, and if they cannot take Paris in three weeks, they will become the laughing stock of the whole world, and Germany's image in the world will also become arrogant. Charles de Gaulle explained.

"You have a point, but don't you think it's unusual why the Germans would make the next stage of their action public?" Wei Gang questioned.

"I think they're pushing themselves to take Paris with the fastest action and then end the war, and to put it bluntly, they're encouraging the soldiers and the people." De Gaulle hesitated.

"Let's not talk about why the Germans did this, we're going to talk about how to stop them?" Renault said.

"The method is very simple, find out the movement of their armored forces, where their armored forces are, where is their main breakthrough place, we can also deploy our armored forces to the corresponding place to stop them, but there is a premise, that is, to concentrate, not disperse." De Gaulle said.

"You discuss this matter with General Wei Gang and come up with a specific plan." Renault said.

"I still think that we should take the initiative to negotiate with the Germans, ask the Germans if there is a possibility of an armistice, and if there is a possibility of an armistice, what price do we have to pay? If there is no possibility of an armistice, we can also use negotiations to buy more time to recruit and train troops. Marshal Petain said.

Talking about peace, seeing and talking about peace, you really can't forget to talk about peace all the time? Renault cursed in his heart.

"I agree with Marshal Pétain's suggestion that we should try to negotiate to buy time to perfect those hedgehog positions." General Wei Gang chimed in.

"I don't think there's any need for that, since the Germans have already said they are going to take Paris in three weeks, they must be preparing for the attack with all their might, and they don't have time to pay attention to us. As for the truce? I don't think that's possible. ”

Again, the French are still going to have infighting at this critical moment, and I really don't know what they are thinking.

Since the outbreak of the war, they have not done a single reliable thing, and it is really an ordeal to be comrades with such people, and to accept their command, Lord Goth couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"My unit is still on the territory of Belgium, what is my next mission? Will you stay in Belgium to assist the Belgians, or will you be transferred somewhere else? Lord Gott's question caught everyone's attention.

"Since Belgium is already a secondary battlefield, staying there will only do nothing." Renault said.

"Your next battlefield is the Reims region, Reims is the transportation hub northeast of Paris, and with the assistance of the expeditionary force, we are enough to ensure the security of the northeast of Paris. Moreover, Reims is very close to Belgium, so you can support them at any time if the situation in Belgium is abnormal. ”

"When is it going to be pulled?" Lord Goth asked.

"The day after tomorrow." General Wei Gang said.

Renault did not want to give Petain another chance to speak, and preemptively said: "In this case, we have two things to do next, the first is to determine the position of the German armored forces; The second was the transfer of the British Expeditionary Force to the Reims area. General de Gaulle, the second thing is up to you to coordinate. ”

"General Wei Gang, continue to build your Wei Gang defense line, as well as those hedgehog positions, and we will all rely on them in the next battle." A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Pay attention to the starting point of the official account WeChat to add friends - add the official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! To be continued