Chapter 246: Wielding the Scythe (1)

Wave "let him go." Leon waved his hand, "He doesn't have the skills to assassinate me yet." ”

"Yes! My Führer! The soldiers quickly put away their guns and saluted.

"You have courage, sir." Leon stepped forward and said, "Let me answer your question, first of all, you are wrong about my sacrifice of soldiers' lives for the sake of ambition, for the specific reasons I think I have already said. ”

"Secondly, on the issue of assassination." Leon subconsciously touched his chest, "That's right, I'm indeed under the threat of assassination, I don't think there are many people here who want me to die, but if you have been in the shadow of assassination for a long time, but you are still afraid of it, then you don't have to live." ”

"I think those who want to assassinate me will surely be more terrified than I am."

With that, Leon left the conference hall without looking back.

"My Führer!" Ludwig quickly caught up, "Do you want me to go to that Polish newspaper?" ”

"No, you don't." Leon waved his hand as he walked, "But if a Pole dares to say this desperately on such an occasion, it shows that our management of Poland is deficient and needs to be improved." ”

"Führer, it's not your fault." Ludwig said, "You don't have to worry about the fact that there will be such a group of people in any country. ”

"The fault is not on our side, but on the side of the economic advisers of the First Polish Republic (the new regime in German-occupied Poland)." Leon nodded, "In this case, you go to the Wittgenstein manor and help me bring a message to the Wittgensteines, telling them to restrain themselves a little in Poland, and not to push the Poland we worked so hard to fight against again." ”

"Understood, my Führer!"

At 12 p.m. on January 7, the area of engagement between the two sides had expanded from Antwerp, an important town in northwestern Belgium, to the entire border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Although it was already 12 o'clock in the evening, the artillery fire near the lines of engagement between the two sides was still non-stop, and flares were constantly being fired into the sky, giving both sides a brief vision. In addition to the light of the flares, there are also dense tracer bullets flying sideways on the battlefield, which makes people's scalp tingle at a glance.

After a full day of fighting, the German Army Group A in the frontal battlefield crushed six Allied divisions, and advanced a full 30 kilometers in only 13 hours, forming a general encirclement of Antwerp, with only two roads and two railways still in the hands of the Allies.

The reason why Army Group A advanced so quickly was because Army Group C led by Moder succeeded in sticking to the elite French First Army of the Allies, leaving them unable to divide their forces to support the Antwerp front.

The commander of the French First Army had this to say about Moder's Army Group C: "They (Army Group C) are simply a ball of kraft candy!" It's hard to get out if you're glued. Obviously they have superior forces, but it is difficult to completely defeat them, and their commander is simply a rogue! ”

Of the three major army groups in the German Belgian battle group, only Liszt's Army Group E failed to achieve the objectives set on the first day, because Army Group E encountered a strong resistance from a mixed force composed of 7 British elite expeditionary divisions and 6 Belgian divisions when attacking along the coastline in the direction of Bruges, plus the armor was at an absolute disadvantage (only 2 armored regiments with more than 260 tanks, while the Allies on the opposite side had 800 tanks from two armored divisions). This makes it difficult for them to advance another inch after only 7 kilometers.

And that's not the main problem they're facing right now.

According to the Gestapo British branch, a mixed fleet of the British Home Fleet has left Portsmouth and is on its way south, most likely to support the army operations along the Belgian coast.

However, there is good news, that is, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet is being rereplenished, and it is scheduled to leave the Axis naval base in Denheilde, the Netherlands, on January 9, and go west to the North Sea to seek the opportunity to fight the main force of the British Royal Navy.

In general, the German-Belgian campaign cluster can be described as a boom, and if the Allies cannot organize an effective defense, it will take at most half a month for the German-Belgian campaign cluster to approach the French border.

On the other side, Army Group B and Army Group G, under the leadership of Admiral Bock, also began a tentative attack on the Maginot Line, which involved the millions of French troops on the Maginot Line, allowing them to take care of the battle in the Belgian direction without flawlessness.

However, even if it was a tentative attack, the Maginot Line, which the French army was proud of, caused a small loss to the two army groups B and G, losing more than 1,000 people in vain.

I have to say that the Maginot Line is extremely powerful, not to mention the pillboxes are all over the mountains, and they are basically interconnected, and Bock really can't come up with any good way to deal with this turtle formation that costs tens of billions of dollars, except for using dive bombers to drop armor-piercing bombs and napalm with delayed fuses.

January 8, 3 a.m., at the junction of Luxembourg, Germany.

It was dark, but the German soldiers in the marching tents got up early. After some washing, everyone sat around in the squad and ate the breakfast made by the cooks.

"Guys eat a little bit, and then everyone brings something to eat in their pockets." Gro quickly stuffed the black bread into his stomach, then picked up two more pieces and put them in the bag around his waist, and said, "After the operation starts, there may be nothing to eat for the whole day." ”

"Woo...... Okay......" Hans listened to the squad leader's words, immediately stuffed all the black bread in his hand into his mouth, and then grabbed four or five pieces from the small basin in front of him and stuffed them into his waist bag.

"Hey!" Fogel punched Hans, "You stuffed so much? Can you eat it? ”

Hans took out his water bottle and took a sip of water, swallowed the bread in his mouth, and said, "I'm here to help you bring more." ”

"Roll Nyima's." Fogel laughed and cursed, then pounced on him and fought with Hans.

"Assemble!" Just as everyone was fighting, the company commander Gaither called out loudly.

"Gone!" Gaither slapped Fogel on the back, then picked up the backpack he had already made up next to him, grabbed his MP40 submachine gun and ran to the meeting place.

Hans and the others also quickly stood up, took their equipment and followed behind the squad leader.

It only took a minute for a company of one or two hundred men to assemble them all, a speed that Gether was very satisfied with.

"Guys! Belgium and Maginot are both a day older, and today it's finally our turn, aren't you happy? Gaither asked in a loud voice, looking at everyone.

"Yes!"

"Good!" Gaither said solemnly, "We fought beautifully last time in Berg against the French! With just over 100 people, they blocked a battalion of French troops, and finally cooperated with friendly forces to drive them away! The capital of the Yuan called us the steel nail troops! ”

"And today, we're going to try a new role with this steel nail! We want to let the French, we want the Führer to know, the steel nails are stuck in the ground and do not move like a mountain! Pull it up and prick people, and it is also as aggressive as fire! SS17 isn't just about defense! ”