A week has passed, and the German blockade of Paris is on track, and everything is now in order compared to the chaotic scene when they first arrived on the outskirts of Paris.

In such a short period of time, the four elite units that had never acted together and were from different units were so tacitly compatible, in addition to the superb military quality of the German officers and the rigorous training that the troops underwent were also very important reasons, and the Germans' paranoid nature of order was also a very important reason, and they were accustomed to living an orderly life.

However, although the efficiency of the troops' operations increased, the morale of the officers and men began to decline as the siege lengthened.

After the initial sense of excitement and novelty faded, the officers and men generally became impatient with the current situation.

It's no wonder that now even the sausages in the cooking class know that Paris is already an undefended city, what is the concept of an undefended city, that means that there will be no resistance, and now the German ** team is to send a group of cooks in military uniforms to occupy the whole of Paris in the past.

To the bewilderment of the German officers and soldiers, however, no further orders had been given since the siege of Paris had been impenetrable.

The answer that every officer who expressed doubts about this received from his superiors was to complete his current task and wait for the next order.

Although the current blockade mission is theoretically light and safe compared to the combat mission, the soldiers also have a lot of free time, and morale should rise.

But in fact, on the contrary, this idle and boring life is slowly eroding the morale of the officers and men.

These are all elite troops, these four divisions are all composed of veterans with an average age of about 30 years old, and the officers have all received more than 15 years of rigorous military education.

All four divisions had achieved quite brilliant results in the early battles, with two divisions of the Fourth Army fighting all the way from the Ardennes to the outskirts of Paris, while two divisions of the Fourteenth Army took part in the Battle of Dunkerke.

These were all meritorious troops, otherwise they would not have been sent as the vanguard to capture Paris.

However, it is precisely because of this that these units are not well suited for the current kind of work. It's not that they're not good at defending and blocking, it's that they prefer to attack rather than defending.

These elite field infantry all believe in the principle that offense is the best defense, and it is undoubtedly a torture for them to let this group of aggressive soldiers idle in the boring siege mission.

In particular, when the news of the successes of the fraternal units was constantly receiving snowflakes, the blow to the morale of the troops had become a major problem that the officers could not ignore.

The German ** team is frantically plundering merit and glory on all fronts, and now even a blind man can see that France is finished, and the German officers and soldiers are now thinking not about how to defeat the enemy, but how to obtain greater results before France surrenders, and how to win higher honors for themselves.

After all, as a soldier, this kind of opportunity is not something that can be easily accessed now, and no one can say how long it will be before the next war will happen, so if you want to get honor, you should hurry now.

This was also a common idea in the German team at that time, and no one would have imagined that this war would last for four whole years.

Everyone thought that as long as France surrendered, the war would be over after the crippled Britain was easily cleaned up.

Then they will be able to wear medals on their chests and return to their hometown in glory to live the happy and quiet days that Hitler described, and perhaps many years from now they will miss the glorious days they have now, so they will have no regrets in this war anyway.

Seeing other troops, even those second-line troops composed of recruits, all winning meritorious services on the front line, while their elite veterans were bound here by an inexplicable order, squatting in the well-equipped trench fortifications while basking in the sun while looking at the outline of the city, what was even more depressing was that the city was still claimed to be undefended, which made the officers and soldiers psychologically a little difficult to accept.

In fact, not to mention the incomprehension and confusion of the officers and men below, in fact, even the issuer of this order, Field Marshal Keitel, the chief of the general staff of the High Command, did not understand why things had developed the way they were at the time.

Perhaps the only one in the command who could understand the inside story of this order was Feng . Marshal Brauchitsch, at least he thinks he understands.

All of this was caused by a telegram from Xu Jun.

There were only a few short lines on the telegram:

Until they are fully prepared, the troops should not enter Paris for the time being, but at this stage they should first launch a tight siege on it, and only when they are fully prepared can they take action.

The occupation of Paris will be a major event that can have international repercussions, and it must not be reckless and hasty, and it must avoid the occurrence of situations that damage the reputation of the German team and even the country. So without careful planning and preparation, no one was allowed to enter that city.

Signed: Reinhardt. Feng. Stadler

Literally, Xu Jun's order seems to be very clear, but after the group of staff officers of the headquarters pondered deeply, they found that the Führer's order seemed to have a lot of articles inside, because this order used some very ambiguous sentences, so that they could not literally detect what His Excellency the Führer's true intentions were.

This made the generals and marshals of the command department very headache, what is full preparation, what is careful planning, these vague statements are indeed confusing.

The bureaucrats of the High Command, having studied it carefully, decided to carry out those parts that could be understood before understanding the Führer's intentions.

At least it was clear that Paris would be fenced off and troops would be forbidden to enter Paris, and that would be done as they pleased, and that would be left to ask the Führer by telegram if they did not understand.

So Feng. On the outskirts of Paris, Bock was stopped by the High Command with an order.

However, after the telegram of inquiry from the headquarters was sent, Xu Jun did not receive an immediate reply.

Because Xu Jun was busy formulating a battle plan to deal with the French counterattack at that time, he really didn't have the energy to answer this question.

As a result, as the battle unfolded, even the high command forgot to ask about it again in the following days.

At that time, the German Führer and his corps were already in danger, and the French were more powerful than the High Command could have imagined.

The battle on the front line became more and more tense, and the scale of the battle snowballed bigger and bigger, even Feng. Bock was also so engrossed in the breakout of his Army Group B that he had encircled de Gaulle's seven divisions, and had no time to think about the four depressed infantry divisions.

Feng. Bock had pondered whether it would be possible to throw these elite infantry divisions into the battle below, but he rejected the idea on the spot.

One is that time does not allow, and by the time these troops are transferred to the battlefield, the campaign may already begin. Second, even if time permits, the High Command will not agree to this proposal. Because the blockade of Paris was an order of the Führer, and according to the situation at that time, the Germans did not have problems with their troops.

Everyone was closely watching the development of the campaign, and in this case no one was thinking about the problems of Paris, and the attention of the high command was all about the dusk battle, which was ready to start.

It was only after Xu Jun and his Guards Corps were out of danger and had achieved quite brilliant results, and after the Battle of Dusk had fully begun, the relieved Command remembered the problem of Paris again, and asked Xu Jun again.

To tell the truth, Xu Jun had completely forgotten that Paris was still under siege by the German army, so he was very surprised when he received an inquiry from the high command.

Because of his own order, which caused the current embarrassing situation, Xu Jun was really a little embarrassed by his carelessness, and at the same time, he deeply admired the blind pondering energy of the staff officers of the headquarters.

He originally ordered the German army to be fully prepared, hoping that they would enter Paris with a more perfect image, so that Germany could save a little image in the world and lay a good foundation for the development of his next plan.

But because he didn't have a specific idea at that time, he didn't explain it clearly in the order.

He thought that the High Command would understand what he meant, but what he didn't expect was that he overestimated the comprehension ability of those generals and marshals, and at the same time underestimated the misunderstanding ability of the staff officers of the High Command, so things became the way they were.

If it weren't for the high command to think of asking him again, maybe Paris would have become an "undefended city" where France resisted to the end, thinking of this, Xu Jun felt a little funny.

Speaking of which, Xu Jun is really too busy, and he really can't do everything.

It seems that it is time to find some competent people to share his work, after all, a person's energy is limited, and there are so few people around him who can help, even an energetic maniac like Hitler has a dozen secretaries and adjutants around him to help him with some minor affairs.

Xu Jun decided to wait until the situation stabilized to solve the problem immediately, otherwise he would sooner or later make an irreparable mistake for some stupid reason.

Xu Jun sorted out his thoughts a little and replied to the command:

The German team must be fully prepared, must have the most perfect military appearance, the most perfect communication skills, the most perfect military discipline, and the most perfect state before entering Paris.

The honor of the empire is at stake, but also the future development of the empire.

This was a very important step in the complete elimination of the French resistance and their subsequent close cooperation with the Reich, and it must be strictly carried out.

Signed: Reinhardt. Feng. Stadler

When the command finally understood Xu Jun's intention after receiving Xu Jun's instructions, Keitel, who suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly forwarded this telegram to Feng in the form of an order. In the hands of Bock.

At this time, Paris, the brightest pearl of Europe, had been besieged by the German army for seventeen days.