Chapter 406: Defeat France in 6 Weeks

The French generals did not want to believe that the German Führer was omniscient, but they had to believe the facts before them.

This battle can't be fought!

When the Germans crossed the Somme, which was heavily fortified by the French army, they specially selected the French divisions with the worst combat effectiveness and occupied their garrisons. As the commander-in-chief of the French army, Wei Gang knew that his carefully arranged line of defense was over.

There were no problems with the deployment of the "Weigang Line", and all the key points of crossing the river were arranged to be heavily garrisoned. But Wei Gang ignored one point, the combat effectiveness of his heavy soldiers was uneven, some high and some low.

Dozens of third-rate divisions on the front line, even the French native Admiral Wei Gang did not know what their specific combat effectiveness was.

But even the Führer, who was far away in Germany, knew the rest of the French troops better than Weygand, the commander-in-chief of the French army.

Reinhardt hoarded his troops in the rear of several river crossing battles, and when the vanguard had just established a beachhead, the large force immediately followed the river crossing to consolidate its position.

Being able to do this can only show that the German Führer had already been convinced that the German army would succeed in crossing the river before the two armies clashed, and then risked putting all the follow-up troops behind the battlefield of crossing the river.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the Germans were able to gather a large number of troops at the crossing so quickly, and then immediately put the army into battle.

"Unbelievable......" even the always confident Lieutenant General Berente now could not help but sigh: "The Germans made the most of the breakthrough they had reached on the Somme, and thus almost completely crushed our front-line troops." Today, the remnants of our army are on the open battlefield, but they can only carry out local and temporary limited resistance. ”

"The battle situation has been taken to the extreme!" Belante lowered his eyelids and reluctantly set his gaze on Admiral Wei Gang. He hopes to find a way out of this well-known player.

Looking at the pale faces of Bylante and other officers, Wei Gang also knew how desperate everyone was in their hearts now.

Just yesterday, he swore that the German Führer was not an all-knowing and all-powerful God, and that it was impossible to see through the weaknesses of the French army every time.

But now, he was slapped in the face, and he was slapped in the face by the most unlikely ending!

Fuck, is the German Führer really God?!

And the French army is still fighting a fart war?

"Shrink the existing forces immediately......." Even if he was confused, Wei Gang was a famous general after all, and he still dutifully planned the best plan for the French army in the current situation: "Retreat to the other side of the Seine, and reorganize resistance with our last reserves." ”

The last reserve force that Weygand mentioned was the former Maginot Fortress unit under the command of Lieutenant General Béronte, with three divisions remaining.

Of the 8 divisions drawn from the Maginot Line, 5 divisions have already been lost. The remaining 3 divisions really have nothing to hope for.

Although Wei Gang was blamed, he still arranged the next defensive operation. However, in his heart, he no longer had even the slightest expectation of victory.

In fact, even the French Cabinet Deputy Prime Minister, French Field Marshal Petain, after learning of the surrender of 300,000 Anglo-French troops at Dunkirk, put forward a defeatism with no hope of victory.

If it weren't for the insistence of the main battle faction led by Prime Minister Reynaud, I am afraid that Marshal Petain would have begun to lead the surrender a few days ago.

However, after the Maginot Line was bypassed and the diversionary forces in Dunkirk were destroyed, today's "Weiygand Line" was once again broken through by the Germans. The French Third Republic has nothing to rely on.

Did you really have to wait until the Germans reached the capital, France, and turned the romantic capital into ruins?

Both horizontal and vertical are lost, why not sign an armistice earlier?

The loss of the new defense line gave Wei Gang, the commander-in-chief of the French army, a strong "defeatism".

The conviction that France will fail is not because these people are incompetent.

On the contrary, whether it is General Wei Gang or Marshal Petain, they are all famous generals who have made great achievements, experienced a lot of actual battles, and cultivated a considerable strategic view of the overall situation.

The reason why they thought that France would be defeated was precisely because they saw the military shortcomings of the French army. Judging by their professional military strategists, the French army has reached the point of exhaustion.

At this time, even the two best players in France made a defeat statement, which shows that France has indeed reached the point where it is doomed to failure.

Although the French people had prayed in their hearts for the miracle of the Marne in 1914, in fact, their generals did not have the courage.

On that occasion, the French army did everything they could, and finally the menacing German army was able to keep the menacing German army out of the gates of Paris, and finally turned the tide of the battle.

But now, even the Paris government has begun to prepare for evacuation and is about to flee the capital. It can be seen how desperate the French top brass is about the outcome of the war.

"Defend the Seine one more time." Wei Gang smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and said to Belante: "General Berant, you take your army to the Seine River to receive the rout, and prepare to deploy defense." I am going to write a letter to Marshal Petain and discuss with him an important matter, and the battle at the front will be left to you for the time being. ”

"Yes! The subordinates led their troops to defend the Seine and defend the gateway to Paris. When Birant heard that Admiral Wei Gang was going to discuss important matters with his old superior, Petain, he didn't ask too much, but just took over the task arranged by Wei Gang.

Berente knew that whatever the outcome of Admiral Weygand's consultation with Marshal Petain was, they were doing it for the sake of France. And what he has to do now is to hold the Seine and buy time for his two bosses.

.........

"The most important thing for our army at the moment is to cross the Seine quickly and not give the French time and opportunity to reorganize their defenses." In the German High Command, Reinhardt once again leaked Weygang's plan: "The next military operation of the French army can only be to hold the Seine River and stabilize the gateway to the south of Paris." In other words, if we take the Seine, the road to Paris will be completely open. ”

Speaking of this, Reinhardt smiled conceitedly: "I remember that before the war, I said that I would defeat France within 2 months. The issue of the social worker newspaper that reported my words is still in my drawer. ”

"But today, I want to say sorry to everyone, my prediction has been wrong." Reinhardt said the opposite, with unconcealed pride, and laughed: "Where does it take 2 months to defeat France?" Today, it seems that in the 6th week of the war, it is time for them to surrender! ”

Beat France in 6 weeks?!

Today's Reinhardt is once again astonishing.

When he said that he would defeat France in two months, many people abandoned it and regarded it as a joke.

How many people once regarded Reinhardt as just a fantasist because of this wild talk, a person who only knows how to talk big, but with a little better luck, he can always meet the credibility of his words.

But now it seems that the Führer is really not a lucky man who likes to talk big.

Today, even "God's gift to Germany" is not enough to describe the great Führer.

Reinhardt, he is the all-knowing and all-powerful God!