"Of course I'm not convinced! My troops are still advancing in marching formations, and you have attacked, this is a sneak attack! The French officer's face turned red, "If I let my troops unfold, it is not certain who will win and who will lose now!" ”

Although he was more angry in this sentence, he was not wrong, if the French troops were fully deployed, it would not be so easy to decide the winner within half an hour, after all, this is also a full division anyway.

However, one thing is certain, that is, it will be the German side that will win in the end.

"yes, if I let you spread out the formation, I really can't beat you out in half an hour." Rommel also nodded and admitted, "But alas, this is war, and there is never an if." And I firmly believe that my troops will eventually win no matter what the circumstances! ”

"Hmph, you're too full, aren't you?" The French officer sneered, "How do you know what to expect if you haven't tried it yet?" ”

Rommel just chuckled and shook his head when he heard this, then pointed to the routs all over the ground and said, "You don't need to try it at all, just look at what virtues your soldiers have." ”

"Admittedly, our attack was so sudden, that it would be confusing if it were my troops being hit like this while they were on the march." Rommel said confidently, "But I can guarantee that my troops ...... No, not a single German unit would surrender until it suffered devastating losses! And your troops only fought a short encounter with us and then gave up resistance, ran and surrendered, and there was no fighting spirit at all! Such an army is still trying in vain to resist the attack of our 7th Panzer Division? ”

In the face of Rommel's words, the French officer was speechless, because he suddenly realized that Rommel was not wrong, in fact, it was not only the lack of fighting spirit of the army in front of him, but also the courage of the entire French army to dare to face the German army, because they themselves considered themselves second-rate.

Slowly, he fell into deep thought.

Where was the gap between the French and the Germans? Is it in equipment or mentally? What seemed to him to be a simple question has now become a problem that has left him racking his brains.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and whispered, "I used to think about some things wrong, and I didn't understand until now, but I'm afraid it's too late......"

"For us soldiers, as long as they are not dead, it is not too late." Rommel reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"By the way, after talking about it for so long, we still don't know what to call Your Excellency." Gauss said on the sidelines.

"Major General of the French Army, Commander of the 15th Infantry Corps and Commander of the 31st Motorized Rifle Division, Alphonse Juan!" Juan proudly said his identity as he raised his palms to his temples and palms outwards to salute the two in front of him with a standard French military salute.

"Lieutenant General of the German Army, Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd Panzer Group of the Wehrmacht and Commander of the 7th Panzer Division, Erwin Rommel!" "Colonel of the German Army, Chief of the General Staff of the 7th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, Alfred Goss!" Rommel and Gauss also solemnly exchanged the standard Prussian military salute to Juan.

Although they are mortal enemies on the battlefield, this does not affect their mutual respect off the field - to be honest, Rommel admires Juan's judgment ability, and can detect an enemy attack from a small detail, which is rare among German generals.

"Rommel?!" Juan's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Rommel introduce himself.

"Huh? What's wrong? Rommel was puzzled, "Do you know me?" ”

"I didn't expect you to ...... again," Juan shook his head with a wry smile, "We had a hand fight in Valenciennes......

"Valenciennes......" Rommel thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh! I remember! It turns out that you also commanded that battle, and I remember that you fought very tenacious! ”

"General Rommel praised it falsely, your troops only took half a day to defeat us, and your air-ground integrated attack is really an eye-opener for me." Zhu An waved his hand.

"Where, where." Rommel smiled, "By the way, you just said that you are still the commander of the 15th Infantry Corps?" But do I remember that the 15th Infantry Corps was not led by Charles de Gaulle? We've also fought on the Somme. Has he been exalted? ”

"Ascension? No, no, no. Juan shook his head and said, "On the contrary, General de Gaulle has been removed!" ”

"Dismissal?! Why?! Rommel and Gauss were surprised at the same time.

"Because he abandoned the Somme position without authorization, causing the entire Weygand line to collapse."

"That's it?" Rommel said indignantly, "With all due respect, General de Gaulle was absolutely right to do this!" At that time, the flank of the 15th Army had been completely lost, and the edge of the SS Panzergrenadier Division 'Burissingen' had reached the throat of the 15th Army, and even if General de Gaulle did not abandon his position, he would not be able to resist the general attack we launched that night! ”

"That's right!" Gauss was also fighting for de Gaulle, "Besides, the Somme defense line is full of holes, we have made breakthroughs in other offensive directions, even if General de Gaulle desperately blocks our attack, it still can't stop the collapse of your defense line!" ”

"And if General de Gaulle hadn't withdrawn in time to replace Romiy, buying a few days for the troops in the rout of the Somme line, we might not be talking here now, but in Paris!" Rommel added, "I really don't know what your High Command grew up eating, it's just a bunch of idiots, if it were us in Germany, I'm afraid the Führer would have killed them himself!" ”

"Maybe they're just trying to find a scapegoat for their failure." Juan lowered his head.

"Where is General de Gaulle now?" Gauss asked with concern.

"This ......," Zhu An's face was a little hesitant.

"We're here to protect you, and you know that although our Wehrmacht is not good at interrogation, the Gestapo is the ...... for eating this bowl of rice," Gauss's tone hinted of threat.

"Well, General de Gaulle has been transferred to the Ministry of Defense, and in a few days he will go to England with Prime Minister Reynolds." Juan shrugged his shoulders and told him all about De Gaulle's transfer, which in his opinion was not an important secret that endangered the state anyway.

Rommel looked thoughtful when he heard this, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, and asked, "Who else knows about this transfer except you?" ”

"Not many people know, except for me, only some people in the General Staff know." Juan replied honestly.

"Great!" Rommel couldn't help but laugh.

"What do you want to do?" Gauss saw Rommel's happy face and said suspiciously.

"I'm going to hide the news." Rommel Tract.

"You're not going to report up?" Gauss was surprised.

"Report what?!" Rommel glared, "I don't want Charles de Gaulle to die in some inexplicable plane explosion, you know?!" ”

"But if the Führer tracks it down, you and I will ......," Gauss said anxiously.

"Only I know about it, you haven't heard anything." De Gaulle patted Gauss on the shoulder.

"Nonsense! Do you want to take the blame alone?! Gauss said angrily, "What the hell are you thinking?" Just a French general, as for you risking your career? ”

"He's the only opponent who has been able to hold me off so far." "My father always taught me that the meaning of battle is to defeat the opponent on the battlefield!" So I don't want the Gestapo to get involved in my duel with de Gaulle, who will have to die at my hands! ”