"The French have really hit the trick! They still think we're going to march according to the Yellow Plan! In the Führer's residence in Berlin, the conductor was pleasantly surprised.

First of all, Army Group B, after weakening part of its armored strength and providing it to Army Group A, still achieved impressive results as originally planned in the Yellow Plan.

Through the gap that broke through the middle section, hundreds of thousands of troops swarmed out. Now, they have penetrated deep into the territory of Belgium, scattered in pursuit, and played a momentum like a bamboo.

Then, the British and French forces speculated that this was the main force of the German army based on the super combat effectiveness of Army Group B, and immediately dispatched a huge counterattack force to the heart of Belgium to prepare for war urgently.

Reinhardt told the generals what he knew about the Anglo-French plan D, citing the Gestapo's investigation of the intelligence, and pointed out that the coalition forces would build a second line of positions in the heart of Belgium to meet the spearhead of Army Group B.

And all this is exactly according to the rhythm of "Scythe Harvest Plan".

Blahsitch knew very well that the climax of the battle would follow after the main forces of the Anglo-French army were stationed in the second line of defense.

The British and the French would not have thought that the main force of the German army was not Army Group B at all, but Army Group A, which was still shuttling through the dense Ardennes Forest at the moment!

Thanks to the fierce offensive and great results of Army Group B, Admiral Bock had fully said that this Army Group under his command had created the appearance of a main force and successfully diverted the attention of Army Group A in the south.

"After covering the attack of Army Group B on the Belgian defenders, our air force immediately put into use F-190 and Me-190 fighters to engage in air combat with the French air force through central Belgium." Catherine also proudly explained: "The French air force is too tired to deal with us, and it has no energy to reconnoiter the Ardennes region in southern Belgium. ”

"In this way, Guderian's armored forces should not have been discovered yet." Brauchitsch analyzed excitedly.

"Even if they find out now, it won't be too late." Manstein, who was also in the same conference room, smiled: "They have already put the main force in front of Army Group B, so it is impossible to have the strength to stop Army Group A, which is more powerful. ”

In the original history, Manstein should have been driven out of the Army Headquarters at this time and sent to the 38th Army to command operations. However, because he was heavily defended by Reinhardt in this life, no one in the Army General Headquarters dared to demote Manstein, causing Manstein and Burghitch, who looked down on each other, to get together again.

Seeing that Boulahci and Manstein seemed to be about to compete again, Reinhardt quickly coughed twice and concluded: "Regardless of whether the enemy forces find it or not, Army Group A must complete the encirclement as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Reinhardt walked between the two of them, waved his hand, and said, "General Bowhich, you should send a telegram to General Guderian at once, asking them to speed up their advance, and be sure to cross the Ardennes Forest within two days, and go straight to the rear of the enemy army, so as not to have too many nights." ”

"General Manstein, you go with me to the headquarters, I have prepared a staff team for you over there, and you go and lead them to plan a new plan codenamed "Power Outage"." Reinhardt turned his gaze to Manstein: "I have already drawn the background of the implementation of the plan for you. You guys make it as soon as possible, and you'll be using it in about two weeks. ”

"All right, Führer. I'm going to urge Guderian to speed up. Brauchitsch replied.

"All right, Führer." Manstein didn't ask much and simply accepted the task given to him by Reinhardt.

Seeing the contradictions between the two famous players, Reinhardt sighed secretly in his heart. It seems that it is better to take them apart and assign different tasks in the future.

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"The Yuan wants us to cross the Ardennes Forest in two days....... That's about the same amount of time I estimate it will take. Guderian took the telegram in his hand and said to himself.

Unlike the fierce fighting of Army Group B, Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps, the spearhead of Army Group A, had not encountered even a single enemy soldier until now, except for a skirmish with second-rate Belgian troops on the border.

For a whole morning, they were on the road, on the road, on the road, on the road, on the road. They would cut down a large tree that was blocking the way forward, and they would fill in some potholes. A dignified armored corps, but all the work of engineers is done.

"Commander, our military headquarters has sent all the sappers out, and judging by the progress of this morning, it will not be difficult to cross the Ardennes Forest in two days." One of the operational staff officers spread out the map and explained to Guderian: "We are now at a point less than 5 kilometers from the valley of the Meuse, and today we can enter the valley." ”

When Guderian walked to the map, the combat staff officer with the rank of colonel pointed out to him: "Commander, if we continue in the present direction to the west, and pass through this narrow area on the map, we will be able to rush out of the Ardennes and march towards Sedan tomorrow afternoon, as planned." ”

As envisaged in the Scythe, Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps was supposed to penetrate the Ardennes 110-kilometer gorge in the first two days. And the next day, on the afternoon of May 12, 1940, the three Panzer Divisions of the 19th Army were supposed to reach the north bank of the Maas River and were asked to capture the famous French fortress city of Sedan. That night, they had to start nervously preparing to cross the river.

According to the plan, at 11 a.m. the next day, Catherine's air force would dispatch 400 bombers to bombard French positions and artillery groups on the south bank of the Maas River for five hours.

At about 4 p.m., when the air bombardment was coming to an end, the infantry of the 19th Army was divided into rubber boats and began to force their way across the Maas River.

Later, when the Maas line was lost, the road to Paris would be opened, and the British and French forces fighting in Belgium would be in danger of being outflanked, and the French army on the Maginot Line would be flanked by the enemy. At this time, the "Scythe Harvest Plan" was initially in place.

And the key to everything is whether the 19th Panzer Army, as Army Group A, can cut off their southern flank and cut off their rear route before the British and French forces can react.

"Just keep it at this rate," Guderian touched his chin and said slowly, "I think the Führer also estimated that we would need about two days, so he ordered us two days." As long as the enemy does not counterattack, we can even break out of the wooded area by noon tomorrow. ”

"I don't think those Belgians should have the energy to take care of us, they and the British and French troops are still staring at Army Group B." The combat staff officer smiled at his commander.