Chapter 632: If you can fight in a group, why bother going alone

The Triple Alliance, where Student was a member, attacked all the way to London. X

The news, like wings, spread swiftly among all the Allied forces that landed in the British Isles.

Whether it was the soldiers of Adolf's Ninth Army, which was divided into divisions and in the rear, or the troops of Ernst's XVI Army, which had sprinted all the way from Portsmouth and was less than 100 kilometers from London.

When all the German officers and soldiers heard the news, they were all excited, and at the same time there was a hint of jealousy.

Historically, in battles in which the Germans cooperated with their allies, it was the purely German forces that won decisive victories.

In the Spanish Civil War, it was Rommel's German Panzer Divisions, not Francisco's allies of the Spanish National Guard, that were the final word.

In the Norwegian counterattack, it was the German infantry division commanded by Hans who finally defeated the Anglo-French forces in one fell swoop, and it was not the allied forces of the Norwegian Wehrmacht.

In the African campaign, even with only 2 battalions, it was Rommel's two battalions that resolved the Algerian crisis, not the tens of thousands of French troops in Belante or the hundreds of thousands of Italian troops in Garibaldi.

Even if it was barely a "surface ally", the Soviet army that participated in the Polish campaign together was also beaten by the Polish army at the beginning, and in the end, after the victory of the German army on all fronts, Timoshenko took advantage of the German army's residual power to push back the Polish front.

Both in Germany and in front of the whole world, the German army has always been a symbol of victory and the most powerful choice for alliance.

No one would refuse to join forces with the Germans, because the Germans like to take on key operations like a showman in joint operations, and they can win these key battles. That's reassuring.

This has always been the honor of the German people.

Even, many German people have developed a somewhat deformed understanding, that is, if you don't rely on your own victory, it is not a victory!

To this day, the French and Norwegian armies, who cooperated with the paratroopers of Student, actually took on important combat missions and became the key presence in the front line of the Dove offensive to London.

Anyone with a modicum of military knowledge knows that even if Student's paratroopers played a huge role in this battle, it was impossible to achieve such brilliant results with paratroopers alone.

As a conventional ground force that operates in coordination, the French army and the Norwegian army are equally important and crucial.

Originally, everyone thought that although the Triple Alliance army that attacked in the area of Dover was fierce, the first to attack London should be the 16th Army, which was composed of pure German troops.

Even though the Sixteenth Army, which attacked Portsmouth, set off later and farther than the Triple Coalition Army attacked by Dover, under the speed and brilliance of the German blitzkrieg, everyone stubbornly believed that the Sixteenth Army should follow the attack to London.

However, the Triple Alliance, which had the advantage of time to start first and the advantage of shorter distance, finally arrived at the London front earlier.

This was good news for the Allies, for the Third Reich.

For this may mean that the battle on the Western Front is coming to an end with the capture of London. Then, Germany will be able to get rid of the trouble of fighting on two fronts immediately.

However, when I thought of the direction of attack where Student was located, this time it was thanks to the excellent command of the famous French general Weygand and the reliable frontal battles of the French and Norwegian armies that the great results achieved today made the other German generals who fought in the British Isles feel a little pimple.

How perfect it would have been if such a result had been fought all the way by a purely German army!

Of course, in addition to regret, many German generals also re-examined their allies in their hearts.

In this battle, Germany's allies proved themselves not for nothing, but could also give great congratulations on victory.

At least all the German generals who participated in the British admitted that half of Student's achievements were due to Wei Gang, a famous French general, who was very good at seizing the opportunity to use the French army to contain the enemy in the front and perfectly cooperate with the paratroopers.

Originally, Ernst's army was slightly more captured and defeated than the Triple Alliance.

However, with the surrender of more than 60,000 National Guards in Greenwich, the only advantage of Ernst's army over the direction of the Triple Alliance was reversed. The cooperation between Bootdent and Weygand pierced the British defenses almost all the way.

Originally, the main task was a feint, and the direction of the Triple Alliance, which could be turned to the main attack depending on the situation, was more brilliant and dazzling than the Portsmouth Army, which was positioned as the main attack from the beginning.

The blitzkrieg of the Triple Alliance along the way took even faster than expected. Two large-scale airdrops of paratroopers almost created a completely new tactical mode!

As the news of the Triple Alliance's attack on London spread, the entire Allied camp was in turmoil.

The French naturally have face on their faces, and this time Wei Gang's performance is obvious to all. Although Wei Gang also performed very well in the original battle between Germany and France, he lost that time after all.

This time, Wei Gang's camp won, and this victory is inseparable from Wei Gang's excellent command. For France, which was defeated by the Germans in six weeks, this time they regained a lot of face in the British Empire, a well-known opponent.

As for the Norwegians, they had almost perished a year earlier because of Churchill's invasion plan. A year later, it was their turn to bring Britain to ruin.

There's nothing more inspiring than that!

In addition to France and Norway, which participated in the battle, the Allied forces that fought against the British in Africa were also inspired.

On the battlefield in Britain, Weygand and Alfred took a good lead, and they proved that even as German allies, they could fight against each other. The same Triple Alliance, the same duel with the British, the example of the European battlefield, may not be impossible to reproduce on the African battlefield.

The impact was not limited to this, even the Romanian Wehrmacht, the Finnish Army, and the Italian Expeditionary Force, which had not yet officially announced their entry into the war and were about to participate in the Soviet-German campaign as German allies, were also deeply encouraged and enthusiastic.

Sitting in the Führer's mansion in Berlin, Reinhardt was pleased with this reaction of the Allies.

After all, this is the ideal effect he pursues all the way to the layout.

Compared with "Germany single-handedly fighting the whole world" with demeanor and not temperature, Reinhardt has always pursued in his heart "can fight in groups, why bother alone!" ”。 r