On July 18, 1940, the French campaign, which had been delayed for nearly two months for well-known reasons, finally came to an end, and the French Third Republic was led to its demise by a misguided plan.

The course of history is truly remarkable that the final collapse of a huge empire, once the most powerful and wealthy country in Europe, with the most powerful army in all of Europe, began in a small country town.

The village of Char, a small, ordinary French village, is so ordinary that few French people have heard of her name. She was neither on a transportation route, nor in a strategic location, nor had any great people or famous properties abroad, and she was a worthless target in the eyes of anyone.

Before that day, no one in the world would have noticed her, and after that day, this ordinary French town attracted the attention of the whole world, and everyone talked about this French town, about the tragic battle that led to the final demise of a country. Because on that very day, the German Führer led his Guards to this small village and kicked off the final battle of the French campaign.

And now, the parties involved in that battle have not thought of that at all, and they are working hard for the upcoming battle.

"Sir, this is the latest reconnaissance report." Weierle took a document and greeted Xu Jun, who had just climbed out of the armored command vehicle.

"Yes." Xu Jun took the document and walked towards the newly built temporary headquarters while reading it carefully.

"Also, the command of the army group and the high command have just sent a telegram in which they strongly oppose the decision you have made. Marshal Vaun, Marshal Brauchitsch also sent a special private telegram in which he hoped that you would be able to leave here as soon as possible. I also don't think you really should stay here and take risks, Germany must not lose you now, the burden of the revival of the Germanic nation is all on your shoulders, and if something goes wrong, it will be a disaster for Germany. I still hope that you can get out of here on that special plane, and we'll take care of the rest of the fighting. The plane has already arrived and is ready to take off. I ......"

Werler followed Xu Jun and gushed his opinions, fearing that the impending battle would pose danger to the young leader, and that anything could happen in the battle. Although he was confident in the combat effectiveness of the Hydra Legion, if the information showed the truth, then the current balance of forces between the two sides in this area was quite unfavorable to the German army. Willer decided that no matter what, he had to find a way to get the German god to leave the front line and retreat to safety.

But the words that had been carefully considered by the chief of staff of Wei could not be said in full, and the young head stopped, and then tilted his head slightly, and looked at his loyal chief of staff with a serious expression, and the fierce eyes and cold momentum forced the rest of Weierle's persuasion back into his stomach.

Xu Jun looked at his chief of staff without saying a word, and after a quiet confrontation for half a minute, Weierle decided to surrender.

The chief of staff, who had been stared at a little by the young Führer, had already learned from the other man's eyes how firm the determination of the German supreme leader was, and that he could not shake it in the slightest amount no matter what he said now.

"I ...... I see, my Führer, now that you have made up your mind...... Your will is your command, Your Excellency. Weirle humbly bowed his head.

"My chief of staff, you still don't understand......" The corners of Xu Jun's mouth raised slightly, and he showed a bright smile to the shrewd chief of staff.

"But...... I think you'll get it soon. Xu Jun turned around easily and strode towards the headquarters with the reconnaissance report.

The Führer's personal guard, which had been on the guard from the beginning, slowly moved closer behind him, narrowing the line of defense, and the SS commandos watched the surroundings attentively. The two soldiers who were closer to Werler looked curiously at His Excellency the Chief of Staff, who was still standing in place, and then turned their attention to some possible hidden attackers near the headquarters. These soldiers did not understand what the two great men were talking about, and they were not interested in understanding, and the only thing they needed to know was that they must defend to the death the great life of His Excellency the Führer.

Weierle was still standing in place, pondering what Xu Jun had said in front of him, while taking out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiping the cold sweat that broke out.

"I don't understand? What do I not understand? What the hell does this mean, I can't guess what he thinks anymore, is there any other reason? Is there anyone who is going to be unlucky, hehe. Weirle smiled wryly and shook his head. The clever chief of staff decided not to spend any effort playing this guessing game, and he chased after Xu Jun's back.

The temporary headquarters consisted of five large military tents connected together, the middle of which was Xu Jun's office and operations conference room.

When Xu Jun walked into the tent, the staff of the logistics office of the headquarters were still busy arranging the conference table and Xu Jun's office cubicle in the tent, the secretaries were putting the documents that had just been sorted out and needed in the upcoming battle into the filing cabinet next to the desk according to the categories, the two staff officers were busy posting the combat map on the map rack, and several sappers were climbing the folding ladder to install reinforcing members for the steel pipe support of the tent. Seeing Xu Jun come in, everyone put down the work at hand and respectfully saluted him.

"Good work, guys." Xu Jun raised his hand and saluted, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly returned the salute.

"You all go out for a while, and we'll sort these things out in a while."

"Yes, Your Excellency." The officers and soldiers hurriedly replied, and then quickly left the room, leaving only the two staff officers and a secretary waiting to be called.

Xu Jun found a chair at the conference table and sat down, and after bowing his head to the reconnaissance report for a while, he asked Weierle, who was sitting across from him, "What do you think of this, Weierle." ”

"What, oh, are you asking about this report?" Wehrle sat up straight.

"It's troublesome, my Führer. Now it seems that we are in a very bad situation. Turning to the staff officer standing aside, Werler said, "Bring me the map, and those telegrams from the High Command." ”

"Yes, sir." The staff officer hurriedly placed the map and a dozen papers in front of Willerle.

"You don't have to explain the situation to me, I know this very well, what I want to know is, what strategy do you have." Xu Jun stood up and dragged the map past Werler's face.

"Now we have to build a strong line of defense first, and there is no other strategy to talk about. As soon as we have withstood the first wave of their attack, we will not be able to consider other issues, and with our current forces, this battle will be a very severe test for us. But as long as we can withstand their attack, then we may be able to mobilize our forces to counter-encircle them and win the final victory. I think you must have had this kind of plan in place a long time ago. My Führer. Wehrle replied.

"You're right, it's actually a great opportunity for us. Both of my armies were in the most ideal position, and I was still thinking about how to achieve my intended goal. I didn't expect the French to come to the door on their own, how can we give up the opportunity to destroy their last strength, these should be their last strength. If we can win this battle, then the French campaign will be over. Xu Jun took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette.

Three days earlier, the High Command had already sensed the actions of the French from various reconnaissance reports. But until yesterday, they only thought it was just a small counterattack, and no one expected that the situation would suddenly become so serious.

Everyone underestimated the ambitions of the French, who carried out not the tactical offensive he imagined to stall for time, but an outright strategic counterattack. The French put all the forces they could muster into this big counterattack, and the French team wanted to make the last struggle.

The High Command had drawn up a plan to eliminate these French attacking forces, and if it was really implemented according to that plan, even if the French launched a strategic large-scale attack, the German ** team would be able to calmly deal with it.

But the situation suddenly changed, and the German Führer was in such danger as he is now.

The French team changed the direction of their attack for a special reason, which caused them to rush out of the trap carefully planned by the German high command, and the German team pounced. And the position to which they now point is the German Führer and his corps.

The Führer's Guards were about to face the attack of the last elite forces of the French ** team, while the other German troops were unable to support the Hydra Corps in time due to the distance, which is why the headquarters desperately wanted to drag Xu Jun away from that battlefield.

From the point of view of intelligence, the French are far superior to Hydra in numbers, no matter how elite the army will be in the face of such a large number of enemies, the command is worried that once the situation becomes unmanageable, the Führer's life will also be threatened, and no one can afford this responsibility at that time, so they desperately urged other troops to move closer to Hydra, while constantly sending messages asking the Führer to leave the dangerous area.

"Führer, we are now confronted with the main forces of the French, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hold out to the end. We only have one division, and the French have ......," said Weirle with a wry smile.

"The French used all the reserves they could use this time."

Xu Jun snuffed out the cigarette butt and then picked up a report.

"The French ** team mobilized a total of 17 divisions and 320,000 people this time. Two of them were their only surviving armored divisions. Okay, I know what you're trying to say. But one thing to remember, we're going to stick to this no matter what, and we're going to have to hold those teams back. So that my plan can be carried out, and we can deal a fatal blow to the French here, and defeat them once and for all. Xu Jun said indifferently: "That's why I don't leave here." They already know I'm here, and they're really targeting me. They won't do anything else until they destroy me and my legions, giving us a chance to annihilate them. Of course, before we can do that, we have to make sure that we won't be annihilated by them first. It's funny to say that we just set a trap for them and didn't realize that we had fallen into each other's trap. Now we have to figure out how to use the enemy's trap to trap themselves, and I'm going to let those French people hang themselves with a noose of their own making."

"It's too dangerous, we're going to have to face at least one armored division and six infantry divisions from the French before our reinforcements reach their attack positions, it's a tough battle. I'm a little unsettling to use a mechanized infantry division against an enemy seven times its size." Wehrle said, shaking his head.

"You don't have to worry too much about this, we all know the strength of the French ** team, their tactics are too dull, and the coordination between the various units is also very chaotic, and you see, this reconnaissance report says that there is still a big gap between their teams, the mobility of the French ** team is uneven, some of the troops are even a day's distance between them, and there is only one road near us, and the poor maneuverability of the French makes them not to leave the road, so that we even know which direction they are coming from.

Our air force will wear down their forces along the way, delay their movements, and give us time to build strong fortifications. And it is likely that they will join the attack, as usual, division by division, which will give us various opportunities to break through. Of course, this is all hypothetical, and I don't dare to pack a ticket for what the situation will be.

But at least we don't have to worry about those French teams rushing up. The terrain here is not bad, there are plains on one side, woodland on three sides, there are not many places where troops can be deployed, and according to the size of our positions, they cannot put six infantry divisions and one armored division on the front. All we had to do was get past them twice.

According to the intelligence, their vanguard will arrive this evening, but I have given the order for the air force to bomb that force non-stop and delay as much time as possible. If the air force bombards well, they may not be here until noon tomorrow, and it is absolutely impossible to go into battle immediately, so we have another day for ourselves.

Three days, we only need to hold each other for three days, and we can make history. France will be completely finished because of the defeat in this campaign, and we will win the final victory. Xu Jun said leisurely.

"I believe this, my Führer, that everything will work according to your will." Willle replied respectfully, and he continued: "What do you want to do with that man, we now have sufficient evidence against him. He has betrayed you to your enemies many times, putting you in passivity several times, and this time he has also leaked your movements to the French, this is a naked act of rebellion, this is an enemy, he betrayed Germany, what will you do with him. ”

"I can't touch him yet, I still need him to continue to deliver messages to the French. If he were suddenly arrested, the French would have guessed that their plan had been discovered, and they would most likely have retracted. This would disrupt the deployment I am now making, and now he and the French think that we have not discovered their plans, that they think that everything is still under their control, so that they will have the recklessness to get into the trap I have prepared for them.

That person has now been closely monitored by us, and I am not afraid that he will be able to play any new tricks, but when the French ** team in front of us begins to retreat, that is, the day he enters the German ** prison, I will settle the account with him, so that all Germans know what will happen to a traitor who betrays his motherland and betrays his own nation. Xu Jun frowned, and the cold chill in his tone made Weierle shiver.

"I see, that kind of person deserves this kind of fate." Wehrle took off his monocle and wiped it with his handkerchief.

"Then your decision is that we are going to fight a defensive battle here, and it looks like our Hydra is going to be put to a tough test in his first appearance. We now need to gather all the senior officers for an operational meeting, time is running out, we need to let them know the gravity of the situation, and every soldier and officer must be fully prepared for the coming battle. But they're veterans and they're all very experienced, and I think they'll know what to do. Weirle said.

"Okay, you go and call all the officers above the battalion level for a meeting at once, and we will discuss the details of the defensive operation. We need some advice from them, after all, they have more actual combat experience than we do, so we know what else we didn't think of. We also want to ask them what supplies the troops are lacking at the moment, mainly what we need for defensive operations. Before we are now surrounded, we can also have the Air Force drop a batch of supplies and supplies on nearby open space to prepare for the siege that follows, so we must make a list as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Führer. I'm going to issue the order now. Weierle stood up and bowed slightly to Xu Jun, then turned and walked to the door of the tent, and as he lifted the curtain, a unique roar of airplanes slowly sounded above their heads.

"Oh, it looks like the Air Force is on a sortie." Xu Jun stood up and walked out of the tent with Weierle.

At this time, all the soldiers and officers outside the tent were looking up at the sky with their heads raised, and some soldiers were waving their arms into the air with cheers.

Xu Jun and Weierle squinted their eyes and looked into the sky, only to see hundreds of medium-sized bombers forming a steely neat formation and flying over their heads towards the southeast.

The huge fleet even obscured the sun for an instant, casting a large shadow on the ground, and that spectacular scene made everyone present excited.

"These planes are for you, my Führer. I've never seen anything like it, I've never seen so many planes flying together, it looks like there were at least three hundred, it's spectacular. Wheeler exclaimed loudly.

"You'll see more of this later, my Chief of Staff. This is a new tactic that I have developed for our Air Force, which is to concentrate large numbers of aircraft to carry out indiscriminate, gap-free coverage bombing of an area. I didn't expect the Air Force to have training results so soon, and it seems that those French people will not arrive here at noon tomorrow. Xu Jun said happily.

"Oh, new tactics, did you name them?"

Werler was no longer surprised by the endless new ideas that had emerged in Xu Jun, and besides, he didn't know anything about the Air Force, and he didn't understand what covered bombing was, let alone what it was.

He was now interested in what the Führer had named his new tactics, and why the Führer, who had come from the Army, was able to devise new tactics for the Air Force.

"Oh, I call it carpet bombing. It's a waste of ammo, but once you've learned his power, you'll think it's worth it, my Chief of Staff. Xu Jun turned around and walked into the tent of the command headquarters.

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