"Sir, the Charrett that General Devael spoke of earlier. Who exactly was de Gaulle. I remember hearing the name before, but I can't remember where I heard it. It looks like you're familiar with the name. That one...... It's the first time I've seen you so surprised to hear a name, and I'm very curious about it, and I hope you will answer my questions, my Führer. ”

Colonel Dougan struggled to restrain his intense curiosity. He was very strange at the kind of surprise and gaffe that the Führer had never seen before when he first heard the name of the Frenchman.

Dougan struggled through the lunch break with this question, and it was inconvenient for him to bring it up because there were many bystanders present. Now that all the irrelevant people were gone, he finally found an opportunity to turn to the Führer for answers.

Dougan was very careful in his choice of words, making his questions as tactful and receptive as possible.

"It's Charles. De gaulle. My dear Dogen. ”

Xu Jun dusted off the long soot on the cigarette butt in the aluminum ashtray on the table, and then picked up the coffee in front of him.

"Oh, yes, my Führer, it's Charles. De gaulle. ”

Dogan's face flushed slightly, and then he asked, "But this Charles." Was there anything special about Charles de Gaulle? I think you're interested in him. ”

"Not really, my dear Dogen. What do you say, this man ......?"

Xu Jun put down the cup in his hand, he turned his gaze to the wall of the tent in front of him, and fell into that distant memory. In that moment, Dogen seemed to see that the young Führer's deep gaze had penetrated the canvas, everything outside the tent, and even time. At that moment, Dogen felt that he saw a real angel, a majestic and wise angel with a hint of sorrow, and people couldn't help but want to bow down.

Just as Dogen wanted to see more from Xu Jun's eyes, those feelings suddenly disappeared as if they had begun, and Xu Jun had already withdrawn his gaze. Dougan didn't believe that those feelings were just his own illusions, he believed that his feelings were real, that he did see something, something that made him excited, that he saw the true face of God's apostles, that the merciful God was indeed caring for his country.

Xu Jun didn't know that his momentary loss of consciousness would bring so many feelings to his adjutant, he smiled slightly at Daogen, and then said lightly.

"For France, the Shire. De Gaulle was a hero, and he possessed all the qualities necessary to be a great leader, and although not many people see this now, I am sure that soon everyone will agree with me. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, for me, for Germany, he's going to be a big troublemaker." Xu Jun replied lightly.

"Colonel Dogan, haven't you read that book Building a Professional Army? The book explained how armored forces were used in warfare and what power they possessed, and the ideas in it coincided with my theories at the time, and I gained some new ideas and ideas from them to refine my theory of armored forces. It can be said that there is a shadow of that book in the tactics of the German armored forces now, and the author of that book is Charles. De gaulle. ”

Guderian, who had been sitting on the other side of the table silently sipping coffee, suddenly interjected.

"Oh, you're saying he's an armored specialist, a military genius? General Guderian. Dougan asked in surprise.

"Haha, my dear Dogen, don't worry. This man is not yet a military genius, at best a tactical expert. ”

The chief of staff, who was sitting next to Guderian, smiled and said, "I have also studied his books, and I have done a series of investigations on him for this purpose. De Gaulle was not as difficult to deal with as he had hoped, and he now preferred to be involved in politics more than his military achievements.

De Gaulle was not a qualified soldier compared to our General Guderian, how to say, he was always a little unprofessional, and there was still a big gap between his tactical theories and General Guderian's.

This man is very conceited, and the result of his sharp edge is that he never likes his superiors, and his theories cannot be understood and accepted by those who are rigid in their thinking.

Of course, this is not a good thing for us. At least it saves us a lot of effort, imagine that if the French team really used their tanks according to his theory, although it would not make any difference to the final outcome of the war, we might pay a greater price for the final victory. ”

"I agree with most of you, General Weirle. But there is one thing I cannot agree with, and although I do not know what the Führer found in this man that we do not see, nor why His Excellency the Führer has such a high opinion of him, what I do know is that, from the point of view of a professional soldier, de Gaulle and his theories do not bother us much in our victory.

Leaving aside the disparity between us and their equipment and the quality of their soldiers, as well as the poor quality of their officers, the overwhelming superiority of our side can be seen from the theoretical exposition of the direction of the use of armored forces by both the enemy and us.

De Gaulle was not familiar with strategic issues, and to put it more thoroughly, he had no strategic vision at all, and all his theory of armored forces was limited to the tactical level.

I don't see any narrative in all his writings about the strategic use of tank units, he only sees the advantages of the tactical use of tank units in local areas.

And we look at the use of armored forces more from a strategic point of view, and this is what distinguishes us from the French, and it is also the fundamental reason why we are superior to the French in all aspects.

This man can only be an ordinary tactical commander at most in the German ** team, and I think his tactical level may not even be comparable to General Rommel, who died in Arras, he does not have the indomitable momentum and the ability to adapt to changes like Ommel, and he prefers to do a kind of tactical speculation in comparison, and these problems are shown in his plan.

If it were me, I would definitely not let such a commander make any battle plan that exceeds the size of a legion, because that would exceed the limits of his abilities.

From what we know so far, it is clear that he is making a tactical gamble, and if he had the slightest strategic vision, he would never have come up with such a stupid plan.

And it's not just him, I haven't seen a few senior commanders in the entire French team who really have a strategic vision, and even if they do, they are only stuck in the experience of the last war.

As a result, all resistance from the French army was destined to end in tragedy, and I feel sad and sorry for the brave French soldiers, leaving aside the hostile relationship between us. ”

After saying this, Gudrian shook his hair and let out a soft sigh.

"Okay, let's not discuss this issue for now, since my commander of armored forces and my chief of staff are here, let's discuss our next plan according to the information we already have, and see if we need to make adjustments."

Xu Jun gestured to the orderly standing aside, and the soldier hurriedly stepped forward to put away the snacks and cutlery and make room on the table. A staff officer left the table, and he spread out a large map in front of Xu Jun.

"Gentlemen."

Xu Jun stood up, he took a pencil and pointed to the map in front of him.

"We have now obtained a general picture of the French team's offensive plan from various sources. According to the intelligence, De Gaulle's original intention was to carve a corridor from the right flank of Army Group A, and then establish a strong landing point for the British before our troops had time to react.

He then prepared to unite with the British who had landed to sabotage and intercept the supply lines in our rear, and if his plan succeeded, it would indeed pose a great threat to us, or at least halt our advance.

In serious cases, we would also have to retreat some of our troops to maintain our supply lines. In this case, the end of the war may be delayed for another month or two, perhaps for half a year.

What makes them even more appealing is that they may be able to stalemate with us on these fronts after they have gained all this time of respite and enough support, and they think that this is the last thing we want to see, so we may be forced to make peace with them in that situation.

From this point of view, the French still have a bit of strategic acumen. But, as General Guderian had said, the French lacked strategically far-sighted officers, they only wanted a great victory, and if their goal had been smaller, they might have succeeded.

They forget that it is no longer in the last war, and the current German team is not the German team in the last war, and we have absolute superiority, both strategically and technologically. ”

Xu Jun glanced at the officers seated and then continued: "De Gaulle's plan was a mistake from the beginning, he did not look at the current situation strategically, he wanted to achieve a great tactical success.

However, he has a very serious problem, and the quality of the soldiers and officers of the French ** team is no longer the same as it was before the war, both in terms of the quality of the soldiers and officers and the reserve of technical equipment. We had already wiped out most of their elite troops in the early stages of the campaign, and now the troops in the hands of the French are all second-line troops or reorganized remnants of the war, and the quality of the soldiers has been greatly reduced, and a large part of them are recruits who have no combat experience and have not even passed the military skills.

But he had no other troops to use, and this was the only reserve force that the French could use, and their elite troops were now on the defensive line to resist our attack, so it was impossible to be mobilized.

He was well aware that it would be a dream to use such troops to accomplish his campaign ideas, and that those units would definitely not have the ability to break through our defenses and continue to advance in depth as he had conceived.

So he had chosen it as the point of breakthrough for his troops, where Guderian's corps would connect with the line of the 6th Infantry Division, which had been fortified behind the Cyprus corps.

In order to maintain the offensive momentum, Guderian's corps had been shrinking its defence, and a three-kilometre-wide gap appeared here a week earlier. None of us paid attention to this at the time, not even the High Command. De Gaulle, on the other hand, seized the opportunity, and from this point of view he seemed to be quite shrewd, and it was a good choice for him to choose this as a breakthrough.

He must have seen that we would never have thought that he would dare to do this between the two most powerful German regiments. At this point, we are all negligent. If he hadn't found it early, maybe he would have been able to pass through here. ”

"Yes, my Führer."

"But he didn't think about it, and although this is a good breakthrough point, it is still not enough for him to complete the entire campaign objective." The reason is that the goal he set for this campaign is too high, and he wants to break through the middle of the Sixth Infantry Division in a short time, cutting the Sixth Infantry Division diagonally, relying on the forces he is now mobilizing, which is definitely an impossible task to complete.

Although the 6th Infantry Division was nominally only a pure infantry unit, she had the support of a tank battalion and two mechanized infantry companies that Cyporus was resting in the rear, and she also kept a large amount of French artillery and ammunition captured by Cypress, so it was definitely not something that could be done in a day or two to cut through its defenses, and if de Gaulle's troops could not do so before we could react accordingly, these French troops would be caught in the middle of the encirclement attack of our two major corps.

Not to mention the twenty-seven infantry divisions of Army Group A that were massing in the rear, and they could be on the battlefield in two days. When the time comes, even if the algorithm ** team has twice the strength, they will not want to escape from our encirclement. ”

"But, Führer, how did he discover that gap, didn't you say that even the High Command was negligent about it? I can't imagine that the French are now capable of spotting this. Guderian asked, confused.

"Do you need to ask? Your Excellency, it was the man who revealed it to the French. It is unforgivable that damned traitor, for his dastardly purposes, should push our brave soldiers to the brink of danger. Weirle said coldly as he rubbed his monocle.

"Oh, I see." Guderian nodded angrily.

"Don't mention that yet. Let's move on. ”

Xu Jun said lightly: "Chief of Staff Weierle said earlier that they chose an unattainable goal. This was a strategic mistake on the part of de Gaulle, who only considered the problem on a tactical level, only about what kind of resistance he would encounter at the moment, and did not think about how we would deploy to it. His goal was a little bigger, he wanted to penetrate the 6th Infantry Division and retake Cherbourg.

He also didn't want to think about how we could watch his dozen or so divisions rampaging through our lines. Although he has a powerful army, he lacks sufficient technical weapons to support him. He had only two armored divisions, and the mechanization of the infantry units was surprisingly low.

And he did not have any air cover until he captured Cherbourg. We have French airspace in our hands, and we can bomb what we want at will. The lesson of the French 42nd Infantry Division is right before our eyes, which allows us to see the fate of the infantry unit without air supremacy and not enough anti-aircraft fire to cover it, which is also a problem that we will pay attention to in the future. Including our armored forces, General Guderian. ”

"Yes, my Führer, I'm already thinking about it." Guderian replied with a nod.

But de Gaulle's purpose had now changed, and he had abandoned the unattainable plan. The High Command was already aware of it when he first began to move his troops, but we did not expect the French to have such a crazy plan in any way. Until they officially started the attack, we didn't see what their real purpose was. The High Command mobilized twelve infantry divisions and three armored divisions to intercept them, but they were in vain. Weirle pointed to the arrow on the map that represented the German team.

"Yes, there was only one reason for this change, and that man told the French the news of my coming to the front, which led de Gaulle to find a target that would appeal to him even more, and that was me." Xu Jun said with a smile.

"We're in a very delicate position right now, we're in the middle of the front, just six kilometres from that gap, and we're jutting out of the line, so it's a very visible target. De Gaulle made a nearly seventy-degree turn with his sluggish troops in order to attack us, only to have them escape the plan of the High Command's subordinates, and not only that, but also to distance themselves from the interceptors.

And because of our misjudgment, it will take two days for the nearest reinforcements to arrive now, Cyprus has been deeply embedded in the French line, and now there is no way to turn back to help, even if they want to do so, I will not agree, since the French have abandoned that plan, then we cannot do what we have been deployed, which will disrupt the pace of our attack.

The 6th Infantry Division had to defend the flank line of Cyprus and ensure that the supply lines of the corps were unblocked, and for a time it was unable to draw troops to support it. Guderian's corps is now in a stalemate with the French Seventh Army on our left flank, and I don't want to make any moves with her. Now we can only rely on the transfer of troops from the rear to support, and it will take time.

De Gaulle knew that even if I found out his purpose, I would not run away, it was related to the honor of a leader, if I did this, the morale of the German ** team would be dealt a heavy blow, and de Gaulle could also get a propaganda victory, after all, he forced the German Führer to flee, which would be the greatest encouragement to the current low morale of France, and he would become a French hero.

And if I hadn't fled, he might have been able to win even more with his current temporary superiority in strength. If I had died in his attack, Germany would have been thrown into disarray, and perhaps the war would have been lost, and he would have become a hero not only to France, but to all of Europe.

That's why he abandoned that plan, and that kind of tactical victory is completely incomparable to this victory in comparison. For even if he were to achieve that plan, the benefits he would receive would be limited, and if he could achieve his present goal, that benefit would be infinite.

De Gaulle was indeed a keen man of politics, and he chose a target that would best enable him to obtain political capital. He can no longer be regarded as a pure soldier, he has learned to look at military issues from the perspective of a politician through and through, his short-sightedness in strategy has not changed, and his political acumen has worn out his intuition as a soldier. He would never have imagined now that because of this, he would surely suffer a miserable defeat.

I will let him know what a mistake he will make with this choice, I will let him know what a terrible enemy he has chosen, and I will let him drink the bitter wine he has brewed. Let him know that the sacred battlefield is the stage where only the bravest warriors can stand, and definitely not a place where dirty politicians can survive. ”

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