Although the speed of the Anglo-French troops to support Belgium was delayed by some circumstances, this did not mean that the British and French troops would not enter Belgium in a very short time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the evening of 1 May, more than eight divisions of the Anglo-French forces had entered Belgian territory and were already engaged in a war with the German army.

However, it was precisely because the Anglo-French forces quickly moved a large number of troops into Belgian territory that the atmosphere in the German High Command, which had been extremely tense because of the war, was jubilant at this time.

The most important and uncontrollable part of the Manstein Plan was to draw the main forces of the Anglo-French forces in northern France into Belgian territory, and then Army Group A to complete the outflanking through the Ardennes Forest area.

Now it seems that the command apparatus of the Anglo-French forces has obviously been deceived, and they are constantly transferring their main forces in northern France into Belgian territory, and everything is developing in the direction of Germany.

However, in the Luxembourg direction, the German Army Group A, which had a large number of German troops "with decisive forces in the battle", was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world, and in order to achieve the strictest secrecy, not only did they not receive support from the air force, but they also cut off all means of communication with the outside world.

Because Army Group C was constantly harassing the Maginot Line, and Army Group B was engaged in large-scale battles with the British and French forces in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Anglo-French forces, who had intercepted the 'Schlieffen Plan', thought that everything was under their control and did not take the Ardennes Forest to heart.

As for Luxembourg, a tiny country between the three countries of Germany, France and Belgium, which occupies nearly half of the Ardennes Forest, they seem to have little concern for the safety of the Ardennes Forest.

Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of the Kingdom of Luxembourg, had no illusions about whether she could guarantee that her country would not be destroyed in such a war, and when the Germans began to attack the Netherlands and Belgium, the ruler of the kingdom did not hesitate to flee without looking back.

When it was learned that the ruling class in Luxembourg had fled, French Defense Minister Edouard Daladier gave little thought to it, and this was the opportunity that France had been seeking, but it was the Germans who finally realized it.

Daladier immediately consulted with the French commander-in-chief, Camolein, and on the same day sent a British division and a Belgian division into Luxembourg to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy the weak country.

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By 8 p.m. on 1 May, the vanguard of Army Group A had advanced fifty kilometers into the Ardennes Forest, but as night fell, the advance of this force was slowed down again.

There were no lights, no smooth roads, and the night was always so slow, but the army didn't stop for a moment.

"Each car group arranges its own driver's rest, and those who want to learn to drive a tank can take over the driver's position, and then each unit organizes its own meal. Refueling will be scheduled in the early hours of this morning. ”

Putting down the intercom, Li Ling got out of the armored command car and looked at the night sky full of stars through the jungle, the sky was unusually quiet, there were neither German planes nor British or French planes.

"Commander, why don't you take a break, anyway, there is nothing to do tonight, at the current rate, if you want to break out of the forest, it is estimated that it will be tomorrow afternoon."

Kirsch saw that Li Ling was about to go out for a walk again, and hurriedly said with concern.

"You rest first, I'm not sleepy. By the way, I'll go to the 19th Panzer Army later, I'll leave it to you for the time being, and if there's anything, let someone go to the 1st Panzer Division to find me. ”

It's a little boring, but I can't be bored forever, and now that I'm not sleepy at all, it's better to go to the front and talk to Guderian in the 1st Panzer Division instead of acting with his own military headquarters again.

Although there is starlight, after all, it is already night, and the vision is very poor. But the huge convoy that couldn't be seen at a glance still gave Li Ling a little headache.

"Stop!"

Intercepting a motorcycle passing by him, Li Ling really didn't want to continue walking, although the speed of this army is now slower than walking, but because of the restrictions of the road, this force dragged on very long, a whole division of tanks, Li Ling wanted to go to the end, it is estimated that he would have been tired and lay down.

"Take me to the front, to the division headquarters of the 1st Panzer Division."

"Yes, sir."

There was no delay, and it seemed that only these motorcycles, which could travel between trees, were too small for tanks to be able to increase their speed in such an environment.

The speed of the motorcycle is actually not very fast, after all, you can't turn on the lights, and the vision is so poor, if you soar, you may hit the tree directly. But the motorcycle still sent Li Ling to the division headquarters of the 1st Armored Division within 10 minutes.

Before he could enter the tent of the 1st Armored Division, Li Ling heard Heydrich's invective.

After listening for a while, Li Ling understood what was going on, it turned out that just ten minutes ago, when Li Ling had just left his armored command vehicle, a tank driving in the front overturned again, but until now, a full twenty minutes have passed, and the traffic has not been restored, and the entire unit has stopped again.

The speed of travel was slow enough, and now every minute and second had to be contested, how could Guderian, as the commander of the vanguard force, still be able to maintain a good temper at this time?

"Yo Yo Yo, who is this angry here? The angry shouting and scolding could be heard within a radius of dozens of kilometers. ”

With a kick in the tent, Li Ling walked in, and as soon as he entered the door, he teased Guderian.

In fact, Li Ling didn't want to ridicule the head of an army in front of so many people, but this was also a helpless move, his slow marching speed was enough to make people restless, and now at this time, Guderian was still shouting and scolding, and the mood of the following staff officers can be imagined.

"Li, you're here. You don't know, this bunch of rubbish has overturned in front again! It's been ten minutes, and I haven't done it yet, you bastards! ”

"I said, General, as for making such a big fuss? It doesn't help you to get angry, after all, the current situation is like this, you can't turn on the lights when it's dark, and the road is narrow, and it's very troublesome for the tank to overturn and get over. ”

"Commander, we're already working on it, please rest assured, Commander, soon, it will be solved soon."

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