"Get out of the car, let all the hitchhikers get off, the troops are scattered, the first battalion is in the front, the second battalion and the third battalion are interspersed and followed behind the first battalion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info Guard Company, which was responsible for the protection of the support detachment and the repair company, moved to the right flank of the 1st Panzer Division, and we plunged forward from the right! ”

Before they could break out of the forest area, Li Ling saw the jungle that had already been destroyed by the bombers, corpses everywhere, the forest in front of him had almost been razed to the ground, and the thick trees lay across the road full of craters.

The corpses of the British and Belgian soldiers lay across the ground, no one to restrain or care, the tank units were in front, and in order to ensure the speed of the march, as long as it was not overly thick trees, they would run over them directly, including those corpses, of course.

Sitting in the tank, they couldn't experience the shocking feeling, but it was the way they drove over that caused unimaginable troubles for the free-riding infantry and the motorized infantry behind them.

Looking at the bloody corpses, bursts of vomiting sounded from the back of the tank troops, that kind of bloody scene, even veterans who had experienced the Polish campaign, were really unbearable, and almost every step they took was through with minced flesh......

"Order the 1st Armored Division and the 1st Regiment directly under it to slow down, not too fast, we need enough time to gather troops, especially the baggage troops that are dragging behind."

This is the second time that Kleist has given orders to slow down these two forces, but it doesn't seem to have much effect, and the two forces don't take Kleist's orders seriously at all.

"General, we can't let them rush forward like this anymore, now our artillery and logistics units have not kept up, and if they encounter the enemy's main force, it is very likely to cause serious casualties."

A staff officer stood next to Kleist, reminded him worriedly.

But what can Kleist do?

He is indeed the commander of Army Group A's 'Kleist' armored group, but if you look at the troops rushing to the front, one is the unit of Guderian, the director of the armored corps, and Guderian is staying in the 1st Panzer Division at this time, and the other is the 1st regiment directly under Li Ling, who has an inexplicable relationship with Führer Heydrich, neither of these two troops can be easily tamed by Kleist.

Although there are military regulations in the army, for these two people, if they really want to rise to the level of military regulations and military discipline, I am afraid that no one will dare to punish them, but they will not be able to mix in the army in the future, and the interpersonal network of these two people is not comparable to themselves.

"Where is the 15th Motorized Corps, which crossed the Ardennes Forest from another way, and did they cross the forest? Let's see if they can keep up, give the 19th Panzer Corps some cover, and not let the 19th Panzer Corps rush forward completely without cover. ”

"General, the entire Fourth Army has not yet crossed the jungle, and the 15th Motorized Army is also among them, and if the 15th Motorized Army is really to be used in this matter, it should be applied to the Army Group and the order will be issued by the Army Group, right?"

“......”

Kleist never thought that he would be so cowardly, theoretically all the armored divisions of the entire Army Group A should be under his command, but at the beginning of this war, this situation happened to happen, and Guderian's troops and Li Ling's troops were obviously not so easy to command.

"An order was sent to the 19th Panzer Corps and the 1st Regiment directly under it, asking them to report their positions at all times, slow down their advance as much as possible, and stop and wait for reinforcements as soon as they find a large force of the enemy, and not to attack without authorization."

......

"Lee, what do you think? The French do not seem to have any heavy troops in this direction, and we should not wait for them, but we can seize the opportune moment and advance directly to the line of the Meuse, build as many bridgeheads as possible, and then wait there for the build-up of troops. ”

"You're a general, you came to me to ask a little major about this kind of thing, it seems a little inappropriate, right?"

Li Ling looked at Guderian with some surprise, this didn't seem to be Guderian's style of acting, and according to the previous battle plan, their task itself was to quickly seize the advantageous terrain after breaking through the Ardennes Forest, open a bridgehead along the Meuse River, and cross the river together after waiting for the infantry troops to come up.

"Please, we're fighting together now, so I'm naturally going to negotiate the next move with you, an ally!"

"Okay, let's do it, it's not a big deal anyway. As for the orders from the armored cluster, just ignore them, and we will slow down a little bit, and we won't be particularly strong in the front. ”

Li Ling had an indifferent expression anyway, Manstein's plan was very unexpected, and now that most of the main forces of the French army were contained in Belgium by Army Group B, it seemed that such a mechanized force of theirs would not be threatened. Even if there is a real threat, it would be a big deal to ask for air support, anyway, air supremacy is now firmly in the hands of Germany.

"Okay, in that case, then let's go, as for slowing down, it's good for your troops to follow me, you are still in charge of my right flank, but the speed is still appropriate, let my three armored divisions move together as much as possible, at least not too far in front and back."

......

While Guderian's army was advancing in the direction of the Meuse, they did not know that the French had already done a good job of defense.

These fortifications were not developed after the news of the German crossing of the Ardennes Forest, but were defensive positions that had been in operation for a long time, and the strategic location of the Meuse River was so important that the French could not have been without defense all the time.

On the Meuse line facing them, the French had set up no less than a hundred bunkers of all sizes, equipped with a variety of heavy firepower, and they had been deployed here for the sole purpose of preventing a possible crisis in the First World War.

After determining their objective, the force was not moving very fast, but it was not very slow, and they finally reached the outskirts of the Meuse line in the evening.

After ordering the troops to stop advancing, Guderian looked at the dense bunkers that appeared in the telescope, and his scalp tingled for a while, such a bunker group can be called an absolute nemesis for armored troops!