"Alright, you can go back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Huh? And what about Guderian's side? ”

"You just go back, you don't have to worry about the 19th Panzer Army."

Kleist ran to sue angrily, but he didn't expect to touch a gray nose, and after listening to his statement, Rundstedt didn't expect to throw himself such an attitude, which was completely contrary to the result he imagined when he first came!

......

What made Kleist depressed, the next morning, had a result.

On the morning of that day, a top-secret order was sent directly to him, a battle order issued directly from the Supreme High Command to the commanders of the units, personally signed by the German Führer Heydrich!

"The Leader and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht

The High Command of the German Armed Forces, May 24, 1940

Top Secret Document No. 33028 of 1940

Only to the officers

1. The next operational objective was to carry out a centripetal assault on our troops on the northern flank, to annihilate the French, British, and Belgian forces encircled in the Artois and Flanders regions, and to quickly seize and defend the coast there.

At that time, the task of the Air Force was to crush all resistance of the encircled enemy, prevent the British from escaping through the English Channel, and cover the southern flank of Army Group A.

All advantageous fighters should be used to continue the fight against the enemy's air force.

2. The Red Plan was then to be carried out in three phases in order to annihilate the enemy forces in France:

Phase 1: Advance between the Channel and the Meuse to the lower Seine, up to Paris, intended to cover the main combat operations begun later in the evening with a small number of forces on the right flank in conjunction with the river.

As long as the situation permits and reserves are available, efforts should be made to carry out a centripetal assault in the direction of Mondidière before the end of the fighting in the Artois and Flanders regions, and to seize the area between the Somme and the Meuse, so as to prepare and create the conditions for a subsequent advance into the lower Seine.

Phase 2: The main army forces attack, with powerful armored and motorized units striking southeast through the Reims flanks, crushing the main French army in the Paris-Metz-Belfort triangle and destroying the Maginot Line.

Phase 3: Timely support of the main combat operations in this direction by carrying out auxiliary combat operations: breaking through the Maginot Line in the weakest part of the enemy's defense between Saint-Awold and Saqemín, and carrying out a surprise attack in the direction of Nancy-Lunneville with weaker forces.

In addition, depending on the situation, an offensive could be carried out across the upper Rhine, but not more than 8-10 divisions could be used here.

III. The tasks of the Air Force

1. The air force is not affected by the war in France, and once there are enough troops at its disposal, it will go all out to carry out operations against the British mainland. The war on British mainland will begin with a devastating retaliation against British air raids on the Ruhr region.

The objectives of the attack are determined by the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in accordance with the guidelines laid down in Directive No. 9 and by the supplementary regulations of the Supreme High Command for that purpose. Please report me the time and operational intentions.

Even after the commencement of combat operations in the Army, operations against the British mainland had to continue.

2. After the commencement of the Army's main combat operations in the Reims direction, the Air Force, in addition to maintaining air superiority, should directly support the ground offensive, crush the emerging enemy groupings, prevent the enemy from transferring forces, and in particular, cover the western flank of the offensive front.

If necessary, support should also be given in the breakthrough of the Maginot Line.

3. In addition, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force should consider what measures should be adopted in order to continue to transfer forces from areas that have hitherto been less threatened to strengthen the air defense of areas that are currently under major enemy attacks.

Matters related to the Navy shall be resolved through consultation with the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

Fourth, the tasks of the Navy

The lifting of hitherto restrictions on movement in the waters surrounding Britain and the French Littoral Sea Zone has allowed the Navy to use force to its fullest.

In some maritime areas, combat measures for the purpose of imposing a blockade are permitted; The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy should make recommendations on the boundaries of these sea areas.

It will be up to me to decide whether and in what form the embargo will be announced.

5. I would be grateful if you, Mr. Commander-in-Chief, would report to me, orally or in writing, on the plan you have drawn up in accordance with this Directive.

(Signed) Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich"

Heydrich's order was a general disposition of the French war situation, and had already revealed the intention of carrying out a full-scale attack on Britain, but it had already been explained at the beginning for the Anglo-French forces in northern France.

"By means of a centripetal assault on the northern flank, our army annihilated the French, British and Belgian forces encircled in the Artois and Flanders regions, and quickly captured and defended the coast there."

To put it bluntly, Guderian agreed with Guderian's approach, and now all the units of Army Group A in Abwehr were to carry out a centripetal assault, and only the 19th Panzer Army was left in the northernmost force, and the task of the 19th Panzer Army was already obvious.

Guderian and Li Ling, who received the order, almost laughed out loud, this is the real killing machine, the killing machine that destroyed the British and French forces in one fell swoop!

This order clearly required them to cut off the British and French forces from the coastline in the shortest possible time, and then stick to the coastline, so that the encirclement would become a complete circle. However, such an order was also very dangerous for Guderian and Li Ling.

When they did cut off the connection between the British and French forces and the coastline, the British and French forces would certainly desperately attack their defenses, while the fleet of the British Royal Navy would attack from behind.

The sheer power of the naval guns could easily destroy these seemingly formidable tanks, and such an order was likely to wipe out the 19th Panzer Corps and the 1st Regiment under its command.

The battle order was an emergency meeting of the Supreme Command to formulate a battle plan after listening to Rundstedt's report on the operation of Li Ling and Guderian going straight to Dunkirk, and Heydrich, as the Führer, only thought it was feasible after reading the plan, so he immediately issued it, and Heydrich did not know at this time that the troops that were going to complete the most dangerous tasks were actually Li Ling's troops.

Until noon on this day, when Heydrich came to the High Command and saw the operational map that clearly marked the location of the various troops and the direction of attack, Heydrich almost shot the entire High Command!

"Why didn't anyone tell me it was Lee's troops in that direction! Why hasn't anyone told me until now! I tell you, if anything happens to Lee, I'm going to take you all to his funeral one by one! All burials! ”

Heydrich jumped onto the table of the Supreme Command, this was the first time he lost his temper in front of everyone, and it was also the first time that these people in the Supreme Command really realized that Heydrich had taken Li Ling so seriously.

"Führer, then what do we do now? The order has been delivered......"

Keitel looked at Heydrich with some innocence, and his voice was small.

"Stop! Let them stop! Do you need to ask! Let them stop! ”

Heydrich burst into a rage, and then an urgent order was passed from the High Command......

(To be continued.) )