"From the beginning, we were deceived!" As the new commander-in-chief of the French army, the army, and the air force, Wei Gang, who had just returned from Syria, convened officers in the capital Paris for a wartime meeting as usual.

Since he took office on May 19, Wei Gang has held numerous such rear meetings. The content of the meeting was much the same, nothing more than a discussion on how to relieve the siege of more than 400,000 coalition troops around Dunkirk.

This kind of after-the-fact meeting actually has little effect, and what can really work is not their France, but the British's "generator plan".

Of course, the topic they discussed today was a little different from the past, and it was not how to cooperate with the British's generator plan.

The theme of today's meeting originated from a secret revealed by the German social worker newspaper.

"The Siegfried Line, from the very beginning, was a front!" Wei Gang waved a German social worker newspaper in his hand, and said loudly with an ugly expression: "It's ridiculous that we only know now." ”

"Look at these Germans, who were building the Maginot Line while they were building up their armaments. While we were perfecting the Maginot Line, they were confusing us with a fake Siegfried Line, which was actually an increase in armaments. From the very beginning, they were completely unprepared for a defensive battle, they always thought about attacking! ”

In order to expand the propaganda effect, Reinhardt quickly instructed the Propaganda Department to unravel the secrets of the Siegfried Line and create a favorable public opinion effect when it was determined that a great victory at the front line was imminent and that the Siegfried Line was no longer of confusing significance.

It is not only necessary to let the German people know that what has always confused the French and made them hesitate to attack is nothing more than a lack of armor steel plates for defense against heavy shells, a large number of wooden bunkers, and a false position full of small fortifications of simple structures.

It is also necessary to let the French know how cowardly and stupid their army really is, and how frightened it is to be frightened by a "toy-like" surface fortification.

Let the whole world see this joke.

And when people all over the world mention this joke in after-dinner chatter, they will also imperceptibly acquiesce to the fact that France is not Germany's opponent, the title of the first army in Europe, and it is time to change seats!

"Of course, there is no point in discussing what has already happened." Wei Gang changed his words, raised his voice and emphasized: "What we have to do now is to leave a way back for the next!" ”

After receiving Wei Gang's eye signal, Admiral Berant, who had been promoted to lieutenant general, got up from his seat, walked to the large-scale map of the conference room, and pointed to the line of the Songmu, Oise and Aisne rivers with a lifting and shrinking pole: "Although our main army, because of the previous commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Gan Molin, was surrounded by the Germans in the Dunkirk area. However, this is not all our forces! ”

Moving the lifting and shrinking pole on the map, Belon slowly introduced: "According to Commander Wei Gang's instructions, we cannot pin all our hopes on the British government's generator plan. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the generator plan fails, we can't sit still! ”

Saying this, there was an immediate commotion in the conference room.

Those who can sit in this conference room are not ordinary low-ranking officers. Whether it is vision or knowledge, it is extraordinary for ordinary front-line officers. When Belante said this, anyone with a little brain should have thought that Wei Gang, the new commander, had a big plan to announce.

Sure enough, he didn't let everyone wait too long, and after seeing General Wei Gang nodding at him, Beranger immediately introduced Wei Gang's new plan and said: "Because our army's elite division has suffered a heavy defeat in Belgium and is still surrounded in the Dunkirk area, the remaining divisions are very poorly equipped, and there is no air force to support ......"

Speaking of which, we have to mention how much impact the mistakes of the previous commander-in-chief of the French army, Gan Molin, had on the French army.

Convinced of the authenticity of the captured version of the Yellow Plan, Gammelin forgot the essence of the French Army, and the entirety of the Air Force, in northern Belgium.

As a result, the consequences now are. In the French army taken over by Wei Gang, the new commander-in-chief of the navy, army, and air force, the air force has suffered all losses, the army is all weak brigades, and the navy is still the main force, but it cannot solve the urgent needs of the moment. After all, the battleship could not drive to land to block the Germans.

However, Wei Gang is not a mediocre general who does nothing. Even, compared with Gan Molin, Wei Gang is far more suitable for the position of commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Speaking of which, Wei Gang's resume is much richer than Gan Molin's lucky career.

After graduating from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1887, Wei Gang worked steadily and steadily climbed to the position of member of the French Supreme Military Council in 30 years.

A year later, as chief of staff to Ferdinand Foch, the supreme commander of France, he learned a lot of classical tactics and tactics, and was soon promoted to general.

Of course, Wei Gang's most glorious experience was actually in 1920~1922, which most people don't know much about.

As everyone knows, Poland's First Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, with a retrained Polish army, defeated the Western Front of the Soviet Red Army under the command of Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky in 1920.

Few people know, however, that until then, it had been the French military guidance mission in Poland that had helped Pilsudski train his army. And the head of the French Guidance Mission at that time was Wei Gang!

Later, Wei Gang successively served as chief military adviser in Syria and Lebanon, director of the French Center for Military Studies, chief of the General Staff, vice chairman of the Supreme Military Council, and director of the army. It can be said that Wei Gang has really come to this day step by step, and his record or resume is impeccable!

Moreover, from the very beginning, Weigand opposed the appeasement policy of the French government and did not approve of pinning national security on a Maginot Line, which was a rare person in France who understood.

If it weren't for the outbreak of the Franco-German War, Wei Gang, a real French general, would have continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the French forces in Syria and Lebanon, preparing the Eastern Army to prepare for an attack on the southern part of the Soviet Union.

However, the German offensive made this famous French general, who was bent on defeating the Soviet army again, stand on the opposite side of Germany.

"Since the rest of our army is poorly equipped and lacks air support, I can only concentrate them on the line of the Somme and Aisne rivers to build a new defensive line, taking advantage of the geographical location of the river and defending against the danger. At the same time, I will draw about 8 divisions from the garrison in the Maginot Line to strengthen the new line. ”

At the end of the meeting, Wei Gang took the telescopic rod from Birant's hand and stood in front of the map and announced loudly: "Whether the British succeed or fail in Dunkirk, the fate of France is still up to us French." This time, we will not let the Germans bypass the line again! Long live France! ”

"Hooray, France!"

The crowd shouted in response.