"Division commander, the enemy's 8th blocking position has been overcome by a battalion of the 211th Regiment of our division. The other two battalions of the 211th Regiment were also about to take the enemy's 9th blocking position. ”

"Got it. Let the other troops enter the battle as soon as possible and continue to conquer the next British positions. Major General Shirek, commander of the 13th German Motor Infantry Division, ordered firmly and decisively.

"Divisional Commander....... The troops have been fighting for most of the day. It was already one o'clock at noon, but many of the soldiers of the army had not yet had time to eat lunch, and it would be too hasty to continue to put the troops on the offensive at this time? The operational staff officer who came to report added to Ciric.

In one morning and half a noon, they had captured eight British blocking positions and captured nearly 3,000 prisoners. From the point of view of an infantry division, this speed of attack is already superb.

Although, there are also favorable factors such as the low morale of the British army and the fact that the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division can call in air support to coordinate against the enemy. However, this level of achievement is definitely a very remarkable achievement.

At this time, it seems that there is nothing wrong with letting the forward troops who have been nervously attacking stop and repair a little.

"The commanders of the forward units are not nerds and do not have time to cook hot dishes, they know to let the soldiers improvise with compressed biscuits to pad their stomachs first. At such times, it is very unwise to waste time resting and eating. Ciric said decisively: "After all, time is precious and should not be wasted!" ”

As the military commander of the 13th Motorized Infantry Division, Ciric considered the problem at a much higher level than the staff officer. Admittedly, he also knew that his troops were beginning to get tired, and the frenzied attack of the morning had drained the soldiers a lot of energy.

However, he knew better how important every minute and every second was for the German army, which was shrinking the encirclement. For every minute of delay, perhaps the British in Dunkirk would be able to withdraw one more force.

The 13th Motorized Infantry Division, rushing to the forefront, should naturally take on the heavy task of breaking through the British blocking line in front of them. The responsibility is huge, and he cannot afford to slacken.

The armored forces in the rear, having returned to full power, began to send a pursuer of the Panzer Corps to Dunkirk.

Ciric understood that it only needed the 13th Motorized Infantry Division to break through the blocking line, and their mission would be complete. As for the task of continuing the rapid advance, it will be handed over to the 19th Panzer Corps, which will arrive shortly after.

In other words, the task of the 13th Motorized Infantry Division was only to clear the British blocking force in front of the 19th Panzer Army, which arrived immediately, to bear the losses of the 19th Panzer Army in overcoming the blocking point, and to free up the time consumed by the 19th Panzer Army to attack the blocking point.

Ciric waved his hand, and instructed from the combat staff officer with the rank of major in front of him: "Pass on my order, so that the forward troops should not care too much about losses, but go and attack boldly." It is impossible to clear the group of enemies in front of you before the armored forces arrive. When the battle in front of me is over, I'll give them time to recuperate and rest! ”

"Yes! Yes, sir! The Major quickly stood up and saluted, then turned to leave.

After watching the staff officer walk out of the headquarters and run to convey his orders, Ciric took a deep breath and walked back to the topographic map spread out on the table, continuing to study the terrain of this low hill.

According to the geographical distribution of this generation, there are not many areas left for the British to fight blocking battles, and there will be no more than 10 blocking points when the battle is full. And among them, there are only 7 effective blocking points!

Judging from the several sniper points he had conquered before, Ciric admitted that the British generals who arranged the defense were indeed a bit level. He did not disperse his insufficient troops into a straight line and use continuous line positions to resist the German army, but chose one hill after another as the center and expanded outward to deploy one point after another.

If the British general had chosen the former, i.e., a line position, Ciric was confident that he could make a breakthrough at any point and then completely crush the weak-willed British remnants.

However, the situation is now that the British soldiers are scattered in many villages and woods. Ciric could take any of these positions, but he had to devote a lot of time to each of them.

The British troops on this position were beaten and surrendered, and the British troops on the next position had to clean up again before surrendering. After the British troops on the next position were cleaned up, they had to send people to fight again in the next position.

Fortunately, these British had long been scared in the previous battles, and no one could still hold the courage to defend their positions, so these sniper points of the German army were still relatively easy to fight, and they almost won with one blow.

Moreover, these annoying sniper points are about to be stripped away. According to the information received by Ciric, the vanguard of the 19th Panzer Corps should arrive in this area this evening. At that time, it is time for the 13th Motorized Infantry Division to end all breakthrough battles and hand over a cleared path to the armored forces.

"Schiller, how many reserves are left in the division headquarters that can be deployed." Suddenly thinking of something, Cirek asked his adjutant, Major General Schiller.

Hearing Ciric's question, Schiller immediately stepped up and replied: "Among the remaining combat units at the division headquarters, apart from the guard company, there is only one recruit battalion in the division supply office. As for the motorized gendarmerie company, the motorized quartermaster company, and the motorized maintenance company, and other non-combat units, they are still intact. ”

After listening to the adjutant's words, Ciric nodded thoughtfully, and then stretched out two fingers in his right hand and said, "In this case, I have two ideas, you can help me see if it is suitable." ”

Ciric first pulled back a finger with his left hand, and at the same time said to the adjutant: "First, send the guard company to the front line. After all, the guard company has not been engaged in battle, and it is full of energy, so it is just right to use it for combat at this time. ”

Major General Schiller looked at Ciric in surprise: "Division commander, transfer the guard company to fight, what should I do with the guard work of the division headquarters?" ”

"The division headquarters does not need guard units at all." Ciric waved his hand firmly, and said confidently: "Now we are attacking the British defense, and they are exhausted from maintaining the defense, let alone finding our division headquarters and launching a counterattack." ”

"Besides," said Ciric, pulling back his second finger as well, "don't we still have the various logistics units of the divisional supply office and the divisional quartermaster department?" My second plan was for the gendarmerie company to take the lead and hand over the security work to the logistics unit. In this way, even if the guard company is transferred, the division headquarters does not have to worry about security matters. ”