"It looks as if the French really took us for fools. Your Excellency Chief of Staff. ”

Xu Jun shook his head and handed the binoculars in his hand to the adjutant Eric who was standing aside.

"They may think that we have not mastered their strength yet, and want to use such a small means to confuse us, the French commander on the other side is really a little naïve."

Werler lowered his binoculars as well, and replied with a smile.

"No, he must not have known that their liaison officer was in our hands. Okay, let's go to Dogen's and have a look. ”

Xu Jun turned around and walked along the trench towards Dogen's forward command post. It was still a leisurely scene in Dougan's command post, and not a single person expressed any concern about the French attack. The officers carried out their work calmly, the orders were passed out in an orderly manner, the staff officers circled the map with the information fed back from the position, and the communication non-commissioned officers stood leisurely against the wall of the bunker and waited for the commander to give the task. Half of the officers still had tea and coffee in their hands, and many of them were smoking cigarettes, and the atmosphere here did not make people feel the tension before the battle.

"All stand up! Your Excellency the Führer is here! Seeing Xu Jun who suddenly appeared at the door of the command post, the staff officer on duty standing by the door was taken aback, he immediately straightened his chest, his whole body was as straight as a javelin, and then he shouted loudly with all his strength. Wow! With the sound of a uniform clash of boot heels, everyone immediately stood up to the door in greeting, and the entire command post became silent in an instant.

"Should they be better trained, or are they better conditioned...... Xu Jun was sure that he only heard the sound of boot heels colliding in front of him, looking at the group of SS officers in front of him with solemn and resolute expressions but a look of fanaticism and reverence in their eyes, Xu Jun really didn't know what to say for a while.

"Hello, my Führer!" The officers saluted respectfully.

"Hello gentlemen." Xu Jun lifted the marshal's staff and returned a military salute: "Continue your work." ”

"Yes, Führer!" The officers nodded and continued their work, but the volume of discussion and conversation was noticeably lowered.

"Dogen, what's going on now?" Xu Jun walked in front of Dogen easily, he asked Dogen with a smile, and the staff officers who were standing beside Dogen to discuss issues with him hurriedly lowered their heads and stepped aside. "Sir, how did you get here, and Chief of Staff Weierle. All you have to do is stay in the headquarters, and I'll keep you informed as soon as there's anything going on, sir. Dougan replied in a whisper, then he turned to the life adjutant who was standing to the side and frowned, "Eric, how can you get the chief to come to the front of danger, can't you persuade him?" And General Hans, why didn't he accompany the chief. ”

"Don't blame him, Dogan. He persuaded him, but I vetoed it, haha. Speaking of Hans, he was now sent by me to help General Guderian, who was now the acting commander of the Führer's Guards Panzer Battalion. Okay, wouldn't you like to tell me a little bit about the current situation? Colonel Dogen. Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"Of course, ah no, I mean of course yes, sir. Please come with me here, sir. Dogen took Xu Jun to the observation window of the shelter and pointed to the position in the distance and said: "Since I reported earlier, the French ** team has launched three small-scale attacks so far. They dispatched small batches of armored vehicles and infantry. I haven't seen the other tanks yet, but judging by the signs and flags on the opposing armored vehicles, they belong to the French 6th Panzer Division. ”

"I saw it too, the soldiers did a good job." Xu Jun said as he looked at the pile of more than a dozen burning armored vehicles in the distance. 'The French are making tentative attacks, we know that. They want to know about our firepower and strength, and of course I won't fall for that. So I ordered my troops to return fire only moderately, and until now we have not used our heavy firepower, those armored vehicles have been killed by 37mm anti-tank guns in the position, and we have eliminated at least a hundred of their infantrymen. Before you arrived, the French had just dragged back the bodies of those soldiers, and we did not stop that. Doagan reported from the side.

"Well done, Dogan. I was not mistaken, you are a good commander. Wehrle said with a smile. Thank you for the compliment, Your Excellency Chief of Staff. It's been a long time since I've commanded a battle, but thankfully, I haven't regressed yet. Dogan's face flushed.

"Also, as I reported to you, I found that the French on the other side did not seem to be their native troops, and my soldiers found that a large part of the French soldiers who charged were black, and there were troops with strange hats, which were probably French colonial soldiers." Dougan continued.

"So I wanted to see for myself, they dragged the body back, probably trying to cover it up. I now finally understand why the French High Command abandoned its own troops without blinking an eye, and it turned out that these troops and soldiers were not the army of the French mainland, but a motley of colonial troops transferred from various colonies. Even if these troops were completely annihilated, the French would not feel a trace of distress. But that 6th Panzer Division...... Maybe it's a sacrifice thrown for the sake of a more realistic performance. Petain was a treacherous thing. Xu Jun shook his head and said.

"The French have abandoned their troops, what is the matter, sir." Daogen didn't know what Xu Jun was talking about, he asked suspiciously. "I'll explain this to you slowly. All you need to know now is that when the French launch a full-scale attack, you will have to use all your strength to counterattack, killing and damaging the opponent's living forces as much as possible and depleting the opponent's strength. I can tell you that the other side will definitely not be able to afford this, because they will not have any reinforcements or supplies. When we exhaust their existing strength, we will attack! Then the war ended once and for all. Xu Jun replied.

"Yes, sir." Although Daogen still doesn't know the meaning of Xu Jun's words, an order is an order, and as a moral officer, he has always carried out orders without reservation.

"By the way, what about the fire of the French, did they bombard our positions with heavy artillery. Last night's heavy rain washed out the runway, and our artillery school firing and reconnaissance planes are now unable to take off. So if the opponent has heavy firepower, it is very difficult for us to be able to determine their position. Weirle asked.

"No, the French did shell our positions, but they were sporadic and didn't seem to be of great caliber, maybe just light infantry guns. We have been harassing with heavy mortars at the positions of the French. They didn't react much to it either. Dougan replied.

"It may be that the French do not have enough ammunition, but we cannot take it lightly, maybe it is a trick of the French. We still have to keep our soldiers ready to defend themselves against a sudden artillery attack by the French. Wehrle said with a frown.

"Yes, sir. I had already given a similar order to the soldiers before that. Due to last night's heavy rain, the soil on the position is now very soft, which will greatly reduce the power of the shells, and our position is also very strong, and the soldiers have dug the bunker very deep. I believe that even if the French launch a sudden artillery attack, it will not cause us much damage. Dougan replied loudly.

"That's good, but you can't be careless. Every soldier was a valuable asset to Germany. Xu Jun said lightly.

"Yes, sir!" Dougan nodded in reply.

"Okay, you seem to be doing a good job here, I'm satisfied." Xu Jun turned to Dogen and said, "I still have to go to the paratrooper position with Chief of Staff Weierle, and you can continue your work, Colonel Dogen." ”

"Yes, sir. Do you want me to send soldiers to escort you? ”

"No, my guard is outside. Well, goodbye, Colonel. ”

"Goodbye, my Führer!" Dogen hurriedly nodded respectfully.

"Yuan is leaving!" The staff officer on duty shouted loudly.

"Gentlemen." Xu Jun raised his marshal's staff in a dashing manner at the tall officers standing in the room.

"I am very satisfied with your work and continue to work hard for the sake of Germany......

Before Xu Jun could finish speaking, the lookout, who had been standing outside the command post, suddenly shouted loudly

"Attention! Shelling! As soon as the words fell, Xu Jun and the officers heard the screaming sound of the shells as they cut through the air, followed by a rumbling explosion in front of the position, and the command post trembled slightly in the explosion.

"Another sporadic shelling!"

"This time there are only ten shells at most!"

"Let the forward troops report the losses."

The officers immediately began to assess the shelling of the French.

"This time it's different, it looks like it's more than 100 millimeters." Dogan rushed to the observation port of the shelter and raised his binoculars to look at the position.

"It seems that the French are beginning to use their most powerful artillery, which is a 185-millimeter infantry gun, with a slow rate of fire, a short range, and heavy and complex old equipment. I have encountered this kind of French artillery many times in the last war, when the French used this kind of artillery to turn my position into honeycombs, craters all over the place. I remember that it really caused us a certain amount of damage at the time, but I didn't expect the French to still use it, but now it seems that they don't have more than ten of them. Oh? The troops in the rear of the French may be massing, and their heralds are running frequently. Prepare the soldiers for battle, the French are going on the offensive. ”

Both Weierle and Xu Jun also returned to the observation window, raised their binoculars and looked at the front line.

"The French really don't have much to say about their skills, look at the spread of those craters, are they deliberate or are they really that bad."

Wehrle shook his head and looked at the craters scattered at the front of the position, which were still smoking and were not only far from each other, but all of them hit the open space in front of the position, not even the edge of the German position.

"Attention, the second shelling is coming." Dogan shouted loudly. A few more heavy shells landed on the front of the position, this time it was much closer than the previous round, and Dogan could clearly see a wet block of mud the size of a motorcycle being propelled by the blast wave of the explosion to roll in the sky for four or five weeks before accurately smashing into a machine gun bunker, and the three machine gunners rolled and crawled out of their firing position before the mud fell.

"It is reported that our positions on the left and right flanks have all been shelled by the French ** team, but they have been bombarded by some light infantry guns, and so far they have not caused any losses." A staff officer reported with a telephone receiver.

"Artillery preparations before a full-scale attack? But that's too weak. What about the losses of our positions. Dougan asked.

"There haven't been any casualties, you see, they didn't hit our positions at all." The staff officer replied with a relieved expression.

"Sir, now that the French may be going on a full-scale attack, it is not safe for you to stay here, I beg you to go back to the corps commander, where you can command the operation of the entire defense system, we need your general command." Daogen said respectfully to Xu Jun.

"I see, the chief of staff and I immediately returned to the headquarters. It's all up to you, Colonel Dogan. Remember my previous words, if the French really attack in full, then counterattack with all your strength. Xu Jun nodded to Daogen after speaking, and then walked out of the command post with his subordinates.