In the tunnels dug by German sappers beneath the Willer Fortress, Admiral Falkingham requisitioned nearly 400 tons of explosives and placed them in 20 tunnels in different areas...... The violent explosion lasted for 20 minutes, and the huge shock effect of the explosion made the entire Podol area feel the shaking like an earthquake.

The surface position of the Willer Fortress was almost completely destroyed in the violent explosion, and the area covered by the explosion was almost obscured by the dust and fog in the sky, so that both sides could not immediately determine the battle situation after the explosion, and finally, when the 32 Leopard I armored units of the Second Panzer Regiment belonging to the German Fourth Army broke through, it was found that the French defense force in the entire Willer Fortress defense area had completely collapsed.

This time, Admiral Falkingham did not give the Entente generals any chance, he made full use of the huge gap in the breakthrough of the Willle fortress in the first time, and directly stuffed the three armored divisions gathered on hand, although Lieutenant General Maulali saw the key point of the battle in Bordeaux, and almost immediately put in the most important reserves in his hands.

However, in the face of the swarming German armored forces on the plains, Lieutenant General Maulali could only command an armored force of less than 50 British-made MKII tanks, although the Allied British and American armoured units also had armored units, but the number was insufficient and they were still distributed on the Bordeaux defensive line, so they did not expect to encounter a frontal decisive battle of armored forces in such a short time.

At 9:50 a.m., in the Sennon area, 4 kilometers west of the ruins of the Willle Fortress, the temporarily assembled Allied armored forces and the 11th and 13th Divisions of the French Second Army and the Fifth Cavalry Division of the US Army rushed to reinforce the German Fourth Army head-on.

The frontal consisted of 150 German-made Leopard I tanks and 50 Earhart armored vehicles, which almost crashed head-on into the Allied defenses. The disparity in the number of armored combat vehicles between the two sides exceeded 4 to 1. As a result, the whole assault turned into a one-sided massacre. After less than 40 minutes of fierce fighting, all 42 British MK tanks were destroyed in their positions, while the Germans lost less than 10 tanks.

The three divisions of the Allied land forces were completely powerless to resist in the face of nearly 200 tanks and almost crushing German forces without any heavy firepower, and the entire defense line collapsed after only one hour......

By 4 p.m., Ludendorff's German Fourth Army had broken through the city of Bordeaux to engage in street fighting, and a large number of German troops were pouring into the Bordeaux flanks through the open front. Later that day, Admiral Falkingham sent an extremely important telegram to Berlin, arguing that the war in the French theater had finally achieved what it had been hoped for, and that the fall of Bordeaux would mean that the French government had lost control of the entire French territory.

The collapse of the Bordeaux Line, which would undoubtedly have been a fatal blow to the entire French theater of operations, the Entente in the ground war in France. It will have to face two war zones divided by Germany, the vast and important industrial area of central France, from Bordeaux to Marseille. Having all fallen, the remaining French resistance in the east faced a situation where they could not receive aid from Britain and the United States, unless the Spaniards agreed to the passage of their territory by the Entente.

But this was obviously not a good idea, Spain could not wait to declare neutrality from the beginning of the European war, and even expressed opposition to the Entente's preparation for war in Morocco, but the trade between the two warring sides was not left behind, and the Spanish military, although unwilling to enter the war, carried out an unquestionably pro-German policy, and it was definitely a difficult diplomatic problem to get the Spaniards to agree to fund the French from the border.

On May 24, three days after the destruction of the Willle fortress, the nearly 500,000 troops of the Allies stationed in Bordeaux were under siege from all sides.

Less than half a year after the formation of the French Ernest cabinet, the French Ernest cabinet made a decision to evacuate from Bordeaux to Nantes, near the English Channel. Cailliaud's re-organization of the cabinet, the new cabinet was obviously anxious, and in a hurry it could only announce to the outside world that it would unite Britain, Russia, and the United States to reorganize its military forces to counterattack Germany.

After all, the situation of the ground war in Europe as early as when Germany broke through Paris had been exposed, and the erosion situation in France had long been decided, if it were not for the intervention of Britain and Russia, the European war would have been over long ago, but the British Empire, which was forced to join the European war after the mutual insurance agreement, although it had absolute sea power, but after it was on land, more problems were exposed.

It was hoped that with the help of the Entente, France would eventually withstand the German attack, and the British Empire would eventually rely on its strong maritime control to eventually bring down the German Empire, which had lost its sea power...... But now, with the German Army finally destroying the Bordeaux Line, the tide of the war in France has become almost irreversible!

Unless......

For the Americans, the most direct impact was the shocking news announced by President Taft on May 25 that the 150,000 American expeditionary force led by General Pershing was surrounded by German troops and urgently needed support from home.

On the same day, U.S. Secretary of War Henry Lynson announced that the 100,000 U.S. troops assembled in Plymouth, England, would immediately go to the French battlefield and increase the number of troops originally planned to be engaged in the European war from 500,000 to 1 million, which would be completed within six months...... This means that the United States, which had less than 180,000 troops before the war, has rapidly expanded its military strength by more than six times after a year and a half of military preparations.

Almost at the same time, Prime Minister Asquith also announced a more hawkish European war policy, the British government in response to the partial defeat in the French battlefield, will issue large-scale war bonds in the London market and the American market, raising 200 million pounds of military spending, at the same time, the British Army will plan to recruit another 40 divisions of military strength into the European battlefield.

A day later, under the deployment of Admiral Winston Churchill, the Royal Navy quickly completed a new build-up, and put into the fourth battle squadron with the George V-class dreadnought Ajax as the flagship, this huge battleship formation consisting of 4 dreadnoughts and 7 dreadnoughts arrived at the mouth of the Garonne River two days later, which is less than 20 kilometers away from the Bordeaux theater of fierce fighting.

Vice Admiral Wallend, commander of the 4th Battleship Squadron, naturally understood the intention of the Navy to reach the mouth of the sea less than 5,000 meters into this river, and the entire fleet had 50 huge guns of more than 12 inches, and the number of 150mm heavy guns exceeded 150, which was absolutely unimaginable heavy firepower for a land war......

It was absolutely impossible for the navy to climb onto land to occupy an inch of land, and the victory of the ground war still needed to be completed by the army in the end, but Vice Admiral Wallend clearly knew better what he meant, that is, to do his best to protect the Allied army that was about to collapse on the Bordeaux line, and the order given to him by the admiral secretary Churchill was to evacuate the Allied army that was about to be encircled at all costs.

Do whatever it takes...... This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task for the navy, the ultra-luxurious lineup of 11 battleships can almost be a decisive battle with the main German fleet, and there are two Royal Navy destroyer formations on the periphery, in addition, a large number of merchant ships requisitioned from the west coast of France will also be assembled at the mouth of the Garonne River in a few days, how to organize the evacuation at that time, this question alone is enough to give Vice Admiral Wallend a headache.

The day after the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Garonne River, a German reconnaissance plane flew over the fleet, and was surprised to find a huge British fleet operating intensively in the river.

Lieutenant General Maulali made an extremely painful decision to place the headquarters of 9 French Army divisions and 2 US cavalry divisions in the city of Bordeaux, and at the same time ordered the remaining Allied troops to abandon heavy weapons to break through, which directly announced that the entire Bordeaux campaign quickly entered the final situation!

On the night of 29 May, the U.S. 4th Cavalry Division under Lieutenant General Pershing retreated to the town of Artsak, 7 kilometers from the mouth of the Garonne River, and successfully built an improvised line of defense against the local hills.

The powerful 343mm high-explosive bomb with strong kinetic energy has exerted an amazing power that anyone can marvel at, including in the second round of shelling, it is to create a 404kg high-explosive bomb after the explosion, directly overturning the terrifying effect of 3 German tanks nearby, this amazing shelling quickly ended the fierce pursuit of the German army, you know, even the most advanced German Leopard I tank is only installed with 35mm guns, even the confrontation with the destroyer is also the material to die...... Not to mention the confrontation with the George V-class dreadnoughts armed with 14-inch guns.

Although the construction of the last line of defense in the town of Artsak saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops in the Bordeaux theater, it was impossible to reverse the defeat of the Allied countries.

This puzzle puzzled him, and he also realized that he might encounter big trouble in the future, and he immediately asked the staff to start formulating a plan to counterattack the naval fleet, and reported the information of the Bordeaux theater to Wilhelm II, but Berlin did not respond immediately after receiving his report, because the important news from China in the Far East made Berlin seem to see a major opportunity. (To be continued.) )