On the morning of 15 May, Lin Jun received a call from Stalin: "The German army has crossed the Maas River, and the defeat of Britain and France is assured. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Guderian's speed is not something that Britain and France can understand, and it is estimated that even the German high command will not be able to figure it out."

Lin Jun didn't know that Stalin on the other end of the phone was a little strange about his words: the intelligence came from Berlin, and now no one except himself, Vrosinov, and the telegraph operator who received the telegram should know that it was Guderian's armored 19th Army that broke through the Maas River defense line first.

"Andrey, how do you know it's Guderian?" Stalin voiced the doubts in his mind.

"To be able to advance at such a fast pace, only Guderian's Panzer 19th Army in Germany could do it, and perhaps Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division could do it. But I believe that Guderian will be at the front, a man who deserves our attention, an outstanding expert in tank warfare. ”

Lin Jun knew that he had "overguessed": "The war thinking of the British and French forces is still at the level of World War I, and it is impossible to guess the advance speed of the German armored forces, they are finished." ”

Guderian's speed far exceeded the average of the First World War, which caught the allied forces that arranged and commanded the troops according to the speed of the First World War by surprise, the command was ineffective, and the commander could not predict the approximate position of the German army.

On the same day, he got the news of the air battle on the Maas River from the official radio station of the Germans, and Lin Jun happened to be with Andlupf.

"The Germans reimbursed more than 300 Anglo-French aircraft, Andrey, this is also too exaggerated, right? They weren't that good in Spain. "Andlupuf was a little incredulous.

"It is estimated that more than a third is due to the anti-aircraft artillery units, and I don't think the propaganda machine of the Germans exaggerated. The Luftwaffe had a very obvious advantage over Britain and France, and just think about the German pilot who beat me through a sieve to know how difficult they were. ”

The Luftwaffe is excellent, Lin Jun knows it very well, not to mention that although the number of planes on both sides of the Maas River melee is half a catty, there are bombers on one side, and Germany is basically a fighter jet participating in the war, and the two are at a disadvantage over Britain and France.

"The quality of the British and French air forces is not bad, they are all very professional pilots, and Germany is an opponent that is not easy to deal with."

"It's much tougher than the Japanese we dealt with in China, maybe they're fit to fly."

"Hehe, we're not bad either." Andlupuf cheered himself up.

"The skills of ordinary pilots are still a bit rough and need more practice, so I'll go to the Air Force Department to discuss training later."

"Let's go."

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To the west, Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps advanced at a speed that not only caught the Allied forces by surprise, but also unnerved the German high command: Kleist ordered Guderian to halt his advance so that he would not be surrounded by the Allied forces alone, but Guderian resigned and disobeyed.

Hitler, who had been in a state of ecstasy for several days, personally lifted the ban on the suspension of the offensive of the Panzer XIX Army after learning of Guderian's threat of resignation, and as a result, Guderian was even faster than before, so that when he encountered a group of scattered French soldiers on the road, the German armored troops did not want to delay the time to get out of the car and take prisoners, but shouted with a megaphone: "We don't have time to capture you, you lay down your arms and leave the road, so as not to get in the way!" ”

The French army also lost their fighting spirit at all, and the walking dead watched the German armored units pass by at high speed and quickly move westward in smoke and dust.

On 16 May, Guderian urged his three Panzer Divisions to move westward, aiming to reach the Dunkirk area on the eastern shore of the English Channel. On May 20, Guderian swept through Amiens and reached the English Channel near Abbeville. At this time, the German high command did not expect that the battle in France would go so smoothly, so it did not know how to deploy troops for a while. It was not until the next day that they gave the order to the tank troops: to advance north from Abever, with the goal of capturing the ports of the strait.

As soon as Guderian received the order, he immediately decided: the 10th Tank Division would advance towards Dunkirk; The 1st Tank Division advanced towards Calais; The 2nd Tank Division advanced towards Boulogne. Guderian was well aware that Army Group A, which was part of the offensive line from Sedan to the west coast of France, had cut off the retreat of the French army from the north to the south. Army Group B in North Bánk had captured the Netherlands and eastern Belgium, and the left flank of the main force of more than 700,000 British and French troops was actually under deep encirclement by the Germans.

At present, the only hope for the coalition forces to escape is in the seaports of northern France, including Dunkirk, and in order to completely annihilate these forces, he must quickly occupy these seaports in order to completely cut off the enemy's sea retreat.

From the morning of 23 to 24 May, Gudry's armoured troops occupied Boulogne and Calais. On the afternoon of the 24th, the 19th Panzer Corps had reached Graflin, and the forward was 10 miles from Dunkirk! On its right flank, Reinhardt's 41st Panzer Corps had also reached the line of the Eyre-St. Ommel-Gravlin Canal.

The two armoured armoured armoured forces only needed to make a direct effort to take Dunkirk, and dozens of infantry divisions were constantly following suit. Guderian and others were full of ambition and determined to lead their armored forces to fight another encirclement and annihilation battle, completely annihilating hundreds of thousands of British and French troops in the coastal area.

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History changed dramatically, and at the Eagle's Nest, Hitler ordered a quick capture of Dunkirk at all costs, and demanded that Goering's air force fully cooperate with the ground forces offensive.

Goering wanted to show his air force, but Hitler, in ecstasy, rejected his suggestion and made the proud German Air Force temporarily subordinate to the ground forces.

Under Hitler's intransigence, Goering had no choice but to obey - and history was changed as a result.

"Destroy the Anglo-French forces in the encirclement at any cost, I see what Churchill, the fat man, can rely on to resist our heroic army!" Hitler was in the command and shouted.

"My Führer, Churchill can still count on his Boy Scouts." Goebbels said coldly.

The Minister of Propaganda's words sparked laughter in the Eagle's Nest conference room.

What changed Hitler's temperament? Lin Jun didn't know that perhaps it was Debenko who encircled and annihilated the Finnish defenders of the "Mannalin" defense line that inspired him, but apparently there was no direct connection between the two. Maybe it was an unexpected reason, and it could even be because Hitler had a dream of annihilating the Anglo-French army, and the Panzer Corps rushed to the forefront in the dream.

Anything is possible, and whatever the reason, Hitler has decided to take down the Allied forces besieged in a small area, regardless of the casualties of his troops.

After learning the news of the storming of Dunkirk by German ground forces, Lin Jun said to himself: "History has finally changed. ”

The Luftwaffe bombarded the Allied forces in the encirclement indiscriminately, and Guderian's troops on the ground took the lead, ignoring the stubborn resistance of the Allied blocking forces, and forcibly advanced towards the channel.

The British's "dynamo" plan was launched, but Guderian did not give the Coalition time - on the 26th, the vanguard of the Panzer 19th Army saw the strait. At this time, Operation "Generator" had just begun, and the coalition forces on board the ships were less than 10,000 people.

Nearly 400,000 coalition troops had no hope of escaping, and it was pointless for them to fight any longer, so they had to surrender. Guderian said to the commander of the coalition forces who had come to negotiate the surrender: "Sir, your war is over. ”

As soon as Dunkirk was taken, the Luftwaffe freed up their hands to carry out heavy bombardment of French airfields and rear. At dawn on 5 June, Paulk's Army Group B was the first to launch an attack on the right flank, and on the same day, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division crossed the Somme first.

On 7 June, Rommel's division cut off the French 10th Army defending the Abwey-Amiens line, and the rest of the German divisions rushed forward through the gap. On 8 June, Rommel's troops reached the banks of the Seine. On 10 June, Rommel turned north and swept 50 miles away, targeting the coastline. It reached its destination that night, cutting off the retreat of the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division, which were retreating towards the coast.

The next day, the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division were forced to surrender to Rommel.

Following the attack of Army Group B, Army Group A on the left flank also launched a river crossing offensive on 9 June, and that night Guderian's 1st Panzer Division, which had already surrendered its prisoners to the infantry units, forced its way across the Aisne. On 10 June, Guderian's corps defeated the French armored forces and broke through the right flank of the French 6th Army.

Hordes of French prisoners threw their guns at the Germans and crushed them under the tanks. In just a few days, Gudri installed the armor corps to drive more than 400 kilometers in 10 days, capturing 250,000 French troops!

On June 10, the French government withdrew from Paris and moved to Tours. On the same day, Italy declared war on France.

On the 13th, Paris was declared an undefended city. On the 14th, the Germans occupied Paris without firing a single shot.

On the very day that the Germans occupied Paris, the left flank of German Army Group A had advanced to the flank of the Maginot Line, "because of this useless line, after all, there were still hundreds of thousands of French troops who had not surrendered or been destroyed."

Hitler demanded that Rensted, in cooperation with Army Group C, completely eliminate the French forces there. According to Hitler's operational orders, Army Group C, which had been carrying out the task of attracting the attention of the French troops in front of the Maginot Line, immediately chose the weak point of the defenders of the Maginot Line, that is, the junction of the two fortified areas of Alsace and Green, to launch an attack. Army Groups A and C were flanked in front and rear, and the Maginot Line was quickly broken through.

On 17 June, Army Group C advanced to the Marne-Rhine Canal, Army Group A occupied Verdun, and the French army of 500,000 was surrounded in Alsace and south of Greene, and all but a few fled to Switzerland were annihilated.

On the 18th, the French government announced the cessation of resistance.

An unprecedented military operation came to an end, and Lin Jun, who was far away in Moscow, attended an enlarged meeting of the Central ******, and when he spoke, he said: "Comrades, prepare for war." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )