It was not terrible to be repulsed by the Germans, there were certainly losses in the troops, but they would never lose all their old capital, but just this morning, the German 7th Panzer Division suddenly came out of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium.

This German armored division was so hateful that it only took them half a day to break through the Meuse River defense line, and the stupid commander of the Ninth Army, Girrod, had lost contact at this time, even if Gammillin wanted Giron to organize the remnants of the army to organize the defense line.

The commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces was Gammelin, and the deputy commander-in-chief was the British Field Marshal John? Verrick, the two of them were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, the German Seventh Panzer Division was obviously here to copy the back of the British and French forces, but fortunately it was a German Panzer Division that came to copy the back road, and both Ganmalin and Verrick thought that they still had enough strength in their hands to block this German Panzer Division.

In front of a large map, the two of them pointed and pointed from time to time, and then quietly discussed a few words:

"Here, and here, we still have five divisions of troops to be transferred, and we can completely transfer the troops of these five divisions to attack and annihilate the Seventh Panzer Division that dares to enter France."

"Hmm...... I think we can annihilate this German Panzer Division, let's put two divisions in front to block the German Seventh Panzer Division, and the remaining three divisions will attack the German Seventh Panzer Division from the left and right flanks. ”

"Just do it, we will definitely let this German armored division have no return."

Suddenly, a telecommunications liaison officer walked into the war room:

"Report, urgent message."

"Reading ......"

"According to the air force's reconnaissance, it has been confirmed that a large number of German armored units have reached the Meuse River, and they are preparing to cross the river, and it is estimated that the left flank of Sedang is Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps, and the right flank of Sedang is the 41st Panzer Corps."

The entire operational command room was suddenly silent, and hundreds of staff officers and the two commanders-in-chief inside looked at the telecommunications liaison officer in amazement, and the telecommunications liaison officer was also at a loss where to stand and not know what to do.

In the middle of the ring, Gan Molin, the commander-in-chief, was the first to react, he was so anxious that he slapped the table and said scoldingly:

"Damn the Germans, damn Hitler, he actually wanted to surround and eat the entire Anglo-French army, who gave him such courage, oh! O my God! How could Hitler's jumbled be like this......"

During the French campaign, the Germans had a total of ten armored divisions, and the Germans used to draw back the road reached six, and only four armored divisions fought fiercely in the Three Low Countries and the Anglo-French coalition forces. If these six German panzer divisions succeeded in copying the back roads of the Anglo-French army, the result of the Anglo-French army would be miserable.

On a 300-kilometer front between the North Sea and the Maginot Line, German ground forces broke through the borders of neutral countries Belgium, the Benelux, and the Benelux. At that time, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium gathered 147 divisions, 3,100 tanks, 14,500 artillery pieces and about 3,800 combat aircraft on the northeastern front.

But they did not expect that the Germans would concentrate their armored forces to break through from the Ardennes Forest, and they were suddenly taken by surprise. The German 7th Panzer Division quickly broke through the Ardennes and crossed the Meuse, tearing through the line on the Meuse River thirty kilometers wide. The defenders on other sections of the Meuse line were also in no mood for battle, and it was only a matter of time before Guderian's Panzer 19th and 41st Panzer Corps broke through the Meuse line.

Germany's strategic plan was completely exposed when Guderian and Rommel crossed the river, and the Anglo-French forces only understood at this time that the Germans were playing a big game, but they understood too late, as many as six German elite armored divisions were copying their rear roads, and the most hateful seventh armored division had actually broken through the Meuse River and erected two pontoon bridges...... on the pontoon.

Ganmalin suddenly understood one thing, that is, the pontoon bridge erected by the German army on the Meuse River must not be kept, he will send all the air force that can be used in his hands to blow up the pontoon bridge on the Meuse River, and the German army behind will not want to continue to erect the pontoon bridge, as long as the five armored divisions on the other left and right flanks of Germany are blocked by the Meuse River, the German Seventh Panzer Division that crossed the river still has a chance to annihilate itself.

"Order all the planes that can be dispatched to attack the pontoon bridge erected over the Meuse River in batches, and tell the air force that whether France will fall under the iron heel of Germany depends on whether they are fighting bravely."

"Order, the 13th and 25th Divisions immediately rushed to the edge of the village of Philipville, the 11th Panzer Division and the 4th North African Division, and the British 22nd Division immediately hid on both sides of the village of Philipville, and as soon as the German 7th Panzer Division was ready to cross the village of Philipville, it would immediately flank the German 7th Panzer Division."

The problem of the arrangement of Gammelin was not too big, but the commander-in-chief of the British army, Verrick, still had something to say:

"Commander-in-chief, do you want to send reinforcements to the Sedang Fortress, we can completely block the German Seventh Panzer Division in the Sedang Fortress!"

"Sir Verrick, the Sedang Fortress is just over thirty kilometers from the Meuse, and we have time to send reinforcements there now!"

"Yes! Wasn't the 19th Division, which went to the Meuse River for reinforcements, blocked in the village of Grankie? We might as well order the 19th Division to immediately abandon reinforcements and immediately reinforce the Sedang fortress, which is only a few kilometers away from them. ”

Gan Molin suddenly patted his head and suddenly said:

"Yes! The 19th Division could not defeat the German armored divisions in the field, and there should be no problem in defending the fortress, not to mention that a large number of artillery units could be deployed in the fortress. ”

"Immediately order the 19th Division to reinforce the fortress of Sedang, and let them block the German 7th Panzer Division to the death."

"Yes, as long as the Sedang fortress can hold off the German armored forces for a few days, our situation will recover."

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Now Rommel did not have to worry about his two flanks, the nineteenth and forty-first Panzer Corps had reached the Meuse, they were organizing forces to prepare for the strength of the Meuse, and Rommel's main forces had already crossed the Meuse, only the baggage troops had not yet crossed the river.

Would Rommel wait on the Meuse for his left and right flanks to cross the river before attacking? That's not Rommel's character, it's Rommel's character to attack, to attack, to attack, to attack.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the 7th Panzer Division had already crossed the river, and in order to ensure the pontoon bridge, Rommel left 20 small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that could not defend the pontoon bridge, and Rommel led the 7th Panzer Division to kill the fortress of Sedan.

The fortress was not simple, it was a very strong fortress, the fortress was equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, and the Germans and France had fought against the fortress several times over the centuries, most of which ended in heavy German casualties.

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