Chapter 46: The Anglo-French Rift
Once France is defeated, these ten British main divisions will be the main force to defend the homeland, even if it is expanded, it will be based on these ten main divisions, otherwise they are all a group of peasants who have just put down their hoes or workers who have walked out of the factory, how can these super rookie troops defend the British Isles? There was no hope at all.
Desperately helpless, Verrick stopped the spinning Gammelin:
"Commander-in-Chief, I have something I want to discuss with you."
Gan Molin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked:
"General Verrick, do you have any good ideas?"
Verrick doesn't care about the "Anglo-French Alliance Treaty" now, and the most important thing now is to save the ten main forces of the British army is the most important mission, as for those French who are greedy for life and afraid of death, let him die.
"Marshal Ganmalin, I want the British Expeditionary Force to withdraw as soon as possible, and the broken troops will be handed over to French friends."
Verrick couldn't be tactful even if he wanted to! Now that the eyebrows were on fire, Verrick had time to fight with Ganmalin, so he said what he wanted.
After listening to Verik's words, Ganmalin first stared at Veric in disbelief for a long time, and after Ganmalin reacted, he immediately roared with anger on his face:
"No, you British are people, aren't we French soldiers people? Why did the French troops stay behind and not the British Expeditionary Force?
I strongly disagree with your request, I am still the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces, and the retreat must be carried out according to the plan drawn up earlier, and no one should try to disrupt the retreat plan. ”
For the sake of the safety of the British Expeditionary Force in his hands, Verrick also gave up, even if he tore his face for it:
"What if we insist on retreating alone?"
Verrick meant that he was going to leave the French army and run away alone, and his words would bleed the seven orifices of Gunmarin's anger, and if Verrick really wanted to do this, then the Anglo-French forces resisting in the Three Low Countries would collapse in an instant, and the result would be that no one could escape.
Ganmalin also let go, and pointed at Verrick loudly and roared:
"If you British want to leave us and run away alone, there is no door, if you order the British expeditionary force to retreat alone, then I will order all French troops to give up resistance immediately, no one wants to run, everyone will be finished together."
"You...... You...... It's just unreasonable. ”
Verrick brushed his sleeves away, and Ganmalin looked at Verrick who had left the headquarters, and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm at Verrick's back.
"Go for your spring and autumn dreams! I also want the noble French gentleman to help you break the queen, so that you can escape alone, **** go! …… Bah!! ”
The contradictions between Britain and France began to be revealed when the war situation was unfavorable, and there were always only interests between countries, and Britain and France formed an alliance, their political purpose was not to see a united Europe, so as to consolidate their world hegemony.
Britain has such a political purpose to form an alliance with France, how can they put France's interests first, it is absolutely impossible, Britain in history also did a good thing that fell into the ground, which made France feel painful for a while.
Verrick returned to the command of the British Expeditionary Force and immediately sent a long telegram to Churchill, the prime minister of the wartime cabinet, to the effect that the situation of the war was now in a sharp turn for the worse, and the British Expeditionary Force was in an extremely dangerous situation, and if it was not done, it would be completely destroyed.
Churchill was also anxious about the terrible situation of the war, but could he really agree to the proposal of the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Verrick? War is a continuation of politics, and if Churchill had agreed to Verrick's suggestion that the British Expeditionary Force should have left the French army alone and retreated, there would have been at least two very dire consequences.
First, the immediate dissolution of the Anglo-French alliance and the likely push of France to Hitler's side were the last thing Britain wanted to see, and a divided Europe would be in the best interests of the British Empire.
Second, if Britain left the French army and retreated alone, it would be a devastating blow to the morale of the French army, and the defeat of France would be a matter of minutes.
Churchill, who was very politically insightful, could not have done such a stupid thing, and he immediately drafted a telegram of rebuke to Verrick and ordered him to fight alongside the French until the last moment. In fact, what Churchill said was still, and when the British Expeditionary Force was in the line of life and death, his Prime Minister was still thinking about how to save the British Expeditionary Force, and history has proven it.
The contradiction between Britain and France was forcibly suppressed by Churchill for the time being, and Churchill, who had a premonition of the crisis, began to form a new army, but Britain did not make any preparations at all during the Chamberlain era, and Churchill, who had just become prime minister, was almost starting from scratch, and Churchill also needed time! It would be nice if the Anglo-French forces could hold the German army for half a year.
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Rommel led the 7th Panzer Division to set off in the night, and this time Rommel pressed up with the whole division, and even the supply convoy composed of hundreds of trucks also advanced. Because once Rommel broke through the Maginot Line, there was an unobstructed plain, which was the most suitable place for the armoured troops to roam, so that there would not be many supplies to Rommel.
Tonight, the moon is in the sky, the visibility is okay, the road has also been damaged, the first 20 kilometers, all the vehicles are running with the lights on, the 20 kilometers journey only took half an hour. In the next ten kilometers, the speed of the entire 7th Panzer Division slowed down, because Rommel ordered all vehicles not to turn on the lights, so they drove by the moonlight.
The next ten kilometers took Rommel almost an hour to reach the Maginot Line, Luxembourg as the fist force of the whole division, the task of the surprise attack was of course theirs, Rommel gave Luxembourg an assault force is also very sufficient, the 25th Regiment of the Panzer Regiment plus more than 90 armored vehicles, and the 6th Regiment of fully mechanized infantry followed.
Rommel's "Eye of God" can barely see some of the defenses on the Maginot Line, the "Eye of God" does not have infrared function, after Rommel used the "Eye of God" to detect, he found that the French Maginot Line was built very strong, and there were blockhouses connected to each other everywhere, and some of the top of the pillboxes were also deployed with large-caliber artillery, but Rommel did not find how many French troops were guarding this strong line.
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