Chapter 65: The Canal Gets in the Way
Rommel's "Eye of God" and self-propelled 150mm heavy guns did give Rommel's artillery an unparalleled advantage, and after an artillery battle, Rommel's losses were minimal, and the enemy's artillery was almost completely annihilated.
Divine skills in hand, I have the world, this is God's favor for Rommel, a lightning bolt put the function of the drone into Rommel's body, this is not God's favor what is.
The tank troops had already rushed into the positions of the British and French forces, and the two sides fought together, but the British and French forces had no tanks and lacked anti-tank weapons, and although they resisted bravely and stubbornly, they still could not change the outcome of the heavy casualties and retreat.
The armored forces are already fighting with the enemy in close hand-to-hand combat, and Rommel can't help them for the time being, but Rommel can command the heavy artillery group to destroy the enemy's artillery!
In order to eliminate the German tanks that broke into the position, the British and French forces no longer cared about all the artillery positions being exposed, and they carried out indiscriminate shelling of the German tank assault area, that is, the shelling of the enemy and the enemy.
Rommel will not be polite at this time, and directly command the artillery unit to deal a devastating blow to the artillery positions of the British and French forces, and the artillery group of the British and French forces, under the detection of Rommel's "Eye of God", is absolutely invisible.
The artillery of the Anglo-French army had just fired two or three shells, and the counterattack artillery under the command of Rommel arrived, and the artillery of the Anglo-French army was easily disposed of by Rommel.
The Anglo-French army, which lacked anti-tank means, now lost artillery support, and there was still hope for victory, and the Anglo-French army, which had suffered heavy losses, finally collapsed, and those who could not escape immediately surrendered on the spot, and the Anglo-French army that could escape directly threw away everything that hindered their escape, and fled lifelessly into the night
The cruelty of war is far from being so understated, the positions of the British and French troops are littered with corpses, as well as stumps and broken arms, and the miserable howls of the wounded, life is like an epiphany blooming on the battlefield, fleeting, killing the enemy, and living by oneself is the most primitive motivation of every soldier, there is no mercy here, no mercy, only hysterical killing.
The most miserable was the artillery positions of the British and French forces, on the destroyed artillery positions, few corpses were intact, if the shelling of the British and French ammunition was killed, the gunners would be directly wiped out.
Luxembourg immediately after occupying the defensive line of the French army on LinkedIn continued to advance with its troops. The Anglo-French defence in Dunkirk was so large that it was so short that they had only hastily built one line so far.
After the Dunkirk line of the Anglo-French army was broken through by the Germans, did they have nothing to do? The answer is no, how the Anglo-French forces watched themselves perish.
They also have a trump card, the Dunkirk area is covered with a water network, which is very unsuitable for the assault of armored forces, for example, in front of Rommel's attack, there is a canal that cannot be bypassed - the Labasi Canal.
By two o'clock in the morning, Rommel had advanced to the edge of the Labsi Canal, where everything that could be used to cross the river had been destroyed by the Anglo-French forces, and even the wood had been gathered together and burned, not to mention the boats.
The 7th Panzer Division was forced to stop by the canal and wait for the sappers to come and erect the pontoon bridge, which gave the British and French troops enough time to react, and the small Dunkirk area, where hundreds of thousands of British and French troops were concentrated, they immediately transferred two British infantry divisions and a British armored brigade to the Rabasi Canal at such a close distance.
At this time, God seemed to deliberately oppose the German army, the moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the whole world immediately fell into boundless darkness, almost unable to reach out and lose five fingers, and it was impossible to fight with flares alone.
Rommel also did not want to fight in a middle situation, because his "Eye of God" could no longer observe the enemy, and the "Eye of God" had no perspective function, nor did it have infrared function, and only the "Eye of God" could see when it could be seen by the naked eye.
Now Rommel could not command his own artillery to deliver accurate strikes to the Anglo-French forces, especially their artillery and tanks, and both sides were almost at the same level. The British troops who reached the Rabasi Canal were not French troops, and their fighting will was much more tenacious.
The sappers sent by Rommel to erect a pontoon bridge over the Labasi Canal were bombarded indiscriminately by the British artillery, and the artillery of the 7th Panzer Division could only bombard the other side of the canal indiscriminately without a target, and the pontoon bridge on the canal could not be erected at all.
The 7th Panzer Division could no longer cross the Rabasi Canal at night, and Rommel had to send his soldiers back five kilometers to recuperate and wait for the offensive to resume tomorrow morning. The same situation happened to Guderian, who attacked in the direction of Dunkirk, and they were also blocked by the canal.
The next day, the entire Dunkirk region was covered with fog, the sky was overcast, and dark clouds seemed to be overhead. This made Rommel angry, and Rommel was supposed to disobey the attack, but he encountered such bad weather.
In fact, it was Catherine and Goering who were even more anxious, and Catherine reported the weather conditions in the Dunkirk area to Air Marshal Goering early in the morning, didn't Goering boast to Hitler about the seaport? -- The air force can annihilate the Anglo-French forces in Dunkirk.
Goering's cowhide was blown a little big, now this kind of weather is not suitable for planes to take off to fight, after receiving Catherine's telegram, Goering was also anxious like an ant on a hot pot, Hitler is not such a foolish person, Goering finally thought of a way, he asked Hitler to inspect the front, and at the same time commend the meritorious soldiers.
Goering's suggestion was so successful that he and Göring immediately flew with Göring to Army Group A headquarters in Charville, where they were briefed on the situation of the battle and consulted about the intentions of Army Group Command.
Rorsted stressed that Rorsted had suggested that the Panzer Division on the canal line not far from Dunkirk should stop advancing and wait for more infantry units to respond. The mobile unit remained on the Lens-Betton-El St. Omers-Graflin line.
In order to intercept the retreating enemy forces in front of Army Group B. Obviously, the reason why he emphasized this was because he was worried about Feng? Kleist's weakly armored clusters could not hold back the retreating British units.
Hitler was pleased to find that what Rensted had already done and what he had suggested was in line with his own ideas, and therefore he expressed his complete agreement with the commander of the army group.
Hitler repeatedly stressed that he agreed, and that the armoured forces should be preserved for use in the attack on the French forces south of the Songm River, and that it was especially necessary to use them sparingly. At the same time, if the encirclement around Dunkirk is tightened too tightly, the activities of the Air Force will be hampered.
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