"Immediately order the whole army to assault the village of Philipville, the reconnaissance battalion to pay attention to the situation around thirty kilometers, the 25th Armored Regiment and the 6th Infantry Regiment are the attack fists of the whole division, the 7th Infantry Regiment is responsible for the security of the two flanks, the artillery follows, ready to support at any time, the 1st Supply Battalion follows the artillery action, and the rest of the subordinate units temporarily stay in the fortress of Sedang and prepare for defense." (about 120 trucks in a supply battalion)

Hans was relieved, and the wise division commander was back, for Rommel's order was correct and not reckless. The truck troops were left in the Sedang fortress by Rommel, and the supply distance of fifteen kilometers is really not far, not to mention that Rommel also carried enough ammunition and fuel.

There are about 3,000 troops left in the fortress, and they will make full use of the ruins of the fortress to form a supply point, and at the same time they will watch over tens of thousands of prisoners of war and clean up the battlefield, and the French army has left a lot of useful things on the Meuse River defense line, such as various radio stations, weapons and ammunition, tanks, trucks, etc.

Don't underestimate the value of these captures, if you use them well, the combat power of the Seventh Panzer Division will be improved in a straight line, such as radio stations, the German army is equipped with company-level units at most, Rommel annihilated several divisions of the French army, and there are definitely a lot of captured radio stations, so Rommel can completely equip radio stations to platoon-level units.

The quality of French artillery is quite good, if Rommel feels that his artillery is not enough, he can casually equip the captured artillery, originally the traverser Rommel is the master of the artillery, Rommel so far, the artillery in his hands has been twice as large as other armored divisions, but Rommel feels that it is not enough, he also wants to equip a battalion of thirty-six 150 mm heavy guns, and when it comes to Dunkirk, it is when these heavy artillery are powerful, do not worry about ammunition, Rommel had captured too much ammunition to count, if only he had the ability to pull the shells to Dunkirk.

Of course, there are also unhappy places, the French army's bullets are generally 7.5 mm, and they cannot be used with the German army's 7.92 mm bullets, which is a huge hidden danger, and the historical Germany just did not make good use of the military production in the occupied areas.

You must know that France, Belgium, Poland, and the Czech Republic are all big arms countries, and these countries have quite large military industrial enterprises, which can produce everything from rifles to airplanes and battleships, as long as they are weapons that appeared in World War II, the military enterprises of these countries can all produce them, and it is really incomprehensible that Germany has wasted such a huge production capacity of military equipment.

The battlefield is a place of growth and destruction, Rommel won the Battle of the Meuse, and by capturing his 7th Panzer Division, which can now be said to have been armed to the teeth.

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The village of Philipville was frighteningly quiet in the light of the setting sun, and the extraordinary tranquility of the village made Luxembourg cautious.

Because there are only two situations in this abnormal tranquility, one is that the enemy has an ambush, and the other is that the enemy and the villagers have run out and their poultry have been taken away. In fact, the villagers of this village had already run away with the retreating French troops from the fortress.

Luxembourg sent a tank and an armored car to reconnoiter for the sake of safety, and they drove slowly into the village of Philipville, but the village of Philipville was empty, and even the poultry were taken away by the fleeing people, and it seems that these people retreated calmly! Maybe there were some other French troops who helped these civilians to retreat.

Luxemburg, who had not fought, was so uncomfortable that he had to order his troops to rest in the village of Philippville, when Rommel's voice came from the Luxembourg radio:

"Luxembourg, you immediately take the 25th Panzer Regiment and the 42nd Anti-Tank Battalion to an ambush in a wooded area five kilometers northwest of the village of Philipville.

I will place heavy artillery groups behind that wood, ready to provide you with fire support, and the 7th and 6th Infantry Regiments will go around the back of that woods and go around behind the ass of the enemy's armored divisions.

Remember that until the 7th and 6th regiments reach their designated positions, you must not charge, you can only defend, I want to annihilate rather than crush, understand? ”

As soon as Luxembourg heard that there was a battle, he immediately came to his senses, and he hurriedly replied:

"Teacher, you can put ten thousand hearts! Don't even think of running away from any of the enemies. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for the news of your victory."

Rommel's command vehicle was at this time in the village of Philipville, and the village of Philipville had been successfully taken, and two French divisions, one of the armored and one infantry, could be rushed from two different directions.

Rommel was faced with a choice, whether to concentrate his forces on defending the village of Philipville. Wait for the enemy to attack. Or take the initiative to attack and kill the enemy by surprise, Rommel of course chose to kill the enemy by surprise, defense is not his character.

Rommel arranged it this way, with the armored regiment and two main infantry regiments in his hands, as well as heavy artillery groups, to ambush the armored division that surrounded the French army, and Rommel planned to eat this French armored division in one bite.

As for the other French infantry division, Rommel planned to use a small number of troops to drag or block, and Rommel did not have much troops in his hands, with a total of the 7th Locomotive Battalion, the 58th Engineer Battalion, the 37th Reconnaissance Battalion, and an artillery battalion to provide fire support.

Of course, the task of blocking the French infantry division was the responsibility of Bismarck, he didn't believe what Rommel said, Rommel said that two French divisions were coming to attack the village of Philippville, and Bismarck and Hans didn't believe it, so this difficult defensive task could only be undertaken by Bismarck.

In Rommel's words:

"Colonel Bismarck, now there is a very honorable task entrusted to you, just now the reconnaissance battalion came to report that a French armored division has appeared in our northwest, and I have arranged for Luxembourg to annihilate them, and the other French infantry division can only be temporarily delayed by you, and only after we annihilate the French armored division, will we come back and eat this French infantry division."

Although Bismarck admired his division commander Rommel very much, he was still not convinced, and he stiffened his neck and said:

"How many troops did the division commander give me?"

"Not too much, you know, we have to eat the French Panzer Division first......"

Bismarck interrupted Rommel and asked:

"Teacher, just give me a good word! In the end, how many troops will be given to me, even if the division commander gives me a soldier, I will carry out the order. ”

Rommel suddenly smiled and said:

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