Immediately after that, there was the rumbling of artillery, and flames rose from the French position, and the flames from the explosion flickered one after another, because the exploding shells were so dense that half of the sky was red.

Claes looked at the cannonballs flying in the sky, and couldn't help but say to himself:

"This firework is really good, enough for the British and French troops to drink a pot."

"Commander, what if the Brits and the French are killed? Aren't we heroes running away in vain? ”

"No, the boy wants to get the United States, how can hundreds of thousands of Anglo-French troops surrender so easily, didn't Commander Rommel say it? The Anglo-French forces deployed in northern France had a total of 147 divisions, and the British coalition forces still had at least eighty or ninety divisions until the war was fought so far, so Rommel said that the Anglo-French forces would not surrender until they were cornered. ”

At this moment, the voice of Colonel Luxembourg came from the radio inside the tank:

"Attention to all crews, immediately start the tank to warm up for two minutes."

This was the prelude to the attack, and Claes immediately retracted his body into the tank, and then asked the driver to immediately start the tank and wait for the final order to attack.

More than 200 tanks and more than 100 armored vehicles were started at the same time, the movement was not small, Fang Yuan could feel the huge vibration for several kilometers, the trees in the forest were all "trembling", the leaves made a "salsa" sound, and the birds in the forest were all startled, "chirping" and not daring to land.

Behind the tanks and armored vehicles was an anti-tank gun battalion, armed with twenty-four 88-mm self-propelled anti-tank guns, and twelve 50-mm anti-tank guns. These powerful self-propelled anti-tank guns, which can attack with armored forces, are a nightmare for the British and French forces.

Whether it is a tank or a fortification, in front of the 88 gun, it is the fate of God. The 88 cannon transformed by Rommel the traverser, although ugly, also has a herringbone tail - a hoe, which can be used once it is used, it will destroy the withering and decaying big killing weapon.

At least this was the case in the early stage of World War II, and after the emergence of the IS series tanks in the later period, the 88 gun was powerless, such as the IS3 frontal armor 110-230 mm, the 122 mm L43 times diameter gun, and the Tiger equipped with the 88 gun obviously couldn't gnaw the IS series tank.

The German tank is a big car carrying a small cannon, Mao Zi is a small car carrying a cannon, Mao Zi has no way, the quality of his artillery is not up to par, and he must use a large-caliber gun to penetrate the German Tiger type.

The views of the Soviet Union and Germany on the development of tanks have been a little deviated, and Rommel the traverser will certainly not let the tragedy of history repeat itself, and Germany's future tank development must be developed according to the tripartite balance of armor, firepower, and speed, because Rommel has looted money, and those tank developers in Germany can't stop Rommel.

Behind the anti-tank battalion are two mechanized grenadier regiments, Rommel's two grenadier regiments are not simple, equipped with more than 90 captured tanks of various types, more than 100 captured armored vehicles of various types, and then trucks and motorcycles, it can be said that Rommel's two grenadier regiments are the most powerful and fastest mobile regiments in the world at this time.

At the back of the line was Rommel's divisional heavy artillery regiment, which was not over, and behind Rommel was the 41st Army of the Panzer Division guarding the rear road. And where did Guderian's armored 18th corps go, Guderian's armored 19th corp was on Rommel's right flank.

Rommel and Guderian discussed the tactics of going hand in hand, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division attacked the port of Calais, this port is below Dunkirk, the Anglo-French army from Lille to the end of the Calais line, attacking Calais does not need to go deep into the Dunkirk area, as long as you break through the Anglo-French defense line and continue to attack ten kilometers, you will reach the port of Calais, because Rommel has only one armored division in his hands.

Guderian's own 19th Army offensive task is much heavier, he needs to attack and advance more than 30 kilometers to reach Dunkirk Port, Dunkirk area is the most concentrated area of the British and French forces, and it is also the core of the British and French defense, and it is the last hope for the survival of the British and French forces, even if Guderian has 3 armored divisions in the 19th Panzer Army, his offensive difficulty is much higher than Rommel, of course, if Rommel successfully takes Calais, he will also attack Dunkirk along the coast.

While waiting for the order to attack, Claes checked the inside of the tank again, and everything was normal, which made Claes feel a lot more relieved.

"Cone assault formation...... Let's go. ”

The voice of Colonel Luxembourg came from the radio station, and the driver of the 1614 tank immediately put up gear, and the 1614 tank rushed out with a roar, and the tanks in front and behind and left and right also roared together, and the tank quickly drove out of the woods.

The voice of Colonel Luxembourg came from the on-board radio station again:

"All the crews maintained their speed at 20 km/h, and the battalions began to marshall."

Then there is the voice of the battalion commander, and then the company commander, level by level formation, Claes They have been trained countless times, everyone is familiar with the road, as long as the position of the battalion commander's command vehicle is determined, everyone knows that it is time to drive the tank to that position, Rommel Division Commander has previously rigorously trained, and the overall quality of the tank troops of the Seventh Armored Division has been fully reflected at this time.

Guderian's military headquarters in Arras has now become the joint command of Rommel and Guderian, and the joint command also has an "uninvited guest", that is, Lieutenant General Catherine, commander of the 1st and 2nd Air Forces of the Air Force.

(Kesselring's 1st Air Fleet did not participate in the French campaign, but instead remained on the Eastern Front, responsible for establishing new air bases and air raid protection networks in occupied Poland.)

However, after a plane carrying documents on the German invasion plan made a forced landing in Belgium, known as the Melenghe incident, Goering dismissed the commander of the 2nd Air Fleet, Heimler? The post of Admiral of the Fairmen Aviation Corps and the appointment of Kesselring to replace him. ）

In Catherine's words, in order to facilitate command, a large number of staff officers and communications equipment brought by Catherine were also stationed in Guderian's joint command -- the first German joint command in the true sense of the word, which was created under the premise of disobedience. The effectiveness of the joint command of the three services will soon be known.

The command headquarters was blazing, hundreds of staff officers were busy in the command hall, and the telecommunications room next to the command hall was constantly calling for all kinds of calls, and telegrams from the front line would be sent to the war hall as soon as possible.

The War Office had only then compiled the telegrams from the front and handed them to Guderian and Catherine. Rommel had already gone to the front in his No. 4 command tank, and the coordination between the armored forces and the air force was done by Guderian and Catherine, and Rommel's style was to be with his own soldiers all the time.

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