Chapter 32: Capturing the Captives (Part II)

Nevia's kid has a nimble mind, and his reasoning also hits the chest of those romantic Frenchmen, of course, Navia's phone call cannot make thousands of French troops surrender, and three minutes later, Navia decisively let his six MG34s shoot at those French soldiers.

The rate of fire of the MG34 was not low, 900 rounds per minute, and six machine guns turned into six tongues of fire and swept towards the French army, and the French army was killed dozens of people at that time, and the rest of the French army immediately fell to the ground with their heads in fright.

The kilometer-long French rout army can't find a general, and it won't be able to find a soldier, their organization has been completely confused, and they can't command it at all! Besides, their division commanders and group commanders had long since run away, and there was no senior commander to take command at all, and these French soldiers had been so mentally broken by Rommel's artillery fire that when they fled, seventy or eighty percent of them threw away everything that dragged them to escape, including the weapons in their hands.

The German tanks had already rushed to their front, which was seen by all the French troops, and not many people heard Navia's shouting, but the French troops lying on the ground began to spread word of mouth, and Navia's policy of captivity soon spread throughout the French army.

A French soldier in the range of Nevia, he was lying on the ground, countless bullets "whizzed" past his back, he felt that the bullets were going to hit him in the next second, it was simply a torment, coupled with Nevia's shouting, he really wanted to live to visit his girlfriend, he didn't want to die here and become a lonely ghost.

The French soldier, who had completely collapsed, hissed and shouted on the ground:

"Let's surrender, don't fight, don't fight, we surrender!"

"Stop shooting...... Hurry up ......"

When Navia heard this, he immediately asked his men to stop shooting, because he had no farts in his hands except for these twenty soldiers and six machine guns, and as for the artillery coverage that Navia said, it was a non-existent thing, Rommel's artillery did not cross the river at all, and it was the tanks that crossed the river first.

Now it's good, those French routs have surrendered, and this great credit is in hand:

"Brothers of the French army who are about to surrender, throw your weapons on the side of the road, come over with your heads in your hands, you will definitely be courteous, I swear in the name of God......"

One French soldier surrendered, and then two, came over, these Germans did not shoot the prisoners, so another French army came over and surrendered, more and more French troops joined the surrender team, and some French soldiers also surrendered with scolding:

"Damn that Girod dog, leave so many of our brothers and run away alone, I ...... Bah. ”

"Our division commander hasn't run away with the division headquarters yet."

"Let's surrender, those nobles won't care about our lives!"

"Let's go, let's surrender, to hell with this damn war, the war will end sooner, let's go on a date sooner ......"

"Together...... Together. ”

Ten minutes later, Nevia was already stunned, the French prisoners were so numerous that there was no end in sight, they were throwing away their weapons and surrendering with their heads in their hands, and on both sides of the road were hills of weapons, and there were various vehicles that stretched for several kilometers.

So many prisoners would have drowned more than twenty of Navia's men if they spit on each of them, but the French troops who surrendered were very disciplined, and they walked to the beachhead according to the Germans' demands, while Nevia's soldiers only shouted at the French troops who kept passing by:

"Go back, go to the beachhead where there is someone to contain you, where you can have a delicious meal, I promise......"

In the end, the more than 20 soldiers couldn't shout, how many French soldiers did they capture this time, Rommel logistics troops counted that Navia they captured 28,500 French prisoners at one time.

Of course, the credit for these prisoners cannot be fully attributed to Nevia and more than 20 soldiers, because the encirclement of the French army and the defeat of the French army to a mental breakdown was the joint effort of the entire 7th Panzer Division, and these 20 German soldiers only accelerated the process.

In any case, Nevia and his twenty German soldiers would be immediately promoted to the line of fire, each with an Iron Cross of the First Class. The distribution of the rest of the results, Rommel was delegated to the regiments, and even the logistics troops had prisoners.

The advantage of this is of course obvious, that is, to increase the cohesion of the 7th Panzer Division, so that everyone knows that the 7th Panzer Division is a united whole, an enterprising whole. For example, if the logistics troops can guarantee logistics, then after the front-line troops win the battle, they should also have a share of the credit -- half of the military merit medal is half of mine and half of yours.

Divisional hospitals also have prisoner quotas as gifted. Of course, the doctor couldn't have taken the prisoner, and he wouldn't have believed it if he reported it! Rommel didn't intend to hide it either. Instead, he truthfully reported the cause and effect of Navia's capture of the prisoners, and then Rommel explained the reasons why he was allocating the credit, and Rommel believed that his distribution plan would pass the review and be promoted by the whole army.

As for the merits completed independently, they belong completely to the individual, the specific evaluation rules have specific details, and all the processes are public, without any shady scenes. No one wants to stretch out their hands for the military merits that soldiers exchange their lives for, and Rommel's military law will not give some people the slightest chance.

The distribution of combat merits has always been a headache, and Rommel has set an excellent example and template for other troops, and his 7th Panzer Division will not have conflicts because of its combat exploits.

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A city in the north of France, the capital of the Somme department in the North-Picardy region and the most populous municipality in the department. Located on the banks of the Somme, Amiens is one of the most important industrial and commercial centers in northern France. Amiens is located about 140 kilometers north of Paris, within the one-hour economic circle of Paris, and a large number of people travel between the two places every day.

This can be said to be the gateway to Paris, and it is the retreat node of the Anglo-French forces in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and this city is not unimportant for the Anglo-French forces, the general headquarters of the Anglo-French forces, such an important city, but there is a French infantry division in the defense, because the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces, Gammelin, has sent almost all the troops in his hands to the front line.

In Gammelin's view, if Amiens, which is two or three hundred kilometers away from the front line, could attack Amiens, if too many troops were left in Amiens, it would be a waste of troops, and Rommel and Guderian would soon let Amiens know if the defense in Amiens was a waste of troops.

It had been two and a half days since the war began, but the situation on the front line had suddenly deteriorated, and the seventy or eighty main divisions that had been sent to Luxembourg, Holland, and Belgium were defeated one after another under the attack of the German army, and the German troops were also pestering the retreating British and French forces, slowing them down the pace of retreat.

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