At a time when Western European countries are generally afraid of Germany, it is necessary to defeat an elite German army and pierce the myth of the invincibility of the German army, otherwise this battle cannot be fought. target, the 7th Panzer Division, which is in the salient and has lost flank protection; Location, Arras. John Bull vowed to teach the Nazi Panzer Division, who had caused so much trouble, a hard lesson, to get this field back and let the Germans know why the flowers were so red.

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Of course, Rommel, the traverser, knew about the Battle of Arras, the Battle of Arras in history, the Anglo-French army won first and then lost, but not necessarily now, because Rommel was a full day ahead of history, and his troops had already protruded eighty kilometers from Guderian's Fifteenth Panzer Army, and at this time his left and right flanks had not yet reached the line of Cambrai, to be honest, Rommel was indeed a bit risky.

Rommel the Traverser set a baseline of 100 kilometers beyond the left and right flanks, and now only 80 kilometers apart, Rommel the daring Traverser decided to continue the raid on Arras and occupy the airfield there.

This airfield was so important to Rommel that if he were to attack Dunkirk, he would have to have the protection of the air force. For example, today, after Rommel set off from Cambrai, he has been attacked three times by the British and French coalition forces, although Rommel's "Eye of God" can give early warning, and Rommel has a lot of anti-aircraft guns in his hands, but the British and French air forces are desperately trying to block Rommel's advance.

After the three air raids, Rommel's losses were not small, with 11 tanks destroyed by the 4th tank, 25 armored vehicles, 18 artillery pieces of various kinds, and more than 50 large trucks loaded with materials and ammunition. The casualties of the soldiers as a result of the air raids amounted to more than 800 people.

Such a huge loss, if the French troops had retreated a long time ago, Rommel's weapons and materials in his hands were very sufficient, through the capture in the early stage, Rommel added a lot of heavy weapons and tanks to his Seventh Panzer Division, and the losses caused by the British and French air forces to Rommel had not yet shaken Rommel's determination to attack Arras.

Although the air raids of the British and French forces did not shake Rommel's determination to attack, nor did they hit the morale of the 7th Panzer Division, the whole division of the 7th Panzer Division believed that their division commander Rommel would definitely lead them from one victory to another, but the 7th Panzer Division was slowed down by the air raids of the British and French forces.

But after nightfall, night became Rommel's best umbrella, Rommel immediately ordered an overnight assault on Arras, but a new problem came again, the Anglo-French forces had already reacted after the initial confusion, these damn Germans wanted to make dumplings for their more than a million troops!

Even if the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces was stupid, he knew that he knew that he would send the remnants of his air force to bomb the German armored division that was taking the back road, and the British and French forces also blew up the roads and bridges leading to Arras by the way, in fact, the British and French air forces also wanted to drop bombs on the heads of the Germans, but they attacked the German Seventh Panzer Division three times in a row, but the anti-aircraft firepower of the Seventh Panzer Division was too terrifying, and more than 200 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers bombarded the sky.

The British and French air forces desperately launched three air raids, and although they inflicted some losses on the German 7th Panzer Division, they lost even more heavy aircraft, and more than 120 aircraft were shot down in total.

At the beginning of the war, the British and French air forces had a total of more than 3,000 aircraft, and in the five days since the war began, the British and French coalition forces lost more than 2,000 aircraft, and the German BF109 really had an overwhelming advantage at this time, and the British and French air forces could only be pressed and beaten.

The British and French air forces were hurt by Rommel, they did not dare to attack Rommel's 7th Panzer Division in the air, so they had to drop bombs on the roads and bridges where Rommel was advancing, and Rommel was tragic, and the speed of the troops' advance became a snail.

Rommel, who had no choice, only had to use the old method to take out the sandbags he had brought and use the method of filling the earth with the whole army to advance, even at night, Rommel did not rest, and the troops filled in the soil overnight to advance.

By the morning of the 16th, Rommel had finally reached the outside of Arras, and the Anglo-French forces had already laid out two defensive lines outside Arras, and Rommel's "Eye of God" saw several British flags for the first time, and it seemed that the British army was mainly defending outside Arras.

The British sent a total of 10 divisions to fight in France, and these 10 divisions were the essence of the British army, they were well trained and well-equipped, so the British Expeditionary Force was very strong in combat. Historically, the British Eighth Army commanded by Montgomery, they fought with Rommel in the scorching desert of Africa for several years, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the British army is really not weak, but their numbers are too small, and in the French campaign, in which both sides are millions of people, their role is naturally drowned.

Rommel had already observed with the "Eye of God" that there were about two divisions of the Anglo-French army outside Arras, and five or six kilometers behind Arras was the largest airfield of the Anglo-French army in northern France, which was large enough to accommodate the next aviation division (300-500 aircraft) at once.

But Rommel's "Eye of God" found that there were not many enemies guarding the airfield, and the resolution of the "Eye of God" was ten centimeters, and it was absolutely no problem to see clearly whether there was anyone on the surface.

Judging from the guard and size of the airfield, the airfield should have been garrisoned with an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and a mechanized infantry regiment, which had several tanks to support the infantry attack, and more than twenty armored vehicles.

Rommel instantly changed his mind about forcibly attacking Arras, and he immediately gave the latest battle order from the command tank:

"Colonel Bismarck, I order you to immediately take the 7th Infantry Brigade to defend in place."

There is really nothing to say about the rigor and obedience of the German soldiers, even Bismarck, the deputy division commander, after receiving Rommel's order, did not have any superfluous words, and immediately acted after saying "understood".

Rommel went on to give another order, which was addressed to Luxembourg:

"Colonel Luxembourg, I order you to immediately take the 25th Armored Regiment and armored vehicle units to bypass from the east of Arras and directly attack the Arras airfield, remember, you can destroy those planes at will, but the fuel depot and ammunition depot should be kept as much as possible, understand?"

Luxemburg admired Rommel so much that he would not question even the slightest of Rommel's orders:

"Guarantee the completion of the task, please rest assured."

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