Of course, the Germans had a strategically planned attack, and the Anglo-French forces were only passively coping, in fact, as soon as the war began, Gammelin's platoon was lost, and it seemed that only Dunkirk could save them, but now I had to ask Rommel if the entire traverser would agree.

When Rommel and his troops rushed to five kilometers from Cambrai, Rommel stopped and prepared to attack Cambrai, because there was a small fortress on the edge of Cambrai, and even if there were only a few French troops stationed in the fortress, if he wanted to take it, he would have to pay some casualties.

At this time, the unexpected happened, the mayor of Cambrai came with a group of government officials to ask Rommel to ask for Rommel, the reason is that they came to surrender, why the mayor of Cambrai surrendered so cleanly, and there is a small episode in the middle.

The mayor of Sifry, Daniel, and the mayor of Cambrai were friends, and the two had many business dealings, and Rommel did nothing in the autumn of Sifry, and reused the original mayor Daniel, and Daniel's property and official position were kept, so Daniel sent a telegram to the mayor of Cambrai.

Nor did Daniel persuade the mayor of Cambrai to surrender in the telegram, but only stated that he was willing to cooperate with the Germans - his property and official position were retained. When the mayor of Cambrai saw Daniel's telegram, his mind came alive, and soon he made the same decision as Daniel, surrendering to the Germans, "I...... "Surrender is so ugly that it should be a matter of giving up pointless resistance, lest it bring devastating fire to Cambrai."

For the surrender of Cambrai, of course, Rommel would not refuse, he immediately ordered the mayor of Cambrai to remain in office, the Germans did not participate in the daily management of Cambrai, but they needed to hand over the bank and museum to Rommel for a few days, the result is naturally needless to say, Rommel quietly emptied the gold and silver of the bank and the museum's artworks.

This had very little effect on ordinary people, so there were very few opponents of the German occupation, and this was the benefit of moderate rule.

Rommel captured Cambrai, and his troubles followed, not because the French counterattacked, but because he had to leave his forces behind to defend Cambrai. The division of troops on the battlefield has always been a taboo for soldiers, and Rommel's Seventh Panzer Division has a total of only more than 12,000 people, and after several battles, Rommel still has more than 11,000 men under his command.

With this amount of troops, Rommel still dares to divide his troops! But Cambrai had to send troops to defend it, which saddened Rommel. As a result, Hans, the chief of staff, gave Rommel an idea, the 7th Panzer Division removed the 7th Locomotive Battalion and an infantry battalion to stay at the Cambrai Fortress, and then asked Sifri and Cambrai to send drivers, and then let these drivers drive the trucks captured during this time to the Sedan Fortress to pick up the follow-up infantry, and when the infantry arrived at Cambrai, they handed over Cambrai to them, and the remaining troops could return to the team immediately.

As soon as Rommel heard Hans's idea, he immediately slapped his thigh and praised the idea repeatedly. In this "Operation Scythe", all the troops of the armored division were just the fists of the attack, and Rommel and them could have more than 300,000 German infantry behind them, but their ability to move was not as fast as that of the armored division, so until now, the fastest infantry had only reached the area of the fortress of Sedan.

Now Rommel can make full use of the human resources of Cambrai and Sifri, because there are a large number of traitors in these two cities who want to save their lives, Rommel asked them to send some drivers, it is definitely a matter of minutes, don't doubt the ability of these local snakes.

Hans's idea is not only useful now, but also in the future! For example, if Rommel is about to attack the next city, Arras, he can have Sifri and Cambrai help transport troops, so he will hardly have to worry about running out of troops in the future.

Thinking of this, Rommel couldn't help but pat his thigh again, and at the same time involuntarily said:

"I'm so witty."

As a result, Rommel's move also startled Hans's chief of staff, who gave him the idea, and if it weren't for Rommel's clear and sharp eyes, Hans would almost have thought that their division commander Rommel was mentally ill.

When Rommel's telegram reached the hands of the two French mayors, the performance of these two men was surprisingly consistent, that is, they immediately dispatched drivers and trucks to help the German army transport troops, Rommel originally captured only more than 300 trucks, and the two cities of Sifrie and Cambrai transferred more than 700 trucks, these more than 1,000 trucks can transport a division at one time, and now it is not a matter of transporting infantry to the front, but a matter of needing infantry to arrive in time to Sedan.

Following the infantry of the Panzer Division, they crossed the Ardennes Forest, the Ardennes Forest was not in good condition, and when they reached the Meuse River, they had to cross the pontoon bridge, the capacity of the pontoon bridge on the Meuse River was not very good, and there were a large number of supplies ready for the Panzer Division to cross the river! These supplies may have priority rights to cross the river.

Rommel rested in Cambrai for half a day, and when he was sure that Guderian's armored troops were less than fifty kilometers away from him, Rommel immediately set out from Cambrai, and this time the city he was going to attack was Arras, the gateway city of several major ports in northern France, as long as Rommel took Arras, the troops could directly point to Dunkirk and other ports, thus completely closing the passage for the British and French troops to escape by sea.

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However, Mu Xiu was destroyed by the forest wind, and the allies gradually woke up from the initial chaos and began to become organized. Although the first hand has been lost, it does not mean that the Allies are lambs to the slaughter, after all, the Allies are fighting on the inside and have their own advantages, and some hidden strength has not yet been shown, and the British are brewing a counterattack.

Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, John? Verrick, who ordered a counterattack, attempted to delay the German offensive and avoid encirclement of the British. The commander of this counterattack was Harold? Major General Franklin; His army (the Frankish Army) consisted of two divisions, the 5th and 50th (Northumberland) divisions, plus 74 tanks from the 1st Army Tank Reinforcement Brigade and 60 tanks supported by the French army.

The dire situation had spread to the south, and the German advance had tore a gap between Prolon-Cambrai and threatened Boulogne and Calais. This would cut off the British Expeditionary Force and separate them from the main French forces. General Weygand's plan was to use the Frankish offensive to close the gap, while using the British 5th Infantry Division to hold the line from Scarp to the east of Arras while the two divisions attacked the town of Arras

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