On the morning of June 23, Zhang Jun, who had not slept all night, sent a telegram to Hitler:

"The great and sacred Führer, commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Zhang Junyu, reported that the Ministry had decided to launch a final and devastating battle against the Anglo-French forces in the Dunkirk area on June 23, 1940, and that the Ministry was willing to take the blame and resign if it was not victorious or suffered heavy losses.

Long live Germany, long live the Führer. ”

Hitler was also angry when he saw Zhang Jun's telegram, and his "little radish head" couldn't understand himself, this kid didn't seem to be able to reflect his great military exploits if he didn't disobey orders, Zhang Jun's telegram Hitler didn't reply, the meaning is obvious, you kid can do whatever you want, and I can't protect you if something happens.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning of June 23, 2 million troops on the German Western Front, excluding those used to guard other directions, totaled 1.5 million troops, more than 2,400 tanks, and more than 3,000 planes launched an all-out attack on Dunkirk.

The air force and infantry were basically attacking at the same time, Catherine divided her group into three groups, and continued to attack and bombard the Dunkirk area, while the other two groups rested and took on the task of guarding, and when the first wave of attacks was completed, the second wave began.

Not to be outdone, the British and French forces gathered all the fighters and bombers of the two countries to launch a counterattack on the German air and ground, thus breaking out the largest air battle in the history of the world, and more than 5,000 planes of the two sides engaged in a fierce air duel in an area of several hundred kilometers around Dunkirk.

The number of German aircraft was slightly smaller than that of the Anglo-French forces, but the German aircraft were superior to the Anglo-French forces in terms of performance, and the combat experience was incomparable to the Anglo-French forces. So the Anglo-French lost two to three times as many aircraft as the Germans.

At any time, there are smoke-emitting planes falling from the sky, the roar of the planes is deafening, and the bullets and shells fired by the planes shuttle through the air, drawing orange-red ballistic trajectories.

The air battle is in full swing, and the ground battle is even more earth-shattering, Zhang Jun's strategic intention is very clear, your British and French air force is almost the same as mine, but the more than 300,000 troops you are surrounded will definitely not be the opponent of my high-morale, advanced equipment army, these British and French planes came to the Dunkirk area to participate in the war, just to save these British and French army.

Then I will eat your encircled army in the Dunkirk area in one fell swoop, and your motivation to fight will be gone. In addition, now both sides have jet fighters, so neither Zhang Jun nor the Anglo-French forces dared to recklessly send their own strategic bomber forces, and the B-29 was too expensive and scarce to withstand huge losses.

The offensive task of Flender's 17th Panzer Division was to attack the port of Dunkirk along the English coastline, and Flender's offensive area had a lot of sand and soft land, while Flender's cottage Type 99 tank was too heavy to advance, but it was very difficult to advance, and as a result, Flender's No. 4 tank was originally an auxiliary attack, but now it has become the main attack......

The Anglo-French troops in the Dunkirk area, seeing how hot the planes in the air were, actually boosted the morale of the Anglo-French coalition in disguise.

You must know that the anti-tank means of the Anglo-French forces at this time were much better than those of the Soviet Union, and the "Bazooka" was the most effective means for the infantry to deal with tanks.

Flender had no choice but to order to follow his infantry unit to collect wood or dead grass, and lay a passage under the cottage Type 99 tank, so that the speed of Flender's heavy armored group could be improved.

If the speed is slow, it will be slow, Flender will not dare to charge recklessly with the No. 4 tank, the cottage 99 tank with the No. 4 tank and armored vehicles will slowly advance to the position of the Anglo-French army, Flender from the place of attack to the port of Dunkirk, which is only thirty kilometers, and Guderian's order to Flender is that the front line must be attacked ten kilometers a day.

For this attack distance, Flender can do it with complete ease. The direct shipping regiment, which did not play a big role in the early stage, is now also hovering over Flender's armored forces. As long as the Anglo-French forces opposite Flanders had a relatively strong defense, or anti-tank artillery, these direct shipping regiments would be smashed by a burst of 150 mm rockets.

Now the Anglo-French coalition is complaining, the soft ground is not conducive to the assault of Flender's armored forces, but the British and French fortifications are also unable to build very strong, a 150 mm caliber rocket will blow up a large area of trenches, in this case, even if the British and French forces have the mind to jump over the wall, they have no ability to hit the Flender armored forces.

Therefore, Flender's troops are generally moving slowly, only occasionally putting a few cannons, the main war has been fought by the direct navigation regiment in the air, and after the direct navigation regiment is bombed, and the cottage Type 99 tank assault group is crushing the position of the Anglo-French coalition army, the remnants of the Anglo-French coalition army will find that the "Bazooka" in their hands cannot penetrate the front of the cottage Type 99 tank after a few rounds of "Bazooka" Everything is scum in front of absolute strength.

1.5 million German troops encircled and annihilated more than 300,000 British and French troops, as long as Zhang Jun dared to make up his mind, the fate of the British and French forces could not be reversed, although the air force of the coalition forces was fighting hard, but the one-sided situation of the ground war made their efforts in vain, because the British and French forces could not obtain absolute air supremacy in the Dunkirk area at all, as long as they flew within 100 kilometers of the Dunkirk area, German planes would come immediately.

Then there was a tragic air battle between the two sides, and the air force of the British and French forces could only meet it passively, even if they wanted to support their own infantry, it was impossible, in this case, the British had no way to save their troops.

Zhang Jun could not give the British and French the slightest chance, more than one million troops attacked the British and French defense lines in the Dunkirk area from all sides, on June 25, Flender troops approached the Dunkirk seaport, and at noon on June 26, completely occupied the Dunkirk port, and the last escape door of the British and French troops was closed.

On June 27, when all British and French forces in the Dunkirk area surrendered, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was so anxious that he gave the shortest and most famous one-minute speech on the morning of June 28, at the Houses of Parliament:

"The first is to never give up; The second is never, and the third is never, never, never, never give up! ”

After the speech, Churchill stepped off the podium!

Churchill's speech, known abroad as a famous one-minute speech, is also the most successful and influential speech among many foreign politicians, although the time is short, but in the history of world speech can be called a "classic"!

Churchill's one-minute speech was completed, and after a moment of silence in the room, the audience suddenly burst into applause!

"Never give up, never, never give up!"

In our world, only people who really know how to "never give up" and people who have participated in the practice and have not been defeated can make such a voice on the podium and make such a wonderful speech, and can also truly understand the core of "never give up" and the place of life!

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The devastating German assaults in Belgium and northern France wiped out the entire Belgian army, with 30 French divisions and 9 British divisions gone. The new commander of the French army, Maxim? Weygand cobbled together 49 divisions plus 2 British divisions into 3 corps (6th, 7th, and 10th corps) to form the Weygand Line, about 300 miles east and west, along the Somme and Aisne rivers, with 17 divisions defending the Maginot Line. The two lines of defense joined together in an attempt to prevent the Germans from moving south.

After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France, the German High Command drew up a battle plan for the second phase of the French campaign, codenamed the Red Plan. This plan called for the Germans to move south and defeat the French completely. The German army had as many as 137 divisions, and its two armies, A and B, were quickly deployed. Army Group B (with 6 armored divisions) as the right flank and made a breakthrough to the front of the Somme; Army Group A of Rundstedt (10 panzer divisions) was on the left flank and made a frontal assault on the Aisne.

On July 3, 1940, the Luftwaffe launched a heavy bombardment of French airfields and rear. At dawn on 5 July 1940, Guderian's Army Group B was the first to launch an offensive on the right flank, and on that day, Flanders' 7th Panzer Division crossed the Somme first. On 7 July 1940, the Flemish division cut off the French 10th Army defending the Abbeville-Amiens line, and the rest of the German divisions were able to advance through this gap. On July 8, 1940, the Flemish division reached the banks of the Seine. On July 10, 1940, Flender turned north and sailed 50 miles in one go, aiming for the coastline. It reached its destination that night, cutting off the retreat of the French 9th Army and the British 51st Division, which were retreating towards the coast.

These units were forced to surrender to Flanders on 12 July 1940. After Army Group B launched an offensive, the left flank of the Rundstet A Army also launched a river-crossing offensive on the Aisne River on June 9, 1940, and on the same night, the 1st Panzer Division of Guderian's Armored Corps crossed the Aisne River, and on July 10, 1940, Guderian's corps defeated the French armored forces and broke through the right flank of the French 6th Army Corps. Hordes of French prisoners threw their guns at the Germans and crushed them under the tanks. Weygand later wrote with a heavy heart that "the most shocking thing about him was that the German tanks and planes had caused fear in the French soldiers." This is one of the greatest successes of the German army."

…… (To be continued.) )