, 876 The last stand of the Anglo-French forces

"The last stand? It seems that the French have not given up yet! Churchill's mood that had just been a little depressed was once again raised by the news, and he waved his short, thin arms vigorously and said excitedly: "If France is still fighting, how can the British Empire give up?" Besides, when in the glorious tradition of the empire on which the sun never sets, did it bend the knee to a savage enemy and sue for peace? Mr. Admiral, tell us how our brave French allies are prepared to salvage a somewhat unfavorable situation. ”

Ironside glanced at Chamberlain, who was also a little excited, and then took out a 1/100,000 Belgian military map from the cabinet next to him and spread it out on the conference table. The map, which was sent by the General Staff at 6 o'clock this afternoon, reflects the strategic situation on the Belgian battlefield before 12 o'clock on April 29.

Anyone who knows a little about military affairs needs only look at the dense variety of symbols representing the army and the line of defense on the map to know the dangerous situation of the Anglo-French army. The Anglo-French forces originally deployed on the Liège line were retreating westward (the difference between a rout and a retreat is not visible on the map), and black arrows representing the German army appeared in Maastricht, Uppe, Hersthal and other places along the Maas River - this means that the German army has successfully broken through the Liège line and crossed the Maas River! Although the city of Liège and Eben. The fortress of Aimar had not yet fallen, and a French North African infantry division was still struggling to hold it up. But everyone knew in their hearts that this fortress would not last long.

But the worst thing so far is not the collapse of the Liege Line, but a huge blue and black arrow extending from the Ardennes Forest area below the map! Different from other black arrows, next to this blue and black arrow, a dense number of troops is marked in English, and if you count it carefully, there are two group army levels, four army levels, and nine division level numbers! And there are five formidable armored divisions among them! They are the Chinese Chapter 870 group, which has seized a road bridge in the Belgian city of Namur on the banks of the Maas River! Now they are crossing the Maas River and advancing towards Brussels, and if the Anglo-French forces do not find a way to stop their breakthrough as soon as possible, it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated!

Ironside stretched out his long, somewhat dry finger and tapped at the small town of Jean, northwest of Namur. "Marshal Gammelin's plan is to make the next morning, in the early hours of the day. Brou launched a counterattack on the front. Preparing to use the French Chapter 870 Regiment Army Headquarters to call, I am now standing on the core fortifications of the French army in Namur! At my feet is the headquarters of the original French Army's Chapter 870 regimental army, which is now in ruins! The French army had already retreated to the north, and our 2nd Panzergrenadier Division was in pursuit...... The French army seems to have completely collapsed, there has been a disarming surrender in formation, and the biggest difficulty of our army now is that we do not know what to do with the thousands of prisoners of war! ”

In the orange sunset of April 29, the commander of the 1st Panzergrenadier Division, Lieutenant General Ren Tianmin, wore a camouflage training uniform and led a staff officer of the division headquarters to stand on top of a half-collapsed church. looks a little honest and honest, and it is rare to have a satisfied arrogance. Around the church, a large group of dejected, pale-faced, helpless-eyed French prisoners marched slowly southward in a long line under the supervision of heavily loaded Chinese grenadiers.

However, in this Belgian city that has just been captured by the squadron, there are not many traces of fierce battles. With the exception of the church, which was requisitioned as the headquarters of the French Army's Chapter 870 regimental army, which was half-collapsed by 150mm self-propelled howitzers, only a few buildings showed signs of bullet marks or gunsmoke. In the streets and alleys, many residents of the small town have quietly leaned out, looking at this ...... from the east with curiosity and vigilance Invading Army!

It is indeed an invading army, and the Chinese National Defense Forces of this era are, after all, an imperialist army, and they are certainly reactionary in nature! It's evil! So after laying down this Belgian city that looks pretty good, of course, you have to do a little bit of aggression! Several banks in the city center were robbed by the Chinese imperialist army, all the valuables in the vaults were packed and shipped away, and two conscientious Belgian security guards and a bank manager were arrested by the Chinese occupation authorities for "obstructing robbery" and imprisoned in Namur prison. Almost all the luxury residences that have been searched by Chinese defense officers and soldiers (the French army who have slipped through the net) will lose a little something, and there are many cute Belgian little Lori who have been teased...... Murder (meaning harmless civilians), arson, rape or anything else didn't happen. In addition, in the ghetto of Namur, there was an establishment dedicated to the sale of Chinese passports, a copy of which cost 3,000 marks or the equivalent in Belgian francs...... It is said that with this thing, it will not be captured by the German occupation forces and sent to some concentration camp for hard labor or killed! It sounds like it's a bit useful, so I sold quite a bit.

Looking at this one who is suffering from China Chapter 870, it seems to be beckoning to him. However, at this time, Master Ren never imagined that a huge Anglo-French armored force was preparing to take advantage of the coming night to make a move to Rang, 16 kilometers northwest of Namur City. Drive in the Bulu area!

"Your Excellency, Charles. Major General de Gaulle reports to you! ”

Commander-in-Chief of the 870th Regiment of the French Army, Joseph Commander-in-Chief. Admiral George raised his head, looked at the tall "Defeated General" in front of him for a while, nodded, and gestured to a chair across the desk, "Charles, please take a seat." Seeing de Gaulle take off his barreled military hat and sit respectfully across from him, the corners of Admiral George's mouth moved, a slight smile appeared, and he pointed to another lieutenant general with a big French nose who was sitting on the sofa in his office and said, "This is Rattle. Morality. Lieutenant General Tasini, commander of the French Chapter 870 regiment, had just been transferred from Morocco -- this was Charles Murphy. Charles de Gaulle, the new chief of staff of the regimental army in Chapter 870. ”

"Charles, it's a pleasure to work with you in Belgium." Lieutenant General Tacini stood up, stretched out his right hand, and shook the somewhat stunned de Gaulle.

"Mr. General, you mean that I am the chief of staff of the Chapter 870 regimental army?" De Gaulle greeted Tacini and looked at Admiral George with a puzzled expression.

"yes, why else I'm bringing you to Brussels? Will you be court-martialed? "Joseph. Admiral George smiled wryly, "Maybe you should be sent to a military court, but before that someone must save France, otherwise there will be no French military court to try you." ”

"But why me?" De Gaulle seemed to be about to break the casserole and ask the end.

Joseph. George sighed, "Who do you don't do this chief of staff?" Major General Pierre and several other French armored commanders who had fought with the Chinese armored forces either went to the grave or into a prisoner of war camp, and only you escaped because of your dismissal, so you have to be the chief of staff. ”

De Gaulle was stunned and stunned, this dismissal and withdrawal of good luck came! However, if he thought about it carefully, he understood what General George meant, no matter how he De Gaulle defeated the battle, he was finally proficient in tank combat, and he had also competed with the Chinese face to face. It's better than those rookies who haven't seen what a Chinese tank looks like, right?

"Charles, let's talk about those Chinese tanks, aren't they very powerful? We're going to war with them tomorrow! Lieutenant General Tacini saw the look of realization on de Gaulle's face, and asked questions.

De Gaulle nodded and introduced: "Yes, Mr. Lieutenant General, the tanks of the Chinese and their tank crews are excellent!" In particular, one of their heavy tanks, around 45 tons, had 110mm of armor arranged at an angle, and a 56mm gun of 88mm caliber...... They had about one such heavy tank battalion per division, and the full strength should be 65 vehicles. None of our tanks can handle it except for the G1R battle tank, and even the G1R tank must rely on absolute numerical superiority to win. ”

"That's amazing! Can't even beat G1R? Tasini gasped, he was born in infantry, he had not learned armored combat, but his qualifications were high enough, so he became the commander-in-chief of this newly formed armored army. The G1R battle tank that de Gaulle was referring to was developed just last year and was highly regarded within the French army, believing that it was enough to fight the German No. 3 tank. Unexpectedly, the Germans would come up with a heavy tank!

"Yes, the frontal armor of the G1R tank is 75mm, and the main gun is a 48mm gun of 75 times the caliber. This tank was supposed to be used to restrain the German (Chinese) No. 3. Against more powerful heavy tanks...... It's very reluctant. Their 88mm tank gun was supposed to be developed on the basis of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, which I estimate can penetrate the frontal armor of the G1R at a distance of at least 1500 meters! The G1R's 75mm gun had to reach a distance of 500 meters to penetrate the frontal armor of such a heavy tank. So a head-to-head engagement is not a good chance for the G1R tank.

However, it was not completely out of the question, as our technicians found that the side armor of this heavy tank was relatively weak, only about 40mm. Even our 47mm tank guns at a distance of 600 were enough to penetrate it. I think we can do this with this tank then......"

On the way, in addition to pondering his life after being discharged from the military and retiring early, de Gaulle was thinking about how to deal with this powerful heavy tank, and he really came up with a solution. He grabbed a file from Admiral George's desk, spread it on the table, and drew a strange formation on it with red and blue pencils.

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"Jun Zuo, Chapter 870 The Imagination of the Regiment Command. In particular, the Anglo-French defense line of the Maas River was opened a critical breach by the accidental fall of the Namur bridge, and now the city of Namur was captured in a matter of hours. The door for the Chinese and German armored forces to move north has been completely opened, and once the five armored divisions are laid out on the Belgian plain north of the Maas River, what force can stop them from completely cutting off the road for the Anglo-French forces to retreat to northern France?

After two days of fierce fighting, two armored divisions, one light mechanized division, and two infantry corps of the Anglo-French army have been defeated, thousands of tanks have been destroyed and captured, and nearly 30,000 French officers and soldiers have been captured. With such a record, China should have a sufficient say in the future armistice negotiations.

Huang Guyu took the telegram from Dai Anlan's hand and glanced at it a few times, and said with a smile: "Okay! Ren Tianmin fought a good battle, and it was time to apply for a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal for him. Dai Anlan replied: "When this battle is fought, I am afraid that the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal will be issued in piles to our Chapter 870 regimental army." But it's not over yet. As he spoke, he took out another telegram as if by juggling, and handed it over, and his tone became solemn. German intelligence received information that the Anglo-French forces had gathered 5 armored divisions, 2 light mechanized divisions, and 3 motorized infantry divisions to prepare for the battle in Jean. Brouch is fighting us in a decisive battle! ”

Huang Guyu was stunned, and his eyebrows were twisted. "So many armored divisions...... Is this news reliable? ”

"The Germans say they are absolutely reliable, and they claim that this information came from a British cabinet meeting." Dai Anlan said as he walked to the edge of the map table with Huang Guyu, and he stretched out his finger to let . "A large plain area is the best battlefield for tank decisive battles, and I estimate that these five armored divisions and two light mechanized divisions are the last capital in the hands of the British and French forces," said Brou. ”

Huang Guyu looked at the map for a while, and said with a low smile: "Okay, the last fight, after defeating these troops, the Anglo-French army will not be far from the annihilation of the whole army!" By the way, does General Guderian have any instructions? ”

"Not yet, I guess he just got the news." As soon as Dai Anlan said this, a staff officer walked quickly into the headquarters and handed a telegram to Dai Anlan.

Dai Anlan took the telegram and looked at it, and said with a light smile: "It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." General Guderian was on his way from Bastony to Namur, and he was to personally command tomorrow's decisive battle. Two of our Panzer Divisions, two Panzergrenadier Divisions, as well as three Panzer Divisions and one Panzergrenadier Division of Germany were to take part in the battle. Just on the Belgian plain north of the Maas, there is a hard-fought tank battle! ”

"Do you have any specific arrangements?" Huang Guyu asked with a frown.

"I only talked about the general deployment." Dai Anlan took out his pencil and leaned over to sketch on the map. "The frontage of the entire front should be 25 km, and on average each armored division spreads about 5 km. Two of our panzer divisions were deployed on the left flank of the front, the 1st SS "Adolf. Hitler's "Panzer Division" was in the center, and to their right were the 2nd SS "Reich" Panzer Division, the 7th German Panzer Division. Our two Panzergrenadier Divisions and the German Panzergrenadier Division "Großdeutschland" were deployed behind the tank units, with our 1st Panzergrenadier Division in the center, pulling out a 15-kilometer long snake formation, which served as a reserve position and served as a reserve. The 2nd Panzergrenadier Division and the Großdeutschland Panzergrenadier Division were located on the left and right flanks and were responsible for covering the flanks of the army.

All artillery regiments directly under the corps and divisions will be under the unified command of the German Chapter 870 regimental command and deployed behind the reserve positions. The 88mm assault gun battalions belonging to each artillery regiment would be mixed into an assault gun column, commanded by Lieutenant General Hubey, deputy commander of the German Chapter 870 regimental army, and also act as a reserve...... There are a total of 11 assault gun battalions, nearly 200 No. 3 assault guns, and almost half an armored division.

In addition, each Panzer Division will form a wedge-shaped offensive formation, and the Panzergrenadier Brigade to which each Panzer Division belongs will be responsible for establishing the starting position and accompanying the tank attack. ”

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