The commander of the "open artillery" artillery group raised his arm suddenly waved downward, and 12 regiments of smoke rose from the artillery position in turn, and the shells fired from the chambers of 12 large-caliber howitzers went straight to the opposite coalition position, which was the front line of the battle between the German army and the British and French forces, and the armies of the two sides were fighting inextricably at this time, and it was obvious that the German army with large-caliber artillery looked to have much more advantage. The "boom", "boom", "boom" and "boom" shells landed and blew up the positions of the coalition forces, and the coalition forces thought that the strong defense line was blown up into a mess, especially the British Sherman tanks, which were directly blown up by the shells into a raging fireball.

The large-caliber artillery assembled "open the cannon, fire freely" began to fire freely with the help of the coordinates sent back by the walkie-talkie at the forward observation post, and the fortresses and fixed fire points on the Allied defense line were destroyed by artillery fire one by one, and after the coordinates of the forward observation post were constantly corrected, the German artillery fire began to extend. The machine guns on the German forward positions began to shoot, firing at the enemy's fire points they suspected, and the coalition forces could not raise their heads under the pressure of dense bullets and splashed shrapnel, in fact, forcibly returning fire under such a fire blow would only be a waste of their own lives, and experienced coalition veterans were huddled in the trenches with their heads in their hands.

"Start the charge, press up and destroy those damned British" The German soldiers hidden in the trenches launched an attack under the cover of artillery fire under the organization of the officer, and the infantry and artillery were coordinated, which was a new tactic of the German army, especially when breaking through the enemy position, this new tactic was very feasible. The tide of German soldiers poured out of the trenches and rushed straight to the opposite coalition position, different from previous battles, the German soldiers who launched the attack this time kept shouting slogans to the opposite side to persuade them to surrender, this was the idea of the German high command, the German target was the British, the French were the objects of their persuasion, and the Germans wanted to isolate the British army and divide the coalition forces.

It was clear that this new German tactic had worked, and the intensive artillery offensive had already shown signs of defeat on the opposing Allied forces, and after a large number of German soldiers launched an attack, the Allied defensive line finally collapsed. A defeated coalition force retreated into the city in a panic, and under the command of the officer, they used the buildings to organize a new defensive ring, in a vain attempt to stop the Germans in this way and buy time for the withdrawal of the large forces. The German army, which was on the offensive, had no intention of fighting them, and directly mobilized armored troops to block the passage out of the city, and used Bazooka's direct-aim artillery fire to destroy the fire points and defensive circles that the coalition forces had just established one by one.

As explosions rang out, the firing points set up by the coalition forces were engulfed in the ruins one by one, and the gunfire that resounded throughout the city gradually subsided until it was silent. Smoke-clad German soldiers carefully searched the city with guns in hand, followed by a team of French servants with black armbands on their arms, tasked with assisting the German search team in finding the Allied routs scattered in the rubble.

"Heroic coalition soldiers, your mission is over, please lay down your arms and take the initiative to come out and surrender to us, the great Imperial soldiers will not shoot at the soldiers who have laid down their arms, please lay down your arms and come out and surrender, we have arranged food and medicine for you" The dilapidated city was full of German propaganda vans, who were persuading the coalition soldiers hidden in the ruins of the city to surrender.

The last half of the chocolate had been taken by Decker for yesterday's dinner, and it was almost noon, and he was hungry and hidden behind a stone wall. There was still one last bullet in the chamber, this was Decker's last reliance, as an officer, he had the reserve of an officer, he could not surrender to the Germans, which was detrimental to his noble blood. Pulling open the sleeve of the pistol, Decker looked at the bullet again, slowly raised his arm and pointed the muzzle of the gun in the direction from which the footsteps came, suicide was the act of a coward, Decker hoped that he could die like a warrior at the enemy's gunpoint.

5 meters, 3 meters, come on, come on, Decker touched his chapped upper lip with the tip of his tongue, the footsteps outside the broken wall were getting closer and closer, Decker's heart was beating violently, and the rapid secretion of adrenaline made Decker's hands tremble a little. "Hmm" Decker, who was engrossed in staring at the entrance of the broken wall, was caught by a rope loop that appeared behind him, and before he could shout, the rope loop was tightened violently, and the hungry Decker was dragged to the wall by the rope loop, and the pistol also fell to the ground in the struggle.

Decker had never been so frightened, because while he was struggling desperately, the guy who had sneaked up on him from behind was seen by Decker. God, the people desperately clutching their necks in the rope trap are actually two Frenchmen, two French teenagers who are only in their teens, "I am here to help you, I am not your enemy" Decker, who was out of breath by the rope trap, screamed with his last strength and struggled desperately.

"I'm the British, I'm here to help you, I'm not your enemy, the Germans are your enemies" The rope behind him loosened slightly, Decker breathed a sigh of relief, and eagerly identified himself to another French teenager who walked in through the entrance of the broken wall.

"I know you're British, catch a British soldier, and the Germans will give us three days' share of bread, and if you catch a British officer, we'll get an extra gallon of milk and two red sausages," the French boy who came in through the entrance of the broken wall grinned and picked up the pistol that Decker had dropped on the ground and played with it. "Ha, it's really an officer, this is an officer's gun" The young man put the pistol at his waist and reached out to look through Decker's pocket, trying to find something that would prove Decker's identity.

Watches, banknotes, cigarettes, lighters, everything in Decker's pocket were taken out and placed on the ground in the same way, and the diary that Decker had been carrying in his pocket was found. "Ha, it's really an officer, Lemon, your sister's milk has fallen" Decker's military ID card is sandwiched in this diary, and after the boy carefully compares the photos on Decker and the military ID, he finally believes that the unkempt guy in front of him is the same person as the blonde man on the military ID.

The things spread on the ground were put into his pocket by the teenagers, and Decker, who was tied with his arms tied behind his back, was escorted out from behind the broken wall by the three French teenagers. There were many other Allied soldiers who had suffered the same as Decker, and the Allied routs that the French had searched out of the ruins were concentrated in an open field, and only a few German soldiers were in charge of guarding them, and the rest were French with guns.

The balance of the French war had tilted in favor of the Germans, and under the powerful German offensive, the seemingly solid Allied defensive line had already been shattered, and the superior Allied forces were also retreating. After the battle against the Germans, the Coalition was not as strong as they had shown it to be, and the capture of Buckingham Palace on Christmas Eve was only a signal of an all-out war between the Germans against Britain and France. After the fierce Polish Legion suddenly disappeared from the battlefield in eastern France, a large number of German armored units diverted from Italy into eastern France, and even the heavily defended port of Marseille by the French army had fallen into the hands of the German army at this time, and the destruction of France was a foregone conclusion.

According to Zhao Zhi's suggestion, Hitler collected materials and resources in the German-occupied areas, and a large number of industries belonging to the French aristocracy were requisitioned by the German army, especially those that could be classified as military use. Food, medicine, and living resources were the means by which the Germans controlled the French people in the occupied areas, and apart from the fact that they could not own weapons, could not have gatherings of more than 10 people, and had curfews every night, the French working in the German-controlled factories were no different from the past, and even better off than when the French government ran the country.

If you want to truly occupy a country, you can't do it physically, you can only achieve it spiritually. Zhao Zhi's plan for Hitler was assimilation, good pay, stable jobs, seemingly equal treatment and courtesy, and the right to communicate with family members in Allied-controlled areas, and the French in German-controlled areas lived well. Under the deliberate catering of the German army, some French people who were content with the status quo even began to take the initiative to serve the German army, and a large number of resistance elements lurking in the German-occupied areas were reported and exposed, and for a time, the prisons controlled by the German army were overcrowded.

Zhao Zhi's plan was confirmed, the German high command saw the results, the resistance that had occurred in the Polish occupation zone was not repeated in the French occupation zone, the expected casualties among the soldiers were minimized, and the Germans were provided with a large and stable number of French workers to serve their factories. Under the increasingly fierce propaganda offensive of the German army, a large number of Allied soldiers hiding in the ruins of the city took the initiative to surrender, and under the double search of the German army and the French servant force, they had to come out and surrender due to lack of food and ammunition.

The German search team looked at the Allied soldiers walking out of the ruins with their hands held high, and the French minions held small flags to gather these surrendered Allied soldiers, and these Allied soldiers who laid down their arms would be gathered together and sent to the prisoner of war camp, where they would be given tools to participate in the work of clearing the ruins, supervised by the French who were willing to serve the German army. Labor in exchange for food and respect was the German army's method of controlling the French population, and it was also applicable to prisoners of war, and Allied soldiers who entered the prisoner of war camps had no chance of freedom until they had finished cleaning up the ruins of the city. It was only up to the Germans to decide when they would return their freedom, and until then, they had been forced labor in prisoner of war camps.