Don't blame Henry. Winckelmann was not confident in the war, and the Netherlands had only 39 tanks and a few small tanks, while most of the important air force was backward biplanes.

The Dutch government's weak attitude towards the war can be seen in the backward equipment of the army, which has basically not increased since the First World War, which has led to the fact that their weapons are still at the level of 1918, even now.

Especially in the midst of the economic recession of 1920-1927 and the peaceful international atmosphere, the Dutch defense budget was drastically cut due to the effects of the economic crisis.

In these seven years, only Rp 1.5 million was spent on equipment per year. Until the beginning of the war, the Dutch army had only enough artillery to fit into eight infantry divisions (four corps) and one mobile division, each with only half a division/five battalions, and the rest of the infantry divisions were light infantry, scattered throughout the area to delay the enemy's movements.

Although they built more than 2,000 pillboxes to defend against a possible war, these hastily built bunkers were simply not deep enough to stop the German invasion.

And the paratroopers of the German offensive were not ordinary paratroopers.

This paratrooper unit was a German unit that had been trained in the combat of small units of the Wehrmacht. The German army did not build up its paratrooper units early, and in fact the first paratroopers in the world did not come from Germany.

Rather, it came from the Red Giant Bear, the Soviet Union. Historically, the Soviet Union conducted a series of paratrooper combat exercises during 1935~1936, and tried to use paratroopers with traditional infantry heavy machine guns and light artillery.

Although the Soviet Union entered a period of civil war during this time and space, the training of paratroopers did not end. Instead, it was used in actual combat. Both Stalin and Trotsky used small troopers to attack each other.

However, due to the initial ineffectiveness of the paratroopers and the fact that the two sides were engaged in large-scale warfare, the operation was terminated by this parachute method.

However, this method of warfare attracted the attention of a powerful person in Germany -- Hermann. Goring! Herman. After Goering returned to China, when the Nazis were in power, they could not wait to form a paratrooper unit - General Goering's Corps!

And later Air Force Major General Kert. Stuart carried it forward, continued to conduct rigorous training for paratroopers, and eventually formed a new paratrooper group - the 7th Airborne Chasseur Division!

This unit is not only going to do parachute training. Training content such as physical fitness and cooperation with the army has also been added. After the return of the German officers who had been in exchange with the Wehrmacht, the concept of fighting behind enemy lines was added to this unit.

Now this paratrooper unit is a new type of paratrooper unit that has both the concept and organization of operations behind enemy lines, and the problem of insufficient firepower due to the separation of guns and soldiers and the lack of artillery in the early days of German paratroopers in history no longer exists.

The German paratroopers are now armed with Tiger assault rifles designed and manufactured by the Tigers, which of course have been modified by Germany after they were acquired.

At the same time, the paratroopers were armed with light 80mm mortars and grenadiers. These have been tested in actual combat, confirming their role in actual combat.

The Germans, on the other hand, did not hesitate to use these weapons in their own paratroopers. In fact, originally Goering wanted to introduce the 75mmLG40 recoilless gun being developed into the paratroopers.

However, since this artillery has not yet been successfully developed, it can only be abandoned.

For now. The firepower of the German paratroopers was only stronger than that of the Dutch troops. Each paratrooper company is armed with 18 machine guns and 3 80-mm mortars; The heavy equipment company was armed with 12 heavy machine guns, 4 80-mm mortars and 2 infantry guns.

The regimental headquarters directly administers one heavy equipment company, one anti-tank company, and one engineer company. The 13th Heavy Equipment Company is equipped with 9 120-mm mortars and 8 heavy machine guns, the 14th Anti-Tank Company has 4 37-mm anti-tank guns and 6 machine guns, and the 15th Engineer Company has 2 80-mm mortars and 6 machine guns.

So in this operation, the director of the Airborne Forces, Kurt . Student and the 7th Airborne Chasseur Division are all confident! Thinking they're going to have a big show.

In their opinion. The previous attack on Norway and Denmark by paratroopers during the Wither exercise was nothing more than an immature rehearsal for paratroopers to parachute in.

During that offensive, the airborne hunters suffered minimal resistance in Denmark, but suffered some losses in Norway due to bad weather, training and inexperience.

This made the paratroopers and Ert. Student was extremely dissatisfied, and they were going to do a good job this time. Tell the Führer and the generals of the Third Reich that their troops are worth so much investment from the Reich.

......Under the counteroffensive of the Dutch troops, the paratroopers still stuck to their posts. Fortunately, they learned how to drop more air-dropped ammunition in the previous battle. This allows them to remain combat-capable.

In fact, now the situation of the German paratroopers is not good, and the airfields they occupied have appeared huge

The runway at the airport is too soft. As a result, two-thirds of the transport aircraft were trapped on the runway.

Not only was there no way to transport troops to the occupied territory, but it also hindered the transportation of the runway.

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! The Dutch army, in response to the ......bombardment, began an all-out assault on the German paratroopers' positions, and the Dutch troops, including armored vehicles, tanks and heavy artillery, tried to expel the paratroopers.

The paratroopers did not have much heavy weapons. The position was also improvised, and its resistance can be imagined. Under heavy artillery bombardment, the paratroopers suffered great losses.

The most serious thing about the "buzzing ......" was that the Dutch troops, who had now reacted, also sent their own transport planes to bomb the paratroopers at the airfield.

They tried to blow up the German transport plane trapped at the airfield. Fortunately, the German air force now emphasizes attacking in batches, which is the experience learned from the Soviet Civil War.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Rumble!! "The few bombers and transport planes of the Netherlands were surrounded by the Luftwaffe and exploded in the air and turned into fireballs falling from the sky.

The airborne troops are still gritting their teeth and holding on. The inability of the parachute division to arrive also meant that they did not have much strength to defend themselves against the Dutch attack. It was only by relying on scattered forces that they constantly tried to stop the Dutch attack.

"Tom tom tom...... "When the Dutch army rushed to about two hundred meters in front of the position, the grenadier canisters, which were used as reinforcement of firepower, came into play.......

The paratroopers used this weapon to form a wall of fire. The Dutch troops who tried to rush in were blown back again and again. Finding that the Dutch army could not rush in, they did not hesitate and directly chose to retreat.

"Kerala ......" and then, a small number of tanks in the Dutch army began to go to war. Under the cover of tanks, the Dutch army launched a second charge......

Europe is fighting lively, and the war on China's side has not subsided. Pao Ye went abroad, but the news of his dismissal directly made the first and second legions hold back a breath of anger from top to bottom.

The 2nd Army Corps was ordered to directly sweep away the remnants of the Japanese army in Shandong, while the 1st Corps was ordered to directly pursue the 12th Army! It is required that this army must be completely annihilated in order to comfort the souls of more than 1,000 people in Damiao Town.

"Don't talk nonsense, don't say much, everyone knows what kind of person the cannon master is! Lao Tzu has one request! These miscellaneous **'s must be seen stuffed into their mouths! Liang Dashan, the acting commander of the First Army Corps, had red eyes, and pointed to the commanders of the armies and divisions below and roared.

"Lao Tzu wants to use these miscellaneous heads to build a view of Beijing! I'm going to chop up this bunch of miscellaneous pieces and feed them to the wild dogs!! If you can't do it, all the ones will go to the cooking class to carry the black pot! If it doesn't work again, let's go to the art troupe to dance!! Got it?! ”

"Understood!!" The army and division commanders of the entire First Army Corps were more angry than anyone else. Everyone understands that this dismissal is clearly because the gun master has carried the whole thing for them.

The remnants of the Twelfth Army and Otaka Kamizo, who had fled deep in the mountains, had learned by telegram that they had endured the wrath of the entire Wehrmacht.

The originally crazy Twelfth Army directly became a frightened bird after learning the news, and the tail high turtle and the people did not dare to stay at all, and kept speeding up the march towards the Henan region.

And Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro of the First Army was much smarter than Otaka Kamezo, and he did not directly enter the village to make supplies. Instead, he chose to carry most of the provisions, and after jumping out of the encirclement, he marched directly to Henan.

Umezu Mijiro knows that the more actions he makes, the easier it is to reveal his whereabouts. In the encirclement, such actions are no different from looking for death.

Sure enough, the actions of this guy Ozaka Kamizo attracted the attention of the Wehrmacht. In contrast, the First Army received much less attention.

However, this was also due to the fact that Umezu Mijiro's troops were smaller and more flexible than the Twelfth Army.

"Ozaka Kamezo, this idiot! It would be understandable if he did this in the occupied territory, but he still did it at this point, and it can only be said that all he has in his head is horse manure. ”

Jumping out of the encirclement of the Texas battlefield and retreating to Liaocheng with people, Umezu Mijiro took the telegram and sneered: "Order everyone, don't take the big road." Bypass Liaocheng and walk in the direction of Henan. ”

"Hay!" The adjutant answered, and then went down to give the order. The First Army, which had been repairing in the mountains for an hour, started again, and they silently glanced at the faintly visible Liaocheng, and then slowly walked down the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers of the 1st Army were full of sympathy for the present situation of the 12th Army, and as a result of that decision of their commander there was now no doubt that they would face a frantic hunt by the entire Wehrmacht.

But at the same time, there was schadenfreude that the Twelfth Army was unlucky, which meant that the First Army would receive less attention. Then their chances of survival will undoubtedly increase greatly.

None of the Japanese troops felt that their current mentality was gradually changing. Their courage is disappearing little by little......

ps: After the second chapter, take a shower and go to ......