Chapter 302: Expansion of the Army

The thunderous blow of the mustache was the same as in history, directly stunned Britain and France, and in the next few days, the German army drove straight in, sweeping through Western Europe at a jaw-dropping speed, and the newspapers in Beiping could not even keep up with the speed of their advance, and this side just reported that the German army began to attack, and that side had already reported that the Dutch surrender, and that side had already reported that the German army was near the Maas River, and within a week the whole world was like crazy, making Boss Yang dizzy.

To be honest, he really didn't expect Britain and France to be so vulnerable, you must know that this set of blitzkrieg played by the Germans is no longer their patent, whether it is armored assault, air strike or airborne landing behind enemy lines, these are all played by the Chinese, even the bald guys know that to build an armored division, stirring up more than 100,000 Japanese troops on their backs, Britain and France are actually helpless against this set of tactics, it has to be said that it is really weird.

If it is because of the Maginot Line that they are overconfident, then on the Chapingjia line, the Japanese should have already set a good example for them, and in the face of the enemy behind them, strong fortifications are meaningless.

"God is also helping Xiao Xi!" This thing can only make such a feeling now, but this battle is still a little different from the original history, such as the large-scale air battle between the twin demons, after the German soldiers approached the Maas River, because of the heavy losses at the front-line airfield, so the British Air Force took off their hundred twin demons from the mainland, and the French also took off their fifty twin demons from the southern airfield to bomb the Maas River pontoon, and their opponents were the German twin demons and Bf109.

However, the protagonist of this air battle is not the plane. It's the eight- or eight-millimeter anti-aircraft guns on the ground that use radio proximity fuses, and even large fighters like the Twin Demon are almost one-sided in front of this kind of thing. In the end, over the pontoon bridge over the Maas River, Britain and France lost more than 400 combat aircraft, and the twin demons as the main force lost more than half.

Just after Guderian successfully crossed the Maas, he soon encountered the 1st French Panzer Division, which had just been formed and was actually pulled into the battlefield before it was formed, Charles and Mossol against T34 and No. 3 tanks, and Charles de Gaulle against Guderian. On the plains of France, two torrents of steel collided.

The result was still a jaw-dropping world, the French 1st Panzer Division was almost completely annihilated, and de Gaulle fled back to Paris with the remnants of less than twenty relatively fast Mosols. The Germans lost only thirty No. 3 tanks and one T34 version of the No. 4 tank.

The battle broke the backbone of the French completely, and the French army was crushed in the light of the German steel torrent.

The British Expeditionary Force performed as well as their compatriots in the Asian theater, and even in Belgium they were beaten to the ground by Admiral Bock, who lacked armor. Bock was without an armored division. But there were rocket artillery units, and these weapons that whistled across the sky and could smash down a sea of fire at once made the British lose their souls.

The Germans have been developing rocket artillery for many years with the technology provided by Yang Feng, from the imitation of 107 mm to the 150 mm developed by themselves, and even the powerful 240 mm, although this thing has poor accuracy but has a range of more than 40 kilometers, which was originally prepared for the bombardment of Paris.

To compensate for the disadvantage of the lack of armored forces. Xiao Xi equipped Army Group B with at least ten regiments of rocket artillery, and the British Expeditionary Force was almost helpless in the face of these terrifying weapons.

In the face of a powerful German offensive. The timetable for the blitzkrieg in Western Europe has not changed much, and the British army will already face Dunkirk half a month later, and history has not changed unexpectedly here, and the mustache still ordered the armored forces to stop advancing, leaving a glimmer of life for the British and French troops in a desperate situation.

In fact, no matter how history evaluates his order, but at the time, the mustache did not do anything wrong, he was far more rational than the generals under his command who rushed to get carried away, 300,000 soldiers who were driven to a dead end, once the last line of life was cut off, then it was probably amazing to launch a madness, in case the most valuable armored troops of the German army were consumed in the desperate efforts of the British, it would be a big loss, anyway, even if he changed to Boss Yang, he would make the same choice.

However, although the German armored forces stopped advancing, the infantry units did not, especially Xiao Xi drove the six 240-mm rocket artillery regiments he used as strategic weapons to the outskirts of Dunkirk, and under the guidance of aerial aircraft, they carried out large-scale artillery bombardment of the encirclement day and night.

This terrifying monster, no less powerful than the battleship's main guns in terms of power and range, became a nightmare for the Anglo-French forces, and more than 50,000 British and French troops died in this rocket artillery during the week-long retreat.

"Mah, is the Germans too powerful, or are the British and French too weak? The war in Europe is really becoming more and more incomprehensible. Han Fuyu said with a wry smile, don't talk about him, at this time, except for Boss Yang, the whole world is stunned, although Britain and France are clumsy in Asia, but this is understandable, after all, this is not their home field, and the Japanese army can be said to be several times their strength, it is not surprising that they did not fight well.

But in Europe, it is really surprising to be like this in their own home, especially France, which is known as the world's first army power, judging from their performance on the battlefield, it seems that they are not as good as those third-rate miscellaneous armies on the Chinese battlefield.

"Don't care which of them is strong and who is weak, the death of the French is already a sure thing, kill France, and then deal with Britain just by bombing, anyway, the German navy is not capable of overthrowing Britain, so what is the German army doing idle?

Their next target would definitely be the Soviet Union.

If Germany attacked the Soviet Union, with the current combat effectiveness of the Soviet army, I am afraid that it would not be much stronger than the French, of course, with Joseph's character, he would definitely not do such a thing as surrender, and at that time he would inevitably draw troops from the Far East to defend the European part.

In this way, the Japanese will have a chance, as long as the Japanese army starts a war against the Soviet Union, that is when we will recover the northeast, but judging from the current situation, our troops are a little insufficient.

He Zhuge is in Jiangxi, Shang Qiyu is in Burma, India we can't just pass one army, at least one group army of 100,000 people, but this kind of supply from Tibet is definitely not possible, we must open a passage into India in Burma, let the expeditionary force take Imphal, and then the Indian army will cross the Brahmaputra River and snatch back the entire eastern part of the river from the Japanese.

This place was originally our vassal country, and now it's just time to raise a small puppet to let it come out of India, don't underestimate here, there are big oil fields here, not to mention that it's still very easy to get a million tons a year. Yang Feng's words made the eyes of a group of old warlords light up all of a sudden, now everyone knows that oil is a really good thing, these guys have even coveted Yanchang oil for a long time, but they are not embarrassed to start, and now they hear that there is a big oil field in India, so they don't immediately get up.

"However, in this case, our troops will be seriously insufficient, and now we have 400,000 people left in the north, and it is impossible for such troops to cope with the two-front battle in any case, so we will expand our army next, at least another 300,000 troops.

But what I mean is that the newly formed army should not belong to each of our families, and now that we are a whole, it is not convenient to command them as a family, so what I mean is that the newly formed army is simply called the new army, and the command is vested in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Yang Feng continued.

Naturally, a bunch of veteran warlords have no opinions, and anyway, the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a representative meeting of all parties, and even the operational command of their own armies is under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so it is naturally normal for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to hand over the command of the new army to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

As for how to expand the army, it is very simple, there is a perfect reserve system in various places, especially the reserve force in Pingjinguang is more than 300,000, plus Shandong, Hebei, Chahar, Rehe, Suiyuan, Ningxia These places, the total number is more than 1 million, and it is too simple to pick 300,000 from this.

As for weapons and equipment, needless to say, even if there is no inventory, arming 300,000 people is only a month for the production capacity of the two industrial bases in Pingjin and Chongqing.

However, the establishment of these 300,000 people needs to be carefully considered.

"I've got a copy of the compilation here, how can you take a look?" Yang Feng said and took out a list of the establishment that had been prepared earlier, and then continued: "Now that all countries are changing the division of the three-regiment system and abolishing the brigade-level establishment, our new army might as well do the same.

Of course, this is only an infantry division, and there must be two more armored divisions in the new army, plus an airborne division, so that it is more perfect. ”

The establishment of the infantry division he gave was actually the establishment of the US army after 1943, with three infantry regiments, but the artillery was slightly modified, two 105 howitzer battalions, one 150 howitzer battalion, and one 130 rocket artillery battalion.

Plus a tank battalion, an air defense battalion, and a mechanized reconnaissance battalion, this set of heavy artillery should be said to be very suitable for the Northern Coalition Army at this time, with the industrial strength of Pingjin can fully support such an army to fight, but leaving North China with a perfect transportation system, this is a bit inappropriate, but it is very suitable in the Northeast, and Yang Feng's main purpose of this new army is the Northeast, in addition to the Soviet Far East after the war between Japan and the Soviet Union. (To be continued......)

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