"Uh......h Woo...... Whine......" Piercing sirens sounded over the Wehrmacht garrison, and the soldiers rushed out of their barracks, sorting out their messy equipment, which had been issued bullets a few days earlier, and now all they had to do was press the bullets in their hands into the chambers.

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? Make it clear! You say the French are fighting back? Tell me slowly! What the hell is going on?" asked a major anxiously with the telephone receiver.

Behind him, rows and rows of Wehrmacht soldiers trotted out of the garrison, and they had received orders ten minutes earlier to immediately rush to the outskirts of Mannheim to meet the possible French troops.

Putting down the phone, the major grabbed the receiver again: "Pick up the division headquarters for me! Yes, right away! Colonel Scock! I'm Varando." My regiment is leaving the barracks, but we don't have enough anti-tank weapons! We need support! Yes. ”

"I'm a mess here too!" The commander on the other end of the phone was obviously anxious: "I don't have enough anti-tank guns on hand! I can only deploy the 88mm guns under the command of the division headquarters near Heidelberg, and you can only rely on yourself." ”

"Colonel, I only have a few dozen anti-tank mines! What can I do against the French tanks? I need support! Otherwise, my regiment will not be able to withstand the French attack!" Valando argued loudly.

"Okay! I'll send you another 20 mines! And then I'll find a way to give you two more heavy machine guns, all I can get my hands on. Colonel Scock said helplessly: "You must hold out on to the front line for at least two days, I heard that our armored division will come in two days." ”

He had just spoken on the phone with Major General Lutz, who was in charge of the defense area, and confirmed from him that the French had opened fire on the Wehrmacht troops, and that Accardo had ordered the Wehrmacht 25th Panzer Division to move towards Augsburg, and that Lutz hoped that the Wehrmacht 13th Division, which was deployed there, would withstand the first round of French attacks.

"What is this called! that damn Accardo has done us miserable!" "Varando grumbled, "and that damned Lutz, why do you have to send troops to the Rhineland at this time?" ”

"Shut up, Major Valrando, take your men and go to defend at once, the French won't give you much time. Colonel Skock was a member of the Greater German Party, so he had no choice but to reprimand Varando at this time.

"What's that?" Valando heard another alarm on the other end of the phone.

"Damn! French reconnaissance planes! Captain Deco! Send people to defend the air with machine guns! Tell the soldiers to hide! Quick!" Colonel Scock on the other end of the phone did not answer Varando's question, but gave a series of orders: "Varando! I'll call you later! It's too chaotic ...... here."

Before Valando could say anything, the phone had already hung up. Valando hung up the receiver on the phone, and then ordered his lieutenant beside him: "Let the reconnaissance company search first! I need to find concrete evidence of the French going to war!"

He pointed to the German and French borders on the map: "From here here! The last search direction is Kaiserslautern! I want to find the line of attack of the French! Quick!"

He gave another order to a battalion commander who was waiting for an order behind the adjutant: "Let your men be deployed here, here, and here! All sniper squads are scattered in the field and in small towns along the way! Don't take a step back without an order!"

"Sir, if the French invade and we can't hold such a long line, the whole regiment will collapse. The battalion commander frowned and complained, "We should call the 9th Division stationed in Mainz and ask them to come and help defend it." ”

"It's useless, General Rutz's side is also deploying defenses, they are in charge of the defense line in the direction of Frankfurt, and it is impossible to draw up troops to save us. Major Valando said, waving his hand.

Once again, he thought gloomily of the culprit who was far away in Berlin: "Oh God! Accardo has sent us all to hell! We will be beaten into a sieve by the French!"

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"The destroyers of the Navy are combat-ready and can leave port at any time. Sindra put the information in front of Accardo and said, "Colonel Guderian has called, their troops are heading for Augsburg, and they hope that the headquarters of the transport corps will provide enough fuel along the way, and he will be able to reach the vicinity of Stuttgart the next day." ”

"Rommel's 26th Cavalry Division was marching towards the city of Friingen Schwenningen, and he was preparing to counterattack from the south to Offenburg while the French attacked Stuttgart, but his troops were short of fuel and ammunition and needed to be replenished. Lieutenant General Fedor von Bock, a veteran general in his fifties who was personally selected by Accardo, added the deputy chief of staff of the Wehrmacht.

Accardo looked at the arrows of the troops on the map above the table that were constantly advancing towards the German-French border, and his frown never opened.

"Major General Brauchitsch's 4th Division has already begun to advance in the direction of the clones, but the analysis sent by the intelligence services says that the clones will fall in a few days, and the 4th Division will not be able to get there. Gascoll almost burst into tears, he and Accardo had single-handedly planned the invasion of the Rhineland, and if Germany suffered another defeat as a result, he would be the sinner of German history.

"Alright, don't mess up with yourself!" Accardo abruptly interrupted the men's report: "Who can sue me! Who is the news that the French are firing at us? Where are our troops now confronting the French?"

Two hours earlier, Rutz had ordered three battalions of his men to advance toward the Rhineland, where they were warmly welcomed by the local population along the way. Sindra pointed to a map of the Rhineland.

She pointed to an area with her whip: "When our troops were marching here, a soldier was hit by a bullet, and chaos ensued. ”

"Our soldiers sent back a telegram claiming that the French had opened fire. Lieutenant General Bock sighed and said, "And they were ordered to retreat as soon as they encountered a counterattack, so they did not find out the strength of the French, but quickly retreated to the bridgehead of several bridges over the Rhine to set up defenses." ”

"I got the reporters in place, I prepared the message, and it turned this uplifting operation into a joke with just a gunshot?" said Accardo angrily, "Let the world see that we are a bunch of cowardly cowards!"

"General, the martial law imposed on our troops in the city of Berlin has caused resentment. A colonel ran in: "President Hindenburg just called the guardhouse and asked us to arrest you. ”

"Deputy Chairman Stlesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked us to reply to telephone correspondence. Anna hurriedly walked in: "He said that we only have one chance, and that is to ask him to call the French government immediately to explain our reckless behavior this time." ”

"A bunch of fools! If we give in now, then all our efforts will be in vain!" Accardo stood up: "I have expanded the Wehrmacht to its present size! I have devoted all my efforts to building this powerful country! History has proved that I have never made a mistake! I will not miscalculate this time! I order that the troops that are now being mobilized should maintain a forward posture. ”

"General, we will be completely defeated by the French. Bock frowned and reminded Accardo: "We have only about 70,000 troops near the French border, and we have less than 150,000 troops including reinforcements. France can mobilize four times as many troops as we do. ”

"I know!" said Accardo solemnly, "but at this time we can't mess with ourselves!

After saying that, he took out his matching gun, pressed it on his desk, and then picked up the telephone receiver: "Pick up General Lutz for me." ”

He waited for the voice on the other end of the phone to answer, and immediately asked, "Rutz! I want to know what happened! Why the French are firing." ”

"General, the French did open fire! My troops had no choice but to withdraw from the Rhineland and establish defensive positions on several bridges. "One battalion commander reported to me that the French were retreating, while another said that a French machine-gun crew was firing, but they did not confirm the number of French troops. ”

"You rush over in person! I want to know the most correct situation!" said Accardo angrily, "because of your telegram, now we have 100,000 troops on our way! I want you to confirm the intentions of the French." Immediately!

"Yes! I see!" Lutz put down the receiver of the phone, but Accardo could still hear him shouting to his men, "Get me a car! Let's go to the bridgehead position!"

"Kesselring called to ask if he needed to take off fighter jets to intercept the French plane. An officer knocked on the door and asked.

"No! Keep his men on standby at the airport! Fill up all the planes. Bock thought for a moment, then turned back to him and ordered. The officer glanced at Accardo, nodded and went out.

Everyone looked at Accardo, watching as his pale lips bit together, and a drop of sweat slid down his bloodless face.

"General, I believe you!" Anna walked up to Accardo and said, "I believe what you say! If we fail this time, I am willing to accompany you to hell!"

Accardo raised his head, looked at the girl in front of him, who was also unsightly, smiled reluctantly, and was about to say something, when suddenly a soldier rushed in.

The soldier looked a little flustered: "Sir, just now President Hindenburg sent a telegram to the General Headquarters, and he said that if you have a little shame, you should kill yourself." ”

Kill yourself?" Accardo looked at the P-38 pistol on his desk and smiled wryly.