A huge cannon slowly rises from the railroad tracks, along which many French soldiers are reinforcing the surrounding railway. A French officer stood on a high spot and looked at this qiē, his eyes full of pride.

"General de Gaulle. He pointed to his cannon and showed off to his colleagues: "There is no such huge artillery in the whole of Germany." And here, we deployed 5 such cannons in one go. ”

De Gaulle also had a very happy expression on his face: "I hope your artillery can bring victory to this attack." ”

France has declared war on Germany for 16 days, but France still has not launched any substantive attack on Germany, everyone is waiting for the outcome of the German war against Poland, once Germany is in a stalemate on the battlefield, then some countries will start to really attack Germany's western border.

This time, however, all the countries miscalculated, completely miscalculated - the imaginary stalemate did not appear, the war turned into a one-sided military exercise, and the German troops advanced more than 40 kilometers on the first day of the war, and maintained this astonishing pace of advance for most of the time thereafter.

The British were forced to send 10,000 men to Belgium to strengthen the border defenses, because the Belgian royal family feared the terrible fighting power of the German army, and if such a speed of attack appeared in Belgium, the small territory of Belgium could be destroyed in a few days. Similarly, a division of French troops was stationed in Luxembourg.

The French top brass began to notice a small battle in the northern border region of Poland, which was inconspicuous in the grand Eastern Battle, but which still made all the French generals uncomfortable: a permanent fortification made of reinforced concrete was completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe.

Giant bombs and napalm made it possible for the Germans to quickly break through the Maginot Line, which made the Maginot Line as fragile as a blank sheet of paper, and the French were unwilling to let the Great Wall of Steel become a wooden fence for farmers, so they began to strengthen the border defense.

They believed that the Maginot Line could withstand any onslaught from the ground, and that all they had to worry about was the threat from the sky. So the French military finally chose a two-pronged plan, one was to start strengthening the performance of the fighters, and the other was to supplement the ground anti-aircraft fire.

However, September 1937 was a period of inactivity for the French aviation industry, with some mature aircraft models becoming obsolete in the face of advanced German fighters, while some real models were not mature and needed to continue to be realized. Seeing a large number of German fighters killing old aircraft in the skies over Poland, the French Air Force had no choice but to produce MS with acceptable performance. Type 406 fighter to relieve the pressure caused by the Luftwaffe.

On the ground, France began to deploy anti-aircraft guns on the main section of the Maginot Line, and there was an interesting episode in this: the French also fell in love with the Swedes' Bofors 40 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, but unfortunately Germany had already placed an order three years later, so the French had no choice but to use their own anti-aircraft guns with average performance.

At the same time, the French began to plan an attack to force Germany to abandon their plan to destroy Poland, but by this time they found themselves without a complete plan of attack on Germany.

However, the appearance of one person gave hope to the French government, and this person was Major General de Gaulle, an army general who had always advocated the use of force against Germany. He proposed a complete battle plan that consisted of destroying the German Siegfried Line with giant artillery on the border, and then concentrating on attacking the western regions of Germany in the same way that Germany had attacked Poland.

Now Poland has only one breath left, and if it doesn't make a move, it will be too late. As a major European land power, France also has its own considerations, and Britain can sit back and watch Germany be a strong counterweight to France, but France cannot tolerate such an outcome. So this time the French finally decided to leave the British allies behind and give Germany a try themselves.

At least this time, de Gaulle felt that the time was ripe: Germany concentrated more than eighty percent of its main forces to surprise Poland, and in Poland it made a surprise attack that shocked the whole world. Then the German forces on the Western Front must not be sufficient. France could gain an advantage over the German army on the Western Front at this time, so that Germany would need to be forced to withdraw its troops from Poland and once again find itself in the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts.

"Our army has not studied the new German incendiary secret weapon, so there is no good way to take the Siegfried Line. De Gaulle pointed to the French train guns in front of him and said: "This kind of weapon is the only means we have against the German Siegfried Line, and we hope that it can achieve the desired effect." ”

"A few days ago, we realized the ability of this 500 mm caliber gun to destroy reinforced concrete fortifications, and the effect was very good. At least the Germans didn't lie to us this time, these artillery pieces are really line killers. The artillery officer glanced at De Gaulle beside him and said with a smile: "We will not be fooled in this regard, because our weapons experts must also be practical and prove that they are useful, and they will be put into production on a large scale." ”

"Tomorrow at dawn, we will show the Germans that the French army today is not the Polish bunch of fools!" de Gaulle waved his hand at his adjutant, who nodded and ran down the hill.

On the other side of the hill, dozens of French heavy tanks led hundreds of light tanks were slowly moving along the road. Along with these tanks were thousands of French infantry, with a pack-drawn cannon every other section, and the ranks stretched to the end of the mountain road, drowning in a cloud of gray dust.

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"Long live the Führer! General Gascoll, urgent information just sent from the French. An officer walked into the office of the Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht with a top-secret inscription on it, and said immediately.

Gascoll's face immediately changed when he opened the text: "How could such important information be sent here?"

"The French have blocked the border with Luxembourg, and our intelligence officers only found an opportunity to deliver this information this evening. The officer bowed his head and said: "After suffering several secret losses, the French intelligence services also began to carry out a purge plan for our deployment, destroying the French MS a few days ago. The operation on the 406 fighter line thus failed. ”

"Call the Führer's office at once! Gascoll looked at his pocket watch, knowing that Accardo had flown back to Berlin this afternoon, and immediately got up and said: "Send a message to the French intelligence department, and tell them to collect as many details as possible about the actions of the French army this time, including the strength of the troops, the direction of attack, and so on...... If there's a message come to me directly, don't go through anyone!

"Yes, General!" the officer replied with a salute once more.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late, my Führer. Gascoll looked at the tired Accardo worriedly, bowed his head and said, "But this news is very important, I can only inform you as much as possible, I hope you can prepare early." ”

"On the French side?" Accardo knew that his right-hand man would not bother him for no reason, and that something very difficult must have happened - speaking of the big thing, it was now nothing more than the problem of the Western Front. So he swept away his exhaustion, narrowed his eyes and asked.

Gascoll stepped forward and handed the information to Accardo: "The French are preparing for an attack, they do not know when and where, but this attack will break out in the near future - they have blocked the border area of Luxembourg. ”

Accardo nodded, he walked over to his desk and grabbed the phone: "Pick up the propaganda department for me...... Fanny, it's me, Accardo...... A speech was arranged, to be finalized tomorrow morning, and the core of it was to condemn France for launching a war against Germany against Germany despite German resistance to the westward advance of communism...... Yes, I will arrange it and wait for me. ”

Put down the phone and immediately grab it again. Accardo continued to issue his own order: "Give me the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht...... I'm Accardo, and I'm asking General Brauchitsch to answer the phone...... Yes, the accuracy should be beyond doubt, immediately bring the troops of the Western Front into full combat readiness, all officers cancel their vacations, and the troops move into their respective defensive positions. ”

"My Führer, do you need to activate it?" Brauchitsch's voice came from the other side of the phone: "If the French army goes on a full-scale attack, the troops on the Western Front will suffer losses, and we must take a counterattack at the first time to contain the French offensive." Because the Siegfried Line is ...... after all"

"Early tomorrow morning the government will declare a state of emergency and the Wehrmacht will expand its division to the western front. Accardo said confidently, "I approve your use of the Western Front Defense ...... But I'm going to have to wait until the French fire first, understand?"

"Yes, my Führer!" replied Brauchitsch, "I will do my best to keep France at bay in the predetermined area." ”

After hanging up the phone, Accardo called Schacht again: "Send a message to all the businessmen with whom we are in contact, sell off the French bonds and assets in your hands, it has just been approved for execution, and the real war has begun." ”

Inside the Wehrmacht General Headquarters, Brauchitsch made a call to the front command: "General Rundstedt. I am Brauchitsch, and on behalf of the Führer, I announce to you: you have been appointed commander-in-chief of the Western Front, responsible for execution. ”

Late at night on September 29, the Wehrmacht troops on the Western Front began to leave their barracks, and the canvas covering the plane was torn off by the ground crew, and it was fully executed, and the German Western Front entered a state of first-level combat readiness.