In the middle of the night on May 20, 1940, the British army headquarters outside Arras, the busy headquarters during the day had quieted down, and most of the officers and soldiers had rested except for those on night duty, but Montgomery, the supreme commander of the British army in Arras, was still lying in front of the map and meditating.

Before the start of the war, the British and French high-level were blindly optimistic that this war would be like the First World War more than 20 years ago, and the British and French forces could drain the blood of the Germans with a strong defensive line, but the tactics of not wanting to fight the Germans had changed dramatically.

Blitzkrieg, this term crossed Montgomery's brain, during this period of time, Montgomery repeatedly studied the tactics of the German army, used a large number of tanks and mechanized troops to find the enemy's weak points, and then carried out a strong attack and carried out rapid intersperse, with the frontal troops from the enemy's rear to attack, so as to destroy a large number of the enemy's living forces, these characteristics of the blitzkrieg were vividly played by the German army.

If the blitzkrieg on Poland was just a rehearsal for the Germans to test the blitzkrieg, then the blitzkrieg on France was the official debut of the blitzkrieg, and the powerful blitzkrieg fought against the old Anglo-French coalition army, and in only five weeks, France lost a large area of land and vital forces, and more than 300,000 British and French troops were surrounded, and they could be annihilated by the German army at any time.

When everyone else is looking at how to defend, the offensive Montgomery is thinking about how to attack, from the current situation, the German army is a little overwhelmed by the current battle situation, because they themselves underestimate the great power of the blitzkrieg, the deployment of troops is a little chaotic, and the incident of attacking lightly against the enemy occurs from time to time, if a counterattack is launched at this time. It can be good, but Montgomery has a lot of problems in front of him.

He has only two infantry divisions and a tank brigade, which is not too small but not too much, Arras is the gateway to Dunkirk, and if he launches a counterattack and causes the loss of Arras, then more than 300,000 coalition troops will be in a desperate situation. He himself will be cut off from the main forces of the coalition forces, so he can't send all his forces, and he must put some elite forces to defend Arras, but how much is it appropriate to stay?

If there is too much left, Montgomery's offensive force will be insufficient, and if the German army takes advantage of its own attack to attack, then Arras may not be able to hold it, and it will be difficult.

Standing up and lighting a cigarette, Montgomery kept walking back and forth in front of the table, thinking about how much it would be appropriate for the troops to stay, but he couldn't make a decision for a long time. Until he stepped on a document that he had discarded during the day.

"Calais National Guard Brigade, I hope this unit can be useful. ”

In Montgomery's heart, the reserve force was completely pig teammates, but now he had no soldiers to use, so he had to fill up the pig teammates, so he issued two orders overnight, one was an offensive order, and the other was a defensive order, and then called a herald and sent it to Ouyang Yu's hands.

"Let my troops stay in Arras with the 32nd Infantry Regiment, and also obey the orders of Colonel Lewis, the commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment? Colonel Lewis and I are both of the rank of colonel, and I have more numbers than the 32nd Infantry Regiment. Why should I obey his orders?"

Ouyang Yu, who was dragged up from the bed, asked Montgomery's herald in confusion, and the herald replied without humility or arrogance: "This is the general's order." I'm just a herald, if you have anything please ask the general, goodbye Miss Colonel. ”

The herald emphasized the word Miss, obviously despising Ouyang Yu very much, because in his opinion, Ouyang Yu, a young man, was actually the rank of colonel, and he was also the commander of a troop of more than 4,000 people. It must be the eldest lady of the family who came out to mess around, and the family also accompanied her to mess around and gave her the rank of colonel and a unit, as a proletarian herald, of course he wanted to express his anger, and after casually saluting Ouyang Yu, the herald turned around and ran away without waiting for Ouyang Yu's consent.

"This rude guy. I curse you for being captured by the Germans. Ouyang Yu gave the herald's back a middle finger.

Ouyang Yu could only obey Montgomery's orders, so early the next morning, Ouyang Yu ordered the troops to change their positions and prepare to take over the British army's position to the east, and she herself came to Montgomery's headquarters to report and participate in the combat meeting.

"Your Excellency, Catherine Victor reports to you. ”

Ouyang Yu, who walked into the conference room, gave Montgomery a military salute in a chic and neat manner.

This is the first meeting between Ouyang Yu and Montgomery, Montgomery carefully looked at Ouyang Yu, and came to the same conclusion as his own herald, I don't know which eldest lady came out to mess around, can the troops led by such a big lady really give her the heavy responsibility of defense? At the moment he saw Ouyang Yu, Montgomery regretted a little, but the military order is like a mountain, this is not only the person who accepts the task, but also the person who issues the task, otherwise the change of order will be a huge blow to the prestige of the commander.

"You may be seated, Miss Catherine. ”

Montgomery does not call Ouyang Yu Colonel Victor but Miss Catherine, which means that he is unwilling to admit Ouyang Yu's military identity, whether it is a different world or a copy world or the original world, it is common to judge people by their appearance, and in the world of men, women must show their real skills and put in more effort if they want to be recognized.

Montgomery's battle meeting went well, the current battle was a complete rout of the Anglo-French army and demoralization, if a victory can be obtained, even a small victory can have a great morale boost, so no one objected to Montgomery's counteroffensive plan.

After the meeting, Montgomery left Ouyang Yu and Colonel Lewis, but Montgomery was still worried that Arras would not be able to hold it, and he was also worried that Ouyang Yu would have a conflict with Colonel Lewis, so he deliberately kept the two.

"Lewis, Catherine, after the main force of our army leaves, Arras will rely on you, I have some opinions on your defensive operations, Catherine, your soldiers are all reserves, and their combat effectiveness and experience are not as good as the thirty-second regiment, so I plan to scatter the soldiers of the thirty-second regiment and disperse them into your unit as squad and platoon leaders, what do you think?"

"Your Excellency General, please forgive me for disagreeing with your opinion, although our guard brigade is a reserve, its combat effectiveness is not worse than that of the 32nd Regiment, even if the combat effectiveness of the 32nd Regiment is higher than that of my guard brigade, then it should be used in a centralized manner, rather than being dispersed to reduce the combat effectiveness, so please also withdraw the order just now. ”

Although Ouyang Yu's objection had the intention of elevating himself, the reason was very strong, Montgomery could not refute it, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed, Ouyang Yu's National Guard Brigade was responsible for the frontal defense, and the 32nd Infantry Regiment served as a firefighting team. (To be continued.) )