For the whole morning, Napoleon was like an ant on a hot pan.

The Don Front was crucial for the Southern Front, and as long as the Don River was crossed, it was the Great Plain of Russia.

There are no heights, no moats, and nothing that can hinder the Daming tank.

The only thing to rely on is the ground that has been turned up, which will make the tank bogged down in a quagmire.

But the fact is that the battle lasted until twelve o'clock at noon.

The troops newly reported to have been attacked were already sixty kilometers from the front line at five o'clock in the morning.

That is, the Ming army, in a seven-hour attack, advanced sixty kilometers.

Sixty kilometers, which is almost the distance that many French troops can march in a day.

The four lines of defense in front of the Ming army are not as good as the skin of the eggs. The Ming army tank pierced it with a slight stab!

According to Napoleon himself, it was like a knife cutting butter.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!

What the hell is Abok doing, he has 300,000 men under his command.

300,000 people!

It's not 300,000 pigs, pigs that can eat. ”

Napoleon was struck by the astonishing idiocy and incompetence of his generals, who had been defended by 300,000 men for sixty kilometers in seven hours.

In the words of the Ming people, it is like entering a no-man's land.

"Your Majesty, I don't think things are that bad.

The Ming army gave us the illusion of attacking on all fronts, but I think that the Ming army should not have so many troops.

According to my understanding of the Ming army, their mobile corps is about 350,000 people at most.

Even if they all went into battle at the first opportunity, it would be absolutely impossible to attack at the same time on a front of up to 400 kilometers.

Here we had not only our Third Army, but also the Fourth Army, and twenty-seven divisions of Italian troops.

Our field positions are not only strong, but also have a large number of reserve troops in depth.

Could it be that they didn't think about keeping reserves?

This is not possible!

In my analysis, the situation at the front may be like this.

Most of the fronts that were attacked were fronted by Russian or Ming infantry.

Only about twenty or thirty kilometers from the front of the Don River bridge was the site of the enemy's tank assault.

That is, we have a large force that may simply be lost, not annihilated.

And the offensive of the Ming tanks could only be carried out along this corridor of twenty or thirty kilometers.

Sixty kilometers of advance in seven hours, they must have concentrated their overwhelming superiority in this area.

Otherwise, our defense line will not be broken so easily.

If we do not take any more measures, they will continue to undermine the rear of our army.

Units that have lost contact on the front line will collapse due to lack of logistical supplies and loss of contact with their superiors.

So, tonight is a crucial night.

I beg your permission to go to the front of the Third Army to command the operation. ”

Leclerc made a reasonable analysis of the current situation by drawing a map to the map.

Napoleon listened attentively, because Leclerc was the only one who warned him in advance of the great hidden danger in the Kharkov direction.

Unfortunately!

Napoleon misjudged the direction of the Ming army's attack, and it was a mistake by the donkey's lips not the horse's mouth.

A generation of military gods was so outrageous, Napoleon felt that this was the most humiliating moment of his career.

"How are you going to fight?" Napoleon nodded and asked if Leclerc had any drafts.

At least, you can't go to the front without any plan.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!

I think the first thing to do is to take advantage of the night to send messengers to contact the various positions and reorganize the troops.

Let them regroup and form a fighting force!

Second, it is still taking advantage of the darkness of the night to use airships to supply the front-line troops.

It's dangerous, but it's ...... But it is the most effective and direct way. ”

Napoleon nodded, it worked.

He was also not convinced that his Third and Fourth Armies, as well as twenty-seven divisions of Italian troops, would be annihilated in a matter of hours.

Even if these people are all pigs scurrying all over the ground, they can't be killed in seven hours.

Seeing Napoleon nodding, Leclerc dared to continue.

"After gathering the troops, I will order them to attack in the direction of the Don bridge.

The strategic passage opened by the Ming army was only twenty or thirty kilometers.

All we have to do is close this channel.

Then take advantage of the numerical superiority and desperately kill the Ming tank troops who rushed into our army's position.

Having eliminated the mobile corps of the Ming army, we have seized the strategic initiative.

Neither the Ming army nor the Russian army can organize an effective strategic counterattack.

We will win the battlefield war. ”

Leclerc, for the first time, saw the hope of victory in the war.

In the past, despite the sheer numbers of the coalition forces, Leclerc never saw any hope of victory.

This is not only due to the advanced technology and weapons of the Ming army, but also related to the will to war displayed by the Ming army.

The Battle of Tsaritsyn can be called a battle like a meat grinder.

In that battle, the French army exhausted its elite and launched a frantic attack on Tsaritsyn.

They fought with the Ming army on a street and a house.

Human life was worth nothing at that time!

He thought that the Ming army, which had never fought such a battle, would not be able to hold out, and a large-scale rout and mutiny would occur.

But he didn't expect that the Ming army would hold out in this kind of meat grinder-like battle.

Moreover, the will to fight is not inferior to the elite of the French army, which has been in a hundred battles.

Even in the end, the French army was about to collapse, but the Ming army still had no intention of collapsing.

This came as a big surprise to Leclerc!

No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why the Ming army hadn't collapsed.

"Hmmm! This is a feasible solution for you. Napoleon nodded, pulling out his pocket watch and looking at it.

It's already one o'clock in the afternoon!

"But how do you get to the front? Now ride to the front on horseback, the time is ......! ”

"I'm going to go to the front in an airship!"

"No way!" Napoleon categorically vetoed.

"You will be shot down like a bird by the Ming army planes."

"I don't have time, I can only take an airship.

Rest assured, Your Majesty the Emperor, I don't want to die yet.

I would carry my horse on the airship, and before the airship reached the battle line, I would land on the ground and ride the horse to the headquarters of the Elbock.

……！

Your Majesty the Emperor, I have two requests. ”

Leclerc paused before making a request.

"Say!" Napoleon knew that the generals would make some demands at this time, which would be used to guarantee their absolute authority to go to the front.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I want you to recall the First Army that went north."

Napoleon snorted inside his nose and glanced at Leclerc: "Agreed!" ”

The recall of the First Army also means that the northward expansion plan is completely bankrupt.

The matter of Kursk can only be handed over to the Israelis, the British and the damned Austria-Hungary.

If they win Kursk, then advance to Ryazan.

Then the battle, their voice is bound to increase.

Damn it!

Just let Ben. Gurion that bastard was arrogant once.

"Alright! I will order, withdraw the First Army to Kharkov. Napoleon reluctantly agreed to Leclerc's terms.

"It's just that it's been ten days since the First Army left Kharkov.

They will return to Kharkiv at about the same time at the earliest. ”

Napoleon reminded Leclerc, that is, Leclerc had to hold out on to the Don line for more than ten days.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I understand.

The second condition is ......, not to dismiss Abbock, I am just temporarily going to the front line to command. Leclerc hesitated and made the second condition.

"No, I'm going to shoot that bastard." At the mention of Ebbock, Napoleon immediately became furious.

Napoleon's tone was unmistakable.

"But Your Majesty, I went to the front and didn't know anything about the troops of the Third Army.

Moreover, those are all old subordinates of Ebbock.

I don't know what they're capable of either!

Changing the battle will be a big taboo, but you still leave Abbot behind and let him make meritorious contributions.

If we can really concentrate the forces of the Third and Fourth Armies and annihilate the main forces of the Ming Army, or partially annihilate them, this will be of extraordinary value to our army. ”

Napoleon snorted fiercely, how could a person who had been mixed up in the army all his life not know that it was taboo to change the generals.

But Abok, a bastard, actually made the defense line like this, and it was really difficult to calm the hatred in his heart if he didn't kill him.

"Okay!" After much thought, Napoleon agreed to Leclerc's suggestion.

Leclerc breathed a sigh of relief!

Finally, His Majesty the Emperor was moved, and Abok was not shot.

If you go to the front line, you will shoot Abok first, without saying a word.

What will those subordinates who were picked up by him think of themselves, maybe they will be shot black before the battle is over.

When the time comes, where will you go to reason?

"I give you full command of all the units of the Third and Fourth Armies on my behalf.

And when the First Army returns to Kharkov, it will also be under your command. ”

Napoleon was very moved by Leclerc's courage to go retrograde to the front at the most difficult time.

Because of this situation, if you go to the front line to take the lead, you will be responsible for the black pot once you fail.

This kind of black pot Napoleon took the blame, and people who did not have a little courage categorically did not dare to do this.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!

I can't delay any longer, I'll go to the front in an airship now. ”

"Good!"

Napoleon nodded, and Leclerc immediately descended the stairs, got into the carriage that had been prepared, and went straight to the airship landing field.

Although I had prepared it for a long time, I was still shocked when I went out.

Because waiting at the door was Napoleon's carriage.

The squire pulled the gilt handle and invited Leclerc into the carriage.

Leclerc glanced back, and Napoleon was looking at him expectantly on the balcony.

In the afternoon, the offensive of the Ming army slowed down significantly.

It's not that Zu Kuan doesn't want to continue the attack, but after advancing quickly, the supplies can't keep up.

Fuel, ammunition, and so on, had to be transported by tractor.

The road that can be run over by the tank is badly pulped, and the track is better than the track, but when the wheeled tractor passes, it is trapped in the mud.

Food supplies are okay, but the most troublesome thing is the supply of ammunition and oil.

These two things are the things that the armored forces need the most.

If you wait for the airship to be refilled, you have to wait until it gets dark.

Although the Ming air force firmly occupied air supremacy, there were still many French troops on the ground that had not been annihilated.

No one knows where there will be ambushes of eight or eight artillery pieces, or some other anti-aircraft fire.

Those anti-aircraft guns may still be a little powerless against aircraft.

But against those airships that fly slowly, like an old grandfather staggering, there is no ambiguity at all.

Looking at the chaotic retreating French army in front, Zu Kuan really regretted that he did not carry more ammunition and fuel.

Otherwise, by the time it gets dark at night, you will definitely be able to hit a hundred kilometers.

For the French army, thirty kilometers is considered a front line, the defense is the most complete, and the trenches and bunkers are also the most fortified.

More than thirty kilometers from the front line, that is considered the rear of the battle line.

Here, the defenses are relatively loose.

There were all kinds of supply points everywhere, and even Zu Kuan found a war brothel in the house on the side of the road.

Inside, through the glass window, there were more than a dozen yellow-haired girls scratching their heads.

If you really want to hit a hundred kilometers behind the battle line, then it can be considered a big rear.

In general, the garrison there was very lax.

They didn't dare to imagine that the Ming army would come over in such a short time.

Most French people are still thinking about the linear tactics of a few years ago.

The two sides dug trenches and held the confrontation, and the attacking side experienced a long artillery preparation.

At the time of the Battle of Verdun, artillery preparation took up to a week.

Then the attack will be launched, and it is impossible for the infantry to penetrate a hundred kilometers of the enemy line in a day.

Even if there is no war, the march alone is not so fast.

Zu Kuan was attacking forward with his life, and Cao Bianjiao and Li Dingguo behind him were attacking behind the enemy's flank.

The two of them spread out their troops, like two big nets, and advanced along the Don River to both sides, constantly expanding the results of the battle.

Cao Bianjiao's 2nd Tank Division advanced north along the Don River.

Along the way, he encountered stubborn resistance from the French army, but Cao Bianjiao still took the headquarters of two divisions.

And on the way, two infantry regiments were intercepted.

After several hours of fierce fighting, the two infantry regiments were completely crushed.

However, the battle in the past few hours also made Cao Bianjiao very angry.

Because, those infantry actually destroyed more than a dozen tanks and armored personnel carriers.

They even made it difficult for the Ming army to move an inch for a time.

In the end, it was with the help of the Air Force that these two bones were gnawed.

When passing by to conquer the position, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but sigh.

In the entire position, there was not a single French soldier who was embarrassed.

They really fought to the last man!

The soldiers were killed in battle, as were the regimental commanders and other officers.

However, the divisional officers they had sworn to defend to the death fled.

While their men were desperately trying to protect them, they did not continue to mobilize reinforcements and hold their positions.

Instead, he rode the fastest war horse and hid in the defense zone of the friendly troops.

Let their own troops be eaten by the Ming army little by little in isolation.