PS: The blocked word in the previous chapter was "gliding machine". Even the "gliding machine" was blocked, and I was also drunk.

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At 11:21 a.m. on August 17, 2780 (1939), history will always remember this moment, because it was the moment when German planes dropped the first new bomb on the Maginot Line, and it is also recognized as the official outbreak of World War II.

Later, it was recognized that it was this bomb that completely ignited the fuse of World War II. Whether the German offensive was an undeclared war is debatable, because two days before the start of the war, on August 15, the Germans sent a document similar to an ultimatum to Britain and France.

Why do you say something similar? Because the tone of this document is vague and not very intense, and it does not explicitly say, "If you don't agree, Lao Tzu will beat you!"

The document demanded that the two countries immediately return Nigeria to Germany and the Libyan colony to Italy, and that the other side agree within 48 hours, or face the consequences.

Such a ridiculous demand, Britain and France naturally could not have agreed.

"Who do you think you are? Is the mustache very handsome? Lao Tzu is not scared!" This is not to say that the two countries really don't take it to heart at all, the main thing is that in the past year or so, the two sides have been talking about it, and there are many more ruthless words than this, and they don't want money anyway.

To say that at the beginning, as long as the other party said cruel words, he still had to be nervous for a while, but when he saw that the other party was always talking, everyone slacked off. It's like "the wolf is coming", no one can stand being nervous all the time. But no one expected that this time the Germans were not talking about it, but playing it for real.

Moreover, the Germans still started the attack from the front of the Maginot Line, which everyone expected the most, which caught Britain and France off guard. Prior to this, the Entente had also had many plans, and they speculated on many German offensive directions, and the Maginot Line was precisely the least likely. In the words of French Marshal Petain, it was absolutely impossible to attack the front of the Maginot Line unless the German General Staff was all drunk! They believed that the most likely place for Germany to attack should be Libya.

It is true that if Germany failed to get cloudburst bombs from China this time, it would definitely not choose to break through from the Maginot Line, according to the German plan, the fight would start from Libya, after all, this is not the home of Britain and France, and the investment in troops and defense is very small.

But with the Cloudburst Bomb is different, and in the face of the Cloudburst Effect, any traditional fortification has no resistance. It's not that the fortifications themselves can't stand it, but the people inside can't stand it. The cloudburst effect will consume a lot of oxygen in the explosion area, and the more it is like that kind of closed fortification, the better the effect, once the oxygen is gone, the people in it will naturally not survive. Of course, the cloud burst bomb is not impossible to resist, as long as the fortifications are repaired according to the standard of the three defenses, but when the Maginot Line was built, how could there be such a concept? Naturally, there was no preparation.

As a result, this ultra-luxury version of the defense line that cost a lot of money to build turned into tofu dregs, and in this place that the French considered the strongest, it became a breakthrough for Germany.

Anyway, at this time, it doesn't matter whether the Germans count as a sneak attack or not, whether it counts as an undeclared war or not. On the day the Maginot Line was laid, the war was officially broken.

Because it was so sudden, after the Maginot Line was opened, the French did not have time to organize an effective defense. Their main force at this time is either watching Italy on the southern front, or squatting in Belgium to assist in defense. When the French had not recovered from the chaos, the German mechanized army had passed through the Maginot Line, and the three armies in the vanguard rushed into the heart of France with great swagger.

The Maginot line is indeed the strongest position, but it is also the weakest position if it is breached. On the one hand, the French were too confident in the Maginot Line, and on the other hand, they were also the reason for the lack of troops to deploy everywhere, so the troops behind the line were extremely empty. The whole of France is like a shell, once the hard shell is broken, what remains is soft meat.

The only thing the French defenders had time to do was to hastily block the railroad to Paris, destroying the locomotive so that Germany could not use the railway to march.

After the Germans broke through Maginot they did not encounter decent resistance at all, and it was completely a posture of long-distance drive. Rumbling hordes of German tanks ran over the border line and galloped across the great plains of France. The fifteen divisions of Army Group A headed straight for Paris, Army Group B went north, and Army Group C went south to intercept the French reinforcements. Army Group A, commanded by Admiral Rondested, rushed aggressively along the way, marching at a speed of more than 150 kilometers a day towards Paris.

In the afternoon of the same day, the eastern town of Dijon fell, and an infantry regiment stationed there was run over by German tanks without any suspense. At noon the next day, Troyes, an important town in central France, fell. From Troyes to Paris, it's just under 140 kilometers. At this time, the main forces of France were still far away in Belgium and the Alpine line, and even if they rushed back overnight, they would not be able to reach it. Coupled with the Luftwaffe's surprise attack, which destroyed the railway and road junctions from the two places to Paris, even if there was no German interception, it would have been a toss for two or three days.

Now the city of Paris is so red and fruity in front of the Germans......

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Han Jing, General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The war in Europe has attracted the attention of the whole world, and China is no exception, and Wen Desi has also put a lot of energy into monitoring it.

The chess pieces that Wen Desi used to be in various countries have now grown and strengthened, and many of them have blended into high-level circles or become cronies of high-level officials, and they can already play a huge role. Of course, now they are still only lurking, and the most they can do is send some information. So before the Germans attacked, Wendeji was fully aware of the Germans' plans.

Before the start of the war, China had allocated 18 satellites to monitor the Franco-German border on a rotational basis to ensure that one eye was on it at all times. Anyway, now that there is a bridge to the sky, and there is a Tiangong-1 space station in space, it is too simple to deploy a few more satellites. Well, now China's satellites are no longer called "launches", but should be called "laying", that is, let the satellites in the Tiangong-1 space station lay spacecraft, commonly known as "satellite ships", directly into orbit. If you want to add a few, just let the Buxing ship arrange it.

Because of the big killer of the Tongtian Bridge, its carrying capacity is several orders of magnitude higher than that of rockets, so China's spy satellites can be made very large, dozens of tons, hundreds of tons are the most common, and there are several giant synchronous monitoring satellites that weigh more than 3,000 tons, and there is a large man the size of a villa. Of course, they are all prefabricated parts that are launched first and then assembled in space, but even then it is much easier than launching rockets in the original space-time.

Because China's satellites basically do not need to consider the weight and size, so that a lot of equipment can be added, plus a variety of new designs and concepts from later generations, so China's current spy satellites are very powerful, and have exceeded the level of the original time and space at the beginning of the 21st century. Not only can they send back photos in real time, but they can even do live broadcasts.

And there is no need to deliberately reduce performance because of the need to reduce weight, or have to use expensive materials and components, so the cost of satellites is also very low, so you can bury hundreds or thousands of mines.

The movements of the troops, which the Germans thought were secret, were completely visible under the gaze of these aerial clairvoyants. With the continuous return of photos and live footage, the Chinese General Staff is equivalent to observing the whole process.

"France is probably going to be finished this time, and if nothing else, tomorrow the German boots will be on the Champs-Élysées...... a young staff officer said lightly.

A colleague next to him also gloated and said: "Yes, the French are really unlucky, in less than a hundred years, Paris was defeated by the Germans for the third time." ”

"You say, how many days will the Germans get hands on France this time?"

"It's hard to say, if the French had resisted as resolutely as they had in the First World War, it would have been possible to fight for a few years. However, in the last European war, they died too many people, and after the war, many colonies fought for independence, and now they are probably not so able to bear it. ”

"Britain, France, and Russia are the most hateful of the great powers, and now Russia has been retaliated against by us. It's just Britain and France, and if the Germans can beat Britain and France hard, it can be regarded as a blow to us......"

"Hehe, these white skins are not good things, do you think the Germans are good people? Don't forget that the commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance is the Germans. ”

"The relationship between this country is not a human relationship, it is unrealistic to rely on anyone, you still have to be strong. ”

"So, according to me, the more intense they fight, the better, and the more people who die, the better. The more whiteskins die, the stronger we become......"

"It's a pity that the United States didn't get in, and it would be perfect if the United States got involved. ”

The young staff officers were chatting during the break after lunch, and many of them had brainstorming ideas. Of course, China is completely different from old Japan, and the staff officers cannot control the commanders, nor can they let the superiors carry out their brainy plans.

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Royal Navy anchorage, Scarpa Bay, United Kingdom.

The Germans, naturally, did not forget about the opium cattle, and just before the Air Force launched an attack on the Maginot Line, one of their submarine formations also sneaked up outside Scarpa Bay. Yes, they are preparing to strike first and take out a few large British warships.

But the idea, as plump as it was, was skinny in reality, because Scapa Bay was too well defended. Scapa Bay itself is narrow and winding, and even ordinary surface ships need to be guided by navigators, and after becoming a naval anchorage, there are floating batteries and blockade ships at the entrance to the base, as well as anti-submarine nets and underwater hydrophones.

In addition, during the First World War, the British were about to be made insane by the German submarines, so could they not pay attention to anti-submarine warfare? Now Scapa Bay is even more heavily guarded, and it is impossible for German submarines to sneak in.

The German submarine formation squatted in Scarpa Bay for several days, but did not find a chance, and on several occasions was almost discovered. So the commander of this operation, Colonel Helem Simi, temporarily changed his plan and prepared to squat outside, intending to take advantage of the British warships to see if there was a chance to touch them.

But what they didn't know was that at the bottom of the sea, more than thirty kilometers away from them, there was a group of big guys much bigger than them who were also watching them.

This is a formation of nuclear submarines from China. There are a total of four Project 916 "Seawolf-class" nuclear-powered attack submarines, which are the latest models to continue to improve on the Project 912 "Moby Dick-class" nuclear-powered attack submarines. With a length of 120 meters and an underwater displacement of 12,000 tons, this class is currently the most advanced and tonnage attack submarine in China and the world.

The "Seawolf class" has an extremely high underwater speed of up to 38 knots, which has surpassed many surface ships, and at present, except for a few such as the French Fantasy class and the Japanese Shimakaze class, there are basically no faster anti-submarine ships than it. In other words, as long as it wants to run, there is not much chance that it will be able to catch up.

It is also very quiet, not only is the hull equipped with a sound-absorbing coating and sound-dampening tiles, but the entire powertrain is also placed on a vibration-dampened floating raft. Most importantly, it is not powered by the common form of nuclear power utilization such as "boilers", but by more advanced thermoelectric conversion systems, that is, the heat generated by nuclear reactors is directly converted into electricity, without the need to go through the intermediate conversion process of "boilers". This not only results in higher energy utilization, but also reduces mechanical noise by several orders of magnitude because there are many fewer motion systems.

In addition, the Seawolf-class hull design is very unique, very adaptable, and can penetrate even thick ice, so it can perform tasks in both tropical and cold zones. And it has an advanced combat command and control system, which can track and lock on to eight targets at the same time. And it also has a large weapon load, with a load of up to 70 torpedoes and missiles.

At this time, the situation in Europe is tense, and the Chinese navy will of course go over to see the excitement. Nuclear submarines are naturally the most suitable onlookers, they have an almost unlimited endurance, can be under the surface of the sea for a long time, and the secrecy is very high. China sent a total of five nuclear submarine detachments to Europe as onlookers, two in the Mediterranean and three in the North Atlantic.

The 46th Submarine Detachment was one of those formations sent to the North Atlantic.

Colonel Quan Qiuzhi, the commander of the formation, stared at the German submarine on the screen and said to the people around him: "These Germans must be trying to sneak attack the British Navy......"

He is a well-known highly educated officer in the navy, and he is a scholar in school, and when he walks out of school, he carries two doctorate titles. Therefore, as soon as he entered the army, he was a major, and he was promoted quickly, he was promoted to colonel in only five years, and he was appointed as the commander of the nuclear submarine detachment at the age of 30. However, the most regrettable thing in Colonel Quan's life was that he was born a few years late and failed to catch up with the first battle.

Now the German submarine did not move after sitting at the bottom, and there was no movement on the British side, which made the Chinese onlookers wait very much.

Quan is not in a hurry to seek knowledge, but people who are anxious can't do this business, he chewed spiced tofu and took out a comic book to look at. Anyway, the Germans' submarines are not nuclear-powered, so they can't sit here all the time.

At this time, the intelligence officer Yu Taiming suddenly said: "Detachment leader, the British warship is leaving the port......"

"Well, got it......" Quan Qiuzhi raised his head and glanced at the commander's screen in front of him. The above string of cursors, labeled as British warships, is moving out of the harbor.

"Good guys, five battleships, three aircraft carriers......" Quan Qiuzhi looked at the name on the cursor and couldn't help but say: "This time it depends on whether the Germans can eat it." ”

"Detachment leader, if the Germans can't eat, what shall we do?" said the captain, Lieutenant Commander Qing Yan, with a doggled smile.

Quan Qiuzhi shook his head: "No, there is no order from above, we are here to be an audience this time, don't do it." ”

The man over there said excitedly: "The Germans have moved......"