On Friday, May 17, after the Luftwaffe bombed Rotterdam, the western bridgehead of the Eurasian Land Bridge, the second largest city in the Netherlands and the largest port in Europe, killing nearly a thousand people, the Netherlands ceased all resistance and was completely occupied by the Germans.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had previously successfully evacuated to England and established a government in exile.

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The battle analysis room was still lively, and all the officers were willing to gather here to discuss the war after completing their work, as well as the war games that they were very keen on.

However, Li Junhao has never been here again, for him, the outcome of the European war has basically settled, as for the new tactics "blitzkrieg" that the German army is now showing, it is actually just the "noble and fast soldiers" of the ancient Chinese art of war, the difference is that under modern warfare, armored forces must have an excellent logistics support system to follow up when they are assaulting - without this, what "god of war", "god of tanks" and the like will not be!

Therefore, his current key task is to conceive of the establishment of a new logistical support system for the troops, but at this time, he has some emotion that the area of the Shanghai-Haihai concession is too small, and there is basically no strategic depth, and it is impossible to use any armored group operations, in-depth assaults, thousand-mile maneuvers, interspersed and divided, or other tactics!

Although he said this, he still studied it seriously and tried to combine modern logistics concepts with the ancient Chinese art of war.

When studying the art of war, he determined that the ancient Chinese army had attached great importance to logistics, but it was different from modern logistics except for the supply of soldiers, but it was actually the same in essence. This discovery made him excited, and he felt that he was on the right path, and his interest was even higher.

In the process of research, he has won many system awards, the army command skills have been upgraded to the advanced level, the mastery of the use of light weapons has been promoted to the mastery of the use and modification of army equipment, and he has also obtained the mastery of campaign-level logistics support, which can be described as a full harvest!

In this way, in order to meet the needs of future wars, Li Junhao began to devote half of his time to researching, transforming, and manufacturing army equipment, especially heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery.

He used the computer 4D design software of Yiqulou to carry out a lot of simulation design and transformation, and made a lot of strange things, but he didn't have the right opportunity to experiment, so he could only put them in his personal space first.

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News came from the European battlefield, and from the morning of May 23 to 24, Guderian's armored forces occupied Boulogne and Calais successively.

On the afternoon of the 24th, the 19th Panzer Corps reached Graflin, 10 miles from Dunkirk; And Reinhardt's 41st Panzer Corps, on its right flank, had also reached the line of the El St. Omer-Graflin Canal. The two armoured armoured forces only needed to work hard to take Dunkirk directly, and dozens of infantry divisions were constantly following suit.

Guderian and others were full of ambition and determined to lead their armored forces to fight another encirclement and annihilation battle, completely annihilating the 700,000 men and horses of the British and French forces in the coastal area.

However, at the same time, the 19th Panzer Corps and the 41st Panzer Corps received an order from Kleist, the commander of the Panzer Corps, to halt their advance, saying that "the enemy at Dunkirk will be left to Marshal Goering's air force to settle down."

Upon receiving the order, Guderian immediately questioned and protested to Kleist, but received the final reply: "This is an order given by the Führer himself, and it must be carried out."

Then the most ridiculous thing in the history of world wars happened!

Guderian and Reinhardt were ordered to stop at the canal line and stand still, and 10 miles away was Dunkirk, where the hedgehog had gathered more than 700,000 British, French, and Belgian troops, but they did not move as they were ordered, waiting for their superiors to say, "Marshal Goering's air force will destroy these routs"!

From May 26 to June 4, 324,000 people were evacuated from Dunkirk, including 85,000 French troops, achieving the historical reputation of the "Dunkirk Retreat"!

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At a time when the concession was becoming more and more calm, and was no longer visibly affected by the war in Europe, the situation in Europe took another step forward by the end of May.

On May 28, the Belgian government finally lost its hold and surrendered to Germany, and its king, Leopold III, was captured and imprisoned by the Germans.

On May 31, the last day of the fiat currency exchange business of the banks in the concession, there were actually no more transactions, and all the exchanges that should be exchanged were exchanged, and those who did not want to exchange would not come. At 5 p.m., the branches of the banks closed smoothly in a calm place, and the staff were waiting for the overtime settlement in the evening.

When eating in the mansion in the evening, Li Xiaoyu asked blindly: "Brother Jun, eldest sister let me ask, the situation in the European war looks bad now, will it be more difficult in the future?" ”

When she said this, she didn't shy away from the other people at the dinner table, Xiaoyu, Xiaohu, and Zheng Pingru all heard it, and they all looked very interested, and turned their heads to look at him.

It's been so long, and the special identities of several girls have long known each other, but they have never said it, but they are all right; And under the common fetters, no one will betray others, forming a strange tacit understanding.

Li Junhao's favorite moment is when the family eats at night, and it is also a strong thing to talk about some interesting topics, and when he heard Li Xiaoyu ask about this, he said casually: "Tell the eldest sister, it's actually nothing, just continue to stick to the previous practice." Oh, by the way, and to add: it is not Europe that will decide the outcome of the war, but the United States. Now this situation is favorable to China, and after that there will be a period of stalemate, and the final victory will definitely be the ...... of the anti-fascist camp."

"Got it!" Li Xiaoyu nodded, in fact, she didn't really understand, but I believe that after this information is conveyed to Yan'an, the eldest sister will understand.

At this time, Zheng Pingru said: "Brother Jun, can I tell Chongqing this?" ”

"Yes." Li Junhao said, "But I don't think it's useful." And, Pingru, you finally got out of it with that side, and it's best not to get involved anymore, it's not good for you. ”

Zheng Pingru said helplessly: "I don't want to either, but ...... Well, it's all because your current status and power are too eye-catching, and you want to get in touch with you, and you found me again, and it's directly from the CC headquarters......"

Well? Blame me for this? Li Junhao was stunned, but he became a little angry in an instant, and said, "What's going on, tell me clearly!" ”

(End of chapter)