The Third Reich in Desperation

Why didn't I think of putting a high hat on military secrets? In that case, who would dare to ask.

Body 3 Chapter Fourteen Three to One

Not only Guderian's 19th Panzer Army, in order to achieve the ideal suddenness and rapidity, Manstein also added the 14th Motorized Army as the second rapid army to the breakthrough task of the Ardennes Forest.

In Guderian's frontline headquarters, the staff of the 14th Motorized Army has already called and communicated with the 19th Armored Army about the progress of the preparations.

In the south, of the six divisions that are performing deception tasks behind Army Group C, they will also follow the Karlsruhe-Offenburg-Freiburg-Konstanz line after Army Group A has achieved a breakthrough. Transport 6 divisions to the north for follow-up.

All preparations are in full swing. For this war, the Third Reich has mobilized all mobile forces it can mobilize.

"General, I heard that your nephew Leicht has become an iconic figure for low-level military officers. Tell me, will this kid leak some news." The staff officer who has been with Guderian for 2 years joked.

"Leak out the news?" Guderian was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Every time this kid sees me, he only knows to eat and drink. The biggest achievement he got from meeting me last time was to take a piece of food from me." A box of compressed biscuits and two boxes of Fanta soda. As for the information on the combat strategy, he never asked about it."

Naturally, things that have not been asked cannot be disclosed.Hearing what Guderian said, the staff officers in the headquarters were relieved.To be honest, they were really worried that Guderian's nephew would extract some information from him and then leak it.

One pass ten, ten pass one hundred.Once you open your mouth, let the information spread.Then the British and French allied forces might also get the news, so that this well-planned surprise attack fell short due to leaks.

"Instead of worrying about whether my nephew has leaked some information that he doesn't know, it's better to complete the final preparations as much as possible and launch the attack as soon as possible." Guderian concluded with a smile: "After the attack begins, it will There is no longer an element of fear of leaks."

As the spearhead force of Army Group A that has been strengthened into 3 armored corps and 7 armored divisions, Guderian's 19th Armored Army has become more and more tense with heavier and heavier responsibilities.

给伦德施泰特上将打头阵的装甲兵团里，分别是古德里安的第19装甲军、赫尔曼·霍特的第15装甲军和乔尔格-汉斯·莱因哈特的第41装甲军。其中，又以古德里安的第19装甲军战斗力最强，它作为装甲兵团的主力和先锋部队编有3个装甲师（其中有一个党卫军提供的精锐装甲师）。而没有得到党卫军提供装甲师的第15和第41装甲军，仅各辖2个装甲师而已。

"Report!" An emotional mid-level staff officer suddenly rushed into the gate of the command headquarters with a telegram: "The command sent the code name—Scythe Harvest."

Sickle Harvest!This is the command name for the French campaign.The code name sent by the High Command means that the "Sickle Harvest Plan" is officially confirmed to be implemented.

"... To sum up, the operation will start according to the scheduled D time period." The staff put away the telegram, raised his head and cast his eyes on Guderian.

The start of the operation in the D time period refers to the launch of the attack in the early morning of May 5.This time period is less than 10 days away from today.

"Distribute all combat supplies to the frontline troops as soon as possible, we don't have much time left." Guderian waved his hand and said: "The fake war of more than half a year will soon become real."

"Yes!" Everyone in the military department immediately responded loudly.

In the six months since the Anglo-French coalition forces declared war on Germany, Shuangfang has maintained restraint intentionally or unintentionally, and there has been no real combat.

The German side restrained itself on the western front because it had to free up its hands to end Poland in the east, and then secretly transferred the troops back to the western front. Back and forth, it took a lot of time to prepare.

The British and French allied forces also exercised restraint because they had to wait...to complete the strategic goal of the expedition to Norway.

But now, the Anglo-French expeditionary force that was finally assembled has been wiped out in Norway, and they surrendered collectively.The Norwegian strategy first proposed by Churchill has now completely failed.

The strategy of the British failed, it was only the strategy of the French.

Contrary to Churchill's initiative, Gan Maling's plan D is just another plan of passive counterattack.So, no matter how long he will wait.Because he prepared to counterattack passively from the beginning, rather than attack actively.

After Churchill's active attack strategy failed, Gan Maling's passive counterattack plan became more correct.

"The French must have simply thought that their waiting would definitely pay off." Flipping through the offensive instructions in his hand, Guderian smiled playfully.

Sit back and wait for the enemy, this has been regarded as the maxim of military wisdom by the French army since the time of Napoleon.In a sense, this kind of post-strike policy is indeed very effective.

According to the enemy's actions, launching targeted operations through one's own slow action, theoretically speaking, it is absolutely possible to achieve the expected results of one's own side in front of the first wave of enemy forces.

After all, all plans are targeted.Although a step late, but in exchange for a chance to see the trick.

However, at the moment when the German army has set up a series of countermeasures, this kind of post-strike strategy appears to be useless.

When the British and French allied forces thought that the German army had entered their pockets and sent troops complacently, they did not know that the main force of the German army they thought was just a decoy.The real killer move of the German army is yet to come.

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Paris France.

"Plan D must be thoroughly implemented!" The tough Ganmelin repeatedly emphasized to the generals of the coalition forces: "As soon as we find out that the German army has entered Belgium, we will devote all our mobile force to defeat the German army together with the Belgian army."

In order to get more responses to his plan, the battle meeting held by Gan Malin not only included British generals, but also many Belgian generals.

Hearing that Gan Malin wanted to allow the main force of the coalition forces to enter his country to help his country defend against the Germans, the Belgian generals naturally responded: "The commander-in-chief is right! We are already attacking from the back. If we don't seize the opportunity to fight back in time, then More and more opportunities will be lost.”

"Okay," Lord Gert, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, who originally wanted to dissuade Gan Malin from leaving a reserve team in the rear, finally compromised at the constant request of the generals of the French-Belgian coalition forces: "Okay, I take back my previous opinion. Just follow General Gamelin’s request, and the British Expeditionary Force will all enter the Belgian theater during the war.”

"Half a year of waiting has paid off! In this battle, we will completely defeat the Germans!" Gan Molin encouraged loudly: "We have the coalition forces of three countries fighting together, but the Germans can only mobilize their own troops. In terms of military strength, the German army will never surpass us. Everyone, muster up your courage and go all out!"

Body 3 Chapter [-] is the same as what you did back then

On May 1940, 5, at dawn, the Belgian ambassador in Berlin was summoned to the German Foreign Office.

Here, he was notified by Ribbentrop that the troops of the Third Reich were about to enter their country, ensuring from the source that Belgium would not violate neutrality again and invade Germany, thereby safeguarding the interests of the Third Reich.

"This is the second time, this is already the second time!" Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak also called the German ambassador to Belgium, and shouted at Da Da in German: "Within 25 years, Germany will This is the second time Belgium, a loyal and neutral country, has launched an invasion. Compared with the invasion in 1914, this time it is even more abhorrent. Neither an ultimatum nor a note or any protest was submitted to the Belgian government. Until the Offensive, we in Belgium know what Germany has done."

Paul gushed to the German ambassador: "History will hold Germany accountable, and you will be condemned by future generations..."

"Boom boom boom..." Outside the window, the roar of German bombers has already sounded bursts.The German ambassador Thomas enjoyed listening to the roar of the plane and Paul's voice, and looked at the clown-like Belgian diplomat coldly with his mouth hooked.

"Enough is enough," Thomas said without a trace of warmth: "Shut up when you've said enough, and listen to me!"

Paul couldn't help being taken aback by Thomas' toughness.He was surprised that the German diplomat could actually use a tougher attitude to retaliate against himself despite his aggressive aura. What kind of courage is this? !

Thomas straightened his collar, glared at Paul with a sneer, then coughed twice to clear his throat and said loudly: "Since Mr. Foreign Minister still remembers the war as far back as 1914, how about 1923, which is closer to today?" , the invasion of the German Ruhr Industrial Zone by the Belgian army, surely you will not forget it, right?"

Thomas used a rhetorical question to push Belgium, where Paul is located, to a moral disadvantage.

If you want to tell me about your historical origins, then I can also find out a lot of your dark history.Belgium said that Germany invaded it, and we Germany also said that you Belgium invaded our Ruhr industrial area.It's nothing more than wrangling. Which country's diplomats can't do this?

Seeing Paul who couldn't think of an answer for a while, the German diplomat Thomas pursued the victory: "Since the war in 1923, Germany has never made any guarantee to Belgium's neutrality. For a country that has violated neutrality, openly Invading its own country, Germany will not be so stupid as to continue to believe their neutral nonsense. What we have to do now is to use force to completely solve your two-faced country."

After waving his hands, Thomas smiled and said, "Look at your neighboring country, the Netherlands. Didn't the Third Reich recognize and guarantee the inviolability and neutrality of their Dutch territory? There is also Norway in the north, even in their neutrality and territory. When threatened, I received assistance from the empire directly. These are all things you could have received!"

Because it defended Norway's neutrality and defeated the Anglo-French coalition forces that invaded Norway, Germany's international reputation today can be said to be quite good.

Although the international alliance led by Britain and France did not recognize Germany's contribution to aiding Norway, many countries privately agreed with Germany's just feat, and international public opinion also leaned towards Germany.

It is worth mentioning that after helping the Norwegians to defend their homeland, Reinhardt expressed his goodwill to the Dutch government seemingly unnecessary, publicly stating that if any country damages the neutral status of the Netherlands or violates the territorial sovereignty of the Netherlands, the third The Empire will also act to maintain the neutrality of the Netherlands, as the Kingdom of Norway, if the Dutch government wishes.

This guarantee not only clearly eliminated the excuse for the German army to invade the Netherlands, but also allowed Germany to stand in the world as the neutral defender of the Netherlands.Thanks to this guarantee, the Dutch government explicitly rejected the proposal to join the Anglo-French-Belgian coalition from the very beginning, strictly maintaining a neutral image.

Germany gave the Dutch government a lot of guarantees, but it was stingy and didn't mention a single word to Belgium.Since Reinhardt came to power, the Belgian government has not had friendly exchanges with the German government for more than ten years.Paul, as the Belgian foreign minister, knows all this very well.

Clenching his fists, Paul squinted his eyes at Thomas and said, "So, the German government is clearly planning to invade Belgium?"

"Invasion? No, no, no!" Thomas laughed loudly: "We are just avenging the grievances we forged with Belgium 17 years ago. Didn't your Belgium do what the German army is doing now 17 years ago? In the end, we are just repeating what you did back then."

Thomas snorted heavily, and said to the Belgian foreign minister who had already looked very ugly: "As for whether history will condemn us, I don't think you need to worry about this issue. In matters such as fighting for right and wrong, Our Führer is a genius. Even if something is wrong, the Führer can say that he is right. He can also describe a black thing as white. What's more, there is still the Ruhr crisis as an excuse to believe in history textbooks. What finally appeared on the Internet must be the text of the successful revenge of the German army."