The Third Reich in Desperation

In less than a day, the German army defeated the main force of the Belgian army deployed on the border.

And the combat effectiveness of the remaining 12 divisions of the Belgian Army is even more impossible to count on.If the rest of the troops were also concentrated on one front like the main force, then it would only take half a day for the German army to wipe out the entire Belgian army.

The defeat on the border was unexpected by the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.Not only the Belgian military, but even the French general Ganmerin, who was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces before the war, also believed that the Belgian main force assembled on the border for defense would be able to drag the German army for at least 3 days.

And those three days were originally the critical time for the deployment of the main force of the coalition counterattack.

Because of Belgium's neutral status, British and French troops have not had the opportunity to enter Belgian territory before.

The British government changed its previous strong attitude and ordered the expeditionary force commander, Lord Gott, not to enter the Belgian territory without the request of the Belgian government.

In Norway, the British army once landed on the territory of the Kingdom of Norway uninvited.As a result, the army's two divisions were completely lost, and they even surrendered to the German army.

Even the Royal Navy, which has always been full of glory, easily lost a powerful squadron with 3 cruisers and 7 destroyers.Moreover, the captains of the three search destroyers finally chose to surrender like the army.

Originally violating the neutral rights of neutral countries, this has already made the British Empire condemned internationally.And the surrender of both the army and the navy is the face of the empire on which the sun never sets as a superpower, and it has been completely lost!

With the lessons learned from the British expeditionary force sent to Norway, how could the British send the French expeditionary force to do the same thing.As a neutral country, it is better to invade less.

The French government has maintained a good cooperative relationship with Belgium.In addition, General Gan Molin, the commander-in-chief of the French army, wanted to conceal his strategic attempt to counterattack the German army in Belgium, so the French army deliberately did not send a single soldier to Belgium.

Gan Molin wanted to make the German army think that there were no coalition forces on Belgian territory, so that they would invest the main force to attack Belgium.

After the German army began to attack, Gan Malin swung his troops eastward to counterattack the main force of the German army that had just broken through the Belgian defense line, and caught Germany by surprise.In this way, the outcome of World War II can basically be doomed.

However, the rapid fall of the Belgian border defense line exceeded Gan Malin's expectations, resulting in no time for the coalition counterattack forces to deploy calmly.

Not only did it exceed the expectations of the French High Command, but it also exceeded the expectations of the Belgian Army.

Because of the slight illusion that it can maintain its neutral position, the Belgian government has not invited British and French troops to station in the internal defense line.

After all, once that is done, Belgium is equivalent to an ally of Britain and France, and it is no longer a neutral party.

Thinking that Germany might not rashly attack a neutral country, the Kingdom of Belgium took it for granted that it maintained its image as a neutral country.

In this regard, neither their government nor the military have any opinions.Big deal, when the German army really comes over, ask the British and French allied forces to enter.Anyway, the ten most elite divisions in Belgium have been assembled on the border, so no matter what, they can give the coalition forces a few days of deployment buffer time.

It's a pity that Belgium's own elite troops can't even match the second-rate infantry divisions of the German army in terms of weapons and equipment or training levels, let alone the first-rate armored divisions of the Third Reich.

It is an exaggeration to say that the Belgian elite really became defeated after a face-to-face encounter with the German armored forces.

This is not a wrong decision.In fact, everyone previously believed that with the garrison of ten main Belgian divisions, it was impossible for the German army to achieve a breakthrough in a short period of time.Even if the German army finally defeated the ten main divisions, it would take at least a few days later.

By then, the coalition forces had already dispatched the rear troops in place to pull up the strongest counterattack force in an orderly manner.

But no one expected that the 10 main divisions found by searching the entire Belgian Army were instantly killed by the 3rd Armored Division of the German B Army Group.

The counterattack force that was originally expected to support the front line in time has not yet received an order to set off at this time.

When they saw with their own eyes the German T3 tanks strafing soldiers like chopping vegetables, and the few precious small-caliber anti-tank guns on their side could not even penetrate the opponent's armor, the officers could no longer control themselves. of the troops.

A strong enemy is right in front of you, but the reinforcements are far behind. Desperation enveloped all the border guards.Not only the soldiers, but even their front-line commanders lost their courage to resist.

They could only be wiped out by the endless German T3 tanks, but they didn't have even a single artillery that could penetrate these tanks. Apart from raising their hands and surrendering, they really didn't know what else they could do to face the swarming attack. Come armored division.

Body 3 Chapter [-] Sending off Berente

"Everything is under control!" In the headquarters of the British and French coalition forces, Gan Molin pretended to be calm.

In just half a day, the ten reorganized main divisions in central Belgium were lost. Such a loss is tantamount to painful.

It can be said that all the troops that the Kingdom of Belgium could fight were sent to the middle line of defense.And now, they have collectively become prisoners in the German prisoner-of-war camp.

Among the remaining 12 divisions of the Belgian army, there is... none that can fight.

"No! The gaffe has already begun to develop out of control." Even though he was sitting at the end of the French generals participating in the meeting, Major General Berente couldn't help getting up and retorting.

"Major General Belante..." Gan Molin snorted coldly, and said to Belaante in a cold tone: "In this kind of occasion, you should listen to the opinions of senior generals instead of expressing your own opinion Stupid personal opinion."

From Gan Molin's words, as long as he is not an idiot with a negative IQ, he can hear his dislike for Major General Berente.

This disgust is not just because Berente broke his "everything is under control" lie.This is the accumulated grievances that have existed for a long time.

However, Berante didn't seem to listen to Gan Malin, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, to tell him to shut up. Instead, he raised his voice and continued: "I didn't want to speak at first, but now I have to remind you a few words!"

"You don't need to remind me yet!" Gan Molin also roared loudly.

Obviously, what Berente did made the already narrow-minded admiral feel ashamed and very annoyed.

"General Ganmolin!" Berente turned emotionally towards Ganmolin in the center of the conference room, and punched heavily on the conference table: "We can't deceive ourselves any longer, everyone must admit that the German army's fighting power is far beyond our imagination. "

In Poland, the German army used a division to resist the attack of a Polish army group.

In Norway, a single German infantry division wiped out twice as many British divisions, plus a French infantry regiment.

On the current Belgian central front, the three German armored divisions defeated ten main Belgian divisions occupying the fortifications in just one morning.

All of this tells time and time again how powerful the German army is.

It's just that Berente has a clear understanding of this after experiencing the battle in Poland.But Gan Molin, until today's defeat in Belgium, still turned a blind eye to the superior combat effectiveness of the German army.

Gan Molin must be awakened, he is the commander-in-chief of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, and there is no room for mistakes!

Berente swallowed, and then continued: "When the German armored forces showed that they easily defeated 10 Belgian main divisions, the steps of our original plan have been disrupted. It is certain that , the final direction of this battle will definitely not be as good as the coalition command previously predicted."

Yes, the fact that the German army broke through the Belgian border defense line in half a day has exceeded Ganmallin's previous expectation that "the Belgian army will resist for at least 3 days."

The deployment plan had to become tense because of the speed of the German army's blitz.The number of planned transportation has also more than doubled.The coalition forces have gradually become flustered, because the gaffe is beyond their control...

Gan Molin's face was sullen, and he looked coldly at Berante who embarrassed him.

"Even if the High Command's previous estimate of the Belgian army's ability to hold on is biased, this does not prevent us from implementing the next counterattack plan."

Although he is not aggressive enough, Gan Molin can be regarded as a famous contemporary French general.How could the little major general Belante steal the limelight.

What's more, what Gan Molin is really wary of is not Berente, but the person behind the scenes who guides Berente-Marshal of France, Petain!

He must carry out his original plan with a strong attitude, which is related to his future status in the French army!

"D-counterattack plan, I don't care when the German army breaks through the Belgian army's defense zone." Gan Molin looked around, raised his right fist and waved: "The counterattack force of more than 40 is like an extremely hard iron fist. Now , The task of this iron fist is to hit the main force of the German army with all its strength. As long as it is not a fundamental misjudgment, any details that differ from the original expectations can be ignored!"

As long as they can fight an encounter with the main force of the German army, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms can once again pull Germany into the trenches.

The Germans would not be able to carry out the blitzkrieg they were so proud of when two armies clashed in size.As long as the coalition counterattack forces are dense enough to prevent the Germans from breaking through quickly, the war will shift to positional warfare.

Positional warfare is the only specialty that Admiral Ganmaling is good at.

"But..." Berante wanted Quan Ganmolin to be more cautious.