The Third Reich in Desperation

"The frontline troops have been wiped out, which shows that the German army is not far from us, and it is time to prepare!"

"No one can support us, we can't handle it alone, can we?"

When speaking, everyone's voice trembled because of excessive fear.

A month ago, they naively thought that the most powerful army in the world belonged to the Belgian ally and France.But now, this idea has been broken.The former number one was surpassed by a new enemy, surpassed by the Germans who were now at war with them.

They don't know if the German army will definitely replace the French army and become the new strongest army in the world today.But they know that at least the French ally they rely on is no longer the opponent of the Third Reich.

They also know that the Belgian army is not even half as strong as the French army, let alone contend with the German army, which cannot even beat the French army!

"We have to retreat." Lukaku lowered his head a little lonely and said: "Although we are very unwilling, we are completely unable to resist the German offensive. If we insist on resisting, we will not be able to achieve a result that is beneficial to the battle situation. It just adds to the casualties."

When Lukaku finished speaking, he clearly heard sighs of relief in the headquarters.Knowing that there is no need to die, every officer is relieved.Although no one uttered such shameful and cowardly thoughts, everyone's unanimous exhalation had already betrayed their inner thoughts.

"But..." Lukaku's adjutant reminded tremblingly: "What should the coalition command do? They will never allow our division to retreat."

The adjutant did not want to face the wolf-like German army, nor did he want to lead the troops to fight a battle that was doomed to failure.However, he also knew that the Allied Command would not let this Belgian cannon fodder escape.Even if they could fight for an extra minute for the fleeing British and French troops, the Allied Command would not hesitate to sacrifice their second-rate Belgian infantry division.

Just to allow the British and French troops to exist for one more second, the French commander-in-chief Gan Molin will definitely abandon the Belgian 13th Division, even if this has no effect on the overall situation.

In this regard, the Belgian soldiers have long discovered.

"For the benefit of the coalition forces, our Belgian army has paid too much." Lukaku raised his head again, and said word by word: "The coalition command wasted our sacrifices, and I am also responsible for the Belgian army's final victory." A force no longer continues to be wasted pointlessly."

Lukaku looked around, sweeping his gaze over everyone's face.

"This is a war at the level of a world war. Our division is too important to the Kingdom of Belgium. As the last army in Belgium, we should have more important missions to complete in the future instead of putting Life is thrown here as a pile of cannon fodder."

When Lukaku said these words, he was holding a handful of cold sweat in his hands.

He was not prepared to retreat because of the lofty reason of wanting to preserve the strength of the Kingdom of Belgium. The real reason why he disobeyed the command of the coalition forces was actually very simple, he was afraid of death!I am also afraid of the hard life of entering a prisoner of war camp!

Lukaku is used to the small life of being a teacher in a second-rate division. On weekdays, he also uses his power to do some illegal smuggling transactions, earning some money to be happy and unrestrained.To tell the truth, he was not interested in war or honor.

However, it was him who actually became the last remaining general in the Belgian army, leading the last force of Belgium.He didn't want to fight, and he didn't want to take any shit responsibility.However, the war still found him.

Of course, thanks to his passive avoidance of battle, the Belgian 13th Division has not been wiped out until now, and has been wandering at the end of the front line.

"As the last division commander in Belgium, I can't just watch the kingdom's army go to annihilation, and I can't let our division become cannon fodder discarded by the coalition forces!" The clever Lukaku finally found a high-sounding position for himself. Excuse: "In front of the Germans, French Admiral Gamalin made a wrong judgment, and I, Lukaku, will lead you out of this trap!"

Body 3 Chapter [-] Preparations for Retreat

"Crack!" In the Allied Command Headquarters in Paris, Gan Molin was angrily throwing the document replied by the Belgian 13th Division to the ground.

"This group of selfish Belgian idiots, they actually disobeyed my orders, abandoned their positions and fled without authorization!"

No one dared to provoke Gan Molin at this moment, everyone knew the temper and temper of the commander of the coalition forces.

He personally presided over the formulation of Plan D, not to mention the complete failure. All the guarantees and predictions he made before now seem to have become a bunch of jokes.

What has been seen through for a long time, the German army's successors have been guessed; there is also a request that the coalition forces do not need to leave a strategic reserve, just attack with all their strength; they have vowed to guarantee that the Ardennes area is not suitable for large troops, especially armored troops, and there is no need to send The main force is garrisoned, and so on....

The commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms seems to have done nothing well.It seemed that it was a complete mistake to let him take on such an important task!

Isn't it?Gan Molin, who had been unable to find a place to vent, happened to meet Major General Lukaku of the Belgian Army who resisted orders and retreated, so he vented his pent-up anger together.

"Damn the Belgians, they betrayed the coalition forces and opened up our hinterland to the Germans." Gan Molin's eyes were red, and he roared loudly: "It's all the fault of the Belgians. It's where it is today!"

Pull it down.The few officers on the side could hardly listen anymore.Although it was indeed wrong for the Belgian 13th to retreat in disobedience, it is not a crime that led to the defeat of the coalition forces.

The Belgians have sacrificed all their most elite main forces for the coalition forces, and paid a lot of casualties and costs at the beginning of the war, which are obvious to all.It would be too one-sided and too unfair to attribute all the blame for the failure to the Belgian soldiers.

Besides, the two French infantry divisions that needed the cover of the Belgian 13th Infantry Division had been overtaken and wiped out by the German armored forces, and it was reasonable for them to retreat at this time.If it weren't for the coalition command to count on them but cannon fodder to delay the German army, according to normal military theory, the Belgian 13th Division should be allowed to retreat to a shorter line of defense for redeployment.

But Gan Molin couldn't listen to these things, nor was he willing to listen to them.He just stood straight beside the big map hanging on the wall by the headquarters, staring at the coalition troops surrounded by a red circle.

It is true that if the more than 20 Belgian soldiers were not scattered and blocked on the long front from the border as cannon fodder, perhaps the German army could have completed the encirclement earlier and surrounded the British and French troops.

If the German army hadn't been distracted to wipe out one Belgian army after another, then the British Expeditionary Force and the French Continental Army would have suffered greater losses than they do now.

Gan Molin's mind was very confused, and he didn't know who to blame.

The British Expeditionary Force and the French Continental Army have always been fighting under his command.If you have to say that the British and French troops did not do the right thing, wouldn't you be slapping Gan Malin in the face and saying that there was something wrong with his command? !

The memories of the past ten days still kept replaying in his mind.After getting the German army, as expected in plan D, attack from the north of Belgium.Then he ordered not to leave any strategic reserves and carry out operations to close the net.Finally, a large number of German armored troops suddenly appeared in the Ardennes area, the southern wing of the coalition forces was defeated, and the main force of the three-nation coalition fell into the German encirclement......

Everything is like a dream.When he came to his senses, the situation had reached an irreversible point!

Without realizing it, I ordered all the main forces of the coalition forces to be thrown into the encirclement of the German army, and without foresight and stubbornness, I canceled all the strategic reserves.

This was the darkest and most powerless war he had experienced since he graduated from Saint-Cyr Military Academy and joined the army.

He served as chief of operations, brigade commander, and division commander of the French base camp.He also served as the commander of the French army in Syria, commanding the French army to suppress the national liberation uprising of the Syrian people against the French colonialists.From the field chief to the chief of the army's general staff, then to the chief of the general staff of the Ministry of National Defense, to the commander-in-chief of the French army, and finally to the commander-in-chief of the three-nation coalition.

Through serving under the famous French Marshal Joffre, Gan Molin only took 13 years to reach a height that no one else could reach in a lifetime.In order to stabilize the defense line of the French army, he also asked the French government for an additional 7000 million francs to strengthen the Maginot line of defense.And meticulously, he also made a second plan, making preparations in Belgium to deal with the German army bypassing the Maginot Line of Defense.

It's a pity that Gan Molin has developed the habit of being stubborn in his opinion because of the military department's eloquence he has made over the years.

He is very cautious and meticulous, and he was also an excellent staff member under Marshal Joffre, a famous French World War I general.Unfortunately, he is not a qualified general.

Similar to Gan Molin, Manstein, who also worked as a staff officer under the famous German general Rundstadt, made his fortune with this.After formulating the "Scythe Harvest Plan" for decisive battles like Gan Molin, he did not dare to assert that the plan would be successful, and left a preparation plan to deal with accidents (not only Manstein, but also Bolohich and others) discovered this), and designed a strong strategic reserve for the German army.

However, no one in the entire French command questioned Manstein and asked for a preparatory contingency plan like the German command Librechtsch.In the Allied High Command, the British general Montgomery, who suggested that a strategic reserve should be reserved, was glared at by Gan Molin instead.

As a result, when the fortress of Sedan was lost, a 50-mile-wide gap appeared in the French defense line. When thousands of German tanks drove straight into the undefended plains of northern France, the Allied Command could not come up with one. Used to stop German troops.

If Gan Molin hadn't been so arrogant, if he could have listened to a few harsh words and adopted them, things would never have developed to the point where they are today.But he didn't, not only did he not let go of his blind arrogance, but he was still unwilling to find his own mistakes, and unreasonably attributed all the failures to the Belgian Allies!

"Let our troops speed up the retreat and turn to the northern port city as soon as possible." After venting, Gan Molin did not go to play the only advantage he learned when he was a staff officer, looking for the next step.

The Belgians can't count on it, and their own people don't necessarily have any way to rely on it.The only thing that can be pinned on is the plan mentioned by the British fat man who flew to Paris the day before yesterday-to withdraw the coalition forces in the encirclement from the sea to the UK, and then transport them back to the rear of France and re-enter the battlefield.

"I hope this retreat can breed future victories and become a miracle." Gan Molin said in a low voice to himself.

Text Chapter 341 Lengerheimer

When the 39th Company of the 4th Armored Regiment commanded by Lengerheimer arrived at the ferry, the fighting here was already over.

As the company commander of this armored company, Second Lieutenant Lengerheimer, who is also the commander of a company of Leopard tanks, found a paratrooper squad leader on the bank of the ferry bridge after flipping off the tank, and asked about the situation: "It seems The battle here is over long ago. How, what is the result?"

The paratrooper squad leader smiled: "In the beginning, we only used one paratrooper platoon to wipe out a company of Belgians on the position behind this bridge. Now, our platoon leader is leading people to guard 83 Belgian prisoners of war." .”

"You know, more than 80 people, which is more than our entire platoon combined. The platoon leader has been leading people to watch carefully." When the paratrooper squad leader said this, his face was full of pride. look.

Lengerheimer knew that their group of paratroopers was airdropped thousands of miles behind the position of the Belgian garrison so that the armored troops would not be delayed when they passed the bridge, occupying the position behind the bridge and waiting for the armored troops to arrive.

Without the hard work of the paratroopers, perhaps the Belgians would have blown up the bridge ahead of time when Lengheimer and the others were about to arrive, hindering the advance of the tanks.After all, Leopard tanks can't cross the river. Even if the pontoon bridge can be rebuilt by engineers, the attack speed of the troops will be greatly delayed.