The Third Reich in Desperation

"Also... and some small airports along the Somme River were also hit by the Luftwaffe's precision strikes. Our scattered fighters scattered behind the defense line were also completely lost." The news came like a bolt from the blue.

"Oh my god...how did the Germans find out the location of each of our airports? Did they fight a war exactly like today's in advance and predict all our deployments?" Wei Gang's adjutant, no Desperately lost his mind.

"It's over, now our air force has no fighter planes that can take off." A liaison officer of the air force looked ashen, and warned the generals in the command headquarters in horror: "In this way, the frontline air supremacy will really be complete. With all the Germans in hand, our army is going to suffer."

Inside the headquarters, there was another commotion.A group of generals looked in disbelief at the table on the wall full of red arrows, representing a schematic diagram of the German army's multi-pronged offensive.

All the Allied forces surrendered.The Belgian Army, the British Expeditionary Force, and no Allied troops who could share the pressure with the French army stood in front of them.And France's own remaining army is also many times weaker than it was at the beginning of the war.

"Some words are ugly, but I still have to say them." Belante, who had been looking at the map for a long time, stood up and said, "From the day when the British army surrendered at Dunkirk, the German Army Group C Shelling volumes on all sections of our Maginot Line rose by several bases on average."

He turned his head and glanced at Admiral Wei Gang, and after waiting for the other party's nod, Berante continued: "Everyone should know that we were drawing troops from the Maginot Line to fill the new line of defense. That is to say , The actions of the German army seemed to know our deployment, and then they deliberately strengthened the oppression of the Maginot Line, restraining our troops remaining in the defense line, so that we could not continue to draw more troops to leave."

Berante's words have been made very clear.Coupled with today's precise strikes by the Luftwaffe on various airports on the "Weygand Line", it is difficult to say that everything is a coincidence.

There is only one truth, that is, the German army has seen all the deployment of the French army, and then arranged all the next military operations one by one.

Such an enemy is too terrifying to face.

When all the military deployments carefully planned by one's own side are known to the enemy as transparently, how should the next battle be fought?

It's like a blind man who is already thin and thin, but he has to face a strong and good-sighted opponent alone.

How else can I fight this?Are you going to talk about it?

"It seems that the head of state of Germany may be a bit capable." Wei Gang's voice interrupted the embarrassing situation.

The officers turned their attention to this famous general whose reputation was well known in France. They seemed to have regained a little courage from the seemingly confident Admiral Weygand.

"Everyone, don't forget that the head of state of Germany is also a human being. He is not an omniscient God. There are some things that he can't guess just by deduction and prediction." The morale boosting point of the main point: "The construction of our new defense line has begun long before the surrender of the British allies. The field fortifications and force arrangements of the defense line have now been perfected to a considerable extent."

At this time, everyone discovered how wise and prescient Wey Gang was when he planned and arranged a new line of defense in advance before the Allied forces failed.

If the British Expeditionary Force fails and sets up defenses after the British Expeditionary Force fails, it will be really powerless.

If it wasn't for General Weygand's rich combat experience and profound military theoretical foundation, and if General Weygand hadn't possessed the unique strategic intuition of a famous general, today's line of defense, which is not hard but at least continuous, would have been absolutely impossible to establish!

"I'd like to see if this smart-looking German head of state can find the weakness of the new line of defense?" Wei Gang's tone was full of confidence.

Text Chapter 4: An Infantry Division That Can Defeat an Armored Division

Weygand might be disappointed.

Indeed, Reinhardt is not God.But in this time and space, he is theoretically omniscient and omnipotent.

On the north bank of the Somme, that is, the German attack position, there is a gradually gentle highland extending towards the Somme. On this section, there is basically no forest cover, making it difficult for the German attacking side to attack in a concealed manner.

But it is precisely the Somme Valley, which is only a few hundred meters away, covered by countless bushes, blocking the sight of the French defenders.

On the south bank of the Somme, Reinhardt clearly disclosed to the German generals the information that Weygand had deployed heavy troops in several small villages such as Brelly, Ely, Peric, and Dele.

Like most villages in France, the above-mentioned village chiefs are covered with houses and surrounding walls, so that the garrison can establish a good fire support point.

And even the specific troops deployed by Weigan in this area were clearly understood by Reinhardt. 2 third-rate French divisions, 1 black colonial division and 13th (Alsace) infantry division.

On the one hand, because the 38th Army commanded by Manstein had achieved a decisive victory here in history, and Reinhardt, who had carefully studied Manstein's war memoirs, was naturally very clear about this battle of crossing the river.

On the other hand, as early as when Reinhardt sketched the schematic diagram of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, he found that he seemed to have a very clear impression of the memory of his previous life.Those contents that he only briefly reviewed in his previous life are now clearly reflected in his mind.

Perhaps, this is the sequelae of time travel.

Fortunately, this sequelae is still useful and beneficial, making him full of omniscient addiction.

So, at dawn on June 6.The German troops of the two divisions took advantage of the last glimmer of darkness before dawn, carrying rubber boats, motorboats and footbridges, and quietly sneaked into the small jungle on the bank of the Somme.

When the sky just turned bright, the two German divisions quickly crossed the river across the river, and immediately seized the coastal positions from the third-rate French divisions. Immediately, the German troops immediately formed and began to advance.

Most of the French army has been stuck in the experience of positional warfare, not to mention the third-rate infantry divisions in these French troops.

Their few artillerymen failed to adapt to the mobile combat mode brought by the German army, and could not meet the requirements of rapid concentration and powerful firepower like the specially trained German artillerymen.

Therefore, the "Weygand Line" named after him, which was given high hopes by Weygand, was torn open a huge hole on the first morning of the German army's official offensive.

The next day, the German 30th Infantry Division, which was in pursuit, caught up with and surrounded a fleeing French armored force.

Because the rout had already begun, this French armored force had been out of contact with its superiors and could not replenish fuel in time.After being chased by the 30th Division of the German Army, they simply chose to surrender. It was the 30th Infantry Division who made another contribution and captured a hundred French tanks without fighting.

"It seems that our division should be famous again," Commander Hans of the 30th Division smiled and said to the adjutant, "You said that this time our infantry division defeated an armored division, which is the same as when we fought against an army group in Poland. Compared with credit, which one is more dazzling?"

100 B1 heavy tanks, no matter where they are placed, they should not be able to defeat even an infantry division.

Although the 30th Infantry Division of the German Army supplemented the assault gun battalion equipped with stalkers before participating in the Norwegian campaign, the 27 stalkers directly under the assault gun battalion of only one division are not far behind in terms of combat power on paper. 100 opponents of French B1 heavy tanks.

Although the B1 tank can be said to be the lightest heavy tank in the world at this time, weighing only 31 tons, even the German medium tanks are heavier than him.

The B1 tank has only 350 horsepower, which makes the b1 a turtle speed, with a top speed of only 28 kilometers.

However, the setting of this tank is to accompany the infantry assault, and running slowly can prevent the infantry from being left behind later.

You know, in order to achieve the goal of "multi-purpose use", the B1 tank is equipped with a turret and a 17-caliber 75mm howitzer in front of the car body to assist infantry in bombarding enemy positions. And its one-man turret is equipped with a 45mm anti-tank gun to hit enemy tanks.

In addition, the B1 tank uses a hydraulic steering system, which allows the artillery on its body to quickly turn on the spot and aim at the enemy, making this tank look really tall.

"The tonnage of the tanks seized this time seems to have almost caught up with the T3 tanks we used. Even our Leopard tanks are not much heavier than this type of tanks. To win against troops equipped with such tanks, It's really not easy." Major General Hans' adjutant also said cheerfully.

Among other things, with this achievement, the 30th Infantry Division has firmly become a legend in the German infantry circle.An infantry division that can single out an army group, an infantry division that can defeat an armored division, which infantry division in the world has a record that can reach the height of the 30th infantry division!

"Report the battle results truthfully," Major General Hans patted the adjutant on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, the head of state replenished us with a batch of fuel, and also sent a group of armored cadets from Romania. I was surprised at the time, Why did the head of state send me such a group of people?"

The adjutant's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "Master, what do you mean?"

"Do you still remember the batch of bayonets that the head of state presented to our division before the Polish campaign?" Hans asked his adjutant a question instead of explaining the reason.

"Remember." The adjutant nodded and said seriously: "Shortly after that, we used these bayonets in the battle with the Polish counterattack army and fought a beautiful defensive battle."

When the adjutant said this, his face was full of pride.

In that battle, the 30th Infantry Division, with the power of one division, abruptly undertook the crazy attack of a group army of the Polish army, bought enough time for Manstein and Rundstede to deploy the outer circle to encircle, and thus defeated the Polish army. In the campaign, the largest and most successful encirclement and annihilation battle.

And that was also the first battle in which the 30th Infantry Division became famous.

Then, their division moved to Norway. As the only force sent by Germany, they led the Norwegian Defense Forces to completely defeat the entire army of the British and French Expeditionary Forces.In a battle that even Reinhard only asked for defense, he just achieved an unexpected victory.

Now, the 30th Division has defeated the rout of about one less armored division of the French army and captured a hundred French heavy tanks.

Amidst his pride, the excited adjutant inadvertently overlooked a fact.

Now, being mentioned by Major General Hans, the adjutant suddenly realized that every time their division won a glorious war, the shadow of the head of state was indispensable behind them.