Chapter 301

Everyone who knows Rommel knows that he is a born adventurer, and those so-called omnipotent leaders seem to be nothing to mention in front of him. The general Rommel liked to get into the tank and attack with his troops; The general Rommel liked to sit in a light aircraft and lean out to take pictures of his troops; The most dangerous experience of this somewhat reckless general was that the bullet hit the staff officer less than two steps away from him.

Of course, if you are familiar with the real history of World War II, France, and the history of the African legion, you will find a tragic thing. This general named Rommel is a commander who likes fighting in the battlefield. Once he finds an opportunity - true or false - as long as he judges it as an opportunity, he will attack.

This won him the reputation of Desert Fox, and also buried the root of his defeat. Now he has a more prosperous "Holy Family" than in another time and space. Compared with Hitler's love, Rommel was promoted by akkado this time. In private, he even claimed to be the leader of the army. So in as like as two peas, he made almost the same decision with that.

He patiently arranged the headquarters in lislai, then left the staff and the entourage, climbed up a leopard tank, and as his "reconnaissance troops" continued to move forward, launched a "general investigation" that made everyone laugh and cry.

In this limited investigation, Rommel came to the outskirts of Marle, an important French town, and learned in a unique way that the French garrison had no ability. Then he decided to let his few troops launch an attack.

His unique way of detection is to sit in a tank, pass through the city with the fastest speed, listen to the gunfire on the tank, and judge the number of French defenders. This way sounds risky, but Rommel found that the French didn't have the heart to stay here after the outside exploration, so his adventurous spirit or Zu's death spirit showed up, and made the risk coefficient 9. 9.

The French did not expect that there would be such a fearless man who would dare a tank to cross the city. When they came back, the tank had already passed through the city. Of course, this also proves that the French army lacks preparation and anti tank weapons. Soon a tank regiment and a motorized infantry regiment of the 7th Panzer Army caught up with their commander and drove the French out of Muller.

Rommel, who was full of self-confidence, found the reason to continue to "investigate" in the northwest direction after the victory in Muller. He was determined to order his troops to continue to attack the target they had expected. They would attack the French army and take lecatelle.

The fall of Marler completely confused the French army. It was originally judged that the German army was preparing to go south to capture stone. At this time, the French commander kammerlin found that the real goal of the German army was to encircle his main force in Belgium, so he hurriedly ordered the troops in France to organize a counterattack. However, he received the news that de Gaulle had been defeated in stone.

Goodrian's cooperation made Rommel very comfortable. When he learned that goodrian's first armored army had passed lisley, stormed Leon and occupied it, he used the word "Empathy" to describe his flanking partner. The capture of Leon's news also makes him more confident and bold to move forward to his goal.

All the way, his troops carried rubber pipes and searched for discarded French gasoline and civilian gasoline to make up for the embarrassment of no supplies. Guderian's Armored Division 1 was a little stronger and limited, and needed local materials from time to time. The two generals, just like two bandits, raided their homes all the way to complete their planned combat tasks.

Of course, in the north of Rommel's troops, the 5th light armored force under lundstedt's command had to be dragged forward reluctantly in order to avoid Rommel's 7th armored force being too prominent. Although they were not so active, they faced a weaker British French defense, So they have unconsciously hit the northern city of lecatelle, lecatelle.

When the 5th light armored army arrived in lecatao, the French army had left. They were threatened by Rommel's attack. They abandoned this important city to the 5th light armored army and a hospital full of wounded soldiers.

The speed of the advance of the German forces obviously completely stunned the French commanders. Their defense line in Belgium made them very embarrassed: if they withdraw, the interests of their Belgian allies that they have always insisted on will disappear; If they stick to it, they will face the risk of being surrounded in Belgium.

In a mess of Brussels, Colonel gruel, who has been promoted to the post of commander of the Brussels garrison, stares at gammerlin and Lord Goth, commander of the British Expeditionary Force and chief of staff of the British Empire. The two of them came here on purpose, hoping that Colonel gruel would understand their decision.

"Colonel gruel, we have to make sure that the whole coalition is safe." Gott said with a stiff head: "the German troops in our rear threaten the safety of the transportation supply line, which makes us lose the initiative. We need to shorten the defense line, and dispatch some troops to the south to fight back against the Germans... Please understand."

"So I was temporarily appointed defense commander of Brussels to help you hold back the German attack?" Gruel asked, staring at Goth“ Yes, if the Belgian forces can stay in Brussels for two to three weeks, then we will counterattack, and as allies, we will fulfill our obligations. " Kammerlin was also embarrassed and said to help Lord Goth. As a matter of fact, Goth came up with the idea of retreating backward and giving up part of Belgian territory. He also helped to pass the plan at the coalition headquarters. It is easier for Britain to decide to give up some of Belgium's interests than it is for France to have a close relationship with Belgium. They have to give priority to the safety of the British Expeditionary Force before they think about other things. However, even so, Britain's decision to facilitate the withdrawal of the main force of the British French coalition forces is very reluctant and highly questionable. At least general Montgomery, the commander of the third division of the second expeditionary army, strongly disagreed with this kind of betrayal. He suggested that some elite troops should be sent to the south to deal with the German armored forces, and most of the defenders should remain in place. It's a pity that his proposal didn't get Goth's attention. The British and French allied forces finally decided to give up part of the Belgian controlled area to shorten the defense line and dispatch troops to the south, so as to ensure the absolute security of the entire allied supply line. But in this way, they gave up part of Belgium's interests and were resisted by most Belgian officers. The anger and resistance spread within the coalition forces, and even affected the cooperation between the two sides. For example, in many cases, the Belgian garrison refused to provide fuel to the retreating Anglo French forces, and refused to deliver food supplies to these allies. However, under the effect of mutual evasion and restriction, the Allies' slow shrinking speed could not get rid of the pursuit of the German group B army. The defense line was shrinking again and again, but they still could not mobilize effective forces to support their fragile Southern supply line. Today, Brussels, Belgium, has become a front-line city that can be directly threatened by the German army. Belgium is also at a critical juncture of life and death. Most of the Belgian defenders have decided to stay with the country. But they still hope that France and Britain can stop their retreat and join hands with them to fight to the death, instead of walking on the escape road with luggage and equipment every day, as they do now. That's why we had this awkward meeting. The two sides couldn't stand each other's decision, so they had to discuss the next issue in such a disheartened way“ Colonel gruel, I know you are for your motherland, and I hope to stick to this city with you, but we can't be sentimental. We have to make the necessary choices for victory. " Lord Goth sighed and again advised, "we have to win in the south to go north and go back to Brussels."“ We? Relying on weak forces to defend such a vast territory, we still have to stick to it for two weeks? Do you think we can do it? " Gruel was almost elated by his allies' fabulous demands: "we lack heavy weapons and equipment. We can't stop the German Sixth armored army in the north, and we can't counterattack the German second armored army in the south. What can we do to hold Brussels?"“ This... "Goth's face was slightly red, and he didn't want to speak. French commander kammerlin had no choice but to put forward their plan: "Belgium has concentrated its forces to stick to Brussels, and German armored forces are not effective in big city operations. It can still be done after two weeks... This is the main reason why we come to you." The feasibility of this plan is higher than that of other combat plans, but there is a very serious side effect, that is, to stick to Brussels like this will turn the city into a piece of scorched earth. No matter what the final outcome of the war, the city of Brussels will become a synonym for ruins. Colonel gruel looked at gammerlin and did not speak. He just went to the door, opened the door of the office, and then made a farewell gesture to two generals who were much higher than him. Then he said, "no matter what you plan, the Belgians will defend their country in their own way."