Chapter 314

"Yes, the monster appeared here to the west of Laon. We were preparing to attack at that time. It kept firing in the distance and destroyed our tanks... I've never seen anything so terrible. It can lift the turret of B1 tank at a distance of 1000 meters." A French tank soldier said so.

"My God, we were preparing to attack in the village, and I was sitting behind an ft-17 tank, counting my ammunition. At that time, I don't know what happened. A ft-17 tank in the distance suddenly exploded, and then there was a roar. Later, I heard people call to retreat, so I followed them Another French infantryman still looks flustered.

"There are no tanks approaching us. It's a plain area. You know, after the pass battle, we didn't choose the narrow terrain to attack any more. This time we were on the plain, so our vision was very good. The German tanks were at least 500 meters away from us. The shells came and directly hit our tanks. " The third soldier asked said so.

"I had a telescope in my hand. When the German army launched the attack, I saw tanks in the distance. There were more than a dozen tanks, many of which were very different from leopard tanks in the past... And definitely not tank 3. I think it's a new weapon, a powerful new weapon, which can pierce any type of tank at a distance of 800 meters. " A magistrate said dejectedly.

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It was a large-scale investigation, and the insiders clarified the reasons for the failure. Originally, I wanted to find out some tactical problems, but unexpectedly, I got an astonishing news - the German army not only changed its tactics, but also changed its weapons and equipment.

"Hua La", an officer in charge of investigating the rout spread a thick pile of documents in his hand in front of General de Gaulle, then sighed and said, "I have to admit that the German army has invested a new type of tank in the Laan area, which may be equipped with more powerful tank guns, and the German army has also changed its previous tank killing tactics, We defeated our advance team with a long-range attack. "

"I always think that it is impossible for the German army to invest in any new tanks. Their leopard tanks already have an absolute advantage over our B1 tanks. Can you imagine that they are so powerful?" Compared with a few days ago, Charles de Gaulle was much older, and he had less courage and strength to speak.

Sometimes a person's collapse is due to the destruction of faith. Today's de Gaulle is no doubt because his belief has been defeated by the performance of the German army, so he is weakening so quickly.

The armored forces theory he advocated did not bring him victory, on the contrary, it bloomed and fruited in his opponents. Now he knows that the armored forces construction and development he has been insisting on is so superficial and weak. Whenever he thought that his army had grasped the key to the strength of the German army, the German army taught him the opposite.

When he was addicted to the heavy tank troops composed of heavy armor and large caliber artillery, the German tanks had developed towards the main battle tanks with faster speed, smoother communication, better bulletproof appearance and more powerful artillery.

This kind of tank is no longer a weapon, but a platform, an offensive whole composed of dive bombers, lightweight artillery and mechanized infantry. In the face of this attack as a whole, the superiority of the French army in a single superior event can not change its overall inferiority. This is a kind of backward thinking and a kind of despair that has been surpassed in an all-round way.

The German advanced fighters defeated the French and British air forces in the sky and firmly controlled the air supremacy over the whole theater. Then the do-217 bombers began to destroy the airport, threaten the city and spread the fear to every corner. Then the Stuka bombers roared down, destroying the French troops on the road, giving the French troops an air superiority but struggling to defend passively. Then the German tanks ran rampant, breaking the French illusion of dragging the war into a protracted war, and making detours at a speed never seen by human beings, disrupting the operational deployment of the whole coalition. Behind the tanks, German grenadiers in trucks and armored vehicles quickly followed, filling the gap left by the tanks and covering the flanks of the armored forces.

This set of tactics, though immature, is extremely efficient and powerful. It gives akkado the aura of a master tactician, the nickname of God of war to the German head of state, and the invincible honor to the German army. Of course, it also brings Charles de Gaulle a bad dream that he can't wake up, and puts general kammerlin in the shackles of a defeated general, It also caused thousands of losses to the Allied forces of Britain and France.

"But general, there can't be so many soldiers lying." The officer was somewhat embarrassed and said, "it's reasonable for officers to shirk their responsibilities, but so many soldiers have followed suit. Obviously, this matter deserves our attention."

"Look at this." De Gaulle handed a piece of information to the officer. He picked up a soldier's testimony at random and looked through it.

The officer took the document that Charles de Gaulle had handed him, looked at it and turned pale with fright. Because it says the latest movements of the German army, which happened to be the last thing the British and French allied forces wanted to see.

In Belgium, because of the rebellion of general grudgow and the defection of the Belgian army, the British and French allied forces once again fell into a bitter battle, just like a giant in the mire, struggling left and right, but still unable to escape. They were defeated all the way to the southwest, but they could not get rid of the entanglement and encirclement of the German army. The invisible wall that restrained the advance of the German army had disappeared, and the German armored forces began to attack after a short rest. Charles de Gaulle's 10th French Panzer Army was easily defeated and retreated 10 miles south again. This also frustrated the plan of attacking the German a group army again. In the north of France, after a night's rest, the German armored group's engines roared again. Goodrian's forces stormed ham, where they defeated the French infantry in front of him. Now the failure of the region west of raen is not enough to surprise Charles de Gaulle, because his neighbor, the 9th army of France, is about to lose the important town of ham. Of course, this is only the flanking cover of the German army. On the front of the attack is Rommel's seventh armored army, which has captured all the bridges along the way and killed Albert in a fierce manner. If they can successfully occupy Albert, then all the Allied transportation supply lines in Belgium will be exposed to the threat of German tanks. Another piece of despairing news came from the direction of stone, where the French scouts had found that the German regular infantry had replaced a small number of grenadiers and strengthened the line between stone and lisley. The German cavalry had moved into the vicinity of Laon, and the elite mechanized grenadiers had drawn out their troops and began to attack again with the German tanks. The French army's most feared situation appeared again“ general! I... what should we do now? " After reading the intelligence analysis, the officer asked Charles de Gaulle in some panic“ What else can we do? " With a wry smile and a sigh, de Gaulle said, "the German Air Force has paralyzed the main traffic line. The troops mobilized by our army are either stuck on the road, or they are too slow to mobilize. Now they are unable to form combat effectiveness." He pointed to the map and said to the man helplessly: "even if they were set up and had a certain fighting capacity, they could not defeat the German armored forces without heavy weapons. Because even we didn't do that. "“ If general kammerlin can still soberly realize the crux of the problem, he will let us give up the front, hit all forces and stick to Amiens. That's where the key really has to be He finally tapped a dot on the map and said“ general! I'm going to Amiens with all the troops I can find The officer stood at attention and said, "I promise you that if I can't keep Amiens, I will die there and never step back!"“ It's not that I don't believe in your determination. " Charles de Gaulle laughed, waved his hand and said, "because I'm going to Amiens, too. We lost a lot of money and didn't have much power to transfer, so I decided to take the last fight this time - 30 tanks, which was all I could find. At the same time, the vanguard of the German armored forces was preparing to cross a river. They occupied the bridge on the river and captured more than 100 French soldiers left here. The German tanks rested by the river and looked at it with a confident smile. This is the upper reaches of a very famous river. Many years ago, they fought the most fierce battle in human history here. The German army lost more than 530000 people here. No mistake. This is the upper reaches of the Somme river. It's only a short distance from general goodrian's attack target ham. The French army had no ability to organize the advance of the German army. The German armored forces, which had been replenished and supplied, moved westward, much faster than the defeated French army. Most of the time, they left behind a large number of captives. Some French defenders even thought that these coming tanks were British allies. The German army's blitz left the two struggling in Belgium, kammerlin and Goth, helpless. It seems that the failure of the British and French allied forces has become a foregone conclusion. However, the telegram sent by Britain to Gott clearly pointed out that the turnaround will take place in the next few days. As long as they continue to stick to it, miracles may occur.