Chapter 329

At this time, in Amiens, the top commander of the French army was talking to General de Gaulle in another direction: "I think the Ninth Army has shed the last drop of blood for France. I have to think about surrender now. In front of me, the infantry of a division has lost more than half, the defense of the flank is fragmented, and the 40 tanks you supported me have all been lost... "

Charles de Gaulle was also livid on the phone. He mobilized tanks several times to fight with the German army, but they all ended in failure. In particular, the battle of the pass was a disgrace that was hard to wash away in his life. He vowed to take stone, but ended up in a small unnamed pass - it wasn't the huge German armored forces that stopped him, it was just a leopard tank.

No one will be in a good mood after confirming this victory. If he later learned that the leopard tank had changed its appearance and appeared in Amiens direction again, de Gaulle seemed to have an impulse to cry - can't you change places? Do you have a grudge against me? How many times? When are you going to bully me like that?

He took the phone and didn't seem to know what to say. After a long time, he murmured, "general, if you surrender in Amiens, it will affect your reputation..."

"I don't want to lose face at such a time, but now I really have no choice. If I don't make this difficult decision now, tens of thousands of French soldiers will be completely destroyed in Amiens. " The commander of the 9th army said with difficulty: "we don't have much ammunition left, and the loss is unbearable."

"You know! In Belgium, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops! You can't give up at will! The place you guard is almost the last passage for the main force of our army to withdraw to the south! " Charles de Gaulle frowned and said, "I'm trying to find a way to transfer troops. If you insist for a few more hours, my tanks will attack on the German flank and cover your troops to defend Amiens."

"It's too late! General de Gaulle... More than half of Amiens has fallen into the hands of the German army, and I will lose hundreds of soldiers' lives every few minutes. My troops were only used to defend the flanks before they were assembled. They are short of ammunition and haven't been trained for a long time. It's the limit that they can hold up to now. "

"Can't you hold on for a few more hours for France?" Charles de Gaulle was already speaking in a pleading tone: "if you insist on it for a few more hours, I will take over the defense of Amiens. Even if the last person is killed, I will never step back! For the sake of France, I'd rather die at Amiens! "

"I can only hold on for another hour at most! General de Gaulle, the ammunition will be exhausted at that time, and my troops will not be able to fight against the German without weapons, so I don't know what you are going to do, but that's all I can do. " Finally, said the commander of the Ninth Army.

"Thank you! I thank you for the French people! " Charles de Gaulle hung up and looked at his staff: "how many troops can we mobilize? Near Amiens! I'll go to Amiens myself! Gather as many troops as you can! "

"Sir! Our several failures have exhausted our reserve forces. Now our front line is full of holes, and the existing forces can't maintain the security of the whole line. If we transfer our forces again, I'm afraid it will cause the collapse of the whole line of defense... "The chief of staff wiped the sweat on his forehead and said," even regardless of the safety of the line of defense, We can assemble dozens of tanks and about a battalion of infantry

"What? How come there are so few? " Charles de Gaulle looked at his chief of staff in surprise, then quickly pressed his hand on the map and looked down: "near Amiens, we were covered and fired by the enemy's special artillery, and lost four tanks... Here we were attacked by the SS grenadiers, so we had to leave a battalion to block. What about the second armored company? Where's that army? "

"Originally, as a reserve force, the company's nine B1 tanks were transferred to the assault forces in the pass battle. At that time, our troops were not so insufficient, so we didn't remind you about the transfer of troops." The chief of staff said helplessly: "in fact, only one company here and the remaining seven tanks of the second armored company can reach Amiens in an hour."

"Then let the troops rush there! Search nearby for ammunition from nearby troops! Send them to the 9th army! As long as I can hold on for another hour, I will be able to reinforce more than a dozen tanks and 500 soldiers! " Charles de Gaulle hammered the table, gritted his teeth and said, "even if I fill the oil bit by bit, I will stick to Amiens until general kammerlin goes south!"

Fifty minutes later, a company of infantry and seven tanks that Charles de Gaulle managed to get together drove into Amiens. Five minutes later, Amiens surrendered, and the commander of the 9th army shot himself in a basement in Amiens. Under the leadership of the deputy commander, the 9th French army, with some troops of the 10th French armored army, surrendered to general goodrian.

Soon, with a reporter team, goodrian, escorted by dozens of German Leopard tanks, entered the ruins of Amiens, where he personally presided over the surrender ceremony of the French garrison. He took over the flag of the French 9th army with a smile, and took over the sword of the dead 9th army commander.

Charles de Gaulle, who got the news of the surrender of Amiens, could not speak for a long time. He evacuated his troops to support Amiens, hoping that Amiens would defend to the south of general gammerlin. This attempt was completely destroyed. It would be a large-scale German attack waiting for him. Now he has no reserve forces to support his defense. In the evening, Ryan opened his eyes. The radio in the field hospital echoed the passionate speech of the head of state, akkado, celebrating the occupation of Amiens. The German army had basically controlled the back road of the British and French allied forces. General Rommel's troops were only one day away from the English Channel.