Chapter 355： Retreat to the Siegfried Line

Relying on armored soldiers, outstanding mobility, dividing and encircling the Polish army, and then eating them in one bite, this is the tactics of the blitzkrieg and the main tactics of the German armored forces.

And now, this tactic has been played to the fullest in Poland!

The "Pomeranian" group army in the Danzig corridor made a crazy break without success. Later, as the encirclement continued to shrink, the group army was completely crushed on the Danzig corridor.

General Boltnovsky, the commander of the group army, became the highest-ranking officer killed in Poland so far.

After the main force in the Danzig corridor was wiped out, the German army turned around and marched quickly toward Warsaw.

In the south, the mighty SS armored division crushed Mokra's defenders in half a day and advanced northward.

At the same time, in the battle, advanced combat deeds have emerged, especially the story of the infantry Neltz, which circulated throughout the German army. As an ordinary infantry soldier, he used flesh and blood to block the deeds of the Polish cavalry. , Infects everyone.

"The heads of state, France and Britain, have declared war on us." When the Polish battle began, Cyrek moved to the train. No one knew where he was, but he knew everything about the battle.

Now, after a stalemate for three or five days, taking advantage of the grand parade of Britain and France, France and the United Kingdom have issued an ultimatum to Germany. Of course, Cyrik ignored this ban.

As a result, the current result was that Britain and France declared war on Germany.

"The head of state, I think we should mobilize elite troops from the Polish front to return to the defense, otherwise, our western front will not be able to withstand the attack of the British and French coalition forces, and we will fall into a terrible two-front battle." At that time, Brausic finally spoke.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation is gradually getting out of control!

The main force of the German army is on the Eastern Front, while on the Western Front, Britain and France have declared war on Germany.

In the western part of Germany, there is only the German First Army under the command of Erwin von Witzleben. Although it is called the First Army, the equipment of this Army is quite backward. There are basically no tanks and many troops below. Even the number of artillery is insufficient.

If the Anglo-French allied forces come over, they will find that what stands in front of them is simply a layer of paper. As long as they rush over, they can tear apart the German army's line of defense, and even fight all the way to Berlin!

Brausic must remind Cyrek that in recent years, Germany has almost been walking a tightrope, and as long as there is a gust of wind, Germany can be overturned.

Now that the German army is strong, it's just that they are all on the Eastern Front. Now, it is also very important to deploy a part of the army to return to the Western Front to protect its own territory.

His proposal, of course, would not be accepted by Cyric.

"The key to us now is to defeat Poland as quickly as possible." Cyric said very clearly: "Now, our army is making rapid progress, and all the main forces are gathering in Warsaw."

"I guess that as long as we wait until tomorrow, we can create a situation for the Poles. We are about to encircle Warsaw. In this case, the Poles will definitely leave Warsaw. As long as their government leaves Warsaw, the Soviets will come up. , Attack from the east!"

Stalin also wanted face. After all, the Soviet Union and Poland had signed a non-aggression treaty. Therefore, although Poland was going to be divided with Germany in private, Stalin was inconvenient for it.

As long as the Polish government flees, the Soviet Union will find a decent excuse for sending troops to Poland.

When the Soviet army also attacked from the east, the entire Poland was completely divided up. Now is the most critical time, and it is absolutely impossible to withdraw troops from the front.

The progress these days has been quite rapid.

Bork’s North Road Army group wiped out the Polish "Pomeranian" Army, then went south, severely inflicted the "Modlin" Army, then forcibly crossed the Vistula River and seized the position that covered the road from the north to Warsaw .

On the South Road, Guderian’s South Army Group severely inflicted two groups of Polish forces "Lodz" and "Krakow", occupying the Polish industrial center Lodz and Krakow, the second largest city.

Among them, the fastest-running First SS Panzer Division will arrive in the southern suburbs of Warsaw tonight and cut off the retreat of the Polish "Poznan" group army from the south.

The encirclement of Warsaw will soon begin. Under this circumstance, Cyric will of course not withdraw the frontline troops and run to the west to fight the French.

"So, what about our threat on the Western Front?" Brausic asked.

"Western Front? Let the border guards gradually retreat until they reach the Siegfried Line." Cyrek said: "Along the retreat, S-type mines were deployed to delay the French army's actions."

Cyric gave a plan to use landmines and gradually retreat until he retreated into his own line of defense.

This is just kidding! But Brasic looked at Cyric's expression, no matter what, he was not joking.

After the end of World War I, France and Germany guarded each other. Because many areas on the border between the two sides were plains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, the French began to build the Maginot Line.

As a defeated country, Germany was not qualified. It would be good to have a hundred thousand army. However, when Germany occupied the Rhineland, it greatly improved morale. At that time, Germany decided to build on the opposite side of the Maginot Line. Siegfried Line of Defense.

This line of defense can cover the German Western Front and serve as a garrison for the westward attack and a heavy artillery position to support the attack.

Starting from Kleve, near the Dutch border in Germany, it extends along the borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, and France to Basel, Switzerland, with a total length of 630 kilometers.

Compared with the strong Maginot Line, the fortifications here are smaller and the structure is simpler, but the number is as many as 11,860, far exceeding the Maginot Line.

The line of defense was not on the border. Now Cyric said that he would withdraw to the line of defense, which is equivalent to abandoning all the villages on the border.

"Brasic, move your mind and think about it." Seeing the military's heavy general still hesitating, Cyric's tone became serious: "If Britain and France wanted to do it, they would have done it! Now, They are just acting, as long as our landmines kill a dozen French soldiers, they will immediately stop advancing."

Britain and France don't want to fight at all, they are afraid of death!

Seeing that Brausic was still that stupid, Cyric continued: "If they really wanted to fight, they would have mobilized for war throughout the country. Now, do the British and French have the desire to fight?"

Cyric's words were finally accepted by Brausic: "Yes, Führer, I understand."