Battle of the Third Reich

On July 18, 1940, the French campaign, which had been delayed for nearly two months by that well-known cause, finally began to come to an end, and the Third French Republic was led to the road of destruction by a wrong plan.

The course of history is really wonderful. This was once the most powerful and wealthy country in Europe. The last collapse of the huge empire claiming to have the strongest continental army in Europe started from a small rural town.

The village of Funchal, a small ordinary French village, is so common that few French people have ever heard of her name. She is neither on the road of transportation nor of strategic importance. She has no great figures or famous properties abroad. She is a worthless goal in the eyes of anyone.

Before that day, no one in the world would notice her, and after this day, this ordinary French town attracted the attention of people all over the world. Everyone was talking about this France. Town, talking about the tragic battle that led to the final demise of a country. Because on that day, the German head of state led his guard to this small village, which kicked off the final battle of the French battle.

Now, the parties involved in that battle did not even think about it. They were working hard for the upcoming battle.

"Sir, this is the latest reconnaissance report." Weiler greeted Xu Jun who had just climbed off the armored command vehicle with a document.

"Is it." Xu Jun took the file and read it carefully while walking towards the newly built temporary headquarters.

"Also, the group army command and command headquarters just sent a telegram, and they strongly opposed your decision. Marshal Feng and Brouchic also sent a private telegram in particular, and he hopes that you can leave here as soon as possible. I also think that you really shouldn’t stay here to take risks. Now Germany must not lose you. The burden of the revival of the Germanic people is all on your shoulders. If something goes wrong, it will be for Germany A disaster. I still hope you can leave the plane and leave the rest of the battle to us. The plane has already arrived and can take off at any time. I..."

Weierle followed his eloquent expression of his opinions behind Xu Jun. He was worried that the upcoming battle would bring danger to the young leader, and anything could happen during the battle. Although he is full of confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Hydera Corps, if the intelligence shows the true situation, then the current comparison of the strength of the two sides in this area is very unfavorable for the German ** team. Weiller decided to find a way to make the German **** leave the front line and retreat to a safe place anyway.

But the thoughtful thoughts of Wei Da's chief of staff were not all finished. The young head stopped and then turned his head slightly, then looked at his loyal chief of staff with a serious look, that kind of stern eyes and stern eyes. The momentum of Weierle forced the remaining persuasion back into his stomach.

Xu Jun looked at his chief of staff without saying a word. After a quiet confrontation for half a minute, Weiler decided to surrender.

The chief of staff, who was a little hairy by the young head of state, had learned from the other's eyes how firm the determination of the highest German leader was, and he could not be shaken no matter what he said.

"I... I understand, my head, since you have made up your mind... Your will is the order, Your Excellency." Weierle bowed his head humbly.

"My chief of staff, you still don't understand..." Xu Jun's mouth slightly raised, and he gave a brilliant smile to the sensible chief of staff.

"But... I think you will understand it soon." Xu Jun turned around easily, took the reconnaissance report and strode toward the headquarters.

From the beginning, the head guard of the fine ring around him slowly moved closer behind him, narrowing the fine line of defense, and the SS commandos watched carefully around. The two soldiers closer to Weiller looked around curiously, Your Chief of Staff, who was still standing in the same place, and then turned their attention to some positions near the headquarters that might hide the attackers. These soldiers did not understand at all what the two big men were talking about, and they were not interested in understanding. For them, all they need to know is that they must vow to defend the great life of the head of state.

Weierle also stood on the spot while pondering what Xu Jun said in front of him, while pulling out the handkerchief from his pocket and wiping the cold sweat.

"I don't understand? I don't understand what? What does this mean? I can't figure out what he thinks. Is there any other reason? Is there anyone who is unlucky, huh, huh." He smiled bitterly and shook his head. The clever chief of staff decided not to spend any effort to play this guessing game. He chased Xu Jun back.

The temporary headquarters consisted of five large military tents connected together, and the middle one was Xu Jun's office and combat meeting room.

When Xu Jun walked into the tent, the staff in the logistics department of the headquarters was busy arranging the conference table and Xu Jun's office compartment. The secretaries were sorting out the documents that had just been sorted out in the upcoming battle. The category was placed in a file cabinet near the desk. Two staff officers were busy posting battle maps on the map rack. Several engineers were climbing on the folding ladder to install reinforcement members for the steel pipe supports of the tent. Seeing Xu Jun come in, everyone put down the work at hand and paid respectful salute to him.

"It's hard work, everyone." Xu Jun raised his hand to salute, and the officers and soldiers quickly returned the salute.

"You guys all go out. Let's sort these things out later."

"Follow your orders, Your Excellency," the officers and soldiers answered quickly, and then quickly left the conference room, leaving only the two staff officers and a secretary awaiting the call.

Xu Jun found a chair at the conference table and sat down. After lowering his head to the scout report for a while, he asked Weierle, who was sitting opposite him, "What do you think of this, Weiler."

"What, oh, are you asking about this report?" Weiler sat upright.

"It's very troublesome, my head of state. It seems that we are in a bad situation now." Weiler turned and said to the staff officer standing on the side: "Bring the map and the telegrams from the headquarters. "

"Yes, sir." The staff quickly put the map and a dozen documents in front of Weiler.

"You don't have to explain the current situation to me. I know this very well. What I want to know is what strategy you have to deal with." Xu Jun raised his body and dragged the map from Weierle.

"Now we have to build a solid line of defense first, there is no other strategy to talk about. One we can only consider other issues after withstanding their first wave of attack, according to our current strength, this battle will be a time for us. Very harsh test. But as long as we can withstand their offensive, then we may be able to mobilize troops to counter encircle them, and then win the final victory. I think you must have formulated this plan long ago. My head of state "Weirler replied.

"You are right, this is actually a great opportunity for us. Both of my army have reached the ideal position. Before that, I was still thinking about how to achieve the goal I set. I did not expect the French to fall on their own. Come to the door, how can we give up the opportunity to eliminate their last power, these should be their last power. If we can win this battle, then the French battle will be over." Xu Jun took out I lit a cigarette in the cigarette case.

Three days ago, the headquarters had sensed that the French had acted from various reconnaissance reports. But until yesterday, they just thought it was just a small counterattack. No one predicted that the situation would suddenly become so serious.

Everyone underestimated the French's ambitions. The French carried out not the tactical offensive he had imagined to delay time, but an outright strategic counterattack. The French desperately put all of his mobilizable forces into this big counterattack, and the French team wanted to make the final struggle.

The headquarters has formulated a plan to eliminate these French offensive forces, and if it is really implemented according to that plan, the algorithm will launch a strategic large-scale offensive, and the German team can calmly deal with the past.

But the situation changed suddenly, and the German head of state fell into the danger now.

The French team changed their offensive direction for a special reason. As a result, they rushed out of the trap carefully planned by the German headquarters, leaving the German team empty. And the position they are referring to now is the German head of state and his army.

The Head of State Guards is about to face the final attack of the French squadron, while other German troops cannot support the Hydera in time due to the distance. This is why the headquarters desperately wants to put The reason Xu Jun dragged away from that battlefield.

From the intelligence point of view, the French far surpassed Hydera in number. No matter how elite the army was in the face of such a large number of enemies, the headquarter worried that if the situation became difficult to clean up, the life of the head of state It will also be threatened, and no one can afford this responsibility at that time, so they desperately urge other troops to move closer to Hydera, while constantly sending out reports requesting the head of state to leave the dangerous area.

"Head of State, we are now facing the main force of the French. I'm afraid we can't stick to the end. We only have one division, and the French have..." Weierle said with a wry smile.

"The French used all of their reserves this time."

Xu Jun pinched out the cigarette butts and then picked up a report.

"The French squad mobilized a total of 17 divisions and 320,000 people this time. Two of them are the only armored divisions they have survived. Well, I know what you want to say. But remember, we In any case, we must stay here, we must hold back the French team. So that my plan can be implemented, we can give the French a fatal blow and defeat them completely." Xu Jun said indifferently : "That's why I don't leave here. They already know that I am here, and their goal is actually me. And they will not make any other actions until the me and my legion are eliminated. Gave us a chance to annihilate them. Of course, before that, we have to ensure that we will not be annihilated by them. It is really funny to say, we just set a trap for them, but did not find that we have fallen into it. The other party's trap. Now we have to figure out how to use the enemy's trap to trap themselves. I want to let those Frenchmen hang themselves by the noose made by themselves."

"This is too dangerous. Before our reinforcements reach their attack position, we must face at least the French one armored division and six infantry divisions. This is a tough battle. Go with a mechanized infantry division. Against seven times as many enemies as I said, I'm really a little uneasy." Weiler said with a shake of his head.

"You don’t have to worry too much about this, we all understand the strength of the French team, their tactics are too rigid, and the coordination between the various troops is also very chaotic, and you see, this reconnaissance report says that they each There is still a large gap between them. The French team’s power is uneven. Some troops are even a day away, and there is only one road passing near us. The French’s poor mobility can make them not Will leave the road to travel, so that we know even where they are coming from.

Our air force will consume their power on the road, delay their actions, and give us time to build solid fortifications. And they are likely to join the offense one by one as usual, which gives us various opportunities to break through. Of course, these are all hypotheses, and I'm afraid to pack the ticket for the facts.

But at least we don’t have to worry about those French teams coming up. The terrain here is pretty good. One side is plain and three sides are woodland. There are not many places where troops can be deployed. According to the size of our position, they cannot put down six infantry divisions and one armored division on the front. We only need to withstand them twice.

According to intelligence, their vanguard troops will arrive here this evening, but I have issued an order for the Air Force to bomb that troop without interruption, as long as possible. If the Air Force bombing effect is ideal, they may not arrive here until noon tomorrow, and it is absolutely impossible to immediately enter the battle, so that we have another day for ourselves.

In three days, as long as we hold each other for three days, we can make history. France will be completely destroyed by the defeat of this battle, and we will win the final victory. "Xu Jun said leisurely.

"I believe this, my head, everything will run according to your will." Weierle replied respectfully, he then said: "How do you want to deal with the question of that person, now we have fully grasped Accused him. He has betrayed you to your enemies three times and five times, making you passive several times, and this time he also leaked your movements to the French. This is a **naked rebellion. This is a rival, he betrayed Germany, how would you deal with him."

"Now I can't move him, I still need him to continue to send messages to the French. If he is suddenly arrested, the French will guess that their plan has been seen and they are likely to retract it. This will upset The deployment I'm doing now, both he and the French think we haven't discovered their plan, they think everything is still under their control, so that they will venture into the trap I prepared for them.

That person has been closely monitored by us now. I am not afraid that he can play any new tricks. However, when the French team in front of us began to retreat, it was the day he entered the German prison. I will calculate the ledger with him and let all Germans know what will happen to a traitor who betrayed his own country and betrayed his own nation. Xu Jun frowned, and the cold chill in his tone made Weierle fought a cold war.

"I know, that kind of person should have this kind of end." Weierle took off his monocle, took out a handkerchief and wiped it.

"Then your decision is that we are going to fight a defensive battle here. It seems that our Hydera encountered a difficult test for the first time. We now need to gather all senior officers to open a combat meeting. There is not much time. Now, we want to let them know the seriousness of the current situation. Every soldier officer must be fully prepared for the upcoming battle. But they are all veterans and very experienced. I think they will know what to do. "Weirler said.

"Okay, you will immediately call all battalion officers and above to meet. We will discuss the details of defensive operations. We need them to make some suggestions. After all, their actual combat experience is richer than ours, so we can know that There is something we didn’t think of. We have to ask them about what the troops still lack, mainly what we need for defensive operations. Before we are surrounded, we can also let the Air Force A batch of supplies and supplies were dropped on the nearby open space to prepare for the siege behind, so we must make a list as soon as possible."

"Observe, Head of State. I will issue an order now." Weierle stood up and bowed slightly to Xu Jun. Then he turned and walked towards the tent door. As he lifted the curtain, a peculiar roar from the plane began. Their heads rang slowly.

"Oh, it seems that the Air Force is dispatched." Xu Jun stood up and walked out of the tent with Weiller.

At this time, all the soldiers and officers outside the tent raised their heads and looked up at the sky, and some soldiers cheered and waved their arms into the air.

Xu Jun and Weiler narrowed their eyes and looked into the sky. I saw hundreds of medium-sized bombers in a neatly formed steel formation flying across the top of their heads toward the southeast.

The huge fleet even blocked the sun in an instant, and cast a large yin shadow on the ground. The spectacular scene made everyone present excited.

"These planes are fighting for you, my head of state. I have never seen such a scene. I have never seen so many planes flying together. It seems that there are at least three hundred aircraft. It is really spectacular." Weierle sighed loudly.

"You will see more of this in the future, my Chief of Staff. This is a new tactic I have formulated for our Air Force, focusing on a large number of aircraft to cover an area in an indistinguishable and gapless manner. Bombing. Unexpectedly, the Air Force had already achieved training results so quickly. It seems that the French will not arrive here at noon tomorrow." Xu Jun said happily.

"Oh, new tactics, did you name this tactic?"

Weierle is no stranger to the new ideas emerging in Xu Jun. Besides, he is completely ignorant of the Air Force. He does not understand anything about the cover bombing, nor does he know how powerful this is.

The big head of state he is now interested in gave him a name for his new tactics, and the other is why the head of the army can develop new tactics for the Air Force.

"Oh, I call it carpet bombing. Although it will waste a little ammunition, but after you have learned his power, you will feel that this waste is worth it, my chief of staff." Xu Jun turned around and walked wisely Entered the tent of the headquarters.

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