Battle of the Third Reich

"Sir, the Charlotte that General De Waal said before. Who is Charles de Gaulle. I remember I had heard the name before, but now I can't remember where I heard it. It looks like you are very familiar with this name. That... I am the first time I saw you that you were so surprised to hear a name. I am very curious about this and hope you can answer me. Doubts, my head."

Colonel Dougan struggled to restrain his strong curiosity. He was very surprised by the kind of surprise and gait that the head of state showed when he first heard the French name.

With this question, Dougan struggled through the entire lunch time. Because there were many other people present at the time, he was inconvenienced to raise this question. When all those who had nothing to do now left, he finally found an opportunity to seek answers from the head of state.

Dougan chose his words carefully, making his questions as gentle and polite as possible.

"It's Charles. Charles de Gaulle. My dear Dougan."

Xu Jun dusted off the long ashes on the cigarette butts in the beautiful ashtray on the table with an aluminum ashtray, and then picked up the coffee in front of him.

"Oh, yes, my head of state is Charles. Charles de Gaulle."

Dougan's face flushed slightly, and then he asked: "But this Shire. Is there anything special about Charles de Gaulle? I think you seem to be interested in him."

"That's not true, my dear Daogen. What to say, this man..."

Xu Jun lowered the glass in his hand and turned his eyes to the distant tent on the wall of the tent in front of him. At that moment, Dougen seemed to see that the young head's deep eyes had penetrated the layer of canvas, penetrated everything outside the tent and even penetrated time. At that moment, Dougen felt that he saw a real angel, a majestic and wise angel with a trace of sorrow, which made people want to worship.

Just when Da Gen wanted to see more things in Xu Jun's eyes, those feelings suddenly disappeared as they did at the beginning, and Xu Jun has taken back his sight. Dougin didn’t believe that those feelings were just his own illusions. He believed that his feelings were real. He did see something, something that excited him. He saw the true face of God’s apostle, and saw the merciful God. It is indeed caring for his motherland.

Xu Jun did not know that his momentary distraction would bring so many feelings to his adjutant. He smiled slightly at Dou Gen, and then said lightly.

"For France, Charles. Charles de Gaulle is a hero. He has some of the qualities necessary to become a great leader. Although not many people can see this now, I believe everyone will agree with me soon. "

"what do you mean?"

"I mean, for me, for Germany, he will become a big troublemaker." Xu Jun replied lightly.

"Colonel Dougan, haven't you read the book "Building a Professional Army"? That book explains the use of armored forces in the war and the power they possess. The ideas in it are not in line with my theory at the time. Together, I gained some new ideas and ideas to perfect my theory of armored soldiers. It can be said that the tactics of the German armored forces have the shadow of the book, and the author of the book is Charles. Charles de Gaulle."

Gudrian, who had been sitting on the other side of the table tasting the coffee silently, suddenly interrupted.

"Oh, you mean, he is an armored expert, a military genius? General Goodrian." Dougan asked in surprise.

"Haha, my dear Dougan, don't worry. This man can't talk about any military genius, at best he's just a tactical expert."

The grown-up chief of staff sitting next to Guderian said with a smile: "I have also studied his books, for which I have also conducted a series of investigations specifically on him. Charles de Gaulle is not as difficult to deal with as expected. For his military achievements, he now prefers to participate in politics.

Compared with our General Goodrian, Charles de Gaulle is not a qualified soldier. How to say, he always means a little bit of business, and there is still a big gap between his tactical theory and General Goodrian's theory.

This man is very arrogant. The result of the sharp edge is that he never likes his chiefs, and his theories cannot be understood and accepted by those rigid-minded chiefs.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for us. At least save us a lot of energy. Imagine that if the French team really used their tanks in accordance with his theory, although it would not change the final outcome of the war, we might be the final victory. Pay a bigger price. "

"I agree with most of your views, General Wehrler. But one thing I can't agree with, that... Although I don't know what the head of state found from this person, the advantages we did not see, nor is it clear to the head of state. Why do you have such a high evaluation of him, but all I know is that from the perspective of a professional soldier, De Gaulle and his theory will not cause much trouble to our victory.

Let’s not talk about the difference in equipment and soldier quality and tactics between us and them, nor about the poor quality of their officers. The theoretical explanation of the direction of use of armored soldiers by both the enemy and us can be seen from our kind. Overwhelming advantage.

Charles de Gaulle is not familiar with strategic issues. To be more thorough, he has no strategic vision at all, and all his armored soldier theories are limited to the tactical level.

In all of his works, I have not seen any narrative about the strategic use of tank troops. He only saw the advantages brought by the use of tank troops in local areas.

And we look at the use of armored forces more strategically. This is where we differ from the French, and it is also the fundamental reason why we are above the French in various ways.

This person can only be an ordinary tactical commander in the German ** team, and I think that his tactical level may not even be comparable to General Rommel who was killed in Arras, he does not have the type of Emmel The unprecedented impetus and the ability to adapt to changes, he prefers to be a tactical speculation, these problems are shown in his plan.

If it were me, I would never allow such a commander to make any combat plan larger than the size of an army, because this would exceed his ability limit.

According to the information we currently know, it can be seen that he is playing a tactical gambling. If he has a little strategic vision, he will never make such a stupid plan.

And it’s not just him. I haven’t seen a few senior commanders in the entire French squad that really have a strategic vision. Even if they have only stayed in the experience of the last war.

This led to all the resistance of the French squad only destined to end in tragedy, setting aside the hostile relationship between us. I feel sad and sorry for the brave French soldiers. "

Guderian shook his hair and sighed softly after saying this.

"Okay, let's not discuss this issue for now. Since my armored officer and my chief of staff are here, let's first discuss our next plan according to the information we have, and see if we need to make adjustments. "

Xu Jun made a gesture to the standing soldier on the side. The soldier quickly stepped forward to put away the snacks and cutlery and made room on the table. A staff member left the table, and he paved a large map in front of Xu Jun.

"Gentlemen."

Xu Jun stood up, and he pointed to the map in front of him with a pencil.

"We have obtained the general situation of the French team's attack plan from various sources. According to intelligence, the original purpose of Charles de Gaulle was to want to hit a corridor from the right wing of the a group of army groups. Before it was too late to build a solid landing point for the British team.

Then he prepared to join the British team that landed to destroy and intercept the supply line behind us. If his plan was successful, it would indeed pose a great threat to us, at least let us stop the pace of progress.

If the situation is serious, we must also withdraw some troops to maintain our supply line. In this case, the end of the war may be delayed for a month or two, perhaps for half a year.

What is more attractive to them is that, after getting these breaths and getting enough support, they may be able to stalemate with us on these fronts. They think this is the last thing we want to see for us. So we may be forced to make peace with them in that situation.

From this point, the French still have a bit of strategic thinking. But as General Guderian said, the French lacked strategically visionary officers. They only wanted a great victory. If their goals were smaller, they might have succeeded.

They have forgotten that it is no longer the last war, and the current German team is not the German team in the last war. We have an absolute advantage, both strategically and technically. "

Xu Jun glanced at the officers who were sitting, and then continued: "De Gaulle's plan was a mistake from the beginning. He did not look at the current situation strategically. He wanted a tactical success.

However, he has a very serious problem. The French squad is no longer able to speak the same as before the war, both in the quality of soldier officers and in the reserve of technical equipment. We have eliminated most of their elite troops in the early days of the battle, and now the troops in the hands of the French are the second-line troops at the beginning of the war or the reorganized residual troops. The quality of the soldiers has been greatly reduced, and a large part of them are They are recruits who have no combat experience and have not even passed the military skills.

But he has no other troops to use. This is the only reserve force France can use. Their elite troops are now defending our offensive line, so it is impossible to be mobilized.

He clearly knew that using such troops to complete his campaign conception was simply a dream. Those troops absolutely did not have the ability to break through our defenses and continue to develop in depth as he envisioned.

So after careful planning, he chose it as a breakthrough point for his troops, which was the junction of the Guderian Army and the 6th Infantry Division, which consolidated the position behind the Army of Cyprus.

In order to maintain the offensive momentum, the Guderian Army has been shrinking its defense line, and as a result a gap of three kilometers wide appeared here a week ago. At that time, none of us paid attention to this, even the headquarters did not see this loophole. While Charles de Gaulle seized this opportunity, from this point of view, he seems to be quite smart, he chose this as a breakthrough is a good choice.

He must have seen that we would never have thought that he would dare to move between the two most powerful German regiments to arrange this. At this point, we are all negligent. If it was not discovered early, maybe he can really walk through from here. "

"Yes, my head."

On the one hand, Weierle said: "But he didn't think about it. Although this is a good breakthrough point, it is still not enough for him to complete the entire battle goal. The reason is that the goal he set for this battle is too high. By the way, he wanted to break through the middle of the Sixth Infantry Division in a short time, cut the Sixth Infantry Division diagonally, and relying on the force he is using now is definitely a difficult task.

Although the 6th Infantry Division is nominally a pure infantry unit, she has the support of a tank battalion in the rear of Cypress and two mechanized infantry companies. She also keeps a large amount of French artillery captured by Cyprus. And ammunition, so it’s definitely not something that can be done in a day or two if you want to cut its line of defense. If Charles de Gaulle’s forces can’t do this before we respond accordingly, these French teams will fall into my Under the attack of the big legion.

Not to mention the follow-up 27 infantry divisions of the A group army group are gathering in the rear, they can rush to the battlefield within two days. When the time comes, the algorithm team will have twice the strength and will not want to escape from our encirclement. "

"However, the head of state, how did he find that gap? Didn't you say that even the headquarters was negligent about this? I can't imagine that the French reconnaissance ability can find this." Guderian wondered. Asked.

"Is it still necessary to ask? Your Excellency General, it was the man who revealed it to the French. That **** traitor, in order to achieve his despicable purpose, actually pushed our brave soldiers to the brink of danger. It is really unforgivable." Erle said coldly while wiping his monocle.

"Oh, I see." Guderian nodded angrily.

"Don't mention this first. Let's continue."

Xu Jun said lightly: "Weiller Chief of Staff said earlier that they chose an unachievable goal. This is Charles de Gaulle's strategic mistake. He only considered the problem from the tactical level, only considering his current What kind of resistance will be encountered, without thinking about what kind of deployment we will make to this. His goal is to be a little bigger, he wants to penetrate the Sixth Infantry Division and recapture Cherbourg.

He also didn't want to think about how we might watch our dozens of divisions rampage through our defense. Although he has an arguably powerful army, he lacks sufficient technical weapons to support him. He has only two armored divisions, and the infantry unit's mechanization is surprisingly low.

And before he occupied Cherbourg, he could not get any air cover. We have control over French airspace, and we can bomb the targets we want to bomb at will. The lesson of the French 42nd Infantry Division is right in front of our eyes. This shows us that there is no air superiority and enough air defense firepower to cover the end of the next infantry unit. This is also a problem we should pay attention to in the future. Including our armored forces, General Goodrian. "

"Yes, my head, I'm already thinking about this." Guderian nodded and answered.

"But Charles de Gaulle's purpose has changed. He gave up the unrealizable plan. When he first started mobilizing the troops, the headquarters had already noticed it, but we did not expect the French to be so crazy anyway. Planning. Until they officially started the attack, we didn’t see their real purpose. The headquarters mobilized twelve infantry divisions and three armored divisions to intercept them, but they were empty." Weir Le pointed to the arrow on the map indicating the German team.

"Yes, there is only one reason for this change. That person told the French that I came to the front. This made Charles de Gaulle find a target that more appealed to him, that is me." Xu Jun said with a smile .

"Now we are in a very delicate position. We are now in the center of the front line, only six kilometers from the gap, and it is also a prominent target. It is a very obvious goal. Charles de Gaulle led his slow troops to attack us. After a big turn of nearly seventy degrees, the result was that they escaped the killing plan of the commander-in-chief. Not only that, but they also distanced themselves from the intercepting troops.

And because of our misjudgment, the reinforcements nearest to us now take two days to arrive. Sepulus has been deeply inserted into the French defense line, and now he cannot return to rescue, even if they want to do so. We will agree that since the French have abandoned that plan, we cannot follow the previous deployment, which will disrupt our pace of attack.

The Sixth Infantry Division had to defend Sepulus's flanking defense line to ensure that the legion's supply line was clear, and it was impossible to deploy troops to support it for a while. The Guderian Legion is now in a state of stalemate with our left wing and the French 7th Army, and I don’t want to mobilize her. Now we can only rely on rearing troops from the rear to support, it will take time.

Charles de Gaulle knew that even if I found his purpose, I would not run away. This is related to the honor of a leader. If I do this, the morale of the German team will be hit hard. De Gaulle can also get a publicity. Victory, after all, he forced the German head of state to flee, which will be the biggest encouragement to France's current low morale, he will become a French hero.

And if I don’t run away, he may still get a bigger victory with this temporary strength advantage. If I die in his offensive, Germany will fall into chaos, maybe he will lose this war, he can not only become a hero of France, but also a hero of all Europe.

This is why he gave up that plan. In contrast, that tactical victory is totally incomparable with this victory. Because even if he can achieve that plan, the benefits he gets are limited, and if he can achieve his current goal, that kind of benefits is endless.

Charles de Gaulle is indeed a person who is passionate about politics. He chooses a goal that can best obtain political capital. He can no longer be regarded as a pure soldier. He has learned to look at military issues from the perspective of a downright politician. His short-sightedness in strategy has not changed, and his keenness in politics has wiped him out as a soldier. Intuition. He would never think of it now, and because of this, he must have suffered a terrible failure.

I will let him know what a big mistake his choice will be. I will let him know how terrible the enemy he has chosen. I will let him drink the bitter wine he made. Let him know that the sacred battlefield is the stage where the bravest fighters can stand, and definitely not a place where dirty politicians can survive. "

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