Battle of the Third Reich

The Paris Inspectorate Building is located on the north bank of the Seine River, which is also considered to be the bustling part of Paris.

This is a beautiful and neat four-story building, with a huge black brick roof covered with skylights, the outer wall is decorated with Roman-style stone columns, and it looks quite a bit of a Renaissance style.

Although the granite wall painted with earthy yellow paint looks a bit gray and bleak with the passage of time, the atmosphere of majesty that is unique to all the world’s major cities of the Bureau of Investigation has not been reduced by this, especially in The huge carved yellow pine gate is still full of sandbags and barbed wire barriers.

Henry. Fernando. Lieutenant General Danz is now standing with his hands behind his back in the magnificent window of the magnificently decorated office of the director, looking at the scenery outside the window, this is one of the best rooms in the whole building, from which you can see far The spire of the Notre Dame tower.

But if you want to look further, you have to go to the attic. Of course, the proud Lieutenant General Danz will not go to that kind of dirty and narrow place in order to see some boring scenery.

The gray pigeon flocks are like clockwork hands with clockwork, circling around the same route around the black roofs of several nearby buildings. I don’t know why they are not right. This is tired.

The large and small skylight glass on the roof of the building shone a little bit of glitter under the sunlight, just like a diamond sprinkled on a black carpet.

Several children are playing chasing games on the rooftop of a nearby apartment building, and they keep making laughs and screams that they can hear even here.

And on the top of the building next to the apartment, it was a temporary air defense firepoint constructed by the Paris garrison.

In the middle of the bunker made of sandbags is a newest 20mm anti-aircraft gun. The slender barrel with black metallic luster is not pointed at the sky at this time, but it is weakly pulled on the bunker. Like a broken flagpole.

Several French soldiers wearing yellow-green military uniforms were leaning against the sandbag wall watching the group of children playing games, and from time to time they coaxed and cheered for a failed child.

This is Paris, an undefended capital.

Danz smiled and shook his head bitterly, then sighed long before closing the window and closing the curtains.

Danz returned to his overly elaborate desk, which originally belonged to His Excellency the Director of the Paris Bureau of Inquiry, and Danz felt that this table seemed extravagant even for the commander-in-chief of the Army.

Let's continue to work. Admiral Danz looked at the gold-plated clock on the fireplace, which was too early for lunch. There should be enough time for some official business.

But when he got up and prepared to perform his personal sacred duties, he found that he didn't know where to start.

His Excellency Commander-in-Chief of the Paris Theater of France sat blankly at his desk and stared at a pile of documents.

In these days, he has finished what he should do and what he can do, and now none of the remaining problems can be solved by himself or have the power.

"Boom, boom."

Just as the general was lucky at his desk, the door rang loudly and rescued the commander of the one-brain lawsuit from the depression.

"Come in."

The lieutenant adjusted the collar of the entire military uniform, and then said aloud.

"General!"

The door was opened by a 30-year-old lieutenant colonel. Although he looked a little tired, he could still feel the shrewd temperament he exuded from his body.

"Lieutenant Colonel Dere, you are finally back, I have been waiting for your report."

Dantz stood up and said happily.

"Sorry, general."

The lieutenant colonel bowed his head respectfully and apologized.

"Okay, sit here, Lieutenant Colonel. Tell me about what the Germans want." Lieutenant General Danz asked with anticipation.

"This... Your Excellency, I don't know what to say."

De El went to the desk and sat down, then took out a document from the document bag hanging around his waist.

"You look at this first."

De El put the document in front of the general.

"This... this is a letter I wrote to the German commander. What happened, the German reply."

"No reply, my general. The Germans just returned without looking."

"How could it be that you didn't see their senior commander?"

"No, Lord General, it was a German second lieutenant who received me, and it seemed that he didn't want to listen to me at all."

Lieutenant Colonel Deere seemed a little bit hostile about this.

"Tell me everything in detail, Colonel."

Danz leaned on the back of his chair and stared blankly at the snow-relief plaster reliefs on the ceiling. Now he had an urge to cry. He couldn’t understand why he fell to this. Pay the fields.

When did this **** nightmare start? Did you start from the moment you accepted the appointment of the commander of the Paris theater?

No, it should have been earlier, the nightmare started from the day the crazy Germans broke through the Wei Gang line.

When the German squad re-launched the offensive to break through the Wei Gang defense line, the French cabinet was still making unrealistic counterattack dreams.

The German's sudden attack once again caught the French government by surprise. Although the French had long predicted the German's attack, no one thought that it would come so fast, and it would be so violent.

The information obtained by the French from the British intelligence agencies at the time showed that the top Germans were in great trouble and might involve power struggles.

And it seems that the German team has been greatly affected, which can be seen from the completely illogical behavior of the German team suddenly stopping the attack across the board and turning into the defense.

When the group of senior officials in the French cabinet heard this news, they were overjoyed. In their view, it was a gift from God to France, a miracle, and a turning point for this great country to escape from its unfortunate fate.

Everyone was relieved, and the smile that had not been seen for a long time came back to the faces of these officials. The French Prime Minister’s Palace even held a dinner on that evening. The atmosphere at the dinner was warm as if France had won this A war.

Indeed, no one doubts whether France can win this war.

This is an obvious thing. These professional politicians who have worked hard in politics for decades all know how long a power struggle will last and how much confusion and harm will be caused to a country. rich experience.

If the top Germans are really caught in a turbulent situation because of the power struggle, the German team will be twice as powerful as they are now, and they will definitely lose the war.

At that time, Deputy Prime Minister Camille. Xiao Dang swears while burping while proclaiming that he had foreseen all this from the beginning of the war.

The deputy prime minister, who was already flushed at the time, excitedly told everyone around him that this was the conclusion he had drawn after carefully studying the structure of the German government.

The lunatics of the Nazi Party are all ambitious guys. As long as one of them surpasses the fear of Hitler, then it will surely lead to a fierce conflict, just like between Hitler and Roma. Like that.

Everyone agrees with this, and can't help but express admiration for the vision and wisdom of the Deputy Prime Minister.

However, the French generals were not as optimistic as the politicians. In their view, the war had not yet reached the moment when they could decide the outcome.

The German army suddenly stopped advancing and did not continue to attack, which gave the French Army a valuable breathing opportunity.

But it is still too early to think that the French army can turn into a victory.

Because the losses in the previous operations were too serious, the French Army has not launched a counterattack to recover the lost ground. At most, it can only maintain the status quo and confront the Germans.

So, after pouring a few pots of cold water on Renault, who was so hot, Wei Gang let him recognize France's next tactics.

Wei Gang’s plan was to take advantage of this rare breathing opportunity to speed up the construction of the Wei Gang defensive line, and at the same time recruit a large number of reserve troops, including the transfer of troops from the colony to the country, the urgent recall of foreign troops, the recruitment of new recruits, and the formation of new troops.

France must also purchase weapons and strategic materials from abroad as quickly as possible, and accumulate all the power of the French Republic at the fastest speed, as long as the strength of the French ** team is overwhelming the other German ** teams, it will immediately Started a full counterattack against the Germans to recover the occupied territories.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with Wei Gang's tactics. Any general will do the same. This is the most stable and safe way.

But unfortunately, their enemy is the German ** team, Wei Gang's conservative tactics have been completely outdated in front of the German ** team, not to mention the fact that they misjudged the actual situation.

This tactic, which remained at the level of World War I battles, not only constrained the existing French forces to the positions they built, but also dispersed these precious troops because the defense lines were too long.

Due to the misjudgment of the situation, they mistakenly believed that the Germans would not launch a new round of offensive in a short period of time. They had ample time to prepare for the next offensive of the Germans. Fight a 1914-style war.

So the front-line French team began large-scale repairs, and built a fortification on Wei Gang's defensive line.

At the same time, a large number of recruits were added to the severely reduced troops. These soldiers were placed in the most dangerous positions due to all the traditions of the French squad that are senior, which makes this already fragile defense line even more. Fragile.

French officials did not understand Nazi Germany at all. They only saw the fierce struggle of Nazi Party power from Roma’s end, but did not see the kind of incredible performance that the Nazis showed when they wanted to solve this problem. high efficiency.

Xu Jun and Hitler did not start a protracted bite attack as expected by these officials. Both sides used the most common method of the Nazis, a quick and efficient way to wipe out all enemies from the **, although a bit **** , But it is indeed fast and efficient.

So when the Germans suddenly launched an offensive, the French team was still trimming their defenses, without any psychological preparation.

Although these armies carried out very strong resistance, the Wei Gang defense line was breached within a day.

France has made the same mistake twice in succession, and the same enemy once again succeeded in the raid after the war began. This is also a rare spectacle in world history.

So, the French cabinet completely messed up, they began to lament that God has abandoned France.

But there was no time for them to express their emotions. The German squad has already begun to take out the capital. The government agencies now have to choose to stay here to fight the Germans in the end, or choose to leave immediately to save their strength and continue to command resistance. .

All the cabinet members immediately chose the latter, and it didn't take half a minute before and after, or even the kind of disputes that had always occurred in cabinet meetings. French leaders decided the fate of the capital.

The poor Lieutenant General Danz was chosen to become the symbolic existence of the capital under the control of the French government. In fact, his only task was to represent Paris quietly and steadily to the first German citizen who appeared on the streets of Paris. *Official surrender.

Whether the French Command has seriously considered sticking to this city, this question is now irrelevant.

All in all, Wei Gang seemed to have really considered this issue. He set up the Paris Army for this purpose.

But when the garrison commander Pierre of Paris. General Hering came to the headquarters of the group army with the firm belief that the last drop of blood for the republic came to the office, but found that this was a bad joke made by Wei Gang and him. This group army was a joke.

And if he wants to rely on this force to resist the attack on Paris by the mighty German team, it will be a joke.

No one can rely on this scattered retreat. The army has less than 10,000 troops. There are only 200 small-caliber anti-tank guns, hundreds of machine guns of different calibers, 30 light tanks, and ammunition. A morale army defends a city as big as Paris.

Even if Napoleon was allowed to climb out of the tomb in the basement of the Invalides, he would not be able to direct himself, it would only let him lie down again.

The French Cabinet and the French Army Command withdrew from Paris that same day. Not only was this city abandoned, but it also included more than three million Paris citizens who were still in the dark, two poor French generals and their force.

The devoted General Danz immediately took over the management of Paris after confirming that all government agencies had withdrawn from Paris, but he was immediately buried by documents that did not know where to come from.

The retreat of French government agencies is too thorough. Even the mayor of Paris and the head of the Attorney General, including the entire city council, followed the "retreat" of the large forces. What remained was a group of middle-level officials of various municipal departments and insignificant clerks and Ordinary fine officials.

After all, the group of senior executives did not disclose the news of Paris being abandoned before they ran away, which was a big help for General Danz, otherwise Paris must have fallen into a panic and chaos.

However, Danz did not intend to conceal the news. After all, the news that Paris became an undefended city must be announced to the outside world as soon as possible. At least the Germans who are drooling here must be informed as soon as possible. The city and her citizens suffered unnecessary losses.

After making every preparation, Danz announced the news to the world with the radio station in Paris.

As he expected, the news caused a certain disturbance among the citizens, but under the full control of the Paris Bureau of Fine Inspection, there was no major disturbance.

However, the news was released a little later, and the armored vehicles of the German reconnaissance forces appeared on the outskirts of Paris the next morning. As a result, the citizens who heard the announcement and wanted to escape from Paris did not have time to run away, even if Some citizens who drove away overnight were mostly frightened back by the German troops interspersed at high speed.

In the following days, Paris was surrounded by the Germans, and this was surrounded by two weeks.

But while the German soldiers were holding rifles and sitting in the bunker, counting the ants bored, the city of Paris that was heavily besieged by them was not as calm as they thought.

During these two weeks, the besieged people performed a series of super soap operas mixing various entertainment materials on the streets of Paris.