On May 10, 1940, just dawn, groups of German Air Forces took off from the airport close to the French defense line. Thousands of various types of fighter jets were to bomb the airports, railway hubs, heavy troops gathering areas and cities in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg..com

The German Air Force will always be the first vanguard unit to sound the horn of the battle. This time, Emil is no longer flying in the front. In order to cause a suddenness, Stuka flew in the front. This dive bomber has received unanimous praise in previous battles. The research department of the German Air Force Bureau is designing fighter jets that are more suitable for close-range ground support according to Stuka's various combat reports.

This time, in order to make a quick breakthrough, Germany dispatched airborne troops to attack important bridges and fortress facilities in the Netherlands and Belgium. The task of these paratroopers descending from the sky was to control facilities in important areas, buy time for the army, and allow the army to quickly intersperse and complete the division of the French army.

At 5:30, on the more than 300 kilometers of front between the North Sea and the Maginot Line, the artillery of the German ground troops once again performed a spectacular scene of tens of thousands of artillery firing together. They fired millions of shells at positions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, opening the prelude to the war.

As the first wave of 560 Stukas that went to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to conduct bombing missions occupied half of the sky. They were scattered on the border in squadron formations, bombing targets in groups of 4. The bombs dropped from the two wings of Stukas were constantly trembling.

When the artillery troops launched artillery bombardment against Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the ground troops had already begun to attack. They were divided into B Army Group B Army Group, which was aided and attracted the main force of the British and French troops. First, they launched an attack on important bridges and fortress facilities in the Netherlands and Belgium with airborne troops. This sudden attack immediately caused panic among the Dutch and Belgium troops. Then, the armored forces of the B Army Group launched a fierce attack while the chaos was in the chaos.

The b Army group's breakthrough on the Dutch and Belgium border led to the main British and French forces gathered in northern France immediately crossing the French border and providing rapid reinforcements.

When the Supreme Command, far away in Berlin, heard that the main force of the British and French forces were moving, cheers were everywhere, and everyone was so excited that they could not be themselves. Judging from the main force of the British and French forces crossed the Belgian border, the General Command of the British and French forces must have believed that the German army would attack according to the combat plan of the "yellow plan".

"That boy's strategy was successful. The goddess of luck once again stood on our side..."

When the B Army Group attracted the main force of Britain and France, Loeb's Army Group also took the initiative. Their feinting performance on the Maginot Line was very successful, making France hesitant when withdrawing troops from the south.

The army group, which was the main attack on the middle road, carried out major assaults to Luxembourg and the Ardennes in Belgium. The leader of General Lenster was the armored corps commanded by General Klester, which was under the jurisdiction of Guderian's 19th Armored Army, Hort's 15th Armored Army and Reinhard's 41st Armored Army. Among them, Guderian's 19th Armored Army had the strongest combat effectiveness. As the main force and vanguard of Klester's Armored Corps, it had three armored divisions.

Guderian was standing on the body of the Type 3 tank at this time, watching the engineers in front of him performing open-circuit movements. The Arden Mountains were rugged and difficult to move. Guderian was blocked by a narrow intersection after only an hour. In order to maintain his secrecy, Guderian could not blast the intersection at all, which would awaken the British and French troops stationed in Arden.

For this "secret crossing" operation, each vanguard unit was equipped with an engineer reinforcement brigade, who were responsible for building bridges and opening roads for armored forces.

Assas was an ordinary soldier in the Engineer Reinforcement Brigade. At this time, like many people, he was digging and knocking on the rocky intersection that blocked the way. If he could not use a **, they could only use a shovel and a hammer to pave a road that could pass for the engineering car behind him.

The construction vehicle is a special purpose armored vehicle with a tracked appearance that is very similar to a light tank, but its body is much smaller than that of a tank. The construction vehicle has a full horsepower and is equipped with a pusher-like device in the front, which can be used to dig out the rock layer blocking the way. After the construction vehicle comes, the road quickly widens under the excavation of mechanical force.

Guderian immediately ordered the troops to continue moving forward.

Assas looked at the tanks and armored vehicles passing by, wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to follow the armored troops. Further ahead, more engineers were cutting down trees. Not only were there many mountains in the Ardennes area, but its forest area was also very large. In order to allow the armored troops to pass quickly, a total of more than 3,500 engineers were busy like ants.

The French army did not pay any attention to the Ardennes area at all, and her senior management only arranged a very weak combat force in the Ardennes area. Therefore, France was destined to pay a significant price.

After arriving in the forest area, Guderian made an important decision. He did not want to follow the engineers' troops. He issued an order that was enough to affect the future war history. He ordered the engineers to climb tanks, and also carry the necessary tools and materials into the tank body. Then with an order, the tanks plowed through the forest area and advanced quickly. When occasionally encountered the French army, the infantry who were ordered to climb tanks were responsible for cleaning, while the armored troops continued to advance. According to the plan, Guderian's armored army must quickly reach the Maas River and occupy the famous French fortress city of "Sedang".

Guderian's troops were like a group of wild horses that were out of control, and they were not entangled with the French army at all. Guderian followed his own ideas completely. He wanted to use his superior mobility to fight the French army and caught him off guard!

At this time, Xuyang's 15th Army also began to advance towards the Ardennes area. They continued the route taken by the 19th Armored Army. Along the way, you can see the ground full of traces of tank tracks rolling by, and you can also see the small group of infantry units left behind by the 19th Armored Army. These are some infantry soldiers who were left to fight when they encountered the enemy. They were ordered to annihilate the enemy, and then wait for the army behind and continue to advance behind the army.

Before the military operation began, Xu Yang also issued a similar order. He asked the infantry of the 15th Army to "cavalry" on the tank body and follow the troops as tank cavalry. This can effectively speed up the marching speed and also facilitate the tank's defense. When encountering enemy troops, the tank cavalry will jump off the tank and cover the tank's weak flanks and rear wings.

The 15th Army "accepted" a total of 74 infantrymen "abandoned" by the 19th Armored Army. Xu Yang agreed to the poor guys climbing the tank to accompany him. Obviously, the soldiers of the infantry division liked the feeling of riding on the tank body. They liked the title "Tank Cavalry", which made them more courageous and more willing to join the battle quickly.

From time to time, German Air Force fighter jets flew over the sky. They would return to the airport to recharge, and then take off again across the border to carry out high-intensity bombing to ensure that the ground troops arrived at Se, and could quickly occupy the French fortress city.

After the theory of re-suppression air supremacy was proposed, the German Third Reich almost paranoid believed that the air force was a sharp sword that could carry out unexpected attacks on the enemy at any time. Although all the purpose was to cooperate with the army, the achievements of the air force were not ignored. After determining the importance of air supremacy, the German Air Force entered its peak period, with almost a hundred aircraft of various types being produced from the production line every day, and then tested and joined the air force to serve.

After obtaining resources from Poland, Denmark and Norway, the German Third Reich had sufficient resources to strengthen the air force. Before September 1, 1939, the German Air Force had a total of nearly 500 fighter jets of various types. By April 1940, the German Air Force surged to 15,000 aircraft, such as the Henkel e-177 bomber, from 34 squadrons before the Battle of Poland in 1939 to 204 of the current three bombing brigades.

In order to cope with the problem of the surge in the air force, Germany used Spain and other countries to purchase a large amount of aviation engine oil from the United States and other unattended countries. However, this could no longer meet the needs of the German Air Force. For this reason, the commander formulated a plan to vigorously occupy areas with oil-producing. In addition, Germany is still in the stage of cooperation with the Soviet Union. Germany gave up the Lithuanian occupation and exchanged an agreement with the Soviet Union, which was to import enough oil from the Soviet Union and then refine aviation engine oil for aviation itself. However, this was still a waste of money and also planted an evil seed for the future attack on the Soviet Union.

In order to make the feint attack look more realistic, the army group of Loeb carried out two extremely costly frontal attacks. The Maginot Line is worthy of being a defense line established by Britain and France at a huge expense. There are many fortresses and countless forts. The German infantry in the charge had no chance to get close to the French army, and was torn apart by exaggerated artillery fire. The closest German infantry was in the third frontal breakthrough. This time, the German infantry charged again after the Air Force bombing and approached the fortress group several times, but in the face of the dense fire points of the fortress, the German infantry could not raise their heads at all. They were cruelly swept to death by machine guns on the edge of the fortress. After Loeb paid a huge price, he finally made the French hesitant and forced the French withdrawn troops to march at a very slow speed.
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