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When Xuyang's 15th Army drove the Allied Second Army Group to the other side of the Moselle River, the three infantry divisions of the Army and two infantry divisions of the 15th Army finally arrived along the Mass River. Five infantry divisions were directly transferred to Verdun and the Moselle River. They will build a solid line of defense here to threaten the safety of the rear wings of the Allied forces of the Maginot Line of Defense. Most importantly, these five infantry divisions were ordered to take all measures to cut off the supplies of the Allied forces on the Maginot Line of Defense.

The command gave a very high evaluation of the 15th Army's "assault" operation. What embarrassingly made Xu Yang feel that he only knew what happened afterwards, and his reason for his combat is also intriguing.

"To let the commander rest quietly?" Xu Yang kept smiling bitterly. He couldn't even rest even if he wanted to rest. After the successful implementation of the Battle of Ardennes, the domestic situation had a slight change, but this change was enough to affect Xu Yang's future changes. After the Battle of France, spies hidden in the Third Reich of Germany began to move, and the shadows of foreign spies could be seen in every industry.

Take the Munich Heavy Industrial Zone as a simple example. Since the Battle of France started, strangers have frequently appeared near the Stark military factory. These people obviously came with some ulterior motive. Under the tracking of the secret police of the SS, it was found that these people were actually in contact with relevant domestic departments. It is obvious that there is a big hidden danger within Germany.

Xu Yang sent an emergency telegram to Heidrich, asking the secret police to pay close attention to the movements in the country. When they find abnormalities, they should not alarm the snakes, and use the exposed spies to attract more related people. Xu Yang's direct instructions were: follow up on them, collect evidence, either stay still or just take it in one fell swoop!

In addition, a sea-going operation team also went to sea secretly from Wilhelmshaven. The special operation team received an order to intercept a Dutch "merchant ship" to seize the owners of the "merchant ship" and take them directly back to Berlin for interrogation.

This is a signal, that is, Xu Yang wants to take advantage of his "innate advantages" to take the initiative.

By the afternoon of May 14, Guderian's troops had all crossed the river. The 19th Armored Army had established two bridgeheads on the south bank of the Maas River. At 12:00 on the 13th, the 2nd Armored Division and the 10th Armored Division also crossed the Maas River. The victory of the Battle of Maas directly affected the entire French Battle. In Belgium, the B-Group Army Group, which was feinted in the Netherlands, also began to attack the Allies in Belgium and the Netherlands. Most of the Allied troops surrounded by the back were unwarranted and retreated step by step under the fierce attack of the B-Group Army. Many soldiers simply surrendered after losing contact with their superiors.

At the same time, the 3rd Armored Division and the 12th Motorized Division led by Rommel successfully crossed the Maas River in the direction of Dinnan. Along the way, Rommel was blocked by the French army scattered but tenaciously. These French troops who were not taken care of by the German Air Force were very tenacious. For this reason, the 12th Motorized Division led by Rommel always needed to leave some infantry companies to clean up the French army that was still resisting. Take the 24th Infantry Company of the 12th Motorized Division as an example. This infantry company was the first rifle company in the direction of Dinnan to force the Maas River with a rubber boat. This company lost a squad when crossing the river. The unlucky rifle squad was directly hit by the remaining artillery at the French defender's position. After 10 people died, they could not even find all the bodies.

After the 24th Infantry Company, it was blocked by a French platoon again, and both sides fired at the shore. At this time, the arrangement advantages of the National Defense Forces were perfectly reflected. Each infantry company had at least one machine gun platoon. This machine gun platoon used its firepower advantage to suppress the French army in the buildings on the river bank, and then was directly reimbursed by the approaching German grenades in several buildings.

Another error in the Allied forces' estimates directly ruined their strategic advantage. They placed their hopes on the Second Army Group in the direction of Metz. Before this, the French Supreme Command once asserted that it would take at least 4 days to organize and plan the Maas River, and it would take another two days to implement it. In other words, the French Supreme Command believed that the German army could not cross the Maas River before May 1, and the Allied forces had enough time to establish a solid enough defense line on the south bank of the Maas River. The 2nd Army Group also had enough time to break through the German army in the current side and launch an attack from the rear wing of the German army. It must be pointed out that

During the entire early French war, the slow and undecisive actions of the French Supreme Commander objectively provided assistance to the German high-speed advancement. From the beginning of the Battle of Poland to the start of the Ardennes Battle, the French Supreme Commander had been making wrong decisions, and all front-line troops of the French army were deployed on the northern wing. With the development of the German armored division, the British and French troops in Belgium were in danger of being cut off, and the Allied strategy was disintegrated. When Paris was hit by German long-range bombardment, a kind of "defeatism" had already emerged in the hearts of the French, and the continuous mistakes were pushing France into the bottomless abyss.

When the Allied 2nd Army Group failed to attack and was defeated by the German 15th Army, Ganmolin had already predicted that France was about to be defeated. The French army was either unable to move on the Maginot Line or reinforced in the south of France. These French troops transferred from southern France can be said to have a bumpy journey. On average, they were subjected to a "plow-style" bombing by the German Air Force every hour during the march. This not only caused heavy losses to heavy equipment, but also greatly affected the speed of the march. More soldiers "died before they succeeded." On the way, they had not seen the shadow of the German army at all, and their souls were cut off from their hometown.

The Allied Air Force could not stop the German Air Force at this time. Before the war began, the Allied forces did not pay attention to the air force industry at all. Take France as an example: the nationalization of French aviation enterprises made Potte company merged into the state-owned Northern Aircraft Manufacturing Company on December 23, 1936. After that, it simply asked the state-owned aviation manufacturing company to increase its research on bombers. In other aspects, such as the attack aircraft series has been stagnant. In 193, the French Air Force only deployed 100 "Brege"br-691 multi-purpose fighter jets to the aviation manufacturing company. And so on, it is possible to imagine how big the gap in air force power between Germany and France is!

On the English Channel, the British political situation is also turbulent. The Chamberlain government, which pursues the "appeasement policy", is criticized by Winston Churchill and faces collapse. The Emperor has intended to let Churchill replace Chamberlain as the British Prime Minister. Now the UK is also hesitating. She needs to make a choice whether to give up France or risk losing most of the British Expeditionary Forces to make the final attempt to save the situation. Everything is left to the new Prime Minister to make a decision.

The Allies finally made a choice when the Second Army Group was defeated. In order to open up the supply of the Maginot Line and to take the initiative to recover the Mass River, the British and French air forces urgently sent out a few air forces, intending to use air power to save the defeat. Ten fighter squadrons from the British and French Air Forces were ordered to take off together with the French-British Air Force and the French Air Force to seize air supremacy in the direction of the Mass River. Since then, the first major air battle in the French Battle was performed in the Mass River.

At this time, the main air forces of the British and French coalitions were the British "Breham" bomber and the French latest "Bregai" bomber. These two bombers have an extremely meaningful nickname within the coalition, which is the "multi-purpose fighter". In other words, in addition to the bombing function, they can also engage in close-range air combat. Taking the "Bregai" bomber as an example: this fat bomber can carry 400 kilograms of 2 pounds of bomber bay in the fuselage bomb bay. The usual combination is eight 50 kilograms of 110 pounds of bomber bombs.

.In order to improve the lower horizon of the crew, the bomb bay door is inlaid with large plexiglass. In addition to the bomb, the aircraft also has three fixed firearms on the nose, including two 193-meter machine guns with 100 rounds of each of the left side of the nose and 60 rounds of Ispano Siza 404 20mm cannons on the right side. At the same time, there is another 7.5mm movable machine gun at the rear of the fuselage for self-defense at the rear, and 100 rounds of ammunition are also provided. The operation of the aircraft is a two-person crew, including the driver and the electromechanics self-defense shooter.

In order to regain air supremacy of the Maas River, the British and French coalition forces dispatched more than 20 fighter jets of various types. The German Air Force, who received the intelligence, responded immediately. More than 350 Emirs took off from Essen and Cologne, arrived at the German Air Force airport in France for fuel and ammunition supply, and immediately took off to the near Maas River Air Force Air Force Air Force Air Force waiting for the arrival of British and French air forces.

On the afternoon of May 14, half a day after Guderian's 19th Armored Army completely crossed the Maas River, the most intense air battle since the war broke out. The British "Breham" bombers and the French latest "Brege" bombers rushed towards the Maas River under the cover of fighters and were intercepted by more than 20 German Emils. About 650 fighter jets of various types of fighters on both sides launched a fierce air battle in the Maas River.

From noon to dark, guns and cannons were heard in the landing ground. Fighters on both sides flew down and chased each other. From time to time, planes were bounced and caught fire, dragging black smoke. The bombs dropped by British and French planes exploded into water columns that soared into the sky on the river. The left-behind German troops fought back with various anti-aircraft guns, constantly shooting and killing British and French planes that were infiltrated at low altitude with fierce firepower. The dense ground-air firepower network made British and French planes a fire-fighting moth, and they broke in batches and were swallowed up.

The melee continued until nightfall. The British and French air forces, intercepted by Emil of the German Air Force, suffered heavy losses and were completely lost under the superior air defense firepower of the German Defense Army. None of them could fly back to the British and French airport. This air raid by Britain and France was not achieved, and most of the German crossing the river were intact. In the Maas River air battle, Britain and France lost one of the few air forces, which also sowed the seeds of failure for future operations. The Allied Army troops that lost air supremacy were in a worrying situation.

Xu Yang received a telegram from Rommel that Rommel's 3rd Armored Division, 12th Motorized Division and the 15th Armored Army led by Hermann Hoth have successfully crossed the Maas River and occupied Dinnan. He is currently fighting with the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium and is expected to meet with Guderian's troops in Laon on May 15.

After the follow-up troops were stationed on the Moselle River, the 15th Army chose Verdun's route to continue advancing towards the heart of France. The first target was Sep, a major French city in France. It is said that Sep was stationed with a French infantry division transferred from southern France. The main task of this infantry division was to defend Sep and defend the last supply point of the Maginot Line.

That night, the 15th Army quietly crossed the Maas River and quickly advanced towards the Aine River. Most of the German soldiers marching in the night did not want to speak, and there was only the "boom" of the engine along the way. After a long period of marching and fighting, it was fake to say that they were not tired. Many of these simple soldiers had not closed their eyes for two days and one night. The soldiers of the Motorized Infantry Division were fine, they could sit in trucks and lean against wooden guardrails to try their best to sleep. The infantrymen who "ridden" on the body of the tank were not so happy. They should always be alert to dangers from around them. Once combat orders were issued, these tank cavalry were the first infantry to be put on the battlefield.

The fierce air battle in the Maas River caused the Allies to lose most of the aircraft. The French reconnaissance aircraft that could be seen frequently in the past is now a non-seen one. Instead, it is replaced by the German Messer Schmid General Fighter, which is avant-garde reconnaissance for the 15th Army. Although this fighter has little attack power, its range is long and its performance is relatively stable. Many armies like to summon this fighter to explore the situation ahead for themselves. When flying at low altitudes, the Messer Schmid General Flight is less noise and is not easy to be noticed.

When the 15th Army arrived near the Aene River, it did not encounter French troops at all. As the intelligence said, France concentrated all its troops on the Maginot Line and the northern wing of France, and its hinterland was empty. When it arrived near the Aene River, the road began to flood French refugees. When these refugees saw the vanguard troops of the 15th Army, most of them looked panicked. Without anyone driving them away, the refugees consciously jumped into the trench next to the road. In order to show that they were not aggressive, many men raised their hands and used their bodies to block their relatives behind them.

The originally exhausted 15th Army found that these refugees cooperated so hard and became more energetic. The brave German soldiers sat in a truck, stood on the body of a tank, waved to the refugees, with their faces full of pride. The commander of the van army, Hohenzollen, asked a few French people to "invited" to ask for a few French people, and only then did they know that a French team passed by here 6 hours ago. The French teams shamelessly intimidated the French civilians who should have been protected by themselves and forced to ask for food from the civilians, which made these fleeing French people panic.

Hohenzollern learned that a French team had passed by here 6 hours ago, and hurriedly contacted the headquarters and sent the Frenchman who had heard the news to the headquarters.

After giving food and ensuring personal safety, the Frenchman in his thirties described the situation when the French team passed in great detail.

The commander inferred from the information obtained that the French team should be the defeated soldiers of the Allied Second Army Group, and may have received some instructions to meet with the defenders of Symph. According to the French who cooperated, the number of the defeated soldiers was about 450-650. No heavy weapons were seen carrying, and many soldiers were even empty-handed. This shows that this army did not have premeditated reinforcements to Symph.

Send out the Frenchman who cooperated, Xu Yangma ordered an i-type tank company and an armored vehicle battalion of the vanguard troops to speed up the marching speed and launch an attack on the vanguard before dawn in order to occupy the vanguard when the French army had not yet reacted. While ordering the vanguard troops to speed up the vanguard, the 15th Army began to cross the Aine River in batches. The first batch of crossing the river was the 9th Motorcycle Division. The division commander was ordered to cross the river first, and then depart to the rear of the vanguard to launch an attack. This could effectively cause a suddenness. The French army stationed under the attack on both sides would soon collapse, which could avoid casualties caused by unnecessary street fighting.

On the other hand, Xuyang left a motorized brigade to gather French refugees on the road. This was definitely not to be kind, but to reduce the possibility of exposure of the marching route. These refugees would be sent to the direction of sedan, and concentrated with soldiers from various countries who had been defeated and captured before. The subsequent German army would deal with these people, prisoners of war would be escorted back to the country for manual labor, and ordinary civilians would settle in the German occupied area to serve the German troops in France. This is war!

The rapid assault operation was successful again. When the 15th Army approached Symph.com, the French team garrisoned were having breakfast, which made the German soldiers in charge of the attack very jealous, because in order to cause a suddenness, they had no time to eat from 3 pm yesterday to now. These German soldiers charged fiercely, and when the superior armored forces were used as a breakthrough, the infantry and the infantry were following the joint operations of the French army. Many soldiers basically surrendered with their lunch boxes instead of rifles.

This situation made Xu Yang laugh and cry again. He smiled bitterly and said to Rick: "When we were marching hungry, the French were lying in the quilt and resting. When we raised our weapons and prepared to shoot, the French also raised their toothbrush to brush their teeth. This is the main reason why we have been victorious."

Xu Yang knew in his heart that before Churchill could still fail in the battle in France before he could Taiwan. He thought to himself: Germany should pay attention to the European borers and British people!

What is a borer? Anyone who checks European history will know why the British are called: European borer.

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