.The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 4: The Sorrow of France  Chapter 40: We are all warriors! (I)

The French army established multiple point-line defense lines based on forests and towns. Our army lacked jungle combat experience and did not have special infantry divisions on mountain.

Rommel was telling the development of the war. The reconnaissance company sent out to the edge of the woods was ambushed. The French retreated to the forest near Montreuil and disappeared deep in the woods. The Eighth Motorcycle Division sent a reconnaissance battalion to investigate, but was blocked by the French superior forces. Rommel judged that the French must have wanted to build artificial fortifications based on the natural defense of the forest and town to block the German offensive route. The strong enough fortifications could play a role: drag the 15th Army in the Montreuil area to achieve a certain combat purpose.

Xu Yang was very attentive to hear that the development of the war was indeed becoming more and more strange, just as the French were desperately trying to create opportunities to retreat the Allies trapped in Dunkorke. If Xu Yang had not existed, the Supreme Command would have never expected that the British would come up with such a crazy rescue plan, or that they would have thought of it but felt it was impossible.

The supreme commander of the 15th Army returned to the front line, causing Rommel to lose the power to command an armored division and a motorized division at the same time. He returned to the starting point, but as a visionary and highly obedient general, he was very happy that Xu Yang could return. The return of the supreme commander would give the entire army a shot of a heart attack. The most important point is that the return of the supreme commander means that the Second Special Operations Aviation Force was recovered by the 15th Army Command!

For example, Xu Yang completely accepted Rommel's suggestion and ordered the IV Stuka Brigade to take off and launch an indiscriminate bombing on Montreui. The so-called indiscriminate bombing means not caring about civilians or the army. When encountering valuable target bombers, you can freely choose the opportunity to destroy them.

The German command has been worried about one thing, that is, the French army is either hidden in the forest or civilian buildings hidden in towns. According to the law of war, the army cannot bomb civilian facilities, otherwise it will violate the so-called humanitarian convention. However, the French army has obviously violated the law of war and chose civilian facilities to garrison the troops. Then it became a matter of course for the German army to carry out necessary measures. One thing that must be noted is that Boke is one of the generals of the National Defense Forces who do not agree to bomb civilian facilities.

The IV Stuka Brigade, which was launched from Azbruk Airport, flew over the 15th Army under the escort of the I-Emir Squadron. The scene caused the soldiers of the 15th Army who were in a rest to run out of the tent and cheer in vain. These soldiers have become accustomed to the mode of fighting under the protection of their own air force. In the past few days, as the aviation force was taken over by Boke, the commander-in-chief of the Army Group B, the air support has declined for a while, which has made them quite uncomfortable. Now they finally see again

Seeing the air force that should belong to the 15th Army, hundreds of fighter jets crossing the sky together. When he came out of the command center, he and Rommel looked at each other and smiled. However, Xu Yang's smile was quite bitter. The reason was that his troops were worried that if they lost the support of the air force, they would not know what would happen to their troops. Xu Yang was happy to see his soldiers fighting spirit, but he did not want to see his troops rely too much on air support. However, now is obviously not the time to solve this problem.

Where is the vanguard force? Yes, Joseph temporarily acts as Xu Yang's combat adjutant. Joseph replied: There are always 72 tanks and armored vehicles and infantry in front of the section of Forest No. 6.

Since the Montreui area is near the sea and there are too many sections of the forest. The German command relies on distance to divide several sections and label them with codes. This has many benefits. The first thing to solve is the repetition of command orders. As the organization of participating troops becomes more and more chaotic, the issuance of orders has become a very troublesome matter. The battalions of various troops intersect each other, resulting in too complicated radio wave signals. Many commands cannot be issued in time. The frequency of the participating troops in the German army is a code for one organization. That is to say, a command is issued, and several troops may receive the order at the same time. Then, it may be inevitable that several troops will not be able to get into chaos when receiving orders at the same time.

Xu Yang's eyes turned to Rommel. He said directly: The vanguard troops of the No. 3, No. 6, and No. 12 forest have the ability to launch a test attack.

Xu Yang took out a very delicate pocket watch from his shirt pocket. The time inside was shown was that he turned around and walked back to the command center in the early morning, and a group of people followed urgently.

Xu Yang came to the military map and his sight was on the two major traffic routes, Montreuil and Aidan. There was a railway line between the two towns, which was also the supply line that the French army relied on. The two could rely on for rapid support. The French army had not used this railway line before, because without air supremacy, any long-term supply was unsafe, but if it was a retreat,

Xu Yang asked: How far is the Hot tank cluster from Aidan?

Rommel immediately replied: The Hot tank cluster can reach the periphery of Al within an hour.

This was very good news for Xu Yang. He ordered Joseph to connect with the command of the Hot tank cluster and then discuss the battle plan with Rommel in the early morning. Xu Yang meant to contact the friendly forces around him to drive the French army on the rear wing to the Paris front line, leave the necessary defensive forces, and the entire army redirected to Berg to participate in the Dunkorke annihilation battle!

Hort was a very easy-to-talk general. At Xu Yang's request, Hort agreed to organize an armored mixed brigade to cooperate with the 15th Army to attack Aidan, but it could only be one brigade. Hort's troops needed to arrive immediately, Rubai made all arrangements for the Allied Army at 4 a.m. The command staff who had not slept for a night were lying at the command center for a while by the hour before the attack. They needed to relax their heads.

With Rommel's company, Xu Yang was patrolling around the station.

The tranquility before the war, the entire battalion seemed quiet. Thousands of tents were set up in the original ones, and each tent had a squad of Germanic soldiers crowded together. Veterans who had experienced many battles knew what to do to survive on the battlefield. They were not like those new recruits who were upset and unable to sleep because they were about to fight. These veterans understood a truth: more physical strength means an increase in the chance of survival!

Rommel seemed to be patrolling the camp when soldiers fell asleep. He would quietly unpack the curtains of the tents to see if the soldiers in each tent had a blanket covered. This sympathetic general was deeply loved by the entire army.

They are a lovely group of people.

This is the first time Xu Yang has seen Rommel smile so gently. This general, destined to shine on the stage of history, has a very good habit. He always acts politely, never directly contradicts his boss, and is determined to carry out every order.

Xu Yang parked in the original place, looking at the battalion where tanks and armored vehicles were parked in the distance. It seemed very busy. The maintenance personnel of the crew needed to inspect the parts of the tanks and armored vehicles all night. You should know that even if a small part appeared, it would ruin the lives of the entire combat team members.

Xu Yang's tone is gentle, Erwin... Do you have any special impression of North Africa?

Rommel was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand why the commander suddenly asked a question and answered honestly: Your Excellency, I have never been to North Africa.

Xu Yang said oh, no longer asked questions, but he said ambiguously: Italy can't wait to join the war. What do you think of Italy's willingness to join the war?

Italy? Rommel was not surprised at all. Although the front-line commanders had not received news that Italy was about to join the war, they deeply understood that Italy, a country that claimed to be the heir to the Roman Empire, especially the generals of the National Defense Forces, had no good feelings for Mussolini, and they unanimously believed that this person was too arrogant. He did not want to answer, but he had to answer: Your Excellency... I don't think this is good news.

Xu Yang showed appropriate surprise: Why?

Rommel was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about words, and after a long time he summed up in one sentence: Italians don’t want to fight at all now...

Xu Yang nodded in agreement, but said something surprising: I personally hope that Italy can join the war in time. Germany now needs the Allies in the China Sea that Italians harassed, and we also need to step up to enter Africa, a continent with rich resources. Italians? Hey?

Rommel's expression was very confusing. He used the thinking from a military standpoint to model will. He really needed Italy to participate in the war, and could even give up a small amount of benefits to the Italians, or to Mussolini. Rommel suddenly thought of something, and he began to understand why Xu Yang had just asked North Africa. The confusing expression on his face turned into expectations, and he asked hesitantly: Your Excellency, are you talking?

Yes, yes! Xu Yang smiled happily. Nothing can be more exciting than what he can create a famous general with his own hands. He admitted: We don’t expect the Italians to have a combat effectiveness, and even hope that they will lose in some places. Isn’t it? His eyes became deeper. North Africa would not be a pleasant thing in the hands of Italians.
Chapter completed!