"Division Commander, the enemy's 8th blocking position has been captured by a battalion of the 211th Regiment of our division. The other two battalions of the 211th Regiment are about to capture the enemy's 9th blocking position."
"Got it. Let other troops join the battle as soon as possible and continue to conquer the next British position." Major General Sirik, commander of the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division, gave a firm and decisive order.
"Division Commander...the troops have been fighting for most of the day. It is already one o'clock at noon, but many soldiers have not had time to have lunch. At this time, if we continue to put the troops into the attack, will it be too eager for quick success?
?" The operational staff officer who came to report added to Sirik.
In one morning and half noon, they had captured eight British blocking positions and captured nearly 3,000 prisoners. From the perspective of an infantry division, this attack speed was extremely fast.
Although there are also favorable factors such as the low morale of the British army and the fact that the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division was able to call in air support to coordinate the attack on the enemy. However, such a level of results is definitely a very remarkable achievement.
At this time, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with letting the frontline troops, who have been nervously attacking, stop for a while to recuperate.
"The commanders of the forward troops are not idiots and do not have time to prepare hot dishes. They know that they ask the soldiers to temporarily fill their stomachs with compressed biscuits. At this time, it is very unwise to waste time on resting and eating."
Rick said decisively: "After all, time is precious and cannot be wasted!"
As the military chief of the 13th Motorized Infantry Division, Cyric considers issues at a much higher level than a staff officer. Admittedly, he also knows that his troops are beginning to tire. The crazy attacks throughout the morning have exhausted the soldiers.
Less energy.
However, he knew better how important every minute and second was to the German army that was shrinking the encirclement. Every minute of delay might allow the British in Dunkirk to withdraw one more unit.
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The 13th Motorized Infantry Division was at the forefront, so it was natural that it should shoulder the heavy responsibility of breaking through the British blocking line in front of them. The responsibility was huge and he could not afford to relax.
The armored forces in the rear had resumed full power and began to send an armored corps pursuit toward Dunkirk.
Cyric understood that as long as the 13th Motorized Infantry Division broke through this blocking line, their mission would be completed. As for the task of continuing to advance rapidly, it would be handed over to the 19th Armored Corps, which arrived shortly after.
In other words, the mission of the 13th Motorized Infantry Division is just to clear the British blocking forces in front of the 19th Armored Corps, which is about to arrive, bear the losses of conquering blocking points for the 19th Armored Corps, and also free up space for the 19th Armored Corps.
The time it takes to attack the blocking point.
Cyric waved his hand and gave instructions from the combat staff officer with the rank of major in front of him: "Pass my order to the troops on the front line not to care too much about the losses, but to go for a bold attack. Before the armored troops arrive, kill the group in front of you.
Clean up the enemies blocking the road. After the current battle is over, I will give them time to repair and rest!"
"Yes! As ordered!" The major quickly stood at attention and saluted, then turned and left.
After watching the staff walk out of the headquarters and run to convey his orders, Cyric took a deep breath, walked back to the terrain map spread out on the table, and continued to study the low hilly terrain.
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Judging from the geographical distribution of this generation, there are not many areas left by the British that can be used to fight blocking wars. If they are fully calculated, there will not be more than 10 blocking points. Among them, there are only 7 effective blocking points!
Judging from the several sniper points captured before, Cyric admitted that the British generals who deployed defenses were indeed somewhat skillful. He did not spread his insufficient troops into a straight line and use continuous line positions to resist the Germans.
It chooses a mountain top as the center and expands outward to deploy point positions one after another.
If the British general had chosen the former, that is, using a linear position, Cyric was confident that he could break through at any point and completely defeat this group of British remnants who were weak in fighting will.
However, the current situation is that the British soldiers are scattered in groups and scattered in multiple villages and among the woods. Although Cyric can capture any of the positions, he has to pay a lot of effort for each position.
time.
The British troops in this position were beaten and surrendered. The British troops in the next position had to be cleaned up again before they surrendered. After the British troops in the next position were finished, they had to send people to the next position.
Go hit it again.
Fortunately, these British people had been scared in the previous battles, and no one could hold on to their positions with courage. As a result, the German sniper points were relatively easy to attack, and they could almost win with one hit.
Moreover, these annoying sniper points will soon be stripped. According to the information Cyric received, the leading troops of the 19th Armored Corps should arrive in this area tonight. By then, the 13th Motorized Infantry Division will also be finished.
All breakthrough battles hand over a clear path forward to the armored forces.
"Schiller, how many reserves are left in the division that can be deployed?" Sirik suddenly thought of something and asked his adjutant, Major General Schiller.
Hearing Cyric's question, Schiller immediately stepped forward and answered: "Among the remaining combat units in the division, apart from the guard company, there is only a new battalion in the division's supply office. As for the motorized military police company and the motorized military quarters company,
, as well as non-combat units such as motorized maintenance companies, are still intact."
After listening to the adjutant's words, Cyric nodded thoughtfully, then stretched out two fingers with his right hand and said: "In this case, I have two ideas, please help me see if they are suitable."
Cyric first used his left hand to pull back a finger, and at the same time said to the adjutant: "First, send the guard company to the front line for combat. After all, the guard company has not been engaged in combat yet and is full of energy. It is perfect for fighting at this time."
Major General Schiller looked at Sirik in surprise: "Division Commander, if the guard company is mobilized for combat, what should we do with the division's security work?"
"The division headquarters does not need guard troops at all." Cyric waved his hand decisively and said confidently: "Now we are attacking the British defense line. They are exhausted from maintaining the defense, let alone finding our division headquarters and launching an attack.
Fight back."
"Besides," Cyric said, pulling back the second finger: "Don't we still have the division supply office and the various logistics units of the division munitions office? My second plan is to let the military police company take the lead and
The security work is handed over to the logistics force. In this way, even if the security company is transferred, the division headquarters does not have to worry about security matters."