After experiencing the great defeat under the command of Gammelin, the French army has now become much more cautious. Under the leadership of its new commander-in-chief, General Wei Gang, the remaining French army has collectively made preparations to defend the trenches.
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It's not that Wei Gang is timid and doesn't dare to attack. It's that Wei Gang is really powerless now. He commands a group of Gan Mo Lin and the remaining second- and third-rate divisions. Even a peerless general cannot achieve good results.
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In addition, Weigang recently received news that the German leader of the entire war has always been the head of state named Reinhard. From the beginning of the war to the present, from the Ardennes Forest to Dunkirk, it has been that head of state.
Instructing the actions of the German army.
Weigang roughly heard that under the leadership of Reinhardt, a German chief of staff named Manstein perfected a plan called "Scythe Harvest" for him. This plan almost included all the subsequent plans.
All emergencies that occurred, and response plans were arranged one by one.
A politician can actually do so well as a military strategist! This is unbelievable to General Wei Gang.
In his opinion, whether it was Gamelin's plan D to send troops to northern Belgium to stop the German Army Group B's offensive, or the British Expeditionary Force's subsequent attempt to withdraw to Dunkirk, the plans of the Dynamo Plan could be seen through.
At least he should be a senior general with rich combat experience and a profound foundation in military theory, who has experienced many wars and has developed a considerable degree of overall perspective and strategic intuition.
However, he did not expect that the person who truly understood all this was just a part-time military strategist, a national leader who focused mainly on politics.
Isn’t this nonsense?!
A politician can actually fight better than countless generals!
He could predict France's Plan D and cut off the coalition forces; he could also predict Britain's generator plan and bomb Dunkirk in advance.
Who does he think he is, the German Napoleon?!
At this time, Wei Gang, a Frenchman, suddenly felt a little emotional.
Military and political wizards like Napoleon have always been the pride of the French government. But they didn't expect that two centuries later, the Germans would also be waiting for such a double overlord!
The Germans are proud now, but aren’t they the French in tragedy?!
"Report... report!" A lieutenant colonel staff member rushed into Wei Gang's headquarters in a panic and reported in a panic: "Commander! News just came from the front line. We are in Compiègne.
Several airports were hit by German air raids, and almost all of the 300 fighter planes that had finally been mobilized to Compiègne these days were destroyed!"
There was a buzz, and the entire command center was in an uproar. The last combatable division that the Air Force had put together with its savings was just gone?
"Also... some small airports along the Somme River were also hit by precise strikes by the German Air Force. Our scattered fighter planes scattered behind the defense line were also completely lost." The staff officer said shockingly.
Received news like a bolt from the blue.
"God...how did the Germans find the location of each of our airports? Did they fight a war exactly like today in advance and predict all our deployments?" Wei Gang's adjutant, no.
I lost my mind because of my ambition.
"It's over, now our air force has no fighter planes that can take off." An air force liaison officer looked pale and warned the generals in the command headquarters in horror: "In this way, the frontline air control will be completely eliminated.
With the Germans completely in hand, our Army will suffer."
Inside the headquarters, there was another commotion. The generals looked at the table on the wall in disbelief, which was filled with red arrows, representing the schematic diagram of the German multi-channel offensive.
All the Allied forces have surrendered. The Belgian Army and the British Expeditionary Force no longer have any Allied troops in front that can share the pressure with the French army. And France's only remaining army is smaller than at the beginning of the war.
I don’t know how many times weaker it is.
"Although some words are unpleasant to hear, I still have to say them." Berlant, who had been looking at the map for a long time, stood up and said: "Counting from the day when the British troops surrendered at Dunkirk, the German C Army Group
The amount of shelling on various sections of our Maginot Line has increased by several bases on average."
Turning his head and looking at General Weygand, after waiting for the other party's nod, Berlant continued: "Everyone should know that at that time we were transferring troops from the Maginot Line to fill the new defense line. In other words, we were transferring troops from the Maginot Line.
, the Germans acted as if they knew our deployment, and then they deliberately strengthened the pressure on the Maginot Line to contain our troops remaining in the defense line, making it impossible for us to continue to mobilize more troops to leave."
Berante's words have made it very clear. Coupled with the precise strikes of the German Air Force on various airports on the "Weygand Line" today, it is difficult to say that everything is a coincidence.
There is only one truth, and that is that the German army has clearly seen the entire deployment of the French army, and then arranged all subsequent military operations one by one.
Such an enemy is so terrifying that one simply cannot muster up the courage to face it.
When all the carefully planned military deployments on our side are known to the enemy as if they were transparent, how should we fight the next battle?
It's like a blind man who is already thin but has to face a strong opponent with good eyesight alone.
How can we fight like this? Are we going to talk to each other?
"It seems that the German head of state may be somewhat capable." Wei Gang's voice interrupted the awkward situation.
The officers turned their attention to this famous general with a good reputation in France. They seemed to have regained some courage from General Weygand, who looked very confident.
"Don't forget, the German head of state is also a human being. He is not an omniscient and omnipotent God. There are some things that he cannot guess by just relying on deduction and prediction." Wei Gang is indeed a famous general of the generation, and he immediately got to the point.
The main point to boost morale was: "The construction of our new defense line had already begun before the surrender of the British allies. The field fortifications and troop arrangements of the defense line have now been improved to a considerable extent."
At this time, everyone discovered how wise and foresight Wei Gang was in planning and arranging new lines of defense in advance before the Allies were defeated.
If the British Expeditionary Force fails and then deploys defenses to sharpen their weapons, there will be no way back.
If General Wei Gang had not already possessed rich combat experience and a profound foundation in military theory, and if General Wei Gang had not possessed the unique strategic intuition of a famous general, today's line of defense, although not solid, would have been at least continuous, and it would have been absolutely impossible to establish it!
"I want to see if this seemingly smart German head of state can find the weakness of the new defense line?" Wei Gang's tone was full of confidence.