The French generals did not want to believe that the German head of state was omniscient and omnipotent, but the facts before them forced them to believe it.
This battle is unwinnable!
When the German army launched a cross-river operation from the Somme River, which was heavily fortified by the French army, and specifically selected the French army's weakest combat divisions and occupied their garrison areas. As the commander-in-chief of the French army, Weygand knew that his path
The carefully laid defense line has been completed.
There were no problems in the deployment of the "Weigang Defense Line". All key points across the river were heavily garrisoned. However, Wei Gang overlooked one thing. The combat effectiveness of his heavy troops was uneven, with some being high and some being low.
There are dozens of third-rate divisions on the front line, and even France's own General Weygand does not know their specific combat effectiveness.
But it happened that the head of state who was far away in Germany knew the remaining French troops better than Weygand, the commander-in-chief of the French army.
Reinhard hoarded his troops to the rear of several river-crossing battlefields. When the vanguard troops had just established beachhead positions, the large troops immediately followed them across the river to consolidate their positions.
Being able to do this only shows that the German head of state was already convinced that the German troops crossing the river would succeed before the two armies clashed, and then took the risk of placing all follow-up troops behind the river crossing battlefield.
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the German army could so quickly gather a large number of troops at the river crossing and then immediately launch the army into the offensive.
"It's unbelievable..." Even Lieutenant General Berlant, who had always been confident, couldn't help but sigh: "The German army made the most of the breakthrough they achieved on the Somme River, thus almost destroying our front-line troops.
They were all defeated. Now, the remnants of our army can only carry out partial and temporary limited resistance on the open battlefield."
"The war situation has reached its extreme!" Berlant lowered his eyelids and turned helplessly to General Weygand. He hoped to find a way out with this recognized famous general.
Looking at the pale-faced Berante and other officers, Wei Gang also knew how desperate everyone was now.
Just yesterday, he swore that the German head of state was not an omniscient and omnipotent God and could not always see through the weaknesses of the French army.
But now, he was slapped in the face, slapped in the face by the most unlikely outcome!
Damn it, is the German Führer really God?!
Then the French army is still fighting a fart war?
"Shrink the current strength immediately..." Even though he was confused, Wei Gang was a famous general after all, and he still conscientiously planned and implemented the best dispatch plan for the French army in the current situation: "
Retreat to the other side of the Seine, along with our last reserves, to reorganize resistance."
The last reserve force Weigang mentioned was the remaining 3 divisions of the original Maginot Fortress force commanded by Lieutenant General Berante.
Of the eight divisions withdrawn from the Maginot Line, five have been lost. There is really nothing to hope for with the remaining three divisions.
Although Wei Gang still arranged the next defensive battle because of the accusation. However, in his heart, he no longer had even the slightest expectation of victory.
In fact, even the deputy prime minister of the French cabinet, French Army Marshal Pétain, after learning that 300,000 British and French allied troops surrendered in Dunkirk, expressed defeatism that there was no hope of victory.
If the war party headed by Prime Minister Reno had not insisted on continuing the fight, Marshal Pétain might have begun to take charge of the surrender a few days ago.
However, after the Maginot Line was bypassed and the containment force at Dunkirk was destroyed, today's "Weygand Line" was once again breached by the German army. The French Third Republic has nothing to rely on anymore.
Do we really have to wait until the German army reaches the capital of France and turn the romantic city into ruins before surrendering?
We are losing anyway, so why not sign an armistice agreement earlier?
The loss of the new defense line gave Wei Gang, the commander-in-chief of the French army, a strong sense of "defeatism."
I firmly believe that France will fail not because these people are incompetent.
On the contrary, whether it was General Weygand or Marshal Pétain, they were both famous generals who had great military exploits, experienced a lot of actual combat, and cultivated a considerable strategic perspective.
The reason why they believed that France must be defeated was precisely because they saw various military deficiencies in the French army. Judging from the perspective of their professional military strategists, the French army was at the end of its rope.
At this time, even France's two best generals made statements about defeat, which shows that France has indeed reached a point where it is destined to fail.
Although the French people still prayed in their hearts for the miracle of the Marne River in 1914, in fact, their generals did not have the courage.
That time, the French army tried their best to block the menacing German army from the gates of Paris, and finally reversed the situation of the war.
But now, even the Paris government has begun preparations for evacuation and is about to escape from the capital. It can be seen how desperate the French high-level officials are about the outcome of the war.
"Let's defend the Seine River for a while longer." Wei Gang waved his hand with a wry smile and said to Berante: "General Berante, take your army to the Seine River to receive the defeated troops and prepare to deploy defenses. I'm going to
Marshal Pétain wrote a letter to discuss an important matter with him, and I will leave the frontline operations to you for the time being."
"Yes! My subordinates will lead the troops to defend the Seine River and guard the gates of Paris." When Berlant heard that General Weygand was going to discuss important matters with his old superior Pétain, he didn't ask any more questions and just accepted.
accepted the task assigned by Wei Gang.
Berante knew that no matter what the outcome of the discussion between Admiral Weygand and Marshal Pétain was, they were all thinking about France. What he had to do now was to hold the Seine and buy time for his two superiors.
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"For our army, the most important thing at the moment is to quickly cross the Seine River without giving the French army the time and opportunity to reorganize its defense." In the German high command, Reinhard once again revealed Weygand's plan: "
The next military action of the French army can only be to hold on to the Seine River and stabilize the gateway to the south of Paris. In other words, as long as we capture the Seine River, the road to Paris will be completely open."
Speaking of this, Reinhard smiled arrogantly: "I remember before the war started, I once said that we would defeat France within two months. I still keep the issue of the Social Workers News that reported my words.
In the drawer.”
"But today, I want to say sorry to everyone. My prediction was wrong." Reinhardt said the truth, with unconcealable pride, and laughed: "To defeat France, you don't need two people."
Month? It seems today that they should surrender in the 6th week of the war!"
Beat France in 6 weeks?!
Today, Reinhard once again made a shocking statement.
When he first promised to defeat France in two months, many people abandoned him and regarded it as a joke.
How many people once thought that Reinhardt was just a fantasy maniac because of his wild words, a person who only knew how to talk big words, but with a little luck, he could always achieve the credibility of his words.
But now it seems that the head of state is really not a lucky man who loves to talk nonsense.
Today, even "God's gift to Germany" is not enough to describe the great head of state.
Reinhardt, he is the omniscient and omnipotent God!