In a daze, Berante seemed to have regained a long-lost feeling, the feeling that the art of command could determine the situation of the battle.
He had the illusion that he was reading a novel. Germany was the protagonist of this novel. As long as he met Germany, no matter what, neither he nor the old French generals Weygand and Pétain could do anything.
Defeat the Germans who have the aura of the protagonist.
But as long as it has nothing to do with Germany, the war seems to return to normal.
Speaking of which, Berlant also felt as if he had encountered an inexplicable law.
That is, every time there was a war with the Germans, he would be transferred to deal with another country. When Germany and Poland were fighting, he helped Poland defeat the Soviet army. Now when Germany and France are fighting, he is here again for his motherland.
Clean up the Italians.
Could it be that God really does not allow him to defeat the Germans?
Coincidence? Then this is really inexplicable.
"Let our people attack as soon as possible." After much thought, Berante still couldn't figure out why Germany was so awesome, so he had to go back and solve the current problems caused by Italy first.
He said to the lieutenant general who was equal to him without humility: "Once the situation opens up, please press all the troops you can mobilize and push forward as far as you can."
Berante's intention was already obvious. He was not just satisfied with a defensive counterattack. What he wanted was to push forward all the way and get back all the anger he had suffered from the Germans on the Italians.
"But..." The lieutenant general obviously had a grudge against Berante's arrangement.
Perhaps he felt that everyone was on the same level, so why could he, Berante, order him? Or maybe he was uneasy about Berante's strategy and lacked the courage to implement it.
In short, the lieutenant general just walked to Berante's side and whispered: "General Berante, with this kind of mobilization, our defense line will be very tight... In case the attack fails, our company will redeploy its defenses."
The chance is gone...Look, it would be safer if not all the troops you brought are put into the front line..."
Berante shook his head, ignored the lieutenant general's dissuasion, and directly waved his hand to his staff to carry out the dispatch order.
Then, he turned back and said seriously to the cautious lieutenant general: "As long as we can defeat the Italians, our defense line will naturally not be attacked. If we cannot defeat the Italians in a short time, we must adopt an attitude."
, then the next time there is a problem in the southwest, General Wei Gang will not be able to send 3 divisions to support like he did today!"
After saying that, Berlant turned around and walked out of the warmly decorated combat conference room without looking back, and went to command the troops to attack. When leaving, he left a sentence in a tone that could not be questioned.
"If there is a next time, don't question me on military matters. Otherwise, you will fight this battle yourself!"
Berante's words were tough, but they did not cause the garrison's lieutenant general to be unhappy. Because in just a few words, the lieutenant general had already discovered the huge gap between himself and Berante.
He was also a lieutenant general. While his eyes were still on the Italian army across the Alps, Lieutenant General Berante had already seen another crisis in the southwest.
After Berante's reminder, the lieutenant general seemed to see the southwest line where the French army was weak, and there was a hidden arrow waiting there that was ready to move.
That's Spain, it's Franco's army, and there are 10 well-equipped German armorers among them. Once they come out of the cage, the consequences will be disastrous!
Looking back, thinking about it, as long as Lieutenant General Berante's troops can completely defeat the Italians, which is not impossible from the current situation, then our side can free up a large number of troops. At the same time, Italy's failure will have a negative impact on Spain.
It is also a kind of deterrence that can make Franco use the weapon as a deterrent.
And if the Lieutenant General's original cautious tactics were used, even if the Alpine defense line was as stable as a mountain, in the end, they would only be able to reach a stalemate with the Italians.
For France, which is stretched thin and besieged on all sides, this is already an unacceptable failure!
The Weygand line of defense in the north was broken, the German army passed through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the French government moved from Tours to Bordeaux. The number of troops that could be mobilized in the north would not exceed 10 divisions. And even if these originally third-rate troops were mobilized,
, and it has no effect.
If the south side ignores the victory that has already emerged and timidly confronts the Italian army, and if Spain takes advantage of it again, there will no longer be any suspense about France's final fate.
At this time, the lieutenant general who had figured it out immediately shouted to Berante's back: "General Berante, please don't worry, I will mobilize at least two divisions to follow you up in echelons."
Lieutenant General had also heard of Berante's tactical abilities. As early as the Battle of Poland, the French officers he led gave advice to the Polish army and defeated the Soviet army that launched a surprise attack. Today, all French generals
, there is no reason why the Lieutenant General should not trust Berlant more than the Poles.
Furthermore, if Berante's military ability is not enough to handle the current situation, in the entire southern France, the Lieutenant General believes that no one has better military ability.
At this time, Berante, who had already half stepped out of the door, stopped when he heard the sound, and then said in a very soft voice with his back to the lieutenant general: "Thank you... for everything."
France.”
"All for France." The lieutenant general smiled and repeated softly.
Both of them felt a little sad when they said this.
They understood that even if their two lieutenant generals helped France put an end to the trouble in the south today, France would still lose this battle. It was lost to Germany, and it was lost to Reinhard, the terrifying German head of state.
France, which claims to have the "strongest army in the world," was defeated in just one month of the war. If someone had said this before, everyone would have laughed at him for blowing his cover.
But now, France has indeed reached the point where there is no way to recover. So what if it defeats Italy, it just allows it to face one less hostile victor during peace negotiations.
"Everything is for France." This is a kind of determination of a soldier, and it is also a kind of helpless sadness.
It's scary to say that it seems that the German head of state had predicted all this today.
At the beginning of the war, when he conducted a national mobilization broadcast, he guaranteed that the war would not last more than four months. And in the Social Worker newspaper, he also said that it would only take two months to defeat France.
At that time, I don’t know how many people laughed at the German head of state for daydreaming and suffering from paranoia. Many people even specially obtained that issue of Social Work as a collection, preparing to show it off when Reinhard was slapped in the face in the future.
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But now it seems... Damn, this turn of events is really exciting.