Battle of the Third Reich

"Major Murray, let the soldiers throw a few mortar shells at that position. We can't let those Frenchmen be too leisurely."

Dougan stood steadily on top of the bunker at the front command post and looked at the French position in the distance with a telescope. Behind him stood the two battalion commanders and several staff officers.

"Observe, sir."

Major Murray replied loudly that he made a gesture to the signal soldier standing on the side, and the soldier quickly handed the field receiver to the major.

"Sir, you can take a break now. Last night you only slept for another two hours. It seems that the French haven't been able to organize an offensive in an hour or two. We can now go back to the command post and sit for a while, I Let the soldiers prepare something for you to drink." Norman said aside.

"Okay, let's take a break and let the observation post closely monitor the movements on the opposite side. The soldiers continue to stay in the trenches. No one is allowed to leave the combat post without my order. By the way, let the kitchen give the soldiers at the frontier position Make some coffee or something. The soldiers have been squatting in the damp trench all night. They need some hot things now."

"Observe, sir."

The officers accompanied Dougan jumping off the trench and entering the command post. Dougan sat down at the conference table in the command post, and the service personnel immediately brought hot coffee to the officers. Dougan sipped coffee happily while rummaging through the French newspapers on the table.

Suddenly Dougan seemed to remember something. He raised his head to the communications staff who was sitting at the corner of the bunker with both hands holding a coffee cup and tasting it. He said: "Lieutenant Noval, do you have any new instructions from the headquarters?"

"Not yet, sir, the last command of the headquarters is to closely observe the movement of the French army and make all preparations for combat." The communications staff stood up and replied loudly.

"Oh, I know." Dogen frowned, then he lowered his head and continued to read the newspapers.

"Sir, it's not a wise idea for us to spend time with each other like this. I don't think such passive beating is the style of the German squad. I ask you to suggest to the headquarters to allow us to launch a small attack. Try to test the strength of the opposing French team, and it can also achieve the purpose of disrupting the deployment of the opponent." Murray said on the side.

"Major Murray!" Dogen raised his head and stared coldly at the young man.

"Don't you think you are too arrogant? The headquarters must have his reasons for not moving. These are not issues that our group of front-line commanders have to consider. We only need to perform the tasks assigned to us by the command as much as possible. The command gave you sufficient temptation to command how your battalion will fight, but this does not mean that you can influence the overall deployment of the command.

In addition, can you understand the words before you as you doubt the military capabilities of our great heads of state? Do you think you are better than our head of state how to command an army? Dear Major Murray? "

Speaking of which, Dougan's mouth showed a cold smile, and the chill in his eyes made all the SS officers present could not help but start a cold war.

"No, Your Captain, I don't mean that. Please forgive my rude speech. Sir! I swear I have absolutely no doubt about our great heads. Please believe me... Sir. ...

Morey's face was scared. Murray's tongue knotted under the cold pressure of Dougan.

"Then what do you mean, major."

Dogen asked coldly.

"Sir... I... I..." Murray, who was sweaty and sweaty, suddenly succumbed, and he threw up his chest desperately, then straightened his right arm with all his strength and shouted: "Hi, Rhine Hart! Long live the heads of state!"

"Viva Heads!"

All the SS officers present jumped up from their seats in a reflexive manner and shouted loudly while raising their hands.

"Viva Heads!"

Dougan also stood up and responded that he had just wanted to scare these SS officers, and did not want to treat that impulsive man. Unexpectedly, that guy would finally hold back such a sentence, and watching Morui now treat it as you do, Dougan can no longer continue his game.

"Okay, forget this time. Next time, if I hear any more objections to your superior order, I will throw you to Poland to see the woods." Dogen said with a frown.

"Understood, sir!"

"To be honest, the command of the headquarters is indeed a bit unintelligible. According to the original arrangement, we have an unexpected plan to fight the enemy while the foothold is not stable. I still don’t know why the headquarters gave up this plan, I think the biggest possibility is that there must be some new changes in the situation on the French side. Didn’t he catch a French herald last night? He might have told the headquarters some new information."

After talking, Dougan picked up the coffee cup on the table and continued to read the French newspapers in the blast of mortar shells from the French position in the distance.

"Confusion, this is really too confusing. Weiler."

Xu Jun threw the document in his hand on the office desk, and then rubbed his bulging temple.

"Yes, the head of state. It was the same feeling when I first saw these things. It seems that the French commander is determined to be completely confused about his front line commander." Weiler replied with a smile.

"Look at these things, they will give their commanders two completely opposite orders in a day. Look at this, and this, the French ** team can continue their operations under this chaotic command. This is really a great achievement." Xu Jun said with a wry smile at the document on the table.

"It's true, but don't you see anything in it?"

Weierle went to Xu Jun's desk and sat down. He smiled and looked at the young head of state.

"They want to retreat! The French have given up their final struggle! Or rather, Wei Gang and Petain have achieved their purpose. They did not think that the battle would be a victory at the beginning, they took both of us Play!" Xu Jun said depressedly.

After hearing Xu Jun's answer, Weierle put away a smile and replaced it with a surprised expression.

"Please don't look at me with that kind of look, my chief of staff."

Xu Jun poured himself a glass of cold water from the glass bottle on the table. He said lightly: "In fact, you have already seen this. If we had seized these confidential documents, we might still think that The French really want to fight this battle with us.

Unexpectedly, the lieutenant colonel was still the liaison officer on the front line of the French headquarters. It was incredible that this guy brought so many confidential documents to the battlefield. By the way, the sentry who caught him. . . . What's his name? "

"Ralph, William the First Class. Ralph, from the 79th Scout Battalion." Weiler replied.

"Yes, Ralph. Haha, that shot is really good... that's hard enough." Xu Jun smiled and gestured on his nose.

"A good soldier, sir."

Weirler thought of the French officer's miserable appearance and felt a bit cold in the back. The **** of a gun almost knocked the French's high nose back into his head.

"The medal may not be qualified enough. Give him a level up."

"Observe, sir."

"Okay, where's that mentioned before? By the way, the real intention of the French. What do you think, General." Xu Jun asked.

"Same as you think. The French are about to retreat."

Weierle replied respectfully: "According to their deployment, they put most of their troops on the two wings. These infantry divisions are desperately resisting the squeeze of our two-wing troops. It seems that they are arranged like this to protect them. Supply line, but in fact they are to maintain a retreat channel.

In addition, according to these two orders, Wei Gang has transferred the only two regularly trained infantry divisions in this huge reserve team to this channel. And I believe that these two infantry divisions are rapidly retreating to the French line of defense. Of course, this needs to be confirmed by Air Force reconnaissance. "

"This alone cannot prove your argument, my chief of staff." Xu Jun said with a smile.

"Yes, all this is based on my personal speculation, so I need more evidence. And this document gave me the necessary evidence to affirm my speculation." Weierle turned out a copy from the pile of documents file.

"This was an order issued by the French Supreme Command to the 6th Armored Division Commander during the day, ordering him to speed up and must reach us this morning. But this is not the key to the problem. The Sixth Armored Division carried enough supplies for the three-day offensive to move forward, abandoning the heavy and cumbersome logistics. Although this command is very common in any way, there is nothing wrong with it, but if you combine this With the orders given to the 17th Infantry Division, things became clear."

Weierle picked up another document.

"The order says that the 17th Infantry Division immediately took over the logistics left over from the 6th Panzer Division, and then took those supplies to the vicinity of the village of Rador, which was the center of their retreat.

The 17th Infantry Division was a regular French army. Wei Gang would not be willing to waste them in a battle that could not be won anyway. He wanted this army to withdraw those precious supplies.

From this, it can be seen that the Sixth Armored Division will never be able to wait until his logistics unit catches up. They will not receive any supplies except the three days of ammunition they carry.

The French Command has abandoned their sixth armored division. But why do they do this? The most reasonable answer I have analyzed is that the French want this force to act as a bait to delay our actions here. They want to use this armored division to give us the illusion that they will continue this plan.

When we are deceived by this illusion and turn all our attention and energy to the defense against these offensive forces, their remaining forces can take the opportunity to escape back to the defense line. This document makes it clearer that they not only abandoned the Sixth Armored Division, they also abandoned all second-rate infantry divisions that have been disabled. The four infantry divisions destroyed by our air force received the same order. And those logistic forces that were left behind were also ordered to stay in place and wait to meet other forces.

These documents tell us an appalling conspiracy. They not only cheated us but also our troops. The French are playing a game with the lives of their soldiers. I don’t understand why they are thinking of retreating now, and why they didn’t do it before they suffered heavy losses. Don’t they care about the lives of their soldiers at all? "

Speaking of which, Weierle's emotions became agitated, and the always calm chief of staff was enraged by the French command.

"This is politics, this is dirty politics. My Chief of Staff."

Xu Jun put down the document in his hand, he shook his head and said: "When we look at this battle from a military perspective, the French are playing a political game.

This stupid offensive, successive changes in plans, chaotic command, all prove this fact.

I now understand why Wei Gang and Bei Dang agreed to this ridiculous offensive plan. From the beginning, they never thought that the plan would succeed. The reason they agreed to this plan was actually to want a truce with us. "

"How is this possible? If they wanted a truce, why did they launch this attack, and why didn't they come directly to contact us?" Weierle asked doubtfully.

"That's the problem. They can't come up with any plan to reconcile with us. First of all, the young people in the French government will not let him go, and the French people will not agree that they will appeal to them when they seem to continue to resist. We surrender. They have to consider their political life. If he proposes this plan now, their political life will come to an end. Wei Gang and Bei Dang are not fools.

And the attack plan proposed by Charles de Gaulle just gave them a chance. Of course, they would not miss this opportunity that not only fulfilled their purpose, but also attacked the disobedient young.

So this ridiculous plan was passed, and tens of thousands of French soldiers were sent to hell. Xu Jun said lightly.

"I kind of understood what you meant. Head of State." Weierle replied depressedly.

"The implementation of this plan for Wei Gang and Beidang was a win-win deal for them. If it’s a pity that the German Commander’s headquarters was suddenly insane and they realized this plan, then as the highest commander, they will get The respect and gratitude of all French people.

Of course this is unlikely to happen, but if this plan fails completely, then all the responsibilities will be borne by the planner, de Gaulle, the representative of the French government and the military juniors. They can say that they were completely deceived by Charles de Gaulle, or that Charles de Gaulle vigorously encouraged him to agree to this plan. Therefore, under the unanimous punishment of the French and the people, those young and young people will no longer survive, and power will continue to be firmly in the hands of these senior politicians and generals.

Another thing they want most is that they can find an opportunity to negotiate with us from the defeat of this battle. After the defeat of this battle, France will lose most of his reserve power. Wei Gang and Betan will have no reason to continue their resistance. They can make peace with us in the name of saving France.

I think if we agree to give them considerable power, they will be willing to surrender unconditionally. These two men are no longer the heroes of the last war, and their courage and confidence have been wiped out by the years. And the long-term power and prestige have also corroded them into a pair of old and thorough politicians. Xu Jun said indifferently, as if to say something that had nothing to do with him.

"So what should we do next, heads of state. Let's watch their conspiracy punish, and watch the French squads flee back to their defense?" Weiler asked.

"How is it possible that Wei Gang and Bei Dang dare to treat me like a fool, and I want these two old guys to know how serious the consequences will be."

Xu Jun said with a sneer: "But now, what we have to solve is the offense of the French ** teams that are kept in the dark. Especially the sixth armored division, although these documents do not say whether she has How much strength, but we know that they have not suffered any losses in our bombing. It can be said that she still has all the strength.

Unexpectedly, they came up with a march at night, and a hidden method during the day escaped our bombing. It seems that our aerial reconnaissance level needs to be strengthened, and even this large armored division can be missed. They still don't know how much is missing. "

"Got it, sir, I will report the situation to all the troops now." Weierle walked to the phone next to him, and when he just wanted to pick up the receiver, the phone rang suddenly and violently.

"Sir!" Weierle clutched the microphone of the phone in his hand and reported to Xu Jun with a strange look: "Colonel Dogen called from the frontier command post. The French armored forces appeared in the frontier position. The French began to We attacked...but...I don’t know what to say, or he will report it to you personally."

"Oh, has the French armored division arrived? I didn't expect them to attack us in such a hurry. What does Dogen want to report to me?" Xu Jun stood up and walked towards Weiller.