Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 12: Purpose

　　"Sir, the Charlatte that General Devaair said earlier. Who is de Gaulle? I remember that I heard this name before, but now I can’t remember where I heard it. It’s here. It looks like you are very familiar with this name. That... It’s the first time I saw you that I would be so surprised to hear a name. I’m very curious about it, I hope you Can answer my doubts, my head of state."

　　 Colonel Dogen tried to restrain his strong curiosity. He was very surprised at the unprecedented surprise and gaffe that the head of state showed when he heard the Frenchman's name at the beginning.

　　Dogen took this question through the whole lunch time. Because there were many others present at the time, it was inconvenient for him to raise this question. When all those irrelevant people now left, he finally found an opportunity to seek answers from the head of state.

　　 Daogen chose his words very carefully, making his questions as obvious as possible and more tactful and acceptable to the head of state.

　　"It's Charles. De Gaulle. My dear Dogen."

　　 Xu Jun brushed off the long ash from the cigarette **** in the beautiful German military aluminum ashtray on the table, and then picked up the coffee in front of him.

　　 "Oh, yes, my head of state is Charles. De Gaulle."

　　 Daogen's face blushed slightly, and then he asked: "But this Charles. Is there anything special about Charles de Gaulle? I think you seem to be very interested in him."

　　 "That's not true, my dear Daogen. How to put it, this man..."

　　 Xu Jun put down the cup in his hand, and turned his gaze to the tent wall in front of him and plunged into the distant memory. At that moment, Daogen seemed to see that the deep gaze of the young head of state had penetrated the canvas, everything outside the tent, and even time. At that moment, Daogen felt that he saw a real angel, a majestic and wise angel with a trace of sorrow, which made people want to worship.

　　 Just when Daogen wanted to see more things in Xu Jun's eyes, those feelings suddenly disappeared like at the beginning, Xu Jun had already retracted his gaze. Dogen doesn’t believe that those feelings are just his own illusions. He believes that his feelings are real. He did see something, something that made him excited. He saw the true face of God’s apostle and the merciful God. He is indeed caring for his motherland.

　　 Xu Jun didn't know that his momentary absence would bring so much feeling to his adjutant. He smiled at Daogen and then said lightly.

　　"For France, Charles. De Gaulle is a hero. He has some necessary qualities to be a great leader. Although not many people can see this now, I believe everyone will agree with me soon This view."

　　"What do you mean?"

　　 "I mean, for me, for Germany, he will become a big troublemaker." Xu Jun replied lightly.

　　" Colonel Dogen, haven’t you read that "Building a Professional Army"? That book explains how armored troops are used in war and the power they possess. The ideas in it are the same as mine at the time. The theory coincides with each other. I have gained some new ideas and ideas to improve my armored theory. It can be said that there is a shadow of that book in the tactics of German armored forces, and the author of that book is Shire. De Gaulle."

　　 Guderian, who had been sitting on the other side of the dining table silently tasting coffee, suddenly interrupted.

　　 "Oh, you mean, he is an armored expert, a military genius? General Guderian." Dougan asked in surprise.

　　 "Haha, my dear Dogen, don't worry. This man is not a military genius, at best he is a tactical expert."

　　The chief of staff sitting next to Guderian smiled and said: "I also studied his book, and for this I also conducted a series of investigations on him. De Gaulle was not as difficult to deal with as he thought. Compared to his military achievements, he now prefers to participate in politics.

　　 Compared with our General Guderian, De Gaulle is not a qualified soldier. How can I say that he is always a little unsatisfied, and his tactical theories are still far from the theories of General Guderian. .

　　 This person is very conceited, and the result of his sharp edge is that he never pleases his officials, and his theories cannot be understood and accepted by those officials with rigid thinking.

　　 Of course, this is not a good thing for us. At least it saves us a lot of effort. Imagine that if the French army really concentrated on using their tanks according to his theory, although it would not change the final outcome of the war, we might pay more for the final victory. The big price. "

　　"I agree with most of your views, General Weirle. But there is one thing that I cannot agree with, that... Although I don’t know what the Führer has found from this person that we have not seen the advantages, nor It is clear why your Excellency the head of state has such a high evaluation of him, but what I know is that from the perspective of a professional soldier, de Gaulle and his theory will not cause much trouble to our victory.

　　 Let’s not talk about the gap between us and their equipment and the quality of soldiers and tactics, and the poor quality of their officers. Just the theoretical explanation of the direction of the use of armored forces by the enemy and us can tell me. Fang's overwhelming advantage.

　　 De Gaulle is not familiar with strategic issues. To put it more thoroughly, he has no strategic vision at all. All his armored forces theories are limited to the tactical level.

　　In all of his works, I did not see any narratives about the strategic use of tank forces. He only saw the advantages brought by the use of tank forces in local areas.

　　 And we look at the use of armored forces more from a strategic perspective. This is what makes us different from the French and the fundamental reason why we are superior to the French in all aspects.

　　 This man can only be an ordinary tactical commander in the German army, and I think his tactical level may not even be comparable to that of General Rommel who died in Arras. He doesn’t have a tactical commander. In contrast, he prefers to do tactical speculation with his unrelenting impulse and the ability to adapt to changes. These problems are all revealed in his plan.

　　If it were me, I would never allow such a commander to make any combat plan beyond the size of a corps, because it would exceed the limit of his ability.

　　 According to the information we currently know, it can be seen that he is playing a tactical gamble. If he had a little strategic vision, he would definitely not make such a stupid plan.

　　 And not only him, I have not seen a few senior commanders in the entire French army that have a truly strategic vision, and even if they have, they are just staying in the experience of the previous war.

　　 All the resistance of the French army can only be destined to end in tragedy. Putting aside the hostile relationship between us, I feel sad and sorry for those brave French soldiers. "

　　 Gudrian shook his hair and let out a soft sigh after saying this.

　　"Okay, let’s not discuss this issue. Since my chief of armored force and my chief of staff are here, let’s discuss our next plan based on the information we already have and see if we still need to do it. Click to adjust."

　　 Xu Jun made a gesture to the order soldier standing aside. The soldier hurriedly stepped forward and put away the snacks and cutlery to make room on the table. A staff officer left the table, and he spread a large map in front of Xu Jun.

　　"Gentlemen."

　　 Xu Jun stood up, he took a pencil and pointed at the map in front of him.

　　"We have now obtained the general situation of the French army’s offensive plan from various sources. According to intelligence, de Gaulle’s original purpose was to create a corridor from the right flank of the A army group, and then in our army Establish a solid landing point for the British army before it can react.

　　 Then he was going to unite the British troops who landed to destroy and intercept the supply line behind us. If his plan succeeds, it will indeed pose a great threat to us, or at least stop us from moving forward.

　　If the situation is serious, we must also retreat some troops to maintain our supply line. In this case, the end of the war may be delayed for one or two months, perhaps for half a year.

　　 What attracts them even more is that they may be able to stand in a stalemate with us on these fronts after they have received these time respites and get enough support. They think that for us this is the least we want to see. Situation, so we might be forced to make peace with them in that situation.

　　From this point, the French still have a bit of strategic mind. But as General Guderian said, the French lacked strategically visionary officers. They only wanted a great victory. If their goals were smaller, they might have succeeded.

　　 They forgot that it is not in the last war. The German army is not the German army in the last war. We have absolute advantages, both strategically and technically. "

　　 Xu Jun glanced at the officers who were sitting, and then continued: "De Gaulle's plan was a mistake from the beginning. He did not look at the current situation from a strategic point of view. He wanted to achieve a great tactical success.

　　 But he has a very serious problem. The French army is no longer the same as before the war in terms of the quality of soldiers and officers and the reserves of technical equipment. We wiped out most of their elite troops in the early stages of the campaign. Now the troops in the hands of the French are second-line troops from the war or reorganized remnants. The quality of the soldiers has been greatly reduced, and most of them are They are recruits with no combat experience and even military skills.

　　 But he has no other troops to use. This is already the only reserve force that France can use. Their elite troops are now defending against our attack, so it is impossible to be mobilized.

　　 He clearly knows that using this kind of troops to complete his campaign concept is simply a dream. Those troops absolutely do not have the ability to break through our defenses and continue to develop in depth as he imagined.

　　 So after careful planning, he chose there as a breakthrough for his troops. There is the connection between the Guderian Army and the Sixth Infantry Division, which is behind the Cypress Army to consolidate its position.

　　In order to maintain the momentum of the offensive, the Guderian Army has been shrinking its defenses. As a result, a three-kilometer-wide gap appeared here a week ago. At that time, none of us paid attention to this, and even the command department did not see this loophole. However, de Gaulle seized this opportunity. From this point of view, he seemed to be savvy. He chose this as a breakthrough point and it was a good choice.

　　 He must have seen that we would never have thought that he dared to make such an arrangement between the two most powerful German legions. At this point, we are all negligent. If it wasn't discovered early, maybe he could really pass through here. "

　　 "Yes, my head."

　　 Weierle said on the side: "But he didn't think about it. Although this is a good breakthrough point, it is still not enough for him to complete the entire campaign goal. The reason is that the goal he set for this campaign is really real. It is too high. He wants to break through the middle of the Sixth Infantry Division in a short period of time and cut the Sixth Infantry Division diagonally. It is absolutely difficult to complete with the forces he is currently using.

　　 Although the 6th Infantry Division is nominally a pure infantry unit, she has a tank battalion and two mechanized infantry companies that Cyprus rests in the rear. She also keeps the captured by Cyprus There are a lot of French artillery and ammunition, so it is definitely not something that can be done in a day or two to cut its defenses. If Charles de Gaulle’s troops can’t do this before we respond accordingly, these French troops will fall into me. During the double-team attack of the two legions.

　　 Not to mention that the following twenty-seven infantry divisions of Army Group A are gathering in the rear, and they can rush to the battlefield within two days. At that time, even if the army of the algorithm nation has twice the strength, it is impossible to escape from our encirclement. "

　　 "However, the Führer, how did he discover that gap? Didn't you say that even the commander was negligent on this? I can't imagine the French reconnaissance ability can detect this." Gu Drian asked suspiciously.

　　"Does this need to be asked? Your Excellency, that person revealed to the French. That **** traitor, in order to achieve his despicable purpose, pushed our brave soldiers to the edge of danger, it is really unforgivable "Weirler said coldly while wiping his monocle.

　　 "Oh, I understand." Guderian nodded angrily.

　　 "Don't mention this for now. Let's continue."

　　 Xu Jun said lightly: "Chief of Staff Weiller said earlier that they chose an unachievable goal. This is de Gaulle’s strategic mistake. He only considered the problem from the tactical level. What kind of resistance he will encounter now, without considering what kind of deployment we will make. His goal is greater. He wants to penetrate the Sixth Infantry Division and retake Cherbourg.

　　 He also didn't want to think about how we could watch him and more than a dozen divisions rampage in our defense. Although he has a powerful army, he lacks enough technical weapons to support it. He has only two armored divisions, and the infantry is surprisingly low in mechanization.

　　 And before he captured Cherbourg, he didn't get any air cover. We have control of French airspace, and we can bomb the targets we want. The lesson of the 42nd French Infantry Division is right before our eyes. This shows us that there is no air dominance and there is not enough anti-aircraft firepower to cover the next infantry unit. This is also a problem we must pay attention to in the future. Including our armored force, General Guderian. "

　　 "Yes, my Führer, I am already considering this question." Guderian nodded and replied.

　　"But de Gaulle’s current goals have changed. He gave up the unachievable plan. When he first mobilized troops, the command was aware of it, but we never thought that the French would have this A crazy plan. We didn't see their real purpose until they officially started the offensive. The command mobilized twelve infantry divisions and three armored divisions to intercept them, but they were all empty. "Weirler said, pointing to a circle of arrows on the map representing the German army.

　　 "Yes, there is only one reason for this change. That person told the French that I was on the front line. This made De Gaulle find a more attractive target, and that was me." Xu Jun smiled Speaking of.

　　"Now we are in a very delicate position. We are now in the center of the battle line, only six kilometers away from the gap, and it is a very conspicuous target. De Gaulle led his slowness in order to attack us The troops made a big turn of nearly seventy degrees, but they escaped the command and kill plan of the subordinates. Not only that, they also distanced themselves from the interception troops.

　　 And due to our misjudgment, it will take two days for the reinforcements closest to us to arrive. Cyprus has penetrated deeply into the French defense line and can’t go back to the rescue now, even if they want to. I would not agree that since the French abandoned that plan, then we cannot follow the previous deployment, which would disrupt our offensive pace.

　　 The 6th Infantry Division will defend the flanking lines of Cyprus to ensure that the army's supply line is unblocked, and it is impossible to deploy troops to support it for a while. The Guderian Legion is now in a stalemate between our left wing and the French Seventh Army, and I don't want to make any transfers to her. Now we can only rely on the deployment of troops from the rear to support it. It will take time.

　　 Charles de Gaulle knew that even if I discovered his purpose, I would not run away. This is related to the honor of a leader. If I did this, the morale of the German army would suffer a heavy blow, and Charles de Gaulle would also get a promotion. After all, he forced the German head of state to flee. This will be the biggest encouragement to France's current sluggish morale. He will become a French hero.

　　 And if I don’t run away, he might be able to win even greater victory with this temporary advantage now~ IndoMTL.com~ If I die in his offensive, then Germany will fall into chaos. In China, maybe he will lose this war. He will not only become a hero of France, but also a hero of all Europe.

　　 This is why he abandoned that plan. In contrast, that tactical victory is completely incomparable with this kind of victory. Because even if he can realize that plan, the benefits he gets are limited, and if he can achieve his current goals, the benefits are endless.

　　 De Gaulle is indeed a politically enthusiastic person. He chose the one that can best obtain political capital. He can no longer be regarded as a pure soldier. He has learned to look at military issues from the perspective of a thorough politician. His shortsightedness in strategy has not changed, and his political acumen has wiped out him as a soldier. Intuition. He would never think that because of this, he would definitely suffer a miserable failure.

　　 I will let him know how big a mistake his choice would be, and I will let him know what a terrible enemy he has chosen, and I will let him drink the bitter wine he brewed. Let him know that the sacred battlefield is a stage where only the bravest fighters can stand. It is definitely not a place where dirty politicians can survive. "

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