Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 14: Changes

　　"Major Murray, let the soldiers throw a few more mortars on that position. We can't let the French people take it easy."

　　 Dogen stood erect on the top of the bunker of the forward command post, looking at the French army position with a telescope in the distance. Behind him stood the two battalion commanders and several staff officers.

　　 "Yes, sir."

　　Major Murray replied loudly. He gestured to the communicator standing aside, and the soldier quickly handed the receiver of the field telephone to the major.

　　"Sir, you can take a break now. You only slept for two hours last night. It seems that the French can't organize an offensive in an hour or two. We can now go back to the command post. In a while, I will ask the soldiers to prepare you something to drink." Norman said from the side.

　　"Well, let's take a break and let the observation post closely monitor the movement on the opposite side. The soldiers continue to stay in the trenches and guard. No one is allowed to leave the combat post without my order. By the way, let the kitchen give the forward position Soldiers make some coffee or something. The soldiers have been squatting in the damp trenches all night. Now they need something hot."

　　 "Yes, sir."

　　The officers accompanied Dogen and jumped out of the trenches into the command post. Dougan sat down at the conference table in the command post, and the orderly immediately brought hot coffee to the officers. Dougan drank coffee comfortably while flipping through several French newspapers on the table.

　　 Suddenly Dogen seemed to think of something. He raised his head to the communications staff who was sitting in the corner of the bunker, holding a coffee cup in both hands and sipping a cup of coffee, and said: "Ensign Noval, do you have any new instructions from the headquarters?"

　　 "Not yet, sir, the last command of the headquarters is to closely observe the movements of the French army and prepare for all battles." The communications staff stood up and replied loudly.

　　 "Oh, I see." 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 think it’s not the style of the German army to be passively beaten like this. I ask you to suggest to the headquarters that we allow us to launch a small offensive. You can test the strength of the French army on the opposite side, and also achieve the purpose of disrupting the other side's deployment." Murray said aside.

　　 "Major Murray!" Daogen raised his head and stared at the young subordinate coldly.

　　"Don’t you think you’re a bit arrogant? The headquarters must have his reasons for standing still. These are not the issues that our front-line commanders have to consider. We only need to implement the headquarters as best as possible to us. The mission is enough. The headquarters gives you full freedom in commanding how your battalion operates, but this does not mean that you can influence the overall deployment of the headquarters.

　　 In addition, what you said before, can I understand that you have doubts about the military talent of our great head of state? Do you think you are more proficient in commanding an army than our head of state? Dear Major Murray? "

　　 Speaking of this, Daogen's mouth showed a cold smile, and the chill in his eyes made all the SS officers present could not help fighting a cold war.

　　"No, the district captain, I did not mean that. Please forgive my rude words. Sir! I swear I have absolutely no meaning to doubt our great head of state. Please believe me...I... Sir..."

　　Murray's face turned pale at the time. Murray's tongue knotted under the pressure of Daogen's cold aura.

　　 "Then what do you mean, Major."

　　Dogen asked coldly.

　　"Sir...I...I...I..." Murray, with a cold sweat, suddenly had an idea. He straightened his chest desperately and then straightened his right arm and shouted with all his strength. " Hi, Reinhardt! Long live the Führer!"

　　 "Long live the head of state!"

　　All the SS officers present reflexively jumped up from their seats and shouted loudly while raising their hands.

　　"Führer, long live!"

　　 Dogen also stood up and responded that he had only wanted to scare these SS officers, and didn't want to do anything to the impulsive subordinates. Unexpectedly, that guy would actually suffocate such a sentence in the end. Seeing how Mori is now at your disposal, Daogen can no longer continue his game.

　　 "Well, this time, forget it. Next time, if I hear any criticism from your superiors, I will throw you to Poland to see the woods." Daogen frowned and said.

　　 "Understood, sir!"

　　"To be honest, the command of the headquarters is indeed a bit confusing. According to the original arrangement, we had a plan to beat the enemy by surprise. I still don’t know why the headquarters gave up. I think the biggest possibility of this plan is that there must be some new changes in the situation on the French side. Didn't you catch a French messenger last night? He may have told the headquarters some new information."

　　 After finishing, Dogen picked up the coffee cup on the table, and continued to read the French newspapers leisurely amid the rumbling explosion of mortar shells from the French position in the distance.

　　 "Chaos, this is too chaotic. Weierle."

　　 Xu Jun threw the papers in his hand on the office desk, then rubbed his swollen temples and said.

　　 "Yes, the Führer. I felt this way when I first saw these things. It seems that the French commander-in-chief is determined to completely confuse his frontline commander." Weirle replied with a smile. To.

　　"Look at these things, they will give their commanders two completely opposite orders in one day. Look at this, and this, the French army can continue their command under this chaotic command. Fighting, this is really a great achievement." Xu Jun said with a wry smile, pointing to the file on the table.

　　"It is true, but don't you see anything from it?"

　　 Weierle walked 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 last struggle! In other words, Wei Gang and Petain have achieved their goals. They never thought that this battle could be won at the beginning. Both of us played!" Xu Jun said depressedly.

　　 Hearing Xu Jun's answer, Weiller put a smile away, replaced by a surprised expression.

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

　　 Xu Jun poured himself a glass of cold water from the glass bottle on the table. He said faintly: "Actually, you've already seen this. If we hadn't seized these confidential documents, we still have You might think that the French really want to finish this battle with us.

　　 I didn't expect that the lieutenant colonel was still the frontline liaison officer of the French High Command. It was incredible that this guy brought so many classified documents to the battlefield. By the way, the sentry who caught him. . . . What is his name. "

　　 "Ralph, William of the First Class. Ralph, from the 79th Reconnaissance Battalion." Weierle replied.

　　 "Yes, Ralph. Hehe, that rifle **** is really...really cruel." Xu Jun smiled and gestured on his nose.

　　 "Is a good soldier, sir."

　　 Weierle felt a bit cold in his back when he thought of the French officer's misery. The **** of the gun almost knocked the Frenchman's towering nose back into his head.

　　"The medal may not be enough, so let him be promoted to one level."

　　 "Yes, sir."

　　 "Okay, where did you go? By the way, the true intentions of the French. What do you think, General." Xu Jun asked.

　　"As you think. The French are going to retreat."

　　 Weyler 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 wings. It seems that their arrangement seems to be To maintain their supply line, but in fact they are to maintain a retreat channel.

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

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

　　 "Yes, it's all based on my personal speculation, so I need more evidence. And this document gives me the necessary evidence to be sure of my speculation." Weirle ran through the pile of documents A document was issued.

　　"This is an order issued by the French Supreme Command to the commander of the 6th Armored Division yesterday during the day, ordering him to speed up and reach us this morning. But this is not the key to the problem, the key is the sentence that follows. , They wanted the Sixth Armored Division to carry enough supplies for the three-day offensive to move forward lightly and abandon the heavy and cumbersome logistics units. Although this order is very common in any way, there is nothing wrong with it, but if you Combining this order to the Seventeenth Infantry Division, things are clear."

　　 Weierle picked up another document.

　　"The order stated that the 17th Infantry Division immediately took over the logistics units left by the Sixth Armored Division, and then moved the supplies to the vicinity of Lador Village, which was the center of their retreat.

　　 The 17th Infantry Division is a regular French army. Wei Gang will not be willing to waste them in this battle that is impossible to win anyway. He wants this army to withdraw with those precious supplies.

　　 It can be seen from here that the Sixth Armored Division will never be able to wait for his logistics forces to catch up. They will not receive any supplies except for the three-day supply of ammunition they carry with them.

　　The French High Command abandoned their Sixth Panzer Division. But why did they do this? The most reasonable answer I have analyzed is that the French want this force to be a decoy to hold 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 of these offensive forces, their remaining troops can take the opportunity to escape back to the defense. This document said more clearly that they not only abandoned the Sixth Armored Division, they also abandoned all the second-rate infantry divisions that had been maimed. Four infantry divisions maimed by our air force received the same order. And their logistics units that were left behind were also ordered to stay in place and wait to rendezvous with other units.

　　 These documents tell us an appalling conspiracy. They not only deceived us but also their own troops. The French are playing a game with the lives of their soldiers. I don’t understand why they think of retreating now, why don’t they do it before they suffer heavy losses, don’t they care about the lives of their soldiers? "

　　 Later, Weierle's emotions began to become agitated. The always calm chief of staff was angered by the plan of the French high command.

　　"This is politics, this is dirty politics. Your Excellency, my Chief of Staff."

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

　　 And this stupid offense, successive changes in the plan, and the chaotic command, all this proves this fact.

　　 I now understand why Wei Gang and Petain agree with this ridiculous offensive plan. They never thought that this plan would succeed from the beginning. Their reason for agreeing to this plan is actually that they want a truce with us. "

　　 "How is this possible? If they want a truce, why are they launching this attack? Why don't they contact us directly?" Weierle asked suspiciously.

　　"This is the problem. They can’t make any plans to make peace 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 seem to be able to resist. Surrender to us under circumstances. They have to consider their own political lives. If he proposes this plan now, their political lives will come to an end. Wei Gang and Bei Dan are not fools.

　　 And the offensive plan suddenly proposed by De Gaulle just gave them a chance. Of course, they will not let go of this opportunity to achieve their goals and also to combat the disobedient young and strong faction.

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

　　 "I kind of understand what you mean. Führer." Weierle replied depressedly.

　　" For Wei Gang and Petain, the implementation of this plan is completely a win-win business. If the weather is pitiful, the German high command suddenly made them realize this plan, then as the Supreme Commander, They will be admired and appreciated by 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 creator of the plan, de Gaulle, a representative of the French government and the young military faction. They could say that they were completely deceived by de Gaulle, or that it was de Gaulle's vigorous encouragement to agree to this plan. Therefore, under the unanimous crusade by the French military and civilians, the young and strong will never recover, and power will continue to be firmly in the hands of their veteran politicians and generals.

　　 There is another thing they want most, that is, they can find a chance to negotiate with us from the failure of this battle. If this battle fails, France will lose most of its reserve forces. Wei Gang and Petain will have no reason to continue resisting. They can make peace with us in the name of saving France.

　　 I think if we agree to give them the same power as they are now, they will be willing to surrender unconditionally. These two men are no longer the heroes of the last war, and the years have wiped out their courage and confidence. The long-held power and prestige have also corrupted them into a pair of old and cunning politicians. "Xu Jun said indifferently, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

　　 "Then what should we do next, Führer. We watched their conspiracy be punished, and watched the French troops escape back to their defense?" Weierle asked.

　　"How is it possible~IndoMTL.com~Wei Gang and Petain dare to play me as a fool. I want these two old guys to know how serious the consequences will be."

　　 Xu Jun sneered and said: "But now, what we have to deal with is the attack by the few French troops that have been kept in the dark. Especially the Sixth Armored Division, although these documents do not mention her. How much strength is there, but we know that they did not suffer any loss in our bombing. It can be said that she still retains all the strength.

　　 Unexpectedly, they came up with a march at night, a way of hiding during the day to escape our bombing. It seems that our aerial reconnaissance level needs to be strengthened. Even this large armored division can miss it. They still don't know how much it has missed. "

　　 "I see, sir, I will report the situation to all the troops now." Weierle walked to the phone to the side, and when he was about to pick up the receiver, the phone rang suddenly and violently.

　　 "Sir!" Weiller covered the phone in his hand and reported to Xu Jun with a strange look, "Col. Dougen called from the forward command post, and French armored forces appeared in the forward position, France People are starting to attack us. But... I don’t know how to put it right, or let him report to you personally."

　　 "Oh, have the French armored divisions arrived? I didn't expect that they would attack us in such a hurry. What does Dogen want to report to me?" Xu Jun stood up and walked to Weierle~ IndoMTL.com~ Welcome A large number of book friends come to read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~IndoMTL.com~