Two Hundred and Thirty One Plan

Internal problems, how to deal with them are only internal problems. What makes Arkado feel the pain now is the British Navy's combat operation this time. Now it seems that the British have a foreboding of the coming of war, and they seem to have made all preparations for war.

On the contrary, it is still believed that the British will continue to tolerate the development of the German navy in a confused manner, which is a miscalculation of the German navy. The cost of miscalculation was heavy, as heavy as a destroyer and a Stuka bomber. For Germany, this revenge cannot but be avenged.

At least in Accardo's mind, he advocated a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood. So if the British navy sank a German destroyer, then the German navy would have to sink at least ten British battleships to get revenge.

In order to take revenge, the Führer established a new command structure: the High Command of the Third Reich. On the day of the establishment of this institution, Arcardo personally ordered that he used his unparalleled authority in the army and various institutions to unify the scattered German command system.

The Waffen SS was placed under the command of the Wehrmacht Army, and the supply and operations were all handled by the Wehrmacht. The original SS organization was only used as a recruiting agency to recruit soldiers to supplement losses. The Air Force established a liaison office with the Navy and the Army to better accomplish coordinated combat missions.

In order to better complete the combat mission on the Western Front, Arkado will directly supervise Army Commander Brauhitch, Navy Commander Reeder, and Air Force Commander Catherine, and jointly formulate a combat plan for a coordinated attack by sea, land and air. However, many German officials lacked interest in the French war, and they did not want to destroy the peace at hand.

The intelligence department has been expanded again, integrating the respective intelligence agencies of the army, navy, and air force. With the addition of analysis and reverse osmosis, Gascoll seems to be responsible for more things. However, part of the arrest tasks were assigned to the SS, which can be regarded as a subsidy for the SS's authority.

When he came to Berlin as commander of the 21st Infantry Corps, Manstein was nervous. His plans were imperfect, but aimed at overturning the Army's operational plan, code-named "Yellow Box."

50 years old is undoubtedly a very good age for a commander. At this time, generals often have the impact of daring to fight when they were young, and they also have mature and stable experience and experience. Manstein just turned 50 this year.

The content of the "yellow box" is actually not difficult to guess, and even the French commanders have guessed a general idea: Germany plans to prepare three armies, a, b, and c. The c army is responsible for feigning the front of the Maginot line and trapping the horses. The French army on the Chino line of defense; Lundstedt's Army A was responsible for attacking Belgium and Luxembourg, breaking the French line of defense there; and the main force of the attack was Army B, which was deployed in the Netherlands and northern Belgium, and was responsible for attacking Belgium and Luxembourg. South all the way into the Netherlands and Belgium and other low-lying countries.

The original "Yellow Box Project" is not really brilliant,

The German commanders on the Western Front who had been ordered to carry out the plan had been hesitant. They, even the Führer himself, thought the plan was unlucky, because it hardly allowed the Wehrmacht to adopt the blitzkrieg tactics that had won in Poland.

In Poland, an army of elite tank units, motorized units, and mechanical artillery regiments received strong support from Stuka dive bombers, and immediately broke through the thin line of defense of the Polish defenders. The armored troops rushed into the enemy's position, opening a huge gap, allowing regular infantry to flood in like a tide.

And if this tactic is to act according to the yellow box plan, the key breakthrough of the b army will almost certainly hit the main British and French troops entering Belgium. In this way, the collision of the main forces of the two armies is inevitable, not only will the price be extremely high, but the success or failure is unpredictable, and these are all things Akado does not want to see. Even if the British and French troops suffered losses, they could fall back and follow the Somme all the way to northern France, blocking the Germans in the area and leaving the Germans in the same stalemate as in the First World War.

Of course, Arcardo knew the correct answer to this question, but he needed a military professional to complete the plan for him, and then obtained the consent and implementation of the entire military. This spokesperson he chose Manstein.

Manstein drew up a battle plan called "Operation Scythe" at the prompt of Arkado. In this battle plan, he exchanged the offensive content of the German army's a and b army: it became the main attack of the a army, and the b army to assist.

Thus, the main force of the attack became General Lundstedt's Army Group A. They will launch an attack near the Ardennes Plateau, cross the forested heights, infiltrate with elite armored troops, suddenly appear in front of the French troops near Sedan, and tear apart the weak French defense line on the Meuse near Sedan , all the way west to the English Channel.

The troops of Group B were pressing on the British and French allied forces step by step, preventing the main British and French troops from turning back and escaping, forming a huge encirclement, wiping out the hundreds of thousands of British and French allied troops in it.

This plan really liked the Führer Arkado. Like Hitler, he experienced the brutal trench warfare in World War I, and witnessed the tragic killings and huge sacrifices with his own eyes. So he, like Hitler, yearned for a quick end to the war. So this plan that can directly defeat the British and French forces has made him a long-time favorite. Soon the whole plan was deployed.

However, there was still a long way to go before the British and French troops went north to Belgium, so a very coincidental thing happened. A German plane was unfortunately lost while crossing the Belgian border, and the plane made an emergency landing only to find it was in Belgium.

A German officer on the plane violated the Fuhrer's secrecy regulations and packed a complete set of the "Yellow Box Project" and the densely packed oil and ammunition replenishment plan in his own document bag and carried it with him. Before he was knocked out by Belgian soldiers, he had been mad to burn these documents - unfortunately he couldn't.

So the Belgian army quickly shared this information with the French team, because if Belgium was attacked, France would be obliged to send troops to support. This secret document confirmed the speculation of the French side: Germany's main attack force will invade the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries.

The conceited commander-in-chief of the French army, General Cammelin, who was 68 years old at the time, drew up a counterattack plan "Plan d", which was named after the British and French allied forces were required to advance to defend the Dale River. The so-called Delle River Line of Defense is a Belgian town of Dinant that stretches south from Antwerp to the River Meuse.

After Cammelin got this information, in order to ensure the safety of his ally, the Netherlands, he ordered the British and French allied forces to extend the line of defense northward to the town of Breda in the Netherlands. And in one go, the troops deployed in the low countries in the north of France increased from 19 divisions to a full 30 divisions.

Speaking of which, anyone who knows history will know that this plane crash actually happened in another time and space in 1940. How could there be such a coincidence in the world that the same thing happened more than two years ahead of schedule according to Arkado's needs?

Of course, there would not be such a coincidence, but Accardo, who knew the whole story, ordered Gasker's German intelligence department to design a shocking cross-time and space deception. The real intelligence was used, and the real commander was used. Except for a few executors, no one knew the authenticity of this accident.

After learning the news that the main force of the French army was heading north through the intelligence agencies in the Netherlands, Arkado knew that the opportunity for revenge had come. He summoned the generals of the army and deployed a series of tasks. In order to confuse the French, on New Year's Day in 1938, he carefully issued a confusing New Year's speech denouncing the Soviet government.

On New Year's Day in 1938, the head of the Empire, Arkado Rudolph, who made a hurried appearance in Berlin, Germany, boarded a special train. It was announced to the public that this time the Führer would go to Hamburg to inspect the reconstruction process of the shipyard there, but the train suddenly turned to the southwest at two-thirds of the way.

In Hannover, Accardo met with his team of weather experts, who expect good weather for the next few days. The Fuhrer's long-awaited Operation Scythe can start at any time. Unfortunately, on January 2, snow began to fall in northwestern Germany, and the plan had to be postponed again and again.

With the shaking of the train, Arkado became more and more nervous. To be honest, he is now almost no different from an ordinary German general. The history beyond recognition makes him unable to accurately predict the direction of future events. What he can do Just anxiously waiting, waiting for those distorted histories to develop in the direction he wanted.

Hearing the clatter of the wheels hitting the rails, the head of state Arcador lost sleep. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, worried about the weather conditions and the various difficulties that he might encounter in the future. In addition, he worries about the German navy, whether the navy can seize the opportunity to realize the century-long dream of the German navy.

Braving the snow, Arcardo and Ana drove 12 miles in their car. Came to the new headquarters of the Imperial High Command in Western Germany. This is a bunker that was blown up from the foot of a densely wooded mountain. Arkado was not immune to the custom, and continued to use the name Hitler gave here - the stone castle.

The bad weather showed no signs of improving, and the German army was forced to delay what was supposed to be an attack. Arcador was anxious and walked around impatiently in the stone castle's office. But this delay has brought relief to the army generals, who have gained more time to transport troops, hoard supplies, and have more time to prepare bombs and artillery shells that will be used in the new war. .