Three Hundred and Fourteenth New Weapon Report

"Yes, the monster appeared here west of Laon. We were preparing to attack, and it kept firing from a distance, destroying our tanks... I have never seen such a terrible thing. At a distance of 1,000 meters, the turret of the B1 tank was blown away with one shot." A French tank soldier stated this.

"My God, we were preparing to attack in the village, and I was sitting behind an ft-17 tank, counting my ammunition. I don't know what happened, an ft-17 tank in the distance suddenly There was an explosion, and then there was a rumbling sound, and then I heard people shouting to retreat, so I retreated." Another French infantryman still looks flustered.

"There were no tanks approaching us. It was a plain area. You know, after the Battle of the Pass, we did not choose narrow terrain to attack. This time we were on the plain, so the vision was very good. The German tanks were at least far away from us. At 500 meters, the shells flew in and hit our tank directly." Said the first soldier who was questioned.

"I had binoculars in my hand at the time. When the German army launched an attack, I saw tanks in the distance. There were more than a dozen tanks, and many of them were very different from the previous Leopard tanks... and definitely not the Panther tanks." Kind of. I think it is a new type of weapon, a powerful new type of weapon, that thing can penetrate any type of our tank at a distance of 800 meters." A judge said dejectedly.

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This is a massive investigation into why insiders shed light on the failure. I originally wanted to find out some tactical problems, but unexpectedly got a jaw-dropping news-the German army not only changed their tactics, but even changed their weapons and equipment.

"Wow", an officer in charge of investigating the defeat spread a thick pile of papers in front of General de Gaulle, and then sighed and said: "I have to admit that the German army invested a kind of A new type of tank, this tank may be equipped with a more powerful tank gun, the German army also changed the previous tank rush tactics, and defeated our advance team with long-range attacks."

"I always think that it is impossible for the German army to invest in any new tanks. Their Leopard tanks already have an absolute advantage over our B1 tanks. Can you imagine that they have become so powerful?" Charles de Gaulle and his counterpart a few days ago Bi, has obviously aged a lot, and the vigor and strength in speaking are also much less.

Sometimes a person's physical collapse is due to the destruction of faith. The current de Gaulle is undoubtedly because of his long-standing beliefs, which were crushed by the performance of the German army, so he weakened so quickly.

The armored force theory he advocated did not bring him victory, but instead blossomed and borne fruit with his opponents, and now he knows that the armored force construction and development he has been insisting on all along is so superficial and weak. Whenever he thought he had grasped the key to the strength of the German army, the German army used the opposite example to teach him a lesson.

While he was obsessed with heavy tank units composed of heavy armor and large-caliber artillery,

The tanks of the German army have been developing in the direction of main battle tanks with faster speed, smoother communication, better bulletproof appearance and more powerful artillery.

This kind of tank is no longer a weapon, but a platform, an offensive whole composed of dive bombers, lightweight artillery, and mechanized infantry. In the face of this offensive as a whole, the advantage of the French army in a single advantage item cannot change the overall disadvantage at all. This is a kind of backwardness in thinking, a kind of despair that has been completely surpassed.

The advanced German fighter jets defeated the French and British air forces in the sky, firmly controlling the air superiority over the entire theater, and then the -217 bombers began to destroy the airport, threatening the city and spreading fear to every corner. Immediately afterwards, the Stuka bombers roared down, destroying the assembled French troops on the ground, leaving the French army with an air force advantage but struggling passively. Immediately afterwards, the German tanks rampaged, shattering the fantasy of the French army wanting to drag the war into a protracted war, interspersed and detoured at a speed never before seen by human beings, and disrupted the combat deployment of the entire coalition forces. Behind the tanks, the German grenadiers quickly followed up in trucks and armored vehicles, filling the blank space left by the tanks and covering the flanks of the armored forces.

Although this set of tactics seems immature, it is extremely efficient and powerful. It gave Accardo the halo of a master tactician, gave the German Yuan the nickname of the God of War, and brought the German Army the honor of being invincible— —Of course, it also brought de Gaulle into a nightmare where he could not wake up, put the shackles of a defeated general on General Gan Malin, and caused tens of thousands of losses to the British and French coalition forces.

"But general, it is impossible for so many soldiers to lie." The officer said with some embarrassment. .”

"Let's take a look at this." De Gaulle handed a piece of information to the officer, and he picked up a piece of testimony from a soldier at random and flipped through it.

The officer took the document de Gaulle handed him, and after a glance, his face turned pale with fright. Because it said the latest movements of the German army, and it happened that these movements were the last thing the British and French allied forces wanted to see.

In Belgium, due to the betrayal of General Gelu and the defection of the Belgian army, the British and French allied forces once again fell into a bitter battle, like a giant trapped in a quagmire, struggling left and right but still unable to get out. They have been defeated all the way to the southwest, but they have been unable to get rid of the entanglement and encirclement of the German army.

The invisible wall that restrained the advance of the German army has disappeared, and the German armored forces began an all-out attack after a short rest. De Gaulle's 10th Panzer Corps was easily defeated and retreated another 10 miles to the south. This also frustrated the plan to attack the German Army Group A again.

In northern France, the armored groups of the German army had rested overnight, and the engines roared again. Guderian's troops stormed Hamm, where they routed the French infantry that stood in his way. Now the defeat in the area west of Laon is not enough to surprise de Gaulle, because his neighbor, the French Ninth Army, is about to lose the important town of Hamm.

Of course, this is only the German flank protection force. On the front of the attack is Rommel's 7th Panzer Corps. This force has captured all the bridges along the way and rushed towards Albert aggressively. If they can successfully occupy Albert, then the entire Allied transportation and supply lines in Belgium will be exposed to the threat of German tanks.

Another desperate news came from the direction of Stone, where the French reconnaissance force had discovered that the German regular infantry had replaced the original small number of grenadiers, strengthening the defense line between Stone and Lisley. The German cavalry had already moved into the vicinity of Laon, and the elite mechanized grenadiers had drawn out their troops, and began to attack again with the German tanks. The situation that the French army feared most appeared again.

"General! What... what should we do now?" The officer asked de Gaulle in a panic after reading the intelligence analysis.

"What else can we do?" De Gaulle gave a wry smile, sighed and said, "The Luftwaffe paralyzed the main lines of communication. The troops mobilized by our army are either stuck on it, or because the mobilization is too slow, they are still unable to form combat effectiveness."

He pointed to the map, and said helplessly to this subordinate: "Even if they are formed and have a certain combat effectiveness, they will not be able to defeat the German armored forces without heavy weapons. Because even we, Didn't do that."

"If General Gan Malin can still clearly realize the key to the problem, he will let us give up the front and hit all the forces to defend Amiens. That is the key that must be defended." He finally tapped on the map One point said.

"General! I am rushing to Amiens with all the troops I can find." The officer stood at attention and said, "I assure you, if I can't defend Amiens, I will die in battle there, and I will never take a step back!"

"It's not that I don't believe in your determination." De Gaulle smiled, waved his hand and said, "Because I'm going to Amiens too. We have lost a lot and we don't have much power to spare, so I decided to make a last-ditch effort this time—" 30 tanks, that's all I can find. It's up to God to bless France this time..."

At the same moment, the forward of the German armored forces was preparing to cross the river by a river. They seized the bridge over the river and captured more than 100 of the French troops who remained there. These German tanks were resting by the river, looking at the river with confident smiles. This is the upper reaches of a very famous river. Many years ago they fought the worst battle in human history here. The German army lost more than 530,000 people here.

That's right, this is the upper reaches of the Mu River, and it's only a short distance from General Guderian's attack target Ham this time. The French army had no ability to organize the advance of the German army, and the German armored forces that had resumed their replenishment and supplies moved westward much faster than the defeated French army.

In many cases, they left a large number of prisoners behind, and some French defenders even thought that these tanks were British allies. The German army's lightning assault left Gan Molin and Gott, who were struggling in Belgium, helpless. Germany's Group A and Group B attacked back and forth. It seemed that the failure of the British and French coalition forces had become a foregone conclusion. However, the telegram sent to Gott in the UK clearly pointed out that the turning point will happen within a few days. As long as they continue to hold on, a miracle will happen. may appear.