Chapter 524 War Always Kills People

Now, it has not yet reached the level of World War I. World War I almost lost, and finally came back, and World War II will be the same!

Churchill was firm. He told those present that he had not yet failed. How could he surrender at such a time?

Petain looked at Churchill, and there were many emotions in his eyes.

Little brother, this is different from World War I!

Petain is not Wei Gang. In the past two years, Petain has been an ambassador in Spain, and he has seen a lot of things. For example, the combat effectiveness of the German armored forces, for example, the combat capabilities of the ground forces with the cooperation of the aviation force.

Although Petain is old, he is still not confused. He has always been a person who dares to innovate. Just before World War I, he realized how important the artillery coverage before the attack starts, and advocates equipping troops with more suppression. artillery.

This era has changed. The Germans took the lead in the transformation of the troops. The German armored divisions showed great combat capabilities. France could not stop them at all.

Pétain is old, and over the years, Pétain has seen through a lot, and if there is victory, there will be defeat.

France has no chance of winning, even if it can see a little hope of victory, Pétain will not say such words, Pétain has seen it now, and now continues to resist, and now surrender, the only difference is that France How many are dead.

Since it is doomed to fail, why let the blood of French soldiers go in vain?

The revival of France cannot be achieved through military victory, but should be the result of the suffering of the motherland and its descendants, just as it was when Germany surrendered.

At the same time, the armistice was not a punishment for defeat, but a new beginning, a necessary condition for the perpetuation of immortal France.

This is Petain's view.

But now, there are not many people who support Petain.

Petain was just stating his point of view. After he finished speaking, Churchill suddenly appeared and told him righteously that the war had not yet reached the point of defeat!

Facing Churchill, Petain remembered himself when he was young, braved the enemy's bullets and crawled on the ground with the frontline soldiers, convincing the soldiers that, as the commander, he would not only let his troops go to death, he wanted to. with the troops.

Maybe it's because I'm getting old and have no ambition?

In the end, Petain didn't speak, stood up, turned around, and left the venue.

Petain's departure made the others relieved. After all, Petain's authority was too great. If Petain insisted on surrendering, it would be difficult for others to say. There was no one who was more qualified than him. Old, not even Prime Minister Renault is as qualified as he is.

"Now, we must redistribute our troops." Wei Gang said: "We are in the south of the Germans, and we organize a line of defense to protect our homeland."

Just now, Wei Gang's speech to Marshal Pétain was quite shocking. After all, Marshal Pétain is a household name in France. Although Wei Gang is only a dozen years younger than Marshal Pétain, he is still an old guy. , After all, Wei Gang has no qualifications.

Although Wei Gang also participated in World War I and served as the chief of staff of the French Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, he really did not have any heroic deeds that the French would remember.

Many times, he also admired Marshal Pétain, and now Marshal Pétain is about to surrender! Wei Gang's will has actually begun to shake, but now, he is still in the main battle faction. He was beaten by Germany. He has not woken up yet.

Resistance is useless, surrender is the right way!

Now, the Anglo-French coalition forces that are surrounded in the north have unimaginable consequences. Wei Gang knew that if he wanted to keep most of the southern part of France, he would need to set up a new line of defense in the southern part of the current front.

Wei Gang's words attracted the attention of many people. He pointed at the map with a baton and said, "We have established a new line of defense between the Somme and the Aisne, and planted a large number of mines to hinder the opponent's The advance of the tanks and these several battles have confirmed that our offensive capabilities are insufficient, but we are still very confident in defense, and we are stepping up the production of new anti-tank guns and strive to serve them as soon as possible."

Obstruct the attack of the German armored forces! Relying on mines on the one hand and anti-tank guns on the other, there is still hope for France!

"At the same time, while we are setting up this line of defense, we must also set up a second line of defense behind this line of defense, along the Somme River, Oise River and Aisne River, to guard against danger, and at critical times. , blow up the bridge, but also protect the safety of our south."

"At the same time, we have to mobilize the army, recruit reserves, and switch to the wartime system. I believe that we can still resist the German attack and slowly turn to the counter-offensive."

Although under Wei Gang's command, he had just suffered a defeat, but the main force of the United Kingdom was lost. Anyway, Wei Gang was not the only one who suffered defeat under the Germans.

And now, Wei Gang's idea is to set up two lines of defense. By using the various rivers and natural moats in France as fortresses, he can block the Germans from going south and protect half of France. His idea was unanimously approved.

Hearing his plan, Churchill was already annoyed.

"What about the besieged army in the north? The French should dispatch 30 divisions to rescue them!" Churchill said.

As long as the French army dispatched 30 divisions and attracted the attention of Germany, then, at least the British army could successfully withdraw to Dunkirk. Now, Churchill is not willing to tell the truth to his French colleagues. People are so stupid.

"We now have only 71 divisions." Wei Gang said: "We are not enough to build a line of defense. Moreover, it has been proved that we cannot rescue the army there. I hope God bless them."

Wei Gang's words aroused Churchill's anger: "Are you going to abandon them? Those soldiers are the most elite troops! If you abandon them, then we have no future!"

On the battlefield, when necessary, some people must be abandoned, and now, Wei Gang wants to lose the British and French allied forces in the encirclement, which is still unacceptable to Churchill.

"I'm sorry." Wei Gang's words were blunt: "War always kills people."

War is to kill people. Britain and France have been appeasing for 20 years, but they just don’t want to die. But now, when the war really comes, they can’t accept this reality.

That has to be accepted. Since they cannot be saved, they can only be left to fend for themselves.