Chapter 607: Crossing the Oise River

Quick, quick! For the German armored soldiers, speed is their greatest magic weapon!

When the task of encircling and annihilating the main force of the Anglo-French coalition forces in the north was over, almost all the German troops in the north began to move south quickly, and their goal was Paris!

For any country, occupying their capital would mean conquering them, and from this point of view, France was dangerous.

Because Paris is in the north of France!

It can be said that if the main force of the German army was not to surround and wipe out the main force of the British and French allied forces, but to advance into Paris, then Paris would have been beaten down long ago!

Now that the threat from the north no longer exists, the next task for the German army, of course, is to break through the so-called Weygand Line and occupy Paris!

The French army reluctantly pieced together dozens of divisions into three armies: the 6th, 7th, and 10th armies formed the "Weygand Line" of about 300 miles east-west along the Somme and Aisne, with 17 armies. The division guards the Maginot line. The two lines of defense joined together in an attempt to prevent the Germans from moving south.

And now, the German army has as many as 137 divisions!

To this end, the base battalion issued a combat mission. Army Group B was on the right flank and made a frontal breakthrough to the Somme; Army Group A was on the left flank and made a frontal assault on the Aisne River.

The day after the order was given, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division crossed the Somme first. The French 10th Army, which was defending the Abbeville-Amiens line, was cut in half, and other German divisions were able to move forward through this gap.

Two days later, Rommel's division arrived on the banks of the Seine, but here, he stopped attacking, turned north, and rushed hundreds of kilometers away in one breath, targeting the coastline.

As a result, he arrived at the destination that night, cut off the retreat of the French 9th Army, which was retreating to the coast, and completely captured the army.

At the same time, Rommel's action caused his army to fall behind and lose the opportunity to enter Paris first.

The army on the left flank, since the launch of the river crossing offensive on the Aisne, has been going straight into the land of no one.

Along the way, they continued to capture groups of French troops. These French troops had no will to fight at all. When they saw the German tanks coming up, they did not resist and surrendered directly!

Five days later, Guderian's army advanced more than 400 kilometers, captured 250,000 French troops, and successfully reached the Swiss border town of Pantaril, cutting off the French army in the Maginot line of retreat to escape to Switzerland.

However, not all armies are interested in capturing the enemy. The commander of some armored divisions is focused on one thing, that is, rushing into Paris!

The one rushing to the front is the Waffen SS 3rd Panzer Division, which also has a name called the Skeleton Division!

Their epaulette is a small skeleton. Although they were established later, in several battles, their division has truly realized their ideal and turned the enemy into skeletons!

Unfortunately, in this battle against France, the Skeleton Division did not play a resounding name, and it was not even as good as the Seventh Armored Division in the Wehrmacht, who was the first to rush to Dunkirk.

In the French campaign, the Skeleton Division must have a resounding name. Now, the first troops to enter Paris must be the Skeleton Division!

"We don't have time to capture you, please gather at the back!" Along the way, sitting on his tank, Armored Meier held a loudspeaker and shouted to the French soldiers who were about to surrender to him.

At this time, Meier has no time to accept the captives of French soldiers, leave it to the army behind! If you want to eat meat together, you can't put all the meat in your mouth.

Oh, that German general is so cool!

We failed, no shame, the Germans are so good at fighting.

So, along the way, the French soldiers were in awe of the German general who was shouting with a loudspeaker, and they didn't even have time to capture their own side!

Meier didn't know that he was pretending to be forced, he just wanted to speed up.

After a quick trek, they first came to the Oise River. On the other side of the river was the line of defense that Wei Gang had hastily organized. They wanted to protect half of France with natural dangers.

But the youngest division commander in Germany, the general known as Panzer Meier, would never give the French a chance!

Almost immediately after reaching the Oise River, Meier didn't take a breath, and immediately ordered his subordinates to cross the river!

Cross the Oise River!

As long as you have passed the Oise River, and a few dozen kilometers across from it, it is Paris! This is already the last of the French.

At this time, on the other side of the river, the French army watched in panic as the German army approached. They were different from other troops. At least they knew that behind them was Paris!

"Buzzing." Above his head, the kind of plane that the French army is now well known for flew over. When it dives, the howl is so terrible.

Stuka bomber!

"Boom!" When Stuka pulled up from the dive, there was a huge explosion on the ground. In the explosion, a field artillery fortification was destroyed.

The rapid advance of the German army was inseparable from the seizure of air supremacy. They don't have to worry about the threat above their heads, they should worry about the French on the opposite side!

"Quick, quick!" Kurt shouted to his subordinates, tank troops, how to cross the river? Of course by their own wheeled infantry fighting vehicles!

After finding a suitable shore, the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, with a roaring engine at the rear, slowly drove into the water. When the tires started to spin, the driver put on the water gear. The two propellers at the tail began to turn, pushing the infantry fighting vehicle to swim forward.

Many French soldiers saw this situation for the first time, and instantly, they were stunned.

The equipment of the Germans is simply against the sky. Their armored vehicles can actually sail on water!

"Quick, open fire and stop them from coming!" At this time, the lower-level commanders were already anxious and had to stop the German army from crossing the river. Otherwise, how could they resist when they came?

"Da da da." A bunch of machine guns began to fire at the German armored vehicles on the river. The bullets hit the armor of the armored vehicles, making a bang.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The explosions sounded one after another, and the French soldiers discovered in horror that their machine gun positions were being cleared one by one!

How to cross the river is a common problem in the German armored forces, of course, with wheeled infantry fighting vehicles! And while the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are crossing the river, their tanks can also act as a fire point on the shore to clear the threats on the opposite side!