69novels Chapter 500
Chapter 500
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: 0.035s Scan: 0.047sAlthough the German army conquered Dunkirk and caused huge casualties to the coalition forces, it is too early to conclude that the German army has won!
Their main threat is not the coalition forces on the front battlefield, but the coalition forces behind them!
On November 15, 192, the same day that Dunkirk fell, the Prime Minister of the British Empire personally flew to the capital of Gaul, Eiffel Tower, urging Gaul to mobilize the whole country for war, and immediately dispatched a troop to the north to open up the passage of Dunkirk and rescue more than one million coalition forces trapped in the encirclement!
“If we do not take action, we will completely lose these more than one million troops. At that time, the German army will surely take advantage of the victory and directly attack your capital. Your capital area is no longer indefensible at this time. Do you think you can stop the millions of German troops with just a Meuse River defense line?”
Prime Minister Lloyd George persuaded earnestly, hoping that the Gauls would listen to his advice and immediately send troops to rescue the coalition forces trapped in the encirclement. Once they act slowly, the coalition forces may collapse.
Although the main forces here are Gauls and Belgians, the British Empire also has more than 300,000 troops here. This army is extremely important to the British Empire. If they are allowed to be eaten by the German army here, there will be huge loopholes in the defense of the British Empire!
Although they have tried to withdraw troops from colonies around the world to support the mainland, it will take time for these troops to arrive in the mainland. Before that, they must rely on the few remaining troops in their own mainland to resist the German attack!
Therefore, at this time, if the 300,000 people in Belgium can be rescued, and by the way, If some of the 600,000 Belgian troops could be taken back to the British mainland, the defense of the British mainland would be safe!
However, it is impossible for the British mainland to break through the German encirclement by its own strength. First, they do not have enough troops. Second, even if they have so many troops, it will take time to transport them. By the time their reinforcements arrive at the battlefield, it will be too late. The coalition forces in the encirclement must have been wiped out!
Therefore, the Gauls are the closest to the battlefield and have the most power to rescue this army at this time!
After hearing what Prime Minister Lloyd George said, President Gaul had an embarrassed expression on his face.
The encircled army includes not only the British and Belgian armies, but also their own armies. In fact, the Gaul army is the real main force. , it is impossible for the Gauls to let their army of more than 600,000 be wiped out by the German army.
So they must be rescued!
However, the problem now is that their main forces are distributed on the Maginot Line.
Gaul originally had about 200,000 troops, of which more than one million were distributed on the long Maginot Line to prevent the German attack.
The remaining part of the army was distributed in the northern region and the capital.
At this time, because the German army bypassed the Maginot Line and launched a sneak attack on Gaul from the Windmill Country and Luxembourg area, the more than 600,000 troops of Gaul in the north were surrounded at once!
If they had enough troops at this time, the Gauls would immediately send troops to rescue the besieged coalition forces.
However, the problem is that the Gauls do not have enough troops!
Their main forces are in Maginot. On the Normandy defense line, there was no time to withdraw troops to rescue the besieged coalition forces. The only troops that could be mobilized were probably the approximately 400,000 troops defending near the capital and along the Meuse River!
However, this army was used to ensure the bottom line. If this army was sent out, who would protect the capital of Gaul?
Neither of them could answer this question. They were just politicians, not professional soldiers, so professional matters had to be left to professionals.
So, the President of Gaul immediately asked someone to invite General Gamelin, the Chief of the Army General Staff, hoping that he would help them with some reference! However
, unfortunately, General Gamelin was not in the city now. He went to the front line to inspect the situation. Only a young staff officer was left in the command center. As a last resort, the person who went to deliver the order had to invite this staff officer over!
“Army Major General Dai Gaole reports to you!”
This staff officer is none other than Dai Gaole, who was promoted by Marshal Foch before he retired.
The new President of Gaul had no impression of Dai Gaole, but he was a little surprised to hear that he was a major general.
In the Gallic Army, where seniority is the most important factor, there are not many people who can become a major general at such a young age!
Since this guy can become a major general at such a young age, it means that he either has a very deep background or has excellent military ability.
Since he had never heard of the other party’s name before, he should belong to the latter.
Thinking of this, the President of Gaul was much more excited.
He repeated the conversation with the Prime Minister of the British Empire just now, and then asked Dai Gaole about his attitude.
“I think it is unlikely that the German army will launch an attack from the Maginot Line. This line of defense is too difficult for the German army to crack. A direct attack here is not only extremely costly, but also ineffective. Since they have opened a passage from Belgium, the German army will inevitably continue to increase the intensity of the attack from the north!”
Dai Gaole actually had his own ideas a long time ago, but no one listened to his opinions.
The Maginot Line has an extraordinary significance in Gaul. This line of defense is the strongest line in the world that Gaul spent billions of francs and spent several years to carefully build.
In the hearts of the Gauls, the Maginot Line is not only a line of defense in a military sense, but also the greatest security guarantee in their hearts.
As long as the Maginot Line is still there, the Gauls will have confidence in their hearts and will be able to persevere.
Once the Maginot Line is breached, the last support in their hearts will be gone. The confidence of the Gauls will probably plummet and they will completely lose the will to resist!
In this case, the Gauls dare not withdraw from the Maginot Line easily. They have always firmly believed that the German army will definitely launch an attack from the Maginot Line. Once they withdraw, Hans will take advantage of the opportunity to break through the interception of the Maginot Line and appear in the east of Gaul!
Compared with the narrow terrain in the north, In other words, the border between eastern Gaul and Hans is too long, so as long as the German army breaks through the Maginot Line, Gaul will be completely screwed!
The Prussians had already demonstrated this to the Gauls in the Franco-Prussian War sixty years ago!
That time, the German army attacked from the Rhine region, along the Vosges Mountains, and entered the Gaul mainland from Teslasburg. It took only a few battles to completely defeat their defenses, causing Gaul to suffer a humiliating defeat!
With such a successful example in front, it is difficult to guarantee that the German army will not copy the previous successful tactics and repeat the same trick again!
Seeing that the president’s expression was very hesitant, Dai Gaole sighed and could only choose a compromise!
“Since Hans did not launch an attack from the Maginot direction, the troops in the Maginot direction should be withdrawn immediately, at least half of the troops should be withdrawn, and then these withdrawn troops should enter the Iron Tower City and the capital for defense, and the troops stationed in the Iron Tower City should immediately march north to attack the back of the German First Army, and cooperate with the coalition forces in front to break the enemy’s encirclement!
In this way, the capital will be protected by the army, and the troops surrounded on the front will also be rescued!
Only in this way can we rescue our surrounded troops, and the sooner the better. The longer it is delayed, the more adequate the German army will be prepared. At that time, the probability of our successful operation will be greatly reduced or even impossible to succeed!”
President Gaul thought about it, this is indeed a best of both worlds, so he nodded:”In this case, the 400,000 troops near the capital will be handed over to you for command, Major General Dai Gaulle, Gaul’s hopes are all pinned on you, don’t let me and 40 million citizens down!”