69novels Chapter 502
Chapter 502
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: 0.045s Scan: 0.032sThe coalition forces stationed in the Liege Fortress abandoned the fortress and fled southward, which gave Dai Gaole, who was heading north, a slight chance!
“If the army in the north can go south to retake the Bastogne area, then we can open up the connection with the north!”
Dai Gaole said to the staff beside him, his tone full of excitement. If he could really do this, then he would not only be able to rescue the coalition forces in the encirclement, but even be able to counter-encircle the German First Army!
“Quick, send a telegram to the coalition forces in the north immediately and ask them to cooperate with our actions. After we take over the Sedan area, we will immediately go north to seek to reunite with them!”
Dai Gaole is very ambitious. If rescuing the coalition forces is considered to have completed the mission, then he wants more than just to complete the mission. He wants to devour an entire German army group! If the German First Army can be devoured, then the troubles and hidden dangers brought by the German army that has penetrated into their interior will be completely eliminated, and they will also reverse the previous decline in one fell swoop and regain the initiative!
Dai Gaole became more and more excited as he thought about it. As long as he can achieve this goal, he will definitely become a hero in the hearts of the Gaul people and a god of war in the hearts of the Gallic army!
After Dai Gaole’s telegram was sent out, the coalition forces in the Liege Fortress quickly responded
“Knowing your intention, my army will go all out to attack southwards, but the German army is chasing us relentlessly from behind, so we only have five days at most. If your army fails to open the passage to the north, then we will be wiped out in the Bastogne area!”
The coalition forces of the Liege Fortress said that the result was very serious, but Dai Gaole understood that the other party did not deliberately exaggerate the facts. If they leave the Liege Fortress at this time, they will naturally lose the protection of the fortress, and the German army will definitely send troops to occupy the fortress.
After occupying the fortress, the German army will no longer have the Liege Fortress as a nail to block them. Whether they attack westwards and directly attack the Belgian capital of Brussels, or attack the Bastogne area to the south and protect the flank of the First Army, it will be very convenient!
In this case, the movements of the coalition forces escaping from the Liege Fortress will definitely influence the choice of the German army.
If they flee in the direction of the Belgian capital, then the German army will definitely focus on attacking the city of Brussels.
But at this time they are moving closer to the Bastogne area, then the German army is bound to follow them and follow Let’s go into the Bastogne area together!
The Bastogne area is surrounded by an open area, which is also one of the few open areas in the middle of the Ardennes Forest. If we occupy this area, we can radiate the entire Ardennes Forest.
Therefore, when Guderian attacks southward and crosses the Ardennes Forest, he will focus on attacking here. Only after they are sure to occupy the Bastogne area, they dare to continue to move south!
The location of the Bastogne area is extremely important, which has been proven in both World War I and World War II.
During World War I, the last battle of the German army on the Western Front took place in the Bastogne area. At that time, Mainz personally led his troops to hold their positions and resist the attacks of enemies that were several times stronger.
During World War II, the last counterattack of the German army on the Western Front also took place here. On Christmas Eve in 1944, the mustache man realized that the situation was hopeless. He gathered most of the troops he could gather and launched an offensive in the Ardennes Forest, trying to force the Allies to sign a peace treaty with Hans so that he could take a break!
But this time, the attack was blocked by the 101st Airborne Division of the Eagle Sauce after the German army attacked the area!
The Fifth Army, which was responsible for the attack here, was already at the end of its strength. With running out of fuel, weapons and ammunition, they had no choice but to face the desperate counterattack of the U.S. army.
This battle was one of the few bloody battles fought by the U.S. military during World War II. Together with the Battle of Iwo Jima, it became a scene that the Eagle Sauce and Hollywood relished in later generations.
However, the German army in December 1944 was no longer the German army that had just broken out in World War I. Whether in terms of weapons and equipment or the quality of soldiers, they were no match for the German army. The strongest German army was far from it.
The German army, which had suffered heavy losses on the Eastern Front, was now only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled. They were not as good as the Allied forces on the opposite side in terms of weapons and equipment or personnel quality.
In this case, the Battle of the Bulge, a counterattack that was impossible to succeed at the beginning, could actually cause such huge losses to the Allied forces after it started, and even made the Allied forces face a situation of collapse across the board. It has to be said that the combat effectiveness of the Allied forces, especially the combat effectiveness of the Eagle Sauce, was really poor!
If it was not the Eagle Sauce army but the Bear army, with the three melons and two dates in Model’s hand, if they dared to attack, let alone Zhukov, any famous generals such as Vatutin, Konev, Rokossovsky, etc. could pack up and take the German army away!
As a result, the Allied forces suffered such a huge loss, but they only defended the front line and forced the German army to retreat.
Dai Gaole knew the importance of the Bastogne area, and he believed that the German commander would also see this clearly, so after the army of the Liege Fortress went south, the German army would definitely follow and attack them.
Without the obstruction of the Liege Fortress, the German attack could be launched from all directions at the same time, and with the speed of the German army, their armored forces could quickly launch a pincer attack, crossing the flanks of the coalition forces from both wings, and detouring to the side to complete the comprehensive encirclement of the coalition forces, just like they used Belgium as an encirclement and launched attacks from the Windmill Country and Luxembourg at the same time!
Although from Dai Gaole’s point of view, the German encirclement seemed a bit rough, with loopholes everywhere, and it seemed that there were leaks everywhere, and it was impossible to lock all the coalition forces in!
But he had to admit that as long as the encirclement was established, at least half of the coalition forces in the encirclement would not be able to break through!
The special terrain of the Bastogne area determined that as long as they were surrounded, then except for���Someone can come to rescue them, otherwise they will be dead!
The other party is willing to risk the destruction of the entire army to cooperate with him to implement the combat plan, which touched Dai Gaole’s heart!
At the same time, he also secretly warned himself that this battle can only win but not lose!
Retracting his eyes and focusing on the Sedan area opposite, General Dai Gaole took a deep breath! The
German army did not deploy many troops in the Sedan area. There was only one infantry division left here, with only about 20,000 people.
For Dai Gaole, who had an army of 400,000, it seemed that it was not difficult to take down this city with only more than 20,000 people!
However, after seeing the defense line arranged by the German army, Dai Gaole cursed shamelessly!
The German army is really shameless!
They used armored tactics to deal with the coalition forces that were still using the trench war book of World War I, using their speed to beat the slow with the fast, and the coalition forces had no power to fight back.
And when they dealt with the coalition attack, they actually learned from the coalition to engage in trench warfare!
Outside the city of Sedan, the German army built extremely complete fortifications, equipped with a large number of trenches and bunkers.
In addition, barbed wire and mines were arranged outside the trenches, so Dai Gaole didn’t know where to start for a while!
“What a cunning fox, it actually turned itself into a hedgehog covered with thorns!”
After seeing the German defense, Dai Gaole cursed the Hans for being shameless in his heart.
Although the French army has an advantage in numbers, they lack armored forces with strong assault capabilities like the German army.
Although they also have a lot of tanks, their tanks are used as accompanying support firepower for infantry, not as a separate army for special use.
At this time, the German army has used the tactic of blitzkrieg to prove that their understanding of armored warfare is correct, and Gaul and the British Sun never set on armored weapons.
However, time is tight, and they have no time to adjust slowly. Even if all the tanks are concentrated, because of the lack of experience in armored warfare, their temporarily formed troops will not have any combat effectiveness, which makes them unable to imitate the German tactics. They can only continue to fight stupid battles according to their own tactics step by step!
And the traditional tactics are most afraid of this kind of trench warfare!