69novels Chapter 521
Chapter 521
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: 1.042s Scan: 0.026sThe strongest fortress is often breached from the inside!
Gan Molin never expected that President Dumelo would escape, but he was caught in the process of escaping. Being caught would be fine, but the key point is that he was taken back to the capital by the enemy, and then the news was widely publicized, causing panic among millions of people and soldiers in the entire Iron Tower City. No one wanted to continue resisting!
“General, is it true that the president has been captured?”
“I heard that the president was captured by the Germans while escaping. Many people in the city said so.”
“Many people say this, how do they know?”
“These people were driven here from all over by the German army. They saw German troops along the way and witnessed the process of the president being captured by the German army!”
When the news came out, the soldiers in the army immediately started talking about it.
Some people were so angry that they ran to find Gan Molin to ask for an explanation:”We were fighting bloody battles in the front, and the president actually took the lead in escaping in the rear.
It would have been fine if he had escaped, but he was actually captured alive by the German army.
This is really too embarrassing.
I can’t swallow this breath.
These literati politicians don’t take us soldiers seriously and don’t take our lives seriously.
Then I think we don’t need to care about them and just surrender to the German army.
What is there in such a country that is worth our lives for?”
“Yes, that’s right. Even the president took the lead in escaping. Why do you ask us to die in the front?”
“The Germans are so powerful, they are running away because they think we can’t beat them and they are using us as cannon fodder, we are determined not to be cannon fodder!”
As everyone revealed more inside information, the entire French army was immediately excited. People were completely disappointed with the government and the country. They had no intention of continuing to fight for the country!
The external enemies were terrible enough, and at the critical moment, there were such serious problems inside, and the president had set a good example. This made Gamelin not know what excuses to make for President Dumelo!
He sighed. The current situation was already very bad!
Under the fierce attack of the German army, they had already paid Tens of thousands of casualties were inflicted, and most of the outer positions had been lost, including the Louvre.
At this time, the German army attacked from the weak point in the south, causing the empty south to fall completely!
No one knew how many people there were in this German army, but no matter how many people there were, they did not have the extra troops to resist the attack of this army.
As a result, the southern part of the Iron Tower City had fallen into the hands of the German army, and the German army was still advancing to the north. Before the reinforcements arrived, the German army had completed the encirclement of them, and then Next, we have to fight a war of annihilation!
For the Gauls, they have indeed reached the end of their rope.
Gamolin felt that even if the reinforcements arrived at this time, they might not be able to save them. The defeat of the Iron Tower City was certain. The German army had already controlled the urban areas in the west, northeast and south. Two-thirds of the Iron Tower City had fallen into the control of the German army. The urban area in their own hands was less than one-third. If they continued to fight, they would probably all die here!
If President Dumelo had not fled, but chose to stay in the Iron Tower City with them… If they were to live and die together, then even if they had to face the result of the annihilation of the entire army, Gamelin could face it calmly. He believed that the French soldiers would be proud to die for the country just like him.
However, when the president took the lead in escaping, the soldiers’ anger immediately disappeared!
At this time, the resentment in the soldiers’ hearts reached its peak. Even if he used his status as a commander to suppress these people, these people would no longer listen to him.
In fact, he no longer had the power to command these people!
Thinking of this, Gamelin closed his eyes in pain.
He lost this battle!
And it was a very complete defeat!
“Go and contact the German army. We will give up resistance and hope that they can abide by the Geneva Convention and not harm prisoners of war or innocent civilians in the city. This city has suffered enough!”
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“Haha, wouldn’t it have been better if we had done this earlier? Is destroying the Iron Tower City what we want to see?”
After receiving the French army’s request for surrender, Dietrich was relieved.
Although the German army performed much better than the French army in the street fighting and had fewer casualties than the other side, more than 1,000 German soldiers were killed and more than 4,000 were injured since entering the city, with a total casualties of nearly 5,000!
Although such casualties are not considered large for the Sixth Army with 350,000 troops, each of these 5,000 soldiers is a valuable asset of the country, and their loss makes Dietrich feel very distressed.
What a pity! If it were a field battle outside the city, he could guarantee that no more than 2,000 soldiers would be killed. The French army will be completely wiped out if there are only a few casualties!
The uncertainty of street fighting is too great. The complex environment in the city allows the enemy to suddenly appear from anywhere and launch attacks on them, which makes it difficult for them to reduce their casualties.
Moreover, street fighting is a very low-tech thing. An old lady who has not been trained much, with a gun in her hand, can be defeated by a fully armed soldier in a street fighting.
Although the German army has a high level of tactics and its combat literacy is obviously far superior to that of the Gauls, the Gauls still rely on their familiarity with the terrain and use the terrain to cause great damage to the German army. Casualties!
So Dietrich actually didn’t want to fight this battle. This battle not only cost the German army a lot, but also caused great damage to the Eiffel Tower.
The German army itself was fine. They avoided those important factories and historical and cultural monuments, such as Notre Dame de l’Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles.
But the Gauls themselves seemed to have a grudge against these places. They had no intention of avoiding these places and even specifically bombarded their own factory areas, causing many factories to be damaged in the shelling.
If the German Air Force had not destroyed the Gauls in time If they hadn’t used up their artillery, they might have blown up their own factories!
Hans was sure of victory, so he wanted to keep the Iron Tower City intact as much as possible. After all, this was their own wealth. After they occupied this place, they would definitely not withdraw from here, so everything in the Iron Tower City belonged to them, and they naturally had to protect it carefully.
The Gauls fired at their own factories wantonly, which showed that they knew in their hearts that they could not win this battle, so they deliberately fired at these factories to destroy them. They did this because they didn’t want these factories to fall into Hans’ hands.
“Bring that old man Gamelin here for me to see. I want to see what kind of person he is and how he can be so evil-minded!”
After Dietrich gave the order, the German soldiers immediately went to bring Gamelin here.
However, they returned soon without bringing him.
“General, Gan Molin shot himself!”
“What?”
Dietrich was shocked. He never expected that this guy would commit suicide!
“Haha, he was a character. Never mind. Let him die. Collect his body and bury it with the bodies of the French army!”
Dietrich shook his head and his evaluation of Gamelin slightly improved.
The fact that he dared to commit suicide at least proved his bravery.
Not all Gauls are spineless people who only want to surrender. They also have a group of people who are willing to die for their country!
Such people are worthy of admiration even as enemies!