stonecrandall Chapter 505
Chapter 505
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: 0.059s Scan: 0.032sIn fact, when the Gallic army began to mobilize, Mainz had been paying close attention to the movements of the Gauls!
The number of Gallic troops around the Iron Tower City was not large, and the main force of the French army was not near its capital, but in the two places of Belgium and the Maginot Line.
Therefore, when the Gauls first faced the situation of the Belgian coalition forces being surrounded, they hesitated and did not dare to send troops directly to rescue this friendly army. It was not until the prime minister of the sun never set personally flew over to persuade the president of Gaul that the Gauls made up their minds and sent out their own troops.
However, there were only so many Gallic troops. If they sent out the troops to protect the capital area, the capital area would be empty!
Combining the intelligence obtained by the German army in the Maginot Line and other places, plus the French army’s own internal military telegrams, the German army obtained important intelligence after deciphering and summarizing!
The Gauls planned to transfer the troops guarding the capital area to the front line to rescue the coalition forces in the encirclement, and then transfer part of the troops on the Maginot Line to protect the capital!
This decision is very bold, but if handled well, this method is also very effective.
The Maginot Line is far from the front line, but close to the capital, and the north of the capital is the core area of the battle at this time, so sending troops from the capital area is the fastest way!
Therefore, by letting the troops in these two places transfer to each other, just like the usual rotation of defense, the Gauls can ensure the safety of their capital and withdraw troops to rescue their allies.
This method can be called the best of both worlds!
However, there are still some risks in it. This risk is: the departure of the troops stationed in the Iron Tower City will happen immediately, but it will take some time for the troops on the Maginot Line to arrive at the Iron Tower City! During the period when the original defenders left and the defenders who filled the defense gap had not arrived, the entire Iron Tower City was almost an undefended empty city!
Although this time window is very short, only about two to three days, if the German army has accurate intelligence in advance, it can take advantage of this time window to catch Gaul off guard!
So Mainz has been waiting. He has already let the Sixth Army enter the Ardennes Forest, but he did not let the Sixth Army go north to cooperate with the Third and Fourth Armies to encircle and annihilate the 600,000 coalition forces in the Bastogne area, nor did he let them rush south to support the First Army that was surrounded in the Sedan area and was in a bitter battle!
Mainz gave Dietrich only one order: wait!
And what he was waiting for was this opportunity now!
At this time, the more than 400,000 French troops led by Dai Gaole had been fighting the German army in the Sedan area. His attention could be said to have been completely attracted by the German army in the Sedan area and the friendly forces in the Bastogne area. He had no time to take care of the German army in other areas! The
French army retreating from the Maginot Line was still on the road at this time, just arriving in the Nancy area!
There was originally a train station here, and the French army could take a train to their capital quickly.
However, Mainz specifically instructed Goering to send the Air Force to bomb several important transportation hubs in the French army, including the Nancy area.
Under the bombing of the German B-29, key targets such as train stations and railway bridges in these cities were targeted and destroyed, which made it impossible for the French army to use the railway and had to walk to their capital.
Nancy is at least 250 kilometers away from the Iron Tower City. This distance takes at least two days to reach!
Simply from the distance, the German army in the Faarden Forest in the Nancy area is about the same distance from the Iron Tower City.
However, the German army can use the speed of cavalry and armored troops to enter the Iron Tower City before them when they set off at the same time!
Moreover, the German army can also send bombers to harass, obstruct the advance of the French army, slow down their speed and hit their morale!
This creates an opportunity for the German army to surprise the Iron Tower City and capture the capital of Gaul!
The Iron Tower City is the capital of Gaul. It has a large population and factories. It is the core and hub of the entire northern Gaul region and has a very high reputation in the world!
Occupying this place is bound to cause a sensation around the world, and let the whole world see the powerful strength of the German army!
This is of great political significance to Hans!
Once this place is controlled, a large number of factories and a large population here will fall into the control of the German army, which is also of great military significance to the German army!
Originally in history, after being attacked, Gaul lost millions of troops within five days. If the coalition forces in Benelux and other places had not been lenient to the little mustache and withdrew part of them from Dunkirk, I am afraid they would all be wiped out!
But even so, the failure of Benelux and other places also caused the coalition forces to lose 87 divisions and more than one million troops!
If the German army had not been busy eating up the more than one million allied forces, they would have had the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos in the Gauls and launch an attack on the capital of Gaul!
However, because the progress of the war was beyond the German high-level, especially beyond the expectations of the mustache, the mustache did not dare to advance rashly. He was worried that sending troops south directly would cause the German army to be attacked from both sides. At that time, not only would it not be able to eat the more than one million enemy troops in the encirclement, but it might also be surrounded by the enemy.
Therefore, from May 23 to June 5, the German army was busy digesting the enemies in the encirclement and had no time to attack the Iron Tower City.
At this time, Mainz felt that they did not need to prioritize the more than one million people in the encirclement. These people had been completely surrounded, and their fighting will and morale were rapidly declining. Although they still looked terrible in terms of numbers, these more than one million people had become docile sheep and were no longer a threat!
In this case, it was obviously a more urgent task to give priority to attacking the capital of Gaul and preventing Gaul from gathering other domestic forces to organize a second line of defense!
Therefore, he had not given orders to the Sixth Army, just waiting to implement this plan!
At this time, the time was ripe for the Sixth Army to march towards the Iron Tower City!
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As early as three days ago, Dietrich’s Sixth Army had captured the Maubeuge area. The capital of Gaul was about 200 kilometers southwest of them.
The terrain in northern Gaul was flat, and this distance could be reached within a day for both cavalry and armored forces!
If they had not received orders, Dietrich would have led his troops to kill towards the Iron Tower City!
At this time, after hiding in the Ardennes Forest for several days, they finally received the order to attack, which made Dietrich extremely excited!
“Soldiers, General Mainz has entrusted us with this most important task. This is the highest trust in us. We must never let General Mainz down. All troops must listen to my order. All troops must march towards the Eiffel Tower City at full speed. I hope that before tomorrow morning, I can drink with you at the banks of the Seine!”
“Long live Deutschland, long live General Mainz!”
After Dietrich finished speaking, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the entire Sixth Army burst into uniform shouts!
“Long live Deyizhi!”
“Long live General Mainz!”
The army’s morale had been fully mobilized, and the desire for war that had accumulated over three days of dormancy was completely ignited at this moment!
This made Dietrich nod with satisfaction, so he personally boarded a tank and shouted loudly:
“Conquer the Tower City!”
“Capture the Gallic President alive!”
“Conquer the Tower City!”
“Capture the President of Gaul alive!”