stonecrandall Chapter 507
Chapter 507
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‘s words forced Dumelo to think seriously!
Doing so obviously means giving up the coalition forces in the north. With more than 600,000 coalition forces, he really didn’t dare to make this decision easily!
However, Gamolin made up the final blow:”President, in the Liege Fortress area, the main force of the coalition forces is Belgian.
Our country only has one army and one division there.
I have already issued orders to the First Army and the Fourteenth Division, asking them to retreat south immediately.
While the German army is besieging the coalition forces in the Bastogne area, they will pass through the Ardennes Forest and break out in a dispersed manner.
I think, in this way, at least some friendly forces will be able to successfully break out, so our final losses should not be particularly large!
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Wouldn’t it be better to die with a friend than with a poor one?
President Dumelo complained in his heart.
However, the meaning of Gamolin’s words couldn’t be clearer. After the 600,000 coalition forces, the French army only had about 100,000 people, and they had already broken out to the south in advance. The rest were basically Belgian troops.
For the safety of the 500,000 Belgian troops, putting Gaul’s own capital in danger is a very uneconomical deal!
At this time, the Belgian country has basically been destroyed. Even if their 500,000 troops are withdrawn, they have to rely on Gaul’s supplies to support them. At that time, they will eat Gaul’s and use Gaul’s, but they will not obey Gaul’s dispatch. This is not a good thing for Gaul!
Therefore, for Gaul, the most favorable option is to take advantage of the main force of the German army besieging the 500,000 Belgian troops, seize the time to shrink the army back, and protect their capital first!
In this way, the 500,000 Belgian troops will be eliminated, and they will not become a huge burden on Gaul in the future. They can also use this time to complete their deployment. This is the lesser of two evils!
President Dumelo took a deep look at Gamelin. He didn’t expect that the commander-in-chief he appointed was so vicious.
That was 600,000 people, including nearly 100,000 of Gaul’s own troops. But in Gamelin’s eyes, those people were just insignificant numbers. He gave up without any hesitation!
“If Dai Gaole’s troops are transferred back, how sure are you that you can defend the Iron Tower City! ?”
President Dumelo persuaded himself not to care about the life and death of the 600,000 coalition troops, and he began to seriously think about General Gamelin’s proposal.
However, it was not easy for him to completely accept Gamelin’s proposal.
Gamelin must tell him how sure he is that he can defend the Iron Tower City by doing this. If he is not sure, then there is no need to do it at all, because it is conceivable that once they do this, it will inevitably become a stain on Gaul and will be condemned by the entire allied country.
And the two of them, as the final decision makers, must bear a greater infamy and take greater responsibility!
If things go wrong, the two of them will bear a lifetime of infamy because of this matter! For such a thing that will be infamous for thousands of years, anyone must weigh whether it is worth it before taking action!
“If Dai Gaole can come back to help in time, then we have a 50% chance of saving Iron Tower City!”
Gan Molin made the worst-case scenario plan, and then gave an answer that made President Du Meiluo gasp!
“Only, only 50%?”
A 50% probability is not low, but it is definitely not high!
The key point is that this is a major issue concerning the survival of the country and the gain or loss of the capital!
If the probability is only 50%, it is almost like a gamble!
If they win, then everything will be fine, but if they lose, not only will they have to bear the infamy, but they will also have to bear the huge loss of losing the capital. It would be better to retreat now and move the capital and government agencies to the southern region!
“If we can have 50%, then God bless France! If the opponent is not the Sixth Army that is missing an armored division, but the First Army or the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Army, then our chance of winning will be less than 30%!”
Gamerin has studied it carefully. It is generally acknowledged that among the seven German armies, the First Army is the strongest! This can be seen from the fact that in this war, the First Army entered Gaul as if there was no one in the land!
Guderian’s First Army began fighting on November 3rd. As of today, November 18th, they have been in Gaul for a full half month!
During this half month, Guderian’s First Army defeated four Allied armies, 17 divisions, and more than 300,000 troops on the front battlefield!
More Allied troops began to disintegrate after hearing the name of the German First Army, and did not dare to confront it at all!
Guderian’s First Army made a comeback at this time. After conquering Dunkirk, it turned back and was attacking Lille.
Gamerin heard that the German army was advancing westward, and the Allied troops they met on the road heard the sound of German tanks and immediately lost their will to fight. They didn’t even need to When the Germans took action, they obediently threw their weapons on the ground and let the German tanks crush them!
There was even a situation where Guderian had too few troops and had no time to capture these soldiers, and then let these soldiers wait for them in place, and come back to capture these people after they conquered the Lille area!
This incredible request was originally impossible to achieve. Any normal person would choose to escape after seeing the enemy leave, but for some reason, the Allied soldiers actually waited obediently in place, even if there was no German soldier in the place, and no one was watching them, they still didn’t dare to run!
This scene was witnessed by Gan Molin, who was inspecting the battlefield by plane. He wrote in his diary with a heavy heart:”The most shocking thing is that the German tanks and planes have caused our soldiers to have a psychological phenomenon of fear, so that they don’t even have the courage to escape. They can only wait in place and wait for the Germans to capture them.
To be honest, I have never seen anything like this in my life. The performance of this army is unfamiliar to me. I can’t help but doubt. With such an army, can we still stop the German army?”
After this battle, not to mention ordinary French soldiers, even Gamelin himself had a psychological shadow on the German army, especially Guderian’s First Army!
Of course, he thought so in his heart, but he would not say it truthfully. He also needed the Gauls to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude and follow him to fight the enemy!
That’s why he said this. Fortunately, it was the Sixth Army that came, not other German troops, otherwise, this battle would be even more difficult for them to fight!
“However, I think that if we defend the Iron Tower City, the government will still have to move the capital.
The terrain around the Iron Tower City is too open and too flat.
Such terrain is simply the best battlefield for Hans’s armored forces.
For us, there is no place to defend here.
Unless we can drive the German army to the other side of the Meuse River, we will definitely be in a passive position.
This is not a problem that can be solved simply by increasing troops.
Fighting on the plains, no matter how many people we have, we are just names on the enemy’s long list of prisoners!
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Gamelin’s words made President Dumelo feel even more depressed. Since they would have to give up the Iron Tower City sooner or later, why are they still fighting like this now?
“Well, in that case, the battle will be handed over to you. I will gather all the police, military students and retired veterans in the Tower City and hand them over to you. I hope you can defend our capital!”
President Dumelo finally did not order the abandonment of the Tower City. The situation has not deteriorated to that extent. Although according to Gan Molin’s meaning, they will have to abandon the capital sooner or later, but active abandonment and passive abandonment are two completely different concepts!