0p0 Third Reich Episode 412
Third Reich Episode 412
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"The British army is trying to close the gap. They should have sent all the reserves here." In the joint headquarters of the three countries of Germany, France and Norway, Wei Gang was speaking to Alfred and Student.
"The British didn't have many regular troops to use. This time, the posture should be that they basically brought out the reserve team." Student concluded based on his own understanding.
"They chose the most stupid path." Wei Gang said silently.
"That's right, this Lord Gort is not very capable, and he will do such a stupid way." Student smiled happily.
The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms were much stronger than the British Army in Greenwich in terms of combat effectiveness. What they wanted was to fight the main force of the British Army, and then consume the regular British Army that could fight.
Without the support of the regular army, the remaining national self-defense forces could not pose a threat at all.
Even the French general Weygand, who has always loved to fight defensively, is also very keen on attacking this time.The reason for this is to win the opportunity to fight against the main force of the British army.
Today, Gott has used precious reserves in order to seal the gap.But in fact, this reserve team is the real goal of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.
To fight Greenwich, there are ten thousand ways for the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms to fight it.But what the Allied Command of the Three Kingdoms wants is to destroy the main force of the British army while taking Greenwich.
If you just take Greenwich, leave out the regular British infantry and armored units here, and let these troops withdraw to London, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the subsequent occupation of London.
Every additional division of Gott in London can cause greater blows and casualties to the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.Given London's complex urban terrain, once it develops into street fighting, it will become a huge meat grinder battlefield.
This is a situation that Germany, France, and Norway do not want to see.
On the German side, it was originally expected to invest up to 22 divisions in the British campaign.
However, as the French army took out one more division, Norway had an extra reinforced battalion, and the battle situation was too smooth all the way, the combat effectiveness of the British army was extremely low due to the crazy expansion of the army. For various reasons, Germany invested a total of 14 troops until the second stage. After a teacher, it turned out to be completely enough.
The three paratrooper divisions of Student alone, after an operation in Market Garden, actually marched forward with the Franco-Norwegian coalition forces, and they were on the verge of taking London.
The 16 infantry divisions and 6 submersible tank task force of General Ernst Bush's No. 1 Army have been going smoothly since the Portsmouth landing, and they also have the strength to conquer London alone.
As for the 4 infantry divisions of Adolf Strauss' Ninth Army, they were originally intended to cope with the situation.But they found that there was no direction that needed their support, and there was no pressure on the two fronts.Therefore, this supporting force also formed its own way, and in the middle area of the two-way offensive, it maintained a steady advance speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per day.
"It seems that our offensive arrow is the first to hit London all the way." As the commander of the Norwegian army, Alfred's strategic and tactical skills are not as good as Wey Gang and Student.
Therefore, he also talked about such non-tactical things.
"It looks like this." Student responded with a smile and nodded: "The British army transferred all the reserves to plug the gap, and I just used my paratroopers to parachute to the rear of the defense line and attack Greenwich from behind. The line of defense. Without the reserves, the life of the line is at the end of its life."
Student's tactics can basically be said to be the most labor-saving style of play now.
Bypassing the strong fortifications and pre-positioned positions, attack from the rear of those National Guardsmen.Since the British army used all the reserves in the gap, it was impossible to return to the rear of the defense line to support the opposing German paratroopers.
In this way, the National Self-Defense Force alone is absolutely unable to resist the sudden appearance of the German army behind the line of defense.
"Then I will let our Norwegian troops put into the open gap at the same time, where the French army will join and fight with the main force of the British army."
Although the military literacy is poor, with a lot of combat experience, Alfred also puts the crux of the problem to the point.
The German army's defense line is similar to stealing a home, while the French army is like attracting the enemy's attention from the front.
The success rate of the German army stealing houses has exceeded 90.00%, so what the Norwegian army needs to do most now is to join the front and consume the main force of the British army together with the French army.Of course, without airborne training and without airborne equipment, it is impossible for them to join the German army's home-stealing operations, and they can only fight head-on with the French army.
"I'd better go to the front line to command." After Alfred finished speaking, he took the initiative to ask: "It is enough to have two generals in the headquarters. My force is to command operations on the front line, and commanding from the rear is not what I am good at."
"Then I'll leave it to you. Whether you can consume the British army in Greenwich depends on the armies of our two countries." Wei Gang didn't stop, but supported it.
Student also nodded, expressing his support.
So Alfred gave a military salute, ready to go directly to his command troops and immediately go into battle.
Because the troops sent by Norway have general weapons and equipment except for the German weapon reinforcement battalion, so they have been left behind without being used to avoid losses.
And at this time, it is the best time for them to attack.
"Good luck," Student said finally in German.
"We will definitely win." Although the translator hadn't had time to explain, Alfred had already guessed what the other party meant and responded.
Chapter 622 Can't Lose
Looking at the battle report from the front line, Lord Gort, who commanded the defense of London, suddenly felt a little dazed.
In the report, the appearance of the Norwegian army was not an unexpected change.
After all, the propaganda of the Allies has been shouting for more than a week, such as "Germany, France and Norway formed a coalition for the first time", and "Norway's revenge against Britain"... Too much political propaganda has long exposed that the Norwegians also joined this Information about a British-German duel.
Of course, Germany does not intend to hide this at all. Ribbentrop just wants to make Britain feel pressure and create a public opinion atmosphere in which European countries work together to deal with the "European shit stick" like Britain.
Now that the Norwegian troops are here, sooner or later they will fight the British army on a large scale.
What really shocked Gott was the German paratroopers who once again carried out large-scale airborne operations mentioned in the battle report.
Of the 3 paratrooper divisions commanded by German Admiral Student, 2 have completed strategic airdrops!
A perfect masterpiece!
If this airdrop was just an impromptu arrangement by Student, no one would believe it.
Even Lord Gort, who had already learned from the previous battle that there were no less than 3 German paratrooper divisions in the enemy army, was impressed by the suddenness and concealment of this airdrop.
A total of 2 division-sized troops completed the assembly from Dover to the front line of the Greenwich battlefield in the first time the British army had just mobilized the reserve team to plug the gap, and boarded the plane flying to the back of the British defense line. Transport aircraft.
Until now, none of the many British officers in the London command would have thought that the German army would launch such a large-scale airborne operation again.
The German army must have built a large number of temporary field airfields immediately after landing on the British coast, and at the same time restored the original British airfields occupied along the way, and then used these airports to park a large number of its transport aircraft.
If this were not the case, it would be impossible for the German army to launch precise strategic airdrops in such an accurate and timely manner!
Greenwich's reserve team had just launched a counterattack, and the gap had only shrunk by half, and the German paratroopers gradually completed the airdrop.If it hadn't been premeditated, it would have been impossible to achieve this level!
"commander."
Gort turned his head and saw Montgomery standing behind him with a concerned expression.
Even in the face of such a collapse, Montgomery still gives people a sense of energy.
His clean and well-fitting military uniform fully showed Montgomery's slender and straight figure.Ever since he had known Montgomery in the French campaign, Gott felt that this man was almost a born soldier.He knows how to restrain himself very well and never indulges, so his body and his spirit will always be in the best condition.
Even in the Battle of France, facing the threat of the German army that wiped out the main force of Belgium, Montgomery dared to maintain a regular work and rest time and fully arrange daily preparation tasks for the battle.
It was precisely because of Montgomery's excellent performance that Gott deliberately brought Montgomery back to China and left the ghostly place of Dunkirk.
You must know that Dunkirk still has many British generals with the same rank as Montgomery, and they have all entered the German labor camps as prisoners of war.
"Oh, I'm thinking about the situation in Greenwich!" Gott quickly reacted after experiencing a brief absence.