"Marshal, I think that after the transfer of 3 armored divisions, the 1st Panzer Army is still capable of completing the combat mission to the north."
"Because the 1st Panzer Army still has 4 Panzer Divisions, 3 Motorized Rifle Divisions, and 2 SS Motorized Infantry Banners," said Quartermaster General Halder to Field Marshal Hersmann, who was thinking about it.
In addition, we can also transfer the 1st Cavalry Division to the 1st Panzer Army.
In this way, General Guderian had 8 divisions and 2 flag or infantry regiments equivalent to brigades, with more than 1,300 tanks, assault artillery and more than 100,000 officers and men, which was enough. ” Due to the early merger of the Czech Republic, oil reserves were also very abundant, as well as the creation of the General Directorate of Armaments.
At this time, the establishment of German armored divisions was more adequate than in history, and it could still achieve the "ideal state" envisioned by Guderian, with each armored division having one armored brigade, each armored brigade under the jurisdiction of two tank regiments, each tank regiment under the jurisdiction of two tank battalions, and each tank battalion under the jurisdiction of four tank companies.
Each company had 21 tanks, so a fully equipped German panzer division had 336 tanks.
Four armored divisions alone had 1,344 tanks In addition, the German Panzer Division, Motorized Rifle Division, SS Motorized Rifle Banner, and the only 1st Cavalry Division had a number of self-propelled guns and assault guns.
With a 100 percent intact rate, the total number of tanks, assault artillery, and self-propelled guns owned by the eight divisions and two flag corps after the 1st Panzer Army transferred some armored divisions was close to 1,600.
However, after crossing the Ardennes Forest, the equipment has been in good condition.
There are still more than 1,300 self-propelled guns of tanks and assault guns that can be operated.
But this is also a very large number, probably no less than the total number of tanks and assault guns owned by the 7 armored divisions that have historically assaulted the English Channel.
Moreover, now the equipment of the German armored forces is also slightly better than in the same period of history.
Tanks, Tank No. 3, Tank No. 4 and Assault Gun No. 3 became the main force.
Although the quality of the 43 x 75 tank gun of the No. 4 tank still did not pass, the 3 anti-tank gun of the No. 50 tank was fully mature at the end of 1939, which was related to the early annexation of the Czech Republic by Germany, and the technology used by the Skoda company to produce the 1936 Model 47 anti-tank gun became a reference material for Germany to develop the 50 anti-tank gun.
Anti-tank guns, firepower has been significantly increased.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable that figures like Manstein and Rundstead are now in favor of splitting up the 1st Panzer Army, which is actually a bit overpowered.
Seeing that Hersmann was still hesitating, Halder continued to persuade him: "Marshal, it is very beneficial for us to carry out the liberator plan by destroying the main force of the French army as soon as possible.
If we can encircle Maginow's French in the first phase of the operation, then we will easily reach the line of Provence in the second phase of the operation. ” Of course, it is impossible to completely defeat France with one "Operation Scythe", so the German General Staff and the Headquarters of the Western Front have always had plans to carry out another large-scale offensive after "Operation Scythe".
However, the specific offensive plan has not yet been drawn up, because no one knows what the "Operation Scythe" will look like.
Therefore, the second phase of the operation is envisaged with only two general objectives at present: the first is the line of the Brittany Peninsula in Paris; The second was to advance into Provence and, if possible, to capture the home ports of the French Mediterranean fleet in Marseille and Toulon.
The occupation of Paris was of course necessary for a forced landing on France, while the capture of Provence was stipulated in the liberators' plan, and Hersmann was a "Mediterranean triumphant", and in his view, the seizure of control of the Mediterranean and the oil resources of the Middle East was the key to Germany's victory.
Moreover, the task of seizing control of the Mediterranean and the oil resources of the Middle East must be completed before LinkedIn is captured.
Because once Britain fell proper, the British Empire would disintegrate, and the Soviet Union would most likely take advantage of the chaos to seize Iran and Iraq And to seize the oil resources of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, it would be better for Germany to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, as well as a combination of a strong naval fleet, a German fleet, and a combination of German naval aviation.
Therefore, the port of Toulon and the French Mediterranean fleet are very valuable targets "Okay, then let's follow the plan of the Western Front Headquarters" Hersmann was persuaded by Halder, since Manstein, Rundstead and Halder are all in agreement, then what is Hersmann worried about, after all, he is just a "political marshal" with the vision of later generations, if he really wants to command the army to fight, he will definitely not be able to defeat Manstein.
He thought for a moment, and then added: "Arrange a meeting for Marshal Halder, Admiral Kesselring, and Admiral Graham to study the possibility of using bombing to block the retreat of the Anglo-French forces from the sea." ” "Okay, I'll arrange it."
"Scratch hard, don't care about the French's firepower, don't care about those" The battle for the forced crossing of the Maas River had already begun, and hundreds of rubber boats carrying nearly 1,000 German soldiers, supported by aircraft artillery and tank fire, headed for the west bank of the Maas.
Rudolf Ribbentrop, the son of the German Foreign Minister, is also rowing now, braving all sorts of shells and bullets from the west bank of the Maas.
In addition to the sound of explosions and the whistling of planes, his ears were the rough voice of platoon commander Gustav Schwarzenegger and the screams that rang out from time to time.
The scream was one of Rudolf Ribbentrop's comrades-in-arms, named Paul Schulz.
He was shot through the shoulder by a French bullet, leaving a lot of blood, screaming incessantly, and not knowing if he would be disabled "Why, give him a few shots" Gustav Schwarzenegger knew that the screams of the wound would affect the morale of the others, and hurriedly ordered the health soldier who was bandaging the wound to give Paul Schultz a few injections.
When the screaming gradually stopped, the rubber boat suddenly crashed into the river beach, and everyone's bodies rushed forward.
"It's time," Gustav Schwarzenegger shouted: "Rush rush, rush with me" Shouting, he raised a 38 submachine gun and jumped out of the rubber boat first.
Rudolf Ribbentrop glanced at Schultz, who was no longer screaming, but his face was pale, and with a silent wish of good luck in his heart, he jumped into the knee-deep river with his rifle in his hand.
Before he could stand still, a huge explosion sounded in his ears, and then there was a huge column of water and waves, and he fell into the water without standing still.
"What a bad luck," Rudolf Ribbentrop sighed inwardly, and was about to struggle to get up, when suddenly a man took him from the back collar of his military uniform and lifted him out of the water as if he were carrying a chicken.
Such a powerful guy, of course, is Rudolph's platoon commander, Second Lieutenant Schwarzenegger.
"Rudolph, don't be afraid, the French have very weak firepower" Schwarzenegger patted the wet little Ribbentrop, "Rush up, kill a Frenchman, you will be a man, and when you get to Paris, you can find a few French chicks to have fun" Is there a necessary connection between killing a French man and sleeping with a French woman Little Ribbentrop held his rifle and pondered the words of Second Lieutenant Schwarzenegger, then charged with his head covered and dripping water.
At the same time, at 20,003,000 meters in the air, another Rudolf Hersmann's eldest son, Rudolf Hersman, was chasing a French plane that looked a bit like a catfish in his Zero Fokker.
This is a French one The E693 attack aircraft, although its "appearance" is ugly, its performance is very good, with a maximum level flight speed of up to 490 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 5000 meters.
Moreover, it also has very good low-altitude performance, which can carry out ultra-low-altitude horizontal bombing attacks.
Its bomb bay generally contained eight 50-kilogram bombs, which posed a great threat to vehicles and personnel on the ground.
But in the eyes of the pilots who fly the Fokker Zero, these flying catfish are nothing more than a plate of good food.
It was, after all, a clumsy twin-engine aircraft, and it wasn't as fast as the Fokker Zero.
So as soon as Rudolph saw it E693 emerged from the clouds and flew over without saying a word.
"Rudolph, I'll cover, you shoot, shoot it down" Novotny, who was forming a two-plane formation with Rudolf Hersman, hurriedly piloted the plane to follow to cover.
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"Thanks," Rudolf Hersman replied, and then concentrated on flying the plane to the plane E693, the French plane also spotted two Fokker Zeros at this time.
Hurriedly began to dive to reduce the altitude, trying to escape from a low altitude.
This would have been a life-saving move for fighters like the 40 and Spitfire against the Zero.
But After all, the E693 is a twin-engine attack aircraft, and even the dive speed is only more than 500, which is still a lot slower than the Zero.
"Click, click" Seeing that you can't rely on speed to get rid of the Fokker Zero, this one E693's Electromechanical Self-Defense Shooter went crazy and fired at a 75 machine gun that was located on the back of the plane and could fire backwards.
However, the mechanic and self-defense machine gunner was clearly frightened, he opened fire too early, and the bullets simply did not reach Rudolf Hersmann's plane.
If you want to have a result, seeing that the other party is confused, he has run out of bullets, and there are only 100 rounds of ammunition to spare, Rudolf Hersman can't wait to go up and kiss that guy.
Rudolf Hersmann pressed the buttons of the machine gun and the machine gun at the same time, the distance was very appropriate, and the ballistics of the bullet and the 20 machine gun shells completely overlapped because they were ammunition of two calibers, and the ballistics only overlapped at a certain distance, drawing a graceful arc into the fuselage of this French plane.
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