Chapter 2074 Raid II

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The 3 divisions that are always on standby will be the first wave of attack, one of the armored divisions will be responsible for blocking the armored spearheads of the Germans, and then, after the British army initially establishes the defense line, the other 2 divisions will continue to enter the field to reinforce For the defense line, the 5 divisions plus the attached troops probably have more than 90,000 people. As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops, they must quickly find ways to withdraw to the north!

"The Germans are too arrogant this time. If their troops form a fist, they can easily divide our front in two, but unfortunately, they divided their troops, and several armored divisions were thrown into the vast expanse like sesame seeds. region, this gives us a chance, now, the fate of the entire Fourth Army and Fifth Army is in our hands, and I hope everyone below me can do their duty!" Admiral Short said.

Tens of thousands of British troops began to counterattack under the leadership of tanks and armored vehicles, and they were almost facing the direction of attack of one of the German troops. According to the intelligence of the British, the German army on the opposite side is no more than one division. Even if the British army cannot annihilate their opponents, they can at least repel them!

However, before facing the British army, the British counterattack force was first surrounded by hundreds of bombers! Now the situation does not allow the British to find a route that can avoid German air strikes to support. The German swords are about to cut off the backbone of the British army. , without the cover of the air force, the Germans faced the Germans, and when tens of thousands of troops spread out on the unobstructed plains, the German bombers roared down like eagles that had found their prey!

The German bombing was very sudden. The bombers entered the battlefield from a height of less than 200 meters from the ground. They first focused on the British artillery units and convoys. Hundreds of high-explosive bombs fell from the sky like raindrops. One after another bombs exploded in the convoy, and the flowers of death bloomed in flames and gunpowder smoke. The powerful shock waves and shrapnel easily shredded carriages and trucks, overturned tons of artillery, and turned the British who had no time to escape into A mass of black and red minced meat.

The concentrated bombing by the Germans directly led to the appearance of a death zone stretching for several kilometers on the road. Looking from the air, this black zone is so distorted and terrifying, like scars on the earth! Beside this death zone covered by flames and gunpowder smoke, countless British troops are running in the wilderness. When the bombing is over and the British officers try to regroup, some bombers who have dropped their bombs will come immediately , with intensive machine gun fire to break up the British troops again. Grinding an army that was originally like steel into countless gravels.

From the perspective of absolute losses, the German bombing was violent but not fatal, but it is a pity that the bombers hovering in the sky almost all the time and the uninterrupted attacks took away the last spirit of the British. On the verge of collapse under tension and pressure, most of the British army was exhausted and suffered heavy losses before the German bombing!

The German army on the opposite side also seemed to realize that they were fighting a little unrestrained. Before approaching the British trench system, the German army readjusted their deployment. The German army and the British army with just a few divisions naturally couldn't open up the situation, but because the Germans also needed to adjust, there was no large-scale battle for the time being.

"The Germans' purpose is clear. Their axis of attack is at Crozier, which happens to be the dividing line between us and the Fourth and Fifth Armies in the south. The German forwards have penetrated deep into the vicinity of our defensive line. If we If you just rely on the roads inside the trench area to transfer, the speed will be very slow.

If there is no accident, the German frontal offensive should also start soon. Once this happens, our two army groups on the southern front have little hope of survival. At this time, at the headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force in Dunkirk, Haig and his staff officers were discussing the current situation.

"The Germans not only want to cut the entire British Expeditionary Force in half, but there is also a force moving towards the sea. Their attack target should be Buren, and then go north to Calais. If the German heavy artillery can cover Calais If that is the case, then we can only retreat from Dunkirk, and it is almost unimaginable for millions of troops to evacuate from a port." A British military officer said.

"We now have two options. The first option is to abandon the fourth and fifth armies in the south. The three armies in the north will immediately join forces to establish a circular defensive position and cooperate with the navy and air force to guard the two important cities of Calais and Dunkirk. The port, waiting for evacuation. The second option is very risky. We will concentrate the elite troops of the three armies, maintain the connection with the North and South armies with the two armies in the south, and then gradually retreat, preparing to evacuate from France." Chief of Staff General L. Wilson said.

"If we withdraw all the troops to the garrison area, and then rely on heavy artillery and fortifications to defend, can we stop the Germans from cutting in?" General Haig thought for a while and said.

"The three armies in the north still have some army and heavy artillery, but all the train artillery belonging to the fourth and fifth armies, the long-range heavy siege artillery in the rear, and most of the naval cannons have lost more than 60%. These artillery were deployed At a distance of 15 to 20 kilometers from the first line, they were caught off guard and destroyed or suppressed by the German rear assault corps and the air force. The two armies on the southern line could only rely on the heavy artillery inside the line of defense. And although we have garrisons area, but we did not consider that a large number of Germans would emerge from the rear when we repaired the front line." Admiral Wilson shook his head and said.

"You put me in a difficult situation." Marshal Haig said with a gloomy face. It's really embarrassing. Judging from the current situation, although the German attack was unexpected, they suddenly crossed the line of defense and quickly completed the battle, and began to outflank the rear of the British army.

It seems ferocious, but there is still a chance for the British army. For example, the Germans have not yet launched an attack on Crozier, and the British army can still communicate with the north and the south. Although the northern line is fierce, if the Germans cannot quickly If the port is captured, the British fleet can rush to the coast of France within a day, and then use naval guns to support the army in operations, not to mention the 12-inch, 10-inch and 9.2-inch guns on those old warships, the popular 6-inch guns Guns are enough for Germany. Therefore, from the current point of view, the British army has no reason to abandon the two armies on the southern front.

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