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"Then what will Gan Molin and Ironside do?" Huang Guyu asked again.

"They will..." Dai Anlan stared at the map, her eyebrows gradually furrowed, as if deducing the changes in the battle situation in her mind. "It is actually feasible to go north from Bastogne to attack the Belgian plain and go west to raid France... For the British and French allied forces, if they only deal with one way, there may be a way. We must divide our forces to defend us and Guderian, and at the same time we must deal with it The onslaught of Army Group A is absolutely impossible. Their only way out is a general retreat! Abandon Belgium, and even the northeastern region of France, and the main force retreats in great strides, retreating to the vicinity of Paris to regroup and fight again."

"Then what should we do next?" Huang Guyu asked with a smile.

"Attack! Attack on all fronts! Take advantage of the panic caused by the defeat of the French [-]st Armored Division to launch a fierce attack, and put all available troops into it. It is best to let the German SS [-]st Armored Army that has just dealt with Bastogne The division is also engaged in the offensive on the northern front, and it is necessary to wipe out the British and French forces south of the Meuse River as quickly as possible."

Huang Guyu stood up and ordered loudly: "Let the First Armored Division attack along the road from Bastoni to Namur, and if possible, seize the bridge over the Maas River outside Namur. The road assault leading to Huy also went all the way to the banks of the Meuse River! Order the [-]st and [-]nd Panzergrenadier Divisions to immediately launch a counterattack against the enemy in front of you."

"Send another telegram to General Guderian, requesting that the German SS 46st Armored Division be transferred to the northern front. Then send a telegram to the German 47th and 5th Motorized Rifle Division, ordering them to speed up their advance. It must be this afternoon. Get to Otton and Manet by five o'clock."

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Unexpectedly by Huang Guyu and Dai Anlan, the headquarters of the French First Army Group in the Belgian town of Ayron on the north bank of the Maas River is also planning to launch a new counterattack at this time!Several chief officers of the French First Army stood energetically in front of a huge military map, smiling and calm, as if they didn't care about the urgent telegram sent by de Gaulle.Next to Lieutenant General Lawrence and Major General Miller, there were several British Army generals in yellow-green military uniforms and large-brimmed hats. The leading one was somewhat short in stature, with a sharp-edged face and a pair of prominent cheekbones. , There is also a big and pointed nose, and a pair of deep sunken eyes are full of wisdom.

This person is Bernard Montgomery, the famous British general in World War II in history.Now he is the commander of a temporarily formed British armored group, responsible for commanding the British Third Division and the First Armored Division to go south to reinforce the French First Army.Half an hour ago, he and Major General Wimberly, the commander of the [-]st Armored Division, had just arrived at the headquarters of the French First Army in Eyron.

"General Montgomery, as you can see," Lawrence picked up a pointer, pointed to Fromville on the map, and said slowly: "Our 28st Armored Division was attacked by the Chinese there. It is very large, but now they have highlighted the encirclement and are moving towards Somme-Leuze. There is 3 kilometers away from Huy, and the road along the way is basically intact. If your 5rd Division and [-]st Armored Division start now, it is estimated that It can be resisted within [-] hours. Our [-]rd Light Mechanized Division is also heading there. I hope we can put in the French [-]rd Light Mechanized Division, the British [-]st Armored Division and the British Army before [-] o'clock today. Third Division, launch an attack on Marche."

"You mean to launch another attack?" Montgomery frowned and said hesitantly, "The Chinese have just defeated a French armored division. I'm afraid their strength is very strong?"

Lawrence smiled slightly, and said: "The 65st Armored Division of the French Army was caught off guard by the Chinese ambush, not because of their strength. According to Major General de Gaulle's report, the [-]st Armored Division encountered only [-] vehicles. The new Chinese heavy tanks..."

"A new heavy tank?" Montgomery's eyebrows frowned even tighter. "How heavy is it? What is the caliber of the main gun? How thick is the frontal armor?"

Major General Miller took the question and replied: "In the process of chasing the Chinese heavy tanks, the First Armored Division found a heavy tank whose tracks were destroyed and abandoned. According to our technical staff's estimation, this tank weighs 45 tons. The total weight of the left and right sides, the main gun is an 50mm gun with 88 times the caliber, and the frontal armor is a 110mm high-quality bulletproof steel plate arranged at an oblique angle."

“110mm的装甲，88mm口径的火炮……我们的马蒂尔达2型根本对付不了！”听到四号坦克的基本数据，英军第一装甲师师长温伯利少将倒吸一口凉气，“马蒂尔达2型的40mm坦克炮根本打不动110mm的装甲！而且也没有什么坦克能挡住88mm炮的轰击！”

"There are not many such heavy tanks, and they can be destroyed with 17-pound guns." Major General Miller said in a deep voice, "Your First Armored Division has more than 400 tanks, and our Third Light Mechanized Division has 156 tanks. In addition, your third division also has 52 tanks. This time we can put in a total of 676 tanks! There are also 1500 cannons and nearly 35000 elite infantry. Such a strong force can definitely defeat the Chinese. Closing the gap in the Ardennes Forest tomorrow is crucial to the entire battle situation!"

"But the Chinese also have two armored divisions. The Germans have captured Bastogne and can go north at any time. In addition, the Chinese have two panzergrenadier divisions...their total strength is as high as 5 A division! At least 1200 tanks and 6 infantry!" Montgomery retorted solemnly, "We have no chance of winning if we launch an offensive rashly. Unless we can invest more troops."

"There will be more troops." Lawrence glanced at the two "timid" British major generals, and took a deep breath. "French Third and Fourth Armies will also launch counterattacks at the same time, so that we have five infantry divisions involved... In addition, I will ask General Joseph Georges to use the 5nd and [-]rd Armored Divisions Reinforce us. These two divisions must be in place by tomorrow morning."

Chapter 0863 Ardennes offensive in 1939 (six) against the attack!Attack across the board!

At 4 a.m. on April 28, the rain was still falling, and the road in the Ardennes Forest looked a little muddy after several hours of heavy rain.Chinese army tanks and assault guns painted in gray-green camouflage rolled over the muddy ground, and their tracks rolled up large swathes of mud.Panzergrenadiers wearing dark green military raincoats hugged their automatic rifles tightly in the rain, or huddled in half-track vehicles, or sat on the bodies of No. 10 and No. 400 tanks to accompany them forward.This is the Second Armored Division commanded by Lieutenant General Xie Jinyuan. This national hero who commanded a battalion in another time and space to defend the Sixing Warehouse in Shanghai naturally won the favor of Luo Yaoguo. He became the commander of an armored division with more than [-] tanks, assault artillery and [-] officers and soldiers, and is now sent to Europe thousands of miles away to "work for tigers".

After the start of the Fronville ambush, Xie Jinyuan's 12nd Armored Division was ordered to attack from Autong and encircle the French [-]st Armored Division from the east, but they missed nothing.Subsequently, the [-]nd Armored Division received new orders to advance along the road from Bastogne to Huy.And their first goal is the Belgian town of Somme-Lez, less than [-] kilometers away from Otton.At this time, the entire Second Armored Division did not know that a French mechanized unit with about the same number as them was also on the way to Somme-Leuze.

"Weiguo, how far is it from Som Lez now?" Xie Jinyuan sat on his command half-track armored personnel carrier and asked in a low voice the staff officer Jiang Weiguo who was sitting next to him, while looking anxiously The marching team outside the car window.Due to the bad weather and road conditions, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Second Armored Division lined up on the highway for six to seven kilometers, slowly climbing forward at a speed of less than 5 kilometers per hour. Didn't finish the two hours.

"Master seat!" After looking at the map, Jiang Weiguo said: "Our vanguard, Fang Shiming's Second Armored Search Battalion should be outside the city of Somme-Leuze by now."

"Well! Have you figured out the situation in the city of Somme Lez? Is there a French army? How many people are there? How is the equipment?" Xie Jinyuan took a cup of steaming coffee from the adjutant in the passenger seat and sipped it After taking a sip, he said to Jiang Weiguo: "Weiguo, you can also have some, this coffee is very good, and it is taken from the big house in Taineville."

"Thank you seat." Jiang Weiguo reached out to take a beautiful silver wine glass from Xie Jinyuan's adjutant, and took a sip of the coffee inside.He began to introduce the military situation again, "According to our information, the French First Armored Division left a supply battalion there, estimated to have about 800 people. The equipment is only some light weapons. If they have not escaped, the Second Armored Force Search Battalion We can get rid of them."

"No." Xie Jinyuan shook his head hurriedly, rejecting Jiang Weiguo's suggestion. "Tell Fang Shiming, don't act rashly. If there are French troops defending the city of Somme-Leuze, the armored search battalion will retreat honestly for me. I will let Xu Youchang's 35th Panzergrenadier Brigade settle the battle." Just as he finished speaking, a motorcycle drove over, and the messenger on it handed Jiang Weiguo a telegram.After Jiang Weiguo took the telegram, he glanced at it, and the expression on his face suddenly became serious. "Division, just received a report from the 47nd Armored Search Battalion. They found at least one French tank regiment in the city of Somme-Leuze! The opponent is equipped with Renault R75 light tanks, as well as [-]mm anti-tank guns and [-]mm field guns. "

"Yeah." Xie Jinyuan drank the coffee in his cup. "Order Xu Youchang's 10th Armored Grenadier Brigade to send a regiment, Luo Youlun's 1rd Armored Brigade to send a tank battalion, and another self-propelled artillery battalion. Major General Luo Youlun is in charge of the battle." After speaking, he raised his wrist and looked Watch, "It's 11 o'clock now, give Luo Youlun [-] hour to prepare, and attack on time at [-] o'clock!"

……

November 4, 28:11 am.

The 201 18mm No. 105 self-propelled artillery of the 3st Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion belonging to the Second Armored Division of China have been lined up on the artillery position southwest of Somme-Lez, a small Belgian town, with their muzzle raised high, pointing at 60 In a small town a kilometer away, all the gunners were in position, holding yellow shells in their ammunition hands, nervously waiting for the order to load and launch.Along the forest and hills to the south of Somme-Lez, a battalion of Panzer II tanks, almost 200, has been deployed, and the vehicles have been launched, and all the guns are pointed at the French positions in the north.Behind these tanks, there are nearly 25 half-track armored vehicles, which are full of soldiers holding civilian 12.7 automatic rifles, as well as 57mm anti-aircraft machine guns or [-]mm recoilless guns mounted on half-track vehicles. The guns were all leveled, and the shooters and gunners were also in their positions, waiting with bated breath.

Major General Luo Youlun has set up his temporary command post on a hill near Somme Lez.It's just a few armored command vehicles and communication vehicles parked here and there in the woods, and there is a shelter built hastily with the trunks that have just been sawed down.Looking out from this shelter, one can have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

The rain has lightened a little, and the ground is still muddy, but the visibility has improved a lot.From Luo Youlun's telescope, you can clearly see the situation on the opposite French army's position.These French troops should have arrived only one step earlier than the Chinese army, and they were only hastily deployed. At this moment, they are still rushing to repair fortifications every minute!There are shirtless and muddy French soldiers everywhere on the battlefield. These pampered Frenchmen have suffered a lot this time.I don't know where the French tanks are. If it is really just more than 1 Renault R100 light tanks as the reconnaissance team said, Luo Youjun is not worried at all.

"Sir, it's almost time." At this time, the chief of staff of the [-]rd Armored Brigade reminded in a low voice.

"Okay, 20 minutes of shelling, then armored assault!"

Following Luo Youlun's order, the artillery group consisting of 18 105mm self-propelled howitzers shook violently at the same time, and the flames spewed out first, followed by the sound of thunderous artillery shells, and the 18 artillery shells had a piercing screaming sound Skipped away.The sloppily built French positions on the opposite side and some houses in the south of Somme-Leuze are naturally the areas that have been intensively bombarded. This piece of architecture that looked so delicate and beautiful before the bombardment gradually became The ruins and rubble were wiped out, and the French soldiers who were busy digging trenches were either blown to pieces under the sudden bombardment, or curled up into the half-dug trenches.The large area occupied by the French army on the opposite side was filled with explosions, flames, and thick smoke. There was no one in sight, and there were no traces of French tanks.

"Bombardment! Take cover!"

Just as Luo Youlun was admiring his own artillery ravaging the French army's position, a scream suddenly sounded in his ears, and before he could react, the same sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound came through the air!At the same time, he was also thrown to the ground by the guards around him, and a heavy body weighing more than a hundred kilograms was firmly pressed on him, as if trying to block shells for him!

This is the artillery counterattack of the French army!Or a 155mm howitzer!After a brief surprise, Luo Youlun quickly understood what was going on, and the powerful French artillery group was showing off its power again!However, the target of the French bombardment should not be their own headquarters, but the Chinese artillery that is firing at the French position south of Somme-Lez!

Thinking of this, Luo Youlun jumped up, pushed away the guard who wanted to hold him down, and cursed: "Stay away! Damn it, I can't die!" Although Lu Xiao, Lu Shi, Lu The high-achieving students who came all the way from the freshman year, but after all, they have been leading troops on the front line for many years, and they are incomparable with those gentle and polite headquarters staff, and it is inevitable to "export dirty".

"Call the artillery battalion and ask about their losses!" Luo Youlun straightened up and ordered the staff members loudly.

"Sir, the artillery battalion reported that the French artillery bombardment missed them, and the distance difference was about 7 meters."

"Order them to move their positions immediately!" Luo Youlun breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Call the division artillery headquarters and ask them the distance of the artillery positions and the number of cannons."

It is raining now, and neither the reconnaissance plane nor the artillery observation balloon can take off.However, the "sound measurement company" under the division's artillery headquarters is still in operation. They can find out the approximate location of the French artillery positions through sound measurement posts and mathematical calculations.And those French cannons also used this method to find the Chinese artillery who were firing.

“长官，刚才开火的法军炮兵阵地距离我们只有6000米左右！就在索姆·勒兹的西北面，大约有18门155mm榴弹炮、18门105mm榴弹炮，还有36门75mm野炮。师炮兵指挥部已经安排重炮营还击了。”

"Only 6000 meters!" Hearing the report from the staff officer, Luo Youlun was taken aback. The French artillery position actually moved forward!No wonder the previous counterattack came quickly and accurately (in the era when there was no artillery radar, it was not bad to rely on sound measurement to hit this level).wrong!I'm afraid it's not just the artillery positions that are moving forward, but at least one division of the French army has advanced to the vicinity of the city of Somme-Lez!Otherwise, how dare the French put almost a regiment of artillery so far ahead?Aren't you afraid of being attacked by Chinese tanks?

"Travel seat, division headquarters phone number."

At this time, a communications staff officer from the brigade headed up to Luo Youlun holding his phone.Luo Youlun took the phone receiver, and the voice of Xie Jinyuan, the commander of the Second Armored Division, came from inside.

"I'm Xie Jinyuan! How's the situation there?"

"Master, the artillery position was counterattacked by the French artillery just now, but they missed. I have ordered the artillery position to move."

"That's good, but the situation has changed now. The scouts found a large number of French armored vehicles in the northwest of Somme-le-ez. It is estimated that a French armored division has arrived in Somme-le-ez. Therefore, the original capture of Somme-le-ez Hereby's plan is cancelled."

"Understood, Master."

"Now a new order is conveyed. A regiment of the 20rd Armored Brigade and the [-]th Armored Grenadier Regiment are deployed in the south of Somme-Lez, preparing for a decisive battle with the French armored division in Somme-Lez! You Lun, this You will be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the war, and you must beat me hard!"

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At this time, Major General de Gaulle's temporary headquarters had also been established in a forest northwest of Saumme-Lez.The French president in history is now wet all over, looking embarrassed, and his face is so livid that it is almost black!The 400st Armored Division of the French Army suffered an unbelievable defeat in the hours of battle that began early this morning! More than 65 tanks were beaten and fled in embarrassment by 100 Chinese heavy tanks and more than 60 anti-tank guns!Now, the entire First Armored Division has less than 35 tanks available, and all of them are relatively light S[-] type.

"Sir, the 138rd Light Mechanized Division now has 35 Renault R90 tanks in place, and the integrity rate is nearly 500%. The British 2st Armored Division and [-]rd Infantry Division still have nearly [-] Matilda [-] tanks. Tonight All will be in place by six o'clock (British tanks are transported by trucks, so there will be no breakdowns during the march). Lieutenant General Lawrence asked us to hold out at Som Lez until the British army arrived, and then launched a counterattack with the British army. In addition Lieutenant General Lawrence has appointed Major General Montgomery of Great Britain as interim commander of the Armored Forces."

Major General Jean-Pierre, the commander of the [-]rd Light Mechanized Division, was standing in front of de Gaulle at this time, informing Lieutenant General Lawrence of his latest decision.And looked at this major general de Gaulle who was about to lose his black hat with contempt and sympathy... He lost most of the armored division in one morning, such a fool must be dismissed.

"No, this won't work, this is suicide!" Probably ready to lose his position, de Gaulle actually began to question Lieutenant General Lawrence's decision. "Telegram the Lieutenant General and tell him that the Brit's 500 Matilda 2's are no match for a Chinese armored division, and their new heavy tanks will knock them all out! And, with a light mechanized division and losses It is impossible for the disastrous First Armored Division to last until 5 p.m. under the attack of a Chinese armored division."

"This..." Major General Pierre was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the embarrassed de Gaulle with pitiful eyes, then turned around and sent this letter to Lieutenant General Lawrence's Army Command, which would probably deprive de Gaulle of the post of commander telegram.

Pierre's estimate was good. Lieutenant General Lawrence, who had long been dissatisfied with de Gaulle's record, ordered his dismissal without saying a word after receiving de Gaulle's call back, and appointed Jean Pierre, who had never suffered from Chinese tanks. Al temporarily took over the French First Armored Corps.

"Sir," the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief Jean-Pierre, before he had time to open champagne to celebrate, his chief of staff brought him bad news. "The Chinese attack has begun! There are about 180 Chinese (German) Panzer II tanks covering almost the same number of armored vehicles, and they are rushing towards Somme-Lez!"