"I can only answer you, my name, military rank, identity number."

A Belgian major general in yellow and dusty faced his chest very hard. Whenever Xu Yang asked anything, he would always say something again. This was the clear rule of the Allied forces. Whenever they were captured, they could only repeat their name, military rank, identity number, and no information could be disclosed.

Xu Yang held a wallet expressionlessly, which was found from the Belgian major general. In addition to some cash, the wallet also contained a card that proved the identity of the Belgian major general.

The Belgian major general's name was too long, so Xu Yang decided to call his only surname "Bicarmen".

"Major General Bicarmen, you are really ridiculous. It makes no sense to repeat that sentence. You are the commander of the 7th Division of the Belgian Army. You are ordered to come to the Ardennes Forest to build a line of defense and cut off our supply line. Your French alliance regards the Belgians as cannon fodder. They know that Ardennes is the main offensive line of defense of our army, but they only care about the defense of their own territory. The French betrayed Belgium just like they betrayed Czechoslovakia and Poland."

Bicarmen's will was obviously very firm, and he was still repeating that sentence.

"Very good. You are a qualified soldier. We Germans have always admired qualified soldiers. Perhaps... I should tell you a message that the French fortress city color has been occupied by our army. You are a general and you should understand the situation of Belgium after being occupied."

Bicarmen didn't speak anymore.

Xu Yang knew that he could not ask for any useful information, so he asked the guards to imprison Biccarmen alone and give a general the treatment he deserved. This day was the second day after Luxembourg surrendered to the Third German Empire, that is, on May 12. Guderian had captured the French fortress city Sedan and marched to the north bank of the Maas River. After the 15th Army annihilated the 7th Belgian Division, which had returned to the rescue, he also reached the area near Metz on the north bank of the Maas River. Now the 15th Army has two choices. One is to rely on the command of the command to garrison in place, create an opportunity for crossing the river for the 19th Armored Army, intercepting the Macino line of defense and transferring to the Allies of Reims. The other is to drive straight in, attack Metz, Chaumon, and attract the Allies in Strasbourg and Murhouse. While attracting the Allies in these directions, he turned to attack the southern cities of France.

This is a difficult choice. If you stationed in place, you can ensure that Guderian's crossing forces will not be attacked by enemy forces in both directions, and at the same time, it also ensures the safety of the supply line of the army. The plan formulated by the commander can be completed at a very small cost. Crossing the Maas River is the key to the French battle. If successful, the German army can achieve the important strategic intention of cutting the Allies. From then on, the Allies will not be able to form an effective assembly of the army group and can only fight on their own.

If the 15th Army ventured to attack southern France and this combat plan was successful, it would accelerate the collapse of France and would not have to be so troublesome to carry out long-term operations. As we all know, the Allied forces gathered all their forces in Strasbourg, Murhouse, and the Maginot Line. If the 15th Army wanted to help the 19th Armored Army create conditions for crossing the river, it would face the strong attack of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops that flocked to it.

"I do not agree with this stupid combat plan of the commander. We cannot stay in place and wait for the Allies to come and attack. Attack, yours, what we want is continuous attack!" Rommel, the commander of the "Stark" Division, has always asked Xu Yang to authorize him to lead the armored division to cross the Mas River near Nantes 40 miles west. Rommel emphasized that at this time the Allies were attracted by the 19th Armored Army, and his troops could safely cross the Mas River without knowing it and rushing to the rear of the Mass Line.

Yes, at this time, the Allied forces were all attracted by the German teams on other defense lines. The late 15th Army had not been discovered by the Allied forces, or were valued by the Allied forces. No matter how this army that was inserted into the center of the entire front was chosen, it would affect the outcome of the entire French battle.

The 15th Army had 2 armored divisions and 4 motorized divisions. This was a completely powerful army with high mobility, but the commander ordered them to stay in place, which was a bit unreasonable. Therefore, Xu Yang was extremely disgusted with the orders to defend the base in his heart. However, he was a soldier and the commander of the army, and could only abide by the orders to consolidate the fortifications on the spot and wait for the Allied forces to attack. When Rommel proposed to "secretly cross" the Mas River near Nantes, Xu Yang was moved.

"Elwin, I can only give you an extra motorized... The division Xu Yang originally wanted to talk about brigade. Your mission was to cross the Mas River, quickly penetrate the Allied positions on the other side of the Mas River, launch a sudden attack to help Guderian cross the river smoothly." Xu Yang stared at the map, "Your final destination is Dunke. The main force of the 15th Army and the army group of Loeb annihilated the Allied forces in the direction of the Maginot Line of Defense, and will also arrive here Dunke."

Xu Yang's plan was that the main force of the 15th Army built a solid defense line on site, blocked the Allied forces that reinforced from southern France to the north, consolidated the occupation of the Maas River. The "Shocks" led by Rommel crossed the Maas River and disrupted the French abdomen and cut off the French abdomen and the supply lines of Metz, Strasbourg, Murhouse and Chaumon. If the combat plan was completed smoothly, the Allied resistance would be quickly disintegrated, and a group of troops that had lost supplies could only surrender or be annihilated.

Now, there is another question. Xu Yang needs to make another choice, that is, how to organize a solid enough line of defense. In the wilderness, it is obviously not suitable to intercept hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. The Allied support troops will definitely carry a large number of artillery. Then retreat to Seed and rely on this fortress city to intercept? If you do so, you will be separated from the theme of interception. The Allied troops can completely choose to bypass Seed and reinforce northern France from other directions.

"When will the follow-up troops arrive?" Xu Yang asked about the two subsequent infantry divisions of the 15th Army, three infantry divisions of the army, and two artillery brigades. These troops have been left behind the entire front due to mobility issues. Now, Xu Yang is going to use them.

Rommel was still standing aside, and his gratitude to Xu Yang could not be described in words. Xu Yang disagreed with the opposition and handed his guard division to Rommel, a school student. This was very depressing, just because the "Stark" division is the most well-equipped armored division in Germany, which made a school commander feel psychologically unbalanced. Now, it is time for Rommel to prove that he is the best, and he needs to tell those with doubts with actions: Because I am excellent, Lord Stark trusts me so much!

There are some small towns on the north bank of the Maas River that have been occupied by the German army. These towns can become vanguard positions to delay the speed of Allied reinforcements. Rommel took away an armored division. After a motorized division was taken away by Rommel, there was an armored division left, and three motorized divisions could be used for defense. Before the subsequent troops arrived, they needed to build a solid enough defense line to prevent the Allied reinforcements. A motorized division was dismantled and sent to the vanguard positions to guard them. They brought a large part of the mortar. Their task was very simple, which was to retreat after exhausting the ammunition and return to their own defense line.

The 15th Army is called well-equipped, largely because it has its own direct air force, and the other part is that its various types of artillery are much more than other troops. This is also the main reason why the Commander ordered the 15th Army to be stationed in the same place. With the cooperation of the Air Force, all the movements of the Allied Army are under the control of the 15th Army Command, and with advantageous armored forces and a large number of artillery, any enemy who wants to break through the defense line built by the 15th Army will have to pay an extremely heavy price.

At this time, the dynasty division had already been scattered into various towns. The soldiers of the dynasty division gathered the residents of each town and took them to the churches in the town for detention, and then entered the residential buildings to set up firepower points. In fact, this was also a disguised protection of the residents of the town. In the war years, few troops were willing to open fire on the church. The residents hiding in the church could avoid unnecessary casualties of civilians. However, the French seemed to be unhappy. They shouted in the church and cursed them to hell.

The German army buried a large number of landmines on the way to enter the town. The large force was anti-destructive mines. This mine would explode after being stepped on. The reason why it was called anti-destructive mines is because the mine core was equipped with hundreds of steel balls. After the explosion, the steel balls were sprayed out in a large range. If it was not hit by the key, it would not cause death at all. It would only hurt the enemy soldiers, hit the morale of the enemy, increase the enemy's wounded soldiers, and affect their marching speed. Of course, there are other types of mines, such as anti-tank tracked mines. The main function of this mine is to paralyze tanks, tracks of armored vehicles, and tanks that lose tracks. Armored vehicles can only be targets.

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El Rafrant Note 1 was a French scout cavalry who followed the large forces into the Maginot Line before the war began. During that time, like many wars, he did nothing all day long, and reading novels became the only thing he could do. Half a month after the Germans declared war on Poland, Poland was defeated and occupied by Germany, and he felt guilty because he and more than a million Allies did nothing on the Western Front.

Now, the German army challenged France. It is said that the German army had defeated the Belgian army and attacked Sedan. At this time, the damn bureaucrats finally understood that war was also a war of the Gauls, not bystanders. When they learned that the German army was attacking Sedan, El Raflan, like many reconnaissance cavalry, rode his own fat horse to explore the Maas River under the command of his direct commander.

The north is the northern part of France, and El Raflane is of course very familiar with his territory. He and four reconnaissance cavalry who are also French were divided into groups to explore the 50-mile radius of Nantes. This was not a difficult task. At least for these five people who were still riding horses in the wilderness, it was no different from an outing. For 26 miles, they did not see even a German army. After asking for the French in the town, they learned that a day ago, a German armored division passed by here, and as for where the destination was, the residents of the town could not judge at all.

"Hey...Raflan! I said, are we slowing down? The town of Muss ahead." The name of the scout cavalry was very old-fashioned. At least El Raflan always thought that it was the name of a countryman. His name was Dora and a Tull. Since he received the order to come out to reconnaissance, his eyelids kept twitching. In the past, no matter the eyelids twitched there, he would have become very unlucky. Obviously, he was in a bad mood at this moment.

Muss Town is the 14th town they explored and the first town after reconnaissance 26 miles away. 16 kilometers further ahead is the north bank of the Maas River.

"I also find it strange. It seems that we didn't see any pedestrians all the way. Where have they all gone?"

The five people slowed down, and an excellent scout cavalry could always find some unusual situations according to some small details. Three months ago, El Raflan had been here, and at that time there were always some carriages coming and going on the roads here. Those carriages were transportation for residents of nearby towns. Now, it seems too quiet, and there is no pedestrian passing by.

They decided to leave the wilderness and take a walk to reconnaissance the town of Muss.

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The residents of Muss town were driven to the only small church in the town by the German army. There were not many residents in this town, only 346 people. The small church that could accommodate 200 people seemed very crowded at this moment, but at the gun of the German army, they had no choice but to squeeze together obediently.

The German army drove them to the chapel and locked the door from outside, which made the town residents frightened. It was difficult to say whether the brutal German army would set fire to death in the church. The imagined incident of setting fire to the church did not happen. A German soldier told the town residents in broken French that a battle was about to happen here. For the sake of the personal safety of the town residents, the German army had to "invite" the residents of the town to come to the chapel to avoid the fire of war.

Will the French thank the German army? No, absolutely not! These French people cursed the German army in their hearts and were eager to rescue their troops as soon as possible.

The town residents looked out through the window glass of the church, and there were running German soldiers everywhere. More than a dozen German soldiers pushed some strange weapons, 20 double-speed fire cannons into a house, and the muzzle sticks out from the window of the house.
Chapter completed!