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The Third Empire - Chapter 433

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:53:51 AM


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Time has entered may of 39 years. It is not a hot summer.

In Paris, France, an important military conference is being held. The theme of the conference is, of course, how to deal with the German attack!

After World War I, although France was a victorious country, it began to build an unbreakable Maginot line. France didn't want to fight and France wanted peace. In this way, the Maginot Line for defense is the most important.

France invested a lot of time and money to build the Maginot line, but it only covered the southern border.

In the north of France, France and Belgium are critical, while in the east of Belgium, Germany.

In other words, Belgium is located between Germany and France and is the buffer zone between France and Germany.

Although Belgium has a small land area, its strength is not weak. It is also one of the top 20 countries in the world.

On the surface, Belgium has always been strictly neutral and declared itself a "permanent neutral country". However, no neutral country can survive the war.

Before World War I, Belgium and Germany were very close, and after World War I, Belgium was relatively close to France. Even Belgium followed France to occupy Germany's Ruhr Industrial Zone, creating the Ruhr crisis and causing German hatred.

However, with the strength of Germany, Belgium began to weigh again. For Germany, Belgium is a small country that is not afraid at all.

For its own security, Belgium refused to cooperate with France and strengthen armaments in order not to stimulate Germany.

Although there is a solid Maginot Line on the German French border, Belgium in the West has only some temporary field fortifications, and the current strategy of the Germans is to break through Belgium.

It is absolutely too late to build a defense line in Belgium, so we can only adopt other schemes.

It was general Maurice gummerlin of France who presided over the meeting. Now he is an old man with a white beard.

He was born in 1872 and is now nearly sixty.

He graduated from St. Sears Military Academy in 1893. In World War I, he was promoted to brigadier general in 1916. After the war, he served as commander of the French army in Syria and chief of the general staff of the army. He has been vice chairman of the supreme military council since 1935. He has been chief of the general staff of the French army since 1938.

Historically, he served as commander-in-chief of the French army and commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition forces on September 3, 1940. He formulated plan D and tried to meet the main German army in Belgium. At the same time, he urged Wei Gang to actively organize the Oriental army in an attempt to open up a second battlefield in the Balkans.

Now, ganmarin is the backbone of the French army. Although the dark cloud of the war is enveloping the whole Europe, ganmarin does not have much hesitation and hesitation.

What are you afraid of? The French army is the most powerful in Europe!

Now, gammerlin is the commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition forces, who will formulate an action plan to stop the German attack.

"We have got the Yellow plan for the German attack. At the same time, we have also detected the recent mobilization of the German army, which is in line with the Yellow plan." "Therefore, we must carry out further targeted counterattacks on the Yellow scheme," said gammerlin

So far, France's action plan is still defense. It seems that they never want to take the initiative to attack. If they attack on a large scale from the Maginot line, they can break through the German line and even go to Berlin.

Their own side has obtained the other side's intelligence. Even if the other side knows that the intelligence has been leaked, they have no choice. Unless they are ready to attack the magino line, it is impossible to change.

"Our plan is to deploy our main force to Belgium once the war begins." Gammerlin said: "Belgium is now preparing to build a strong defense line. We want to stop the German armored forces in Belgium."

"Including our French first and ninth legions and the British Expeditionary Force, we form our first group army group, ready to rush to Belgium and build a main defense line along the Dale and Yings rivers from Antwerp to meiziel through ruven, namuel and kiwe." Pointing to the large-scale map on the wall, gammerlin said to the officers present.

"But why don't we deploy our troops directly to Belgium now? Once the war begins, I'm afraid Belgium won't hold out until we arrive. " Said an officer present.

Kammerlin looked at him. How could this British officer ask such a stupid question?

Bernard Law Montgomery, the commander of the 3rd Division, was looking at him with wide eyes full of expectation.

Now Montgomery is not as famous as later generations. Now he is just a division commander. As one of the main forces of the British Expeditionary Force, his troops crossed the English channel into France and also participated in the military conference.

"Because Belgium is still neutral, the German soldiers did not declare war on Belgium." Looking at this guy as if he were an idiot, gammerlin had to say the answer.

At present, Belgium is still a neutral country, and they still have illusions. In order not to provoke Germany, Belgium now does not agree to the entry of British and French troops.

Belgium is also a two faced faction. On the one hand, it promised France to step up the construction of fortifications and deploy Belgian troops to the border in response to possible German invasion, while on the other hand, Belgium rejected the proposal of British and French troops to enter Belgian territory to protect them.

"We can only be behind the Belgians." Gammerlin continued: "Belgium, there are two lines of defense, along the Meuse River and Albert canal, the main force of Belgium is deployed."

"Once Belgium is attacked by Germany, we will immediately push eastward. General bjott will command the first group army group and set up a Mezz Luwan Antwerp line behind the Belgians. No matter how incompetent the Belgians are, they should be able to stick to our arrival."

Gammerlin is quite satisfied with his plan. If the Belgians agree, of course they will enter immediately, but now they can't directly enter Belgian territory. Otherwise, it will be an invasion. What if they annoy Belgium and fall into the arms of Germany?

During the first World War, ganmolin was a very famous strategist. He worked out the battle plan of the Maas campaign and achieved success; Now, he is the backbone of the whole French army. He firmly believes that his plan is completely free of problems and will be able to block the Germans!

In the conference room, all the officers agreed with gammerlin's plan. Only Montgomery always felt that such a plan was too simple. He was deeply impressed by the rapid attack of the German army. Now, do they have enough time to carry out this plan?




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