"Marson, I think after three armored divisions are transferred, the 1st Panzer Army is still able to complete the northbound combat mission." General Halder, the Director of the Second Military Force, told Marshal Hessman, who was thinking, "because the 1st Panzer Army still has 4 armored divisions, 3 motorized infantry divisions, and 2 SS Motorized Infantry Flag Teams (Grand German Flag Team and Imperial Flag Team).

In addition, we can also transfer the 1st Cavalry Division into the 1st Armored Army. In this way, General Guderian has 8 divisions and 2 flag teams equivalent to brigades, with more than 1,300 tanks, assault artillery and more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, and his strength is enough."

Due to the early merger of the Czech Republic, the oil reserves were also very abundant, and the establishment of the General Administration of Armed Forces was established. At this time, the German armored division was more sufficient than in history, and it could still achieve the "ideal state" envisioned by Guderian. Each armored division had 1 armored brigade, each armored brigade had 2 tank regiments, each tank regiment had 2 tank battalions, and each tank battalion had 4 tank companies. Each company had 21 tanks, and such a fully equipped German armored division had 336 tanks. Four armored divisions had 1,344 tanks!

In addition, the German Armored Division, Motorized Infantry Division, SS Motorized Infantry Flag Team and the only 1st Cavalry Division also have a lot of self-propelled artillery and assault guns. With a 100% intact rate, the total number of tanks and assault guns owned by the 8 divisions and 2 flag teams of the 1st Armored Army (after some armored divisions were transferred out) was close to 1,600. However, after crossing the Arden Forest, the equipment's integrity rate has decreased. There are now about 1,300 tanks and assault guns (self-propelled guns).

But this is also a very large number, which may be much larger than the tanks owned by the seven armored divisions that attacked the English Channel in history, and the total number of assault guns.

Moreover, the equipment of the German armored forces is now slightly better than that of the same period in history. Tank No. 2 has basically withdrawn from the front line, and 38t tanks, 3 tanks, 4 tanks and 3 assault guns have become the main force.

Although the mass of the 43-diameter 75mm tank gun of the No. 4 tank still has not passed the standard, the 50mm anti-tank gun of the No. 3 tank was fully matured at the end of 1939 (this is related to Germany's early annexation of the Czech Republic. Skoda's technology used to produce 1936 47mm anti-tank guns became a reference for Germany to develop 50mm anti-tank guns). Therefore, all No. 3 tanks were replaced with 50mm anti-tank guns, and their firepower was greatly improved.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that people like Manstein and Longdsted now support the split of the 1st Armored Army. This Armored Army is actually a bit overpowering.

Seeing that Hessman was still hesitating, General Halde continued to persuade: "Marson, it is very beneficial for us to implement the 'Liberator Plan' to implement the 'Liberator Plan'. If we can encircle the French army of 'Magino' in the first phase of the battle, then we will easily attack the front line of Provence in the second phase of the battle."

Of course, it is impossible for a "Sick Swipe Operation" to completely defeat France, so the German General Staff and the Western Front headquarters have always planned to implement a large-scale offensive after the "Sick Swipe Operation". However, the specific offensive plan has not been formulated yet, because no one knows what the "Sick Swipe Operation" will be like.

Therefore, the second phase of the combat plan currently has only two general goals: the first is the Paris-Breton Peninsula front line; the second is to advance to Provence, and if possible, occupy Marseille and Toulon (the home port of the French Mediterranean Fleet).

The occupation of Paris is of course a need for a forced landing in France, while the acquisition of Provence is the provision of the Liberator Plan. Hessmann is a "Mediterranean winner". In his opinion, seizing control of the Mediterranean and oil resources in the Middle East is the key to Germany's victory.

Moreover, the task of seizing control of the Mediterranean and oil resources in the Middle East must be completed before occupying the British mainland. Because once the British mainland falls, the British Empire will disintegrate, and the Soviet Union is likely to seize Iran and Iraq in the chaos!

To seize the oil resources of the Mediterranean and Middle East, Germany would have a naval base located in the Mediterranean and a powerful naval fleet. A combination of German fleet + German naval aviation is definitely better than relying on Yidianli insurance.

Therefore, the Port of Toulon and the French Mediterranean Fleet are both very valuable goals!

"Okay, then follow the plan of the Western Front Headquarters!" Hessman was convinced by Halder. Since Manstein, Longdsted and Halder were consistent, what else could Hessman worry about? After all, he was just a "political marshal" with the vision of later generations. If he really commanded the army to fight, he would definitely not be able to defeat such big bulls as Manstein.

He thought for a while and added: "Arranging a meeting to allow Marshal Halder, General Kesselin and General Grame to participate... To study the possibility of using bombing to block the retreat of the British and French coalition forces from the sea."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now."

...

"Shake hard! Shake hard! Don't worry about the firepower of the Frenchman, don't worry about those..."

The battle to cross the Maas River has begun. Hundreds of rubber boats carried nearly 1,000 German soldiers, supported by airplanes, cannons and tank fire, heading towards the west bank of the Maas River. Rudolph Ribbentrop, the son of German Foreign Minister, is also rowing now, braved the various artillery bullets and bullets from the west bank of the Maas River. In addition to the various explosions and the sound of planes, his ears were the rough voice of platoon leader Gustav Schwarzenegger and the screams that sounded from time to time.

The one who screamed was Rudolph Ribbentrop's comrade named Paul Schulz. He was pierced by a French bullet and left a lot of blood. He kept screaming, wondering if he would suffer from disability?

"Do you give him a few shots?" Gustav Schwarzenegger knew that the screams of the injury would affect the morale of others, so he quickly ordered the health soldier who was bandaging the wound to give Paul Schultz a few shots.

When the screams gradually stopped, the rubber boat suddenly hit the river beach, and everyone's bodies rushed forward.

"It's time!" Gustav Schwarzenegger shouted, "Chong Chong, everyone is following me!"

As he shouted, he raised an mp-38 submachine gun and was the first to jump off the rubber boat. Rudolph Ribbentrop glanced at Schultz, who was no longer screaming but had a pale face. He silently wished good luck in his heart, and then took his rifle and jumped out of the knee-deep river. Before he could stand firm, a huge explosion sounded in his ears, and then a huge column of water and waves. He fell into the water without standing firmly.

"What a bad luck!" Rudolph Ribbentrop sighed in his heart, and was about to struggle to get up. Suddenly, someone picked up a handful of his military uniform and lifted him out of the water, as if he was carrying a chicken. Such a powerful guy was of course the platoon leader of Rudolph, Lieutenant Schwarzenegger.

"Rudolph, don't be afraid, the Frenchman's firepower is very weak!" Schwarzenegger patted the wet little Ribbentrop, "Roar up, kill a Frenchman, you'll be a man, when you arrive in Paris, you can find a few French girls to have fun!"

Is there a necessary connection between killing a French man and sleeping a French woman? Little Ribbintrov held a rifle and thought about the words of Lieutenant Schwarzenegger, then covered his head and charged.

Meanwhile, in the air between 2000 and 3000 meters, another Rudolph Hessman's eldest son, Rudolph Hessman, was flying his Zero Folk to chase a French plane that looked a bit like a catfish.

This is a French bre.693 attack aircraft. Although it is ugly in appearance, it has good performance. Its maximum flat flight speed can reach 490 km/h (at a height of 5,000 meters). It also has good low-altitude performance, which can carry out ultra-low-altitude horizontal bombing attacks. Its bomb bay is generally equipped with 8 50 kilogram bombs, which poses great threat to vehicles and personnel on the ground.

However, these flying catfishes were tantamount to a delicious meal in the eyes of pilots flying the Folk Zero. After all, it was a clumsy twin-engine aircraft, and its speed was not as fast as the Folk Zero. So when Rudolph saw the bre.693 coming out of the clouds, he flew the plane without saying a word.

"Rudolph, I'll cover you, shoot, shoot it down!" Novotney, who was forming a two-plane formation with Rudolph Hessman, quickly drove the plane to cover.

"Thank you!" Rudolf Hessman replied, and then focused on flying the plane to jump at the bre.693. The French plane also found two Folk Zero and targeted it. He quickly began to dive and lower the altitude, trying to escape from the low altitude.

This was originally a life-saving trick for fighters like P40 and Spitfire to deal with the Zero Type. However, Bre.693 is a dual-engine attack aircraft after all, and even the dive speed is only more than 500, which is still much slower than the Zero Type.

"Tada, Tadada..."

Seeing that he could not rely on speed to shake off the Folk Zero, the Bre.693 electromechanical/self-defense shooter was crazy and fired with a machine gun located on the back of the aircraft and could fire backwards. However, the electromechanical and self-defense machine gunner was obviously frightened. He fired too early and the bullets could not reach Rudolph Hessman's plane.

It was about to have a result! Seeing that the other party was confused and he fired all the bullets (only 100 rounds were ready), Rudolph Hessman wanted to go up and kiss the guy and the couple.

"Tutu, tutu..." Rudolf Hessman pressed the buttons of the machine cannon and machine gun at the same time. The distance was very appropriate. The ballistics of the bullet and 20mm machine shells completely overlapped (because they were ammunition of two calibers, and the ballistics only overlapped within a certain distance), and drew a beautiful arc and crashed into the fuselage of the French plane.
Chapter completed!