"How unreasonable! This must be the work of the Hans!"
In the Eiffel Tower, the capital of Gaul, Prime Minister Clemenceau said angrily.
Hearing his words, Marshal Joffre opposite raised his eyebrows. Isn't this an obvious thing about lice on a bald man's head?
Even a fool can see it. Come out, is this what the Germans are doing?
"Judging from the current situation, it is indeed the German army who is causing trouble behind the scenes. After all, it is impossible for those workers to have so many weapons for no reason!"
Marshal Foch said.
This time, Marshal Foch did not take charge of the operation himself, but left it to Lieutenant General Henry to handle. According to Marshal Foch's vision, it was impossible for the German army to stop the German army's actions. Once the German army came Their troops are too small. They only have 100,000 troops in total. Compared with the French army's millions of troops, the gap is too big.
If they really fight, the French army can completely drown them with their numerical advantage! They can't afford the consequences of a full-scale war, because once the French army is excited, they can expand the scale of the war and directly send troops into Hans' capital, occupy Hans' capital, and force Hans to surrender again.
However, the current situation is. It was somewhat different from Marshal Foch's previous idea. The German army not only sent troops, but also divided them into two groups. One part went straight to the Ruhr Industrial Area and blocked the French army's advance in the Dort area, while the other part moved southward. surrounded the Saar area and provoked an uprising among the workers in the Saar mining area, causing a fire in the French army's backyard.
Although the initiative of the situation is still in the hands of the French army, the current situation of the French army is. Disadvantageous position.
The way to reverse the current disadvantageous situation is also very simple, that is, to continue to increase troops on the front line.
At this time, General Henry has about 250,000 troops, including the servants of Belgium. There are two armies, with a total of 300,000 troops.
The strength of this army is already three times that of the German army. It stands to reason that they cannot defeat the German army, but the actual situation is not so optimistic as the German army is fighting on home soil! , basically they can get strong support from the local people. The attitude of the people in various places towards the German army's fight against the invaders is almost the same as that of welcoming the king's army.
In this case, the German army only needs to fight with peace of mind. Logistics, logistics, etc. There was no need to consider issues such as public security.
The French army was not so lucky. As invaders, they encountered fierce resistance from almost all Hans people wherever they went. They adopted an uncooperative attitude towards the French army, and the workers refused to resume work. Some retired soldiers even took up arms and began to attack the French army.
In this case, the French army had to dedicate a large number of troops to maintain security in the rear and ensure its own safety. The security of their supply lines greatly limits their strength.
Moreover, it is almost impossible for them to get the support of the local people in a strange place, and they may even be attacked by bullets fired from unknown sources at any time. This made the French army nervous and extremely nervous!
The situation became less clear, or not very favorable to them. This was something Marshal Foch had not considered in advance.
"Huh, if that's the case, then increase the troops in the Saar region, defeat the German army, and advance to Bavaria at the same time, and defeat Munich!"
Clemenceau snorted coldly and ordered.
Marshal Foch wanted to refuse, but before he could say anything, he heard the Prime Minister continue:"General Joffre, I know you have always been worried about the change of generals before the battle. Huai, in that case, I'll leave this matter to you!"
Xiafei was overjoyed. He thought he had no chance of leading troops in battle, but he didn't expect that Clemenceau actually gave him such a task!
Marshal Xiafei would naturally not refuse if he could take over the army again and serve the country. In fact, This was the opportunity he had dreamed of!
Seeing Xiafei's happy expression, the marshal sighed in his heart.
Now, things were out of his control!
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Ruhr Industrial Area, Dort City, the German frontline headquarters is in this city at this time
"General, the French army has increased its troops!"
Himmler said to Mainz nervously. This was the intelligence that had just come from the Tower City, the capital of Gaul.
At present, the Gestapo's sphere of influence has covered major European countries. With the financial support provided by Mainz, they recruited and trained a large number of outstanding talents. After being trained, these spies were sent to various countries to perform latent missions.
As the traditional enemy of Hans, Gaul was the country most hostile to Hans at this time, so it was severely punished.
Focusing on care, Himmler dispatched three groups of spies to Gaul.
These spies were distributed in major cities in Gaul and used various identities to lurk.
They were unaware of each other's existence and had single-line communication with their superiors.
The advantage of this is that even if the Gauls are aware of it and discover some spies, it will be difficult to find other spies through these spies, thereby preventing the Gestapo's intelligence network from being taken over by the enemy!
"Well, don't be nervous, this information is not surprising. I am very curious about the direction in which they are increasing their troops. Don't tell me yet, let me guess!"
Major General Mainz seemed to be in a good mood. Seeing Himmler's nervous look, he smiled and comforted him.
"I guess the direction of the Gauls' reinforcements should not be the Ruhr Industrial Area, right? Are they going to increase their troops in the Saar region?"
Mainz's guess is very accurate. The French army did not send more troops to the Ruhr Industrial Zone. Although the main force of the German army is located here, the French army does not want to send too many troops here, because that will inevitably cause trouble. The two countries are even more irritated.
These two countries have already expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the French army. If they continue to expand their actions, these two countries may not be as simple as dissatisfaction!
"General, you are really amazing. The Gauls appointed Marshal Xiafei as their chief general and led an army group from Lorraine to enter the Saar region!"
"A group army?"
After hearing this information from Himmler, Mainz's face finally became serious.
"Well, a group army, it seems to be the Ninth Army! Himmler nodded. This was also the reason why he was nervous when he arrived.
"There is only so much that an army group can do. Kesselin and his friends are in danger!"
Mainz was secretly happy, but while he was secretly happy, he was also a little worried about the safety of Kesselring and others!
"Send a telegram to Kesselring and Manstein to inform them of the French army's actions and to put them on alert!"
After the German telegram was sent, both Kesselring and Manstein looked a little solemn.
The strength of a French army group is at least 150,000, plus the troops originally stationed in the Saar area, the French army has at least 150,000 troops. There are 170,000 troops available.
And they only have one division of the main force, and there are also 100,000 temporarily armed insurgent troops.
These insurgent troops seem to have many people, but they are not from the regular army and have not gone through the formal army. Although they have experienced military training, it is okay to harass the French army. It is definitely impossible to expect them to go head-to-head with the main force of the French army.
After all, the French army is not a ragtag army from those countries in Eastern Europe. They are serious people in the world. strong army
"It seems that we need to readjust our strategy! Kesselring said to Manstein seriously. Manstein nodded and acknowledged the other person's words.
"The Kaiserslautern area is densely forested. I think we can use our previous guerrilla warfare experience and break it into parts to harass and delay the French army's actions here!"
"Fighting guerrilla warfare?"
"Well, our purpose is to hold off the French army and wait for reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements? Kesselin smiled bitterly, where do they have any reinforcements?
"Believe me, reinforcements will definitely come!"
Manstein's expression was unusually determined!