The entire French army's actions were under the control of the Hans. From the moment the Gauls made the decision to send troops from the Saar region, their actions were destined to fail!
After all, there is indeed a large number of Hans' militiamen in Saar. The last time Manstein, Kesselring and others made a big splash here, not only leaving a large number of weapons to the locals, but also leaving Many German officers helped these locals train militiamen.
Two years have passed. Although the size of the militia active in the Saar region has shrunk to about 20,000 people, compared with the original all-people soldiers, the strength of these 20,000 people is already close to that of the regular German army!
Although these 20,000 men could not block the full-scale attack of the Gauls, they could carry out the tasks of harassment, sneak attacks and transmitting intelligence.
Therefore, under the gaze of more than 20,000 pairs of eyes, from the first moment the Gauls sent troops, their every move was completely under the control of the German army!
"Hey, the Gauls are here after all, just in time, let them test the strength of our line of defense!"
When the French army set off, they were full of hope, because they believed that the main force of the Hans must be in the east to resist the attack of the Spinans, and the number of troops on the west front must be very sparse, and the defense must be very empty!
In this case, they shouldn't have to spend much effort to occupy the Rhine area.
As a result, with this idea, the Gauls ran into Hans' Siegfried defense line! Talent bonus, and the size of the second army in his hands is much larger than during the last Ruhr crisis, which makes Model's tactical options more abundant.
In the past, Model was able to defend with inferior troops. The enemy's attack was several times greater than his own. At this moment, when he had enough troops, the fate of the Gauls would not be good! On
December 28, the Gallic army began to cross the Black Forest Mountains and officially entered. Rhine region.
Standing on Mount Field at an altitude of 1,500 meters, the commander of Gaul, Marshal Pétain, was full of energy and heroic spirit!
At a height of more than 1,000 meters, he could overlook the entire land, and Hans' territory seemed to be in the distance. At his feet, only waiting for him to conquer in person.
For three days, the Gallic army advanced almost 100 kilometers, but encountered almost no obstruction, and did not encounter any obstruction by the large-scale German army. Except for the suspicious Saar guerrillas, the Gauls encountered almost no trouble along the way!
This information made everyone in Gaul breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the information they had received before was correct. The main force of the Hans was Sure enough, the defenses on the eastern front and the western front were very empty!
Thinking of this, Marshal Pétain immediately made a decision!
Since Hans's troops were empty, he must seize the time to occupy strategic locations as soon as possible and completely control the Rhine area. Come down!
So, he issued an order and sent a division of troops to occupy the pass of the Black Forest Mountains-Pilmaasen!
By occupying this place, they can consolidate the French right-wing defense line and ensure that they control the commanding heights, thereby ensuring the safety of the entire army.!
On December 29, the French army began to attack Pilmayasen!
Originally, the French army thought that since the German defenses on the front line were empty, their attack here would be very smooth!
As a result, in the valley of Pilmayasen, The Gallic army was besieged by the overwhelmingly superior strength of a German army. The sudden appearance of the German army from the Black Forest completely exceeded the Gauls' expectations. Before they could react, the German army had completely surrounded them.!
Before they sent the distress telegram, Germany had already launched it!
Marshal Pétain received the distress telegram from the French army on the afternoon of the 29th. When he personally led an army to Pilmayasen, he saw nothing but corpses on the ground. Except for the dense virgin forest, there is nothing else to see!
Except, of course, the bodies of the Gallic soldiers lying on the ground!
"General, look! There seems to be some writing on this fallen tree!"
When a French soldier was inspecting the battlefield, he found a large tree that had been cut down by humans. A section of bark had been stripped off the trunk of the big tree, and a line of text was written on it.
Unfortunately, this line of text It was written in German. Marshal Pétain did not know German, so he quickly found the translator who accompanied the army and asked him to translate this passage!
"Marshal Pétain died under this tree!"
After the translator read this text carved on the tree, he was immediately shocked!
"This is unreasonable, the Hans are really hateful!"
Everyone was immediately furious when they heard this. It was despicable enough for the Hans to sneak attack their troops, but they actually cursed their general in this way. This behavior is really despicable!
Marshal Pétain His face was also livid, and his heart was extremely angry. However, besides being angry, he suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling in his heart!
"Shh!"
"Listen, what is this sound?"
At this moment, a French officer with a keen hearing heard a strange sound coming from the air, so he stopped the people's noise, raised his ears and said to everyone.
After hearing the words, everyone raised their ears. They opened their ears to hear what the sound was!
Then, as everyone listened with bated breath, they heard a sharp sound!
"call out!"
"This is?"
"Such a familiar voice?"
"I feel like I've heard this voice somewhere!"
"When you said that, I also remembered it. Indeed, I heard it somewhere!
"No, this is the sound caused by the cannonball rubbing the air in the air!"
"Lie down!"
Although Marshal Pétain was not young, his reaction speed was very quick. After confirming that it was the sound of artillery shells, he immediately fell to the ground. While he fell, he also shouted to his companions!
However, His companions were not as fast as him!
Boom!
Along with the smoke and scorching flames, a small mushroom cloud slowly rose from the middle of the French army!
When the French soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, the violent friction in the air became denser!
Whoosh!
A large number of artillery shells began to shoot along the set points, falling like raindrops towards the position of the French army!
For a moment, the French soldiers who had no time to react were blasted to the point of crying. A large number of soldiers were sent to the sky by the air waves from the shell explosion!
In the distance, on the German position, they picked up their binoculars and saw the forest in the distance. Amidst the flashing artillery fire and soaring smoke, Model's mouth curled up.
"Haha, the 406mm fortress cannon is enough for a Gaulish man to drink a pot!"
That's right, the German attack was launched from the Siegfried Fortress with a large-caliber long-range fortress cannon!
This kind of huge cannon with a caliber of more than 400 meters weighs more than a meal, and the charge is very large. It was so big that one shell was enough to level a football field to the ground!
The vanguard of the division that the German army used to kill the French army used this kind of huge cannon. Under the blow of this huge cannon, the Gauls tried to The attempt to establish a defense line based on the terrain and then hold on to the defense line and wait for reinforcements suddenly came to naught under the intensive bombing of several rounds of heavy artillery!
At this time, the French army that came in a hurry also enjoyed the same benefits as their companions! treatment!
"It's a pity that the main force of the French army has already moved closer here. Otherwise, it is really possible to keep this old boy Pétain here this time!"
Model secretly thought that it was a pity that the Gallic army was blocked by the Siegfried Line of Defense before it was fully deployed at this time. If he had allowed them to fully deploy and the distance between the front and rear troops was slightly wider, he would have had the opportunity to capture the fighter plane and put it behind him. The Gallic army in front will be eaten!
In that case, Pétain might be a guest in the German prisoner-of-war camp!