Iron Cross Fire

Vienna had agreed to Kuster's request, and Franz told him the good news.

This always made him feel relieved, and at the same time he was ready to complete his plan.

Long before the meeting, he deployed his troops outside Brittany. However, the time was too short, the troops had just arrived and had not recovered yet, and the decision to attack could only be delayed for a few hours.

But it did not prevent him from walking back and forth in the command room, and at the same time he had a few words with the people around him.

Kuster looked at the map, stared at it for a few seconds, and asked Nelson beside him:

"Are you sure that the people in the south can't cross the Loire River?"

"What do you think? They can't even penetrate the French army in Orleans."

Nelson's tone was as sharp as usual.

"Well... okay."

Kust was a little decadent, and after a few moments of silence, he turned his attention back to the map.

But he was upset at this time, and there was no time to calm down. Even if the news from the empire was good, it was not as important as his four besieged divisions.

Although he had no intention of rescuing them, he was unwilling to give up an army of nearly 70,000 people in vain. They could have been deployed to Brittany to fight, but now they were in this situation because of the stupid friendly forces in the south who could not cross the Loire River.

As a result, he had less than five divisions on hand, which was nearly half of his strength.

Fortunately, Germany transported him a whole army, but it was still on the way, perhaps just crossing Belgium at this time.

Far water cannot quench near thirst. Kuster wanted to launch an attack, but found that his troops were not as many as those on the other side, which made him extremely annoyed.

He could not waste time to kill the lives of the besieged army, so he had to launch an attack to relieve the pressure in other areas.

Kuster lit a cigarette to soothe his restlessness, and after meeting the officers, he began to make plans.

The white smoke from the cigarette made him feel comfortable, and he looked around on the map.

The boundary between them and the French army in Brest was quite clear. In the north, the Langke River divided the occupied areas of Germany and France.

In the south, there are strong fortresses on both sides of the Loire River.

The two sides are very different, but the central goal is the Brittany Peninsula.

The German army in the north will try every means to take Rennes, an important town on the peninsula, and then attack Brest to completely cut off the communication between Britain and France in the English Channel.

The task of the German army in the south is more complicated. On the one hand, they need to seize Nantes on the north bank of the Loire River to isolate the peninsula; on the other hand, they must guard against the counterattack of the French army on the south bank at any time, and also prepare for the subsequent attack on Aquitaine.

Custer no longer plans to attack Paris, not only him, but also the Germans think so.

The Americans on the other side of the ocean have already stepped half a foot into the war. They are now only fighting for the interests of the Suez Canal and have not used up their troops, but even a mentally ill person can know that it will soon be fully involved in the war.

The same is true for the French. Their original confused attitude towards the war has been swept away, replaced by endless confidence, and they are even ready for a government in exile.

The Allies were likely to achieve the feat of capturing Paris before France surrendered, but at a great cost.

So they relaxed their attack on Paris, not seeking to capture Paris, but only to cut off contact with the outside world.

Although the dissatisfied German emperor had been harassing the staff, no one cared anymore, and this was a foregone conclusion.

Custer had long believed this, and he was sure that the Loire River was the last solid wall in France, and he quickly made a plan.

The capture of Rennes could be postponed, and the first priority was to encircle the peninsula and capture Brest.

The southern front troops would attack westward, control Nantes and cut off the peninsula from the Loire River.

The northern front troops would cross the Lanc River and attack Brest.

He drew a line on the map, which was the border between the German and French control areas.

Just as he was about to draw a few more strokes, Kuster suddenly thought of something, turned around, and said to Nelson:

"I want you to organize a group of death squads immediately, and there must be one on each front! I will be of great use."

"Yes."

After a simple agreement, Kuster drew two more arrows.

One extends from Fougeres to Brest, and the other jumps from Messanges to Nantes.

The two offensive lines each have obstacles. Although the Langke River in the north is short and can be bypassed, it can still cause some trouble for the attackers.

The Eder in the south separates the two banks, which is much longer than the Langke River and difficult to cross.

The death squads prepared by Kuster are for this purpose. They will surprise attack the other side of the river under the cover of artillery fire, and after the fortress is almost blown up, the army can move in.

And he will also deploy a little bit of the Loire River in the south, its role is to infiltrate, and establish one base after another behind the enemy, and fight guerrilla warfare behind.

However, the concept of this guerrilla warfare is different from the general guerrilla warfare. The general guerrilla warfare requires the support of the people, while this guerrilla warfare is to plunder the people, reduce the French people's support for the war, and then undermine the stability of the French government.

However, this is also difficult to achieve, because without the support of the masses, these death squad guerrillas can hardly gain a foothold behind enemy lines.

It is feasible to rob food, but robbing food will not only not gain benefits, but will also bring crises.

Every time the guerrillas rob food, it means that they must change their location, and if they rob too much, the civilians may not have as much food as the guerrillas.

The German troops crossing the Loire River had a heavy responsibility and great risks, but the army would give them the most advanced weapons and radios.

They could even take some lightweight towed rocket launchers, but the premise was that they would not fall into the hands of the enemy.

"I want to send all the death squads out tonight. Can you do it?" Kuster said sternly while smoking.

"If you can't, I'll go to Siberia to dig potatoes."

"Okay, let's adjourn."

Kust turned around and said to the officers:

"We will launch the attack at 8 a.m. the next day, and I hope you will be ready."

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