Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

We certainly cannot use incendiary bombs to clean up the ground in Paris like we did in Tokyo. The bombers can only be used to drop leaflets.

Before the start of Operation Overlord, de Gaulle went to London and had a debate with Winston about whether the German troops in Paris should be bombed.

Winston demanded an all-round attack on the German army, whether it was the German army stationed in Berlin or the German army in Paris, because the Germans were using V2 rockets to bomb London indiscriminately.

Since London was bombed by the Germans, Paris could also be bombed by the Allies.

De Gaulle firmly opposed it.

As a cultural city with countless historical monuments, Paris is the pride of all French people. De Gaulle hoped to find a way to peacefully regain Paris instead of using incendiary bombs to level Paris.

Patton partially supported de Gaulle's decision.

If the German army was willing to leave Paris, Patton could even let the German army escape and return to Germany.

Anyway, the Allied forces will definitely invade Germany next, and those German troops will eventually be unable to escape the fate of defeat.

If the German army held on to Paris, Patton would also order the troops to attack. At most, the Allied tanks would be restrained by the time they hit Notre Dame.

The leaflet offensive against Paris has begun in early June. In addition to the leaflets calling on the French to stand up against the evil Germany, there is also a leaflet persuading them to surrender. If German officers and soldiers have this kind of leaflet, they can do so after surrendering.

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The bomber carrying the leaflets took off from Toulon Airport, and it took an hour and a half to fly to Paris.

When the bomber passed through Lyon, it received a call from the ground. The 6th Armored Division, which was acting as the forward, was being frantically attacked by the 4th SS Armored Division. It called nearby bombers for rapid support.

The captain was helpless. Although his plane was a bomber, the magazine was filled with leaflets and could not provide any help to the 6th Armored Division.

The situation of the 6th Armored Division is indeed dangerous.

Facing the two-sided attack by the Allies, Kruger did not sit still. He adjusted his defense line and actively looked for opportunities to counterattack. At this time, the 6th Armored Division ran into it, and Kruger immediately dispatched his most powerful SS troops.

4th Armored Division.

Günther von Kluge was born into a Junker noble family. He participated in World War I and received the Royal Order of Hohenzollern with double swords as a captain.

During the Weimar Republic, Kruger had been serving in the army. After the outbreak of World War II, he performed well during the Polish Campaign and the French Campaign. Later, he experienced the baptism of the Russian battlefield until he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Western European battlefield by Mustache.

Kluge is a very contradictory person. He met with Dr. Godler last winter and decided to get rid of his mustache, but he wavered at the last moment because he was worried that it would trigger a civil war between the SS and the Wehrmacht.

Later, Kruger was seriously injured in a car accident. After recovering from his injury, he became a supporter of the mustache again. His experience was exactly the opposite of Rommel's.

A fierce quarrel broke out between Kruger and Rommel. Rommel said that Kruger was a bumpkin from the Eastern Front, and Kruger said that Rommel had never been to the Eastern Front and was simply wasting his time.

Rommel was very angry and reminded Kruger that he was also a field marshal. Kruger ridiculed Rommel that the field marshal could only command a few divisions and was not at the same level as the field marshal who had commanded the German Army Group Center.

The six tank divisions under Rommel are now in Caen. The Fourth SS Armored Division came to the French battlefield with Kruger. After returning to Germany from Russia, this division rested for four months and its strength was reduced.

and weapons and equipment have been effectively replenished, and morale is strong.

"There are German armored units on both our left and right sides. This is the pincer offensive that the Germans are best at. If we retreat, we will be pursued by the Germans. If we stand firm, we will be heavily surrounded by the Germans!"

Luke Grote was sweating profusely. Just now, the German army broke through the left flank position of the 6th Armored Division. Luke led the division's guard company to launch a counterattack and drove the German army out of the position.

Although the divisional guard company is equipped with few tanks, they are all standard Southern African "Leopard" tanks, and their combat effectiveness is comparable to the German Panzer V.

"Order the troops to hold their position and not retreat even a step!" Jacques de Broglie looked crazy. He could not accept defeat.

If it fails, it will be the Free French Army's first defeat on French soil.

Not counting those in North Africa, the Free French Army at that time was not complete and had only a few tanks. It was normal that it could not defeat Rommel.

Now in 1944, although the equipment level of the Free French Army is not as good as that of southern Africa, not as good as that of the United States, it is also not as good as Russia, whose equipment level is rising steadily——

If you calculate it this way, it seems that it can only be compared with the British army.

This is so hurtful.

Britain is a maritime country, and its army only has two or three kittens and puppies, which is not even as good as Spain's.

Speaking of Spain, Spain now has a strong army.

After Franco's fall, Spain established a defense force of 300,000 people with the help of southern Africa.

At the same time that Operation Overlord and Operation Dragoon were launched, the Third Army and Spanish troops stationed in Spain also invaded France. The actions of the Allied forces along this route were not eye-catching, but the results were even more brilliant. The Allied forces in Normandy and

While the Allied forces in Toulon were blocked in Caen and Lyon respectively, the Spanish Allied forces had already begun sweeping the Brittany Peninsula.

The Brittany Peninsula was originally the task of the Allied Forces in Normandy. After the Allied forces landed in Normandy, they would launch attacks in two directions: Paris and the Brittany Peninsula.

In Eisenhower's plan, after the Spanish Allies invade France, they will join the Toulon Allies and the Normandy Allies as quickly as possible to connect the battle lines, and then the Toulon Allies and the Spanish Allies will

, they all came under the command of the Western European Army Headquarters, which was Eisenhower.

The plan was good, but the Normandy Allies performed too poorly and failed to complete either task. The Toulon Allies did not move closer to the Normandy Allies, while the Spanish Allies swept through southern France with overwhelming force. In just one

Nearly 60,000 captured German troops were wiped out within a month. This result surprised many people.

The Spanish Allied Forces performed well, and Patton, as the previous commander of the Third Army, was honored.

Montgomery was angry.

Montgomery believed that if the German army in southern France had not been attracted to Normandy, the Spanish Allied forces would never have progressed so fast. Therefore, the military medals of the Spanish Allied forces were at least a quarter of those of the British army in Normandy.

Considering Montgomery's character, this is a relatively modest statement. If Montgomery did not need help from the Southern African Army and the US Army, it would never be as small as a quarter.

Americans are not comfortable either.

Strictly speaking, it was the task of the US military to eliminate the remaining German troops in the Brittany Peninsula. However, after Patton captured Cherbourg, he led the main force of the Third Army north to support Caen, leaving only the 9th Army responsible for follow-up tasks. This pair

The 9th Army is a bit overpowered.

The 9th Army has only one armored division and one infantry division, while the remaining German troops in the Brittany Peninsula have at least six divisions, of which four divisions are stationed in Brest alone.

Two divisions against six divisions, even if the German army is relatively dispersed, this task will be difficult to complete.

The Spanish Allied Forces arrived just in time, which made Patton very uncomfortable.

Although Patton was uncomfortable, at least the 9th Army was much more relaxed.

The Sixth Armored Division had no reinforcements, and the nearest allied force was fifty kilometers away.

"I have called for air support. As long as we persist until dark, victory will eventually belong to us!" De Broglie cheered on the frontline commanders on the phone.

The response of the frontline commanders was to request support, which must be provided immediately, otherwise the position would be overrun by the Germans at any time.

"There are German armored units in front of us. They are the German No. 4, No. 5, God, and the German new tanks. We need support-"

"There are only 6 tanks left in my unit that can still move. It will be difficult to withstand the next German attack. The Germans are simply crazy, regardless of casualties-"

"The guerrillas discovered the German outflanking troops, and the German troops appeared behind us——"

Bad news is coming from all directions.

De Broglie calmed down: "Great, German troops have appeared in all directions around us, so we have been surrounded, so let's fight to the end. I will never surrender a second time!"

There was silence on the phone.

After a while, Louis Gunther, the commander of the 29th Regiment in charge of the defense on the west side, said on the phone: "Long live France!"

"Long live France!"

This time the response was neat. The French were still bloody. They were just unfortunate enough to encounter a group of incompetent commanders.

Gunther put down the phone, grabbed the Nyasaland rifle next to the phone, rushed out of the command post, and went to the front line to fight.

"Colonel, your combat position is at the command post!" Gunther's adjutant Foster persuaded in a low voice.

"We have no reinforcements, and we cannot draw troops from anywhere else. I now have to fulfill my obligations as a French soldier." Gunther passed the supply point and stuffed all his pockets with grenades.

Foster was stunned for a moment, and stopped trying to persuade him. He simply picked up a box of grenades and followed Gunther.

The Free French Army does not have many rocket launchers, but they only have as many grenades as they need.

The battle soon started again. The Germans knew that the 6th Armored Division was at the end of its rope, so they worked hard and did not give the French any chance to breathe.

"Wait, wait, get the Germans closer and then fight -" Gunther hid behind a destroyed tank and stared at the approaching German tanks.

The Germans were very smart. The tanks did not move forward all the time, but stopped and stopped, never letting go of any doubts.

Once a possible Free French fire point is discovered, the German tanks will stop, aim and fire, destroying them before continuing to move forward.

This feeling of being unable to fight back and having to be passively beaten is terrible.

"Order our tanks to hide well, and after the German tanks attack our position, attack the sides or rear of the German tanks as much as possible, paying special attention to the engines. German engines are gasoline engines, and they can easily catch fire if attacked."

Gunther keeps talking, which can effectively relieve his stress.

Foster was silent and was trying to tie several grenades together with tape to make a cluster grenade.

This is not easy. Egg grenades are difficult to bundle together. It would be much more convenient if they were grenades with wooden handles.

The 6th Armored Division actually also has counterattack capabilities. It has an 88mm high-flat dual-purpose gun, which is very useful for hitting tanks with the barrel flat.

The camouflage work of an 88-gun was not good enough, and it was discovered by a German tank. Three German tanks fired at the 88-gun bunker at the same time. Three seconds later, the bunker and the 88-gun were completely destroyed, and all six Free French soldiers in the position were

Killed in action.

Unable to resist, the French soldiers opened fire, and the bullets hit the tank's solid body, leaving not even a white spot. Instead, the tank guns and coaxial machine guns fired wildly.

It's amazing that the tanks of the German Wehrmacht had difficulty even dispatching due to lack of fuel.

The SS had sufficient logistics, but they did not know how to use bullets and shells sparingly1.

That's right, what the Germans lacked was fuel, not artillery shells.

As the German tanks got closer and closer, Gunther could feel the ground shaking more and more violently.

Suddenly gunfire and grenade explosions sounded intensively, and the German tank finally reached the grenade attack range.

Gunther observed through the gap between the car body and threw the grenades one after another without exposing his body.

Foster finally made the cluster grenade, pulled the tab and threw it out, but the force was not strong enough and the binding was not strong enough. The tape spread out in the air and flew less than ten meters away.

"Wocao, you are a mole sent by the Germans!" Gunther scurried away with his head in his arms. It would have been an injustice if he had not died in the hands of the Germans but by the adjutant's grenade.

"I didn't know it would be like this -" Foster was about to burst into tears. He was blown to the ground by the huge impact as soon as he took two steps.

this--

This is not like the effect that a grenade can have.

The sound of the explosion was also a little louder.

Gunther and Foster turned around, and a close ground support aircraft with the Southern African military emblem painted on the underside of the wing flew past.

"Bombers! Our bombers!" Foster's cheers were choked with sobs.

"That's great, Southern Africa, I love you!" Gunther laughed and raised his arms and shouted, and suddenly the sound of stray bullets was heard in his ears.

Yes, now is not the time to celebrate, the battle is not over yet.

At this time, the Algiers tank that had been hiding in the bunker finally rushed out. The 75mm tank gun is not as powerful as the 88mm gun. It is difficult for the No. 5 and King Tiger to penetrate the armor in frontal attacks. The side attack effect is still good.

No. 5 was hit on the side, and the sound of shrapnel raging in the narrow cabin, mixed with the screams of the German tank crews, was the most beautiful note in the world to Gunther.

Gunther got up and knelt down, raised his gun, and pulled the trigger at a German soldier not far away.

The German soldiers fell to the ground, Gunther aimed at the next target, and Foster next to him gradually became silent.