The Rise of Australia

Facing the Luftwaffe attack, the French general immediately realized that something was wrong.

But at this time, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. The frontline troops had already ordered an attack. It was obviously a foolish dream to withdraw from the enemy's attack unharmed.

In the current situation, we can only abandon part of the troops at the front and try to preserve the troops at the rear to avoid too many casualties.

Since the enemy has made defensive preparations for Namur in advance, it also means that the German army is clearly aware of its own movements.

The French general had a headache. He didn't know whether the army that was divided into Charleroi had exposed his whereabouts, or whether his own large army had accidentally exposed his whereabouts before.

Following the French general's order, the army began to slowly retreat toward the rear. German planes in the sky also discovered the French army's intentions, and the German army immediately began to pursue them.

The original purpose of the French army was to retreat to Charleroi in the west and organize a defensive formation there.

But soon, French troops spotted German aircraft and troops on their way to Charleroi.

This also means that Charleroi is definitely not safe at this time.

Before the French army could make any reaction, the French army at the front suddenly found that it was surrounded by a large number of German troops on its front, rear, left and right.

By the time the French army reacted and stopped advancing, it was completely surrounded by the German army.

"Damn it!" The French general who gave the order turned pale, knowing that the army he led had reached its end.

After being completely surrounded by the German army, the French troops had to sacrifice most of their troops if they wanted to break out.

This also means that regardless of whether he can escape back to France, most of the soldiers he leads will remain in the encirclement.

"Breakthrough southward! As long as we break through the enemy's encirclement line, we will soon reach the border." The French general tried to resist and ordered the French army to quickly breakout southward.

But it was obvious that the German army was well prepared.

At the front are a large number of machine gun positions. These machine guns formed a fire network one after another, making the 500 meters in front of the German position a restricted area for life.

In addition, there are a large number of German aircraft in the sky. On the one hand, they are used to detect the movements of French aircraft. On the other hand, they can also cause considerable casualties to the French army.

"Damn it, these annoying planes must be shot down." The French general cursed secretly and quickly ordered the messenger around him to contact the air force.

But the German army obviously would not give the French army a chance. The fire network composed of machine guns and artillery, coupled with the support of fighter jets and bombers in the sky, was harvesting the lives of a large number of French soldiers at every moment.

"Concentrate firepower to break through to the south!" the French general ordered: "Everyone, I have to admit that we have fallen into the encirclement of the German army. If you still want to go back alive, then please join me in fighting hard. .

For France, charge! "

The sentence "For France" indeed attracted many French soldiers to follow the general and charge forward.

But soon, the Germans' dense firepower network defeated these French soldiers.

Germany did not like the French who annexed their own territory, robbed German factories, exploited the German people and exacerbated Germany's economic crisis.

Under the propaganda of the German government, the German people only hate two groups in their lives. One is the Jews who wantonly enrich the country and do everything they can to squeeze the Germans.

The other one is these French people in front of me. Facing these enemies, the German army showed no mercy and wanted to massacre them all.

At the end of May, two pieces of news spread from Belgium to the world, shocking all countries.

The first was Brussels, the capital of Belgium. After facing the siege of the German army for several days, it was easily captured by the German army.

The second one is France's 150,000 troops supporting Belgium. In the end, less than 30,000 troops returned safely to the country.

The remaining troops either died in the attack on Namur or were captured by the Germans after falling into the German encirclement.

More than 120,000 troops were lost at one time, which was also a heavy casualty for the French.

What's even more terrible is that in less than ten days, most of Belgium's land and important cities fell into German hands.

At present, the Belgian government has moved west to Kortrijk, and is considering crossing the English Channel and escaping to London.

After losing 120,000 troops, the French government was completely panicked.

The Franco-Belgian border does not have much fortress protection. When the Germans completely occupy Belgium, they will definitely organize a larger army to fully attack France.

Looking at it this way, the Maginot Line that the French worked so hard to build seems like a joke. The Germans could easily attack Paris, France, without passing through the Maginot Line.

In order to protect Paris, the French spent everything they had.

Following an order from the French government, the 200,000 French troops originally stationed at the Maginot Line hurried north and were deployed along the line from Lille to Sedan as France's first line of defense against Germany.

At the same time, France mobilized more than 200,000 troops from Normandy and Brittany to the line from Asia to Reims as a second line of defense against Germany.

At the same time, France has also launched a large-scale mobilization in central and southern France. It is expected that at least 300,000 troops will be formed in a short period of time and transported northward to near Paris for training.

These 300,000 troops will be expanded to the Paris garrison and will also be Paris's last line of defense.

The three fronts defending Paris alone have more than 700,000 French troops, which also proves the importance France attaches to the capital Paris.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Paris has been the capital of France for a long time, and its role has far exceeded that of other French cities.

Once Paris fell, the blow to the morale of the French military and people would be unparalleled. It is no exaggeration to say that France, which has lost Paris, is like a rooster that has lost its fighting spirit. It is just a bigger piece of chicken.

The current deployment of the French army is also relatively clear. As of June, there are nearly 1.4 million troops in France, and the growth rate is still very fast.

In addition to the 700,000 troops deployed on the Paris Defense Line, the Maginot Line had nearly 300,000 French troops, the war against Italy had 300,000 troops, and 100,000 troops were scattered in other areas.

If colonial troops are included, the number of French troops is close to 1.7 million, and will exceed 2 million in a short period of time.

But the problem is that France's vast colonies require a large number of troops to be stationed, which also means that the number of troops currently available in the colonies is very small.

Rather than counting on the mobilization of troops from the colonies and transporting them to France, it is better to count on the mobilization of French local troops.

Because of its relatively sufficient war preparations, Germany's current military number has surpassed France's, reaching about 2.2 million.

However, due to the two-front battle and the need for some troops to be stationed in Poland to quell the rebellion, the number of troops Germany could mobilize dropped to about one million.

However, after the annexation of the Czech Republic, Germany's industry experienced a great growth and it also had a larger population to mobilize the army.

Moreover, the number of German troops has not yet reached the upper limit. Germany's combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger for a long time to come.

In addition to using the army to form a defense line, France also began to negotiate with the British government many times, asking the British government to send troops.

At this time, the British government could not sit still. It only took the Germans about two months from the outbreak of the war to annex Poland and the Czech Republic, and are about to annex Belgium.

France and Austria were obviously unable to withstand the German attack, which was completely contrary to British expectations.

In this situation, it is impossible for the British to sit still and watch the war between France and Germany with peace of mind.

If France is completely defeated, what Britain will face next will be the German-Italian alliance that encompasses the entire Central and Western Europe.

On the one hand, Britain urgently organized an army of 200,000 soldiers and used a transport fleet to transport large quantities of goods to Belgium and France.

Although most of Belgium has fallen, the coastal areas are still relatively safe.

The Germans were not stupid and could not expose their army to the artillery range of the British navy.

This also means that the British can completely rely on the Belgian coastline and rely on their naval superiority to fight a tug-of-war with the Germans.

The British troops heading to France had only one purpose, and that was to try to help the French hold Paris.

France's attitude is also very clear. Britain must do its best to help France, and the French will resist Germany at all costs.

If the British continue to sit on the sidelines, the French government's fighting spirit will be greatly weakened. Such France is obviously no match for Germany.

All of a sudden, Britain also began to frantically prepare war supplies, and together with the army, transported large quantities to the European continent.

After both Austria and France fell into a huge decline, the United Kingdom and France finally turned their attention to the other side of the earth, the superpower that has the same origin as Europe and ranks among the top three in the world.

On June 9, 1936, William, the British Ambassador to Australasia, and Cassel, the French Ambassador to Australasia, visited together and asked to see Arthur.

Arthur naturally knew the purpose of their visit, and received the two diplomatic ambassadors in the reception room of the palace.

As Arthur expected, after a period of hypocritical greetings, the two finally revealed their intentions, overtly and covertly, which was to ask Australasia to abide by the Anglo-Australian alliance and join this war as an ally of Britain and France.

Arthur is also very concerned about this war. He also understands that it is impossible for Australasia to be as immune as it was in World War I, or even to start a big war during the war.

Britain and France are not fools and will not let Australasia go it alone and become bigger in the war.

If Australasia really does this, Arthur can only do everything possible to defeat the British and French colonial rule after this war is over.

Otherwise, Britain and France, which have regained their strength a little, are bound to point their fingers at Australasia.

But participating in a war is a war. If there were not enough benefits, Arthur would not be able to participate in the war so early.

After all, the sooner you join the war, the more responsibility you have to bear for the war. War means casualties, and for Arthur, who loves his people like his own son, that costs extra money.

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