The Rise of the Third Reich

"Major, the leader is right, we are all blond and blue-eyed supermen!" Lieutenant Rudolf Witzsch said to Major Kirk, who was running with him, in a teasing tone as he ran.

"Why do you say that?" Major Kirk asked.

"We braved raindrops of artillery fire from the sky and landed on the roof of a heavily fortified fortress. Within 60 minutes, we blew up dozens of targets, and then we had to hit dozens more one by one. The fighting was endless..."

"And we haven't been killed yet!" Major Kirk added.

"There are still a few killed!" When Lieutenant Rudolf Wizsch spoke, he, Major Coker and a dozen other commandos had already ran to a hemispherical armored turret.

This is an armored turret equipped with a 120mm large-caliber cannon. The bomb that destroyed the cannon in the morning failed to blow up the shell of the turret. As a result, a commando had to climb to the top of the turret and stuff the bomb into the cannon. Tube.

In the process, several other commandos had to exchange fire with dozens of Belgian soldiers. In the end, they not only destroyed the cannon, but also killed more than a dozen Belgians without any casualties themselves - this is simply a shocking plot that can only be seen in a certain drama of later generations. But on April 10, it was happening everywhere.

The turret of the huge cannon that had been blown up has now become a stronghold for the commandos. The iron door of the armored turret has been pried open. When the Belgians shelled, the team members guarding here would get in and escape. When the bombardment is over, these unsuspecting supermen will come out and continue killing.

Opposite the turret is a spiral staircase, from which the Belgian soldiers stationed in the fortress would launch counterattacks. However, every counterattack was repulsed, and more and more corpses piled up at the exit of the stairs, until a few of them turned into a small hill.

However, the Belgians were unwilling to give up. There were more than a thousand people under the roof of the fortress, and the nearby Belgian garrison sent another thousand people. The nearly 3,000-strong Belgian army is now suppressed by a mere 100 German supermen (nearly 101 people came down in an H-glider, 8 people parachuted down, and later suffered several casualties, and now there are still 100 people who can fight). Naturally, they were unwilling to give in, so they launched wave after wave of counterattacks.

When Major Coker and Lieutenant Rudolf Witsch ran over with their men, a round of shelling by the Belgians (launched by mortars from the garrison near the fortress) had just ended, and shouts in Belgian were already heard from the bottom of the stairs. coming.

"Just in time!" Major Kirk breathed out. He and Lieutenant Rudolf Wizsch, with more than a dozen people, were playing the role of fire brigade, running back and forth between several strongholds that could block the stairs. Just go for reinforcements.

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"Jiejiejie..."

The piercing strange screams reached Panzer Meier's ears, and he knew that this was a Ju87 Stuka dive bomber attacking the Belgian artillery position 1,000 meters away on the west bank of the Fronhoven Bridge. Four 75mm guns are deployed there, and there are also strong artillery bunkers. With the support of these four cannons, the Belgians launched an attack on the German commandos occupying the posts and defensive positions on the west bank of Ronhoven Bridge, but were repulsed again and again - the same dozens of people and several machine guns were "firing" "Hang", a whole brigade of Belgians couldn't do anything against them!

Moreover, the German commandos were also able to "summon" and summoned a squadron of Stukas to carry out bombings repeatedly. When the Panzer Meier assault gun battery broke through the blockade of a Belgian infantry regiment (also cheating) and rushed across the bridge to come for reinforcements, 2 of the 4 cannons had been blown apart, but the remaining 2 The door is still firing.

A second lieutenant of the airborne troops rushed to the front of Meier's assault gun and shouted: "I am second lieutenant Gehashakht, the commander here!"

Panzer Meier also shouted at him: "I am Captain Kurt Meier, commander of the 16th Assault Artillery Company of the 'Adolf Hitler' Guardsmen, and I have been ordered to come to take over the defense. Second Lieutenant, your mission has been completed. , now it’s up to us!”

"No," Lieutenant Geharshacht waved his hand vigorously, "We can't leave yet! Air Force reconnaissance found that a large number of Belgian troops are heading towards us, and there will be a fierce battle soon, so we must stay. "

"Okay!" Armored Meyer nodded, "Second Lieutenant, how are your casualties?"

"Three people were killed and 18 were injured, 3 of whom were seriously injured!" Second Lieutenant Gehashakht replied.

96 commandos and 22 H helicopter pilots captured a bridge guarded by a Belgian infantry brigade at a cost of only 21 casualties, of which only 6 were dead or likely to die soon... …This is simply a golden opportunity!

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"...Faced with the most brutal and barbaric invasion by German militarism, the French government will stand with the French people from beginning to end to jointly resist the German invasion and defend the territory belonging to France. I firmly believe that the final victory and glory will be France belongs to heroes, long live France!”

At 9 o'clock in the morning on April 10, Paul Reno, Prime Minister of the French Republic, told all the people who supported and opposed him the news of the French army entering Belgium on the balcony of the Matignon Palace, and then gave a confident speech.

At this moment, Prime Minister Reno does not know that he is about to face a group of German guys who are cheating. They are much more powerful than the one more than 20 years ago. They will beat him to tears in a few days.

"Long live France! France will win!"

The crowd in the square was inspired by Reno's speech and cheered. Although some of them sang "The Internationale" to harass Reno last night, everyone felt like a patriot at this time. And they feel that if their parents were able to beat up the Germans, their generation will certainly not be any worse.

Just two hours after Reno delivered his "Palace Matignon Speech", on the other side of the English Channel, the new helmsman of the British Empire was about to emerge. He was Winston Churchill, the most combative and most determined person in the Conservative Party who advocated fighting Germany to the end.

At this moment, he was meeting with King George VI of England, who was speaking very awkwardly (stuttering) in the audience hall of Buckingham Palace. Neville Chamberlain had just recommended him to the British King as the new British Prime Minister.

"The new... government, is it a coalition government?" the British King asked with a frown. What he is most worried about now is not the German bombs falling from the sky or the German soldiers coming from across the English Channel, but that there will be problems within Britain. Because in his view, this world war will be a long and protracted war. Given the destructive nature of German submarines, the British people were likely to suffer severe shortages and hardship, just as the Germans had suffered. Therefore, a government that can unite all political forces is very important.

"Yes, I will lead a coalition government," Churchill said, "a government that will lead the Empire to victory over the ferocious and barbaric enemies of the European continent."

"Is there no possibility of...peace?" asked the King of England.

"It is impossible and unnecessary." Churchill said firmly. "In the early hours of this morning, the German Empire once again showed its barbaric and aggressive nature and invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. If we cannot stop Germany's ambitions, The whole of Europe will soon be enveloped in darkness."

"So Belgium, Luxembourg and... and the Netherlands are already with us?"

"Belgium has declared war on Germany and stands with us." Churchill said, "The attitudes of Luxembourg and the Netherlands are still unclear."

When Churchill said this, Luxembourg had surrendered to Germany. Seven German armored divisions, three motorized infantry divisions, the "Grossdeutschland" flag force and 10 infantry divisions have crossed the border of Germany and Luxembourg. Their leading troops have passed through the Ardennes Forest area in northern Luxembourg and broke into Belgium. The remaining 44 divisions of the German Army Group A were divided into two parts. One was advancing to the south of Luxembourg to threaten the northern part of the Maginot Line; the other was waiting for orders east of the Ardennes Forest - in case the armored group was The sneak attack failed, so it was the turn of these dozens of infantry divisions to attack. If the armored group successfully breaks through, they will follow up to expand the victory.

At the same time, the Netherlands announced general mobilization, demanded that German troops withdraw from the Limburg province of the Netherlands within 72 hours, and lodged a protest. However, Churchill knew that the Dutch's protests and withdrawal requests were just pretense to fool Britain and France.

After all, the Germans are only "borrowing" Limburg and have not invaded other parts of the Netherlands, and everyone knows that they have no ambitions in Limburg. The Dutch do not need to involve the entire country for this matter. They still want to remain neutral.

The question now is whether Britain and France can pinch their noses and admit that the Netherlands continues to be neutral?

Churchill's view was not to care about the Netherlands for the time being.

Because the news coming from Belgium is very bad! The Germans launched a surprise attack on the Eben-Emel fortress and captured two bridges on the Albert Canal. This meant that the defenses along the Albert Canal-Liège line had been breached by the Germans.

The number of Belgian troops deployed on the Albert Canal-Liège line is limited. It is impossible to block the surging main force of the German army (Churchill believes that it is the main force of the German army that is attacking Belgium now) and still have the remaining strength to counterattack and recapture the bridges and bridges. fortress.

Therefore, they can only choose to retreat in large strides, join forces with the British and French forces coming for reinforcements on the Brussels-Dair River (Namur) line, and then seek a decisive battle!

Because the Belgian army retreated too quickly, Churchill was afraid that some of the British and French troops would not be able to arrive in time and might rush into the battle. Therefore, there is no intention to cause trouble for the Netherlands. At least there is no need to embarrass the Netherlands until the prospect of the battle in central Belgium becomes clear...