Age of Rebirth

Chapter 81 War in Southeast Asia ([-])

After the German head of state Hitler issued an order to re-launch the attack, Battelle, who commanded a tank division, became the enemy who was surrounded in the port of Dunkirk in the shortest time when most of the German troops were not ready. The British and French allied forces were the only division-level force that launched a rapid attack. In fact, Battelle carried out Tang Qiuli's order.

The First Armored Army entered the battlefield, driving the offensive of the entire army group, and finally led all the German troops into the encirclement and annihilation of the British and French allied forces. On the battlefield of Dunkirk, artillery fire and smoke filled the sky immediately. The vast majority of troops are not yet ready to attack, but they are ready to attack and have to launch.

The launch of the battle was driven by a division commander, Battelle, who was destined to become a dazzling star on the battlefield. At this time, the good quality of the German army was fully reflected. After the initial hectic, it gradually formed an orderly The attack gradually oppressed the space of the British and French allied forces from three sides. By the evening of that day, an iron wall was formed, and there was no gap in the encirclement.

Battelle's tank division, this single-handed intrusion, suffered a lot of losses. After all, with an armored division of one division, facing four 10,000+ British and French soldiers, "the ants kill elephants", the commander of the group army, General Guderian, immediately ordered The "Lightning" armored assault division left the battlefield, jokingly, this is the person whom the head of state takes special care of, and he is also his most capable subordinate. If something happens, he can't explain it to the head of state, nor can he make himself feel at ease. [

Furthermore, Battelle's mission has been completed, and it is obviously inappropriate to throw such a miraculous division commander and his troops into this melee, whether it is for the purpose of protecting Battelle or for other reasons , Guderian must do this.

Battelle carried out the order of the commander of the group army without hesitation. The goal has been achieved and all the German troops have been driven to attack. Brother Qiuli's order has been completed. Battelle is not a fool, so there is no need to be brave. The number of British and French soldiers is not the goal. It is Qiu Li's task to drive the German troops to attack.

When the tank that Battelle was riding on was parked outside the headquarters of the Army Group, all the officers from the commander-in-chief, Marshal von Rhodes, to the headquarters warmly greeted the young division commander with a gesture of welcoming heroes. Battelle jumped out of the tank briskly, "reported Your Excellency Marshal, Battelle, Commander of the Lightning Assault Division of the First Armored Army, has been ordered to come!"

Marshal von Rhodes looked at Battelle with a smile on his face, and said: "Young man, do you know? You created the miracle of the German German Army. A division commander in his 20s commanded all the German Army. I have reported the situation to Your Excellency the Head of State, and I believe that your performance will definitely be rewarded."

In Battelle's heart, he didn't take the praise of Marshal von Rhodes seriously, "If it wasn't for Brother Qiuli's order, I wouldn't have taken such an risky thing. I have no reason to throw my head for the Germans. Sprinkle blood," I thought in my heart, but said, "I am willing to serve the Third Reich, and it is my honor to be affirmed by Your Excellency the Marshal!"

The "Lightning" armored division immediately withdrew to the rear to rest, and the troops have been immersed in great joy. This matter has been done brilliantly and beautifully. Among hundreds of thousands of troops, it has come out on top. As a rule, officers at all levels are promoted to military ranks, and soldiers receive generous bonuses. All of this is due to the Chinese.

At night, the German army used thousands of artillery and tank guns of various calibers to form a powerful artillery cluster. From three directions, it carried out an all-round attack on the British and French soldiers crowded on the beach of Dunkirk waiting to board the ship. Covering, differentiated and destructive shelling, like shooting stars all over the sky, reflected half of the sky red.

In the flames of the cannon explosion, the bodies of the soldiers of the British and French allied forces were thrown high up. All the facilities in the port of Dunkirk were destroyed by the bombardment. This was a unilateral massacre. The beach became a slaughterhouse, and the broken bodies of British and French soldiers floated on the sea along with the sea water of the English Channel.

Blood stained the sand and sea water, and all kinds of ships docked on the beach turned into flaming torches. According to the memories of the captured British and French soldiers, it was a night like hell. There was no place to hide on the bare beach. In this place, we can only lie on the beach helplessly, watching the cannons falling like meteors, listening to the continuous explosion of cannons around us, praying secretly, God bless!

The raised soil covered the broken corpses of the soldiers. Once a cannonball fell, it took only a blink of an eye. The partner who was still together just now turned into a pile of minced meat. The brain hit his body and face, and he couldn't tell whether it was the blood flowing from his body or the blood of his comrades splashed on him, but it was covered in blood anyway.

By dawn, the area of ​​more than ten square kilometers in Dunkirk had already been covered by the corpses of the British and French allied forces. This night, the German artillery group fired continuously, hundreds of thousands of cannons fired, and all the people within the shelling range were destroyed. Every inch of land and beach in Dunkirk has been plowed over and over again, making it as desolate as the moon.

Once made up their minds, the German attack is fierce and fierce, and they will never hold back the enemy. After the shelling stopped, the German army, led by armored troops, pressed to the central area of ​​Dunkirk. The British and French troops were wiped out. Impatient, all that was left was cold despair. Admiral Adrienne, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and General Sheilson, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, jointly sent a letter of surrender to the German Army.

The last battle on the European battlefield ended with a complete victory for the German army. In this battle, the German army surrounded the British and French coalition forces with more than 30 troops and retreated to the port of Dunkirk with more than [-] troops. More than [-] people surrendered more than [-] people. The British commander-in-chief, Admiral Adrienne, and the French commander-in-chief, Admiral Selson, were lined up with more than [-] dejected officers. Soldiers, enter a German POW camp.

The German Army has achieved a glorious victory that is enough to be recorded in the annals of German history. The swastika flag is flying in the European continent. It is a coincidence that God also intends to embarrass the German Air Force Commander-in-Chief Goering, just after the Battle of Dunkirk The next day, the English Channel, which had been cloudy all the time, cleared the clouds and cleared the fog, and the sun was shining brightly.

Goering, who was blowing the cowhide, could only stare at the army's victory with jealous eyes, and he himself quietly became the laughing stock of the German military circles. He is not a person who is good at introspecting himself, and he will still take credit for the next air battle in Great Britain.

The last main force of Britain and France on the European continent was annihilated in Dunkirk. This had a profound impact on the future European battlefield. France was defeated and surrendered. As a result, on the European continent, the Germans have only the Soviet Union as their only opponent. Hitler's ecstasy can be seen from the passionate telegram he sent to Tang Qiuli. Express suspicion.

And Tang Qiuli, the behind-the-scenes man who contributed to the fall of the British and French Allied Forces, immediately felt relaxed after receiving the telegram from the German head of state Hitler. Finally, he did not waste his time and changed the established historical trend. From then on, the pattern of the world war will change fundamentally. Change, next, it is the turn of the Japanese to take action in Southeast Asia.

Sure enough, after the end of the Dunkirk battle in the European battlefield, within a week, the Japanese, who had been waiting for the results of the European battlefield, couldn't wait to do it.

On April 23, General Genzaburo Ito, Commander-in-Chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Expeditionary Force, issued combat orders to all units under his command. At the same time, the Japanese Navy's First and Third Fleets also appeared at the same time under the pretext of patrolling. In the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, among them, part of Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet, in the name of docking supplies, anchored at the port of Singapore. [

For all of this, Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British Army in Southeast Asia, was not at all wary. Not only did he open all ports to the Japanese Navy, but he also ordered the commander of the British Army in Singapore to give the Japanese allies as much help as possible. A smoke screen is unleashed to conceal real military action.

It is impossible for the British army not to realize that, in addition to the Japanese warships, there are also a large number of civilian ships carrying infantry, cargo ships loaded with weapons, medicines, and equipment, frequently crossing the Strait of Malacca and bound for the Andaman Sea. All signs indicate that the Japanese army is going to do something in Southeast Asia. , and the performance of the British has always puzzled historians from various countries who later studied the Pacific War of World War II. The Japanese army had already pulled the bolt. Why were the British so indifferent and turned a blind eye?This is really the strangest phenomenon in the history of world wars.

On April [-]th, the Japanese dispatched troops to Southeast Asia and the first and third fleets of the Japanese Navy were all ready. In the early morning of the same day, the Japanese army was divided into two groups, respectively attacking Yangon, a port city in southern Myanmar, and Bangkok, a city in southern Thailand. The sudden attack broke out, and the Southeast Asian War officially broke out.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, dozens of warships from the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy began to bombard the port of Yangon. At the same time, all warships from the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy also began to bombard the coastal city of Simp in southern Thailand. Fighters and bombers, like locusts, poured a lot of heavy air bombs on these two cities.

At 20 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army began to land in the two places. Among them, the Japanese army attacking the direction of Yangon, led by the No. At about [-]:[-] a.m., the beachhead of the British army had already entered the urban area of ​​Yangon and started a street battle with the British army.

After hearing the news that the Japanese army had fought in Burma and Thailand, Tang Qiuli, the commander of the independent division in Tengchong, just said lightly, "It's a good thing that we finally made a move!"

(To be continued)

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