Battle of the Third Reich

"It seems that the French really treat us like a fool. Your Chief of Staff."

Xu Jun shook his head and handed the telescope in his hand to Eric, who was standing next to him.

"They may think that we haven't mastered their strength yet. They want to use this small method to confuse us. The French commander opposite is really naive."

Weierle also put down his telescope and answered with a smile.

"That's not the case. He must have no idea that their liaison officer is already in our hands. Well, let's go and see Dougan."

Xu Jun turned and walked along the trench to Dougan's front command post. Dougan’s command post is still a leisurely sight, and no one has expressed any worries about the French attack. The officers carried out their work calmly and calmly. Orders of orders were passed out in an orderly manner. The staff held a circle on the map with the information returned from the position. The communication officers relaxed against the wall of the bunker. Stand by and wait for the commander to give the task. Half of the officers still hold tea and coffee in their hands, and many people still hold cigarettes. The atmosphere here makes people feel the tension before the battle.

"Everyone stood up! Your Excellency is here!" Seeing Xu Jun suddenly appeared at the door of the command post, the duty staff standing by the door was startled, he immediately stood up, his body stretched straight like a javelin, Then he cried out with all his strength. "Wow!" With the sound of a uniform boot and heel collision, everyone stood up to the gate for the first time, and the entire command post suddenly became silent.

"Should they say they are well trained or conditioned reflexes..." Xu Jun was sure that he only heard a boot heel collision in front of him, looking at the group of expressions in front of him with a solemn and firm expression, but his eyes revealed a fanaticism and A respected SS officer, Xu Jun really didn't know what to say for a while.

"Hello, my head!" The officers saluted respectfully.

"Hello, gentlemen." Xu Jun raised the marshal's staff and returned a military salute. "Continue your work."

"Observe the order, head!" The officers nodded their heads and continued to work in front of them, but the volume of discussions and conversations with each other was significantly reduced.

"Dougan, what's the situation now." Xu Jun walked to Dougan with ease, he asked Dougan with a smile, the former staff who were standing beside Dougan to discuss issues with him quickly bowed their heads back To the side. "Sir, how did you come here, and the Chief of Staff of Wehrler. You just need to stay in the headquarters, and I will report to you as soon as possible, sir." Dogen He whispered, and then turned to the adjutant living on the side, frowning and said: "Eric, how can you bring the sir to the dangerous frontier, can't you persuade? And General Hans, Why didn't he accompany the chief."

"Don’t blame him, Dougan. He persuaded, but I was rejected, haha. Speaking of Hans, he is now sent by me to General Goodrian for help, he is now head of the Guards Armor Battalion Acting Commander. Alright, would you rather introduce me to the current situation? Colonel Dougan." Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"Of course, ah no, I mean of course you are willing, sir. Please come with me here, sir." Dogen walked Xu Jun to the observation window of the shelter and pointed to the distant formation: " Counting from the time I reported earlier, the French ** team has launched three small-scale attacks. They have dispatched small batches of armored vehicles and infantry. I have not seen the other party’s tanks, but they are on the other party’s armored vehicles. In terms of signs and banners, they belong to the 6th French Armored Division."

"I also saw that the soldiers did a good job." Xu Jun said looking at a dozen piles of wrecked armored vehicles in the distance. "The French are doing a tentative offensive. We know this very well. They want to understand our firepower configuration and strength. Of course I will not be fooled. So I ordered my troops to only carry out a moderate counterattack. Until now we have all Without using our heavy firepower, the armored vehicles were killed by 37mm anti-tank guns on the position, and we have at least eliminated hundreds of their infantry. Before you arrived, the French had just dragged the bodies of those soldiers. Going back, we haven't stopped this." Dogen reported on the side.

"Done well, Dougan. I did not misunderstand you, you are indeed an excellent commander." Weiler said with a smile. "Thank you for your praise, Your Excellency Chief of Staff. I haven't commanded the battle for a long time. Fortunately, I haven't stepped back now." Dougan blushed.

"And that’s what I reported to you. I found that the French people on the opposite side didn’t seem to be their native troops. My soldiers found that a large part of the French soldiers who charged were black, and they also wore strange hats. Troops, these troops may be French colonial soldiers." Dougan continued.

"So I want to see it for myself. They dragged the body back, maybe they wanted to cover it up. I now finally understand why the French commander's office easily abandoned their troops without blinking their eyes. The soldiers are not the French army, they are all a mixture of colonial troops transferred from various colonies. These troops will not feel a bit of pain even if the whole army overthrows the French. But the sixth armored division...maybe It's a victim thrown out for a more realistic performance. Beidang is really an old traitor." Xu Jun said with a shake of his head.

"The French abandoned their troops. What's the matter, sir." Dougan didn't even know what Xu Jun was talking about, he asked doubtfully. "This, I will explain it to you slowly. You only need to know one thing now. When the French launch a full-scale attack, you must use all your strength to fight back, killing the other party's living power as much as possible, and consuming the other party's strength. I can tell you that the other party can’t afford this, because they won’t have any reinforcements and supplies. When we have exhausted their existing power, we will attack! Then we will end the war completely.” Xu Jun Answered.

"Follow the order, sir." Although Dougan is still not clear about what Xu Jun said, but the order is the order. As a German official, he has always carried out the order without reservation.

"How about the firepower of the French, have they bombarded our positions with heavy artillery. The heavy rain last night washed down the easy runway, and our artillery school shooting and reconnaissance aircraft are still unable to take off. So if the other party has heavy weight Firepower, it is difficult for us to be able to determine their location." Weierle asked aside.

"No, the French did fire artillery on our positions, but they were all sporadic firepower, and it seemed that the caliber was not large, maybe just some light infantry artillery. We have been using heavy mortars to harass the French positions. Shooting. They did not react to it," Dougan replied.

"Maybe the French don't have enough ammunition, but we can't take it lightly. Maybe it's a French trick. We still have to prepare our soldiers to stand up to the French artillery attack suddenly." Weyler frowned. Speaking.

"Observe, sir. I had issued similar orders to the soldiers before that. Due to the heavy rain last night, the soil on the position is now very soft, which will greatly reduce the power of the shells, and our position The building was very solid, and the soldiers dug the bunker deeply. I believe that the sudden bombardment of the Chinese by the algorithm will not cause us much damage." Dougan replied loudly.

"That's good, but still can't be careless. Every soldier is a valuable asset to Germany." Xu Jun said lightly.

"Yes, sir!" Dougan nodded and replied.

"Okay, your work here looks pretty good, and I'm very satisfied." Xu Jun turned around and said to Dougan: "I also went to the paratroopers' position with Chief Weierle, and you continue your work. Come on, Colonel Dougan."

"Observe, sir. Do you want me to send soldiers to **** you over."

"No, my guard is outside. Then, bye, Colonel."

"Goodbye, my head!" Dogen nodded quickly and respectfully.

"Yuan Chief has left!" the staff on duty shouted loudly.

"Gentlemen." Xu Jun sternly raised his marshal's staff to the standing officer standing in a room.

"I am very satisfied with your work, and continue to work for the sake of Germany..."

Before Xu Jun had finished speaking, the watchman who had been standing outside the command post suddenly shouted loudly

"Attention! Artillery!" As soon as the words fell, Xu Jun and the officers heard the screams of shells passing through the air, followed by a rumbling explosion sound in front of the position. Trembling.

"Another sporadic shelling!"

"This time there are at most ten shells!"

"Let the frontier forces report the loss."

The officers immediately began to evaluate the French shelling.

"It's different this time. It seems to be something over 100 millimeters." Dogen rushed to the front of the observation port of the shelter and looked up at the telescope toward the position.

"It seems that the French have begun to use their most powerful artillery. This is an 185mm infantry artillery. It has a slow firing range and a heavy and complicated old equipment. I have encountered a lot of this French gun in the last war. At that time, the French used this artillery to make my position into a honeycomb and craters everywhere. I remember that it really caused us a certain loss at the time. I didn’t expect the French to still use it, but now It seems that they do not have more than ten gates. Oh? The troops behind the French may be gathering, and their herding soldiers are running frequently. To prepare the soldiers for battle, the French are about to attack."

Weierle and Xu Jun also returned to the front of the observation window and looked at the frontier position from the telescope.

"The French's technology really has nothing to say. Look at the spread of the craters. Are they intentional or really so bad."

Weierle shook his head and looked at the craters scattered around the front of the position. These craters that were still smoking not only were far apart from each other, but also hit the open space in front of the position, not even the edge of the German position.

"Attention, the second bombardment is coming." Dogen shouted loudly. Several heavy artillery shells landed on the front of the position. This time it was finally a lot closer than the previous round. Dougan clearly saw a moist mud block full of the size of a motorcycle pushed into the sky by the blast wave. After four or five weeks of tumbling, it accurately smashed into a machine gun bunker. The three machine gunners rolled over and climbed out of their shooting position before the mud fell.

"Report that our left and right positions were all bombarded by the French squad, but they were all bombarded by some light infantry artillery, and no damage has been caused so far." A staff member reported with a telephone receiver To.

"Is the artillery preparation before the full attack? But this is too weak. How is the loss of our position." Dogen asked.

"There are no casualties of any people, you have seen them, they have not hit our position at all." The staff member replied with a look of relief.

"Sir, the French may now launch a full-scale offensive. It is not safe for you to stay here. I ask you to go back to the commander of the legion. You can command the operation of the entire defense system there. We need your overall command." Dougan Respectfully speaking to Xu Jun.

"I know, and the chief of staff and I immediately returned to the headquarters. It's all here to you, Colonel Dougan. Remember what I said, if the French really attacked in full, then use all your strength to fight back." Xu Jun finished nodding to Dougan, and then took his men out of the command post.