General Bill Ott, the commander of the 1st Army Group, only stared at the situation ahead of the French 1st Army, and still insisted that 2/3 of the air force was used for the Netherlands and Belgium. Out of its own initiative, the French Air Force used 50 aircraft to attack the German troops in the Ardennes direction, and 18 failed to return.

In the direction of Sedang, at night, Li Mo took advantage of the hasty retreat of the cavalry of the French Ninth Army of France and quickly crossed the Maas River. The motorcycle battalion of the 7th Armored Division first swam across the river in Sedang, and established a powerful bridgehead before the defenders had time to react. Under the cover of this bridgehead, German tanks also crossed the river.

In this way, the left wing of the 5th Division of the Cavalry of the Second French Army of France was exposed to the attack of the German army. In the downstream of Seydon, the front of the French cavalry defense, Lieutenant Colonel Balk's 1st Infantry Regiment also crossed the river in a shallow area. Liemo was satisfied throughout the morning observing the crossing and building bridges between the 7th Armored Division and the 5th Armored Division, and he personally encountered three Allied air strikes.

The Allied Air Force repeatedly attacked the German bridge on the Maas River despite the losses (it was mentioned earlier that 50 bombers lost 18.) French heavy artillery deployed in Seandang also accurately bombarded the German bridge building work. In the air, Allied fighters showed what would happen if they were used correctly. Five American-made Kottis fighters attacked twelve unescorted Stuka dive bombers and shot them all down, and then attacked another wave.

When the morning ended, Limo's armored troops had already crossed the Mass River and began to rush into France. According to the road sign, Sedan was 18 kilometers away. German armored troops had passed the "insurpassed" Arden forest, and in the thin morning light, the highlands on the Mess River could be seen. There, 70 years ago, the Prussian king and Bismarck commanded the 1st Franco-Prussian war.

At this time, General Hunter Zieg, the commander of the Second French Army, had realized that the cavalry had to retreat because the flanks were surrounded. He ordered the cavalry to retreat to the fortifications on the border (between the Maas River and the Metz River). A battalion of the 55th Infantry Division assigned to the cavalry was in chaos during the retreat. "Soldiers were scattered in the woods, panicked, unable to find the route and transport vehicles, and one battalion could only concentrate 300 people. It completely lost its combat effectiveness." This almost foreshadowed what would happen when the French reserve troops at the same level behind were hit by the German armored forces.

The French Cavalry Second Division was still relatively calm in the morning, mainly because the German Fifth Armored Division opposite it also turned to Sedan, but due to the retreat of the French Cavalry 5th Division, the division was also ordered to retreat. The retreat was relatively orderly. Many soldiers could not help but cry in tears when they refused to let go of a gun. However, General Hunterziger's plan to defend the border line was lost within a few hours. The tanks of the German 1st Armored Division bit the French Cavalry 5th Division and pursued fiercely.

By 2:00 pm, the 5th French Cavalry Division had to retreat again. Four hours later, although Gan Molin's order was to defend the 5th Cavalry Division retreated over the Metz River and gave up the serge. By dusk, the main force of the 1st German Armored Division had already entered the serge. All the bridges on the river had been blown up (after France's failure, many people accused someone of treason, including Prime Minister Renault, of deliberately not bombing the bridge.) The only thing Li Mo was worried about was that the Second Armored Division had not kept up because of yesterday's traffic chaos...

Li Mo's right wing, the 6th Panzer Army of the Seventh German Army, was progressing slowly today. The 5th Panzer Division and the 6th Panzer Division pointed to the intersection of the Mess River and the Maas River. The slow progress was partly because they were mixed with the two armored divisions yesterday. Another reason was that the subsequent infantry divisions had caught up, making traffic more chaotic. (The 7th Panzer Army was organized as the 5th, 6th, and 7th Panzer Divisions)

By noon, even if they use radio, they cannot find out the locations of the following units of the division. Fortunately, they did not suffer any air strikes, and there were no French cover troops in front of them on the east bank of the Metz River. By night, the 5th Armored Division had crossed the Ardennes Forest and arrived at the Metz River. (Here, the Metz River and the Ardennes Forest are almost directly connected)

In front of the Seventh Armored Army was the cavalry unit of the French 9th Army who retreated in a hurry, which was also the reason why they arrived at the Metz River without resistance. General Clap, the commander of the French 9th Army, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and ordered the cavalry troops to return to their original positions. However, the development of the situation no longer allowed this.

As mentioned earlier, due to their unauthorized retreat, the cavalry cover of the 2nd Army was pushed across the Metz River. Now if the cavalry of the 9th Army advanced, their own flanks would also lose their cover. At this time, General Krapp had received information that at least one German armored division was rushing towards his defense zone. Considering that most of his infantry was still on the road and was advancing towards the west bank of the Metz River and had not occupied the position, he ordered all the cavalry troops to withdraw from battle, break away from contact, and retreat back to the West Bank.

By now, the forefront operations of the French cavalry units have all ended. The French Supreme Command originally estimated that they could last for 5 days. On this basis, they believed that the seventh could only start crossing the river on the 9th day. As a result, the French cavalry units only persisted for one and a half days, and the subsequent seventh stronghold was much earlier, which would have serious consequences for the end of the battle. It was from this beginning that the Allies' pace began to lag behind the seventh, and the gap would become larger and larger.

General Clap's cavalry was not very problematic to get rid of the Seventh Panzer Army, but the cavalry was in great difficulty in breaking out of contact. Li Mo directed the troops to advance quickly and chase and fight hard. "At noon, groups of horses without saddles ran back, followed by many wounded cavalry.

There was a lot of blood on horses and people. Many horses were already lame and had to shoot them to end their pain..." By 2 pm, the armored vehicles of Limo's reconnaissance battalion had arrived at the east bank of the Mets River. French troops carried out a brief resistance and temporarily blocked the reconnaissance battalion.

Fland's 6th Armored Division was adapted from a lightweight division, so there was only one tank regiment, not the standard two. However, at noon on the 12th, the tank regiment of the 5th Armored Division, which was behind, was temporarily assigned to him to command. By late afternoon, Fland's tank regiment tried to seize the bridge in pursuit, and both sides showed superman's bravery.

When the German armored vehicles followed the retreating cavalry troops to cross the bridge, a British lieutenant pressed the detonation button and did not respond. He immediately rushed to the bridge and detonated manually. At this time, the first German No. 4 tank was almost on the bridge, and an anti-tank shell stopped it. A German man jumped out of the vehicle, holding a pliers and rushed towards the fuse. He was immediately knocked down by the French army. Then, the second German No. 4 tank heading towards the bridge was also destroyed, and the lieutenant had the opportunity to ignite the explosives and the bridge was blown up. However, the lieutenant was immediately knocked down by the shells and almost immediately died. The Leopard tank did not follow, which caused the No. 4 tank to rush forward.
Chapter completed!