As soon as the Allied planes dropped bombs, they accelerated their escape immediately, while their fighter planes remained behind. The German army that followed had a lot of advantages in the quantity and quality of the planes, and also gained the upper hand in the strangulation. However, Cologne, which was burning below, was crying about the dereliction of duty of the German Air Defense Command.

Among the 1,850 British bombers participating in the war, 163 were lost, of which 16 were shot down by German anti-aircraft artillery, 124 were shot down by German night fighters, 2 crashed in collisions, and 21 crashed near or over Cologne due to mechanical reasons, with a loss rate of 8%. Compared with the previous 20% loss rate, the loss rate this time decreased significantly, proving that Harris' large-scale intensive bombing method was correct, and thus became the standard air strike method for British bombers since then.

Fortunately, in order to bomb the railway hub in Cologne, the Allied forces did not raid various arsenals in the Ruhr industrial zone, such as the more than a dozen tank production lines of Li Mo's family and the aircraft company of Messerchmitt. These are the lifelines of Germany. As for the responsibility for this incident, of course, it was from the German Land and Air Defense Command, but Li Mo still blamed himself deeply for this. He was originally a master of sneak attacks, but this time he capsized the ship in the gutter.

...

Patton's left-wing Allied forces are now completely finished, the encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and their space for activities is getting less and less. Just when Patton was planning to go to the front line to fight in person, he received a telegram from the White House. The telegram was sent by Roosevelt himself. In fact, this was a transfer order. Patton was appointed as the chief of the Operations Section of the Department of Defense and immediately took office.

Patton's position will be replaced by his deputy. Roosevelt certainly did not want his powerful generals to fail on the battlefield. Although Patton was extremely conflicted, he still reluctantly bid farewell to his brother who was still fighting bloody, and left his subordinates and set off on the plane.

Because of Patton's departure, the morale of the surrounded Allied troops was even lower, and more and more surrendered Allied troops were greatly relieved. This made Li Mo breathe a sigh of relief. The more than one million elite German troops who had previously surrounded Patton's army could finally draw out some troops to launch an offensive against the Allied troops in France.

Li Mo also wanted to attack the Allies in France after completely Xiao Qing's more than 500,000 Allied troops. However, Eisenhower's continued fierce attack on the Maginot defense line made the Maginot defense line anxious. If it weren't for Model's superb defensive tactics, the Maginot defense line would have been broken at this time.

Li Mo decided not to wait anymore and immediately drew up 500,000 to launch an offensive against the Allies in France. In fact, the German army was also very tired at this time, and the ammunition and fuel were consumed very well. If Li Mo was ready for all this, then the Allies would also enter the German land.

The German troops began to attack from the Belgian border, and the Allies in front of them were the British Expeditionary Force. The German troops quickly tore open the defense line of the British Expeditionary Force. Major General Rudolph personally led the 32nd Armored Division to rush towards Alaska. As long as Alaska is occupied, the 300,000 Allies attacking the Arden forest will be cut off from retreat and supply lines.

When Rudolph arrived in Alaska, the Allies did not arrange guards in Alaska at all. Now Rudolph easily led the 32nd Armored Division to occupy the area.

Now the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Rhode Gauter, could not sit still. Alaska is a major event that concerns the life and death of the British Expeditionary Force. How could the city of life of hundreds of thousands of British Expeditionary Forces be occupied by the German army? That is also a gate for escape. The battle between the bandits has been fought so far, and the outcome is very confused. It is difficult to determine which of the Allies or the Germans will die. Rhodes ordered a counterattack in an attempt to delay the German offensive to avoid the British army being surrounded.

The commander of this counterattack was Major General Harold Franklin; his army (Frankish Army) included two divisions, the 10th Division and the 100th Division, plus 324 tanks from the Tank Reinforcement Brigade of the 1st Legion and 60 tanks supported by the French. The critical situation has spread to the south, and the German vanguard has torn a gap between Pron and Cambre, and it has also threatened Boulogne and Calais.

This move will cut off the British Expeditionary Forces and separate them from the main French forces. General Weigang's plan will use the Frankish offensive to close this gap. At the same time, when the two divisions above attacked the town of Aras, the 10th Infantry Division of the British Army was used to maintain the front line from Scarp to the east of Aras.

On the afternoon of October 21, the 100th Division and the 1st Tank Reinforcement Brigade began to attack the south of Alas. This was the only large-scale attack by the British Expeditionary Force during the battle. The attack was originally composed of two infantry divisions. The First Tank Brigade had an m26 Pershing heavy tank that had just been developed by the United States and used on the battlefield to test performance. This was urgently developed to specifically deal with the German Leopard Battle tank. The m26 heavy tank weighed 42 tons and was equipped with 90mm artillery, which was a little stronger than the German Leopard firepower. (It appeared 2 years earlier than in history)

The two infantry divisions attacked from the left and right wings of Alaska respectively. The right wing regiment made rapid progress at the beginning, but they soon encountered German infantry and armed pro-guards with air support, and suffered heavy losses.

The left wing also achieved its initial success. The defensive force - the motorized legion of the armed pro-guard, the "Skeleton Team" (which soon expanded into the Skeleton Team) was defeated by the British army with more strength than expected.

Because in order to quickly rush, Rudolph did not carry large anti-tank guns, supporting some convenient 32mm and 50mm anti-tank guns, while Rudolph commanded basically the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks replaced by other German troops, and are not opponents of the US m26 tanks at all.

In desperation, Rudolph transferred the 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 120mm field guns from the division and put them into the defense line as anti-tank guns. At the last moment, many were set up around the position to prevent the m26 Pershing tanks.

After suffering great losses, the British Expeditionary Force was forced to stop advancing. Later, with the support of the Luftwaffe, Rudolf launched a successful counterattack and drove the British back. The Frankish army had been completely repelled.

However, the wood is revealed by the forest wind, and the Allies gradually woke up from the beginning of chaos and began to become organized. Although the first move has been lost, it does not mean that the Allies are the lambs to be slaughtered. After all, the Allies are fighting in the inside line and have their own advantages. Before some hidden strength has been brought out, the British are planning to fight back.

This counterattack is of great importance. When Western European countries are generally afraid of Li Mo, they must defeat an elite German army commanded by Li Mo and break the myth of the invincible German army commanded by Li Mo, otherwise the war will not be fought. (To be continued)

ps: Acknowledge:

I came to Dimon to reward 100 starting points coins [2015-02-2400:06]

Huqinshi voted 2 votes [2015-02-2414:26]

1 vote was cast on time 212 [2015-02-2409:26]

A Tuzai A Tuzai voted 2 votes [2015-02-2316:07]

...

...
Chapter completed!