Chapter 355 Retreat to the Siegfried Line
Relying on armored soldiers and outstanding mobility, splitting and surrounding the Polish army, and then eating them in one bite, this is the blitzkrieg tactic and the main tactic of the German armored forces.
And now, this tactic has been fully demonstrated on the land of Poland!
The "Pomery" army in the Danze Corridor carried out a crazy breakthrough, but failed. After that, as the encirclement continued to shrink, the army was completely crushed into the Danze Corridor.
General Boltnovsky, the commander of the army, became the highest-ranking officer who has been killed in Poland so far.
After the main force in the Danzer Corridor was eliminated, the German army turned around and marched quickly towards Warsaw.
In the south, the powerful SS armored division crushed the defenders of Mokra in half a day and advanced northward.
At the same time, in the battle, advanced combat deeds emerged, especially the story of infantry Neltz, which was circulated throughout the German army. As an ordinary infantry soldier, he used his flesh and blood to block the deeds of Polish cavalry and infect everyone.
"The Head of State, France and Britain, have declared war on us." After the battle of Poland began, Cialek moved to the train. No one knew where he was, but he knew the battles in various places.
Now, after three or five days of stalemate, France and Britain gave Germany an ultimatum of the British and French military parade. Of course, Cialek ignored this ultimatum.
So, the current result was that Britain and France declared war on Germany.
"First of the People's Republic of China, I think we should mobilize elite troops from the Polish front line to return to defense. Otherwise, our Western Front will not withstand the attacks of the British and French coalition forces, and we will be trapped in a terrible battle on both sides." At this moment, Blauch finally spoke.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation is gradually losing control!
The main forces of the German army were all on the Eastern Front, while on the Western Front, Britain and France had declared war on Germany.
In western Germany, there is only the First German Army commanded by Erwin von Witzleben. Although it is called the First Army, the equipment of this army is quite backward, with basically no tanks, and many troops below are not even enough to have enough artillery.
If the British and French forces come over, they will find that what is blocking them is simply a layer of paper. As long as they rush over, they can tear open the German army's defense line and even fight all the way to Berlin!
Blauchic must remind Cialique that in recent years, Germany has been walking tightropes, and as long as there is a slight gust of wind, it can overturn Germany.
Now, the German army has become stronger, but they are all on the Eastern Front. Now, it is also very important to draw some of the troops back to the Western Front and protect your own territory.
Of course, his proposal would not be accepted by Cirick.
"The key to us now is to defeat Poland as quickly as possible." Cialek said clearly: "Now, our army is progressing rapidly, and all the main forces are gathering towards Warsaw."
"I guess that as long as we wait until tomorrow, we can create a situation for the Poles. We are about to surround Warsaw. In this case, the Poles will definitely leave Warsaw. As long as their government leaves Warsaw, the Soviets will come up and attack from the east!"
Stalin also wants face. After all, the Soviet Union and Poland signed a non-aggression treaty, so although they had to divide Poland with Germany in private, Stalin was not inconvenient to do anything.
As long as the Polish government fled, the Soviet Union could find a decent excuse to send troops to Poland.
When the Soviet army also attacked from the east, the entire Poland was completely divided. Now is the most critical time, and troops must not be withdrawn from the front line.
The progress in the past few days has been quite rapid.
Bok's North Road Army Group wiped out the Polish Army's "Pomory" Army, then went south, severely damaged the "Modlin" Army, and then forced the Vistula River to seize the position on the road from the north to cover the road to Warsaw.
On the South Road, Guderian's South Road Army Group severely damaged the Polish army "Rodz" and "Krakow" armies, occupying the Polish industrial center Rodz and the second largest city Krakow.
Among them, the fastest-running SS 1st Armored Division will arrive in the southern suburbs of Warsaw tonight and cut off the retreat route of the Polish Army's "Poznan" army from the south.
The encirclement of Warsaw will soon begin. In this case, Cialek will certainly not withdraw the front-line troops and run to the west to fight against the French.
"So, what should we do with the threat from our Western Front?" asked Blaushici.
"Western Front? Let the guards on the border gradually retreat and retreat to the Ziegfeld Line." Cialek said: "Along the retreat, S-type mines are arranged and the mines are used to delay the French army's actions."
Cialek gave a plan to use landmines to gradually retreat and retreat to his own line of defense.
This is simply a joke! But Blaushich looked at Cialik's expression, and he was not a joke anyway.
After the end of World War I, France and Germany were on guard against each other. Since many areas on the border between the two sides were plains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the French began to build the Maginot Line of Defense.
As a defeated country, Germany was not qualified. It would be good to have a 100,000 army. However, after Germany occupied the Rhineland, it greatly increased its morale. At that time, Germany decided to build the Ziegfee line opposite the Maginot Line.
This line of defense can cover the German Western Front and serve as a garrison for attacking westwards and a heavy artillery position to support the attack.
Starting from Klevo, near the Dutch border, it extends along the border with Belgium, Luxembourg and France to Basel, Switzerland, with a total length of 630 kilometers.
Compared with the sturdy Magino line of defense, the fortifications here are smaller and the structure is simpler, but the number is as high as 11,860, far exceeding the Magino line of defense.
The defense line is not on the border. Now, Cialek says he wants to withdraw to the defense line, which is equivalent to giving up all the villages on the border.
"Blauch, touch your mind and think about it carefully." Seeing that the military general was still hesitating, Cialick's tone became serious: "If Britain and France wanted to do it, they would have done it long ago! Now, they are just doing it. As long as we mines kill more than a dozen French soldiers, they will stop moving forward immediately."
Britain and France don’t want to fight at all, they are afraid of death!
Seeing that Blaushich was still the same stupid thing, Cialique continued: "If they really wanted to fight, they should have mobilized wars across the country long ago. Now, do British and French people have the desire to fight?"
Cialik's words finally made Blauchic accept: "Yes, Head, I understand."
Chapter completed!