This surprised Ivan. Originally, Ivan was prepared to be shot, but in the end, he was only sentenced to ten years in prison. This made Ivan feel so mixed that he served his sentence with peace of mind...

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Blyucher and Yegorov worked together perfectly and thrived in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union. A large number of guerrillas walked out of the mountains and forests and surrendered to the Russian SS. The Russian SS also fulfilled their obligations.

As promised, they did not punish these people, and even gave them land. Judging from this promising situation, Blucher and Yegorov are likely to complete the clearing work ahead of schedule.

These are the internal affairs of the Russian SS, and Zhang Jun will not interfere. Even if Zhang Jun has no time, because it is June 11th, all the troops Zhang Jun plans to use to attack France are already in place, and

Zhang Jun's assassination plan was basically successful.

This ** plan was to transfer one million of the National Defense Forces from Zhang Jun to the Netherlands. Such huge military pressure made Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands have trouble sleeping and eating, and she quickly summoned ministers to discuss the military situation. At this time, there were more than 500,000 regular soldiers in the Netherlands. William

Queen Minna issued another national mobilization order, and the army

The army expanded to one million people in a very short period of time. Will these people who put down their hoes and tools become regular soldiers in the army? The answer is of course no. Queen Wilhelmina also knew the huge military gap between the Netherlands and Germany, and quickly

A telegram for reinforcements was sent to the Allied forces of Britain and France.

The Dutch navy is still good, but the army is not satisfactory. If the British and French coalition forces want to protect France, they must send troops to protect their northern border. The northern border does not have a strong defense line like the Maginot Line. They are all temporary defense lines.

Therefore, the British and French forces decided to send troops to protect the Netherlands and Belgium, and unknowingly fell into the trap set by Zhang Jun.

France alone had 2,200,000 troops deployed in the north, although together with British, Belgian and Dutch troops the total number exceeded 3,300,000. By 10 June there were 93 French divisions, 22 Belgian divisions, 10 British divisions and 9

A Dutch division is here

In the north, the total number is 134 divisions, including 6 armored divisions and 24 motorized divisions. An additional 22 divisions are in training or equipped in wartime emergencies (excluding reorganized units), of which 2 Polish

division and 1 Czech division. In addition to these full divisions, the Allies had many u

Small infantry units of l: The Netherlands has the equivalent of about 8 divisions of l brigades and battalions; France has 29 u

l's Fortress Infantry Regiment. There are 18 divisions in the French army, which are composed of colonial volunteer troops; including 19 "**-level divisions". Although they are fully trained units, there are still a large number of more than 30 after motorization.

Years old needed to be retrained. The best Allied units were the well-trained British divisions, which had sufficient mobility and professional soldiers with many examples; the most severely lacking equipment were the Dutch units.

As for Zhang Jun, the two army groups have a total of 2 million people. In addition, 500,000 people can be transferred from the army groups. They have to face 3.3 million Allied troops. Zhang Jun is an offensive war, and these countries basically

It is considered to be home defense. Can Zhang Jun, who has no geographical advantage and is harmonious, really be able to sweep through the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France like the "Yellow Battle" in history?

Germany deployed approximately 3,000,000 men to participate in the battle. In addition to 157 divisions deployed on the front line (10 armored divisions, 6 mechanized divisions), there were also 39-50 divisions deployed in Berlin as reserve divisions of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (

rest troops returning from the Soviet Union). Among the German offensive troops, about a quarter of the combat troops were from over 40 years old, including the First World War.

Veterans of the war. These troops are both elite and second-line troops. The most elite ones were all deployed to the Soviet Union by the National Defense Forces. These troops are said to be elite because there are so many veterans who participated in the war and have rich combat experience. They are said to be second-line troops.

The army, these people are indeed a bit old, most of them are over forty years old, but Zhang Jun is not qualified to be fat and thin, so it will be good to have these troops.[

The German army on the Western Front deployed a total of 2,700 tanks and self-propelled artillery from May to June, including reserves assigned to combat; approximately 7,500 artillery pieces were ready for combat, and the ammunition inventory was sufficient for 6 weeks of combat. "German Air Force"

The forces will be divided into two groups. A total of 1,815 combat aircraft, 487 transport aircraft and 50 gliders are deployed to support the ** Army Group, while an additional 2,286 combat aircraft are deployed to support the ** Army Group.[24]

German Army units are divided into three groups:

Army Group was commanded by Gerd von Rundstedt and consisted of 50 divisions including 3 armored divisions. Its mission was to advance into the Low Countries and attract the northern Allied units into the pocket.

?**The German SS Army Group commanded by Guderian, with a total of 55 divisions (including 7 armored divisions), was to implement the decisive action of cutting off the "Sickle" - there is no official translation of the official name, but in Germany

A phrase that Winston Churchill translated from German after the incident was called "scythe cut" (or even earlier "armored sickle stroke") - cutting through France through the Allied defenses in the Ardennes.

All enemy troops in the north.

The Army Group was commanded by Wilhelm Ritter von Lieb and consisted of 50 divisions. It was mainly used to prevent roundabout attacks from the east and continued to launch small-scale attacks on the Maginot Line and the Upper Rhine River.

The combat plan code-named formulated by the Allied High Command was conservative and miscalculated. The plan focused on preventing the German army from launching a major assault on Belgium and using Belgium as the main battlefield for both sides to fight. According to the plan, the Allied forces deployed the main force at the northern end of the Franco-Belgian border and

The provinces of northern France, if the German army launched a major assault on Belgium

, the Allied forces of the five countries cooperated to block the German attack; most of the other troops were deployed on the Maginot Line of Defense in the south. If the German army launched a frontal attack on the Maginot Line of Defense, they would rely on solid fortifications to resist; while in the middle section

Relying on the natural dangers of the Ardennes and the Maas River, only troops with weak combat effectiveness were left to garrison.

The British and French allied forces actually believed that, as in history, the Ardennes and the Maas River were not suitable for the movement of German armored forces, so they only left a small number of troops to defend the Ardennes and the Maas. However, Zhang Jun happened to

It is to rush into the Ardennes area and carry out his "armor cutting operation." The British and French allied forces are seeking death on their own, and no one can save them. History has given them a chance to do it again, but they still deploy like this. It can only be said that they are a group of people who have achieved success.

Rigid commander.

At the same time, Zhang Jun is still very concerned about his armored forces. Concern is one thing, but satisfaction or dissatisfaction is another matter. Looking at the number of Zhang Jun's tanks and armored vehicles, there are indeed quite a lot of them. Sixteen

This armored division has a very large armored force. Unfortunately, except for the two armored corps of the SS, these tanks are equipped with copycat Type 99 tanks. The rest of the armored divisions are actually equipped with German Panzer III tanks that have been eliminated. Indeed

It was indeed a Panzer III light tank, with a 37mm tank gun that even the British infantry support tank Matilda could not penetrate.

This made Zhang Jun very anxious. Thanks to Zhang Jun being the Minister of Equipment of Germany and knowing what equipment was currently in Germany's national weapons reserve, Zhang Jun turned over all the weapons warehouses in Germany and finally gave it to the rest of the country.

The armored division is equipped with a battalion of Panzer IV tanks. The current Panzer IV is a 75mm tank gun that can easily penetrate all British, French and American tanks at a distance of 1,000 meters. This only slightly reassures Zhang Jun about his armored assault force.

Although the National Defense Forces were dissatisfied with Zhang Jun's looting behavior, these Panzer IV tanks Zhang Jun had indeed been equipped with the National Defense Forces, and they did not let the idiots of the National Defense Forces cause any trouble.

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On June 10th, at six o'clock in the morning, the moist black soil seemed to still have traces of the rose-colored morning sun, and the songs of lark fell all over the sky like rain. The sun had just peeked out from behind the green mountain tops, and its

The warmth of the first rays of light combined with the coolness of the fading night, creating a sweet sense of weariness.

"Boom boom... boom boom..."

In an instant, the borders of France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were covered by countless artillery fire, and violent explosions destroyed everything on the opposite positions. Trenches and bunkers were either blown up or were like fallen leaves in the wind. In the violent explosions

It turned into fragments and flew into pieces with the shock wave of the explosion. The German artillery fire was very fierce. Because they were now close to the German supply line, these German artillerymen did not want to save their ammunition and were all firing recklessly.

There were artillery pieces of various calibers, but the Allied artillery counterattacks were very sparse.

As a result, the Allies could only huddle like mice in various fortifications, praying that the fortifications they were hiding in would not be destroyed by German artillery fire. Of course, some prayers are still effective, and German artillery fire could not destroy all the Allies.

Military fortifications, and some cannot go very far. If their fortifications are destroyed, they can only be buried alive underneath. No one can save them, even self-rescue is impossible. If the fierce artillery fire, everyone outside

Every inch of the land was being burned by hellish artillery fire.

This is just the situation on the ground. As soon as six o'clock comes, all German planes will take off. Their goal is of course to raid all the Allied airfields. Sneak attacks are of course impossible, because the British have already deployed in the border areas.

A large number of radars, in this case can only be attacked by force. German fighter jets protected the bombers and attacked the airports in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. At the same time, the two SS paratrooper divisions also carried transport aircraft to airdrop on important bridges, roads and railways.

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These paratroopers were prepared by Zhang Jun for his follow-up attack. The National Defense Forces also have paratroopers, but unfortunately they have now been turned into infantry. The Soviet frontline does not need paratroopers for the time being, so Zhang Jun transferred his own paratroopers. Don’t be fooled.

Looking at the role of these paratroopers, if an important bridge is controlled by the Allies at a strategic point, Germany's follow-up attack will be very troublesome. Even if it can be captured in the end, it will greatly delay Zhang Jun's attack speed. Zhang Jun is definitely not far away.

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Chapter completed!