In fact, if Li Ningyu wants to send troops to control the port of Cherbourg, he doesn't have to go through such a big deal at all. He can directly dispatch an aircraft carrier battle group from the European North Sea base to carry out the task of seizing it. However, because it needs to be captured secretly, it becomes very difficult.
This time, Li Ningyu had several main intentions in secretly seizing the port of Cherbourg. The first was to control this small but geographically important coastal port before the British and American coalition forces landed.
A chess piece is embedded in the middle. The second is to prepare for the next step of the First Corps sending troops to France. Although the two areas are divided into one south and one north, it can still play a role in containing the German army. The third is to destroy the British and American coalition forces.
The Normandy landing plan.
Whether in World War I or World War II, the Far East Army will not be on either side of the war, nor will it remain neutral. In addition to carrying out necessary expansion, it is also making future layouts in various places. But compared to World War I, this time Li Ningyu
The handwriting is many times bigger.
Li Ningyu had to do anti-fascist matters, but he would not follow the ideas of the British and American coalition forces. He would follow his own plan and proceed from the interests of the Far East Group. So after a secret discussion with Tie Bing that night, the Far East
The Corps' two Typhoon-class strategic submarines, carrying thousands of Marines, quietly headed to the French seaport of Cherbourg.
At the same time, the next morning, the First Far East Corps, which was resting in Switzerland and on standby, began to advance towards the French border area. Through the deployment of troops during this period, Germany had assembled three armies in the border area between Switzerland and France.
Heavy troops, with a total number of 1.7 million people, followed by the Battle of Stadi.
This also made the Battle of Stadt a famous land battle in World War II. In the border area between Switzerland and France, the German Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Armies, under the command of German General Gomerli, began
A counterattack was launched against the Far Eastern Army advancing into France. The two armies then fought fiercely for twenty-two days, ending with the victory of the Far Eastern Army. The German army was finally forced to retreat to the border defense between France and Germany.
Like World War I, France was also the main battlefield in Europe during World War II. After the Far East Army entered the war, it successively dealt heavy blows to the German and Italian fascist armies on the Eastern Front. It was precisely because of the Battle of Stade
It ended with the victory of the Far East Army, which successfully reversed the pattern of the European war and became the beginning of the collapse of the European fascist army in Europe.
After the fall of France, fascist Italy took advantage of the defeat of Britain and France in Western Europe and began a series of invasions. However, after seeing the Far East Army dispatching troops, it successively recovered the lost territory in Eastern Europe and severely damaged the German army on the Russian battlefield. Italy felt
It was not good, so after the Far East Army regained Switzerland, Italy's heavy troop groups began to retreat, so the German troops were mainly on the European battlefield.
The Far East Army's battle plan for the Battle of Stadt was to open up the route to the Netherlands and Belgium, instead of using its main force to fight Germany to the death. The German army was to attack the Far East Army with all its strength, hoping to drive the Far East Army out of the French border area.
, and then engage in a two-sided attack with Italy.
Before launching the general attack in the Battle of Stadi, the Far East Army could be said to have a certain advantage. First, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 9th field armies led by Li Ningyu personally,
The combat effectiveness of the First European Expeditionary Corps, composed of five tank and armored corps, 201, 202, 203, 204, and 205, totaling 1.75 million people, is several times more powerful than the German army. After all, the German army's weapons and equipment are the best in Europe, not the world.
The purposes of the two sides were different, and the natural formations were also different. After the two armies met, they began to launch from north to south in the tower. Because the German army attempted to use its main force to carry out a major assault on the northern section of the front, the German army first
The 8th Army, as the first echelon to break through the Far East Army's defense line, was followed by a deep assault by the German 6th Army in an attempt to annihilate the main force of the Far East Army's 1st Army.
Then, the 7th Army carried out a auxiliary assault in the southern section of the front. In response to the German strategic intentions, the Far East Army effectively relied on support points and used a combination of ring defense and large-area mine-laying positions to establish a solid defense line.
Block and smash the first German attack, and after the German attack was frustrated, 1,000 small and medium-caliber artillery were concentrated overnight to carry out continuous night bombardment against the German army. In fact, in this war, it was not the largest bombardment of the Far East Army, but it would
The German army, which mainly focused on attack and supplemented by defense, suffered heavy losses in the end because the position was not strong enough, because the Far East Army no longer used mountain artillery but howitzers.
It is precisely because the howitzer's trajectory is more curved that the final projectile has a large impact angle and can fall close to the vertical direction. The final shrapnel can be fired evenly in all directions, causing the German army's originally weak defensive position to suffer a greater depth.
Internal fire strikes.
And on the night of the first attack, the Far East Army launched a counterattack. With the previous artillery attack, the infantry who then attacked the enemy's forward positions successfully captured several important German positions without much effort.
position, and the main direction of attack this time is the 9th Army and the 11th Army on the right wing of the German 7th Army. By the way, the 21st Army in the center will be repaired.
However, the Far East Army progressed very smoothly at first. After breaking through the German forward positions, it quickly opened a large passage for the follow-up armored forces. However, the left wing force encountered stubborn resistance from the German 4th and 5th Army, and the attack was blocked for a short period of time.
Fortunately, all major combat plans were completed on time, so at 2 o'clock in the morning, the Far East Army's 201, 202, and 203 tank regiments were ordered to fully enter the battle. When passing the German front positions, they turned to the southwest and continued to advance, and finally encountered the German 15th Armored Group Army.
Fight back.
However, surrounded by three heavy tank armies, the German 15th Armored Group was quickly defeated and fled to the position of the German 9th Army on the left. The Far East Armored Group took advantage of the victory to pursue the northern end of the front and captured it.
Some positions of the German 9th Army on the left wing began to stop large-scale advances, thus forming a posture that threatened the German 16th Army. However, the attack on the German 15th Armored Group Army continued, with only assisting infantry units continuing to retreat towards the German army.
pursue in the direction.
The first battle lasted for three days intermittently. Both sides used all their ace troops. However, after the battle, the German commanders discovered that the entire first battle had been fought. It seemed that the Germans had not captured a single position, but had lost it.
There were three or four important positions on the left and right wings, and there were more than 100,000 casualties.