The sky is like ink, and the full moon is in the sky.

In the command post of the Fifth German Army, Qingying was standing in front of the map with a solemn face; the wall clock on the wall had already pointed past two in the morning, but there was still no sign of fatigue on his face. Under the violent stimulation of the tense situation of the French army, Qingying had long lost any sleepiness; the refreshing aroma of coffee spread in the room, adding a little heavy atmosphere to the command post.

"I just received a call from Attisso town at the foot of the Ardennes. More than half of the 37th Infantry Regiment was killed or injured under the second round of attack by the French. The mortar ammunition was almost exhausted, and the number of heavy machine guns was not large. Lieutenant Colonel Felix asked His Highness to immediately give him reinforcements of weapons and troops, or ask him to withdraw from the position immediately!" An adjutant hurriedly ran in from the door and then reported loudly to Qingying.

Qingying shook his head slightly and said softly in a calm but undeniable tone: "Tell Felix that the 47th Infantry Regiment, ten kilometers south of him, will have to wait until sunrise to build a complete defense line, so he must hold on for another hour and a half. If he retreats before this, he will not have to come to see me again!" The adjutant saluted Qingying, turned around and ran out quickly.

Qingying stared at the map in front of her silently, and a hint of shock and anger quietly revealed in his eyes.

On May 17, just as the southern wing troops of the German Fifth Army were rushing forward in the northern part of Lorraine, a large number of French forces suddenly appeared in the Arden Mountains. The sudden emergence of this French army undoubtedly gave all the command staff of the German Fifth Army a shocking blow like a bolt from the blue.

According to the report sent by the German reconnaissance forces, the French troops rushed out of the Arden Mountains, including more than 15,000 cavalry and a large number of field artillery units. Their lineup numbers are all elite French troops. The German troops left nearby have only two infantry brigades, with a total number of less than 12,000, and are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. In addition, in order to improve the assault capabilities of the German southern wing troops, the heavy artillery units affiliated to these two brigades were transferred to the assault corps on the southern line; at present, they only have a few 75mm infantry artillery guns left, and these artillery guns are far from comparable to the French corps equipped with a large number of Miss 75!

When Qingying learned the news, he had received systematic command training and understood the whole story of the whole thing in a short while. Qingying, who had figured out the whole story, knew the final purpose of the French army. The French who had done their best in one battle would definitely target Tyonville. Because it was not only the command center of the German Fifth Army, but also the rear central supply station that provided 240,000 German troops; once Tyonville was destroyed by the French army, the entire German Fifth Army would be in chaos within three days!

For several days, the inexplicable shadow that had been lingering in Qingying's heart finally showed its true face: while Qingying was trying to make a contribution to the southern wing, the French also suddenly shot their thunder punches in the north where the German army was neglecting to guard. The French army's main force, which had previously puzzled Qingying, gathered in the city of Visorang without attacking. It was also revealed with the French army's breakthrough on the northern wing: It was Lu Fu who saw through Qingying's intention to encircle Qingying and asked Qingying to transfer the main force to the south!

In fact, this action of the French army is a variant and replica of the German "Scythe" blitzkrieg battle during World War II in history: both passed through the Arden Mountains unexpectedly, and they were both concentrated in superior forces and directly penetrated into the enemy's key confidants, but this time the scale was relatively small, and the offensive and defensive targets underwent a fundamental reversal.

When he thought of himself as a time traveler, he was hit by this tactic that had long been engraved in his mind. Qingying felt a strong sense of resentment and anger in his heart. What made him even more angry was the incompetence of the aerial reconnaissance troops. Since most of the forces of the French Third Army were currently invested in the southern battlefield as bait, the only French army that suddenly emerged from the Arden Mountains could be stationed in Longwie base and in the Along Ah

The French troops were deployed in the mountaineering area; and with such a large-scale mobilization, the air reconnaissance of its side did not notice any abnormalities in the previous few days, so it made the French sway across the Ardennes jungle. Their vanguard troops rushed to a place less than twenty kilometers outside the periphery of the Tionville base. If the red pants worn by the French soldiers had not exposed their whereabouts in advance, the consequences of the German army being caught off guard would have been unimaginable!

Although Qingying was extremely shocked and confused about how the French army avoided its air reconnaissance, it was useless to pay attention to this at this time. He immediately ordered the left-behind troops scattered in the foothills of the Arden Mountains to assemble immediately and defend in various key areas. After the initial shock and anger, Qingying gradually calmed down from frustration and shame; after careful analysis, he suddenly found that the current situation was not as bad as he imagined.

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In the northern wing, although the German army was in a serious crisis due to Lu Fu's superior chess and the major dereliction of duty due to unknown reconnaissance forces, it did not reach the end of the road.

Due to Sikt's slightly steady advice, Qingying took back an infantry regiment originally sent to the South Wing Legion in advance, and is currently stationed near Tionville. In this way, including the three infantry regiments stationed in the headquarters, two infantry brigades deployed at the foot of the Arden Mountains and some scattered reserve troops, the number of troops in Qingying's hands that could be used to fight the French army's main force in the north reached 20,000. Although these troops were far from comparable to the main force in the German South Wing in terms of training and firepower, they were still barely competent for defense tasks.

This time, a considerable number of the French troops that emerged from the Ardennes were cavalry. Although these troops could go thousands of miles and fly like the wind, they were not very good at attacking. As long as the German troops were deep in grooves and high bases and blocked the front positions with machine gun fire, they might not be able to fight with the French troops! With all the French troops deployed and there was no follow-up, the target of this French army would inevitably be Tionville, the general logistics base of the German Fifth Army, which gave Qingying the opportunity to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and fight a defensive battle.

On the Lorraine battlefield in the south, the German army had a brilliant prospect. Tactically, the 80,000 French troops located on the front could not withstand the assault legion with a large number of tanks, heavy artillery and giant bombing airships; the defense line built by the two French infantry divisions was declared collapsed within one day, which undoubtedly demonstrated the assaulting ability of this legion. Strategically, in order to lure Qingying to take the bait, more than 90,000 French troops were deeply in the encirclement developed by the German South Wing troops, huddled in a group near the city of Visorang. As long as the German troops continued to advance as planned, it would take only five days to achieve a decisive victory on this small battlefield and complete the encirclement scheduled by Qingying. At present, the French did not stop this powerful assault legion with a large number of technical weapons!

Therefore, under this situation, Qingying made an extremely bold decision. Near the foothills of Arden, the German troops began to shrink their defense and concentrated their forces on the periphery of the Tyonville base that the French army must have captured. In the northern battlefield of Lorraine, the southern wings of the Fifth Army still advanced rapidly according to the original plan, breaking through the 80,000 French troops who came one after another in one fell swoop, and completing the encirclement of the French main force in their pockets. The reason why Qingying made such a decision was still the core purpose of the core.

It is considered to weaken the potential of France's war. For France, whose total population is only 60% of Germany, each division is their rare combat power wealth; if it can eat the main force of the French army in a system, it will be an unbearable major blow to France. In order to achieve this goal, Qingying would rather put his nest in an extremely dangerous situation; as long as the southern wing can eat the main force of the French army, even if his nest in the rear was taken away in one fell swoop!

Under the orders of Qingying, the 37th Felix Infantry Regiment, which was the first to be blast, became a blocking force to win time; and the German troops in the rear began to gather quickly and tried their best to wield the shovel to excavate fortifications. In order to strengthen the defense of the outer area of ​​Tionville as much as possible, Qingying even sent out all the guard battalions assigned to him by William, and worked hard in the dark and deep trenches with ordinary German infantry. The German civilians in the city were also mobilized by the golden Mark and went to the periphery for defensive reinforcement day and night.

Under the bright lights and in the bright moonlight, countless German officers and soldiers waved shovels overnight near Tionville, working overtime with the soil, sand and stones under them. With the rustling sound like waves, a load of sand and soil was picked out from the trench by German soldiers; they were either built into earth walls before the trench, or as reinforcement of fortifications, they were compacted at the bottom area of ​​key cores such as machine gun bunkers and barbed wire mesh fixed columns.

Burning, bricks and stones; burying mines, laying iron nets... On the front more than ten kilometers long, there were all the hard-working scenes of German defenders from three regiments and one battalion and thousands of German people. A small number of military bands shuttled back and forth on the busy positions, playing high-pitched hymns that inspired people's patriotism, such as "Germany is above everything" and "Wish you a garland of victory forever". Every place, people in the work cheered enthusiastically.

PS: Thank you very, very much, very much, very much, very much for the reward of Feng Yu's 10,000 yuan in Qidian coins. The author has never received such love (thinking tears).

It's too late to get the third update today. I will give up my rest time tomorrow and try my best to finish the third update in order to express my gratitude.
Chapter completed!