Chapter 49 Our mission is to conquer (1)
Time temporarily returns to Warsaw at 9:00 am on September 13...com
After 12 hours of long thinking and considering the threat of the German army, the commander of the Warsaw defender finally made up his mind to announce his surrender to Major General Kahn von Stark, the commander of the 15th German Army. He also officially signed the surrender at the headquarters of the Third Armored Division, and Warsaw officially became the occupied area of the Third Reich of Germany.
Considering that Warsaw is the capital of a country, after accepting the surrender of the Warsaw defenders, the two armies in South and North Germany did not enter, but instead asked the domestic number of troops to enter.
The process of occupying a country's capital must not be careless. This process has many meanings. The first thing it represents is that the Third Reich conquered a strong military country, and then declared to the world that Germany defeated one of its old enemies. Germany is no longer the third-rate weak country that can be arbitrarily humiliated. The shameful country with a country but no defense has died. Standing in iron and fire will be a powerful empire that is enough to scare the world!
The world was not too surprised by the fall of Warsaw, and their nerves seemed to be stirred up. The first thing to send a good message to the Third Reich of Germany was that Italy, which refused to stand on Germany's side to participate in the war before the Battle of Poland. Italy is a traditional European power with a strong military power. Before Germany attacked Poland, Germany and Italy had discussed the possibility of jointly declaring war on Poland. However, due to the ultimatum of Britain and France, Italy suddenly unilaterally terminated the negotiations and refused to join the war.
Now, Benito Mussolini, who led Italy, seemed to regret it. He watched the Third German Empire capture the Polish capital Warsaw in less than half a month, and was about to complete the occupation of Poland and implement military management. Mussolini was regretful to watch Germany redistribute Poland's resources and implement military control over Poland's industrial areas. Simply put, Germany conquered Poland and exclusively obtained all the rights of Poland's interests.
When Mussolini knew that the Polish government and the Polish Army Command crossed the border and fled to Romania, he said to his first secret very regretfully: We have lost a precious opportunity. Next time, I will not let the opportunity run away again!
What does this mean? It shows that the political influence of the Third Reich of Germany is increasing, and it can already influence the thinking of a leader of a big country. Although this influence is not very large, it is undoubtedly a major victory for the Third Reich of Germany!
On September 15, Fort Modlin surrendered.
On September 17, Gdynia, the last city of resistance, stopped resisting.
The Third German Empire completely conquered Poland in just one day, which was definitely a fast and effective military invasion operation. The German Wehrmacht could proudly say to the world: We are so powerful!
During the German-Polish war, the National Welfare Army conquered Poland at the cost of 5,006 people and 2,400 missing people. The Polish army suffered 200,000 casualties, more than 400,000 were captured, and most of the land fell.
Just in the early morning of September 17, the military operations of the great Eastern power with vast territory surprised the whole world.
The Soviet government declared that since the Polish government no longer exists, the Soviet Union and Polish non-aggression treaty is no longer valid. In order to protect the interests of the ethnic minorities in Ukraine and Belarus, the Soviet Union decided to enter eastern Poland.
Now the world understands a little why the German Wehrmacht has not entered eastern Poland. It turns out that these two countries have deceived the whole world and secretly carried out dirty transactions. They have already discussed dividing Poland!
The world was in an uproar, and the accusations began to spread. While accusing, governments began to increase the national defense and military budget, especially countries with territory-connected countries. They were afraid of the Soviet Union, which was a behemoth and began to do everything possible to arm their teeth.
From the process of Poland being occupied by German military, the world learned a fact that Britain and the French colonial kingdom were no longer as powerful as before. France claimed to be the world's number one army power in the world, but she did not take any action when Germany invaded Poland, and even quarreled about whether to launch military operations. France and Britain held millions of troops on the German border, but what are the countries seeing? Yes; those soldiers were not in the state at all!
The consultants from various countries who visited the front line saw that the British and French forces were bored basking in the sun, reading newspapers, and playing football. Anyway, all the entertainment activities that could be seen can be seen in the British and French military camps. These consultants who came to visit asked the soldiers who were having fun, and the major cases were obtained; the officers ordered them to rest and strictly prohibited provocations to the German army.
The consultants fainted. It was hard for them to imagine what was going on. They even felt that millions of soldiers were on vacation here, not preparing for war. From the officers, the consultants finally understood why the British and French coalition forces were so calm. The reason was that the British and French soldiers believed that no one could break the Maginot Line!
Macino Line of Defense: France built a structure of forgings in its northeastern border area after World War I to prevent the German invasion. The French Army Minister was the Minister of the Army.
Magino's last name.
France's research on the fortification of border engineering began in 191 to formulate a plan to build a regional system for the construction of ** fortification on the border. In 1927, it decided to build three fortification areas of Metz, Rauter and Belford on its northeastern border, and began construction in 1922. As Germany revitalized its armed forces, the French government and the opposition strongly demanded the strengthening of French-German border defense. In December 1929, Magino was appointed Minister of the Army. With his efforts, the French parliament passed a huge allocation to build a line of defense along the northeastern border in 1930. Therefore, the defense line was fully started and was basically completed by 1936. The entire project cost 6 billion francs and the earthwork volume reached 12 million cubic meters. Given that Germany annexed the Saar District and occupied the Rhineland in 1934, France's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense e.
In 1937, Daraday decided to build the Daraday line from the northern end of the Maginot Line, along the entire France and Belgian border to the North Sea, and strengthen the Maginot Line. The project is still underway.
It can be said that the Maginot Line of Defense is definitely a terrifying fortification, which has allowed the British and French coalition forces to continue the so-called "strange war". During the period when Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France did nothing. They transported a large amount of military supplies from the rear, including food, military uniforms, ammunition, various cannons, various tanks, and armored vehicles...
Britain and France prepared military uniforms for the soldiers stationed on the defense line for the summer and winter seasons. The meaning was obvious, but they wanted to fight a long war with Germany based on the Maginot Line.
The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Britain had good diplomatic relations. After the fall of Poland on September 12, 1939, they quickly negotiated and reached a diplomatic agreement. Five countries formed a huge expeditionary force group. The soldiers of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg began to assemble near the Maginot Line and waited for orders to launch military operations at any time.
However, what is ridiculous is that Britain and France have long implemented appeasement policies and have not prepared for war. Although the number of troops is almost the same as that of the Third Reich of Germany, its combat effectiveness is so unreliable
The Allied forces of many countries also made a fatal mistake. They formulated a combat plan code-named ‘d’. The plan focused on defending the Germans to carry out major assaults to Belgium and use Belgium as the main battlefield for the fighting between the two sides. According to the ‘d plan’, the coalition forces deployed the main force in the northern end of the French border and in northern France. If the Germans carried out major assaults to Belgium, the five-nation coalition forces would cooperate to block the German attack. Most of the other troops were deployed on the Magino Line in the south. If the Germans carried out a frontal attack on the Magino Line, they would rely on solid fortifications to resist. In the middle, they held the natural barriers in the Arden Mountains and the Mas River, leaving only troops with weak combat power to guard them.
The purpose of the German Wehrmacht has always emphasized that making fewer mistakes than the enemy is the guarantee of victory. Rigorous combat thinking is enough to ensure that with sufficient logistics and military support, the German lion will definitely be invincible.
While Berlin was planning to attack France, the senior leaders of the commander were stumped by a question. The question was whether to give the 15th Army the number "Stark". They have discussed this issue many times, and the results were different each time: Stark has not reached the level of being able to name the army number after his own name, and he needs to establish more merits.
Finally, the commander sent a telegram, allowing the Third Armored Division to have the number of the "Stark Division". The number of the 15th Army was temporarily shelved and ordered Xu Yang's troops to enter Warsaw. One thing was emphasized, that was, to give the Poles enough shock to make the Poles afraid of German forces and use force to force the Poles to surrender to the will of the German Empire; trembling and fear made the Poles dare not resist German rule!
When Xu Yang received the telegram from the command center, he smiled happily. His colleagues didn't understand why Xu Yang could still laugh after being rejected by the command center.
"Have you heard of the pyramid? Its foundation is very stable and it is said to never fall."
The young supporters of Xuyang understood a little. The commander ordered the 15th Army to enter Warsaw to create a solid foundation for their leaders.
The first officer to enter the Rhine, the first general to enter the capital of the enemy as a conqueror...
How many more firsts will be there in the future?
I don't know, I really don't know.
Chapter completed!