"General Xia Fei, I have to say that we are very disappointed by your performance, except for in the early stage of the war, after you successfully blocked the German offensive, none of the rest of what you did was right! You concentrated the most elite and important armored forces of the Kingdom of France in the middle line, only to suffer heavy losses. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"And so that the northern front did not have enough troops to cope with the German offensive. Then you drew troops from the originally consolidated southern front to participate in the so-called counterattack operation, but now, instead of succeeding, the counterattack in the middle lane allowed the opponent to continue to go deeper! And now, the worst has finally happened! The iron hooves of the Germans had already penetrated the defenses of the Southern Front, which meant the fall of more territories. Okay then, tell me, General Xia Fei, who is to blame for these mistakes? "French Prime Minister Joseph. Cailliaud personally came to the French High Command to question Chauffeur.

"What we need to think about now is not the question of who is responsible, but how to solve the problem. Naturally, I will take full responsibility for this defeat. If you can find someone who can replace me, then I can hand over the rights now, and if you can't find one, and you still have the slightest trust in me, I hope you will give me a chance to make amends. Xia Fei said calmly.

It's too late to say anything, the difference between the so-called famous and the mediocre is sometimes not so obvious, and making a little mistake, or the slightest deviation in the estimation of the situation, can lead to unpredictable consequences, and this time, Xia Fei's only mistake is to underestimate the strength and strategic direction of the Germans.

He had expected that the two army groups on the German Northern Front would continue to advance in the direction of Paris, after all, the capture of the capital of a European power was too attractive to the Germans, and even Xia Fei could not guarantee what the will of the French would be if the battle really started in Paris. So he specially designed an impregnable defense line for the opponent, waiting for the opponent to collide. Then he mobilized his own mobile forces to launch a counterattack on the weak middle line of the Germans.

But what he didn't expect was that the Germans gave up after just trying on the northern front, and then, after leaving enough troops to defend, brazenly waved south! And the German Fourth Army Group, which had been dormant on the Southern Front, also launched an attack at the same moment! In a field situation, the French Army was defeated on the central front, while the defensive line on the southern front was crumbling due to insufficient forces.

"Tell me what you think." Prime Minister Joseph said.

"The troops of the Southern Front immediately retreated! At least the troops in the Verdun area should be evacuated quickly, the Germans are advancing quickly in the center, once they complete the convergence with the troops on the southern front, the whole Versailles will become an island, and the troops and artillery left there will become meaningless, and the siege alone can collapse the defenders! If we are not destined to hold these places, why shed more blood? Xia Fei said.

"If our army is unable to hold back the Germans in a strong defensive line, then how can we build a line in the wilderness that can stop the Germans?" Joseph said puzzled.

"This is not a question that we can discuss now, because our fortified area is doomed to be undefended, and the Germans will soon go around to the back of the fortress such as Verne, which has lost its usefulness. Our personnel are also very valuable compared to the loss of fortresses and munitions, and the whole of France has a population of only 40 million, while Germany has a population of more than 70 million! If we want the war to continue, then we have to let these lads out. ”

"We can concentrate the withdrawn troops in the Belfort generation, so that areas like Belfort are at least secure. The troops do not need to retreat much, but they can greatly shorten the front. Pétain, who was the chief of the General Staff, once again sided with Xia Fei at this time. He was also very dissatisfied with the current situation, but it must be admitted that this was already the best result, the fall of a fortress area in exchange for the survival of hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Believe me, Your Excellency, we can reclaim these places in the future, our Russian allies have made important progress in Galicia, and if the Germans do not come back, then the Russians will probably be able to spend this year's New Year at the Hoffmann Palace in Vienna. And after the German regiments go back, we will be able to launch a counterattack and retake our positions! Pétain said.

"Hehe, at this time we still have to rely on the Russians, just 2 months ago, we could pat our chests and assure the Russians that the Western Front is fine. But now ....... Joseph couldn't help but smile bitterly. That's a big gap.

"This time it was the Bavarian Corps that upset the balance of the battlefield, because because of their arrival, the German armored forces and air force on the Western Front increased by at least forty percent. Mobility has also increased by at least 3 percent! As a kingdom with an area of just over 70,000 square kilometers, I think Bavaria's military power is at least between a quarter and a third of Germany's! And if this force goes to the Eastern Front, then the British and French will have an advantage on the Western Front! Pétain looked at Joseph, who hesitated, and added another fire!

"Seems to make some sense." Joseph nodded. He also found a reason to excuse the Anglo-French forces on the Western Front, the Germans concentrated all their forces on the Western Front, and the Russians on the Eastern Front obviously did not fulfill their obligation to contain the German army. Such failures are excusable. And such a victory of the Germans cannot be replicated unless the Russians are completely wiped out ....... And Joseph did not think that Napoleon the Great, who had brought the whole of Europe under his feet, could do much that the Germans could do.

"In that case, then let's start the operation, the Germans on the northern front will not launch another large-scale attack, I will draw part of the forces from the northern front to stabilize the front, and the troops in the vicinity of Verdun will be withdrawn from the fortress group. Then we re-established our line of defense in Saint-Dizier, in the Mirku generation. "Xia Fei gave his last order as commander-in-chief of the French army!

With the issuance of this order, the battle plan of the Sword of the Holy Angelo initiated by the Germans finally came to an end, although the two German armies in the north and east broke through the French defense line, but they could not eat all the French troops together, and a battle finally turned into a rout, but even so, the French still had 20 divisions in the second phase of the battle completely annihilated, heavily damaged or forced to be transferred to the rear to rest. From a tactical point of view, this time the exchange ratio is very good!

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