Battle of Poland Strange War

Under the pursuit of the German armored forces, more than 9,000 Polish remnants who tried to escape from Kalisz were surrounded on the road. After several hours of fierce fighting, the Polish remnants announced their surrender.

In the end, the Battle of Kalisz ended with more than 1,000 German casualties, more than 6,000 Polish casualties, and more than 10,000 prisoners.

However, after paying such a high price, Germany has achieved remarkable results. After the Battle of Kalisz, Poland was painstakingly managed, and the high-anticipated Prosna River line was declared to fall.

And the most unfortunate is the "Pomeranian" army defending the Polish corridor. They should have abandoned the Polish corridor as planned, and retreated from the Polish corridor to the new central defense line centered on the Prosna River defense line. As a result, when they just lifted their legs and took a position on the Polish corridor to prepare to retreat, the Prosna River defense line on the other end was lost.

With the loss of the Prosna River line of defense, the 1st Army of the German Army Group A, which was driving straight in, was able to outflank other sections of the central Polish defense line at the fastest speed. Two days after the battle, it was completely lost, and the "Pomeranian" army, which had not had time to retreat in the Polish corridor, was completely surrounded by more than 170,000 people in their positions.

Paris, France, Presidential Palace.

It was Churchill's first meeting with French President Le Brun since he was invited by Chamberlain to join the wartime cabinet and reappoint as Lord of the Navy.

And this first meeting was very unpleasant.

"Mr. Lebrun!" Churchill, who had a big belly, looked at Lebron with a displeased expression and said, "I repeat, we must send troops to Germany immediately! If it is too late, Poland will be finished!"

"Mr. Churchill, as I said, the French Army still needs time to prepare!" Le Brun was even more upset than Churchill. He was a dignified French president who was scolded by Churchill's nose. You must know that even the current King George VI of England is there. In front of him, you have to give him some face.

"Preparation time, preparation time, how long will it take for you to be ready?!" Churchill's face flushed with anger, "Will you wait until Poland is over and Germany starts to invade you before your army is ready?!"

"Invasion of us? Hahaha!" Lebrun laughed as if he had heard a joke, "Are the Germans stupid? We have a solid Maginot line and the world's largest army, Mr. Churchill, you tell me Me, where did they have the guts to invade us?!"

Churchill opened his mouth. Although he always thought that Germany would invade France, he looked at the Maginot Line, which was so strong and perverted. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Germany really had nothing to do with the Maginot Line.

Seeing Churchill deflated, Lebrun felt a lot more relieved. He smiled and said, "Mr. Churchill, Germany's next opponent will definitely not be us, you can rest assured. From the current situation, most of them will be against us. Isn't it just in our interest that the red giant, the Soviet Union, is doing something? Didn't Mr. Chamberlain tell you about this when you took over as Lord of the Admiralty?"

"Alas." Churchill sighed, he still thought that Germany would attack France next, and he always felt that something was wrong with the Maginot line, but he couldn't say what, "Well, Mr. Lebrun, I will listen Your decision and that of Prime Minister Chamberlain, but I still reserve my opinion."

"Very good." Lebrun nodded with satisfaction, "Is that right? Since we can use defense to deter each other, why should we send troops to attack directly? That would be a waste of our soldiers' precious lives."

"It's a pity for Poland, a heroic ally." Churchill said regretfully.

"Poland? Huh." Lebrun sneered, "When Mr. Mosicicki came to Paris to meet with me and Mr. Chamberlain some time ago, he swore that his new central defense line would hold back the German troops, but now? They How long did the new central front in exchange for giving up most of the land in Poznan Province last? Three days?"

"This is mainly because they lack tanks and anti-tank firepower." Churchill analyzed, "Since we don't have troops, let's support their arms. We can't watch the allies being invaded and remain indifferent."

"Well, that's fine." Lebrun nodded and replied, "Then I'll arrange the arms and send it to our allies as quickly as possible, so that we won't be told that we don't believe our word."

It's so shameless, Churchill sneered in his heart, you and Chamberlain still think they are very credible? Had you fulfilled the protection you promised Czechoslovakia, would Czechoslovakia be thrown into the arms of Germany? Did the situation develop into what it is today?

But Churchill can only say these words in his heart, no matter what, France is his ally after all, and he cannot tear down the ally's platform.

"Well, I also ask Mr. Lebrun to pay more attention to the aid of the arms and arrange it as soon as possible. After all, if it is too late, Poland may not be able to use these." Churchill said and stood up, "That's it, I think all the exchanges with you have been completed, and the talks with you were very pleasant, and I hope our future cooperation can be so harmonious."

Lebrun let out a long sigh of relief. He didn't like to deal with Churchill in his heart. Churchill was really disrespectful.

"I think so too." Le Brun also stood up, shook hands with Churchill, and said, "I hope our two countries can go hand in hand and lead the war in Germany to the Soviet Union!"

Churchill didn't say anything else. He also didn't like to work with Le Brun. He felt that Le Brun was too naive, and even the pleasant words from the previous conversation made Churchill feel sick.

In this way, Britain and France once again reached a "consensus", believing that the opportunity to send troops to Germany has not yet come.

In this way, 102 French divisions, 28 British divisions, 7 Belgian divisions, and 6 Dutch divisions of the Allies deployed on the Western Front totaled 1,348,800 people. Arms trains on the Debord Front.

On the opposite side of the Allied forces, the soldiers of the German Army Groups B, D, and E, with a total number of only 480,000 people, were nervous all day long when facing the Allied forces with three times their own number, for fear that they would suddenly attack and then Flat push all the way to Berlin.

However, although the high-level Allied forces were not cowardly, the Allied soldiers were not at all cowardly. They privately "attacked" the German defense line once.

This "offensive" was carried out by Belgians and a group of French paratroopers, who advanced 7.5 kilometers under the cover of artillery and stopped. The result was that the Allies were killed by Mi-35 mines and killed 22 people. , the German troops retreated on their own, and no one was killed.

This strange state of war on the Western Front was dubbed "fake war" by the British and French people to express their dissatisfaction with the government.