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Compared with the Germans, the British and French forces had the advantage of fighting at home in France and could mobilize the air force from the rear airport to reinforce the battlefield.

Although the German army also called for air force reinforcements, facing the home field advantage of the British and French coalition forces, the German air force was still beyond its reach.

After all, this battle took place in northern France. Not only could the French take advantage of their home field, they could even take off fighter jets from the British mainland to participate in the battle.

The Germans can only use airports in Germany and Belgium, and their reinforcement efficiency is indeed slightly lower than that of Britain and France.

Although the Germans invested approximately twice as many aircraft as the British and French coalition forces in this French battle, it was obviously impossible for them all to appear on the battlefield.

As the fighting continued, the British and French forces gradually gained air superiority and gained control of the battlefield.

Although the German army performed really well, the German army lived up to its reputation as the world's best army. It not only tied up the pockets, but also surrounded the points to provide reinforcements and severely taught a wave of subsequent offensive troops of the British and French coalition forces.

The defeat of the infantry units of the British and French coalition seems to be a foreseeable thing. After all, their morale, overall quality, or weapons and equipment are obviously inferior to the German army.

But for the senior leaders of the British and French coalition forces, this was not a problem.

Because in this battle, the British and French forces assembled a total of more than fifty divisions, and opposite them were more than thirty German divisions. Attacking with twice the strength, they could completely fill a gap with human lives. A victory comes.

Moreover, the British and French coalition forces also have two other armored divisions of the British Third Armored Group that have not yet entered the battle. They are also equipped with new tanks and modified military horses, and can exert the same combat effectiveness as the besieged division.

It's just that the British wanted to retain the elite forces they had, so they only invested one division, and the other troops used French troops.

But at a critical moment when the war situation was dangerous, the British had to put these two elite new armored divisions into battle, trying to break through the German siege from the outside and rescue the besieged division.

In order to cooperate with the attack of these two divisions, the French also acted ruthlessly. Not only did they dispatch the only six armored divisions they had, but they also deployed ten ordinary infantry divisions and all the artillery they could muster. The purpose is to completely tear apart the German encirclement with saturation force.

The French investment was effective. Although the combat effectiveness of the French infantry divisions was indeed inferior to that of the Germans in terms of combat capabilities, the German defense line became precarious in the face of a frontal attack by nearly twenty divisions.

The two sides once again entered into an extremely bloody and brutal fight.

The battle lasted for three full days, and even darkness could not stop the war.

The British's two newly formed armored divisions served as the spearhead to tear apart the German defense line. The French divided their sixteen divisions into three parts and attacked in alternating turns, trying to exhaust the Germans in a wheel battle. .

I have to say that this trick is indeed effective. When the troops are not dominant, the Germans can only let the troops hold on to the position and there is no extra troops for rotation.

In particular, the British and French allied forces also launched coordinated attacks by troops from other places to contain the German forces and make it difficult for them to support the main battlefield, which greatly dispersed the German army's already not too abundant forces.

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At this time, some shortcomings of the German army became apparent. Although since World War I, Germany has cultivated a large number of grassroots officers and qualified reservists with a limited army by retiring grassroots soldiers and retaining technical backbones, but in the army In terms of scale, it is still far behind Britain and France.

It would be fine if a blitzkrieg was used to fight an asymmetrical war using tactical gaps. As long as you win quickly enough, you don't have to worry about insufficient troops.

But if the war falls into a stalemate and becomes a bloody grind like World War I, Germany's shortcomings of insufficient stamina will be exposed.

After all, in the last war, the French killed an entire generation, which led to extreme war weariness in the country. Germany was not much better, especially since Germany was still fighting on two fronts, and the number of soldiers killed was not much better than France.

A total of more than 1.3 million people were killed in France and the French colonies, and more than 1.7 million were killed in Germany. Both countries paid a heavy price.

Although the Germans had a very good start at the beginning of the war with their more advanced technical equipment and better quality soldiers, once their offensive was blocked, the gap in weapons, equipment, tactics and strategies between the two sides was quickly narrowed. After that, it was difficult for the Germans to gain an advantage.

This is why in the later Barbarossa Plan, the German army fought all the way to the outskirts of Moscow, but was still blocked by the Soviets and counterattacked.

Although the current German army is not as weak as during the Barbarossa Plan, it is an indisputable fact that their number of troops is smaller than that of the British and French allied forces.

In the end, the British and French forces rescued the surrounded British Armored Division with almost twice the force input of the German army, and broke through the German defense line. They achieved their strategic goal and won the battle.

However, the Germans also caused considerable casualties to the British and French forces. The number of soldiers killed was almost twice as many as the Germans.

Moreover, the large loss of technical equipment has further reduced the combat effectiveness of the British and French coalition forces. They may not be able to launch an attack of this scale in the short term.

It can be said that although the Germans lost this battle, the British and French forces also fought to the death. It was a tragic victory, and neither side had an advantage.

The German army's plan for a quick victory was shattered, the British and French forces did not break the situation, and the war once again fell into a stalemate.

However, the British gained one thing in this war that was pretty good, that is, they verified the performance of their new tanks on the battlefield.

The performance of this new tank based on technology obtained from Egypt on the battlefield satisfied all the British generals. Even the French were extremely eager to acquire the technology of this tank.

Because of this, the British also thought of mobilizing Egypt to participate in the war, and wanted the Egyptian army to participate in this war.

However, Egypt had already invaded Italy at this time, completed the preliminary landing operation, and had captured Sicily and was advancing towards the Italian mainland.

Therefore, Egypt declined the British request to join the main battlefield in Europe, but said that after capturing Italy, it would go north to reinforce France.

Faced with this answer from Egypt, the British and French coalition forces did not feel very disappointed. At least the Egyptian army involved Italy, leaving Germany without a helper, which can be regarded as a contribution to this war.

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