When faced with an attack from the German Air Force, the French general immediately realized that the situation was dire.
But by then, the arrow was already nocked and had to be loosed. The frontline troops had already been ordered to attack, and hoping to withdraw from the enemy assault unscathed was clearly a fool's dream.
Given the current situation, they could only abandon part of the troops charging at the very front and do their best to preserve the forces in the rear, avoiding excessive casualties.
Since the enemy had already prepared their defenses around Namur, it also meant that the German Army clearly knew their movements.
The French general had a splitting headache. He did not know whether the forces sent toward Charleroi had exposed their movements, or whether their main army had inadvertently revealed its position earlier.
At the French general's command, the army began slowly retreating toward the rear. The German planes in the sky also discovered the French Army's intentions, and the German Army immediately began pursuing them.
The French Army's original plan had been to retreat west to Charleroi and establish a defensive formation there.
But before long, the French Army discovered German planes and troops along the road to Charleroi.
This also meant that Charleroi was definitely unsafe.
Before the French Army could react, the forces at the front suddenly discovered that they were surrounded on all sides by vast numbers of German troops.
By the time the French Army realized what was happening and halted its advance, it had already fallen completely into the German Army's encirclement.
"Damn it!" The French general who had issued the order turned deathly pale, realizing that the army under his command had reached the end of the road.
After being completely surrounded by the German Army,