Seeing that Rundstedt and Hitler responded to each other, and quickly made up the decision to suspend the advance of the front-line armored forces, Fang Yan sighed secretly, and couldn't help but feel a little regret and emotion in his heart.

One of these two people is limited by the level of their own professional experience, and the other is overly immersed in the future world pattern of their own fabrication, and they have no corresponding concept of the escape of the coalition forces on the northern front from the sea, and they lack sufficient care. Had he not been present today, this order would almost certainly have had serious consequences, and there would have been more than 200,000 well-trained defenders on British soil, which would have greatly increased the obstacles to future German landings in England.

“…… Now the enemy's only hope is to retreat from the sea. However, under the powerful offensive of the two army groups of our army, the enemy can only hold out for 5~7 days at most before it collapses, and it is simply unrealistic to withdraw enough troops in such a short time. In addition, the army and navy will not sit idly by while British and French ships sail east of the English Channel. Speaking of this, Rundstedt suddenly thought of something. He then turned his gaze from Hitler to Fang Yan behind him, and said: "General Brom, you are the elite of the navy, I wonder if the navy should be able to prevent the enemy's evacuation across the sea to a large extent, right?" ”

Facing the gaze of the two Rundstedt, Fang Yan smiled slightly, and then shook his head calmly and resolutely: "If the coalition forces retreat to the seaside, then at least 200,000 people will escape from our encirclement. ”

In the surprised eyes of the person in front of him, Fang Yan opened the briefcase he was carrying, and aerial photos of ports in the southeast of England were quickly presented in front of the two of Rundstedt, arranged in an orderly picture on the table with a timeline. Fang Yan glanced at Hitler, who looked calm next to him, and then said: "This is an aerial image of the British ports such as Dover, Portsmouth, and Burchington in the past three days. By comparison, the number of ships in these ports has been increasing rapidly for three days, and there can only be one reason for this, and that is that the British are ready to use all their ships to save the expeditionary corps from besieged troops. ”

"Wait, why haven't I received this information at all?" Rundstedt was stunned, looking at the photo and Fang Yan's gaze full of hesitation and disbelief.

Fang Yan shrugged his shoulders and said, "You are the commander of Army Group A, and all your energy is focused on the land battlefield. And only I, a man from the navy, would habitually turn my gaze to the strait. In addition, due to the limited range, the single-engine planes of the Army Aviation are not in any position to fly from the German mainland airfield to Britain for reconnaissance, but the carrier-based bombers of the Navy Air Force can obtain an ultra-long-range range of 1,700 kilometers when carrying auxiliary fuel tanks, and it is natural that they can make cameo appearances as reconnaissance planes to take long-range photographs. ”

Fang Yan didn't give Rundstedt too much time to think, and directly explained the retreat plan he had formulated for the British. He pointed out that it was simply impossible to rely on aviation and naval ships to stop the movement of British ships, since the other side could carry out the transport of personnel at night; The destruction of the docks did not prevent the Coalition forces from escaping into the sea, and the British could use hundreds of small boat sampans to transfer the trapped people from the shallows to the large ships in the deep waters. More importantly, the German air forces could no longer guarantee air supremacy over the beach theater, and even if the opposing side retreated during the day, the Germans lacked effective means of strike.

Different from the rhetoric of the historical plane Goering, Fang Yan also provides a large number of accurate and rigorous data analysis reports when discussing these views. For example, how many people can be carried on a British sampan, how often can it travel on average, how many of these small boats can Britain mobilize in total, and how many warships can carry out a guard in the area east of the Strait of Dover......

In terms of the seizure of air supremacy, Fang Yan also clearly gave the distance between the main airfields of the German army and the strait, and calculated the effective combat time of the German air force in detail. Fang Yan knew that Rundstedt only knew a little about these things involving the navy and air force, and he didn't have much confidence to oppose them; He listed so many figures for the sole purpose of convincing Hitler, who was still silent at the moment, to change his decision.

Based on his more than ten years of contact with Hitler and the successful experience of Speer in history, Fang Yan knew that the German dictator liked to play with his memory of cumbersome data, and often snatched the generals who controlled the situation from the macro level. And the way to crack it is also very simple, that is, to use more cumbersome data to deal with him. Nine times in history, Speer has done this nine times out of ten.

This time, in order to make Hitler realize the seriousness of letting go of the British Expeditionary Force, Fang Yan incorporated almost all the details he knew about the Dunkirk retreat into the data report: if the beach is not closed, there will be at least 100,000 fleeing enemies!

When Fang Yan explained all the details, Rundstedt's expression had completely changed from stunned to stunned. As an army commander, he couldn't imagine that a defeated army with its back to the sea could play so many tricks, and what this young man said was so impeccable that people couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement. When the Dardanelles was fought, the efficiency of the British retreat had shocked the world, and now the retreat was at the doorstep of the British, and they had to use all their resources to bring the expeditionary force home?

The thought that this order, which might cause hundreds of thousands of enemy troops to escape, was almost due to his own negligence, Rundstedt's heart was full of self-reproach and fear. In contrast, overuse of the Armored Legion is like the last half-lap sprint of a long-distance race, nothing at all – and it would be foolish to let the champion slip out of your hands in order to save your stamina so that you can have fun after the race!

Seeing the always calm face of the young man in front of him, Rondstedt's eyes gradually welled up with gratitude. Although what he showed today was definitely not the peace and diligence that a subordinate should have, but full of self-determination and transgression, he did awaken himself and avoided a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life.

After a while, Hitler's face finally showed a bit of sharpness, and he slowly spoke: "I must admit, Jonas, your in-depth investigation of this matter has indeed overturned many of my original judgments. However, there are other aspects to consider besides the military factor. In short, I will carefully consider all the things you mentioned today, and the final result will definitely not be in vain. ”

Fang Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, and quickly tasted the elements that he did not explain from Hitler's words. Through his warning, Hitler had realized the error in his estimation of the speed of the British expeditionary force's flight, but this did not change Hitler's stated intention to hand over an olive branch to Britain, and he still intended to give the British a step down in order to end the war in Europe in a situation that was relatively most favorable to Germany. Perhaps the only difference is that Hitler will no longer leave the expeditionary force as long to flee as before, and the British army may still have the hope of retreating in its entirety, but now only 5~100,000 people will return to England at most.

However, this was not the result Fang Yan wanted at all. Fang Yan knew that unless the fight was exhausted, the rational British people, who had been incited by Churchill to replace them with stubbornness, would not consider surrendering; Although Germany and Britain will one day end the current state of war, it is clearly not now. Hitler used common sense to speculate about Churchill and the Saxon nation, and in the end he could only hand out an olive branch that was knocked down by the other party!

"My Führer, I know what is on your mind. It's just that in my opinion, you don't need to do it that way at all. Feeling that Hitler had an obvious attitude of refusal, Fang Yan was in a hurry, so he had to turn over the last hole card. Compared to the serious losses caused by letting go of the British Expeditionary Force, the possible consequences of his acting too high-profile today were not worth mentioning at all in Fang Yan's heart.

"Peace between the great powers can basically be divided into two types. One is that the two sides are roughly equal in strength, and the outbreak of war outweighs the losses for each other, so the two countries put aside their disputes and live on an equal footing on the premise of mutual respect – as was the case with the Anglo-French and Anglo-Russian criminal ententes before the world war. The other is a crushing imbalance in the power of the two sides, and one side is forced to accept all unequal conditions. Twenty-one years ago, Germany was oppressed and bullied by Britain and France in the Treaty of Versailles, which was the darkest period for the entire nation. ”

Fang Yanxing's eyes shone brightly, and his voice carried a bit of murderous meaning of gold and iron fighting: "Therefore, as long as the British high-level people are rational enough, then even if the expeditionary force is destroyed and receives the heaviest slap, they will immediately kneel down and beg us for mercy." For Britain is no longer in any position to be looked upon by Germany, and our proudest fleet has been broken by us, and the only land force is to be wiped out on Belgian soil. Except for the lingering Royal Air Force, Britain had no hole cards that could stop Germany's advance. ”

"And if the British top brass are a bunch of crazy people, then any of our efforts will not be appreciated by them, but will be seen by them as an opportunity to accumulate strength and prepare for a counteroffensive." Speaking of this, the corners of Fang Yan's mouth hooked up a subtle and mysterious smile, and continued, "Judging from the wisdom of the British Empire that can stand at the top of the world for 300 years, there is almost no suspense whether they will show their sanity or madness after the defeat of the land war. If we can catch all the soldiers of the expeditionary force, we can also get a huge bargaining chip at the negotiating table. ”