Chapter 27: D-Day (10)

The leaders of the three major armies were very disdainful of the US military, and this disdain was not only because the performance of the US military on the battlefield was as shocking as ever, and the British called it "the Italians on our side", but when the Italian army gradually improved under the support and guidance of Germany, the British even believed that the US military was at the bottom of the list of major powers in China. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info After 30,000 German troops fought 60,000 American troops in the Iceland Campaign, I heard that Rommel led the troops, no one on the British side was optimistic that the American troops would win, and even thought that as long as the Germans landed successfully, the Icelandic Campaign could be declared over -- the development of events was not surprising.

The dissatisfaction of the British top brass with the US military also lies in the poor military discipline of the US military. This kind of malpractice is not an explicit violation of military orders, such as robbery or theft, but the belief that the US military has poisoned the atmosphere of British society -- which is simply intolerable in the eyes of veteran conservatives.

Before the Battle of Iceland and the large-scale German air raids, Britain had been calm for nearly a year, and all aspects of social life had initially returned to calm, especially in the spring of 1944, when the undercurrent surging under the calm surface, and the famous Hyde Park in London became a "sexual battlefield" for the Americans. Late at night, when the wartime lights were set in, the streets of London were deserted and most Londoners went home to sleep, but the nightlife at Piccadilly Circus in London's West End was just beginning. American GIs came out of the nightclubs and bars near the garrison camp, staggering around one by one, and their "sexuality" was strong. On every street corner, there are young English girls waiting for them.

Once the U.S. soldier hits the target, he stops. At this time, the girls will take out matches and light them so that they can see their faces clearly, and then look down so that they can see their legs in high socks, because American soldiers like girls in socks. Then the price was negotiated (usually around £3), and under the cover of the military coat (just in time for the warm and cold times, and it could be covered and covered), the deal was quickly completed. These girls will go on to find their next target. Londoners refer to these prostitutes as "Piccadilly warriors". The American officers were much more elegant and did not look down on the "Wandering Birds", preferring to go to the upscale residential areas of London, where women in fur coats were waiting for them.

The phenomenon in London's West End was so serious that Cole, then police chief, referred to it as an "American colony" in his report. Every morning cleaners pick up baskets of discarded **** An American GI wrote in a letter to a friend: "We are opening up a 'second battlefield'. I can't describe the sights and sounds of Hyde Park after nightfall, you can think of it as a huge 'sex battlefield'. ”

As the lockdown in the UK has become more and more severe, the situation has not been curbed, but has become more and more serious, and the British people have suffered from the lack of supplies because of the lockdown, and various substitutes have emerged. But the needs of the American army, because of the special supply teams, were always met first, and later these leather and meat businesses evolved into an exchange of goods, and more and more British girls were involved in it, at first just to improve their living conditions, but later became a necessity.

At first, American GIs would give the girls chocolates, nylon socks, scented soap and other "luxuries", and later a pack of cigarettes and a military ration could be exchanged for a night with the girls. That's why the old-school aristocracy thought the Americans were ruining the country, and that the Germans had occupied France and poured into Paris, but the Germans didn't bother to do such dirty things except for the occasional disciplinary violation. As for the German-occupied countries such as Norway and Denmark, although there was a lot of political pressure, to the common people, the German soldiers were very polite and polite to them.

They thought the Americans had destroyed Iceland and were now about to destroy Great Britain.

The situation in real history is far more serious than now, now it is just in London and a few major cities, before the Normandy landings, there were 1.5 million US troops stationed in Britain at most, and the "**** momentum is even greater, one-third of the 5.3 million babies born in Britain in 1939~1945 are illegitimate children, a considerable part of which are left by American GIs, and the grapevine says that it is not less than 800,000......

In the end, they adopted Churchill's policy of "fake coup d'état and real disarming" and decided to use this excuse to disarm the US troops reasonably and legally.

While the British were making careful arrangements, the Americans were not idle, and in order to carry out the "D-Day" plan agreed at the beginning, Donovan beat out his ace unit - Task Force 101, which was famous for its elite and infiltration behind enemy lines.

This force was originally put into the Burma theater in history, with Britain and the United States to carry out counteroffensives, and cultivated a team of Kachins, but now the entire Indian Ocean is firmly controlled by Japan, India, Burma battlefield has hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, British troops can only survive on it, the United States Army and the remaining troops have long retreated to Chongqing, after the Delhi war, the last retreat is the Chinese Communist Military Observation Group, they flew back to China under the arrangement of British aircraft, in addition to the accumulated war experience and British friendship, A third of the losses were also left.

These losses were either not adapted, or were directly covered by heavy artillery fire on the front line, or were seriously injured in the transfer process and could not be treated in time and finally died, or led part of the team to try to pull up the guerrillas to establish a guerrilla zone and ultimately failed, and lost more than 10 people in the defense of Calcutta alone. Fortunately, in the end, I gritted my teeth and persevered and successfully completed the task. Before sending the Chinese communist military inspection delegation to leave, the British side also dismantled and sent a small number of communications equipment and a set of radar to the Chinese communists to express their gratitude for the fact that they had been fighting side by side.

Donovan also didn't want to put his troops in vain to send him to death, he originally wanted to see if there were any opportunities for infiltration behind enemy lines in Europe, but he didn't expect to receive such a hot task after arriving in Britain. However, he and the "spiders" who came to the junction believed that Task Force 101 was the most suitable team for this kind of mission.

Churchill had not said a few words, and the audience was booed and ridiculed:

"Come on, Winston, don't blow it...... Your manuscript is no different from 3 years ago, and you can use it at another time, and there is nothing new at all. ”

"Do you still have to fight in the landings, in the fields, in the mountains, in the streets, and declare that you will never surrender at any time? Want to emphasise that 'even if the whole of England or most of the land is occupied, and we are hungry and cold, all our overseas empires, armed and protected by the British fleet, will continue to fight?' Now that the opportunity has come, is it time to fulfill your vow to fight in Canada? ”

"Winston, why don't you go to Canada and kneel and lick your American master? You have lost the face of the British Empire......"

Churchill, who had been repeatedly interrupted, turned pale, and was in the midst of a loud crowd when a large group of armed men suddenly rushed in.

"Don't move, hands up!"

"Ah......" Facing the muzzles of those black holes, the parliamentarians screamed, and the whole audience was in chaos. Someone tried to take the way, but was shot back with a cold gun.

Brooke, Portal, Pound and others exchanged glances, but instead let out a long breath, which seemed to say: "Damn, it's finally here, if you don't come again, it's a big deal today, and when Churchill finishes his speech, he will vote, judging from the scene, you don't have to think about the voting results, it must be a recall, so how can it be played later?" ”

Some of the well-informed members of parliament know that some of the top government officials are going to Canada, but very few know that there is a coup d'état. Now that this situation has occurred, everyone thought that the matter of planning to flee to Canada was discovered, and it was the government that arranged military deterrence, and immediately reprimanded several military generals.

Pound didn't plead, and immediately stepped forward and sternly reprimanded Task Force 101: "Bastard, who let you in, get out of here!" ”

"You're Marshal Pound?" Leading the way was Chief Donovan's henchman, Major Carl Eiffle, the captain of Task Force 101, who said coldly, "I heard that you led a coup d'état and wanted to hijack the prime minister and the king to Canada by conspiracy and try to make peace with Germany alone?" ”

Pound sneered: "Winston asked you to come, right?" When things come to an end, are you still doing these useless struggles? ”

"Someone's coming......"

"The guards ......"

But surprisingly, Pound shouted a few times, but no one came out to respond.

This made the heads of the three armies a little anxious, according to common sense, it is not this routine, Churchill sent troops to break in, Pound stepped forward to scold, and then it should be an order after the pre-arranged guards poured out, and then the two sides confronted each other - because it is impossible for the parliament to arrange many people, plus the coup d'état was originally a secret operation, otherwise what if the parliamentarians blew up the pot first?

After the confrontation was over, it was the US side that "hijacked" Churchill and the king to retreat from the airport, and then left on a pre-arranged plane.

Pound was angry and anxious, and couldn't help but shout: "These damn bastards, what do you want to do? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm a special forces unit of the U.S. military, and I'm here to arrest the coup d'état on the orders of your government."

"On orders, on whose orders?" Pound turned his head anxiously, as if to ask Churchill with his eyes, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"You don't have to ask, since you took the lead in the coup, you can only offend and take it away!"

After Pound, Brooke, Portal, and others were all taken away, and they stared at Churchill with anger in their eyes.

"Winston, you're not going to end well!"

Churchill shrugged helplessly, a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth......