Chapter 660: The British Army's Defensive Deployment Strategy

The reason why John Henry Dekkers Cunningham, the chief of staff of the Navy, asked this is because in the original history; The first factor in Germany's crossing of the sea to attack the English Channel was that Germany had not considered crossing the English Channel at all before the war, nor had it made any decent preparations. For example, there was no mass production of landing craft, motorized boats, torpedo boats, and tank landing craft, as well as torpedo bombers, and a large number of amphibious landing forces were not trained.

And the second factor was that Hitler advocated exaggerating the role of the capture of the Soviet Union, solving the Soviet Union, and seizing the resources of the Soviet Union; It would allow Britain to negotiate peace, and it would also allow Germany to avoid the danger of fighting on two fronts.

But the final facts proved that once the German army started the war on the Eastern Front, it was not only pinned down by the Soviet army with a large number of troops; Moreover, there were heavy casualties, and there were no extra troops and strength to carry out the British landing war at night.

But the person in power now is Chen Yanlong, a traverser, and he now has a large number of aircraft carrier fleets redeemed by the mobile phone system to fight against new carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, for the British high-level military who had fought several large-scale naval defeats one after another, they absolutely could not take it lightly in the face of the menacing invasion of Ceuta by the German army this time, and they also had to find a way to win over Spain, which was in a neutral position, to declare war on Germany.

Because Ceuta was a possession of Spain, the British were confident that the British would not abandon their colonial interests like that.

"We are urgently investigating the situation of these weapons and equipment of the German army, and the deployment of troops; I think I'll be able to get to know it in the next few days! ”

Viscount Goth was questioned by the chief of staff of the army John for a while, and did not know how to answer.

Because of what the other party said, he doesn't know anything about it now.

There is no way, he has just been parachuted into the English Channel Garrison Command for just over two days.

"Then you should send more reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter all the military operations of the German army, and the situation of weapons and equipment; We've suffered a lot of losses, so we can't be caught off guard again by those damned Germans with new weapons and equipment that we don't know about! ”

"In the recent naval battles and the Sicilian campaign, we have suffered quite a few casualties; If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that morale will be weakened, and the national mood will be greatly affected and fluctuated! ”

"I absolutely don't want to see something so far-reaching happen!"

Looking at the other party's embarrassing response, the chief of staff of the army, John, said seriously.

"Hmmm! I got it! ”

"By the way, has Prime Minister Churchill deployed enough new weapons and equipment to fight for us in this battle?"

After listening to the words of the chief of staff of the army, John, Viscount Goth immediately changed the subject.

"Yes! But not a lot! ”

Chief of Staff of the Navy, John, nodded in agreement.

"Do you know what new weapons and equipment are available for us to fight against the German army? Although Rommel's guy was defeated by General Montgomery, this guy is not a very easy character to deal with! ”

Viscount Goth continued to ask.

"Hmmm! Perhaps! But now we're not in the deserts of Africa, and we don't have to be too afraid of him! ”

"What worries me now is not the army units led by Rommel, but the comprehensive strength of the German aircraft carrier fleet, especially their carrier-based aircraft units, which worries me even more!"

"Therefore, we must find out the strength of the German navy as soon as possible, so that we can make the most correct military deployment to counter the imminent invasion of the German army!"

"The English Channel is a very important strategic zone for us, the best strait to separate us from Europe and avoid war, so we must not let the Germans occupy it!"

Chief of Staff of the Navy, John, said with great seriousness.

Looking at John, the chief of staff of the Navy with a very solemn face, Viscount Gort also nodded in understanding and didn't say more.

"In addition, we also need to fully grasp the air supremacy of the English Channel, because then we can carry out large-scale and organized bombing operations against the German landing ship regiments and beachheads, and try to kill and injure as many landing German troops as possible!"

"In addition to air supremacy, we also need to seize sea power, deploy a large number of magnetic induction mines, and form a mine barrier together with trigger mines!"

Chief of Staff of the Navy, John, continued.

"But the magnetic induction mine is the masterpiece of the German army! Will we be able to produce it? ”

Hearing this, Viscount Goth hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry! Our spies have gotten their blueprints and made them available in the United States! ”

"In addition to magnetic induction mines and trigger mines, we also need to deploy more different types of mines to prevent the Germans from carrying out landing operations, and at the same time, shore defense guns, beaches and other fortifications must also be strengthened at a faster pace, and the design should be deepened, so that the German landing force can not easily land successfully!"

Navy Chief of Staff John continued to advise.

"Hmmm! These things, after I came here, have also been ordered! ”

"The residents and officers and soldiers stationed here are also in a hurry!"

Viscount Goth responded immediately.

"That's good! Now our initial defensive strategy consists of the construction of massive mine barriers, sandy mine arrays, and various fortifications, forts, machine-gun firing points, and artillery concealment points; At the same time, we also have to find ways to cut off all the German logistical supply fleets, including their transport fleets, and use aviation to blow up all the amphibious landing sites of the German army. ”

"Even if we can, we will have to make them pay a heavy price, otherwise our British Empire itself will be in danger of being directly invaded by the German army!"

"I always feel that these Germans are trying to confuse us with the illusion of attacking the port of Ceuta, and they want to carry out a landing operation directly on the mainland of our empire, and complete their unfinished sea lion plan!"

Chief of Staff of the Navy, John, said his analysis.

"I agree with you, it's time for us, and we must have a little more time to build our defenses!"

"At this stage, with the strength of our troops deployed in the English Channel, there is no way for the aviation unit to directly engage in a head-to-head battle with the menacing German army, so we must fight a long-term defensive war to consume more German living forces, and it is best to completely cut off the logistics supply of the German army!"

"As long as the Germans lose their logistical supplies, they will not be far from defeat!"

Viscount Goth said with deep feelings.

After finishing speaking, he had a more comprehensive discussion with the chief of staff of the British army, John, and other high-ranking generals of the British army, and the staff officers on the deployment of more comprehensive bad news.