The group had crossed the French line and had not gone far before they came across a gathering of several hundred British soldiers, led by a lieutenant colonel officer standing on a large rock.

"Hey! Soldiers, come here! Although the lieutenant colonel was surrounded by many people, he still saw the grizzled Peter and the others at a glance.

"Yes, sir!" Peter and the others looked at each other, and then pushed the highest-ranking man among them, a sergeant, over.

As the sergeant approached, the lieutenant colonel asked, "What is your unit?" ”

The sergeant immediately replied, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we are from the 31st Infantry Regiment of the 217th Infantry Division. ”

"31st Infantry Regiment of the 217th Division?" The lieutenant colonel muttered as he took out a map from his bag, unfolded it, pointed to a place, and asked, "Is your regiment's defense area here?" ”

Hearing this, the sergeant leaned up, nodded after careful identification, and said, "Yes, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the defense area of our regiment is indeed here." ”

"Okay." The lieutenant colonel nodded, "You are the first batch of the 217th Infantry Regiment to withdraw here, do you know how the situation of the rest of your regiment is?" ”

Hearing that his men were among the first to retreat in the regiment, the sergeant couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, our position is relatively remote, so we don't know much about the situation in the entire defense area, but fighting broke out in the two positions around us - we can hear the sound of their anti-tank guns firing." The sergeant bowed his head and replied, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we are very sorry for abandoning the position, but the Germans threw tanks in the offensive and we have done our best." ”

"They threw tanks in the offensive?" The lieutenant colonel asked, "The anti-tank guns on both sides of your positions also fired?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we were besieged by five No. 2 tanks, three of which we destroyed before withdrawing from our positions." The sergeant replied, "I think they should have been attacked by German armored vehicles, otherwise they would not have risked using anti-tank guns in an exposed position." ”

"Okay, got it." The lieutenant colonel took out a small notebook and wrote down some things, then put away the map and notebook, and said, "Mr. Sergeant, thank you for your answer, now you take your people and sit on that truck." ”

After speaking, the lieutenant colonel pointed to a Mataor "Bulldog" military truck produced by AEC not far away.

The sergeant was uneasy when he heard that he was going to get himself into the truck, and he remembered what the old platoon commander had told him before, that there was an infantry platoon in the next regiment that had evacuated the position without permission, and as a result, the entire platoon had been shot.

Wouldn't this colonel just take him to the execution ground and shoot him if he let himself get into the truck now? He thought with fear.

"Up...... Where are you going to send us, Mr. Colonel? The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and even his voice trembled a little.

"I'm going to Dunkirk." The colonel replied.

When the sergeant heard that he was going to Dunkirk, he was even more frightened, and he asked tremblingly: "Go, what are you doing in Dunkirk?" ”

"Of course, going to Dunkirk is to send you home by boat, your 31st Infantry Division has suffered a lot of losses recently, so the above plans to send you back to China for reconstruction." The colonel heard the sergeant's voice trembling a little, he looked at the sergeant suspiciously, and said, "Why are you talking tremblingly?" Are you not well? If you are not in good health, taking a boat again will aggravate your condition. ”

"Uh, it's okay......" the sergeant scratched his head, "I thought you were going to shoot us when you let us into the car......"

"Shoot you? Why are you being shot? The lieutenant colonel said in confusion.

"Because we lost ground......"

"I'm going to shoot you because I lost my position?" The lieutenant colonel smiled bitterly, "If that's the case, then all of our British expeditionary forces will have to be shot." ”

The sergeant thought about it carefully when he heard this, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, the Allied army had been retreating all the way from the beginning of the German attack, and if it really lost its position and was shot, then I am afraid that the Allied army would not have a single one alive now.

"I'm sorry sir!" The sergeant grinned, embarrassed.

"Okay, you hurry up and get me in the car, besides you, there are other troops who need a car."

"Yes! Sir! The sergeant gave a final salute, and then staggered back to Peter and the others.

"Hey, Albert." Joel looked at the sergeant's elated appearance and asked him suspiciously, "Why are you so happy?" Then the lieutenant colonel gave you money? ”

"Money?" Albert laughed and said, "No, no, no, it's much better than giving money!" ”

"Much better than giving money? What the hell is going on? Joel's curiosity was piqued.

"Guess!" Albert said with a look of meanness.

Peter knew the temper of his comrade-in-arms, and scolded directly: "I guess Nima, you like to talk about it or not!" ”

"Okay, okay, I mean, you're boring." Sure enough, Albert touched his nose and stopped pretending to be profound, and said stupidly, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel told me that we can go home." ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened, and they said in surprise: "Go home?!" ”

"Yes, go to Dunkirk and take the boat home." Albert couldn't help but be happy as he spoke.

"Really?" Peter said with a frown.

"If it's really fake, won't you know if you're going with me?" With that, Albert strode over to the "Bulldog" truck.

The others saw Albert walking towards a truck and followed him in disbelief.

Albert came to the truck, stepped on the pedal outside the cab with the handrail, knocked on the window and shouted to the driver inside, "Hey! Buddy! ”

"What's wrong?" The driver rolled down the window and looked at Albert.

"The chief said let's get in your car and go to Dunkirk." Albert said as he tilted his head towards the lieutenant colonel not far away.

"31st Division?" The driver asked.

"Yes, the 31st Regiment of the 217th Division."

"The ...... of the 217th Regiment I have shipped several batches of people from your division, but the 217th Regiment is the first time. The driver smiled, "Get in the car." ”

"Thanks, buddy." Albert laughed too, pulled a half-pack of cigarettes out of his breast pocket and threw them into the cab, then jumped back to the ground.

Peter and the others listened to the conversation between Albert and the driver, and then they believed that the withdrawal was real, and immediately cheered and climbed into the truck.

Carrying more than a dozen people, the truck swayed onto a dirt road next to the position.

Peter and his team were defending not far from Dunkirk, only more than 30 kilometers away, so although the road conditions were not very good - at first there was even a large section of the road was dirt, but Peter and the others entered the small seaside town of Dunkirk at the beginning of the day.

The truck didn't make much of a stop in the city and drove straight to the beach.