But they knew better that the most dangerous thing was once the English Channel was fully controlled by the German navy, air and land; Then their rear British mainland would be directly exposed to German attacks.

Including London, the capital of the United Kingdom, but also Plymouth, Southampton, Brighton, Torquay, Bournemouth, Weymouth; Bristol, as well as cities and ports such as London and Wales, would be attacked by the Germans at will.

The Channel Islands, which were part of the Duchy of Normandy and have been a British crown since the Norman conquest of England in 1066, consist of four major islands – Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sack – as well as a number of islands and criss-crossed reefs, with a total area of 194 square kilometres.

The island is close to Normandy in France and is called the "Normandy Islands" in French; The main islands in the sea area are the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Wessan.

"Is this time our British mainland going to be carried out by the Germans for an amphibious landing operation?"

Looking at the silence of the audience, Chief of Staff John muttered to himself nonchalantly.

But in fact, the most tangled thing he is now in is that the Channel Islands, where they are now, are not very far away from the British mainland, but why Churchill has not sent naval and air forces to come to support.

Even the airborne paratrooper units, and the submarine forces are not one, which makes him puzzled.

If the distance is too far, then it is understandable that there is no way to dispatch a large number of troops to help in a short period of time, but such a close distance is still a grind.

This made Chief of Staff John very dissatisfied and angry with Churchill.

In fact, what he didn't know was that the fleet that Churchill wanted to deploy on his home turf was delayed by a large number of German submarine groups of the I-400 series and new mine arrays, coupled with air raids by German aviation units and guerrilla warfare of some fleets.

As a result, the royal aircraft carrier fleet, which could have appeared soon, was dragged out.

Moreover, the army units that Churchill wanted to deploy were not partially airborne to the Channel Islands for support operations because of the lack of a large number of transport planes and escort fighters.

And it will take some time to mobilize the army forces, especially since it is not known that once the Germans occupy the islands in the English Channel, they will attack the British city, or the port.

So in the face of such a complicated series of events, Churchill was more worried and irritable than Chief of Staff John.

In particular, a large number of British officers, such as Montgomery and Alexander, were still preparing for the Italian counterattack in the Algiers area.

A lot of British troops have been dispatched to assemble there, which means that there are only a handful of elite troops that can be mobilized to fight in Britain now!

Although a large number of British can be mobilized immediately to participate in the landing defense of the homeland, most of the soldiers who are brought in to participate in the battle will be new recruits with little actual combat experience.

"Damn Hitler! Damn the Germans! ”

So while Chief of Staff John sighed in disappointment, Churchill roared in a bad mood at his prime minister's mansion with his fists thrown into a rage.

Because he didn't know how to arrange the troops for the defense of the homeland, and the worst thing was that he didn't know what the real purpose of the Germans' menacing raid on the English Channel was.

"Hitler! Are you attacking the mainland of our empire this time? Or is it just a bluff? Or is there another purpose? ”

Churchill was dressed and ready to go to Portsmouth to inspect the second batch of aircraft carrier fleets and submarine forces, and he also needed to go to the major British ports to inspect the deployment of mines there.

In short, it is necessary to prepare fortifications to defend against the landing of German troops on the British mainland, and in particular, to increase the recruitment of troops and horses, and to form new troops to resist the invasion.

So even though it was already 10 o'clock in the evening, Churchill still did not feel sleepy, and still went around the major ports with trepidation.

And this night also seemed to herald the first most critical threat of a native invasion for the first time in hundreds of years.