Chapter 639: The Prime Minister's Wrath (I)

Gott has arguably become Britain's most popular general lately.

This is not because of his meritorious achievements and how good he is at commanding operations. Gort's popular truth comes from another aspect - helping others.

That's right, it's about helping others.

Goth first pleaded with the Royal Air Force on Montgomery's behalf and sent him to the safe battlefields of North Africa. Immediately afterwards, he interceded with the Royal Navy for de Gaulle, and gave the Free France 6,000 places to transport ships under the control of the navy to the Isle of Man on a relatively safe route within Ireland.

Of the 6,000 places, 5,000 were given to soldiers subordinate to Free France, and the other 1,000 were to some officials affiliated with Free France.

But since de Gaulle expected to take with him less than 800 French officials, more than 200 more places were given to some British nobles and capitalists from the island of Great Britain so that they could go to the Isle of Man together.

All in all, the 6,000 men who were given the opportunity to stay away from the battlefield almost all praised Lord Gott's exploits, describing him as the greatest and most enlightened general in Britain, even though Gall always lost battles.

And after sending these people away, the city of London seemed even more empty.

Because De Gaulle took 5,000 French troops with him, the Thames Defense Line, which was originally garrisoned by Free French troops, only failed to take away 2,000 French troops, and the defense plummeted.

None of that matters, though. Just this morning, a tentative offensive by Norwegian troops has broken through into the suburbs of London. Soon, London will be completely transformed into a city of death!

What Gort wants to do now is to let Churchill know how erosive the real situation really is, so that he can see the reality clearly and seriously prepare for the next move.

Britain has another advantage over Poland and France. That's what de Gaulle said, they still have Northern Ireland to retreat to.

The Irish Sea is 210 kilometers long and 240 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of about 100,000 square kilometers. The average water depth is 61 meters, and the maximum depth is 272 meters, and there is a large island of Man as a central fortress.

It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the North Sea Strait in the north and the St. George's Strait in the south, although it is not as good as the English Channel, but it is also a natural danger.

Gott sent de Gaulle's men to the Isle of Man for refuge, on the one hand, to further force Churchill to recognize the reality of London's weak defenses, and on the other hand, to allow the French to garrison the Isle of Man after the British government moved to Northern Ireland, to fight an outpost for the British government on the island of Ireland, blocking the strait between the island of Ireland and the island of Great Britain.

Now, preparations have been made, and the navy has also dispatched more than 30 warships, including coastal defense ships, gunboats, and torpedo boats, in the name of escorting de Gaulle and his party, to leave the island of Great Britain and go to the Isle of Man, and then to the island of Ireland.

As for the air force, as long as Churchill finally nods, he can immediately take off the remaining nearly 100 planes of various types from the island of Great Britain and fly to various airfields in the six counties of Northern Ireland.

Everything is ready, and now Gott has to convince the current prime minister of the British Empire, Churchill.

At this point, Gort had to make up his mind to meet the increasingly eccentric Prime Minister and use all means to get him to give the order to move the capital.

On the afternoon of the day de Gaulle was sent off, Gort, who saw the opportunity, drove to the basement of the Ministry of Defense where Churchill had moved and launched a siege against Churchill.

The reason why Churchill is now moving his prime minister's office to the basement of the British Ministry of Defense is that it is indeed very well established and not easily destroyed by the increasingly frequent air raids of the German army. On the other hand, it is also because the location of the British Ministry of Defense is located just north of the Thames, separated from the German army to the south by a river, which is relatively safe.

But there's no better safety than the Irish Sea.

At the instigation of de Gaulle, Lord Gott, who was bent on forcing Churchill to move his capital to Ireland, did not hesitate to report to Churchill the facts that had been concealed by the military all along: "Prime Minister, the enemy in the south has completely taken Greenwich, and now the Norwegian troops are rushing to Burgess Park." ”

"In the south-west section of Kennington Park, the French are also making moves, and are engaged in a fierce battle with the two infantry divisions we have withdrawn from the front line."

"Farther west, a German army group is in the vicinity of Kingston, Slough, and Maidenhead, and will soon flank our retreat north of London!"

Gott's meaning was very clear, he told Churchill the worst-case scenario as soon as he came up, and then threatened with the seven German divisions that were coming all the way from the direction of Portsmouth, so that Churchill felt that even the rear road would be cut off immediately.

Then, when the back road has not yet been cut off, it is the most important time to flee London and move the capital to Ireland.

Unfortunately, Churchill still stubbornly shook his head at Gort: "When Smith attacks, everything will be fine." ”

In Churchill's mind, Lieutenant General Smith still had nine rebuilt infantry divisions on the banks of the Thames. But in reality, Churchill, who had been perfunctory before Gott, would not have understood that Smith had only 20,000 militiamen who lacked military training.

Aside from the factor of insufficient military training, Lieutenant General Smith's troops also had the defect of a serious shortage of heavy weapons, and it was estimated that these 20,000 men would be enough to attack the main force of the German, French, and Norwegian coalition forces.

Even once they were in battle, they were under-equipped and poorly manpowered, had poor mobility, and had no support, and their role was nothing more than to send an extra 20,000 captives to the Allies and consume their rations.

"Lieutenant General Smith ...... him" Lord Goth was a little hesitant, after all, he was the one who perfunctory Churchill had said that Smith had rebuilt the troops lost at Dunkirk.

However, since Gort has made up his mind to expose the facts today, he must spread out the bloodiest situation in front of Churchill.

Otherwise, Churchill would have continued to dream of his dreams. And it is impossible to sustain the fortunes of the British Empire by daydreaming alone.

Taking a deep breath, Goth raised his voice and tried to wake up a dreamer and reported loudly, "Prime Minister, Smith simply can't muster enough strength to launch an attack. He is seriously underwhelmed by forces! ”

From Gott's words, Churchill could be regarded as hearing the meaning of the other party's words - Smith actually dared to attack without following the orders of his prime minister?!

Churchill's face was as gray as dirt, and he swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and looked at the people in his office below.

After a long time, he said with difficulty: "The following people stay in the room." Dowding, Gott, Cunningham......"